Brad Beaver — a math instructor from Lawndale, California
Susan Burns Cochran — an attorney from Modesto, California
Tim Adams — a Navy pilot originally from Mankato, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim | $100 | $1,400 | $11,600 |
$7,200
2-day champion: $21,600 |
$8,700
22 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Susan | $500 | $900 | $3,500 |
$2,500
2nd place: Broyhill bedroom set & Waverly Place bedroom collection + Jeopardy! home game |
$3,500
13 R, 3 W |
| Brad | $1,500 | $2,100 | $1,100 |
$2,200
3rd place: Carey limousine service + Jeopardy! home game |
$4,700
17 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| WORLD GEOGRAPHY | MIDDLE INITIAL C. | METALS | THE 1780s | FOOD | FAMILIAR PHRASES |
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$100
[1]
The southernmost of this country's 4 main islands is Kyushu
Japan
Tim
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$100
[7]
By 1909 he owned a chain of 3 department stores; at his death at age 95 in 1971, his firm had 1,660 stores
J.C. Penney
Susan
Brad
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$100
[16]
This reddish metal is second only to silver as a conductor of electricity
copper
Brad
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$100
[21]
He was given command of the Bounty in 1787
Bligh
Susan
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$100
[4]
This breakfast dish is simple to make: just dip slices of bread in egg, sugar & milk and fry
French toast
Tim
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$100
[26]
To clear one's mind is to "blow away" these spider structures
cobwebs
Brad
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$200
[2]
Including metropolitan areas, this Ontario city is Canada's most populous
Toronto
Brad
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$200
[10]
This author of "2001: A Space Odyssey" lives in Sri Lanka & is an avid scuba diver
Arthur C. Clarke
Susan
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$200
[17]
Waste material, such as auto battery scrap, is an important source of this dense metal
lead
Susan
Brad
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$200
[22]
In 1788 French-Canadian trader Julien Dubuque became the first white settler in what is now this state
Iowa
Tim
|
$200
[8]
Eaten cold or added to pasta, prosciutto is a type of this meat
ham
Brad
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$200
[27]
It's what "birds of a feather" do
flock together
Susan
|
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$300
[3]
Italy's Arno & Tiber Rivers flow from this mountain range to the sea
the Apennines
Susan
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$300
[11]
He wrote the story for the film "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break"'under the pseudonym Otis Criblecoblis
W.C. Fields
Brad
|
$300
[18]
Gunmetal, monel metal & brass are examples of these metallic substances composed of 2 or more elements
alloys
Tim
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$300
[23]
This first Constitution went into effect March 1, 1781 after Maryland became the last state to ratify it
the Articles of Confederation
Brad
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$300
[9]
Souvlakia—lamb & often vegetables grilled on a skewer—is the Greek version of this Turkish dish
shish kebab
Tim
|
$300
[28]
An unpolished person who shows promise is often called one of these "in the rough"
a diamond
Susan
|
|
DD
$500
[5]
Parts of Israel's Negev desert are irrigated by water from this freshwater lake
Lake Tiberias (the Sea of Galilee, the Sea of Tiberias)
Tim
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$400
[12]
In 1959 he made his film debut in "The Hanging Tree" with his future "Patton" co-star Karl Malden
George C. Scott
Brad
|
$400
[19]
Magnetite is a common ore of this metal
iron
Tim
|
$400
[24]
In 1784 Benjamin Franklin literally created a spectacle with his invention of these
the bifocals
Tim
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$400
[14]
Golden oak is another name for the shiitake variety of this
a mushroom
Tim
Susan
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$400
[29]
To do something superfluous is "to carry" these "to Newcastle"
coals
Brad
|
|
$500
[6]
The mouth of this river forms Dublin Bay on Ireland's east coast
the River Liffey
Tim
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$500
[13]
Tom T. Hall wrote this female country singer's 1968 hit "Harper valley P.T.A."
Jeannie C. Riley
Susan
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$500
[20]
This lightest metal tarnishes rapidly when exposed to air
lithium
Tim
Brad
|
$500
[25]
His "Blue-Backed Speller", published in 1783, helped standardize American spelling & pronunciation
(Noah) Webster
Tim
Brad
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$500
[15]
The Wellness Ency. of Food and Nutrition says these mottled beans contain more fiber than any other legume
pinto beans
Brad
|
$500
[30]
This French phrase meaning "reason for being" has become part of the English language
raison d’être
Brad
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| THE CIVIL WAR | RELIGION | MUSIC APPRECIATION | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT | ENGLISH LIT. | HOMOPHONES |
|
$200
[2]
In February 1861 he was chosen provisional president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
Susan
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$200
[16]
This religious leader's jewelry includes a Fisherman's ring
the pope
Tim
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$200
[9]
The bag of this highland instrument is often made of sheepskin
the bagpipes
Susan
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$200
[26]
At Cornell this future Attorney General was president of the women's student government association
Janet Reno
Brad
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$200
[21]
He published "The History of the Wars of Charles XII", a fictitious memoir, before "Robinson Crusoe"
(Daniel) Defoe
Tim
|
$200
[1]
Everything, or a device for making holes
an awl/all
Tim
|
|
$400
[5]
From 1864-69 he was general-in-chief of the U.S. Army; in 1867-68, an interim Secretary of War
Ulysses S. Grant
Tim
|
$400
[17]
From the 100s B.C. until the 1900s, this was China's state religion
Confucianism
Tim
|
$400
[10]
This British duo's comic operettas are known as the Savoy operas
Gilbert & Sullivan
Tim
|
$400
[27]
After a costly campaign. Michael Huffington lost the California Senate race to this incumbent in 1994
Feinstein
Brad
|
$400
[22]
"Only the Thought Police mattered" is a line from this Orwell novel
1984
Tim
|
$400
[3]
Follow the rules, or took out ore
mind/mined
Brad
|
|
$600
[6]
In the first action of the war, Gen. Pierre Beauregard directed the Confederate bombing of this fort
Fort Sumter
Susan
|
$600
[18]
The prescribed order of conducting a religious ceremony, or a book of ceremonial forms
ritual (liturgy)
Brad
|
$600
[13]
Dried gourds are filled with seeds to make these rattles shaken by Latin American dance bands
maracas
Susan
Brad
|
$600
[28]
From 1985 to 1991 Swiss-born Madeleine Kunin was governor of this New England state
Vermont
|
$600
[23]
This "Tom Jones" author's title heroine "Amelia" was based on his late wife, Charlotte
(Henry) Fielding
Susan
|
$600
[4]
To emit a strong odor, or a way to create havoc
to reek/wreak
Tim
|
|
$800
[11]
When the North took this city on the Mississippi July 4, 1863, casualties totaled over 19,000
Vicksburg, MIssissippi
Tim
|
$800
[19]
This religion developed from a blend of the cultures around the Indus River
Hinduism
Brad
|
$800
[14]
In 1954 a festival for this type of music was founded in Newport, Rhode Island
jazz
Susan
|
$1,000
[30]
A statue of this congresswoman in the U.S. Capitol represents the state of Montana
Jeannette Rankin
Brad
|
$800
[24]
The first section of this Thomas Hardy novel is called' "The Maiden"; the second part is "Maiden No More"
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Tim
|
$800
[7]
Little spots of paint, or to make a muscle move
flecks/flex
Susan
|
|
DD
$3,800
[12]
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia & Missouri were known collectively by this term
the border states
Tim
|
$1,000
[20]
This future saint began his "Summa Theologica" in 1265 while in Italy attached to the curia
(Thomas) Aquinas
Tim
|
$1,000
[15]
Written in the Gypsy style, "Tzigane" is a rhapsody for violin & piano by this "Bolero" composer
Ravel
Brad
|
DD
$3,600
[29]
Before becoming mayor of Washington in 1991, she was a VP of the Potomac Electric Power Company
Sharon Pratt Kelly (Sharon Pratt Dixon)
Brad
|
$1,000
[25]
This 16th century "Tamburlaine the Great" playwright also wrote poetry & translated Ovid's "Amores"
(Christopher) Marlowe
Tim
|
$1,000
[8]
To urge gently, or popular colas
coax/Cokes
|
He was director of the New York State Library from 1889 to 1906
(Melvil) Dewey