Chris Walkey — a jeweler originally from Boston, Massachusetts
Peg Smith — a housewife from Madeira Beach, Florida
Jonathan Vaughan — a graphics design student originally from Hong Kong (whose 2-day cash winnings total $13,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan | $-700 | $500 | $1,300 |
$100
3rd place: Speed Queen washer & dryer |
$1,300
8 R, 5 W |
| Peg | $1,400 | $500 | $1,100 |
$2,200
2nd place: trip to Roseland Ranch in Stanfordville, New York |
$1,200
12 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Chris | $1,000 | $1,500 | $5,000 |
$6,000
New champion: $6,000 |
$5,300
18 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| SPELLING | THE MIDDLE AGES | COTTON | ANIMAL LOVERS | THE 3 STOOGES |
|
$100
[1]
It's the system of rules under which a language functions, not your mother's mother
G-R-A-M-M-A-R
Jonathan
|
$100
[3]
Most historians say there were 8 or 9 of these religious quests, as well as an ill-fated children's one
the Crusades
Chris
|
$100
[13]
Weevils prefer cotton buds to this part they're named for
the boll
Peg
|
$100
[8]
Minos' wife mated with 1 of these animals to conceive the Minotaur
a bull
Chris
|
$100
[21]
Last name of brothers Moe, Shemp, & Curly
Howard
Chris
|
|
$200
[2]
From Greek for "air" & "life", these exercises can start your day off with a jump
A-E-R-O-B-I-C-S
Peg
|
$200
[4]
In the 13th century, King Sundiata founded the Mali Empire on this continent
Africa
Chris
|
$200
[14]
In a 1963 hit Ray Charles lamented, "Cotton went down to a quarter a pound and I'm..." this
busted
Peg
|
$200
[9]
When Zeus said, "Take me to your Leda," he was disguised as this aquatic bird
a swan
Chris
|
$200
[22]
In both "You Nazty Spy" & "I'll Never Heil Again", Moe burlesqued this world leader
Hitler
Chris
|
|
$300
[18]
(Punctuation marks enclosing this answer)
P-A-R-E-N-T-H-E-S-E-S
Jonathan
Chris
|
$300
[5]
Navarre, Aragon & Castile were independent kingdoms in what is now this country
Spain
Jonathan
Peg
|
DD
$300
[15]
Of a pup tent, a man's shirt, or a knee sock, the 1 that would use up just the cotton in this mini-bale:
a man's shirt
Peg
|
$300
[10]
Turned on by his tusks, Trish Van Devere fell for George C. Scott in TV version of this fairy tale
Beauty and the Beast
Chris
|
$300
[23]
How Curly ended poem, "Roses are red & how do you do drink 4 of these & ..."
woo
|
|
$400
[19]
Spelling of the sea you'd see looking north from Tripoli
M-E-D-I-T-E-R-R-A-N-E-A-N
Jonathan
Peg
|
$400
[6]
Danish king Canute ruled this island country even before becoming king of Denmark
England
Peg
Chris
|
$400
[16]
The variety of cotton named for this Middle Eastern country was developed from New World strains
Egypt
Chris
|
$400
[11]
In "Son of Paleface", this equine star shared a bed with Bob Hope
Trigger
|
$400
[24]
In "3 Little Beers", Moe's "Reporter's" badge read "Press", Larry's "Press", & Curly's, this
Pull
Chris
|
|
$500
[20]
A member of the spurge plant family, its bright red leaves make it a popular Christmas decoration
P-O-I-N-S-E-T-T-I-A
Chris
|
$500
[7]
In 1281, a typhoon saved Japan from invasion by these conquering people
the Mongols
Jonathan
Peg
|
$500
[17]
This Tennessee city, world's largest cotton market, calls itself cotton capital of the world
Memphis
Jonathan
Peg
|
$500
[12]
Woody Allen film where Gene Wilder whispers sweet nothings to a sheep
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
Chris
|
— |
| WESTERN HEMISPHERE | TECHNOLOGY | TREES | AMERICAN POETRY | "STEIN"s | COMMON BONDS |
|
$200
[16]
Though only 33 miles long, it's the largest island in French Polynesia
Tahiti
Peg
|
$200
[11]
To witness Showscan or hear THX sound, you have to be in this type of establishment
movie theatre (or screening room)
|
$200
[1]
They are the "flowers" of pine trees
cones
Peg
|
$200
[26]
It's said The New Yorker paid him $10 for his classic "Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker"
Ogden Nash
Peg
|
$200
[21]
Famous feminist who's recently authored a book on Marilyn Monroe
Gloria Steinem
Jonathan
Peg
|
$200
[2]
Ascot, dog collar, noose
things that go around the neck
Peg
|
|
$400
[17]
Venezuela was once believed to be the site of this fabled "golden" kingdom
El Dorado
Peg
|
$400
[12]
Markets are combatting thefts of these with a 5th wheel that makes them go in circles when taken from lot
shopping carts
Chris
|
$400
[7]
These sturdy members of the beech family are struck by lightning more than any other tree
oak
|
— |
$400
[22]
In 1903, this former med student settled in Paris to become an author & hostess to U.S. lit. expatriates
Gertrude Stein
Jonathan
|
$400
[3]
Ants in the pants, Don't spill the beans, Cootie
children's games
Jonathan
|
|
$600
[18]
The Galapagos islands belong to this South American country
Ecuador
Jonathan
Peg
Chris
|
$600
[13]
Term for a computer compatible with an IBM PC, or a new frog grown from a cell of the original
a clone
Chris
|
$600
[8]
Leaves change color when sap is blocked off & this green material decomposes
chlorophyll
Chris
|
— |
$600
[23]
Star of "Pippin" on Broadway, he was the apple of father Artur's eye
John Rubenstein
Chris
|
DD
$500
[5]
Proscenium, Wells Fargo, the terrible twos
stages
Chris
|
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
All of the Great Lakes which touch Canada border on this province
Ontario
Peg
|
$800
[14]
From Greek for "far" & "write", it was the 1st method used to send messages by electricity
telegraph
Chris
|
$800
[9]
Of India, Australia, or Brazil, the only country with more species of trees than the U.S.
India
Jonathan
Peg
Chris
|
— |
$800
[24]
Though a genius in electronics, his German socialist activities forced him to flee to U.S. in 1889
Charles Steinmetz
|
$600
[4]
Gewurtztraminer, riesling Thompson seedless
grapes
Chris
|
|
$1,000
[20]
This body of water contains an estimated 6 trillion lbs. of the mineral in its name
the Great Salt Lake
Chris
|
$1,000
[15]
Computerized typesetting system at his plant in Wapping has angered Fleet Street unions
(Rupert) Murdoch
Chris
|
$1,000
[10]
There are still a few growing in the grove where Solomon got the timber for the temple
cedars (of Lebanon)
Jonathan
|
— |
$1,000
[25]
Called skiing's first superstar, in 1952 he became 1st to win the Olympic giant slalom
Stein Eriksen
|
$1,000
[6]
Tilde, macron, umlaut
diacritical marks (or pronunciation marks)
Jonathan
|
President who's buried the farthest south
Lyndon B. Johnson