Game data retrieved from an alternate archive.
Brenna McGowan — a financial services consultant from Holliston, Massachusetts
Robert Gonzalez — a teacher from Glendora, California
Micah Morken — a graduate student originally from St. Paul, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micah | $3,800 | $4,200 | $16,200 |
$10,200
2-day champion: $38,400 |
$18,200
22 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Robert | $3,000 | $1,800 | $3,000 |
$399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,600
13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Brenna | $400 | $4,000 | $2,800 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,000
11 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| THE LAWYER WHO... | SPORTS 2003 | GUINNESS RECORDS | LIBROS EN ESPAÑOL | BRANDS | BIRD TALK |
|
$200
[11]
...put some 70,000 words in alphabetical order to make a new American dictionary in 1828
Noah Webster
Micah
|
$200
[1]
Oakland scored 3 touchdowns in the Super Bowl; Tampa Bay got 3 just on returns of these
interceptions
Micah
Robert
|
$200
[6]
In 2000 a man ate 25 of these (buns, too) in 12 minutes to win a contest at Nathan's
hot dogs
Brenna
|
$200
[26]
Rowling:"Harry Potter y la Piedra Filosofal"
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Micah
|
$200
[16]
These mints were introduced in 1912 with the slogan "For that stormy breath"
Life Savers
Robert
|
$200
[21]
To avoid a punch, like a webbed wonder
duck
Micah
|
|
$400
[12]
...became a sportscaster for ABC & befriended Muhammad Ali
Howard Cosell
Robert
Brenna
|
$400
[2]
His girlfriend, Mandy Moore, watched him win tennis' U.S. Open
Andy Roddick
Micah
|
$400
[7]
Dale Lyons set a record in 1990 by running a marathon while carrying one of these on a spoon
an egg
Robert
|
$400
[27]
Puzo:"El Padrino"
The Godfather
Robert
|
$400
[17]
This soft drink was once billed as "Zero-proof hillbilly moonshine"
Mountain Dew
Brenna
|
$400
[22]
To brag about something, like a member of the genus Corvus
crow
Brenna
|
|
$600
[13]
...wrote "The Power of Literature and its Connection with Religion" & some little national anthem
Francis Scott Key
Robert
|
$600
[3]
Milestone reached by the man seenhereon June 13th
300 wins
Micah
|
$600
[8]
You might say Brian Viner is stuck on these; he has 3,750 different types in various colors, shapes & sizes
band-aids (adhesive bandages)
Brenna
|
$600
[28]
Wells:"La Guerra de los Mundos"
The War of the Worlds
Robert
|
$600
[18]
The logo of this brand is seen here
Dove
Robert
|
$600
[23]
To cower or shrink back in fear, like a small brown bird that gathers in coveys
quail
|
|
$800
[14]
...figured out the scope of the galaxy, but only made it to Major in WWI
Edwin Hubble
|
$800
[4]
Anaheimers learned to say "Jean-Sebastien Giguere", who was the NHL playoffs' MVP playing this position
goalie
Micah
|
$800
[9]
The tallest tree on record was a 435-foot one of these in Australia, reported in 1872
a eucalyptus
Robert
|
$800
[29]
Rey:"Jorge el Curioso"
Curious George
Brenna
|
$800
[19]
Its name means "fine water" in Latin
Aquafina
Robert
|
$800
[24]
To shoot from a concealed location, like a shore bird
snipe
Robert
|
|
$1,000
[15]
...got lucky when Harrison Ford played the lead in the film version of his novel "Presumed Innocent"
Scott Turow
Robert
|
$1,000
[5]
1967 had the Summer of this; 2003 had the Summer of this golfer who was at the top of the money list in Aug.
Davis Love III
Micah
|
$1,000
[10]
He set a Guinness record by officiating at 35,000 marriages simultaneously on August 25, 1995
Sun Myung Moon
Micah
|
$1,000
[30]
Gray:"Los Hombres son de Marte, las Mujeres son de Venus"
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
Brenna
|
DD
$4,600
[20]
It's what the NE stands for in NECCO, a confectionery company headquartered in Massachusetts
New England
Robert
|
$1,000
[25]
To sell your wares on the street, like a diurnal bird of prey
hawk
Brenna
|
| ANCIENT TIMES | CHRISTMAS CHARACTERS | TRAVEL GERMANY | MEDICINE | DOGS | PRIVATE "PART"s |
|
$400
[2]
This Macedonian General began his war against the Persian Empire by crossing the Hellespont in the spring of 334 B.C.
Alexander the Great
Micah
|
$400
[16]
He's "nipping at your nose" in a Christmas song
Jack Frost
Brenna
|
$400
[7]
(Video of Cheryl in Berlin, Germany.) At one time, you could enter Berlin through 14 different city gates. This is the only one left.
the Brandenburg Gate
Micah
|
$400
[21]
The Hippocratic Oath begins, "I swear by" this son of Zeus "the physician and Aesculapius..."
Apollo
|
$400
[1]
The Shiba Inu originated in this country centuries ago but was only introduced into the U.S. after World War II
Japan
Micah
|
$400
[26]
A verb or an adjective or a pronoun or an interjection
a part of speech
Brenna
|
|
$800
[3]
The Mayans gave this ancient Mexican city a name meaning "mouth of the wells of the Itza"
Chichen Itza
Micah
|
$800
[17]
In a 1988 movie Bill Murray played Frank Cross, who's this Dickens character updated as a TV executive
Ebenezer Scrooge
Micah
|
$800
[8]
You can still hear live music at this city's Club Grosse Freiheit, where the Beatles performed when they were mere larvae
Hamburg
Micah
|
$800
[22]
From the Greek for "itch", it's a "heartbreaking" skin disease characterized by reddish patches
psoriasis
Micah
|
$800
[12]
The American Kennel Club recognizes 2 breeds of pinscher: the Doberman & this "small" one
Miniature
Brenna
|
$800
[27]
Medium-sized game bird related to the pheasant
a partridge
Micah
Brenna
|
|
$1,200
[4]
This Greek was condemned to death in 399 B.C. for "impiety" & "corrupting the youth"
Socrates
Micah
|
$1,200
[18]
In the New York City Ballet's 1954 "Nutcracker", Alberta Grant was Clara & Maria Tallchief, her
the Sugar Plum Fairy
Micah
|
$1,200
[9]
(Video of Sofia at the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany.) Architect Norman Foster says his Reichstag interior lets the public see the process of this type of government at work
democracy
Brenna
|
$1,200
[23]
The 1905 Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to Robert Koch for his discoveries in relation to this lung disease
tuberculosis
Brenna
|
$1,600
[14]
The name of this small dog sounds like a Belgian relative of "Jeopardy!" creator Merv
the Brussels griffon
Brenna
|
$1,200
[28]
Resistance fighters
partisans
Robert
|
|
$1,600
[5]
Nebuchadnezzar's many building projects included the repair of this type of stepped tower devoted to the god Marduk
a ziggurat
Micah
|
$1,600
[19]
Character name of Edmund Gwenn & Richard Attenborough in versions of "Miracle on 34th Street"
Kris Kringle
Micah
|
$1,600
[10]
At Hohenschwangau Castle, you'll find a body of water that shares its name with this 1877 ballet
Swan Lake
Micah
|
$1,600
[24]
In 1785 Dr. William Withering documented the first medicinal use of this plant from which digitalis is derived
foxglove
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
This dog was named for its ability to hunt birds called woodcock
the cocker spaniel
Brenna
|
$1,600
[29]
The division of a country into 2 or more separate countries
a partition
Micah
|
|
$2,000
[6]
This ancient wonder was built around 353 B.C. as a tomb for a provincial ruler of the Persian Empire
the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
In a Victor Herbert operetta, children Alan & Jane see a spectacular pageant in this place
Toyland
Micah
|
$2,000
[11]
(Video of Sofia in Munich, Germany.) I'm at the place called the most famous beer haus in the world. It dates back to a hall founded in Munich in 1589.
Hofbrauhaus
Robert
|
$2,000
[25]
This Baylor physician who pioneered coronary bypass techniques was the first to repair an aneurysm
Michael DeBakey
Robert
|
$2,000
[15]
The Dandie Dinmont terrier was named for a farmer in this man's novel "Guy Mannering"
Sir Walter Scott
|
$2,000
[30]
Reproduction without fertilization
parthenogenesis
|
In 2000, 1 of only 3 state capitals that had a population of less than 20,000
(1 of) Augusta, Pierre or Montpelier