Elizabeth Hamilton — a secretary from Everett, Massachusetts
Rowan Carroll — a consultant from Chicago, Illinois
Matt Handel — a marketing analyst from Wayne, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $40,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $500 | $2,700 | $11,500 |
$23,000
3-day champion: $63,401 |
$9,700
20 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Rowan | $1,200 | $3,200 | $12,000 |
$999
3rd place: Go Video dual-deck VCR |
$10,000
26 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Elizabeth | $600 | $1,100 | $2,700 |
$4,900
2nd place: Keller bedroom furniture set + Burlington House bedroom decor set |
$2,700
8 R, 1 W |
| THE 20th CENTURY | CLASSIC TELEVISION | U.S. GOVERNMENT | LANGUAGES | WEIGHTS & MEASURES | "T" TIME |
|
$100
[7]
On Aug. 28, 1963 he told those assembled at the Lincoln Memorial, "I have a dream today"
Martin Luther King
Matt
|
$100
[21]
The idea for this series' Pebbles and Bamm Bamm came from Sheila Barbera, wife of co-creator Joe Barbera
The Flintstones
Rowan
|
$100
[1]
More than half of the U.S. government's receipts come from these taxes
income taxes
Rowan
|
$100
[9]
Dialects of this language include those of Niigata, Shizuoka & Toyama
Japanese
Matt
|
$100
[26]
There are 13 units in this type of dozen
a baker's dozen
Rowan
|
$100
[2]
It's what some kids call a seesaw
a teeter-totter
Rowan
|
|
$200
[8]
On June 28, 1971, Daniel Ellsberg admitted giving these documents to The New York Times
the Pentagon Papers
Rowan
|
$200
[22]
This series was No. 3 for the 1961-62 season, while reruns titled "Marshal Dillon" ranked in the top 20
Gunsmoke
Rowan
|
$200
[17]
It's the term of office for all federal judges
lifetime
Rowan
|
$200
[12]
Homer wrote in a mixture of the Ionic & Aeolic forms of this language
Greek
Elizabeth
|
$200
[27]
This unit of weight for precious stones is equal to 200 milligrams
a carat
Elizabeth
|
$200
[3]
It occurs just before sunrise & just after sunset
twilight
Matt
Rowan
|
|
$300
[10]
In 1921 Denmark declared this island Danish territory & closed it to non-Danish vessels
Greenland
Matt
|
$300
[23]
TV character who said, "One of these days, Alice, one of these days... Pow! Right in the kisser!"
Ralph Kramden
Rowan
|
$300
[18]
This agency administers the "Superfund" used to clean up hazardous toxic waste sites
the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
Rowan
|
$300
[13]
Although French is the official language in Corsica, a Genoese dialect of this language is also spoken
Italian
Rowan
|
$300
[28]
To convert a metric one of these to a "long" one, multiply by 1.061
a ton
Elizabeth
|
$300
[4]
The word tuba is actually Latin for this other brass instrument
the trumpet
Matt
|
|
$400
[11]
On Nov. 17, 1930 this golfer retired after winning the sport's Grand Slam tournaments
Bobby Jones
Rowan
|
$400
[24]
Fort Courage was the setting for this series that starred Ken Berry as Capt. Wilton Parmenter
F Troop
Rowan
|
$400
[19]
The 4 members of this Council are the President, Vice President, Secretary of State & Secretary of Defense
the National Security Council
Matt
|
$400
[14]
Frisian is spoken mainly in this country, although it has a few speakers in Germany
the Netherlands
Rowan
|
$400
[29]
The power of these transparent objects is measured in diopters
lenses
Rowan
|
$400
[5]
It's the name shared by Libya's capital & Lebanon's second- largest city
Tripoli
Elizabeth
|
|
$500
[16]
On Aug. 17, 1988 this prescription drug became the first approved for hair growth
Rogaine
Matt
|
$500
[25]
Rob Petrie, Buddy Sorrell & Sally Rogers were comedy writers for this fictional TV show
The Alan Brady Show
|
DD
$1,300
[20]
He was the first of 4 men to serve as Attorney General during the Nixon administration
John Mitchell
Matt
|
$500
[15]
This old language is used as the lingua franca among Brahman scholars from different areas of India
Sanskrit
Matt
|
$500
[30]
In the U.S. 8 1/3 pounds of water is equal to 1 of these units
one gallon
|
$500
[6]
It's the oldest period of the Mesozoic Era
Triassic
Rowan
|
| MYTHOLOGY | BRITISH HISTORY | HEALTH & MEDICINE | ILLINOIS | FOUNDERS | AMERICAN AUTHORS |
|
$200
[23]
Castor is famous for taming horses, while this twin brother is a wonderful boxer
Pollux
Matt
|
$200
[1]
When he died in 1658, his son Richard succeeded him as Lord Protector
Oliver Cromwell
Matt
|
$200
[2]
In Thalassemia, an inherited form of anemia, these cells contain less hemoglobin than normal
red blood cells
Rowan
|
$200
[3]
98% of Illinois drains into this river
the Mississippi
Matt
|
$200
[25]
Now commonly called the Quakers, this group was founded by George Fox
the Society of Friends
Rowan
|
$200
[11]
Orchard House in Concord, Mass., where she wrote "Little Women", was made a memorial in 1911
Louisa May Alcott
Elizabeth
|
|
$400
[21]
Athena invented this woodwind; James Galway must be grateful
the flute
Rowan
|
$400
[6]
Named for their original designer, these cabs first appeared in London in the 1830s
hansom cabs
Rowan
|
$400
[4]
Pellagra is a nutritional disorder caused by a deficiency of niacin, part of this vitamin complex
the B complex
Rowan
|
$400
[26]
With nearly 400 judges, the Circuit Court of this county is the USA's largest unified court system
Cook County
Matt
|
$400
[18]
Charles Lubin named this baked goods company after his daughter
Sara Lee
Elizabeth
|
$400
[12]
His novel "This Side of Paradise" was a revision of an earlier work that he wrote in the Army
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Elizabeth
|
|
$600
[19]
The lustful Babylonian goddess Ishtar came to be identified with this Greek goddess
Aphrodite
Matt
|
$600
[5]
Many believe Edward III founded this knighthood order to revive the Round Table of Arthurian legend
the Order of the Garter
Matt
|
$600
[10]
Also called hypertension, this is sometimes called "the silent killer" because of its lack of symptoms
high blood pressure
Elizabeth
|
$600
[7]
The largest employer in the Peoria area is this earth-moving equipment manufacturer
Caterpillar
Matt
|
$600
[24]
Rockwell Kent designed the original logo for this publishing company co-founded by Bennett Cerf
Random House
Rowan
|
$600
[13]
The hostile reception of his "Sister Carrie" contributed to his nervous breakdown
(Theodore) Dreiser
Matt
|
|
$800
[20]
Nephthys, an Egyptian guardian deity, is the sister of this mother goddess
Isis
Rowan
|
$800
[8]
Partly due to the Irish Potato Famine, these laws regulating the supply of grains were repealed in 1846
the corn laws
Matt
|
$800
[14]
This syndrome is caused by pressure placed on the median nerve in the wrist & hand
carpal tunnel syndrome
Matt
|
$800
[29]
Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry occupies a building from this 1893 World's Fair
the Columbian Exposition
Rowan
|
$800
[27]
He really had Georgia on his mind, since he founded the Georgia colony
(James) Oglethorpe
Matt
|
$800
[16]
This author of "The Witches of Eastwick" once worked as a staff writer for The New Yorker
John Updike
Elizabeth
|
|
$1,000
[22]
This Norse mischief-maker is chained under dripping venom & his agonized writhing causes earthquakes
Loki
Rowan
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
Queen Victoria was the last monarch of this ruling house which began its reign in 1714
Hanover
Matt
|
$1,000
[15]
This procedure is the visual examination of a joint with a lighted fiber-optic instrument
arthroscopy
Matt
|
DD
$3,000
[30]
In 1673 these 2 French explorers became the first white men to set foot in what is now Illinois
Marquette & Joliet
Rowan
|
$1,000
[28]
This dance group was founded in 1952 by Amalia Hernandez in Mexico City
Ballet Folklorico
|
$1,000
[17]
"The Fixer", about a Jew imprisoned in Russia, earned this author a 1967 Pulitzer Prize
(Bernard) Malamud
Rowan
|
This city was founded in the 6th century as a capital in the Tonkin Lowland
Hanoi