Tom Kavanaugh game 2.
Lauren Dean — a marketing manager and grad student from Chevy Chase, Maryland
Robert Bethard — a registered nurse from Asheville, North Carolina
Tom Kavanaugh — a writer from St. Louis, Missouri (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | $-400 | $1,800 | $12,200 |
$18,801
2-day champion: $46,801 |
$12,200
18 R, 5 W |
| Robert | $1,000 | $1,400 | $9,400 |
$15,601
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,800
17 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lauren | $1,200 | $1,600 | $7,800 |
$12,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,000
15 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| NONFICTION | SCARY MOVIES | FASHION HISTORY | THE MISSIVES OF OCTOBER | CONTAINERS | COLORFUL RHYME TIME |
|
$200
[4]
In 1995 John Gray had 2 books on the top 10 list of the year: "Mars and Venus in the Bedroom" at No. 7 & this one at No. 1
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
Tom
|
$200
[7]
Max von Sydow played Father Merrin, the title character of this devilish 1973 scarefest
The Exorcist
Lauren
|
$200
[8]
No spy should be without one of these aptly named outer garments first designed for British soldiers in WWI
a trench coat
Lauren
|
$200
[21]
Oct. 1, 1908: Dear Mom, this car's been introduced at $850 but I bet mass production can lower it to about $300 by 1926
the Model T Ford
Robert
Lauren
|
$200
[23]
Stages in Chicken of the Sea tuna processing include thawing; evisceration; cleaning; & filling & sealing these
cans
Tom
|
$200
[1]
A scarlet member of the Flintstone family
a red Fred
Tom
|
|
$400
[5]
In 1965 Johnny Carson wrote "Happiness is a Dry Martini"; 3 years earlier, Charles Schulz wrote "Happiness is" this
a Warm Puppy
Tom
Lauren
|
$400
[17]
Annie hitches a ride to Camp Crystal Lake at the beginning of this 1980 horror classic
Friday the 13th
Tom
|
$400
[9]
Although this company's name was trademarked in 1871, its logo didn't appear on men's underwear until 1938
Fruit of the Loom
Lauren
|
$400
[22]
Oct. 15, 1965: Dear Dad, you won't believe it but at a peace rally today David Miller burned this, so the FBI's after him
his draft card
Tom
Robert
|
$400
[27]
A round container for margarine; Parkay has a "talking" one
a tub
Tom
|
$400
[2]
A tan urban area
a brown town
|
|
$600
[12]
"My Stroke of Luck" was this famed actor's account of his recovery from a 1996 stroke
Kirk Douglas
Tom
|
$600
[18]
At about 40, Barbra Streisand played this title girl who disguises herself as a yeshiva boy & sings
Yentl
Robert
|
$600
[10]
This word for a woman's shirt may be from Old High German for "naked"
blouse
Lauren
|
$600
[24]
Oct. 14, 1947: Dear Bro, I hear that today this man traveled over 662 MPH in a Bell X-1
Chuck Yeager
Tom
|
$600
[28]
It's the trademark name of the stoneware slow cooker seen here
a Crock Pot
Lauren
|
$600
[3]
Dark blue turkey sauce
navy gravy
Robert
|
|
$1,000
[16]
The No. 1 nonfiction book of 1948 was "Crusade in Europe" by this American general
Eisenhower
Robert
|
$800
[19]
Gunnar Hansen brought the character of Leatherface to life in this 1974 thriller
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Robert
|
$800
[11]
This French designer's "New Look" for 1947 included a narrow waist & padded hips
Christian Dior
Robert
Lauren
|
$800
[25]
Oct. 29, 1929: Sister Dear, things are gloomy in New York as this lost 31 points, or 12 percent; I need a stiff toddy
the Dow Jones
Robert
Lauren
|
$800
[29]
It's a 4-letter word for a coffin, especially as it's being carried
a pall
Robert
Lauren
|
$800
[6]
A pale green sword
a jade blade
|
|
DD
$1,400
[15]
This 1988 bestseller was subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes"
A Brief History of Time
Robert
|
$1,000
[20]
The third film in this scary series was subtitled "Dream Warriors"
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Lauren
|
$1,000
[14]
In 1939 she closed her Paris shop & spent the rest of World War II in the Ritz Hotel with her German boyfriend
(Coco) Chanel
Tom
Robert
|
$1,000
[26]
Oct. 24, 1648: Dear Johann, I can't believe this long war is over now that the Peace of Westphalia has been concluded
the Thirty Years' War
Tom
Robert
Lauren
|
— |
$1,000
[13]
A pigmentless African ungulate
an albino rhino
Lauren
|
| THE UNITED NATIONS | POETIC FILL IN THE BLANK | ON COMMISSIONS | MICHAEL J. FOX | BACK TO THE FUCHSIA | "SPIN" CITY |
|
$400
[22]
It's the main deliberative body of the U.N.
the General Assembly
Robert
|
$400
[14]
Robert Frost:"Stopping by woods on a snowy ____"
evening
Tom
Lauren
|
$400
[6]
The Amateur Radio Service is part of this government agency, abbreviated the FCC
the Federal Communications Commission
Tom
|
$400
[7]
Michael was raised in the small town of Burnaby, a suburb of this port city of British Columbia
Vancouver
Robert
|
$400
[21]
The flowering plant known as the fuchsia is named for Leonhard Fuchs, a 16th c. botanist of this nationality
German
Tom
|
$400
[1]
The PR guy whose job it is to put bad news in the best possible light
a spin doctor
Lauren
|
|
$800
[24]
Audrey Hepburn became a goodwill ambassador for this U.N. group in 1988 & introduced it to Roger Moore
UNICEF
Robert
|
$800
[15]
1618, John Donne:"____, be not proud"
Death
Tom
|
$800
[8]
Insider trading? Prepare to get smacked upside the head by this commission set up in 1934
the Securities & Exchange Commission
Lauren
|
$800
[10]
Michael hit the big time in the 1980s as Alex Keaton on this TV series
Family Ties
Robert
|
$800
[28]
Gardeners often plant fuchsias to attract these small birds of the family Trochilidae
hummingbirds
Tom
|
$800
[2]
One prick from this & Sleeping Beauty took a snooze
a spinning wheel (or spindle)
Robert
|
|
$1,200
[25]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Lubeck, Germany.) In 1987, this U.N. organization placed Lubeck's entire Altstadt, or old town, on the World Heritage List
UNESCO
Tom
|
$1,200
[16]
1839, a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow title:"The Village ____"
Blacksmith
Tom
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
A commission established in 1987 sponsored 2 of these in '88, 3 in '92, 2 in '96, 3 in 2000 & 3 in '04
presidential debates
Lauren
|
$1,200
[11]
Michael made 3 "Back to the Future" films as this chronologically challenged character
Marty McFly
Tom
|
$1,200
[23]
Because of its drooping flowers, the fuchsia is also known by this name shared with a variety of women's jewelry
earrings
|
$1,200
[3]
A small keyboard instrument that originally used quills to pluck the strings
a spinet
Lauren
|
|
$1,600
[26]
This nomadic group also called the Romany has had non-governmental org. status at the U.N. since 1979
the Gypsies
Tom
|
$1,600
[17]
1871, Lewis Carroll:"The Walrus and the ____"
Carpenter
Tom
|
$1,200
[9]
The Nevada State Athletic Commission is mainly concerned with this sport
boxing
Robert
|
$1,600
[12]
Michael voiced this boylike mouse in 2 hit films
Stuart Little
Lauren
|
$1,600
[29]
One plant disease fuchsias are susceptible to is this one that sounds like oxidized metal
rust
Robert
|
DD
$1,200
[4]
Native to Asia, its species name is oleracea
spinach
Lauren
|
|
$2,000
[27]
This secretary-general isseenhereon the cover of a 1956 magazine
Dag Hammarskjold
Robert
|
$2,000
[18]
1842, Robert Browning:"My Last ____"
Duchess
Lauren
|
$2,000
[20]
Decade of the Kerner Commission, which warned of us moving toward "two societies... separate and unequal"
the 1960s
Robert
Lauren
|
$2,000
[13]
In 1991, Michael directed "The Trap", an episode in this spooky HBO horror anthology series
Tales from the Crypt
Tom
|
$2,000
[30]
A variety of fuchsia found at the southern tip of South America bears the name of this Portuguese explorer
Magellan
Tom
|
$2,000
[5]
In "Ethics", this philosopher observed that "Man is a social animal"
Spinoza
Robert
|
They're the two rivers meeting in thephoto
the Hudson River & the East River