Bob Mesko game 3.
Peter Booker — an Army officer from Fort Monroe, Virginia
Margaret Mitchell — a medical assistant from Amherst, New Hampshire
Bob Mesko — an arts administrator from Denver, Colorado (whose 2-day cash winnings total $31,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob | $1,200 | $400 | $15,600 |
$10,799
3-day champion: $42,399 |
$17,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Margaret | $1,200 | $1,600 | $4,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,200
12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Peter | $1,400 | $5,000 | $10,200 |
$8,700
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
16 R, 1 W |
| GOING NUCULAR | BEATLES BEFORE & AFTER | BOROUGH BABIES | ALSO A BODY PART | BOOZE | "FOO" FINDERS |
|
$200
[16]
On TV this Springfield safety inspector once corrected someone who said nuclear instead of "nucular"
Homer Simpson
Peter
|
$200
[17]
Famous London church whose album cover showed the lads in a zebra crossing
Westminster Abbey Road
Peter
|
$200
[11]
Donald Trump grew up in a 23-room house in Jamaica Estates here
Queens
Margaret
|
$200
[24]
It's the bud of a potato, bud
the eye
Peter
|
$200
[6]
This strong liquor is named for the town in Jalisco, Mexico that's a center for its production
tequila
Peter
|
$200
[1]
It's a Chinese-American chopped goodies omelet with gravy
egg foo young
Bob
|
|
$400
[22]
This president who often said "nucular" proposed the "Atoms for Peace" plan at the U.N.
Eisenhower
Bob
|
$400
[18]
This 1970 Beatles hit "leads to your door" with an angry outburst by the driver of a car
"The Long And Winding Road Rage"
Margaret
|
$400
[12]
Born here, Cornelius Vanderbilt started a ferry service at age 16
Staten Island
Bob
Margaret
|
$400
[25]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew takes apart a microphone.) A basic part of any microphone is this thin metal disk that vibrates in response to sound; it's also a body part
diaphragm
|
$400
[7]
Rhyming name of the classic tropical cocktail of rum, curacao & lime juice
a mai tai
Margaret
|
$400
[2]
Iron pyrite
fool's gold
Peter
|
|
$600
[23]
Speechwriters for this 38th president often used "atomic" so he wouldn't say "nucular"
Ford
Peter
|
$600
[19]
"Unalienable rights" include "life, liberty" & the "White Album"'s ode to firearms
the pursuit of happiness is a warm gun
Margaret
Peter
|
$600
[13]
Sophisticated young Ralph Lifshitz (later Lauren) found it a zoo
the Bronx
Bob
|
$600
[26]
Ancient Romans called this flatfish "Jupiter's sandal"
sole
Margaret
|
$600
[8]
Head to Asia for this cocktail of gin, cherry brandy, sugar & water
a Singapore sling
Peter
|
$600
[3]
"Speedy" term for McDonald's, etc.
fast food
Bob
|
|
$800
[29]
The St. Petersburg Times reports this Florida senator, a 2004 Democratic presidential candidate, said, "It doesn't pronounce the way it looks"
(Bob) Graham
Peter
|
$800
[20]
1964 No. 2 hit that says, "Do you promise not to tell" that I'm a spy
"Do You Want To Know A Secret Agent"
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
Author Betty Smith's borough of birth
Brooklyn
Bob
|
$800
[28]
It equals 30.48 centimeters
a foot
Bob
|
$800
[9]
If you don't add the salt to a salty dog, you have this other "canine" cocktail
a greyhound
|
$800
[4]
From the Italian for "clowning", it's a 7-letter word for a person given to clowning & joking
buffoon
Bob
Margaret
Peter
|
|
$1,000
[30]
On the PBS News Hour, Les Aspin, this president's Secretary of Defense, shot off "nucular" weapons
Clinton
Bob
|
$1,000
[21]
Take this sad song, a 1968 No. 1, & Thomas Hardy's last novel & make it better
"Hey Jude The Obscure"
Peter
|
$1,000
[15]
Before moving to "The O.C.", Peter Gallagher debuted at Lenox Hill Hospital here
Manhattan
Bob
|
$1,000
[27]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a jacketless copy of Jane Austen's Persuasion.) To some, books are like people--maybe that's why some of their parts have names like head, spine &this partthat connects the spine & cover
the joint
Bob
|
$1,000
[10]
One cover story in the magazine devoted to & named for this liquor was "The Birth of Blending"
whiskey
Bob
Margaret
|
$1,000
[5]
"Essence of Emeril" is a favorite show on this cable TV channel
the Food Network
Peter
|
| THE BRITISH ISLES | GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT | THE REAL ADAMS FAMILY | THE "UN"CATEGORY | HITTING A HOMER | WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL |
|
$400
[8]
Lough Neagh, about 20 miles west of this Northern Ireland capital, is the largest lake in the British Isles
Belfast
Bob
|
$400
[18]
Tim Robbins wrote & starred in "Bob Roberts"; Tom Robbins wrote "Even" these "Get the Blues"
Cowgirls
Peter
|
$400
[13]
Let's drink a beer to the memory of this man who died in Boston Oct. 2, 1803, aged 81
Sam Adams
Bob
|
$400
[1]
The totality of all matter & energy in space
the universe
Bob
|
$400
[23]
Hers was the face that launched a thousand ships
Helen of Troy
Margaret
|
$400
[3]
It took this team 88 years, but in 2005 they took it to the Astros & swept to victory in the World Series
the Chicago White Sox
Bob
|
|
$800
[9]
On a clear day you can see France from a castle named for this seaport in the county of Kent
Dover Castle
|
$800
[19]
Maz Azaria created the fashion line BCBG; Hilly Krystal founded this NYC underground music club
CBGB
Margaret
|
$800
[14]
In 1900 Brooks Adams predicted that in 50 years these countries would be the world's 2 main powers
the United States & Russia
Bob
|
$800
[2]
A mortician or funeral director
an undertaker
Peter
|
$800
[24]
In the "Iliad", he was the greatest of the Greek warriors
Achilles
Peter
|
$800
[5]
In 2006 this team will play in the newly built Busch Stadium, their third home field to carry that name
the Cardinals
Margaret
|
|
$1,200
[10]
This island group that lies just north of the Scottish mainland was known to classical writers as the Orcades
the Orkney Islands
Margaret
|
$1,200
[20]
The Book of Kells dates from about 800 A.D.; "The Story of My Life", which dates from 1902, is the book of her
Helen Keller
Bob
|
$1,200
[15]
On becoming president, he said he was "less possessed of your confidence... than any of my predecessors"
John Quincy Adams
Margaret
|
$1,200
[4]
A freshman or a sophomore, when spoken of as "below" a senior or junior
an underclassman
Peter
|
$1,200
[28]
Brother to Paris, he was the greatest of the Trojan warriors
Hector
Bob
|
$1,200
[25]
We bet you know that he's Major League Baseball's all-time singles leader at 3,215
Pete Rose
Margaret
|
|
$1,600
[11]
Based on its name, you might want to wear a sweater while walking along the coast of this largest Welsh bay
Cardigan Bay
Bob
|
$1,600
[21]
Harvard is a school; this is a mild cheese once known as Danish tilsit
Havarti
|
$1,600
[16]
Henry Adams lived in this city, & there's a memorial to his wife Clover in Rock Creek Cemetery there
Washington, D.C.
Bob
|
$1,600
[6]
The first commercially available electronic computer
UNIVAC
Bob
|
$1,600
[29]
The king of Troy & husband to Hecuba
Priam
Bob
|
$2,000
[27]
Commissioner Bud Selig is a former owner of this Midwestern Major League Baseball team
the Brewers
Peter
|
|
$2,000
[12]
This low mountain range has been called the "backbone of England"
the Pennine Range
|
$2,000
[22]
Bilirubin is a bile pigment; Robert Rubin was Secretary of this, 1995-1999
the Treasury
Bob
|
$2,000
[17]
In 1848 Charles Francis Adams was on the ticket of this 2-word party formed to oppose the extension of slavery
the Free Soil Party
Bob
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
From the Latin for "small claw", it's a generic term for a hoofed mammal
ungulate
Bob
|
$2,000
[30]
Leader of the Greek armies, he was murdered by his own wife after the war
Agamemnon
Bob
|
DD
$3,000
[26]
In 1975 this ballplayer was awarded the NAACP's prestigious Spingarn Medal
Hank Aaron
Margaret
|
This word that has come to mean "sudden prosperity" means "good weather" in Spanish
bonanza