Julie Schmitt — a chiropractor from Dallas, Texas
Marc Slutzky — an M.D. and Ph.D student from Evanston, Illinois
Megan Clouser — an environmental compliance specialist from Miami, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan | $2,100 | $2,200 | $1,400 |
$1,400
3rd place: Jaguar Friendship Watches |
$3,900
14 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Marc | $900 | $3,200 | $6,000 |
$6,900
2nd place: Trip to Mexico City & Ixtapa |
$6,000
17 R, 1 W |
| Julie | $1,100 | $2,200 | $6,800 |
$12,100
New champion: $12,100 |
$7,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| THE CIVIL WAR | HANDWEAR | THE ARABIAN NIGHTS | WHAT'S UP, DUCK? | THE 50th ANNUAL EMMY AWARDS | "G" WHIZ! |
|
$100
[10]
The eastern Union army came to be called the army of this river
the Army of the Potomac
Julie
|
$100
[20]
In a nursery rhyme, they were lost by three little kittens
mittens
Marc
|
$100
[22]
One tale tells of a place where these pachyderms go to die & the ivory lies around for the taking
elephants
Megan
|
$100
[1]
Like a duck, this monotreme has webbed feet & its snout looks like a duck's too
the duck-billed platypus
Megan
|
$100
[15]
On June 7, 1978 she was up for her first Emmy; on May 15, 1998 she was up for her 18th
Susan Lucci
Megan
|
$100
[4]
Endocrine or exocrine, for example
glands
Julie
|
|
$200
[12]
During the war this "Little Women" author served as a nurse for the Union
Louisa May Alcott
Marc
|
$200
[23]
It's the glove of the Golden Gloves & may deliver a K.O.
a boxing glove
Megan
|
$300
[29]
This character is the hero of several tales & of the movie seen here
Sinbad
|
$200
[2]
This team's official colors & logo were unveiled June 7, 1993
the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Megan
|
$200
[16]
It was a character on this show to which the actress accepting an Emmyherewas saying goodbye:"It's so sad, this is sort of my last time to say good-bye & to this character, Nancy Weston..."
thirtysomething (Patricia Wettig)
Julie
|
$200
[5]
It's the liquor you might drink while playing the card game of the same name
gin
Julie
|
|
$300
[13]
Most of the battles in the west took place in Tennessee, most in the east in this state
Virginia
Marc
|
$300
[24]
It's a set of linked metal rings slipped over the fingers of a thug who wants to rearrange your face
brass knuckles
Marc
|
$400
[27]
A fisherman tricks one of these creatures into letting itself be trapped in a bottle
genie
Julie
|
$300
[3]
To prepare this Chinese dish, first force air between the skin & the flesh
Peking duck
Julie
|
$300
[17]
This 1977 miniseries won a record 9 Emmys
Roots
Megan
|
$300
[6]
It's the waste matter left by pelicans & penguins, as well as bats
guano
Megan
|
|
$400
[14]
Bombarded with some 4,000 shells during a 34-hour stretch, this fort surrendered to the South on April 14, 1861
Fort Sumter
Julie
|
$400
[28]
These wood percussion instruments are fastened to the thumb & clicked together
castanets
Marc
|
$500
[26]
The tales of the Arabian Nights are told to the king by this woman, his wife
Scheherazade
Marc
|
$400
[9]
This phrase means to have all your arrangements complete
"All your ducks in a row"
Marc
|
DD
$500
[18]
It was here comes the judge when this actor seenherewon for his role on this show in 1995:"I have 30 seconds to tell you that I've been waiting 60 years to get up on this stage..."
Picket Fences
Megan
|
$400
[7]
The Sanskrit word for "venerable" gave us this term for a spiritual guide
guru
Megan
|
|
$500
[21]
In 1846 this Confederate general "charged" to the bottom of his graduating class at West Point
George Pickett
Marc
|
$500
[25]
To treat with special consideration is to handle "with" these
kid gloves
Marc
|
— |
$500
[11]
DU for short, this organization publishes Puddler Magazine for kids
Ducks Unlimited
Megan
|
$500
[19]
Playing Peter, she won in 1956 for Best Actress in a Single Performance
Mary Martin
Julie
|
$500
[8]
Isak Dinesen compared these mammals to "rare, long-stemmed speckled gigantic flowers slowly advancing"
giraffes
Megan
|
| FIFTEENTH | "SEASON" | TOUGH U.S. CITIES | BOOKS OF THE '60s | MUSIC POTPOURRI | 6-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[10]
Ratified in 1870, it bans denying voting rights based on race, color or previous condition of servitude
15th Amendment
Julie
|
$200
[19]
Winter to a baseball player, and a good time to visit a resort to avoid peak tourist times
off-season
Marc
|
$200
[2]
Parks in this Louisiana city include Audubon & Pontchartrain
New Orleans
Julie
|
$200
[22]
He published his first Rabbit novel, "Rabbit, Run", in 1960
John Updike
Marc
|
$200
[1]
A song from the '60s told us "A Taste Of" this "is much sweeter than wine"
honey
Julie
|
$200
[7]
"I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot" this assistant to him
the deputy
Megan
|
|
$400
[12]
Ptolemy XV of Egypt co-ruled with this woman, his mother
Cleopatra
Marc
|
$400
[21]
Herbs & spices will be these in our stew
seasonings
Megan
|
$400
[3]
This Michigan city, a center of Dutch culture, holds an annual tulip festival
Holland
Julie
|
$400
[26]
One review called his "Andromeda Strain" "Compelling and reasonably executed"
Michael Crichton
Marc
|
$400
[8]
Patriotic song whose fourth verse contains the line "And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust' "
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
Julie
|
$400
[9]
From Persian for "market", it's the type of marketplace seen here
bazaar
Marc
|
|
$600
[13]
It begins "Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?"
Psalm 15
Marc
|
$600
[23]
This Vivaldi work begins with "spring"
"The Four Seasons"
Megan
|
$600
[4]
Located near the Alaskan point of the same name, it's the USA's northernmost settlement
Barrow
Julie
|
DD
$400
[28]
1966 was a bloody year with Capote's "In Cold Blood" & this Asimov tale of a trip through the bloodstream
Fantastic Voyage
Julie
|
$800
[17]
The giraffe, an upright type of this keyboard instrument, was shaped somewhat like a giraffe's neck
piano
Julie
|
$600
[11]
It can be a caption, an explanation of symbols on a map, or a myth
legend
Marc
|
|
$800
[14]
A veteran of the War of 1812, he was the fifteenth president of the United States
James Buchanan
Megan
|
$800
[24]
Paul Scofield won an Oscar as the "year-round" Thomas More in this 1966 film
A Man For All Seasons
Marc
|
$800
[5]
This largest Delaware city is sometimes called the chemical capital of the world
Wilmington
Megan
Julie
|
$600
[27]
It seems "The Fixer" was in for him to win a Pulitzer in 1967
Bernard Malamud
Julie
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
In 1772 he composed his Symphony No. 17 in G Minor, K-129
Wolfgang A. Mozart
Megan
|
$800
[15]
Knock someone off the throne, or testify under oath
depose
Marc
|
|
$1,000
[20]
The fifteenth Pope with this name reigned from 985 to 996
John
Julie
|
$1,000
[25]
This Jason Miller play about a basketball team's reunion was a slam-dunk with critics in 1973
That Championship Season
Julie
|
$1,000
[6]
This southernmost Texas city is actually about 450 miles farther south than Tijuana
Brownsville
|
— | — |
$1,000
[18]
Place your troops in battle positions
deploy
|
In France, this musical was known as "Brillantine"; in Mexico, it was "Vaselina"
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