Michelle Martinez — a sports agate clerk from Chalmette, Louisiana
Adam Brower — a graphic artist from Chicago, Illinois
Bill Unterborn — a visual merchandiser from Palmyra, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $21,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | $400 | $2,400 | $6,600 |
$10,500
3-day champion: $31,899 |
$6,600
18 R, 2 W |
| Adam | $1,600 | $1,500 | $5,200 |
$10,000
2nd place: Trip to the Hilton at Short Hills Hotel & Spa, New Jersey |
$5,900
17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Michelle | $1,300 | $4,000 | $4,600 |
$9,100
3rd place: Monorail Desktop PC |
$4,100
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND | "NEW" GEOGRAPHY | FILL IN THE BLANK | DEATH SENTENCES | CELEBRITIES IN THE SLAMMER | A LITTLE "R" & "R" |
|
$100
[20]
Modern synthetic diamonds were first produced in 1954 by compressing this element under extreme pressure
carbon
Adam
|
$100
[1]
This U.S. city was formerly known as New Amsterdam
New York City
Michelle
|
$100
[9]
House____Horse____Tsetse____
fly
Bill
|
$100
[14]
It was in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy that he wrote nothing is "Certain except death & taxes"
Benjamin Franklin
Adam
Michelle
|
$100
[2]
In 1987, before Madonna straightened him out, he served time for assault & reckless driving
Sean Penn
Bill
Michelle
|
$100
[22]
Dale Evans might enjoy this nonalcoholic cocktail of cola & grenadine
Roy Rogers
Michelle
|
|
$200
[27]
1971 James Bond film in which Jill St. John played Tiffany Case
Diamonds Are Forever
Bill
|
$200
[7]
It's the "Land of Enchantment"
New Mexico
Bill
|
$200
[10]
Lemon____Rain____Cough____
drop
Bill
|
$200
[15]
Filmmaker who said, "It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens"
Woody Allen
|
$200
[3]
In 1990 this ballplayer was "hustled" away to prison for failure to report income from gambling
Pete Rose
Michelle
|
$200
[23]
While attending Eureka College, this future president served as a reporter for the Pegasus, the school paper
Ronald Reagan
Bill
|
|
$300
[28]
It's equal to 200 milligrams
one carat
Adam
|
$300
[8]
Alphabetically, it's the last "New" entry in Merriam Webster's "Geographical Dictionary"
New Zealand
Adam
|
$300
[11]
Saddle____Sleeping____Punching____
bag
Michelle
|
$300
[16]
In a June 1897 issue of the New York Journal he quipped, "The report of my death was an exaggeration"
Mark Twain
Bill
|
$300
[4]
In the 1960s this future "Love Story" star served 51 days for assault
Ryan O'Neal
Michelle
|
$300
[24]
This cavalry unit left its horses in Florida when it went to fight in Cuba
Rough Riders
Michelle
|
|
$400
[29]
Mae West's reply to the comment "Goodness, what beautiful diamonds!"
"Goodness has nothing to do with it"
Michelle
|
$400
[18]
Over 1/3 of the residents of this former whaling port of Mass. are of Portuguese ancestry
New Bedford
Bill
|
$400
[12]
Presidential____Rat____Drag____
race
Adam
|
$400
[17]
He was quoted by Plato as saying, "No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death"
Socrates
Bill
|
$400
[5]
Charged with bigamy with Carlo Ponti, she later served time in Italy for tax evasion
Sophia Loren
Michelle
|
$400
[25]
A play area for very young children, or a franchised children's show begun in 1953
Romper Room
Michelle
|
|
$500
[30]
Where you might find a diamond pendant on a woman, or the tendency of diamonds to split among lines
cleavage
Adam
|
$500
[19]
The name of this Virginia city near where the Monitor met the Merrimac sounds like a local daily
Newport News
Michelle
|
$500
[13]
Fountain____Bull____Pig____
pen
Adam
|
$500
[21]
Emily Dickinson wrote, "Because I could not stop for death he kindly" did this
stopped for me
Bill
|
$500
[6]
This "Gift Of The Magi" author served 3 years in an Ohio prison for embezzlement
O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)
Adam
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
In 1962 Nat King Cole sangthe followingto this title female:
"Ramblin' Rose"
Michelle
|
| PROVERBS | TRAVEL & TOURISM | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS | YOUR OLD ALBUMS | THE WAR OF 1812 | "G" WHIZ! |
|
$200
[22]
It completes the proverb "One man's meat is..."
another man's poison
Bill
|
$200
[16]
The Hilton Hotel in this Hungarian capital was built around 13th century ruins
Budapest
Bill
|
$200
[1]
As this Stephen Crane novel opens, Henry Fleming looks forward to proving himself in battle
The Red Badge of Courage
Bill
|
$200
[11]
His first Top 40 album was 1970's "Sweet Baby James"
James Taylor
Adam
|
$200
[17]
By the dawn's early light of Sept. 14, 1814, the U.S. flag was still flying over this Baltimore fort
Fort McHenry
Adam
|
$200
[6]
The only one of Snow White's dwarfs who fits the category
Grumpy
Michelle
|
|
$400
[23]
It precedes "weep and you weep alone"
"Laugh and the world laughs with you"
Michelle
|
$400
[18]
If you scream for ice cream, you'll want to tour this duo's factory in Waterbury, Vermont
Ben & Jerry
Adam
|
$400
[2]
This Alice Walker novel tells Celie's story through letters she writes to God & her sister
The Color Purple
Bill
|
$400
[12]
"Born to Run" only took the Boss to No. 3 on the album chart; this 1984 "Born" album took him to No. 1
Born in the U.S.A.
Bill
Michelle
|
$400
[24]
On June 1, 1812 this president asked Congress for a declaration of war against Great Britain
James Madison
Adam
|
$400
[7]
A piece of sand or of common sense
grain
Bill
|
|
$600
[28]
It's said that "everything has" one, & "all good things must come to" one
an end
Adam
|
$600
[19]
Crow Haven Corner, a witchcraft shop, is owned by the daughter of this city's official witch
Salem, Massachusetts
Bill
|
$600
[3]
A literary critic & a poet are rescued at sea by ruthless Capt. Larsen in this Jack London classic
The Sea Wolf
Adam
|
$600
[13]
His 1985 album "No Jacket Required" produced the No. 1 hits "One More Night" & "Sussudio"
Phil Collins
Michelle
|
$800
[26]
Most of the ships in Commodore Perry's fleet were built & equipped at this port
Erie, Pennsylvania
|
$600
[8]
In a familiar phrase, you do it to your loins to prepare for action
gird
Adam
|
|
DD
$1,400
[29]
This proverb about taking a spill is attributed to heavyweight boxer Robert Fitzsimmons
"The bigger they are, the harder they fall"
Adam
|
$800
[20]
This country on Hispaniola has rich deposits of amber; you can shop for it in Puerto Plata on the Amber Coast
Dominican Republic
Bill
|
$800
[4]
In this novel, Carson McCullers' first, townspeople confide in John Singer, a deaf-mute
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
|
$800
[14]
This 1973 Pink Floyd album has sold over 20 million copies
The Dark Side of the Moon
Bill
|
$1,000
[27]
Negotiators for the U.S. in Ghent included John Quincy Adams & this Speaker of the House from Kentucky
Henry Clay
Adam
|
$800
[9]
Nokomis kept her wigwam "By the shores of" this
Gitchee Gumee
Adam
|
| — |
$1,000
[21]
Queen Mary's Dollhouse, on display in this castle, has real running water & real wine in its wine cellar
Windsor Castle
Bill
|
$1,000
[5]
Harvey Birch runs sneaky errands for George Washington in this James Fenimore Cooper novel
The Spy
Adam
|
$1,000
[15]
He went solo to record albums like "All Things Must Pass" & "Dark Horse"
George Harrison
Adam
Michelle
|
DD
$1,300
[25]
Shot was seen bouncing off the sides of this American frigate during its battle with the Guerriere
USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides")
Adam
|
$1,000
[10]
Avarice, as in the title of an Erich Von Stroheim film
greed
Adam
|
2 of the 5 presidents buried west of the Mississippi River
(2 of) Eisenhower, Hoover, Lyndon Johnson, Nixon & Truman