Game data retrieved from an alternate archive.
Becky Peeler — a secretary from Bremerton, Washington
Brian Hindelang — an electronics technician from San Antonio, Texas
Jill Kaiser — a trauma center registration secretary from Edgington, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $28,602)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jill | $-1,400 | $200 | $5,800 |
$2,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,800
12 R, 5 W |
| Brian | $5,600 | $7,800 | $25,400 |
$30,800
New champion: $30,800 |
$20,600
27 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W |
| Becky | $-1,000 | $400 | $4,000 |
$7,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,000
8 R, 5 W |
| THE NEW YORK TIMES SCIENCE TIMES | '80s MUSIC | INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS | A PUZZLING CATEGORY | U.S. SENATE HISTORY | "Z" FOR YOURSELF |
|
$200
[26]
On April 1, 2003 this "mystery ailment" seen in Hong Kong made the front page of Science Times
SARS
Becky
|
$200
[18]
Prince's backing band on the "Purple Rain" soundtrack
the Revolution
Jill
|
$200
[1]
More than blue jays land at this city's Lester B. Pearson International Airport
Toronto
Brian
|
$200
[16]
When it's fully scrambled, it takes a minimum of 22 twists to solve this puzzling cube
Rubik's cube
Brian
|
$200
[6]
This man became President of the Senate in 2001
Dick Cheney
Brian
|
$200
[11]
Seen here is a representation of this celestial wheel
the Zodiac
Jill
|
|
$400
[27]
Worldwide, people dream of these Freudian reptiles more often than of any other animal
snakes
Becky
|
$400
[19]
"Brass Monkey" & "No Sleep Till Brooklyn" were songs on their hit 1986 debut album
The Beastie Boys
Jill
|
$400
[2]
Allow enough time for connections, or you'll be hurryin' at Ben Gurion in this country
Israel
Brian
|
$400
[17]
Words, guessed from clues, fitted into an interlocking horizontal & vertical pattern
a crossword puzzle
Becky
|
$400
[7]
In 1795 John Rutledge became the first nominee to this body rejected by the Senate
the Supreme Court
Brian
|
$400
[12]
The flag of this African nation of about 10 million is seen here
Zambia
Jill
Becky
|
|
$600
[28]
The "spokes" that Percival Lowell insisted he saw on Venus were actually shadows of blood vessels here
his eye
Jill
|
$600
[20]
This Eagle had solo success in the '80s with hits like "The Heat Is On"
Glenn Frey
Jill
Brian
Becky
|
$600
[3]
Where is Izmir? It iz in this bi-continental country
Turkey
|
$600
[23]
Riddle was the middle name of this labor leader whose puzzling 1975 disappearance remains unsolved to this day
Jimmy Hoffa
Brian
|
$600
[8]
In 1789 the Senate convened for the first time, in this city
New York
Jill
Brian
Becky
|
$600
[13]
Thisstitch is good for synthetic fabrics
zigzag
Jill
Brian
|
|
$800
[29]
New evidence suggests the British didn't sink this supership May 27, 1941; the Germans scuttled it
the Bismarck
Brian
|
$800
[21]
Bruce Springsteen sang on this 1985 anti-apartheid single, a project of his old pal Steve Van Zandt
"Sun City"
Brian
|
$800
[4]
Seeb's in Oman; Saab's in this country
Sweden
Brian
|
$800
[24]
These puzzles started as teaching devices for geography & are named for the way they are cut
a jigsaw puzzle
Brian
|
$800
[9]
In 1798 the Senate began its first trial of this type; the defendant was fellow Senator William Blount
impeachment
Brian
|
$800
[14]
It's the first name of this historic American leader & President
Zachary (Taylor)
Brian
|
|
$1,000
[30]
A Dutch mathematician figured out how one could fill in the holes seen here, in a work by this artist
M.C. Escher
Jill
|
$1,000
[22]
George Strait sang, "You're in someone else's arms in Dallas, does" this city "ever cross your mind?"
Fort Worth
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
2 people dropped off at the same time at the Pisa airport named for this man will hit the ground at the same time
Galileo
Brian
|
$1,000
[25]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew presents.) From the Latin for "things", it's the type of symbolic puzzle seen here
a rebus
Becky
|
$1,000
[10]
In 1824 the Senate honored this Frenchman & gave him a seat of honor to the right of the presiding officer
Lafayette
|
$1,000
[15]
Mesopotamian favorite seen here
ziggurat
Brian
|
| PHILADELPHIA | THE PELICAN BRIEF | A SOLDIER'S STORY | TRAINING DAY | HE GOT "GAME" | DENZEL WASHINGTON |
|
$400
[26]
In Philadelphia during the 1730s he founded America's first public library & first volunteer fire department
Benjamin Franklin
Jill
|
$400
[21]
This 1960s TV show starring Sally Field was based on the book "The Fifteenth Pelican" by Tere Rios
The Flying Nun
Jill
Brian
|
$400
[16]
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, wounded on page 963 of this novel, dies on page 1166
War and Peace
Brian
|
$400
[11]
From the Latin for "seed plot", it's a school for the training of priests, ministers or rabbis
seminary
Becky
|
$400
[6]
It's Nintendo's handheld video game playing machine
Gameboy
Brian
Becky
|
$400
[1]
Back in the '80s Denzel was Dr. Philip Chandler on this TV medical drama
St. Elsewhere
Brian
|
|
$800
[27]
The Graff House on 7th & Market is where he resided while drafting the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Brian
|
$800
[22]
It's the common term for a marsupial nursery or the sack under a pelican's bill
pouch
Jill
|
$800
[17]
Ford Madox Ford's "Parade's End" follows Christopher Tietjens, a soldier in this war
World War I
Jill
Brian
|
$800
[12]
You can use a Soyuz simulator at the Cosmonaut training center bearing the name of this man in Russia's Star City
Yuri Gagarin
Brian
|
$800
[7]
A carefully thought out strategy in sports for one particular match
a game plan
|
$800
[2]
Derek Luke played a sailor who is counseled by Navy psychiatrist Denzel in this 2002 film, Denzel's directorial debut
Antwone Fisher
Jill
|
|
$1,200
[28]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.) The Philadelphia Museum of Art began in 1876, as an art gallery of this Philadelphia exposition
the Centennial Exposition
|
$1,200
[23]
"Isle of the Pelicans" is the English translation of the name of this former federal prison
Alcatraz
Becky
|
$1,200
[18]
He's heardherereading from his memoir:"It is a story of my benefitting from opportunities created by the sacrifice of those who went before me, and maybe my benefitting those who will follow."
Colin Powell
Brian
Becky
|
$1,600
[14]
The Great Lakes Recruit Training Center on this lake is the U.S. Navy's only recruit training center
Lake Michigan
|
$1,200
[8]
A rooster of a fighting breed
a gamecock
Jill
|
$1,200
[3]
In a 1992 Spike Lee film, Denzel Washington played this slain African-American leader
Malcolm X
Jill
|
|
$1,600
[29]
On New Year's Day comics, fancies, string bands & fancy brigades hit the streets during this famous procession
the Mummers Parade
|
$1,600
[24]
This state's official flag depicts a pelican feeding its young
Louisiana
Brian
|
$2,000
[20]
In Charles Frazier's novel, a wounded soldier hikes across the Blue Ridge Mountains toward this title peak
Cold Mountain
|
$2,000
[15]
On his way to becoming a knight in the Middle Ages, a young man first served as a page & then as one of these
a squire
Becky
|
$1,600
[9]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from a classroom.) This No. 1 hit is from 1965: Shirley Shirley bo birley, banana fana fo firley, fee fie mo mirley, Shirley
"The Name Game"
Becky
|
$1,600
[4]
In 1987's "Cry Freedom", Denzel Washington played this slain South African activist
Steven Biko
Jill
|
| — |
$2,000
[25]
As it passed the Straits of Magellan, this explorer's ship, The Pelican, was rechristened The Golden Hind
Sir Francis Drake
|
DD
$4,200
[19]
A book with this alliterative title tells of Sgt. Michael Mullen, who was killed by a shell from his own side
Friendly Fire
Brian
|
DD
$3,400
[13]
In 1887 he established the world's first school for librarians at Columbia University
Melvil Dewey
Brian
|
$2,000
[10]
At this annual observance in Scotland there are dances & events like the caber toss
the Highland Games
Brian
|
$2,000
[5]
This 1995 Denzel Washington film takes place on the U.S. nuclear sub Alabama
Crimson Tide
Brian
|
About the islands he discovered, he wrote, "To the first of these I give the name of the Blessed Savior"
Christopher Columbus