Amanda Traphagan — a law student from Austin, Texas
Paulette Beete — a writer from Takoma Park, Maryland
Steve O'Connor — a communications consultant from Naperville, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $0 | $2,000 | $6,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,600
12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Paulette | $400 | $2,400 | $8,800 |
$3,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
11 R, 1 W |
| Amanda | $2,200 | $1,600 | $9,300 |
$5,300
New champion: $5,300 |
$9,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| NAME THAT AUTOCRAT | BEATLYRICS | PRESIDENTIAL DAUGHTERS | MULTIPLE CHOICE | BRING YOUR "A" GAME | THE BOYS IN BLUE |
|
$200
[11]
Spain1939-1975
Franco
Paulette
|
$200
[6]
This 1967 hit begins,"Love love love.Love love love.Love love love"
"All You Need Is Love"
Amanda
|
$200
[26]
She graduated from Stanford & was impersonated by Julia Sweeney on "Saturday Night Live"
Chelsea Clinton
Amanda
|
$200
[12]
Of king, queen or jack, the one that's a 6-pronged metal object
a jack
Paulette
|
$200
[1]
This artery branches off into the coronary arteries, which supply the heart with blood
the aorta
Steve
|
$200
[19]
Some sources say policemen were informally called this because of what their badges were made from
cops (or coppers)
Steve
|
|
$400
[15]
Argentina1946-1955
(Juan) Perón
Amanda
|
$400
[7]
"I saw a film today, oh boy, The English Army had just won the war"
"A Day In The Life"
|
$600
[28]
A Columbia Law School graduate, she married museum designer Edwin Schlossberg in 1986
Caroline Kennedy
Paulette
|
$400
[13]
Of lock, stock or barrel, the one that's the handle of a whip
a stock
Paulette
|
$400
[2]
The city of Hopewell in eastern Virginia is bounded by the James & this "Court House" river
the Appomattox
Paulette
Amanda
|
$400
[20]
1st used in police work by Berkeley, Ca.'s chief August Vollmer in the 1920s, this tool measures pulse, B.P. & respiration
a lie detector
Amanda
|
|
$600
[16]
Norway1942-1945
Vidkun Quisling
|
$600
[8]
"Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out, They leave the West behind"
"Back In The U.S.S.R."
Amanda
|
$800
[29]
The press dubbed her "Watusi Luci" because she loved to dance the watusi (also the frug & the monkey)
Luci Johnson
Amanda
|
$600
[14]
Of punt, pass, or kick, the one that's the former currency of Ireland
the punt
Steve
|
$600
[3]
Give him a beer! This patriot became tax collector of Boston in 1756
Samuel Adams
Amanda
|
$600
[23]
Booking a suspect means entering his or her information into the daily record called the "police" this
blotter (log accepted)
Paulette
|
|
$800
[17]
Nicaragua1967-1972 &1974-1979
Somoza
|
$800
[9]
"Let me tell you how it will be, There's one for you, 19 for me,'Cos I'm" this guy,"Yeah I'm" this guy
the "Taxman"
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
They were kids when she met her future husband at Ike's inauguration
Julie Nixon (Eisenhower)
Amanda
|
$800
[21]
Of Peter, Paul, or Mary, the one who converted Lydia in the Bible
Paul
Paulette
|
$800
[4]
This mid-Atlantic island group was uninhabited when discovered by Diego de Senil of Portugal around 1427
the Azores
Steve
|
$800
[24]
Police now use speed guns with this technology first constructed by Theodore Maiman using a ruby rod
a laser
Steve
|
|
$1,000
[18]
The Soviet Union1964-1982
Brezhnev
Steve
Amanda
|
$1,000
[10]
"Expert texpert choking smokers Don't you think the joker laughs at you?"
"I Am The Walrus"
Amanda
|
$1,000
[30]
Known as "Princess Alice", she married a congressman who became Speaker of the House in the 1920s
Alice Roosevelt
|
$1,000
[22]
Of Leonardo, Michelangelo or Tintoretto, the artist who was not in Florence in 1504
Tintoretto
|
$1,000
[5]
The Liberty Bell was hidden in this Pennsylvania "town" in 1777
Allentown
Amanda
|
$1,000
[25]
The bulletproof shields used by police depts. are called this type of shield, from the Greek for "to throw"
ballistic
|
| HISTORIC AMERICAN DOCUMENTS | SPORTS U.S.A. | DISEASES | OTHER STARS & STRIPES | "POO" POURRI | THE BOYS ARE BLUE |
|
$400
[7]
1863:"All persons held as slaves within any state... shall be then, then ceforward, and forever free"
the Emancipation Proclamation
Amanda
|
$400
[17]
The name of this hat worn by Packer fans was originally a term of derision
a cheesehead
Amanda
|
$400
[21]
Oct. 21, 2005 is the natl. day for this; done every 1-2 years starting at 40, it can reduce risk of breast cancer death
a mammogram
Steve
|
$400
[6]
Thestripesare for the 11 signers of its declaration of independence; thestarmeans it's a Western-style African state
Liberia
Steve
|
$400
[1]
A Native American infant
a papoose
Paulette
|
$400
[12]
Of marital woes that led to a 1996 royal divorce, a biography said his "gaiety of spirit" was "stifled by melancholy"
Prince Charles
Amanda
|
|
$800
[8]
1620:"We whose names are underwritten... combine ourselves together into a civil body politick"
the Mayflower Compact
Steve
|
$800
[27]
Hyphenated term for a tournament pairing, say, Phil Mickelson with, say, 15-handicapper Richie Tycoon
a pro-am
Steve
|
$800
[22]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew, at the Smithsonian Institution, holds up a small needle.) By dispensing just enough vaccine, thebifurcated needleis the only medical instrument to eradicate a disease, this one eliminated in 1979
smallpox
Amanda
|
$800
[13]
Thestripesare the Union Jack; thestarsform the Southern Cross
New Zealand
Paulette
Amanda
|
$800
[2]
Once used at sea, it's a spearlike weapon with a barbed head
a harpoon
Amanda
|
$800
[14]
About his blues he wrote, "I traveled to the moon, but the most significant voyage... began when I returned"
Buzz Aldrin
Amanda
|
|
$1,600
[10]
1781:"Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence"
the Articles of Confederation
Amanda
|
$1,200
[28]
(Jon of the Clue Crew sports Boston ball club paraphernalia.) I'm a proud citizen of this, a phrase popularized & used in a book subtitle by sportswriter Dan Shaughnessy
the Red Sox Nation
|
$1,600
[24]
Joint pain & fever are results of this 3-word blood disease occurring chiefly among African Americans
sickle cell anemia
Paulette
|
$1,200
[18]
The redstripes & starstill symbolize its commitment to communism; the blue is peace; the white is purity
North Korea
Amanda
|
$1,200
[3]
Unjust or dishonest conduct, it sounds like a contaminated backyard swimming hole
dirty pool
|
$1,200
[15]
This "Adonais" poet suffered from depression after several family tragedies
Percy Shelley
|
|
$2,000
[11]
1783:"His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said U.S. to be free, sovereign and independent"
the Treaty of Paris
Steve
|
$1,600
[29]
In the programs of AYSO, short for this, every kid gets to play at least half of every game
the American Youth Soccer Organization
Steve
|
DD
$1,700
[23]
The first outbreak of this serious form of pneumonia occurred in Southeastern China in November 2002
SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
Amanda
|
$1,600
[19]
Thestaris a guide; the blue is sky; the red is the blood of patriots; the white is the Andean snow
Chile
Amanda
|
$1,600
[4]
It's the 1741 publication that contains the line "Beauty, like supreme dominion, is but supported by opinion"
Poor Richard's Almanack
Paulette
|
$1,600
[16]
This artist's 1909 U. of Oslo murals were done after receiving electroshock & contain no scenes of personal anguish
(Edvard) Munch
Steve
Amanda
|
|
DD
$3,200
[9]
1918:"No. 2: Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters"
Wilson's Fourteen Points
Steve
|
— |
$2,000
[26]
Basically "Chickenpox 2: With a Vengeance", this painful rash is outbreak No. 2 of the Varicella-Zoster virus
shingles
Amanda
|
$2,000
[20]
Thetricolorwas adopted when it was part of Gran Colombia; thestarsare its seven original provinces
Venezuela
|
$2,000
[5]
In the '50s all the best-clad girls wore bobby socks, saddle shoes & one of these "canine" creations
poodle skirts
Paulette
|
$2,000
[25]
He wrote a 1779 coronation mass though depressed over his mother's death, his failed relationship & unfulfilled goals
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
|
Hanged in an 1837 novel, he so angered some Londoners that his creator toned him down in future editions
Fagin