Barbara Tarlau — a homemaker from Northridge, California
Nathan Thornton — a copywriter from Columbus, Ohio
Fred Schultz — a database programmer from Albuquerque, New Mexico (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred | $3,800 | $5,800 | $23,400 |
$23,400
2-day champion: $37,799 |
$20,800
24 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Nathan | $200 | $1,600 | $8,000 |
$5,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Barbara | $4,000 | $7,000 | $10,600 |
$600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,600
15 R, 0 W |
| ON, WISCONSIN! | TV PERFORMERS BY ROLE | ACADEMIA NUTS | WHO WAS THE PRESIDENT WHEN... | THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE BUSINESS BUSINESS | B MINUS |
|
$200
[20]
The first circus staged by these siblings was held in Baraboo, Wisconsin in 1884
the Ringling Bros.
Nathan
|
$200
[6]
Erica Kane Martin Brent Cudahy Chandler Roy Roy Montgomery Montgomery Chandler Marick Marick Montgomery
Susan Lucci
Barbara
|
$200
[16]
This physicist worked at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study from 1933 until his death in 1955
Einstein
Fred
|
$200
[1]
...Hawaii became a state
Eisenhower
Fred
|
$200
[23]
On its first night of continuous operation in 1973, this co. delivered 186 packages to 25 cities overnight using 14 jets
FedEx
Nathan
|
$200
[11]
Take the letter B off an organ of thought & you get this type of weather
rain
Barbara
|
|
$400
[21]
got this official Wisconsin state domesticated animal?
a dairy cow
Fred
|
$400
[7]
The ever-dangerous to himself & his immediate surroundings Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor
Tim Allen
Nathan
|
$400
[17]
In 1989 this first U.S. woman in space became a professor of physics at UCSD & director of the Ca. Space Institute
Sally Ride
Barbara
|
$600
[3]
...the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" were written
Madison
Fred
|
$400
[24]
The first Blockbuster Video store opened during this decade in Dallas, Texas
the '80s
Barbara
|
$400
[12]
Knock a B off a biblical tower & get the name of this biblical murder victim
Abel
Nathan
|
|
$600
[28]
The Door Peninsula, Wisconsin's "thumb", juts into this lake
Lake Michigan
Barbara
|
$600
[8]
First Lady Abigail Bartlet
Stockard Channing
Fred
|
$600
[18]
In 1991 this Democratic ex-presidential candidate became a professor of political science at Northeastern
(Michael) Dukakis
Nathan
Barbara
|
$800
[4]
...the U.S. last won Winter Olympic men's ice hockey gold
Jimmy Carter
Barbara
|
$600
[25]
Founded in Seattle's Pike Place Market, this company perks up about 33 million customers a week
Starbucks
Fred
|
$600
[13]
Sink the B off a group of ocean vessels & get this horse food
oats
Fred
Nathan
|
|
$800
[29]
Proceeds from this woman's calendars went to the University of Wisconsin Medical Center to fight cancer
(Cindy) Crawford
Nathan
|
$800
[9]
The better, stronger, faster Col. Steve Austin
Lee Majors
Barbara
|
$800
[19]
In 1928, while a professor at the University of Rome, he published a textbook on atomic physics
Enrico Fermi
Nathan
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
...the last U.S. citizens were airlifted out of Saigon as it fell
(Gerald) Ford
Fred
|
$800
[26]
Though Phil Knight didn't love the Swoosh logo, he hoped it would grow on him after paying $35 for it for this company
Nike
Fred
|
$800
[14]
Wash away the B from a type of small river & get this name for a chess piece
rook
Fred
|
|
$1,000
[30]
This Wisconsin senator was censured by the Senate in 1954 & died in office disgraced
(Joe) McCarthy
Fred
|
$1,000
[10]
Sydney Bristow, alias Julia Thorne
Jennifer Garner
Fred
|
$1,000
[22]
Czech, mate! She was a Georgetown professor of intl. affairs before becoming U.S. ambassador to the U.N. in 1993
Madeleine Albright
Fred
Nathan
|
$1,000
[5]
...the Alamo was besieged by Mexican forces
Andrew Jackson
Fred
Barbara
|
$1,000
[27]
In 1963 the Tandy Corporation bought this company; in 1977 it marketed the TRS-80 personal computer
RadioShack
Nathan
Barbara
|
$1,000
[15]
Snip the B from Mr. Ives & you'll get this Internet destination
URL
Barbara
|
| EARLY AMERICA | CHAMPS OF THE SQUARE CIRCLE | HIPPO-POURRI | YOU'RE PLAYING GAMES WITH ME, ALEX | CALENDAR LIT | MINING "ORE" |
|
$400
[6]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reads from Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth, NH.) In 1766, citizens of Portsmouth demonstrated in these streets against this much-despised British act that even taxed playing cards
the Stamp Act
Barbara
|
$400
[25]
In March of 1966 in his native Toronto George Chuvalo lost a 15-round decision to this heavyweight boxing champ
Muhammad Ali
Fred
|
$400
[21]
On August 12, 1861 this showman exhibited what may have been the first hippo in the U.S. at his American museum
P.T. Barnum
Nathan
|
$400
[16]
Whist, bridge & Euchre are in the family of card games in which you win by capturing rounds called these
tricks
Fred
Nathan
|
$400
[1]
Jack Ryan believes a Soviet naval commander is about to defect in this 1984 novel
The Hunt for Red October
Nathan
|
$400
[11]
Lincolnesque term for 80
fourscore
Nathan
|
|
$800
[7]
In 1638 early Strawberry Banke settlers drew up a covenant & declared allegiance to this Stuart monarch
Charles I
Fred
|
$800
[26]
In real life it was the nickname of welterweight champ Benny Paret; in the movies, of the "Galahad" played by Elvis
"Kid"
Barbara
|
$800
[22]
From the Greek for "thick-skinned", this term can refer to hippos as well as elephants
pachyderm
Nathan
|
$800
[17]
Your gingerbread man playing piece might get stuck in the Molasses Swamp when you play this board game
Candy Land
Fred
|
$1,200
[3]
His "Light in August" tells the story of Joe Christmas, who deals with his demons in Mississippi
Faulkner
Nathan
|
$800
[12]
Meaning material or tangible, this adjective is from the Latin for "bodily"
corporeal
Fred
|
|
$1,200
[8]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reads from Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth, NH.) The shipping of goods such as flour & wine, vital to cities like Portsmouth, depended on the skill of the men with this job of making barrels
a cooper
Fred
Nathan
|
$1,200
[27]
Born Walker Smith, Jr., this "honey" of a fighter won the middleweight title 5 times in the 1950s
Sugar Ray Robinson
Nathan
Barbara
|
$1,200
[23]
A bronze hippo is the unofficial mascot of George Washington Univ., as legend says hippos once swam in this river
the Potomac
Barbara
|
$1,200
[18]
The south of the border version of this American game show is called "100 Mexicanos Dijeron"--"100 Mexicans Said"
Family Feud
Nathan
|
$1,600
[4]
George Eliot penned this tale about the arrival of Dr. Lydgate in the title town
Middlemarch
Fred
|
$1,200
[13]
At the time of the 2000 census, this Eastern city was the 17th most populous in the U.S.
Baltimore
Fred
|
|
$1,600
[9]
Some Strawberry Bankers did this, named for the personal ownership of vessels preying on enemy ships
privateers
Fred
|
$1,600
[28]
This Italian-Amer. heavyweight champ's nickname "Brockton Blockbuster" came from his Mass. hometown
Rocky Marciano
|
$1,600
[24]
A group of hippos is sometimes called this, perhaps because their stomachs look like they're swollen from gas
a bloat
Nathan
|
$1,600
[19]
This Milton Bradley board game is a quick-draw version of charades
Pictionary
Nathan
|
DD
$2,000
[2]
The title of this anti-war memoir refers to author Ron Kovic's birthday
Born on the Fourth of July
Nathan
|
$1,600
[14]
Applied to first-degree murder, it's a 2-word term for a predetermination to commit an unlawful act
malice aforethought
Fred
|
|
$2,000
[10]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth, NH.) This tavern, opened in Portsmouth in 1766, was named for this British prime minister, a defender of the colonists in Parliament
Pitt (the Elder)
Fred
|
$2,000
[30]
This "Golden Boy" has an interest in architecture & told Interview magazine, "I really have a passion for designing"
Oscar De La Hoya
|
$2,000
[29]
He followed "Prufrock and Other Observations" with a collection of poems containing "The Hippopotamus"
(T.S.) Eliot
Nathan
|
$2,000
[20]
If you fail to peg the correct value of a hand in this game, your opponent calls out, "Muggins!"
cribbage
|
$2,000
[5]
This author can make the category twice with "The Adventures of Augie March" & "The Dean's December"
Saul Bellow
Fred
|
DD
$4,000
[15]
At 288 square miles, Sao Miguel is the largest of this group of Atlantic islands
the Azores
Fred
|
The conduct of a priest arouses suspicion in this play that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Doubt (by John Patrick Shanley)