Tim Sinclair — a tax accountant from Ellicott City, Maryland
Nick Cort — an attorney from Concord, New Hampshire
Matt Handel — a marketing analyst from Wayne, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $1,500 | $4,200 | $12,600 |
$17,001
2-day champion: $40,401 |
$12,600
28 R, 1 W |
| Nick | $1,200 | $1,500 | $5,700 |
$10,700
3rd place: Service Merchandise gift certificate |
$4,500
11 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Tim | $-200 | $700 | $8,500 |
$11,401
2nd place: Singer dining room set + Wallpapers To Go gift certificate |
$5,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE 50 STATES | SPORTS | RELIGION | 20th CENTURY WOMEN | FRENCH CUISINE | "AMERICAN" ORGANIZATIONS |
|
$100
[1]
The 2 most important crops grown in this state are sugarcane & pineapple
Hawaii
Matt
|
$100
[6]
If a served tennis ball touches the net & is otherwise good, it's called this
a let
Matt
|
$100
[8]
In 1979 this religion celebrated the 1,400th anniversary of its founding by Muhammad
Islam
Matt
|
$100
[15]
This former first lady won the first annual Franklin D. Roosevelt Brotherhood award in 1946
Eleanor Roosevelt
Nick
|
$100
[26]
Serve these green vegetables with butter & you have Choux de Bruxelles au beurre
Brussels sprouts
Tim
|
$100
[18]
About half the blood drawn in the U.S. is collected & distributed by this organization
the American Red Cross
Nick
|
|
$200
[2]
With 34 stories, this state's Capitol Building in Baton Rouge is America's tallest
Louisiana
Tim
|
$200
[7]
This L.A. Kings player scored a record 47 points in one playoff year for Edmonton in 1985
Wayne Gretzky
Tim
|
$200
[12]
In the Mormon Church, this rite is performed when a child is 8
baptism
Nick
|
$200
[17]
She became secretary- general of Israel's Mapai Party in 1966
Golda Meir
Nick
|
$200
[27]
The cuisine of Bordeaux features this onion relative known in France as the echalote
the shallot
Matt
|
$200
[19]
It publishes the reference work "The Complete Dog Book"
the American Kennel Club
Tim
|
|
$400
[4]
Lava & ash from Novarupta Volcano created this state's Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
Alaska
Nick
Tim
|
$300
[9]
On Nov. 20, 1977 this Chicago Bears running back set an NFL record by rushing for 275 yards
Walter Payton
Matt
|
$300
[13]
A book called the Haggadah explains the rituals of this Jewish holiday's seder
Passover
Tim
|
$300
[20]
She attended the Duchess of Windsor's burial 8 days after her own gala 60th birthday celebration
Queen Elizabeth II
Tim
|
$300
[28]
Roast this long-tailed game bird with truffles & voila! You have faisan truffe
pheasant
Tim
|
$300
[23]
This U.S. veterans' organization was founded in Paris by members of the AEF after World War I
the American Legion
Matt
|
|
DD
$500
[3]
The motto "Sic Semper Tyrannis" appears on the official seal of this state
Virginia
Tim
|
$400
[10]
On March 17, 1897, Bob Fitzsimmons won the heavyweight title from this man known as "Gentleman Jim"
Corbett
Matt
|
$400
[14]
Latin for "shepherd", it's the term often used for a minister who heads a flock or congregation
the pastor
|
$400
[21]
In 1971 this anthropologist co-wrote "A Rap On Race" with James Baldwin
Margaret Mead
Matt
|
$400
[29]
The name of this type of pie that may contain ham or cheese comes from the German for "cake", kuchen
quiche
Matt
|
$400
[24]
From 1920-1950 Roger Baldwin was director of this legal group that participated in the Scopes Trial
the American Civil Liberties Union
Matt
|
|
$500
[5]
East of the Cascades, the main population centers in this state include Bend & Klamath Falls
Oregon
Nick
|
$500
[11]
In 1968 this Frenchman won 3 skiing gold medals in the Winter Olympics
Jean-Claude Killy
Matt
|
$500
[16]
This order founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola was dissolved in 1773 & revived in 1814
the Jesuits
Matt
|
$500
[22]
This woman was voted the world's leading aviatrix in 1937, the year Amelia Earhart disappeared
Jacqueline Cochran
|
$500
[30]
These freshwater crustaceans are the main ingredient in ecrevisses a la bordelaise
crayfish
Matt
|
$500
[25]
This group was founded in 1968 by Dennis Banks & others to improve the lives of Indians in Minneapolis
the American Indian Movement
|
| WORLD HISTORY | TRANSPORTATION | LANGUAGES | MUSIC | PARKS | BOOKS & AUTHORS |
|
$200
[3]
In 1978 the Red Brigades kidnapped this country's former premier Aldo Moro & killed him
Italy
Matt
|
$200
[9]
The Carib Indians developed a dugout type of this craft called a pirogue
a canoe
Matt
|
$200
[16]
Karelian is closely related to this language heard in Helsinki
Finnish
Matt
|
$200
[21]
Ravel's "Mother Goose" suite includes a "conversation between Beauty and" this character
the Beast
Matt
|
$200
[26]
Covering more area than Texas, a national park on this Danish island is the world's largest
Greenland
Tim
|
$200
[1]
William Manchester subtitled his "Portrait" of this family "From John D. to Nelson"
the Rockefellers
Tim
|
|
$400
[4]
This country gave up much territory to Germany under the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, signed in 1918
Russia
Tim
|
$400
[10]
Andrew Hallidie, who invented this form of transportation, helped install the first line in San Francisco
the cable car
Nick
|
$400
[17]
This language spoken in a volcanic country is also called Islenska
Icelandic
Nick
|
$400
[22]
Scruggs-picking is a playing technique developed for this stringed instrument
the banjo
Tim
|
$400
[27]
This Washington city's 100-acre Riverfront Park was the site of Expo '74
Spokane
Matt
|
$400
[2]
Thor Heyerdahl wrote a 1975 book about "The Art of" this island known for its monolithic statues
Easter Island
Matt
|
|
$600
[6]
In 1925 Reza Khan became the Shah of Iran & changed his family name to this
Pahlavi
Matt
|
$600
[12]
Introduced in 1945, this car became the USA's bestselling import
the Volkswagen (Beetle)
Matt
|
$600
[18]
Maghrebi is a major dialect of this language
Arabic
Matt
|
$800
[24]
His "Music for the Royal Fireworks" was written originally for wind orchestra; he added the strings later
Handel
Tim
|
$600
[28]
In 1912 moose reached Michigan's Isle Royale Nat'l Park by crossing the frozen waters of this Great Lake
Superior
Nick
|
$600
[5]
"Dead Cert" wasn't just his first novel but his first novel about a jockey
Dick Francis
Matt
|
|
$800
[7]
In May 1701 this pirate captain was tried at the Old Bailey & hanged for murder & acts of piracy
Captain (William) Kidd
Matt
|
$800
[13]
A ferry across the Cook Strait connects the railways of this country's 2 main islands
New Zealand
Tim
|
$1,000
[20]
Khalkha is spoken widely in this Mongolian capital
Ulaanbaatar
Tim
|
$1,000
[25]
Czerny taught Leschetizky, who taught Paderewski this instrument
the piano
Matt
Tim
|
$800
[29]
The baths in this Arkansas national park are said to be helpful in the treatment of joint diseases
Hot Springs
Nick
|
$800
[11]
He visited airports all over the world to research his novel "Airport"
(Arthur) Hailey
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[8]
In 1867 he had Maximilian shot & was installed as president of Mexico
(Benito) Juarez
Matt
|
$1,000
[14]
Between 1928 & 1937, this German aircraft, the LZ-127, traveled over 1 million miles
the (Graf) Zeppelin
Tim
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
The Moldavian language is written in this alphabet
the Cyrillic alphabet
Nick
|
DD
$4,000
[23]
Although he composed a 9th symphony, his 1822 8th symphony was left unfinished
Schubert
Tim
|
$1,000
[30]
Established in 1971, Pacific Rim National Park is located in this Canadian province
British Columbia
Matt
|
$1,000
[15]
As a young man in the 1950s, this author of "Being There" was a ski instructor in his native Poland
Jerzy Kosinski
Matt
|
This barrier is situated in the British Isles about 100 miles south of the Antonine Wall
Hadrian's Wall