Michael Bastedo — a policy analyst from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Scott Johnson — an agricultural chemical salesman from Stockton, California
Tim McCoy — an executive chef from Cleveland Heights, Ohio (whose 3-day cash winnings total $16,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim | $1,000 | $1,800 | $3,200 |
$6,399
2nd place: trip to Mexico & stay at Krystal Ixtapa + Jeopardy! Scorekeeper |
$4,200
19 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Scott | $800 | $3,200 | $6,200 |
$6,500
New champion: $6,500 |
$6,100
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Michael | $1,600 | $2,400 | $3,600 |
$300
3rd place: Magnavox TV + Jeopardy! Scorekeeper |
$4,600
12 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| BASEBALL | DIAMONDS | PARKS | SOUTHPAWS | STRIKES | "WALK"s |
|
$100
[3]
Pale Hose is a nickname for this American League team
the (Chicago) White Sox
Tim
|
$100
[26]
A diamond's weight is expressed in these units, which equal about 1/142 ounce
carats
Tim
|
$100
[12]
The American Museum of Natural History was founded in 1859 & 1st housed in the arsenal in this NYC park
Central Park
Tim
|
$100
[16]
Jerry Seinfeld is a southpaw & so is this star of "Home Improvement"
Tim Allen
Tim
|
$100
[7]
The 1786 printers' strike in this "City of Brotherly Love" was the first employees' strike in the U.S.
Philadelphia
Michael
|
$100
[1]
It's the most valuable property in the game of Monopoly
Boardwalk
Tim
|
|
$200
[21]
This pitch thrown with great power is the most common pitch in baseball
a fastball
Tim
|
$200
[27]
This famous blue diamond in the Smithsonian was probably cut from a stone stolen during the French Revolution
the Hope Diamond
Michael
|
$200
[13]
The McLean House, where the Civil War surrender was signed, is in this national historical park
Appomattox Court House National Park
Tim
|
$200
[17]
In “Mr. Holland's Opus", you'll notice this star conducts the orchestra with his left hand
(Richard) Dreyfuss
Michael
|
$200
[8]
An 1886 strike by this Chicago reaper company's workers led to the Haymarket Square riot
the McCormick Company
Scott
|
$200
[2]
It's Sony's trademark name for a portable, pocket-size cassette player with headphones
Walkman
Scott
|
|
$300
[22]
Martin Gardner's "Annotated" book about this Ernest Lawrence Thayer poem contains 28 variations
Casey at the Bat
Scott
|
$300
[28]
The Cullinan, the world's largest diamond, was discovered in this present country in 1905
South Africa
Scott
|
$300
[14]
This park in SW Kentucky was made the core area of an international biosphere reserve in 1990
Mammoth Cave
|
$300
[18]
He's the most recent southpaw president
President Clinton
Scott
|
$300
[9]
On August 3, 1981, these federal workers went on strike; their union was decertified October 22
the air traffic controllers
Michael
|
$300
[4]
Figuratively speaking, they're handed to an employee when he or she is dismissed from a job
walking papers
Scott
|
|
$400
[23]
A ball that bounces in fair territory & goes over the fence is this type of double
a ground rule double
Scott
|
$400
[29]
The 4 factors for grading & pricing a diamond are weight, clarity, cut & this
color
Tim
|
$400
[15]
Architect John Nash's largest project was Regent Street & Regent's Park in this city
London
Michael
|
$400
[19]
Lefthanders International named this female prosecutor in the O.J. Simpson trial 1995's Lefthander of the Year
Marcia Clark
Michael
|
$400
[10]
In June & July of 1894, thousands of men were deputized to keep the trains running during this strike
the Pullman Strike
Michael
|
$400
[5]
He created "Hi and Lois" as well as "Beetle Bailey"
Mort Walker
Scott
Michael
|
|
$500
[24]
In the 8th inning of the 1st game of the 1954 World Series, this New York Giant made "The Catch"
Willie Mays
Scott
|
$500
[30]
Dating back to the 1600s, this 58-facet cut is the most popular for diamonds
the brilliant
Scott
|
DD
$600
[25]
A peace ceremony is held in this Asian city's Peace Memorial Park every August 6
Hiroshima
Scott
|
$500
[20]
This cartoonist is a lefty & so is her "Cathy" character
Cathy Guisewite
Scott
|
$500
[11]
In the 1930s, as president of Local 174 of the UAW, he led some of the earliest sit-down strikes
Walter Reuther
Scott
|
$500
[6]
In 1986 it became The Bangles' first No. 1 hit
"Walk Like An Egyptian"
Tim
|
| OLD PLACES | BIOGRAPHIES | POTPOURRI | AMERICAN HISTORY | GLANDS | QUOTABLE WOMEN |
|
$200
[1]
Lu, an old state in China, could have had a sign, "You are entering Lu, birthplace of this philosopher c. 550 B.C."
Confucius
Tim
|
$200
[11]
This star of "The Nanny" offers anecdotes on her family & life in Hollywood in "Enter Whining"
Fran Drescher
Tim
|
$200
[12]
Suede originally referred to a type of glove from this country
Sweden
Tim
|
$200
[15]
In 1916 this president won reelection using the slogan "He kept us out of war"
Woodrow Wilson
Tim
|
$200
[6]
In platypuses these milk-producing glands are functional in both males & females
the mammary glands
Tim
|
$800
[27]
On posing nude for a calendar, Marilyn Monroe said, "It's not true that I had nothing on. I had" this "on"
the radio
Scott
|
|
$400
[2]
In 1535 the state of Baden was divided into Baden-Durlach & this
Baden-Baden
|
$400
[22]
"Queen of Ice, Queen of Shadows" is the 1990 story of this Norwegian figure skater
Sonja Henie
Tim
|
$400
[13]
In 1990 a 7-ton bronze statue of this Russian leader was removed from a public square in Bucharest
Lenin
Michael
|
$400
[18]
U.S. Marines were sent into this country in 1915 & into the neighboring Dominican Republic in 1916
Haiti
Tim
|
$400
[7]
Goiter can be characterized by the enlargement of this gland or of 1 of its 2 lobes
the thyroid
Michael
|
$1,000
[26]
Vietnam Memorial creator who said, "Architecture is like a mythical fantastic. It has to be experienced"
Maya Lin
Scott
|
|
$600
[3]
Tikal in Guatemala was home to these ancient people
the Mayan
Scott
|
$600
[23]
Joe McGinniss' controversial 1993 biography "The Last Brother" tells of this man
Edward Kennedy
Michael
|
$600
[14]
It's the fraternity abbreviated PBK
Phi Beta Kappa
Scott
|
$800
[20]
On Sept. 23, 1626 the Dutch West India Company made him director general of New Netherland
Peter Minuit
Tim
|
$600
[8]
This insulin-producing gland usually weighs about 3 ounces
the pancreas
Tim
|
— |
|
$800
[4]
To conquer Macedonia you had to go to this peninsula
the Balkan Peninsula
Tim
|
$800
[24]
This author of "The Lottery" was the subject of the biography "Raising Demons"
Shirley Jackson
Michael
|
$800
[16]
This sacred wading bird was once identified with the Egyptian god Thoth
the ibis
Scott
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
An 1842 treaty finalized this state's acquisition of Isle Royale & the Keweenaw Peninsula
Michigan
Tim
|
$800
[9]
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf is leading the fight against cancer of this gland
the prostate
Scott
|
— |
|
$1,000
[5]
One of these from Phrygia, an ancient country in Asia Minor, became a symbol of the French Revolution
a hat
Tim
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
2-time Nobel Prize winner who's the subject of a biography subtitled "A Life in Science & Politics"
Linus Pauling
Michael
|
$1,000
[17]
Grown in California, the calimyrna is a greenish variety of this fruit
a fig
Tim
Scott
|
$1,000
[21]
In 1832 Henry Schoolcraft named this lake, the source of the Mississippi, for the Latin for "truth" & "head"
Lake Itasca
|
$1,000
[10]
Collectively, the submaxillary, sublingual & parotid glands are called these
the salivary glands
Scott
|
— |
On June 11, 1996 the U.S. Senate voted to name a balcony in his honor
Bob Dole