Sarah Echt — a price analyst originally from Akron, Ohio
Jay German — an innkeeper from Los Angeles, California
Tom Smolich — a Catholic priest originally from Sacramento, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | $400 | $2,400 | $11,000 |
$17,401
2-day champion: $32,801 |
$9,900
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jay | $1,500 | $2,400 | $5,600 |
$5,600
3rd place: a chair and an ottoman |
$5,600
17 R, 1 W |
| Sarah | $0 | $900 | $8,700 |
$11,700
2nd place: a home security system + binoculars |
$6,500
12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| SINGERS | SPORTS | THE INSECT WORLD | THE WEST INDIES | POTPOURRI | "WET" |
|
$100
[5]
If you like this soul singer, you might enjoy his Christmas album, "Santa's Got a Brand New Bag"
James Brown
Tom
|
$100
[1]
It's the Sugar Bowl's hometown
New Orleans
Tom
|
$100
[19]
Common name for the creature that hatches from a butterfly's egg
a caterpillar
Tom
|
$100
[28]
St. Croix is the largest of this island group owned by the U.S.
the Virgin Islands
Tom
|
$100
[8]
A survey says these have to be worth at least 23 cents for shoppers to clip & use them
coupons
Jay
|
$100
[11]
A neoprene garment worn by surfers to retain body heat in a cold ocean
a wetsuit
Jay
|
|
$200
[13]
He called his autobiography, "The Polish Prince"
Bobby Vinton
Tom
|
$200
[2]
From old French meaning "to recall", it's a means of descending from a cliff by means of a double rope
rappelling
Jay
|
$200
[10]
A grasshopper has this many legs
six
Tom
|
$200
[24]
Stalks of this, the West Indies' chief crop, can reach 15 feet in height
sugarcane
Tom
|
$200
[12]
While 501 is played with darts, 500 is a game invented by a Cincinnati company using these
cards
Tom
|
$200
[17]
Some hotel rooms have these service area featuring running water & sometimes a small fridge
a wet bar
Jay
|
|
$300
[14]
Country music "Jr." whose 1989 video "There's a Tear in My Beer" features his late, legendary father
Hank Williams, Jr.
Jay
|
$300
[3]
It's the southernmost city represented in the NHL
Los Angeles
Jay
|
DD
$300
[29]
The mosquito's senses of smelling & taste are contained in these
antennae
Tom
|
$300
[25]
Duarte Peak, the highest point in the West Indies, rises in this country in the eastern 2/3 of Hispanola
The Dominican Republic
Tom
|
$300
[20]
Of the lizard, parrot or raccoon, the one to which a kinkajou is related
a raccoon
Tom
|
$300
[18]
This phrase can describe someone who's just washed her hair or an immature, naive person
wet behind the ears
Jay
|
|
$400
[15]
He finished "Mystery Girl", his first solo album in almost ten years, shortly before his death in 1988
Roy Orbison
Tom
|
$400
[6]
Statuary shows that ancient Greek athletes used a straight underhand motion in this event
discus
Jay
|
$500
[4]
The Dactylopius coccus, a cactus-eating insect, gives us cochineal, substance used for this
cosmetics (dyeing also acceptable)
Sarah
|
$400
[26]
Bob Marley recorded in this Jamaican capital
Kingston
Tom
|
$400
[21]
A 4-H'er could tell you these are the 3 "H" lines a palmist can read on his hand
head, heart & health
Jay
Sarah
|
$400
[9]
A pertygoer who tells all the revelers they're having too much fun
a wet blanket
Jay
|
|
$500
[16]
Her middle names are Louise & Veronica & her maiden name was Ciccone
Madonna
Sarah
|
$500
[7]
Event based on a soldier riding, fighting with a sword & pistol, swimming a river & running thru the woods
the modern pentathlon
Sarah
|
— |
$500
[27]
This nation off the coast of South America is the home of the limbo dance & calypso music
Trinidad and Tobago
Tom
|
$500
[23]
For 10 years he hosted "This Old House" on PBS
Bob Vila
|
$500
[22]
Soaking your small instrument in water, or taking a drink when you're thirsty
wetting your whistle
Jay
|
| 20th CENTURY WRITERS | CLOTHING | MIDDLE NAMES | HISTORY | MOVIE TRIVIA | "DRY" |
|
$200
[2]
"Claudius the God" was the sequel to this novel by Robert Graves
I, Claudius
Jay
|
$200
[27]
Fashionable 15th century women wore tall cone-shaped hennins on this part of the body
the head
Sarah
|
$200
[19]
His first name is Granville, but he's better known by his middle name, Oral
Oral Roberts
Sarah
|
$200
[22]
This Roman general invaded Britain in 55-54 B.C.
Julius Caesar
Tom
|
$200
[13]
Ted Turner has restored lost footage to this 1933 ape movie now available colorized
King Kong
Jay
|
$200
[1]
Type of store to which you'd go if you wanted to buy a piece of gingham
a dry goods store
Tom
|
|
$400
[9]
Tennessee Williams called this "Virginia Woolf" writer "The only great playwright we've ever had in America"
Edward Albee
Tom
|
$400
[3]
Ladies' undergarment that comes from the French for "arm protector"
brassiere
Sarah
|
$400
[20]
Crooner & Oscar-winner whose middle name was Lillis
Bing Crosby
Tom
|
$400
[24]
This was the basic unit of Greek currency 2,500 years ago & is today
drachma
Tom
Sarah
|
$400
[14]
A movie called "Great Balls of Fire" focuses on 18 months of in the life of this rock 'n' roller
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jay
|
$400
[4]
In 1988 Orel Hershiser broke this pitcher's record for consecutive scoreless innings
Don Drysdale
Jay
|
|
$800
[11]
This author of "A Bell for Adano" was at one time private secretary to Sinclair Lewis
(John) Hersey
Tom
|
$600
[29]
It's the wide sash that goes around a kimono
an obi
Sarah
|
$600
[21]
This silent film cowboy star's middle initial stood for Surrey
William S. Hart
Jay
|
$600
[18]
Considered the original Dracula, Vlad the Impaler was a 15th century prince in this present-day country
Romania
Tom
|
$600
[15]
This film was based on the experiences of Joe Clark, the principal of Eastside High School in Paterson, N.J.
Lean on Me
|
$600
[5]
Perchloro-ethylene, Val-Clean, or the person who makes a living using them
a dry cleaner
Jay
|
|
$1,000
[12]
Of this, his magnum opus, Lawrence Durrell said, "Ideally, all 4 volumes should be read simultaneously"
The Alexandria Quartet
Sarah
|
$1,000
[28]
The fine woven white shirt mentioned in song along with "Rosemary, Parsley, Sage & Thyme"
cambric
Sarah
|
$800
[7]
It was "The March King"'s middle name
Philip
Sarah
|
$800
[25]
This mathematician & physicist was also the Master of the Mint in England in the 18th century
Newton
Tom
|
$800
[16]
His 1989 Oscar nomination was for his role in a foreign film, "Pelle the Conqueror"
Max von Sydow
Tom
|
$800
[6]
This fungus disease can turn good timber into powder
dry rot
Jay
|
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
A critic called her "A major existentialist, not merely... a carbon copy of Sartre"
Simone de Beauvoir
Tom
|
DD
$3,000
[30]
Short skirts, bobbed hair & extremely low waistlines 1st came into style in this decade
the 1920s
Sarah
|
$1,000
[23]
The "F" in JFK stood for Fitzgerald, while the "F" in RFK stood for this
Francis
|
$1,000
[26]
Although this country was 3rd largest in Europe in 1700, by 1795 it had been partitioned out of existence
Poland
Tom
|
$1,000
[17]
This movie has been linked to the release of Randall Dale Adams after 12 years in prison
( The ) Thin Blue Line
Sarah
|
$1,000
[8]
Poet Laureate who lost his job when he refused to take oaths to William & Mary
(John) Dryden
Tom
|
As long as Hawaii's been a state, he's represented it in Congress
Daniel Inouye