Annie Gottlieb — a freelance writer from New York City, New York
Joe Shaefer — an investment advisor and author from Honolulu, Hawaii
Andrew Zarutskie — a press secretary originally from Newburgh, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $22,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | $1,800 | $1,800 | $1,400 |
$2,800
3rd place: Olympus 35mm camera |
$3,400
17 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Joe | $500 | $800 | $2,200 |
$4,200
2nd place: Bassett bedroom furniture + Bassett mattress |
$2,200
7 R, 1 W |
| Annie | $2,000 | $3,900 | $9,500 |
$5,700
New champion: $5,700 |
$10,200
26 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| JFK | MOVIE DIRECTORS | THE EARTH | FOOTWEAR | WHAT THE "H" | HODGEPODGE |
|
$100
[1]
The popular vote by which JFK beat this man in 1960 was the closest since 1888
Richard Nixon
Annie
|
$100
[8]
In 1984 this "E.T." director formed a production company & named it for his 1969 short "Amblin'"
Steven Spielberg
Annie
|
$100
[2]
Of about 500 active ones of these, Cotopaxi & Guallatiri are among the most active
volcanoes
Andrew
|
$100
[17]
Insulting military wear for mothers
combat boots
Andrew
|
$100
[26]
Drew Berkowitz called it "the only thing that will really prevent baldness"
hair
Joe
|
$100
[16]
A digestive enzyme called bromelain comes from this Hawaiian fruit
pineapple
Annie
|
|
$200
[3]
In 1960 he offered the VP slot to this man to appease Southerners & was surprised that he accepted
LBJ (Lyndon Johnson)
Annie
|
$200
[12]
This director's then wife Marcia served as editor on his 1977 film "Star Wars"
George Lucas
Annie
|
$200
[4]
Term for the valleys that are the deepest parts of the ocean floors
trenches
Andrew
|
$200
[20]
These shoes come in light brown & white; Pat Boone wears the white ones
bucks
Joe
|
$200
[27]
Walter Winchell described it as "a town where they place you under contract instead of observation"
Hollywood
Annie
|
$200
[18]
This heavily armored Union warship was said to look like a "cheese box on a raft"
the Monitor
Annie
|
|
$300
[5]
JFK had been president for less than 3 months before the disastrous landing at this Cuban site
the Bay of Pigs
Andrew
|
$300
[13]
He appeared in "The Birds" as a man in front of a pet shop with white terriers
Alfred Hitchcock
Andrew
|
$300
[9]
The bulk of the Earth is contained in this silica-rich layer
the mantle
Annie
|
$300
[22]
They're the metal projections on the soles of athletic shoes, or the shoes themselves
cleats
|
$300
[28]
It's the kind of pipe the Caterpillar was smoking when he met Alice in Wonderland
a hookah
Annie
|
$300
[19]
One explanation for this Penn. nickname is that it's centrally located among the 13 original states
"The Keystone State"
Annie
|
|
$400
[6]
This boat commanded by JFK collided with the Japanese destroyer Amagiri in August 1943
PT-109
Andrew
|
$400
[14]
This Swede's first English-language film was "The Touch" in 1971
Ingmar Bergman
Annie
|
$500
[11]
These land masses are generally classified as continental or oceanic
islands
Andrew
Joe
|
$400
[23]
On the Roman military types of these, the laces go up the calf
sandals
Annie
|
$400
[29]
Mary Baker Eddy said this is "not a condition of matter, but of mind"
health
Annie
|
$400
[21]
In 1892 a Denver lawyer created this breakfast cereal, using a machine that pressed wheat into thin strips
Shredded Wheat
Andrew
|
|
$500
[7]
Recovering from a double spinal fusion in 1954, he began work on this Pulitzer Prize-winning book
Profiles in Courage
Andrew
|
$500
[15]
He could have titled his 1971 autobiography "It's A Wonderful Life" instead of "The Name Above the Title"
Frank Capra
Andrew
|
DD
$700
[10]
This language gave us the words erg, a sandy desert, & hammada, a rocky desert
Arabic
Annie
|
$500
[24]
Its "Instapumps" cost about $200 & feature a device that injects CO2into a bladder
Reebok
Andrew
Joe
Annie
|
$500
[30]
Oscar Wilde said, "Anybody can make" this; "only a great man can write it"
history
Annie
|
$500
[25]
Capitoline, Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Aventine & Palatine
the seven hills of Rome
Joe
|
| MEDIEVAL TIMES | ARCHITECTURE | OPERA | BODIES OF WATER | ASTRONAUT LINGO | WOMEN AUTHORS |
|
$200
[11]
To produce those charming smiles, these were generally cleaned with a green hazel twig
the teeth
Andrew
|
$200
[12]
Often fitted with glass, it's an opening in a ceiling to let the sunshine in
a skylight
Annie
|
$200
[23]
It's the English title of the ever-popular Mozart opera "Le Nozze di Figaro"
The Marriage of Figaro
Annie
|
$200
[1]
Countries bordering on this gulf include Qatar & Saudi Arabia
the Persian Gulf
Andrew
|
$200
[14]
A single one of these by a spacecraft is called a pass
an orbit
Annie
|
$200
[6]
She first told the tale of Peter Rabbit in a letter to her former governess' son
Beatrix Potter
Andrew
|
|
$400
[15]
These fairs held in the Champagne area included annual ones for cloth & leather
trade fairs
|
$400
[13]
It's the combined structure atop a church that includes the tower & spire
a steeple
Joe
|
$400
[24]
"Nothung! Nothung!" is Siegfried's song about his sword in this composer's opera "Siegfried"
Wagner
Joe
|
$400
[2]
The Bay of Tangier on Africa's northern coast is an inlet of this strait
the Strait of Gibraltar
Andrew
|
$400
[25]
Term for the time in its descent when a capsule comes back into the earth's atmosphere
reentry
Andrew
|
$400
[7]
This author of "The Age of Innocence" was born Edith Newbold Jones in 1862
Edith Wharton
Annie
|
|
$600
[16]
The Duke of Apulia first issued this coin in the mid-1100s; the clue here is "Duke"
a ducat
Andrew
|
$600
[19]
A style of window popular in commercial buildings of the 1890s is named for this Illinois city
Chicago
|
$600
[28]
This ragtime composer's opera "Treemonisha" is about a baby found under a tree by a woman named Monisha
Scott Joplin
Annie
|
$600
[3]
During WWI 2 famous battles took place near this longest tributary of the Seine
the Marne
Andrew
Annie
|
$1,000
[22]
The passengers, cargo, supplies, etc. that are carried up by the rocket
a payload
Annie
|
$600
[8]
Flannery was this "Wise Blood" author's middle name; her first name was Mary
(Flannery) O'Connor
Joe
|
|
$800
[17]
In the 1122 Concordat of Worms, Henry V gave up the right to appoint these church leaders
bishops (& abbots)
Andrew
Annie
|
$800
[20]
Architect Sir John Soane's eccentric home in this capital city features mock ruins & an Egyptian crypt
London
Andrew
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
A soprano plays the role of the Sandman in this 1893 Humperdinck opera
Hansel and Gretel
Annie
|
$800
[4]
Lisbon lies on this river, the longest on the Iberian Peninsula
the Tagus River
|
— |
$800
[9]
This author of "The Thorn Birds" published "The First Man in Rome", a historical novel, in 1990
Colleen McCullough
Annie
|
|
$1,000
[18]
At the turn of the 13th century, St. Francis of Assisi & this Spaniard founded friar movements
St. Dominic
Andrew
|
DD
$2,000
[21]
N. Hawksmoor assisted John Vanbrugh in designing this palace for the Duke of Marlborough
Blenheim Palace
Andrew
|
$1,000
[26]
This "Peter and the Wolf" composer was only 9 when he wrote his first opera, "The Giant"
Prokofiev
Annie
|
$1,000
[5]
Noted for its high tides, this bay separates Nova Scotia from New Brunswick
the Bay of Fundy
Annie
|
— |
$1,000
[10]
"The Sisters Rosensweig" is a recent play by this writer of "The Heidi Chronicles"
Wendy Wasserstein
Annie
|
Name shared by the southernmost province of Belgium, a country on its border & a capital city
Luxembourg