Bob Johnson — a waiter from Wheaton, Illinois
Lori Skelton — a classical radio announcer from Madison, Wisconsin
Steve O'Connor — a communications consultant from Naperville, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $2,000 | $3,800 | $12,200 |
$14,400
2-day champion: $33,401 |
$13,200
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lori | $2,200 | $2,000 | $1,000 |
$2,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$2,400
13 R, 9 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Bob | $200 | $-400 | $6,400 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,400
16 R, 7 W |
| THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE PAINTINGS | "ROCK" SONGS | THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT | AQUATIC LIFE | THE ONLY | DOUBLE "H" |
|
$200
[16]
In 1987thisvan Gogh work sold for $53.9 million, then a record price for a work of art
Irises
Lori
Bob
|
$200
[1]
This tune hit the Top 40 again in 1974 thanks to its use as the theme to "Happy Days"
"Rock Around The Clock"
Bob
|
$200
[9]
The Bureau's Hotshot Crews are part of its responsibility for these events on 388 million acres
forest fires
Lori
|
$200
[11]
On trees these have stomata, or little pores, on the underside; on aquatic plants, their stomata are on the upper side
leaves
Bob
|
$200
[6]
Proxima Centauri is about 4.3 light years from Earth; this is the only star that's closer
the Sun
Lori
Bob
|
$200
[12]
To catch a bass, you'll need some sort of bait on one of these dangling from the end of the line on your pole
fishhook
Steve
|
|
$400
[17]
Painted around 1876, his"Au Moulin de la Galette"was purchased in 1990 for $78 million
Renoir
Steve
Bob
|
$400
[2]
"The Shareef don't like it", but The Clash's fans sure did in 1982
"Rock The Casbah"
Steve
Bob
|
$400
[10]
In 2004 the BLM announced a fee increase to $30 to stake a new one of these
mining claims
|
$400
[18]
A fish called the feather blenny lays its eggs in this mollusk's shells
oysters
Lori
|
$400
[7]
In a standard pack of playing cards, it's the only king without a moustache
the King of Hearts
|
$400
[13]
In "It Happened One Night", Clark Gable used his thumb to do this; Claudette Colbert bared her leg
hitchhike
Lori
|
|
$600
[24]
Selling for $60 million in 1999, "Rideau, Crouchon, et Compotier" by this Post-Impressionist is seen here
Paul Cezanne
|
$600
[3]
"Here I am..."; The Scorpions blew into the Top 40 in 1984 with this tune
"Rock You Like A Hurricane"
Lori
Bob
|
$600
[27]
There's no free land from the BLM; this practice enshrined in an 1862 law was abolished in 1976
homesteading
Steve
Lori
|
$600
[19]
Giant tube ones of these 1,700 feet below the Gulf of Mexico live to be 250
worms
|
$600
[8]
"The Lady In My Life" & "Baby Be Mine" were the only 2 songs on this 1983 album not to be Top 10 hits
Thriller
Steve
|
$600
[14]
To engage in rowdy behaviour, usually in fun
roughhouse
Lori
Bob
|
|
$800
[25]
His "Garcon a la Pipe" seenheresold for a record $104 million in 2004
Picasso
Lori
|
$800
[4]
In 1972 Johnny Rivers came down with this, in addition to the "Boogie Woogie Flu"
"The Rockin' Pneumonia"
Lori
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
Of the lower 48, this state has the most land under exclusive BLM jurisdiction, more than 75,000 square miles
Nevada
Steve
|
$800
[20]
Antarctica's leopard type of this mammal has a big, toothy mouth and a spotted hide
seal
Bob
|
$800
[21]
Javier Sotomayor, the only man to clear 8 feet in this track & field event, retired in 2001
the high jump
Steve
|
$800
[15]
This tax is removed from the paychecks of salaried workers; how much depends on the number of W-4 exemptions
withholding
Steve
|
|
$1,000
[26]
In 2004, an unidentified buyer purchased this artist's 1872"Races at the Bois de Boulogne"for $26 million
Manet
Bob
|
$1,000
[5]
This John Denver tune begins, "He was born in the summer of his 27th year"
"Rocky Mountain High"
Lori
|
$1,000
[30]
The BLM administers Escalante National Monument, including "No Man's"this formation
Mesa
Steve
Lori
|
$1,000
[28]
Though just one of these fish is seen here, its name sounds like it's part of a collective
a grouper
Steve
|
$1,000
[22]
It's the only bone in the skull that articulates or moves
the mandible
Bob
|
$1,000
[23]
This position on an enemy shoreline is captured by troops prior to landing an invading force
beachhead
Steve
|
| INTO AFRICA | THE GENE HACKMAN POOL | HOME PAGES | CHEESE | THE VIRGINIAN | ENDS WITH "ICE" |
|
$400
[19]
An Act in the early 1900s unifed Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal & Orange River to establish this country
South Africa
Bob
|
$400
[9]
"I play, Coach stays. He goes, I go", says Jimmy Chitwood in this 1986 Hackman pic
Hoosiers
Steve
|
$400
[6]
Thomas Wolfe infuriated readers in his hometown who thought this 1929 novel of his was local gossip
Look Homeward, Angel
|
$400
[1]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue in front of a tub of milk in Wisconsin.) The first step in cheese making is this process named for a bacteriologist
pasteurization
Lori
|
$400
[23]
This Virginian was appointed the first Secretary of State under the new Constitution in 1789
Thomas Jefferson
Bob
|
$400
[13]
A beginner
a novice
Bob
|
|
DD
$400
[30]
Nouakchott is the capital city of this NW African country that lent its name to the 8th century invaders of Spain
Mauritania
Lori
|
$800
[10]
Gene gives English Bob a rough Big Whiskey welcome in this 1992 film with a 1-word title
Unforgiven
Steve
|
$800
[7]
"At Home in Italy" is the subtitle of this Frances Mayes memoir of renovating a villa in the town of Cortona
Under the Tuscan Sun
Lori
|
$800
[2]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew scoops milky white granules out of a trough in Wisconsin.) In cheesemaking, the magic of warming causes separation into whey & this semi-solid material
curds
Bob
|
$800
[24]
In 1790 this Virginian & "Federalist" co-author began to worry about states losing their rights
Madison
Steve
Bob
|
$800
[14]
One who knowingly helps another in the commision of a crime
an accomplice
Steve
|
|
$800
[20]
Injera, a pancake-like Ethiopian type of this staple, is used as a scoop for dipping & as a plate
bread
Bob
|
$1,200
[11]
This 1971 flick had Gene inquiring about feet-picking in Poughkeepsie
The French Connection
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
This novel begins, "Half-way down a by-street of one of our New England towns, stands a rusty wooden house..."
The House of the Seven Gables
Lori
|
$1,200
[3]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a cylinder of cheese in Wisconsin.) Cheese is formed, warmed, & then preserved in this salt water solution; the salt flavors the cheese & protects its surface
brine
Bob
|
$1,200
[25]
The 9th & 10th presidents of the U.S., they were both born in Charles City County, Virginia
William Henry Harrison & John Tyler
Bob
|
$1,200
[15]
Hey, pal, are you yellow? Or do you just have this condition associated with liver damage?
jaundice
Bob
|
|
$1,200
[21]
2 central African countries share this name; one is "The Republic of" it & the other "The Democratic Republic of" it
Congo
Lori
|
$1,600
[12]
Gene's been in 3 films adapted from this author's novels, including 2003's "Runaway Jury"
(John) Grisham
Lori
Bob
|
$1,600
[28]
In a Dickens novel, Esther is the ward of Mr. Jarndyce & lives with him at this title residence
Bleak House
Lori
|
$1,600
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents in front of metal shelves stocked with cheese in Wisconsin.) This cheese making stage, also called ripening, can be as simple as keeping the cheese in a cooler until the flavors have matured
aging
Lori
Bob
|
$1,600
[26]
The land the 6th Baron Fairfax built his home on in Virginia had been surveyed by this man
Washington
Lori
|
$1,600
[16]
To be glad or to take delight
rejoice
Steve
|
|
$1,600
[22]
It extends into Namibia, but the majority of this desert is in Botswana
the Kalahari
|
$2,000
[18]
Secretary of Defense Gene gets offensive & kills his girlfriend in this 1987 Kevin Costner thriller
No Way Out
Steve
|
$2,000
[29]
Beautiful but penniless Lily Bart overdoses on chloral in this not-so-jolly book by Edith Wharton
The House of Mirth
Bob
|
$2,000
[5]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew, in a cheese storage area in Wisconsin, gives the final clue of the category.) The name of this final step that refines cheese is from the French for "refine"; it may include 30 washes by hand
affinage
|
$2,000
[27]
In 1951, this gen. born in Fort Monroe replaced MacArthur as U.N. Forces Commander-in-Chief in Korea
Matthew Ridgway
|
$2,000
[17]
It can be a mass of snow or a molding between the top of a wall & a ceiling
a cornice
Steve
Lori
|
She began her company in 1946 with a skin cream her chemist uncle developed & pioneered the concept of "gift with purchase"
Estée Lauder