Mike Vethacke — a financial analyst from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Lisa Levenson — a reporter from New York, New York
Jake Maeroff — a law student from Plantation, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $41,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake | $2,000 | $4,800 | $12,000 |
$18,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,000
14 R, 3 W |
| Lisa | $2,400 | $1,800 | $2,600 |
$4,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,600
10 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mike | $3,400 | $7,200 | $29,000 |
$29,000
New champion: $29,000 |
$21,600
27 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| WORLD CAPITALS | U.S. UNIVERSITIES | THE 74th ACADEMY AWARDS | think small | IN THE NAVY | "C" DUTY |
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$200
[1]
The Hellenic Star is a leading newspaper in this European capital
Athens
Lisa
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$200
[2]
High school buddies might want to apply to Friends University, based in Wichita in this state
Kansas
Mike
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$200
[11]
Whoopi hosted, Sidney was honored, Halle won Best Actress & he won Best Actor
Denzel Washington
Lisa
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$200
[12]
Size of Don Ho's "Bubbles"
Tiny
Mike
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$200
[26]
You may want to move to the back of the boat it you're this lowest rank of Admiral in the Navy
a Rear Admiral
Mike
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$200
[21]
From the Latin for "lying down", it's a small compartment for work or study
cubicle
Jake
Lisa
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$400
[7]
With seating for 50,000, the world's largest arena for bullfighting is found in this Western Hemisphere capital
Mexico City
Mike
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$400
[3]
Western Michigan is in Kalamazoo; Northern Michigan is in Marquette; this university is in Ypsilanti
Eastern Michigan University
Mike
|
$400
[13]
A tribute to New York on film was introduced by this usually absent-from-the-Oscars director
Woody Allen
Lisa
|
$400
[14]
You certainly come up short if you're "knee-high to" this insect or creme de menthe cocktail
a grasshopper
Lisa
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$400
[27]
It's the official song of the U.S. Navy, my boys
"Anchors Aweigh"
Jake
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$400
[22]
Spreading insecticides by airplane
crop dusting
Mike
|
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$600
[8]
Depending on the movie, Godzilla crushes either New York or this Asian capital of 8 million
Tokyo
Mike
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$600
[4]
Famous alumni of this Baltimore school include Rachels Carsons & Michaels Bloombergs
Johns Hopkins
Lisa
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$600
[18]
Presenting an honorary award to Robert Redford, she reminisced about the way they were
Barbra Streisand
Mike
|
$600
[15]
According to the AKC, Yorkshire Terriers, Pomeranians & Pugs belong to this dog group
toys
Lisa
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$600
[28]
This Armed Forces branch normally operates under the D.O.T., but in wartime it operates under the Navy
the Coast Guard
Lisa
|
$600
[23]
A melodramatic drama serial in which each episode ends in suspense
a cliffhanger
Mike
|
|
$800
[9]
In Mandarin, this city's name means "northern capital"
Beijing
Mike
|
$800
[5]
(Hi. I'm Mark Cuban, entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks.) I dreamed up broadcast.com when I wanted to watch this Bloomington school's basketball team
the University of Indiana
Mike
|
$800
[19]
Randy Newman broke his almost Lucci-long losing streak with "If I Didn't Have You", a song from this film
Monsters, Inc.
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DD
$1,000
[16]
Among its meanings are a small quantity; to waste time; & a custard & cake soaked in wine dessert
trifle
Lisa
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$800
[29]
He was once U.S. Secretary of the Navy & was married to Elizabeth Taylor
(John) Warner
Jake
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$800
[24]
The metal grille projecting from the front of a locomotive
a cowcatcher
Jake
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$1,000
[10]
A Pacino is an Oscar-winning actor; a paceno is a resident of this South American capital
La Paz
Jake
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$1,000
[6]
Methodists founded this Connecticut University & named it for Methodism's founder
Wesleyan
Jake
|
$1,000
[20]
This Oscar-winning film featured the talents of Mike Myers
Shrek
Lisa
|
$1,000
[17]
In the dictionary this word for extremely small follows something extremely big--infinite
infinitesimal
Jake
|
$1,000
[30]
The U.S. Navy's Submarine Officer School is headquartered at this "New" city in Connecticut
New London
Lisa
Mike
|
$1,000
[25]
The main alphabet used by the Russians
Cyrillic
Mike
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| HAIL TO THE CHIEF | ALL ABOUT FOOTBALL | UNREAL ESTATE | OH, HELL! | BOTANY | FRENCH DERIVATIONS |
|
$400
[4]
(Sofia is at Fort McHenry in Baltimore.) In 1948 he issued a proclamation that theflagfly over Fort McHMcHMcHMcHMcHMcHMcHMcHenryursdaysperpetualmbol our patriotism
Truman
Mike
|
$400
[2]
A football player's shirt, or the fabric from which it might be made
a jersey
Jake
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$400
[21]
The narrator of the Poe story asks, "What was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of" this title "house?"
the House of Usher
Jake
|
$400
[1]
This 1321 poem of more than 14,000 lines details a journey to hell, purgatory & heaven
The Divine Comedy
Jake
Mike
|
$400
[26]
The flowers of this yellow lawn weed are sometimes used to make wine
dandelion
Mike
|
$400
[12]
The word for this blue jean material comes from a fabric that was manufactured in Nimes, France
denim
Mike
|
|
$800
[8]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Cincinnati.) Born in this room, he was big for his age as a baby; he weighed 220 in college & 300-plus in the White House
Taft
Mike
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$800
[3]
RG stands for this position (& perhaps for his deodorant, too)
right guard
Lisa
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$800
[22]
At the beginning of a Bronte novel this heroine is living with her unpleasant relatives at Gateshead Hall
Jane Eyre
Mike
|
$800
[13]
In Latin, his name means "light bearer"; please allow Mick Jagger to introduce him in "Sympathy For The Devil"
Lucifer
Jake
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$800
[27]
There are 2 kinds of true sequoia trees in North America: the giant sequoia & this one
the redwood
Mike
|
$800
[17]
This device that helps you land safely after jumping out of a plane is French for "prepare to fall"
a parachute
Mike
|
|
$1,200
[9]
He was president during the Spanish-American War
McKinley
Mike
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$1,600
[6]
(Hi. I'm Jerome Bettis, running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers.) In 1997 I became the first Steeler since this man to win the Steelers' MVP award 2 years in a row
Terry Bradshaw
Jake
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$1,200
[23]
www.pemberley.com is a website for fans of this author, because Pemberley was the name of Mr. Darcy's estate
Jane Austen
Jake
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$1,200
[14]
(Hi. I'm Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon.) In 2001 we toured with this band whose name comes from a river in Hades & who sang "Come Sail Away"
Styx
Jake
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$1,200
[28]
This part of a flower's stamen contains the pollen
the anther
Lisa
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$1,200
[18]
This fabric word come from the phrase "gloves of Sweden", where the leather was buffed
suede
Lisa
|
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$1,600
[10]
This president seenherewas 65 years old when he took office in 1857
(James) Buchanan
Mike
|
$2,000
[7]
Jason Miller, who was a lifelong fan of Notre Dame played this great coach of the '60s & '70s in the 1993 film "Rudy"
Ara Parseghian
Jake
Mike
|
$1,600
[24]
In "Alice in Wonderland", this character's house has chimneys shaped like ears & a roof thatched with fur
the March Hare
|
$1,600
[15]
In this 1944 Sartre play, hell is represented by a gaudy Second Empire salon
No Exit
|
DD
$7,200
[29]
Rembrandts are late-blooming varieties of these perennials
tulips
Mike
|
$1,600
[19]
First developed in France, the name of this sport comes from the word meaning "take this", as in try to hit it
tennis
|
|
$2,000
[11]
In 1848 he bacame the last Whig to be elected president
(Zachary) Taylor
Jake
|
DD
$3,000
[5]
This NFL team's cheerleaders are officially known as the Gold Rush
the San Francisco 49ers
Mike
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$2,000
[25]
In "A Streetcar Named Desire", it's the name of Blanche & Stella's family plantation that, sadly, has been lost
Belle Reve
Mike
|
$2,000
[16]
In "Paradise Lost", this "Prince of Devils" is a chief lord of the land down under, second only to Satan
Beelzebub
Jake
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$2,000
[20]
This word for sophisticated means "of good air" or "good lineage"
debonair
|
She has over 30 honorary degrees, wrote a poem for Clinton's first inauguration & now has a line of Hallmark Cards
Maya Angelou