First game of Season 18.
Hardy Watts — an elementary school teacher from Boston, Massachusetts
Anne Reynolds — a lawyer from Toronto, Ontario
Roland Lange — a sales director from Brooklyn, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $22,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roland | $1,000 | $2,000 | $7,500 |
$0
3rd place: a CompUSA gift certificate |
$6,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Anne | $900 | $3,000 | $7,900 |
$400
New champion: $400 |
$9,400
20 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Hardy | $0 | $1,100 | $5,700 |
$100
2nd place: a trip to the Bahamas |
$6,100
15 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| TRUE STORY | OSCAR-WINNING ROLES | THEY HAVE HOOVES | DANCES | BALLS | RHYME TIME |
|
$100
[3]
John Hersey wrote about 6 survivors of an August 6, 1945 explosion in this title city
Hiroshima
Roland
|
$100
[1]
Mary Poppins
Julie Andrews
Roland
|
$100
[18]
One variety of the white-tailed species of this weighs only 50-75 pounds & lives in the Florida Keys
the deer
Roland
|
$100
[5]
Technically, a bubble dance is done with these props, not bubbles
balloons
Anne
|
$100
[9]
Mother & performer seenherein 1947
Lucille Ball
Anne
|
$100
[11]
Mus musculus, this grayish-brown rodent lives in or near domiciles
a house mouse
Roland
|
|
$200
[4]
In "Duty First", alum Ed Ruggero calls this military academy "America's premier leadership school"
West Point
Anne
|
$200
[2]
Rooster Cogburn
John Wayne
Hardy
|
$200
[23]
This wild African pig has 2 pairs of tusks that may reach a length of 24 inches
the warthog
Roland
|
$200
[26]
Back-bending dance that's neither heaven nor hell
the limbo
Anne
|
$200
[10]
Perhaps, in the future, you'll see one of these divinatory aids
a crystal ball
Hardy
|
$200
[12]
Abbreviated term for the genre that includes Isaac Asimov & Ursula K. Le Guin
sci-fi
Anne
|
|
$300
[15]
Dr. Jerri Nielsen gives her account of discovering that she had breast cancer while "ice bound" here
the South Pole
Hardy
|
$300
[6]
Loretta Lynn
Sissy Spacek
Roland
Hardy
|
$300
[24]
Despite its large size, this wild ox of Tibet is quite agile & can swim swift rivers
the yak
Roland
|
$300
[30]
A Carioca is a resident of Rio & also a ballroom version of this dance
the samba
|
$300
[13]
We bet you know the balls seenhereare used in this game of chance
the lottery
Hardy
|
DD
$400
[14]
Restaurateur Trader Vic created this rum & curacao cocktail
a mai tai
Hardy
|
|
$400
[16]
This gonzo journalist tells the "Strange and Terrible Saga" of flying with angels--Hell's Angels
Hunter Thompson
Roland
|
$400
[7]
U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard
Tommy Lee Jones
Roland
|
$400
[25]
It's estimated that fewer than 1,000 members of the Bactrian species of this exist in the world, all in Mongolia & China
the camel
Hardy
|
$400
[27]
It's a lively Spanish-American dance, or a "Grim" computer game from Lucas Arts
fandango
|
$400
[19]
Seen here, it's also an offensive term for someone's spouse
a ball & chain
Anne
|
$400
[21]
The title of hits by Madonna & Tommy James & the Shondells, it's slang for naughty behavior
hanky panky
Hardy
|
|
$500
[17]
"Into Thin Air" is his account of scaling Everest & the tragedy that befell others around him
Jon Krakauer
Hardy
|
$500
[8]
Mexican cop Javier Rodriguez Rodriguez
Benicio Del Toro
Anne
|
$500
[29]
The soft, pliant leather from this cud-chewing goat is used as a polishing cloth & to make shirts
a chamois
Anne
|
$500
[28]
An old French dance from a German folk dance, or a square dance move
an allemande
Anne
|
$500
[20]
Used in large group games, it's the worldly projectile seen here
an Earth ball
Hardy
|
$500
[22]
This hyphenated term means haphazard or disorganized
willy-nilly
Anne
|
| TRU STORY | TV THEME SONGS | WHERE WERE YOU LAST NIGHT? | FLIGHT | ARCHBISHOPS OF YORK | ACCENTÉ |
|
$200
[26]
Truman Capote was born on September 30, 1924 in this Southern city
New Orleans
|
$200
[21]
"I'll be there for you when the rain starts to pour, I'll be there for you like I've been there before"
Friends
Anne
|
$200
[11]
Dancing at Le Balajo on the Rue de Lappe
Paris
Hardy
|
$200
[1]
Accessories of the dashing WWII Spitfire pilot included a leather helmet & a white silk one of these
a scarf
Hardy
|
$200
[16]
Nicholas Heath, in office from 1555 to 1579, was the last archbishop of this faith
Catholicism
Roland
|
$200
[6]
An accent shows that this word means a summary of one's work experience, not "to continue"
resumé
Anne
|
|
$400
[27]
This book about the murder of a farm family blurred the genres of literature & crime reportage
In Cold Blood
Anne
|
$400
[22]
"Raised in the woods so's he knew every tree"
Davy Crockett
Roland
|
$400
[12]
Just checking out the view from the top of the Mark Hopkins
San Francisco
Roland
|
$400
[2]
The name of Vostok, the Soviets' first manned space flight program, means this direction
east
Anne
Hardy
|
$400
[17]
The first Norman archbishop, in 1070, was Thomas of this French tapestry town
Bayeux
Anne
|
$400
[7]
It may be "au lait"
café
Roland
|
|
$600
[28]
This novella includes the line "Holly Golightly had been a tenant in the old brownstone"
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Anne
|
$600
[23]
"I've been searchin' my soul tonight, I know there's so much more to life"
Ally McBeal
Hardy
|
$600
[13]
Singing karaoke in Shinjuku
Tokyo
Anne
|
$600
[3]
The map shownhereillustrates the airline system of these central airports & spokes
hubs
Roland
|
$600
[18]
Early archbishops included Ethelbald, Egbert & this 8th c. one whose name combines parts of the other 2
Ethelbert
Hardy
|
$800
[9]
It's the basic ballet maneuver seen here
plié
Anne
|
|
$800
[29]
"The Muses Are Heard" is Truman's account of going to Moscow with the black cast of this Gershwin show
Porgy and Bess
Hardy
|
$800
[24]
"You're not the boss of me now! You're not the boss of me now! You're not the boss of me now & you're not so big!"
Malcolm in the Middle
Anne
|
$800
[14]
Down in Plaka listening to bouzouki music
Athens
Hardy
|
$800
[4]
The hero of the first book by "Little Prince" author St.-Exupery is a pilot who delivers this
the mail
Hardy
|
$800
[19]
A half-brother of Richard the Lionheart, Archbishop Geoffrey was a fellow member of this royal house
Plantagenet
Anne
|
$1,000
[10]
Accented term for a Cajun stew of crayfish, vegetables & seasonings over rice
étouffée
Roland
|
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1990 this "Loved One" actor won a Tony for his portrayal of Capote in the one-man show "Tru"
Robert Morse
Roland
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1965: "There's a man who leads a life of danger, to everyone he meets he stays a stranger"
Secret Agent
Anne
|
$1,000
[15]
Having steak gaucho-style at La Chacra
Buenos Aires
Anne
|
$1,000
[5]
This Mach 3 plane was called the RS-71 until LBJ misread it in public & the name was changed
the Blackbird (or the SR-71)
Hardy
|
DD
$1,500
[20]
As an adviser to Henry VIII, he was made Archbishop of York in 1514 & a cardinal in 1515
Thomas Wolsey
Anne
|
DD
$1,500
[8]
James Rogers' "Dictionary of" these includes "on the horns of a dilemma" & "hook, line & sinker"
clichés
Roland
|
This Ford with a name from Native American myth was the first model to be Motor Trend Car of the Year
the Thunderbird