Game data retrieved from an alternate archive.
Lynne Bongiovanni — a college instructor from Queens, New York
James Burns — a television graphic designer from Avondale Estates, Georgia
Jill Kaiser — a trauma center registration secretary from Edgington, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jill | $2,800 | $3,000 | $11,800 |
$19,801
2-day champion: $28,602 |
$11,800
14 R, 3 W |
| James | $2,200 | $2,400 | $-800 |
$-800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-800
10 R, 6 W |
| Lynne | $800 | $5,100 | $9,900 |
$19,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| THE MISSOURI RIVER | COLORIFIC | MOVIE LOCATIONS | LAGER RHYTHMS | PUTIN | ON THE "ITZ" |
|
$200
[11]
Parts of the Missouri are lined with these cliffs; an Iowa city named for a famous council is located on some
bluffs
Jill
|
$200
[1]
It was boxer Joe Louis' famous nickname
the Brown Bomber
James
|
$200
[6]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Times Square.) Can you believe Times Square was completely closed off to film this actor's "Vanilla Sky" dream sequence?
Tom Cruise
Lynne
|
$200
[12]
It can be a popular brand of beer or a popular book of world records
Guinness
Lynne
|
$200
[22]
It's the city where Vladimir Putin was born in 1952; it changed its name in 1991
Leningrad (or St. Petersburg)
James
|
$200
[17]
Also called a red-dog, it's a defensive football play on a quarterback to try & prevent a pass
blitz
James
|
|
$400
[27]
A dam good idea, the 1944 act to control these authorized the Missouri River Basin Project
floods
James
|
$400
[2]
Singer Alecia Moore goes by this name, regardless of her hair color
Pink
Jill
|
$400
[7]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from Louisville, Kentucky.) Al Pacino & Russell Crowe filmed part of this movie about a whistle-blower here at the Seelbach Hilton
The Insider
|
$400
[13]
London pubs have "extra cold beer" for Yanks; most Brits drink beer at a temperature called this
cellar temperature (or room temperature)
Jill
Lynne
|
$400
[23]
Putin was a citywide tournament champion in this martial art
judo
Jill
|
$400
[18]
First name of the peacemaker seen here
Yitzhak (Rabin)
Lynne
|
|
$600
[28]
Missouri fish include this type of catfish with a stubborn-sounding name
bullhead
Jill
|
$600
[3]
Vince Lombardi said there are 3 important things in life: family, religion & this football team
the Green Bay Packers
James
|
$600
[8]
L.A.'s 1893 Bradbury Building, seen here, was featured in this Harrison Ford movie, set around 2020
Blade Runner
James
|
$600
[14]
In this year, the Mayflower came ashore at a secondary destination because of a shortage of beer
1620
James
|
$600
[24]
Putin spent a long time there & one of his daughters was born in this country that no longer exists
East Germany
James
Lynne
|
DD
$500
[19]
This popular resort city of southeastern Switzerland has hosted many world skiing competitions
St. Moritz
Lynne
|
| — |
$800
[4]
It's the reddish-orange color named for the fruit seen here
persimmon
Jill
James
|
$800
[9]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from the National Bowling Center.) Part of this Woody Harrelson / Randy Quaid film about an Amish bowling wiz was shot here at the National Bowling Stadium in Reno
Kingpin
Lynne
|
$800
[15]
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, could tell you that it's "the official beer of Halloween"
Coors
Lynne
|
$800
[25]
It's the intelligence service he worked for from 1975 to 1990
the KGB
James
Lynne
|
$800
[20]
This ruined Mayan city on the Yucatan peninsula is home to a large pyramid called El Castillo
Chichen Itza
James
|
| — |
$1,000
[5]
It's the color you'd avoid if you were xanthophobic
yellow
Jill
|
$1,000
[10]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from a beach.) At the end of this steamy film, Kathleen Turner lounges here, on Kauai's Tunnels Beach
Body Heat
James
|
$1,000
[16]
If a Pittsburgher suggests pumping iron, he may mean drinking this local brand of beer
Iron City
|
$1,000
[26]
Putin has garnered popular support by his suppression of militants in this breakaway republic
Chechnya
Lynne
|
$1,000
[21]
A class of aircraft carriers bears the name of this commander of the U.S. Pacific fleet during WWII
Nimitz
Lynne
|
| GEOLOGY | U.N. GOODWILL AMBASSADORS | WATER SPORTS | ART & ARTISTS | THE OLD SOUTH | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER |
|
$400
[19]
The 2 forces that cause soil erosion are water & this, which includes a process called deflation
wind
James
|
$400
[14]
Working for UNICEF is this woman, mom to 14 kids & movie mom to "Rosemary's Baby"
Mia Farrow
Jill
|
$400
[24]
Synchronized swimming used to be called "water" this, though it's hard to be "en pointe" in the pool
ballet
Jill
|
$400
[1]
The Dada art movement originated at the Cabaret Voltaire in 1916 in this largest Swiss city
Zurich
Jill
|
$400
[6]
In 1788 Col. George Clendenin danced off with the deed to this city now in West Virginia for, we hear, under a buck
Charleston
|
$400
[9]
It's the term for the decorative "A.T." on my cufflinks
monogram
Lynne
|
|
$800
[20]
This rock is basically froth formed from liquid lava
pumice
James
|
$800
[15]
Appointed in August 2001, this movie "Tomb Raider" is tackling the refugee problem
Angelina Jolie
Lynne
|
$800
[25]
Hockey has the penalty shot; this game has the penalty throw
water polo
Jill
Lynne
|
$800
[2]
This Florentine's 1483 "Madonna of the Rocks" is his earliest major work that survives in complete form
da Vinci
Lynne
|
$800
[7]
Imprisoned for life in 1865, this doctor was pardoned by the President in 1869
Samuel Mudd
Lynne
|
$800
[10]
A type of exercise, or a type of bra
push-up
James
Lynne
|
|
$1,200
[21]
The "creta" in Cretaceous comes from the Latin for this substance picked up by some blackboard erasers
chalk
Jill
|
$1,200
[16]
Seen here, he was the first U.N. goodwill ambassador
Danny Kaye
Jill
|
$1,200
[26]
In the Olympics, this event name means you can use any stroke, but it's usually the crawl
freestyle
Lynne
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
In 1934 this midwestern regionalist became an assistant professor of fine arts at the University of Iowa
Grant Wood
Lynne
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
This ex-president of a South Carolina railroad negotiated a purchase from Mexico for a new U.S. route
James Gadsden
Lynne
|
$1,200
[11]
Once you ring in, you've reached "the point of" this
no return
Lynne
|
|
$1,600
[22]
Do we have to spell it out for you? Speleology is the study of these
caves
Jill
|
$1,600
[17]
Made a UNICEF ambassador in 1988, this Oscar winner spent the last years of her life working for needy children
Audrey Hepburn
Jill
|
$1,600
[27]
Rhyming term for an insect-like fishing lure that floats on the surface of the water
dry fly
|
$1,600
[4]
As a boy, Titian was sent to this city to study under the masters; he spent most of the rest of his life there
Venice
Lynne
|
— |
$1,600
[12]
The Flame is a variety of red grape with this popular quality
seedless
Jill
|
|
$2,000
[23]
The Eniwetok Atoll sits on a limestone cap that's sitting on the summit of one of these
a volcano
Jill
|
$2,000
[18]
This South African Nobel Laureate author is an ambassador for the U.N. development program
Nadine Gordimer
|
$2,000
[28]
The introduction of aluminum made this type of diving board more flexible, giving divers more height
springboard
James
|
$2,000
[5]
This Dutch artist's "Composition B With Red, 1935", scorned by critics in 1936, was sold in 1999 for about $4.5 million
Piet Mondrian
|
— |
$2,000
[13]
Scented liquid originating in a German city
Eau de Cologne
|
The Alabama coin bears this person's name in English, & for the first time on a circulating U.S. coin, in Braille
Helen Keller