Julie Richer — a software company owner from San Francisco, California
Elliot Wilen — a network administrator originally from Baltimore, Maryland
Michael Ireton — a graduate student originally from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | $300 | $300 | $4,700 |
$9,400
2nd place: trip to Carmel Valley Ranch Resort + Magnavox camcorder |
$4,700
11 R, 2 W |
| Elliot | $1,700 | $4,800 | $4,800 |
$9,401
New champion: $9,401 |
$6,200
23 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Julie | $200 | $2,000 | $4,400 |
$400
3rd place: Rug Doctor carpet cleaner |
$4,400
17 R, 4 W |
| LANGUAGES | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS | PROVERBS | METALS | FAMOUS HOPKINS | COMMON BONDS |
|
$100
[1]
This language also known as Siamese is predominantly monosyllabic
Thai
Elliot
|
$100
[13]
Some say his original surname was Quixada or Quesada, "before he lost his senses"
Don Quixote
Elliot
|
$100
[5]
"Don't swap" these animals "in midstream"
horses
Julie
|
$100
[11]
Alloys of neodymium are used for these sparking items found in cigarette lighters
the flints
|
$100
[26]
The Hopkins on this 1776 document is Rhode Island's Stephen Hopkins
the Declaration of Independence
Elliot
|
$100
[21]
Band, Coconut, Puka
shells
Julie
|
|
$200
[2]
Languages no longer spoken are described as this, from the Latin for "to extinguish"
extinct
Elliot
|
$200
[17]
Of Chevy Chase, Chevy Slyme or Chevy Nova, the character in "Martin Chuzzlewit"
Chevy Slyme
Michael
Julie
|
$200
[6]
This creature "wins the race while the hare is sleeping"
the tortoise
Elliot
|
$200
[12]
In 1973 by definition, the dollar was worth .024 ounces of this metal
gold
Julie
|
$200
[27]
He's been in "The Lion in Winter", "The Elephant Man" & "The Silence of the Lambs"
Anthony Hopkins
Julie
|
$200
[22]
Legal, launch, lily
pads
Michael
|
|
$300
[3]
Mali's national anthem, "A ton appel Mali", is sung in this official language
French
Michael
|
$300
[18]
Hercule Poirot has a waxed one
a moustache
Elliot
|
$300
[7]
"Man proposes," he "disposes"
God
Elliot
|
$300
[14]
Many toothpastes contain stannous fluoride, a compound of fluorine & this metal
tin
Elliot
|
$300
[28]
You might hobnob on Nob Hill in this city at the Mark Hopkins Hotel
San Francisco
Julie
|
$300
[23]
Balboa, Mountains, Graziano
Rocky
Elliot
|
|
$400
[4]
Most native speakers of Tswana live in South Africa or in this landlocked country
Botswana
Michael
Elliot
Julie
|
$400
[19]
In this author's "The Pathfinder", Charles Cap calls his niece Magnet because of her "personal attractions"
James Fenimore Cooper
|
$400
[8]
"The nearer" this, "the sweeter the flesh"
the bone
Michael
|
$400
[15]
California & Colorado are the leading U.S. producers of this metal also called wolfram
tungsten
Elliot
|
$400
[29]
As an aide to this president, Harry Hopkins accompanied him to Tehran & Yalta
Franklin Roosevelt
Elliot
|
$500
[25]
Alarms, teeth, eyelashes
false things
Julie
|
|
$500
[10]
Malta has 2 official languages: Maltese & this
English
Elliot
|
$500
[20]
They were based on 3 real people: Armand de Sillegue, Isaac de Portau & Henri d'Aramitz
the Three Musketeers
Julie
|
$500
[9]
This "is blind" but "a pennyweight of" it "is worth a pound of law"
love
Julie
|
$500
[16]
This metal 2/3 the weight of aluminum burns with a brilliant white light & is used in flares
magnesium
Elliot
|
$500
[30]
Gertrude Stein attended this university's medical school
Johns Hopkins
Elliot
|
DD
$1,000
[24]
Daiquiris, yogurt, assets
frozen
Elliot
|
| CATHEDRALS & CHURCHES | WOMEN | MISSISSIPPI | MEDALS & DECORATIONS | REAL NAMES ON THE MARQUEE | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA |
|
$200
[1]
Church authorities recently imposed complete silence on visitors to this Venetian basilica
St. Mark's
Elliot
|
$200
[5]
The coloratura soprano Dame Nellie Melba was a native of this country; "Melba" is a variation of Melbourne
Australia
Julie
|
$200
[20]
At Rosemont Plantation, roses grown by this Confederate president's mother still bloom
Jefferson Davis
Elliot
|
$200
[8]
Foreigners who have given distinguished service to this country receive the Order of the Aztec Eagle
Mexico
Michael
|
$200
[13]
Julia Wells & Arthur Plummer in "The Sound of Music"
Christopher Plummer & Julie Andrews
Julie
|
$200
[18]
The only president to win a Pulitzer Prize, for "Profiles in Courage"
(John F.) Kennedy
Elliot
|
|
$400
[2]
The Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in this city has been called James Gibbs' masterpiece
London
Michael
|
$400
[6]
In the 1960s this stick-thin British model was so popular Mattel made a doll in her likeness
Twiggy
Elliot
|
$400
[30]
During the Civil War, the Governor's Mansion in this city served as headquarters for General Sherman
Jackson
Elliot
|
$400
[9]
In 1847 it instituted the Order of Pius
the Vatican
Julie
|
$400
[14]
William Gable & Claudette Chauchoin in "It Happened One Night"
Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert
Michael
|
$400
[19]
Cleveland's great-great- grandfather died at the Philadelphia home of this statesman in 1757
Benjamin Franklin
Julie
|
|
$600
[3]
Built in 1632, St. Luke's near Smithfield in this state is the USA's oldest church of English foundation
Virginia
Julie
|
$600
[10]
Royal reaction to Andrew Morton's 1992 book about her inspired People's headline "The Empire Strikes Back"
Princess Diana
Michael
Elliot
|
$600
[29]
Each September Greenville hosts a festival featuring the "Delta" type of this musical form
the blues
Michael
|
$600
[21]
Lebanon's Nat'l Order of this tree is awarded for exceptional service or acts of extreme courage
the cedar
Elliot
|
$600
[15]
Susan Abigail Tomalin & Virginia Davis in "Thelma & Louise"
Geena Davis & Susan Sarandon
Michael
|
$600
[24]
Before becoming president of Princeton, he was a professor & football coach at Wesleyan
Woodrow Wilson
Elliot
|
|
$800
[4]
The beautiful cathedral in this city SW of Paris was the site of King Henry IV's coronation in 1594
Chartres
Julie
|
$800
[11]
Susan Butcher won this race for the first time in 1986; in '89 she was named sled-dog racer of the decade
the Iditarod
Julie
|
$800
[28]
This city features a seafood industry museum & a 70-minute shrimping trip
Biloxi
Michael
|
$800
[22]
In 1802 Napoleon Bonaparte instituted this chivalric order
the Legion of Honor (Legion d'Honneur)
Julie
|
$800
[16]
Thomas Connery & Nathalie Hedren in "Marnie"
Sean Connery & Tippi Hedren
Michael
|
$800
[25]
A native of West Branch, Iowa, he was the first president born west of the Mississippi
Herbert Hoover
|
|
DD
$1,000
[7]
It was built to commemorate Ivan the Terrible's victories over the khanates of Kazan & Astrakhan
St. Basil's Cathedral
Elliot
|
$1,000
[12]
In 1993 Ada Deer, a member of the Menominee tribe, became the first woman to head the BIA, which stands for this
the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Julie
|
$1,000
[27]
This Mississippi city, the "Gibraltar of the Confederacy", is home to a toy soldier museum
Vicksburg
Elliot
|
$1,000
[23]
This decoration for heroism, instituted in 1856, is Great Britain's highest honor
the Victoria Cross
Elliot
Julie
|
$1,000
[17]
Henry Beaty & Diane Hall in "Reds"
Diane Keaton & Warren Beatty
Julie
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
He was both the 8th president & the 8th vice president
Martin Van Buren
Elliot
|
In 1570 Abraham Ortelius produced the first modern book of this type: "Theatrum Orbis Terrarum"
an atlas