Game data retrieved from an alternate archive.
Sara Wilska — a contracts manager from Vienna, Virginia
Tom Massimo — an equity trader from New York, New York
Elisabeth Corkran — a human resources coordinator from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elisabeth | $600 | $2,400 | $5,600 |
$2,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,600
10 R, 1 W |
| Tom | $4,000 | $9,000 | $20,200 |
$23,200
New champion: $23,200 |
$18,200
26 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Sara | $400 | $1,400 | $7,400 |
$4,500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,600
8 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| THEIR FIRST NOVELS | LET'S GO BOWLING | AMERICAN FOOD | WAYNE MAN | PIRATES | "ARG" |
|
$200
[11]
"Interview with the Vampire" (1976)
Anne Rice
Elisabeth
|
$200
[23]
It's the term for 3 strikes in a row (gobble gobble)
a turkey
Tom
|
$200
[18]
Illinois & Texas both claim to be the home of this battered & deep-fried wiener on a stick
a corndog
Tom
|
$200
[16]
Now voiced by Wayne Allwine, this character was originally voiced by Walt Disney himself
Mickey Mouse
Tom
|
$200
[6]
In the 1600s, the pirate Koxinga took this island also known as Formosa from the Dutch
Taiwan
Tom
|
$200
[1]
This type of plane carries packages, not passengers
cargo
Elisabeth
|
|
$400
[12]
"Catch-22" (1961)
Joseph Heller
Tom
|
$600
[25]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, NV.) In 1997, Jeremy Sonnenfeld achieved the American Bowling Congress's first perfect series: 3 games totalling this number
900
Tom
|
$400
[19]
Dried, smoked or even roasted, this fish is "king" in Alaska
salmon
Tom
|
$400
[17]
This Norfolk, Virginia-born Las Vegas superstar claims to be a descendant of Pocahontas
Wayne Newton
Elisabeth
|
$400
[7]
The main job of a pirate, "to take things by force", it's from a German word
plunder
|
$400
[2]
The FDA requires that this butter substitute be fortified with Vitamin A
margarine
Sara
|
|
$600
[13]
"Lord of the Flies" (1954)
William Golding
Tom
|
$800
[26]
A trademark of Brunswick, you might say this type of bowling, with laser lights, fog & music is out of this world!
cosmic bowling
Elisabeth
|
$600
[20]
Nopales, used in salads in the southwest, are the cooked-until-tender leaves of these, with the spines removed
cacti
Tom
|
$600
[28]
Good golly, his real name is Richard Wayne Penniman
Little Richard
Elisabeth
|
$600
[8]
A favorite weapon of pirates; being stabbed by one 20 times helped kill the pirate Blackbeard
cutlass
Elisabeth
Tom
|
$600
[3]
It's a signal by bugle for the soldiers to attack
charge
Tom
|
|
$800
[14]
"Horseman Pass By" (1961)
Larry McMurtry
|
$1,000
[27]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from the National Bowling Stadium in Reno, NV.) When a righty bowler's ball hits the left side of the head pin to make a strike, it's called this, even outside New York
Brooklyn
|
$800
[21]
Marionberries aren't from D.C.; they're from Oregon & are a variety of these berries
blackberries
|
$800
[29]
Sen. Wayne Morse, who spoke nonstop for 22 hours & 26 minutes in 1953, set a then-record for one of these
a filibuster
Tom
|
$800
[9]
Some of his famous treasure has been found on Gardiners Island off Long Island
Captain Kidd
Tom
|
$800
[4]
This city was named for one of the founders of American Express
Fargo
Elisabeth
|
|
$1,000
[15]
"King Rat" (1962)
James Clavell
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
Appropriately, in a Woolworth split, these 2 pins are left standing
the 5 & the 10
Tom
|
$1,000
[22]
The steamed blue ones from Chesapeake Bay are served by the dozen in Baltimore restaurants
crabs
Tom
Sara
|
$1,000
[30]
Before the 1804 Lewis & Clark expedition, William Clark served as an Army officer under this "crazy" General
Mad Anthony Wayne
Tom
|
$1,000
[10]
A New York bridge that gets you to Staten Island is named for this privateer turned explorer
Verrazzano
Tom
|
$1,000
[5]
It's the lingo peculiar to a particular trade or group
jargon
Tom
|
| SCIENTIFIC PREFIXES | FILM SHORTS | THE BUSINESS OF AMERICA | MICRO-NATIONS | DON'T BE CONFUSED | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[25]
Mesocarp & mesoderm refer to layers in this position
the middle
Tom
|
$400
[12]
Classic 1954 film that gave us the "could'a been a contender" speech
On the Waterfront
Tom
Sara
|
$400
[6]
In 1946 Warren Avis filled a need by opening up his car rental shop at one of these places
an airport
Sara
|
$400
[1]
In size, it's the smallest independent country in the world
Vatican City
Tom
|
$400
[11]
Goat cheese is a food; this was the Chiricahua Apache leader who took on the Army in the 1860s
Cochise
|
$400
[17]
Superman's classic nickname that's the material used in S.O.S. Pads for scouring & polishing
"The Man of Steel Wool"
Elisabeth
|
|
$800
[26]
An astrocyte is a cell shaped like this
a star
Elisabeth
|
$800
[13]
The Indian tribe that Dances With Wolves befriends
the Sioux
Tom
|
$800
[7]
In 1924 A T & T introduced a printing telegraph system under this name that became widely used
teletype
Sara
|
$800
[2]
All 181 square miles of it are found in the eastern Pyrenees mountains
Andorra
Tom
|
$800
[22]
Ephedrine is an asthma drug; this is the actress who starred in "The Birds"
Tippi Hedren
Elisabeth
|
$800
[18]
"A.I" co-star who's a TV drama about crime & justice from the perspective of the police & the prosecuting D.A.s
Jude Law & Order
Tom
|
|
$1,200
[27]
(Hi, I'm Dave Mustaine of the rock group Megadeth.) As in the Nuclear war term "megadeaths", the Greek prefix mega - translates as this
1 million
|
$1,200
[14]
He played Cantor Rabinovitch in "The Jazz Singer" in 1980 & Hamlet in 1948
Laurence Olivier
Elisabeth
|
$1,600
[9]
"Natural care" is the mantra of personal products company Tom's of this state
Maine
Sara
|
$1,200
[3]
Discovered by Columbus in 1498, invaded by the U.S. in 1983
Grenada
Tom
|
$1,200
[23]
Popeye was a cartoon sailor; he was part of the triumvirate with Caesar & Crassus
Pompey
Tom
|
$1,200
[19]
Elton John song that's a tribute to Marilyn Monroe & the residents of Toad Hall
"Candle In The Wind In The Willows"
Sara
|
|
$1,600
[28]
Holo- means "whole", as in this imaging system invented in 1947
holography
|
$1,600
[15]
Behind-the-camera legend seen here
Billy Wilder
|
DD
$2,000
[8]
"Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?" is Louis Gerstner's memoir of turning around this giant tech company
IBM
Sara
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
It's only 23 square miles & completely surrounded by Italy
San Marino
Tom
|
$1,600
[24]
Lily pads are found in water; this French-American coloratura was found at The Met in 1931
Lily Pons
|
$1,600
[20]
"Stand By Me" singer who sat on Egypt's throne from 1936 to 1952
Ben E. King Farouk
|
|
$2,000
[30]
Chryso- as in chrysoberyl, seen
gold
|
$2,000
[16]
She played Julie in "Jezebel"
Bette Davis
|
$2,000
[10]
The USA's largest radio station operator, it also stages over 25,000 live events a year
Clear Channel
Sara
|
$2,000
[5]
The smallest island nation in the Mediterranean Sea
Malta
|
$2,000
[29]
A Junior Achiever takes a shot at running a business; he wrote "The Wapshot Chronicle"
John Cheever
Tom
|
$2,000
[21]
"Soul Train" host & businessman nicknamed "Commodore" who made a fortune in steamship lines & railroads
Don Cornelius Vanderbilt
Tom
|
He served 2 terms as Vice President & was the first Vice President who had been born in the 20th century
Richard Nixon