Pat Pauken — an attorney and doctoral candidate from Columbus, Ohio
Jennifer Wadsack — a homemaker from Chatham, New Jersey
Breck Jeffery — a research analyst from Kailua, Hawaii (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breck | $1,300 | $2,500 | $10,300 |
$12,801
2-day champion: $24,002 |
$9,100
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Jennifer | $-300 | $100 | $2,700 |
$2,700
3rd place: Zyliss tea/coffee service |
$2,700
8 R, 1 W |
| Pat! | $1,200 | $3,800 | $6,400 |
$4,800
2nd place: an Ashley entertainment system + a Daewoo TV & VCR |
$8,000
25 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| PEOPLE IN HISTORY | FILM STARS | LAW | U.S. STATES | OF NO IMPORTANCE | GOLF TALK |
|
$100
[1]
This Venetian explorer was the first known European to visit what is now Thailand & Vietnam
Marco Polo
Pat!
|
$100
[5]
This "Mrs. Doubtfire" star was once a street mime
Robin Williams
Pat!
|
$100
[2]
To die intestate is to die without having made one of these
a will
Breck
|
$100
[12]
Colorado's motto is "Nothing Without Providence"; this smallest state's is "Hope"
Rhode Island
Pat!
|
$100
[21]
An unimportant vegetable, "a hill of" them is still unimportant
beans
Pat!
|
$100
[26]
This traditional warning that a shot is about to be taken is an Old English word for "in front"
"Fore!"
Breck
|
|
$200
[3]
General George Henry Thomas earned the epithet "The Rock of Chickamauga" during this war
the Civil War
Breck
|
$200
[6]
Among the jobs he had before meeting Roseanne Barr was as a meat packer at a Hormel plant
Tom Arnold
Pat!
|
$200
[10]
Lie while under oath & you'll be guilty of this
perjury
Jennifer
|
$200
[13]
The moapa dace & bonytail chub are endangered fish in this state known for its gambling & ghost towns
Nevada
Pat!
|
$200
[22]
A drop in the bucket, or in this much larger body of water, is trivial
an ocean
Pat!
|
$200
[27]
An ace is another term for this prodigious feat
a hole-in-one
Pat!
|
|
$300
[4]
He helped liberate much of South America from Spanish rule & in turn had a country named for him
Simon Bolivar
Pat!
|
$300
[7]
Francis Coppola & this "Cape Fear" star are co-owners of Rubicon, a San Francisco restaurant
Robert De Niro
Pat!
|
$300
[11]
It's the formal charge issued by a grand jury saying there's enough evidence to have a trial
an indictment
Breck
|
$300
[14]
Iowa's capitol building in this city has 5 domes & one of them is covered in 23-karat gold
Des Moines
Breck
|
$300
[23]
"Much Ado About Nothing" would be this other Shakespeare play "in a teacup"
The Tempest
Breck
|
$300
[28]
"Stretcher Bearer" is a slang expression for one of these golf helpers
a caddy
Pat!
|
|
$400
[16]
This father of Alexander the Great seized the throne of Macedon in 359 B.C.
Philip of Macedon
Breck
|
$400
[8]
He played Malcolm X in "When the Chickens Come Home to Roost" on Broadway & in a 1992 film
Denzel Washington
Pat!
|
$400
[19]
It's the law that sets the period of time, sometimes years, during which legal actions may be taken
a statute of limitations
Jennifer
|
$400
[15]
Place names that come from Indian tribes in this state include Totowa, Piscataway & Passaic
New Jersey
Breck
|
$400
[24]
4-word phrase meaning not special, like average goods coming out of a factory
run of the mill
Pat!
|
$400
[29]
Hey Verne! An around the world is a round of golf played in this many strokes
80
Breck
|
|
$500
[17]
This sheriff who shot Billy the Kid was later appointed a customs collector by Teddy Roosevelt
Pat Garrett
Pat!
|
$500
[9]
In 1984 she won an Emmy for "Hill Street Blues" & received an Oscar nomination for playing Geechee in "Cross Creek"
Alfre Woodard
Jennifer
Pat!
|
$500
[20]
The Latin phrase "onus probandi" refers to this; it lies with the plaintiff
the burden of proof
Pat!
|
$500
[18]
Its flag bears the quartered arms of the Calvert & Crossland families
Maryland
Pat!
|
DD
$600
[25]
Title of the following:
"It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (by Buddy Holly)
Pat!
|
$500
[30]
An undertaker is one who is "lethal" at this part of the game; he can really "bury" the ball
putting
Pat!
|
| MYTHOLOGY | RULERS | HERBS & SPICES | COMPOSERS | LITERATURE | GULF TALK |
|
$200
[22]
In Japanese mythology, Inari is the god of this grain
rice
Jennifer
|
$200
[17]
This "Great" czar thought his son Alexis was conspiring to overthrow him, so he ordered him tortured
Peter the Great
Jennifer
|
$200
[26]
Hungarians have many dishes named for & made with this spice
paprika
Pat!
|
$200
[2]
"Lady, Be Good!" was the first show he wrote in full collaboration with his brother Ira
George Gershwin
Breck
Pat!
|
$200
[11]
Chapter 6 of this Hawthorne classic is titled "Pearl"
The Scarlet Letter
Jennifer
|
$200
[7]
The Gulf of Taranto divides this boot-shaped country's "heel" from its "toe"
Italy
Breck
|
|
$400
[1]
After this founder of Rome disappeared in a storm, the Romans worshipped him as a god
Romulus
Pat!
|
$400
[18]
In 770 this king of the Franks married Desiderata, daughter of the Lombard king Desiderius
Charlemagne
Breck
|
$400
[27]
These licorice-flavored seeds flavor ouzo, a Greek liqueur
anise
Pat!
|
$400
[3]
Published after his death, "The Art of the Fugue" was this Baroque composer's last work
Johann Sebastian Bach
Pat!
|
$400
[12]
Budd Schulberg's novel "The Harder They Fall" deals with corrupt practices in this sport
boxing
Jennifer
|
$400
[8]
Since 1899 the Sabine-Neches Canal has linked Port Arthur, Texas with this gulf
the Gulf of Mexico
Pat!
|
|
$600
[23]
These animals were mummified by ancient Egyptians as a tribute to the goddess Bast
cats
Breck
|
$600
[19]
Ahmadu Seku, who died in 1898, was the second & last ruler of this continent's Tukulor Empire
Africa
Breck
|
$600
[28]
This expensive yellow spice is a traditional ingredient in bouillabaisse
saffron
Breck
|
$600
[4]
As a teen, Prokofiev studied under this composer famous for his "Flight of the Bumblebee"
Rimsky-Korsakov
Pat!
|
$600
[13]
1938's "Out Of The Silent Planet" was the first sci-fi novel by this Narnia creator
C.S. Lewis
Breck
|
$600
[9]
Canada's Prince Edward Island lies within this gulf
the Gulf of St. Lawrence
|
|
$800
[24]
Tlazolteotl was the lust goddess of these people; her name is Nahuatl for "lady of dirt"
Aztecs
Breck
|
$1,000
[21]
This king of England was the grandfather of Elizabeth I
Henry VII
Breck
|
$800
[29]
It tastes like a spicier version of nutmeg, & in fact is derived from the outer coat of the nutmeg seed
mace
Jennifer
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
Joseph Haydn told this man's father, "Your son is the greatest composer I know"
W.A. Mozart
Pat!
|
$800
[15]
Published in 1923, "The Prophet" is a book of 28 poetic essays by this Lebanese-American
Kahlil Gibran
Breck
Jennifer
|
$800
[10]
The Strait of Tiran connects the Red Sea to this gulf, its northeastern arm
the Gulf of Aqaba
|
|
$1,000
[25]
This Norse god rides through the sky in a noisy chariot pulled by 2 huge billy goats
Thor
Breck
Pat!
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
Huayna Capac, the father of Atahualpa, ruled this empire from c. 1493 until his death c. 1525
the Incan Empire
Breck
|
$1,000
[30]
Making soups & bean dishes tasty, its name is a synonym for tasty
savory
Breck
|
$1,000
[6]
"Fireworks" was an earlier work by this "Firebird" composer
Igor Stravinsky
Breck
|
$1,000
[16]
Amory Blaine, a student at Princeton, is the hero of this first novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald
This Side of Paradise
|
$1,000
[14]
This gulf on the coasts of Estonia & Latvia shares its name with Latvia's capital
the Gulf of Riga
Breck
|
From the Latin for "year" & "turn", it's literally "the turn of a year"
anniversary ( annus = year & verso = turn)