Michael Kunes — a furniture manufacturer originally from Princeton, New Jersey
Kim Mihalick — a bartender from Merrillville, Indiana
Steve Dhuey — a book editor from Madison, Wisconsin (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $1,400 | $2,200 | $2,400 |
$4,799
2nd place: Trip to Almond Beach Resort, Barbados |
$3,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kim | $1,200 | $4,500 | $3,700 |
$4,800
New champion: $4,800 |
$5,700
23 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Michael | $600 | $0 | $1,400 |
$2,799
3rd place: Zodiac Sea Wolf watch |
$1,400
13 R, 6 W |
| BIBLICAL PEOPLE | GUINNESS RECORDS | POP MUSIC | THE OLD WEST | INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK | OSCAR-WINNING ROLES |
|
$100
[9]
She told God, "The serpent beguiled me and I did eat"
Eve
Kim
|
$100
[16]
No fine was charged when one of these was returned to Sidney Sussex College Library 288 years late
library book
Kim
|
$100
[5]
This rocker's 1988 album "Tina Live in Europe" won a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance
Tina Turner
Steve
|
$100
[14]
Ranch hands cooked in the chuckhouse & slept in this "house"
bunkhouse
Michael
|
$100
[3]
Salvadorans often snack on pupusas--cakes made from this meal & stuffed with meat, beans & spices
cornmeal
Steve
|
$100
[1]
Forrest Gump
Tom Hanks
Steve
|
|
$200
[11]
1 Kings 11:3 claims this wise king had "seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines"
Solomon
Michael
|
$200
[17]
At 60, Ramon Blanco is the oldest person to reach the summit of this mountain
Mount Everest
Kim
|
$200
[6]
On Feb. 9, 1964 the Beatles made their live U.S. TV debut on this show, reaching an audience of 73 million
The Ed Sullivan Show
Steve
|
$200
[19]
When you rode into a cow town, you dropped your horse at the livery & checked these with the sheriff's office
your guns
Kim
|
$200
[22]
Travel books recommend Puerto Rico's home-grown version of this breakfast brew
coffee
Kim
|
$200
[2]
Hannibal Lecter
Anthony Hopkins
Michael
|
|
$300
[12]
The book of Matthew gives a genealogy of Jesus beginning with this father of Isaac
Abraham
Kim
|
$300
[18]
The fruit with the lowest nutritive value is this "cool" character
cucumber
Michael
|
$300
[10]
Dean Torrence of Jan & Dean sang on this group's 1966 hit "Barbara Ann"
The Beach Boys
Steve
|
$300
[26]
To do this, race past the cattle & turn the lead ones back into the center of the herd
How do you stop a stampede?
Steve
Kim
|
$300
[23]
Popular in Armenia, tan is a beverage made from water, this cultured dairy product & salt
yogurt
Kim
|
$300
[4]
Norma Rae
Sally Field
Steve
Kim
Michael
|
|
$400
[28]
He was Jacob's elder twin brother
Esau
Kim
|
$400
[20]
The highest price ever paid for a drawing is $8.36 million for one he drew at Arles in 1888
Vincent Van Gogh
Kim
|
$400
[13]
Of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, he was the drummer
(Carl) Palmer
Michael
|
$400
[29]
The Native American born Goyathlay, "one who yawns", was called this, Spanish for "Jerome"
Geronimo
Kim
Michael
|
$400
[24]
Judd Mat Gardebo'nen--smoked pork with broad beans--is a specialty of this grand duchy
Luxembourg
Kim
|
$400
[7]
Miss Daisy Werthan
Jessica Tandy
Steve
|
|
$500
[27]
This wicked wife of Ahab was a Phoencian princess
Jezebel
Steve
|
$500
[21]
The highest incorporated U.S. city is Leadville in this state at an elevation of 10,152 feet
Colorado
Kim
|
$500
[15]
Mariah Carey joined with this group to record the 1995 hit "One Sweet Day"
Boyz II Men
Kim
|
$500
[30]
In 1860-61 the average age of these was 20; William F. Cody was only 15
Pony Express riders
Michael
|
$500
[25]
In the Dominican Republic, Brugal, Bermudez & Barcelo are local brands of this liquor
rum
Kim
|
DD
$500
[8]
Sophie Zawistowska
Meryl Streep
Steve
|
| U.S. PRESIDENTS | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS | OCEANS & SEAS | PLANTS & TREES | AUTHORS | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS |
|
$200
[4]
As a boy in Ohio, he was called "Lyss"
Ulysses S. Grant
Kim
|
$200
[14]
Although a pupil of Joseph Haydn, this "Eroica" composer said he never learned anything from him
Beethoven
Steve
|
$200
[1]
Part of the Great Rift Valley, it parted in Exodus
the Red Sea
Michael
|
$200
[19]
Native to a small area on this state's coast, the Monterey Pine has been introduced to New Zealand & South Africa
California
Michael
|
$200
[9]
This "Hunt for Red October" author is a part owner of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team
Tom Clancy
Kim
|
$200
[3]
A beloved doe
dear deer
Michael
|
|
$400
[5]
In 1953 this Texas Democrat succeeded Ernest McFarland as Senate majority leader
Lyndon Johnson
Michael
|
$400
[15]
Instruction books he wrote for his family included "The Little Organ Book" & "The Well-Tempered Clavier"
J.S. Bach
Kim
|
$400
[2]
Some trace this ocean's name back to a Titan
Atlantic Ocean
Kim
|
$400
[20]
A type of this tall gum tree is Australia's most important timber tree
eucalyptus
Steve
Michael
|
$400
[27]
She had the story idea for "The Thorn Birds" before she published her first novel, "Tim" in 1974
Colleen McCullough
Steve
|
$400
[10]
A gun or sword fight between 2 pairs of people
dual duel
Kim
|
|
$600
[6]
In 1801 he ordered a blockade of Tripoli after that pirate state declared war on the U.S.
Thomas Jefferson
Steve
Michael
|
$600
[24]
His final opera, "William Tell", was to be the first of 5 written for the Paris Opera
Rossini
Steve
|
$600
[16]
The Huang Ho empties into the Huang Hai; ho is river, hai is sea & huang is this color
yellow
Kim
|
$600
[21]
Papaver is the genus of this Asian flower whose tiny seeds are sprinkled on rolls & used as birdseed
poppyseeds
Kim
Michael
|
$800
[29]
From 1984 to 1990, this bestselling author served in the Mississippi legislature
John Grisham
|
$600
[11]
An inactive graven image
idle idol
Kim
|
|
DD
$1,000
[7]
In 1856 he defeated an incumbent president to win the Democratic nomination
James Buchanan
Steve
|
$800
[25]
He gave his last public performance Nov. 16, 1848, at a London benefit for Polish refugees
Chopin
Steve
|
$800
[17]
Among the rivers that feed this ocean are the Zambezi & the Shatt Al-Arab
Indian Ocean
Kim
|
$800
[22]
Also called the duramen, it's the innermost part of a tree trunk
heartwood
Kim
|
$1,000
[28]
In 1963 this Texan's first novel, "Horseman, Pass By" was republished as "Hud"
(Larry) McMurtry
Steve
Michael
|
$800
[12]
A shy Japanese carp
coy koi
|
|
$1,000
[8]
From his presidency to 1929, a year before his death, he lost about 90 pounds
William Howard Taft
Steve
Kim
Michael
|
$1,000
[26]
Born in Bohemia in 1824, he was the founder of the Czech National School of Music
Bedrich Smetana
Michael
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
Sea in which you'd see the Great Barrier Reef
Coral Sea
Kim
|
$1,000
[23]
The porous bark of this oak tree is used to make gaskets & a black paint used by artists
cork
Michael
|
— |
$1,000
[13]
Was familiar with the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet
knew nu
Steve
|
Man with whom Cleopatra had the most children
Mark Antony