Heather Gifford — a paralegal from Washington, D.C.
Steve Curran — a market segment manager from Elmwood Park, New Jersey
Elliot Wilen — a network administrator originally from Baltimore, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elliot | $400 | $1,600 | $7,200 |
$14,400
2-day champion: $23,801 |
$6,800
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Steve | $600 | $2,600 | $8,000 |
$1,599
3rd place: Panasonic 13" travel TV/VCR combo |
$9,000
22 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| heather | $800 | $1,700 | $4,100 |
$4,100
2nd place: trip to Park City, Utah |
$4,500
13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| HISTORIC ROBERTS | CELEBRITIES SPEAK | FOOD | STATE MOTTOES | SAINTS | ANAGRAMS |
|
$100
[26]
Wounded in the storming of Chapultepec in 1847, he later became a Confederate general
Robert E. Lee
Elliot
|
$100
[21]
Merv Griffin once said, "Las Vegas without Wayne Newton is like Disneyland without" this rodent
Mickey Mouse
Steve
|
$100
[7]
The sweet or green type of this is the one eaten on the cob
corn
heather
|
$100
[16]
Pennsylvania's motto is "Virtue, Liberty and" this, something to make a "Declaration" of
independence
Elliot
|
$100
[1]
In 432 he succeeded Palladius as Bishop of the Irish
St. Patrick
heather
|
$100
[2]
An astute art critic knows the Venus de Milo is one
a statue
heather
|
|
$200
[27]
In 1964 he resigned as U.S. Attorney General & was elected a U.S. Senator
Robert Kennedy
Elliot
|
$200
[22]
Sam Goldwyn reportedly said, "A producer shouldn't get" these stomach disorders, "he should give them"
ulcers
Steve
|
$200
[8]
The tope, a species of this, is prized for its fins, which are used to make a Chinese soup
a shark
Steve
|
$200
[17]
"We dare defend our rights" comes straight from its heart— of Dixie
Alabama
Steve
heather
|
$200
[12]
In art this husband of the Virgin Mary is often depicted as an old man
St. Joseph
Steve
|
$200
[3]
Hours elapse while you're this in bed
asleep
heather
|
|
$300
[28]
With Fred Allan Hartley, Jr., he sponsored the Labor-Management Relations Act of 1947
Taft
Elliot
|
$300
[23]
Howard Hughes said of this movie star, "His ears made him look like a taxicab with both doors open"
Clark Gable
heather
|
$300
[9]
Pistou is the French version of this Italian sauce
pesto
Steve
|
$300
[18]
Its motto is "Dirigo", not "Downeaster"
Maine
Steve
heather
|
$300
[13]
St. Stanislaus, the patron saint of this country, was bishop of Krakow
Poland
Steve
|
$300
[4]
When a U.S. lawyer hangs out his shingle, it's usually in this language
English
Steve
heather
|
|
$400
[29]
This former Secretary of Defense retired as President of the World Bank in 1981
Robert McNamara
Steve
|
$400
[24]
When she won an Oscar for "Tootsie", she was grateful "to have Dustin Hoffman as my leading lady"
Jessica Lange
heather
|
$400
[10]
This creature & the cheese made from its milk are both called chevre
goat
Elliot
|
DD
$400
[19]
Word that's the motto of Texas & the title of thefollowing:"If you're ever in a jam, here I am. / If you ever need a pal, I'm your gal. / If you ever feel so happy, you'll land in jail."
"Friendship"
heather
|
$400
[14]
St. Francis Borgia was the third Superior General of this group also called the Society of Jesus
the Jesuits
Steve
|
$400
[5]
Few viewed this Raymond Burr series with derision
Ironside
Steve
|
|
$500
[30]
On March 27, 1306 he was crowned king at Scone
Robert Bruce
Elliot
|
$500
[25]
Woody Allen said, "It's not that I'm afraid to" do this, "I just don't want to be there when it happens"
to die
Steve
|
$500
[11]
A San Francisco hotel chef created this "green" salad dressing for actor George Arliss
Green Goddess
|
$500
[20]
Business-minded Tennessee's motto has 2 cabinet departments in it: Agriculture & this
Commerce
|
$500
[15]
St. Andrew, one of the 12 apostles, was the brother of this other apostle
Simon Peter
heather
|
$500
[6]
A knight of yore didn't have to travel far to run into one of these rascals
a varlet
|
| 20th CENTURY OPERA | TECHNOLOGY | THE MIDDLE AGES | TRAVEL & TOURISM | AUTHORS | THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME |
|
$200
[17]
Carl Nielsen's comic opera "Maskarade" concerns a masked ball in this Danish capital
Copenhagen
Elliot
|
$200
[7]
If your heart skips a beat when you hear this clue, you may need one of these implanted
a pacemaker
Steve
heather
|
$200
[1]
In 1430 this maid of Orleans fell into the hands of the Burgundians, who turned her over to the English
Joan of Arc
Steve
|
$200
[2]
Romantic bat-watching cruises are a highlight of the annual bat migration in this Texas capital
Austin
Elliot
|
$200
[16]
This "Les Miserables" author was the son of an officer in Napoleon's army
Victor Hugo
Elliot
|
$200
[23]
Sure as shootin' this Wild West star & inspiration for a musical is in the Hall
Annie Oakley
Elliot
|
|
$400
[22]
Henry Kissinger & Madame Mao are among the characters in the 1987 opera about this president "in China"
Nixon
Steve
|
$400
[8]
Devices using this technology can drill teeth, pasteurize milk & show you your unborn baby
ultrasound
Elliot
|
$400
[3]
Later Bishop of Lincoln, Robert Grosseteste was chancellor of this university c. 1215-1221
Oxford
Elliot
|
$400
[10]
Surprisingly, there's a museum devoted to this Liverpudlian quartet in Vancouver, British Columbia
The Beatles
Elliot
|
$400
[18]
In April 1995 he had the hardcover & paperback fiction bestsellers with "The Rainmaker" & "The Chamber"
(John) Grisham
heather
|
$400
[24]
She got the Red Cross to help victims of peacetime disasters, too
Clara Barton
Steve
|
|
$600
[28]
"Harvey Milk" is a 1995 opera about the city supervisor of this California city who was murdered in 1978
San Francisco
Elliot
|
$600
[9]
When Queen Anne granted a patent for this device in 1714, it probably had no correction key
a typewriter
heather
|
$600
[4]
Domenico Morosini, who became doge in 1148, extended this city's rule to Istria
Venice
Steve
|
$600
[13]
The murder & mystery tour of this Scottish capital departs from a restaurant called the Witchery
Edinburgh
Steve
|
$600
[19]
She followed "The Color Purple" with "In Search Of Our Mothers' Gardens"
Alice Walker
heather
|
$600
[25]
Not Ruth, but this other "Babe" of sports is in the Hall
Babe Didrikson
Steve
|
|
$800
[29]
In "King Roger" the queen of this largest Mediterranean island loves a shepherd prophet from India
Sicily
Elliot
|
$800
[11]
Early homemade radios used a cat's whisker & one of these rocks as a diode to receive signals
a crystal
Steve
|
$800
[5]
In Romanesque times, the center for this kind of book embellishment was Reichenau in Germany
Illumination
Elliot
|
$800
[14]
Mongoose Junction is a shopping mall, not a petting zoo, on St. John in this island group
the Virgin Islands
Elliot
Steve
|
$800
[20]
He worked on "Remembrance of Things Past" for at least 12 years
Proust
Elliot
|
$800
[26]
This Maine senator who passed away in 1995 is in the Hall
Margaret Chase Smith
Steve
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Thea Musgrave's opera "The Voice of Ariadne" is based on a story by this author of "The Turn of the Screw"
(Henry) James
heather
|
$1,000
[12]
In the early 1800s these devices had 26 wires, one for every letter of the alphabet
telegraphs
Steve
|
DD
$1,400
[6]
This town began to grow in importance after the Capetians made it their capital in 987
Paris
Elliot
|
$1,000
[15]
Roller-skating performers play a model train set come to life in this musical at the Las Vegas Hilton
Starlight Express
|
$1,000
[21]
When his "Elmer Gantry" was published, a New Hampshire minister tried to have him jailed
Sinclair Lewis
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
In the Hall are this woman & Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founders of the newspaper "The Revolution"
Susan B. Anthony
Steve
|
Ectopistes migratorius is the scientific name of this now-extinct bird
the passenger pigeon