Mark Stacy — a newspaper copy editor from Morgantown, West Virginia
Rob Vernon — a health care systems specialist from New Milford, New Jersey
Cara Colbert — a billing analyst from Austin, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cara | $900 | $2,100 | $4,300 |
$300
2nd place: a trip to Singapore |
$5,300
16 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Rob | $2,600 | $4,100 | $5,500 |
$100
3rd place: a Panasonic TV/VCR combo + a Showstopper hard disk recorder |
$5,700
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mark | $200 | $1,400 | $5,200 |
$5,600
New champion: $5,600 |
$5,200
18 R, 5 W |
| THE DATING GAME | HOLLYWOOD SQUARES | SUPERMARKET SWEEP | WHAT'S MY LINE? | THE MATCH GAME | "WHEEL" OF FORTUNE |
|
$100
[26]
Scientists map human genome; Elian Gonzalez returned to Cuba
2000
Cara
Mark
|
$100
[21]
Now a star of gritty big-screen blockbusters, he tendered bar on "Cheers" for 8 years as a naive Indiana farmboy
Woody Harrelson
Cara
|
$100
[1]
The first U.S. consumer product manufactured & sold in the Soviet Union was this soft drink, not Coke
Pepsi
Mark
|
$100
[6]
At one point in this classic novel, Tom cries out, "Injun Joe's in the cave!"
Tom Sawyer
Mark
|
$100
[11]
Player & upright are 2 common types of this instrument
a piano
Cara
|
$100
[13]
Perform this bicycling stunt by keeping your front tire off the ground as you roll along on the back line
a wheelie
Cara
|
|
$200
[27]
Grace Kelly marries a prince; Eisenhower reelected
1956
Rob
|
$200
[22]
Homer Simpson is often flummoxed by the behavior of this dweeby next-door neighbor
Ned Flanders
Cara
|
$200
[2]
These cakes from Hostess were originally sold as "Little Shortcake Fingers"
Twinkies
Cara
|
$200
[7]
In an 1851 classic this man cries, "Towards thee I row, thou all destroying but unconquering whale!"
Captain Ahab
Cara
Mark
|
$200
[12]
Mario Cuomo & Thomas Dewey were both governors of this state
New York
Mark
|
$200
[14]
This toy line helps Mattel claim it makes more cars each year than the big 3 automakers combined
Hot Wheels
Rob
|
|
$300
[28]
U.S. runners give black power salute at Olympics; Kubrick's "2001" released
1968
Mark
|
$300
[23]
In "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" this man played a nebbish-turned-fish who befuddled the Nazis
Don Knotts
Mark
|
$300
[3]
It's the popular brand of snack food that lends its name to the cereal seen here:
Oreos (for Oreo O's)
Cara
|
$300
[8]
In an 1830s work, this boy begs, "Please, sir, I want some more"
Oliver Twist
Rob
|
$300
[18]
Fog & flugel are 2 very different types of these
horns
Mark
|
$300
[15]
Grab your partner's ankles to run in this backyard contest
Wheelbarrow Race
Cara
|
|
$400
[29]
Federal building bombed in Oklahoma City; Kobe, Japan struck by 7.2 earthquake
1995
|
$400
[24]
Her performances as the nerdy Lisa Loopner on "Saturday Night Live" were "so funny I forgot to laugh"
Gilda Radner
Mark
|
$400
[4]
The first ready-mix pancake flour sold commercially in the U.S. was named for this fictional woman
Aunt Jemima
Rob
|
$500
[10]
In this Russian classic the main character is told, "You shouldn't have gone murdering people with a hatchet"
Crime and Punishment
|
$400
[19]
This prestigious international prize was won by Willy Brandt in 1971 & Desmond Tutu in 1984
the Nobel Peace Prize
Rob
|
$400
[16]
This state fair ride favorite premiered at Chicago's Columbian Exposition in 1893
a Ferris Wheel
Rob
|
|
$500
[30]
John Paul II shot; Iran releases U.S. embassy hostages
1981
Rob
Mark
|
$500
[25]
During its first season, Jaleel White joined this show as the ultra-nerdy Steve Urkel
Family Matters
Cara
|
$500
[5]
The name of this popular brand of chewing gum comes from the Latin for "three teeth"
Trident
Rob
|
DD
$1,200
[9]
A doomed boy in this 1954 novel declares, "I got the conch, you let me speak"
Lord of the Flies
Rob
|
$500
[20]
Olympia & whitstable are 2 varieties of this edible shellfish
oysters
|
$500
[17]
Rhyming term for a skilled but possibly dishonest operator
wheeler-dealer
Mark
|
| RELIGION | TRUSTY SIDEKICKS | SINGERS WHO ACT | U.S. CITIES | THEY BITE, THEY STING | AFTER AFTER |
|
$200
[26]
Each year about 1 million Hindu pilgrims journey to Varanasi, India to wash away their sins in this holy river
the Ganges
Mark
|
$200
[11]
Hobbes, a tiger
Calvin
Mark
|
$200
[1]
The 1999 TV movie "Blue Valley Songbird" starred this buxom blonde songbird of country music
Dolly Parton
Mark
|
$200
[6]
To see what's up at Churchill Downs, head to this city
Louisville
Rob
Mark
|
$200
[16]
This mollusk captures its prey with its 8 arms, bites it with its beak & injects poison from its salivary glands
the octopus
Mark
|
$200
[21]
It's after "after" in products like Old Spice, Brut & Jovan
shave
Cara
|
|
$400
[27]
The Biblical book bearing her name begins by saying it took place "in the days when the judges ruled"
Ruth
Cara
|
$400
[12]
Rocky, a flying squirrel
Bullwinkle
Mark
|
$400
[2]
She got to act with Meryl Streep when she played Isabel Vasquez in "Music of the Heart"
Gloria Estefan
Mark
|
$400
[7]
John D. Rockefeller began his oil dynasty in this Ohio city
Cleveland
Mark
|
$400
[17]
This bee of the subfamily Bombidae does not build hives
the bumblebee
Cara
|
$400
[22]
The club that you stagger out of at sunrise is probably an "after" this type
after hours
Mark
|
|
$800
[29]
In 1549 this Spanish priest established Christianity in Japan
St. Francis Xavier
|
$600
[13]
Sancho Panza, a rustic squire
Don Quixote
Rob
|
$600
[3]
As a child, this "Fame" singer was in the Broadway musical "Maggie Flynn" with Shirley Jones & Jack Cassidy
Irene Cara
Cara
|
$800
[9]
Arlington is located between these third & sixth most populous cities in Texas
Dallas & Fort Worth
Cara
|
$600
[18]
The toxin secreted by this jellyfish-like creature is about 75% as powerful as cobra venom
the Portuguese man-of-war
Mark
|
$600
[23]
It's after "after" in the 3.2 earthquake that hit Encino, California on August 20, 1997
shock
Rob
|
|
DD
$1,000
[28]
This holy book whose name means "recitation" is divided into 114 chapters called suras
The Koran
Cara
|
$800
[14]
Ariel, a sprite
Prospero (from The Tempest )
Rob
|
$800
[4]
This singer seen here gave a fine performance as Delroy Lindo's troubled daughter in "The Cider House Rules"
Erykah Badu
Cara
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
Lancaster, Pennsylvania is on this river, which shares its name with a type of wagon
Conestoga
Rob
|
$800
[19]
This "black" African snake's venom is so deadly that death is almost 100% certain without antivenin
the black mamba
Rob
|
$800
[24]
After "after" it's a pleasurable feeling of success
afterglow
Mark
|
|
$1,000
[30]
From the Latin for "soul", it's the belief that natural objects like trees have souls too
animism
|
$1,000
[15]
Beatrice, a "heavenly" tour guide
Dante Aligheri ( The Divine Comedy )
|
$1,000
[5]
This TV Catwoman's purr-fect performance in Broadway's "The Wild Party" earned her a Tony nomination in 2000
Eartha Kitt
Rob
|
$1,000
[10]
This state's Medford in the Rogue River valley was named for Medford, Massachusetts
Oregon
Mark
|
$1,000
[20]
AKA the violin spider, this poisonous variety differs from other spiders in that it has 6 eyes rather than 8
the brown recluse spider
|
$1,000
[25]
It's after "after" in the part producing the streak seen here:
afterburner
|
In 1908 Hermann Ebbinghaus said this field "has a long past, but only a short history"
Psychology