Nancy Di Marino — a special education teacher from Loudonville, New York
Ben Huston — a pilot from Bolivar, Texas
Jamie Phillippe — a customer service representative from Baton Rouge, Louisiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie | $1,100 | $2,500 | $7,500 |
$12,201
2-day champion: $16,201 |
$7,100
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ben | $2,400 | $3,300 | $4,700 |
$1
2nd place: Trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico |
$4,700
18 R, 4 W |
| Nancy | $-600 | $-400 | $-200 |
$-200
3rd place: Pinseeker Golf Clubs |
$300
5 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| WAR TRIGGERS | HOMOPHONES | NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORERS | TELEVISION | IT'S MY PARTY | I'LL CRY IF I WANT TO |
|
$100
[1]
The sinking of the U.S. battleship Maine
Spanish-American War
Jamie
|
$100
[6]
Entreatments that precede "Thank You"
Please & pleas
|
$100
[9]
In the winter (!) of 1857 Randolph Marcy led a heroic march across these Colorado mountains
Rocky Mountains
Ben
|
$100
[14]
She gained mass exposure on "The Tonight Show" in 1966 but had a falling-out with Johnny Carson 20 years later
Joan Rivers
Nancy
|
$100
[20]
"Honest Abe" was the first U.S. chief executive from this political party
Republican Party
Ben
|
$100
[21]
This tearful tough guy seen here finally won the big award in 1970
John Wayne (won Oscar)
Ben
|
|
$200
[2]
The attack on Fort Sumter
The Civil War
Ben
|
$200
[7]
Run the flag up one to take a survey on how many people would salute
pole & poll
Jamie
Nancy
|
$200
[10]
In 1755 John Finley tempted this young wagoneer with tales of Kentucky lands he'd seen
Daniel Boone
Ben
|
$300
[16]
1997 ads for ABC used slogans like "Scientists say we use 10% of" this; "that's way too much"
Our brains
|
$200
[22]
This country's controversial new prime minister Vajpayee is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party
India
Ben
Nancy
|
$200
[23]
It's the artistic finished product depicting a woman crying seen here
Totem pole
Nancy
|
|
$300
[3]
The abduction of Helen by Paris
Trojan War
Jamie
|
$300
[8]
Thick as a brick or dings in a fender
Dense & dents
Ben
|
$300
[11]
Nathaniel Pitt Langford explored & became the first superintendent of this first U.S. national park
Yellowstone
Ben
|
$400
[17]
In 1951 Milton Berle signed a 30-year contract with this network at $200,000 per annun
NBC
|
$300
[28]
This party took power in England after 18 years on the sidelines when Tony Blair won in 1997
Labour
Nancy
|
$300
[24]
A tear or two "tracked" down this man's face when his golden dream was realized
Michael Johnson
|
|
$400
[4]
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
World War I
Ben
|
$400
[19]
Fall back to plant again
Recede & reseed
Ben
|
$400
[12]
A "hole" in Wyoming is named for this 19th century explorer & mountain man
David E. Jackson
Ben
|
DD
$500
[15]
(Hi, I'm Dan Cortese.) In 1993 I filled Martin Milner's shoes in a new version of this show about 2 guys & a Corvette"
Route 66
Nancy
|
$400
[29]
A Conservative Party member in Canada or a loyalist during the American Revolution
Tory
Jamie
|
$400
[25]
Until exposed as a fake, the Spanish statue seen here reportedly cried tears of this
Blood
Nancy
|
|
$500
[5]
The 1982 invasion of the Malvinas Islands, as the invaders called them
the Falkland Islands War
Jamie
Nancy
|
$500
[27]
A speck of dust or the area around a castle
Mote & moat
Jamie
|
$500
[13]
In 1631 Luke Foxe proved Hudson Bay doesn't lead to this much-sought waterway
Northwest Passage
Ben
|
$500
[18]
Elizabeth Taylor voiced the first word spoken by this young Simpson: "Daddy"
Maggie
Jamie
|
$500
[30]
Pat Choate was Ross Perot's running mate for this party in 1996
Reform
|
$500
[26]
It's the sad country where the photo was taken in 1940
France
Ben
|
| SHAKESPEARE | AFRICAN AMERICANS | HISTORY ON THE SCREEN | KILLER MUSICALS | GEOGRAPHIC CROSSWORD CLUES "B" | MINES, ALL MINES |
|
$200
[6]
Appropriately, this stormy drama opens with a storm & a shipwreck
The Tempest
Jamie
|
$200
[17]
A Hanes ad says you can't have this NBA star's game, rings or fame, but you can have his underwear
Michael Jordan
Jamie
|
$200
[1]
Jean Stapleton played this towering American on the big screen in "Eleanor, First Lady of the World"
Eleanor Roosevelt
Jamie
|
$200
[11]
The musical about this "Two-Faced" London killer is so popular it has its own website
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Ben
Nancy
|
$200
[12]
Look out "B" low country(7)
Belgium
Ben
|
$400
[22]
Emphasize the Au in Australia, home of the Kalgoorlie Super Pit Mine for this
gold
|
|
$400
[7]
"Umabatha", a Zulu version of this play, moves the setting from Scotland to Africa
Macbeth
Jamie
|
$400
[18]
He became the highest-ranking American at the U.N. in 1955 when he was named undersecretary
Dr. Ralph Bunche
|
$400
[2]
She's the biblical seductress brought to sizzling life on the big screen here
Salome (played by Rita Hayworth)
Jamie
Nancy
|
$800
[27]
Fairy tale characters meet dire fates in this Stephen Sondheim musical; how "Grimm"!
Into the Woods
Ben
Nancy
|
$400
[13]
Strait through Istanbul(9)
Bosphorus
Jamie
|
$600
[23]
Wieliezka, Poland is famous for these, also a metaphor for toil & drudgery
Salt mines
Ben
|
|
$800
[9]
In Act V of "Pericles", this Roman goddess of the hunt appears to Pericles in a vision
Diana
|
DD
$500
[19]
In 1961 this soprano made her debut with the Metropolitan in "Il Trovatore"
Leontyne Price
Jamie
|
$600
[3]
Scenes from a 1972 film in which Simon Ward played this British prime minister include one in a Boer prison
Winston Churchill
Jamie
Ben
|
$1,000
[25]
Velma & her fellow murderesses sing the "Cell Block Tango" in this Bob Fosse musical
Chicago
|
$600
[14]
French Frenchvolcanic volcanicisland island(4-4)
Bora-Bora
|
$800
[26]
Though it also produces lead, it's basically this metal "or zwim" for Alaska's Red Dog Mine
zinc
|
|
$1,000
[10]
In other words, this bawdy battle of the sexes could be called "A Termagant's Domestication"
The Taming of the Shrew
Ben
|
$800
[20]
This famous poet seen here was San Francisco's first female streetcar conductor
Maya Angelou
Jamie
|
$800
[4]
He's the 20th century risk taker whose life is dramatized here:"We must restore out Egyptian pride..."
Anwar Sadat (played by Louis Gossett Jr.)
Ben
|
— |
$800
[15]
"Common" place city(6)
Boston
Jamie
|
$1,000
[24]
1/2 mile deep & 2 1/2 wide, the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine in this western state is busy as a "beehive"
Utah
Ben
|
|
DD
$1,500
[8]
Richmond exults, "The bloody dog is dead" after killing this king at Bosworth Field
Richard III
Jamie
|
$1,000
[21]
Before her election to the Senate, she served 10 years in the Illinois House of Representatives
Carol Moseley Braun
Ben
|
$1,000
[5]
Spike Lee's film leads up to this famous "March" on Washington:"I am your father, you are my son, so let's get on the bus, okay?"
the Million Man March
Jamie
|
— |
$1,000
[16]
Cream center of Germany(7)
Bavaria
Jamie
|
— |
In July 1998 it became the third nation to launch an interplanetary craft
Japan (launched a probe to Mars)