Carolyn Ramm — an attorney from Andover, Massachusetts
Kent Harrill — a graduate business student originally from Shelby, North Carolina
Dan Seiden — a computer consultant originally from New York City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan | $2,300 | $3,500 | $5,900 |
$11,800
2-day champion: $23,401 |
$7,900
24 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kent | $600 | $1,100 | $-300 |
$-300
3rd place: Samsung 27" color TV |
$300
9 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Carolyn | $1,200 | $3,700 | $8,700 |
$5,500
2nd place: cruise to Cozumel, Mexico via Tampa, Florida |
$8,700
21 R, 0 W |
| HISTORIC NAMES | WINE | DANCE | FAMOUS FRENCH CANADIANS | WALLS | WORD ORIGINS |
|
$100
[1]
Before he became an explorer, Ponce de Leon was a page at the court of this royal couple
Ferdinand & Isabella
Kent
|
$100
[16]
Winemaking was supposedly carried to Central Asia in the 300s B.C. by this Macedonian conqueror
Alexander the Great
Kent
Carolyn
|
$100
[23]
It's the most famous American version of the reel
the Virginia reel
Dan
|
$100
[18]
In 1718 Sieur de Bienville founded this city near the end of the mighty Mississippi
New Orleans
Carolyn
|
$100
[11]
The list of the 7 Ancient Wonders sometimes includes the walls of this city along with its Hanging Gardens
Babylon
Carolyn
|
$100
[6]
The Latin umbra, meaning "shade", gave us the name of this device that protects you from rain
an umbrella
Dan
|
|
$200
[2]
Sergius III seized this high office in 904 after arranging the murder of his predecessor, Leo V
Pope
Kent
|
$200
[17]
The process of fermentation releases this gas
carbon dioxide
Dan
|
$200
[24]
Polacca is the Italian name of this stately "Polish" dance that dates back to the 1500s
a polonaise
Kent
Carolyn
|
$200
[19]
Wilfrid Laurier was the first French Canadian to hold this top post
Prime Minister
Kent
|
$200
[12]
Georgi Dobrovolsky, a cosmonaut, is among those whose ashes are interred in it
the Kremlin
Dan
|
$200
[7]
This term for a building equipped for indoor sports comes from the Greek gumnos, meaning "naked"
gymnasium
Carolyn
|
|
$300
[3]
Around 1070 this country's King Olaf The Quiet founded the city of Bjorgvin, now known as Bergen
Norway
Dan
|
$300
[28]
Among this country's top wine-producing regions are Mosel, Baden & Wurttemberg
Germany
Kent
|
$300
[25]
To perform a running set, square dancers make this kind of formation, not a square
a circle
Carolyn
|
$400
[21]
Trapper Joseph Robidoux founded this U.S. city that was a terminus for the Pony Express
St. Joseph
Dan
|
$300
[13]
The American Immigrant Wall of Honor is outside a museum on this East Coast island
Ellis Island
Dan
|
$300
[8]
The name of this light gas comes from the Greek for "sun"
helium
Kent
|
|
$400
[4]
In 1771 his grandson John inherited one-fourth of the proprietary rights in Pennsylvania
William Penn
Dan
|
$400
[29]
Cognac is the most famous of these liquors distilled from wine
brandy
Kent
Carolyn
|
$400
[26]
Of all the ballroom dances we know, this one has the most "vulpine" name
the foxtrot
Carolyn
|
$500
[22]
In 1922 this Beat author was born to French- Canadian parents in Massachusetts & baptized Jean-Louis
Jack Kerouac
Dan
|
$400
[14]
Between 1948 & 1967, Israeli Jews were denied access to it by Jordan
Wailing Wall (or Western Wall)
Dan
|
$400
[9]
This word for a bullfighter comes from Spanish meaning "to kill"
matador
Dan
Carolyn
|
|
$500
[5]
This woman who stabbed Jean-Paul Marat was a descendant of the great playwright Pierre Corneille
Charlotte Corday
Dan
|
$500
[30]
This Italian wine is made primarily from Sangiovese grapes grown in Tuscany
Chianti
Carolyn
|
$500
[27]
Casanova was once asked to perform this nautical dance in the nude but declined because he felt weak
a hornpipe
Carolyn
|
DD
$700
[20]
She had her first hit in the States in 1991 with thefollowing:"Where does my heart beat now?/ Where is the sound"
Celine Dion
Kent
|
$500
[15]
35-foot-high walls surround the area known as this in Beijing
the Forbidden City
Carolyn
|
$500
[10]
Strategy comes from strategos, the Greek word for this high military rank
a general
Dan
|
| THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | FINANCE | WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY | PULITZER PRIZE NOVELS | WORLD CAPITALS | THE DERBY |
|
$200
[12]
On the night of April 18, 1775 he returned to Lexington on foot, because the Brit. captured him & took his horse
Paul Revere
Carolyn
|
$200
[9]
Stocks not sold on the floor of an exchange are sold O.T.C., which stands for this
over the counter
Carolyn
|
$200
[2]
One legend says this beautiful woman of Troy ended up on an island, married to Achilles
Helen
Kent
|
$200
[7]
He won the Fiction prize for "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" 10 years before his drama prize for "Our Town"
Thornton Wilder
Carolyn
|
$200
[6]
The name of this Canadian capital comes from the Indian word Adawe, meaning "to trade"
Ottawa
Dan
|
$200
[22]
On a classic "This Is Your Life", Ralph Edwards had this comedy team put on their trademark bowlers
Laurel & Hardy
Dan
|
|
$400
[14]
Teddy Roosevelt's great-great-grandfather Archibald Bulloch was Georgia's delegate to this
the 2nd Continental Congress
Dan
|
$400
[27]
The debt-to-this ratio is a measure of leverage
equity
Carolyn
|
$400
[15]
She was created to bring misfortune on man, & she did when she opened that infamous box
Pandora
Dan
|
$400
[8]
John Kennedy Toole, who died in 1969, won for "A Confederacy of" these in 1981
Dunces
Dan
|
$400
[5]
When founded in 723, this Nepalese capital was called Manju-Patan
Kathmandu
Dan
|
$400
[23]
This Los Angeles restaurant was the birthplace of the Cobb salad
the Brown Derby
Dan
|
|
$600
[19]
This Swamp Fox often battled alongside George Washington's cousin William
Francis Marion
Dan
|
$600
[28]
It's the process of closing a company by turning its assets into cash to pay the creditors
liquidation
Kent
|
$600
[16]
Medea was the niece of this enchantress who turned Odysseus' men into swine
Circe
Dan
|
$600
[10]
She won for her only published novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Harper Lee
Carolyn
|
$600
[1]
In 1802 the British established this city as capital of Ceylon
Colombo
Carolyn
|
$600
[24]
In the film "Goldfinger", this villain tossed a mean bowler, one with razor-sharp edges
Oddjob
Dan
|
|
$1,000
[21]
This enemy of the colonies was the first of the Hanoverians born in England
George III
Dan
|
$800
[29]
For a house that costs an arm & a leg, a buyer may get an A.R.M., one of these
an adjustable rate mortgage
Kent
|
$800
[17]
Demeter brought famine upon the Earth after this woman, her daughter, was abducted to the underworld
Persephone
Dan
Carolyn
|
$800
[11]
William Styron based this winner on a transcript of the testimony of the slave who led an uprising
The Confessions of Nat Turner
Dan
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
With a population of more than 1 1/2 million, Minsk is this country's largest city by far
Belarus
Kent
|
$800
[25]
In France this British spy series was "Chapeau Melon et Bottes de cuir", bowler & leather boots
The Avengers
|
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
Henri Christophe, later king of this country, helped in an assault on Savannah
Haiti
Dan
|
$1,000
[30]
It's a battle to control a company using the votes of shareholders not present at a meeting
a proxy fight
Carolyn
|
$1,000
[18]
In answer to her prayers, this nymph loved by Apollo was turned into a laurel tree
Daphne
Carolyn
|
$1,000
[13]
He won for "Alice Adams" 3 years after his win for "The Magnificent Ambersons"
Booth Tarkington
|
$1,000
[3]
Founded by the Portuguese in 1576, Luanda is this African country's capital & largest city
Angola
Dan
Kent
|
$1,000
[26]
This Belgian surrealist was known for his men in bowler hats
Rene Magritte
Dan
Kent
|
This archaeologist named his children Andromache & Agamemnon
Heinrich Schliemann