Colin Sheldon — a legislative assistant from Vienna, Virginia
Hans Krimm — a college professor from Hampden Sydney, Virginia
Sharona Nelson — a technical writer from Marlborough, Massachusetts
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharona | $800 | $2,000 | $4,400 |
$2,000
2nd place: a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico |
$4,400
14 R, 1 W |
| Hans | $900 | $2,000 | $7,800 |
$6,799
New champion: $6,799 |
$7,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Colin | $500 | $2,500 | $700 |
$0
3rd place: a Sony Wireless Sprint PCS phone |
$1,900
18 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| COUNTIES BY STATE | TV DRAMA | FASHION STATEMENTS | U.S. CRIME STATISTICS | THE "EL" YOU SAY | HORNBLOWER |
|
$100
[6]
Glasscock, Guadalupe, Galveston
Texas
Sharona
|
$100
[1]
Della Reese has won 3 NAACP Image Awards as outstanding lead actress for playing Tess on this series
Touched by an Angel
Sharona
|
$100
[22]
When a politician declares his candidacy, he "throws" this "into the ring"
His hat
Colin
|
$100
[16]
The U.S. city with the most police officers, it has about 4 times as many as L.A.
New York City
Hans
|
$100
[9]
In area, it's the smallest Central American country
El Salvador
Hans
|
$100
[21]
In the novels, Horatio Hornblower spends over 20 years of his life battling this Corsican tyrant
Napoleon
Colin
|
|
$200
[7]
Perry, Piatt, Peoria
Illinois
Sharona
|
$200
[2]
In 1994-95 this medical series finished second in the ratings, the highest ever for a first-year drama series
ER
Colin
|
$200
[23]
It's a cinch you know that to "tighten" this accessory means to economize
Belt
Colin
|
$200
[17]
7 women have made this list; the first was Ruth Eisemann-Schier in 1968
FBI's Ten Most Wanted List
Hans
|
$200
[12]
Marty Robbins went to No. 1 with a song about this town, & won a Grammy for it in 1960
"El Paso"
Hans
|
$200
[27]
Gene Roddenberry used Hornblower as a model in creating this captain of the Enterprise
James T. Kirk
Colin
|
|
$300
[8]
Cherokee, Calhoun, Charleston
South Carolina
Colin
|
DD
$200
[5]
(Hi, I'm Ollie North, and) I've played a mysterious intelligence operative named Ollie on 2 episodes of this CBS series about naval lawyers
JAG
Hans
|
$300
[24]
If you chuckle secretly to yourself, you're "laughing up" this part of a garment
Sleeve
Sharona
|
$300
[18]
Of 1 in 20, 1 in 50 or 1 in 100, the average number of people who will serve time in their lifetime
1 in 20
Colin
|
$300
[13]
The orangutans on Borneo are in peril due to drought & fires blamed on this weather phenomenon
"El Nino"
Colin
|
$300
[28]
Creator C.S. Forester gave Horatio this date & year of birth, also found on the Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776
Colin
|
|
$400
[10]
Lawrence, Lackawanna, Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Sharona
|
$300
[3]
This NBC crime drama is the 1st TV drama series executive produced by film director Barry Levinson
Homicide: Life on the Street
Hans
|
$400
[25]
An insufferably arrogant, conceited bloke is "too big for" these
His britches
Hans
|
$400
[19]
For 1996 this model of Honda was the top car on the most stolen list
Accord
Hans
Colin
|
$400
[14]
In the 1540s German adventurer Philipp Von Hutten searched South America for this fabled city
El Dorado
Sharona
|
$400
[29]
In the first Hornblower novel, Horatio falls for Barbara Wellesley, sister of this duke
Duke of Wellington
Colin
|
|
$500
[11]
Mercer, Miami, Marion
Ohio
Hans
|
$400
[4]
Tom Hanks was the executive producer of this 1998 HBO miniseries about the Apollo space program
From the Earth to the Moon
|
$500
[26]
A cravat soiree, or an old west term for a hanging
Necktie party
Colin
|
$500
[20]
In 1997 the Boston FBI reported a 24% increase in these crimes, but 1 person pulled off almost 2 dozen
Bank robberies
|
$500
[15]
He captured Valencia in 1094 & ruled it until his death on July 10, 1099
El Cid
Sharona
|
$500
[30]
Hornblower is 17 when he joins the H.M.S. Justinian with this rank named for part of a vessel
Midshipman
|
| MOUNTAINS | BOOKS BY WOMEN | WHAT'S THAT BIRD DOING? | FOOD & DRINK | THE "UN" CATEGORY | HORN BLOWERS |
|
$200
[1]
Mount Haltia, this country's highest point, lies near its borders with Norway & Sweden
Finland
Colin
|
$200
[2]
In 1996 a fire badly damaged the Atlanta apartment house where this 1936 bestseller was written
Gone with the Wind
Colin
|
$200
[21]
Every year the Clark's nutcracker pries thousands of seeds from these cones & buries them
Pine cones
Colin
|
$200
[12]
Corned beef is hashed to make corned beef hash; these are hashed to make hash browns
Potatoes
Sharona
|
$200
[7]
To knock a knight off his nag
Unhorse
Hans
|
$200
[22]
In this family trombonist Delfeayo is the kid brother of the higher-profile Wynton & Branford
Marsalis
Sharona
|
|
$400
[8]
This 4,000-mile-long mountain system is only about 200 miles wide except in Bolivia where it's about 400
Andes
Hans
|
$400
[3]
She focused on lonely young girls in "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter" & "The Member Of The Wedding"
Carson McCullers
Sharona
|
$400
[24]
This bird seen here gets its name by running along the beach uttering merry cries
Sandpiper
Hans
|
$400
[13]
Caviar is salted roe, which are these items from female fish
Eggs
Colin
|
$400
[14]
The Andrews Sisters sang, "Don't Sit" here "with anyone else but me"
Under the apple tree
Sharona
|
$400
[23]
Nickname of trumpeter Oran Page, or of a "M*A*S*H" nurse
"Hot Lips"
Hans
|
|
$800
[10]
At the Danube River near Vienna, the Carpathians become an eastern continuation of this chain
Alps
Hans
|
$600
[4]
Laurie Garrett's 1994 science book about "The Coming" one of these makes the bubonic one sound mild
Plague
Colin
|
$600
[25]
Grebes are famous for pulling these off their own bodies & eating them by the hundreds
Feathers
Colin
|
$600
[18]
An old myth says never to eat these bivalves in months without the letter "R" in them
Oysters
Sharona
|
$600
[15]
This title character of a Chekhov play has a niece named Sonia
Uncle Vanya
Sharona
|
— |
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
Not surprisingly, Kansas' highest point, Mount Sunflower, lies nearest to its border with this state
Colorado
Hans
|
$1,000
[6]
S.E. Hinton published this young adult novel about Greasers & Socs when she was only 17
The Outsiders
Colin
|
$800
[26]
Known for flying off with trinkets, this crow relative is more Hyde than Jeckle
Magpie
Hans
Colin
|
$800
[19]
From Italian for "elder", this liqueur is set aflame & served with 3 coffee beans on top
Sambuca
Colin
|
$800
[16]
Any hoofed mammal, whether it's a hog or a hippo
Ungulate
Hans
|
— |
|
$1,000
[11]
The Georgian Military Highway is the only highway crossing this range that divides Asia from Europe
the Caucasus
Hans
Colin
|
DD
$1,200
[5]
Judith Rossner's book about the month when psychoanalysts go on vacation & patients fend for themselves
"August"
Colin
|
$1,000
[27]
Also called the fish hawk, it hovers over water & dives to seize its prey
Osprey
Colin
|
$1,000
[20]
Anchovies, mayonnaise & tarragon go into this colorful dressing created at a San Francisco hotel
Green Goddess dressing
Sharona
Colin
|
$1,000
[17]
When you're badly shaken or distraught, you become this, just like a door that has come loose
Unhinged
Sharona
|
— |
Its formula is C27H46O & its name is from Greek for "solid bile"
cholesterol