Ann Conger — a healthcare analyst from New Orleans, Louisiana
Sam Sukaton — a community organizer from Los Angeles, California
David Greisman — a communications manager and boxing writer from Columbia, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $2,000 | $4,000 | $8,605 |
$11,105
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sam | $2,000 | $5,000 | $9,000 |
$2,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Ann | $3,600 | $4,800 | $12,000 |
$13,999
New champion: $13,999 |
$12,000
17 R, 0 W |
| THE BIBLE | NUMBERS | JUDGES | CHRONICLES | DANIEL | "REV"-ELATION |
|
$200
[4]
The book of Acts begins with Jesus' ascension & ends with the story of this apostle
Paul
Sam
|
$200
[1]
It's the number of degrees in a right angle
90
David
|
$200
[8]
Columbia, S.C.'s this building is named for Matthew J. Perry, the first black federal judge from the Deep South
federal courthouse
David
Ann
|
$200
[26]
Hereis the actual diary given to this girl on June 12, 1942
Anne Frank
Sam
|
$200
[22]
Star of "Defiance" & "Cowboys & Aliens"
Daniel Craig
Ann
|
$200
[15]
One complete turn in a circle around a fixed point
a revolution
Ann
|
|
$400
[5]
The Old Testament was originally mostly written in Hebrew, with a few passages in this language
Aramaic
Sam
|
$400
[2]
It's the atomic number of radium, or the number of keys on a standard piano
88
Sam
|
$400
[9]
Blum is the maiden name of this TV judge, married to fellow judge Gerald Sheindlin
Judge Judy
Sam
|
$600
[28]
Jim Bouton, on Nov. 15, 1968 in this book:"I signed my contract today to play for the Seattle Pilots at a salary of $22,000"
Ball Four
David
|
$400
[30]
Star of "In the Name of the Father" & "The Crucible"
Daniel Day-Lewis
Ann
|
$400
[14]
There are Tony Awards for Best this of a musical & of a play
Revival
David
|
|
$600
[6]
Printers were fined for an error in the "Wicked Bible" of 1631 that commanded readers, "Thou shalt commit" this
adultery
Sam
|
$600
[11]
This term that means "to throw out" or "we're out of it" may be rhyming slang for "nix"
86
Ann
|
$600
[10]
Judge John Raulston considered having the 1925 trial of this teacher under a tent to handle all the spectators
(John) Scopes
David
|
$800
[25]
July 19, 1910 for this author:"Slept, awoke, slept, awoke, miserable life" (but not waking as a big insect was ok!)
Franz Kafka
Sam
|
$600
[23]
Daniel Stern & Joe Pesci were 2 hapless burglars in this 1990 comedy blockbuster
Home Alone
Ann
|
$600
[18]
Sleep stopper heard here
"Reveille"
David
|
|
$800
[7]
The 14 books called this are omitted from Protestant Bibles
the Apocrypha
Ann
|
$800
[12]
Pat Robertson, Gordon Robertson & Terry Meeuwsen are all hosts of this "Club"
The 700 Club
Ann
|
$800
[16]
This judge liked to boast that he was the only law west of the Pecos River
Roy Bean
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
On Sept. 13, 1864, this writer noted the completion of illustrations for a book he wrote for young Alice Liddell
Lewis Carroll
Sam
|
$800
[24]
Daniel J. Travanti was Captain Frank Furillo on this 1980s cop show
Hill Street Blues
|
$800
[19]
Someone who advocates a view of history different from the accepted view
a revisionist historian
David
|
|
$1,000
[3]
The Jewish scriptures are the Ketuvim, or "writings"; Nevi'im, or "prophets"; & this, meaning "law"
the Torah
David
|
$1,000
[13]
This digit is lucky to the Chinese because the word for it sounds like the word for "prosperity"
8
Ann
|
$1,000
[17]
This 3-named justice, on the Supreme Court 1902-1932, wrote 873 opinions, more than any other justice before him
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Sam
|
$1,000
[29]
From his July 25, 1947 diary entry:"Ike & I think MacArthur expects to make a Roman triumphal return to the U.S."
Harry Truman
Sam
|
$1,000
[21]
The movie "Rush" is about the racing rivalry of James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) & him (Daniel Bruhl)
Niki Lauda
|
$1,000
[20]
An absentminded daydream or musing
reverie
Sam
|
| SCIENCE MYSTERIES | 20th CENTURY HISTORY | SLEEP | U.K. BODIES OF WATER | NO. 1 ALBUMS OF THE '60s | THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE |
|
$400
[8]
In the not fully understood Mpemba effect, hot water sometimes does this faster than cold
freezes
Ann
|
$400
[3]
Archduke Franz Ferdinand & his wife Sophie were assassinated on June 28, 1914 while motoring through this city
Sarajevo
Ann
|
$400
[17]
Muscle activity may be nearly absent in this phase of sleep, R.E.M. for short
rapid eye movement
David
|
DD
$5
[29]
British history books include the story of King Johnlosing the crown jewels in the Wash, a shallow bay on this sea
the North Sea
David
|
$400
[12]
Jim Morrison's Lizard King persona was front & center on this band's No. 1 album "Waiting for the Sun"
The Doors
David
|
$400
[1]
Enclose parenthetic expressions between these (not parentheses)
commas
Ann
|
|
$800
[18]
Maybe they're there to heighten our sense of touch, but no one is really sure why we have these aka dactylograms
fingerprints
Ann
|
$800
[4]
This doctor's vaccine was declared safe & effective on April 12, 1955, the 10th anniversary of FDR's death
(Jonas) Salk
Ann
|
$800
[23]
This medical condition is characterized by uncontrollable spells of sleep during the day
narcolepsy
Sam
|
$400
[28]
Ports on this strait include Folkestone, England & Boulogne, France
the Strait of Dover
Sam
|
$800
[13]
This 1961 Elvis movie soundtrack LP contained the hits "Can't Help Falling In Love" & "Rock-A-Hula Baby"
Blue Hawaii
Sam
|
$800
[2]
"Fewer" refers to number, while this word refers to amount; don't confuse them
less
Sam
|
|
$1,200
[19]
Debate continues as to why cats do this, which has a pattern & frequency between 25 & 150 hertz
purr
Ann
|
DD
$1,000
[7]
Clement Attlee succeeded Churchill in the middle of the 1945 conference of allied leaders held in this German city
Potsdam
David
|
$1,200
[22]
The legendary magician Merlin was said to have been fathered by one of these demons that prey on sleeping women
incubi (or singular incubus)
Sam
|
$800
[27]
A great way to see Liverpool is to hop aboard a ferry & take one of the cruises offered on this river
the Mersey River
|
$1,200
[14]
From late 1966 through mid-1967, this TV sitcom quartet topped the album charts for 31 straight weeks with 2 LPs
The Monkees
David
|
$1,200
[9]
Formal quotations are introduced by one of these punctuation marks
a colon
Ann
|
|
$1,600
[20]
Earth's molten outer core has something to do with these "poles" reversing; that's about all we know
the magnetic poles
David
|
$1,200
[5]
In a 1979 accident the temperature of fuel rods at this facility went from their normal 600 degrees to near 4,000
Three Mile Island
David
|
$1,600
[24]
Adjective for a drug that helps you sleep or a book or movie so boring it puts you to sleep
soporific
Sam
|
$1,200
[26]
Covering about 150 square miles, Lough Neagh in this U.K. country is the largest lake in the British Isles
Northern Ireland
David
Sam
|
$1,600
[15]
It was "wunnerful" when this bandleader known for his "Champagne Music" reached No. 1 with "Calcutta!" in 1961
Lawrence Welk
Sam
|
$1,600
[10]
In an essay, begin each of these with a topic sentence
a paragraph
Sam
|
|
$2,000
[21]
Newton thought light was a particle; Huygens said it's this; scientists are still debating
a wave
Ann
|
$1,600
[6]
By 9 A.M. on April 15, 1912, this ship had rescued about 705 survivors of the Titanic disaster
the Carpathia
Sam
|
$2,000
[25]
In a sleeper hold, the biceps muscle is squeezed against the victim's neck to compress this artery
the carotid artery
David
|
$2,000
[30]
A sweater may be needed in Aberystwyth, Wales, which lies on this large bay; it can be cool most of the year
Cardigan
|
$2,000
[16]
This group's No. 1 albums included "Whipped Cream & Other Delights", "What Now My Love" & "The Beat of the Brass"
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
|
$2,000
[11]
A participial phrase at the beginning of a sentence must refer to this
the subject
Sam
|
The remains for Arlington's first monument to unknown soldiers mostly came from this battlefield 30 miles away
Bull Run