Debra Winterton — a graduate student from Seattle, Washington
Greg Sanders — a computer consultant from Springfield, Illinois
Tammy Talpas — an engineering secretary originally from Austin, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $19,402)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tammy | $1,600 | $2,800 | $5,400 |
$2,201
2nd place: Daewoo TV/VCR Combo & Direct TV Satellite System |
$5,100
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Greg | $200 | $200 | $7,600 |
$4,399
New champion: $4,399 |
$8,600
19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Debra | $700 | $500 | $1,100 |
$100
3rd place: Ducane Par-T-Grill |
$1,100
9 R, 2 W |
| 20th CENTURY NOVELS | TARGET SPORTS | THE 19-AUGHTs | YOU DO THE MATH | STATE DEPT. TRAVEL WARNINGS | "OO"PS |
|
$100
[4]
In its last chapter, the hero tells his father, "Love means never having to say you're sorry"
"Love Story"
Debra
|
$100
[25]
Close proverbially counts in this sport, but a ringer counts the most
Horseshoes
Tammy
|
$100
[18]
In '06 these events devastated San Francisco in April & Valparaiso, Chile in August
Earthquakes
Debra
|
$100
[9]
Number of nursery rhyme blackbirds baked in a pie divided by number of nursery rhyme blind mice
8 (24÷3)
|
$100
[16]
The U.S. uses the Swiss embassy in Iran to conduct business & the Polish embassy in this neighboring country
Iraq
Tammy
|
$100
[1]
This form of billiards uses 15 red balls & 6 colored balls
Snooker
Tammy
|
|
$200
[5]
Ralph survives on the island but Piggy is less lucky in this William Golding classic
"Lord of the Flies"
Greg
|
$200
[26]
Justin Huish of the U.S. took a bow when he won a gold in this sport at the 1996 Olympics
Archery
Tammy
|
$200
[19]
Blind in one eye, Frank McGee scored 14 goals in one game to win this trophy for Ottawa in '05
The Stanley Cup (hockey)
Greg
|
$300
[11]
It's the square root of the square root of 81
3 (square root of 9)
Tammy
Greg
|
$200
[17]
Say so long to Sarajevo; the U.S. has been warning people about visiting this country since 1992
Bosnia (or Yugoslavia)
Greg
Debra
|
$200
[2]
Oscar-nominated film in which Dustin Hoffman played both Michael Dorsey & Dorothy Michaels
"Tootsie"
Debra
|
|
$300
[6]
Albert Camus' French work "L' Etranger" has been translated as "The Outsider", but more commonly as this
"The Stranger"
Tammy
|
$300
[27]
Now a sport that can include a 10,000 foot free fall to a target, the equipment dates back to 1797
Skydiving
|
$300
[20]
This barbershop favorite was a campaign song for "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
"Sweet Adeline"
|
$400
[12]
Total number of U.S. representatives times total number of U.S. senators
43,500 (435 X 100)
Debra
|
$300
[22]
In June 1997 the U.S. closed its embassy in Brazzaville in this country & advises you not to visit
The Congo
|
$300
[3]
In 1967 the Rascals were doing this "Down a crowded avenue, doin' anything we'd like to do"
"Groovin'"
Greg
|
|
$400
[14]
Norman Mailer was just 25 when this 1948 bestseller, his first novel, was published
The Naked and the Dead
Tammy
Greg
|
$400
[28]
Its center should be 5 feet, 8 inches off the tavern floor & you can stand 7 feet, 9 1/4 inches away from it
Dartboard
Tammy
|
$400
[21]
It began in '01 & the train of the same name began running from NYC to Chicago in '02
The 20th Century
Tammy
|
DD
$500
[10]
Number of ounces in a standard avoirdupois pound divided by number of cups in a gallon
1 (16÷16)
Tammy
|
$400
[23]
If you decide to go to this country (against U.S. wishes), really avoid the city of Cali
Colombia
Tammy
|
$400
[7]
Meaning the lot, pack or crowd, it's often paired with kit
Kaboodle
Tammy
|
|
$500
[15]
Saul Bellow's title characters include Herzog, Humboldt & this man, "The Rain King"
Henderson
Tammy
|
$500
[29]
The target in this Italian sport, also known as lawn bowls, is called the jack
bocce
|
— |
$500
[13]
It's the number you get when you raise 10 to the fifth power
100,000
Tammy
Greg
Debra
|
$500
[24]
With tensions between Ethiopia & this country mounting, the State Dept. warned Americans to get out
Eritrea
Greg
|
$500
[8]
From the Tamil language for "curl", it's a cigar with square-cut ends
Cheroot
|
| MUSIC | HISTORIC FACES | GEOGRAPHICAL EXTREMES | "ROCK"IN' & A-"ROLL"IN' | WHO WON THE OSCAR? | I FORGET |
|
$200
[6]
Composer baptized with the given names Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus
Wolfgang A. Mozart
Greg
|
$200
[16]
This man shared a Nobel Prize with his wife Marie
Pierre Curie
Debra
|
$200
[24]
Mizen Head, this country's southernmost mainland point, lies in County Cork & that's no blarney
Ireland
Greg
|
$200
[8]
Born in Norway, he coached the Fighting Irish
Knute Rockne
Tammy
|
$200
[1]
Al Pacino, for "Scent of a Woman"; Robert Downey Jr., for "Chaplin"; Denzel Washington, for "Malcolm X"
Al Pacino (1992)
Debra
|
$200
[14]
He pushed for a New Deal in 1932 & appealed to the "forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid"
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Greg
|
|
$400
[7]
Shakespeare mentioned this folk tune attributed to Henry VIII in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
"Greensleeves"
|
$400
[17]
He was one of the early card-carrying members (of the Communist Party) before "getting the axe"
Leon Trotsky
Greg
|
$400
[26]
Seixas Point, the easternmost point on the mainland of the Americas, lies in this country
Brazil
Greg
|
$400
[9]
You might be ticked off if you catch this disease caused by the microorganism rickettsia rickettii
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Debra
|
$400
[2]
Tom Cruise, for "Jerry Maguire"; Geoffrey Rush, for "Shine"; Ralph Fiennes, for "The English Patient"
Geoffrey Rush
Greg
|
$400
[15]
Jack Dempsey in 1926 & Ronald Reagan in 1981 quipped they "forgot to" do this
duck
Tammy
Greg
|
|
$600
[13]
The stringed instrument played sitting cross-legged on the floor, sometimes with a tabla, an Indian drum
Sitar
Tammy
|
$600
[18]
Born in Scotland, this author spent time in the United States & the South Seas
Robert Louis Stevenson
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
Only 4 nations lie south of 40 degrees south latitude: Australia, New Zealand, Argentina & this one
Chile
Greg
|
$600
[10]
The Stray Cats revived this kind of rock in 1982
rockabilly
Tammy
|
$600
[3]
Brad Pitt, for "12 Monkeys"; James Cromwell, for "Babe"; Kevin Spacey, for "The Usual Suspects"
Kevin Spacey
Debra
|
$600
[20]
In this Eagles song, "Some dance to remember, some dance to forget"
"Hotel California"
Tammy
|
|
$800
[25]
The 3 clef signs in current use are C, F & this, also known as treble
G
|
$800
[19]
This woman's silent films include "The Torrent" & "Flesh And The Devil"
Greta Garbo
Greg
|
— |
$800
[11]
The L.A. Thunderbirds could tell you 2 bruising teams on skates lap each other to score in this sport
Roller Derby
Greg
|
$800
[4]
Jodie Foster, for "Nell"; Jessica Lange, for "Blue Sky"; Winona Ryder, for "Little Women"
Jessica Lange
Greg
|
$800
[21]
In this 1945 Hitchcock classic, Gregory Peck doesn't remember if he committed a murder
Spellbound
Greg
Debra
|
| — |
$1,000
[22]
A victim of friendly fire, this man was born in Clarksburg in what is now West Virginia
Stonewall Jackson
Greg
|
— |
$1,000
[12]
"Sow" these at breakfast, but make sure they've been hulled & steamed
Rolled oats
Greg
|
$1,000
[5]
Robert Loggia, for "Jagged Edge"; Eric Roberts, for "Runaway Train"; Don Ameche, for "Cocoon"
Don Ameche
Greg
|
$1,000
[23]
You probably forgot you knew this word was Greek for "forgetfulness"
Amnesia
Tammy
|
It means "relating to the motion of projectiles", or "very angry"
ballistic