Alexshaves his mustache.(Alex Trebek: Cherie, I'm going to have to work real fast today, because we're running late.)(Cherie Whitaker-Rossi: No-no-no-no--no--be careful.)(Alex: It's okay--it's okay.)(Cherie: Be care--)
Iris Woon — an attorney from Montebello, California
Rohan Virginkar — a recent college graduate from Diamond Bar, California
Jeremy Davis — a laboratory supervisor from Costa Mesa, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy | $2,300 | $3,600 | $7,500 |
$6,999
2nd place: a houseboat trip in Nevada |
$9,000
25 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Rohan | $1,500 | $1,800 | $4,000 |
$8,000
New champion: $8,000 |
$5,000
15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Iris | $0 | $1,300 | $500 |
$900
3rd place: a Samsung camera package |
$900
9 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE NEW YORK TIMESBOOK REVIEWS | BEACH BOYS | MY KINDA TOWN | OUR FUNNY ACCENTS | 19th CENTURY BUSINESS LEADERS | THE "LOW" DOWN |
|
$100
[16]
A 1995 review said that her "prose has vastly improved since the Baroque excesses of 'Interview with the Vampire"'
Anne Rice
Rohan
|
$100
[11]
Crockett & Tubbs were always cruising trendy beach hotspots on this influential '80s TV series
Miami Vice
Iris
|
$100
[1]
The oldest working theater in this U.K. country is in the town of Dumfries
Scotland
Rohan
Iris
|
$100
[17]
State that produced the accent of the U.S. president seen here"At my direction, after complete and thorough consultation and agreement with the government..."
Texas
Rohan
|
$100
[26]
On June 4, 1896 he completed assembly of his first auto, the quadricycle, in Detroit
Henry Ford
Jeremy
|
$100
[6]
In a children's game, it precedes "the-leader"
follow
Iris
|
|
$200
[22]
Margaret Atwood reviewed this woman's "Beloved" for The New York Times & called it "another triumph"
Toni Morrison
Rohan
|
$200
[12]
For awhile in "Beach Blanket Bingo" this actor romances Linda Evans, not Annette
Frankie Avalon
Iris
|
$200
[2]
Notre Dame is a town within the boundaries of this Indiana city
South Bend
Rohan
|
$200
[18]
"Pahk the cah in Hahvahd Yahd" is the classic line identifying the accent of this city
Boston
Jeremy
|
$200
[27]
In 1863 he, Maurice Clark & Samuel Andrews founded a Cleveland oil company: in 1870 it changed its named to Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
Jeremy
|
$200
[7]
Nobody can deny, "He's a jolly, good" one
fellow
Jeremy
|
|
$400
[24]
This author's "One L ", about the first year of law school, read "as if it were the most absorbing of thrillers"
Scott Turow
Iris
|
$300
[13]
A guest house on the beachfront estate of wealthy Robin Masters is the home of this title TV detective
Magnum, P.I.
Rohan
|
$300
[3]
The first U.S. wireless station was set up in this New York town with a "talkative" biblical name
Babylon
Iris
|
$300
[19]
Dropping the "R" from soitain woids is associated with this borough that includes Flatbush
Brooklyn
Iris
|
$300
[28]
In 1895 he introduced the first camera that would fit into a pocket
George Eastman
Jeremy
Iris
|
$300
[8]
It describes farmland that's left unseeded for a growing season or two
fallow
Jeremy
|
|
$500
[25]
Reviewing "Beowulf", the Times called this Irish poet "arguably the finest poet now writing in English"
Seamus Heaney
Rohan
|
$400
[14]
This actor rolls on the sand & in the surf with Deborah Kerr in "From Here to Eternity"
Burt Lancaster
Rohan
|
$400
[4]
This suburb of Chicago, once home to Al Capone, was named for a Roman orator
Cicero, Illinois
Jeremy
|
$400
[20]
Though Fargo is in North Dakota, the 1996 film "Fargo" featured the accent of this state
Minnesota
Iris
|
$400
[29]
In 1872 this 25-year-old Prussian bought a Denver bottling company & founded a brewery
(Adolph) Coors
Rohan
|
$400
[9]
This hard animal fat is used in candles & soap
tallow
Jeremy
|
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
In a 1999 review Stephen King called this title character a Count Dracula for the computer age
Hannibal Lecter
Rohan
|
$500
[15]
Fred Astaire's first dramatic role was in this 1959 post-nuclear war Nevil Shute drama set partly in Australia
On the Beach
Jeremy
|
$500
[5]
The town of Jasper is in Jasper National Park in this Canadian province
Alberta
Rohan
|
$500
[21]
The person heardheregrew up in this area of L.A. between the Santa Monica & San Gabriel mountains"And I was like, 'Oh my God, whatever!' and Tiffany was like, 'For sure, you know, like...'"
the San Fernando Valley
Jeremy
|
$500
[30]
This man's name is on the can, but it was John Dorrance who developed condensed soup for his company
(Joseph) Campbell
Iris
|
$500
[10]
Donovan only made it to No. 2 with this song, his second-biggest hit
"Mellow Yellow"
Jeremy
|
| BLACK FIRSTS | MUSICAL FLYERS | SCIENCE & NATURE | AMERICA-PODGE | FAMOUS ANCIENT GREEKS | 3-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[21]
In 1999 Maurice Ashley became the first black American international grandmaster in this
chess
Jeremy
|
$200
[11]
In 1977 they were one of the biggest bands in the world & Steve Miller told us to fly like one of them
The Eagles
Jeremy
|
$200
[6]
In March 1966 the USSR's Venera 3 became the first space probe to physically touch another planet, this one
Venus
Jeremy
|
$200
[16]
Syracuse is one of several New York cities noted for having haunted hayrides during this month
October
Jeremy
|
$200
[26]
This Greek came bearing fables with morals like "The gods help those who help themselves"
Aesop
Jeremy
|
$200
[1]
This term for coffee is also a man's nickname
Joe
Rohan
|
|
$400
[22]
In 1888 William Hunton became the 1st black full-time sec. of this organization where "It's fun to stay"
YMCA
Rohan
|
$400
[12]
This '60s "White Rabbit" band mutated into Starship in the 80s
Jefferson Airplane
Jeremy
Iris
|
$400
[7]
In 1955 physicists Owen Chamberlain & Emilio Segre discovered the antiproton, which has this kind of charge
negative
Jeremy
|
$400
[17]
If you fly over Iowa, you'll see lots of this leading crop that accounts for about 18% of the USA's production
corn
Jeremy
|
$400
[27]
This doctor suggested an intrauterine device for women hoping to prevent pregnancy
Hippocrates
|
$400
[2]
They performed "Won't Get Fooled Again" when they reunited to play Live Aid in 1985
The Who
Rohan
|
|
$600
[23]
Meeting Edith Jones, the first black to attend the Univ. of Ark. Medical School, inspired this later surgeon-general
Joycelyn Elders
Rohan
|
$600
[13]
In 1965 this group flew straight to the top of the charts with the Bob Dylan tune "Mr. Tambourine Man"
The Byrds
Rohan
|
$600
[8]
The European type of this bovine, called a wisent, is taller but lighter than the American type
a buffalo
Jeremy
Iris
|
$600
[18]
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman said he wants this Washington. D.C. "Institution" to open a museum in Vegas
the Smithsonian
Jeremy
|
DD
$400
[29]
He didn't have a screw loose, he defined the principle of the lever, among other things
Archimedes
Iris
|
$600
[3]
3-letter name for the style of paintbrush seen here
a fan
Jeremy
|
|
$800
[24]
She appeared in over 300 films & was the first black actress to win an Oscar
Hattie McDaniel
Iris
|
$800
[14]
The dreadlocked Adam Duritz fronts this band whose debut album was "August and Everything After"
the Counting Crows
Iris
|
$800
[9]
This physics term refers to the study of extremely low temperatures
cryogenics
Jeremy
|
$800
[19]
Once an immigration station & now known for its hiking trails, Angel Island, seen here, is in this California bay
San Francisco
Jeremy
|
$600
[28]
In 423 B.C. Cratinus took the festival prize with the play "The Bottle", beating this author of "The Clouds"
Aristophanes
Iris
|
$800
[4]
In Psalms, "Thy" this "and thy staff, they comfort me"
rod
Jeremy
|
|
$1,000
[25]
She was not the first African-American in the Texas Senate, but she was the first African-American woman there
Barbara Jordan
|
$1,000
[15]
This group was in the pink in 1959 with "I Only Have Eyes For You"
The Flamingos
|
$1,000
[10]
Most spiders have 6 of these short, fingerlike organs with which to create silk
spinnerets
|
$1,000
[20]
Born in Mexico in 1907 to expatriate American Mormons, George Romney served as gov. of this U.S. state in the 1960s
Michigan
Jeremy
|
— |
DD
$1,500
[5]
One female gamete
egg
Jeremy
|
He was nominated for Best Director twice in the same year, the first so honored since Michael Curtiz for 1938
Steven Soderbergh