Matt Garbett — a graduate student from Atlanta, Georgia
Laura Brown — a psychologist from Seattle, Washington
Fred Schultz — a database programmer from Albuquerque, New Mexico (whose 2-day cash winnings total $37,799)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred | $3,600 | $5,800 | $8,200 |
$8,401
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,200
14 R, 3 W |
| Laura | $1,600 | $1,600 | $17,000 |
$17,500
New champion: $17,500 |
$16,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Matt | $3,600 | $3,600 | $4,200 |
$8,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| GOVERNORS | PSEUDO MOVIE RATINGS | LARGE EQUIPMENT | SNOW | "WHITE" | SOMEDAY MY PRINTS WILL COME |
|
$200
[21]
His record in the Spanish-American War helped him get elected governor of New York in 1898
Teddy Roosevelt
Matt
|
$200
[16]
In 1954 Elijah Muhammad appointed him chief minister of Harlem's main temple
Malcolm X
Matt
|
$200
[30]
A hoisting machine, or a somewhat similar-looking wading bird
a crane
Fred
|
$200
[11]
It's a myth that this group has 100s of words for snow; those they do have include pukak & qiqiqralijarnatuq
Eskimo (or Inuit)
Laura
|
$200
[6]
Pinot blanc, for example
white wine
Matt
|
$200
[1]
A print of an original John Tenniel illustration of this young literary lady isseen here
Alice in Wonderland
Fred
|
|
$400
[22]
Bill Owens is the current governor of this Rocky Mountain State
Colorado
Fred
|
$400
[17]
This singer's Top 10 hits include "Gotham City" from "Batman & Robin" & "I Believe I Can Fly" from "Space Jam"
R. Kelly
Matt
|
$400
[29]
It's the most popular type of Tonka truck
a dump truck
Fred
Laura
Matt
|
$400
[12]
In newspaper weather maps, the abbreviation "SF" stands for this condition
snow flurries
Laura
|
$400
[7]
This band, Jack & Meg, has been called "garage rock superstars"
The White Stripes
Laura
|
$400
[2]
The poster seenherewas printed in the United States during this war
World War II
Matt
|
|
$600
[23]
Garrison Keillor took this governor to the satiric mat with "Me, By Jimmy (Big Boy) Valente"
Jesse Ventura
Matt
|
$600
[18]
On the HBO show bearing this character's name, Sacha Baron Cohen also plays the roles of Borat & Bruno
Ali G
|
$600
[28]
For smooth travel, ballast tampers & ballast regulators keep the gravel at the right level among these
railroad tracks
Fred
Laura
|
$600
[13]
In Sanskrit, this mountain range's name translates as "abode of snows"
the Himalayas
Fred
|
$600
[8]
It flows into Khartoum
the White Nile
Laura
Matt
|
$600
[3]
Entitled "Vampire", an eerie 1902 lithograph from this Norwegian is seen here
(Edvard) Munch
Matt
|
|
$800
[24]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from atop the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL.) When civil rights marchers faced off against the mounted police in 1965 here on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, this man was Alabama's governor
George Wallace
Matt
|
$800
[19]
This author famous for his "Jeeves" novels also co-wrote the book for the musical "Anything Goes"
P.G. Wodehouse
Fred
|
$800
[27]
To a farmer, it's a reaper that gathers crops; in forestry, it's a machine that turns a tree into a pile of logs
a harvester
|
$800
[14]
The snow variety of this feisty critter is seen here
a snow leopard
Matt
|
$800
[9]
It's illegally distilled whiskey, cousin
white lightning
Matt
|
$800
[4]
One of this artist's many famous prints is seen here
Warhol
Fred
|
|
$1,000
[25]
His headstone at Arlington mentions he had been governor of California & Chief Justice of the U.S.
Earl Warren
Laura
|
$1,000
[20]
It was the alphanumeric serial number for the Starship Enterprise that first appeared on TV in 1966
NCC-1701
Fred
Matt
|
$1,000
[26]
A Middle English word for "pulley" gave us this term for a hoisting machine with a rope around a drum
a winch
|
$1,000
[15]
Firn is the term for snow that has fallen on one of these large masses & has not yet turned to ice
a glacier (an iceberg accepted)
Fred
|
DD
$1,400
[10]
Calcium carbonate conglomeration in England's county Kent
the White Cliffs of Dover
Matt
|
$1,000
[5]
Seen here is a stylized rendition of Isaac Newton by this original illustrator & visionary poet
(William) Blake
Fred
|
| CONTINENTAL GEOGRAPHY | DUETS | NAME THAT 1990s YEAR | HODGEPODGE | INSPIRED TITLES | WHAT THE "H"? |
|
$400
[1]
The geographic center of North America is in this state that borders Canada
North Dakota
Laura
|
$400
[16]
Her debut album "On the 6" featured "No Me Ames", a duet in Spanish, with future husband Marc Anthony
Jennifer Lopez
Laura
|
$400
[21]
Bob Dole loses the presidential election
'96
Fred
|
$400
[23]
In 1992 Vermont became the first state to ban smoking in these places; it's not even allowed out in "the yard"
prisons
Fred
Matt
|
$400
[11]
The title of this novel that became an Oscar-winning film comes from the rhyme "One flew east, one flew west..."
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Matt
|
$400
[6]
In hockey it's the term for 3 goals scored in a single game by the same player
a hat trick
Matt
|
|
$800
[2]
Most of Africa's major rivers empty into the Atlantic, but the Zambezi empties into this ocean
the Indian Ocean
Matt
|
$800
[17]
Who could forget Bing Crosby & this rocker's rousing rendition of "Little Drummer Boy" on a 1977 TV special?
David Bowie
Matt
|
$800
[22]
An earthquake levels buildings & overpasses in L.A. on January 17
1994
|
$800
[24]
Dietary laws against butter & lard led Jewish cooks to use chicken fat, known by this sentimental name
schmaltz (or grivinis)
Laura
|
$800
[12]
The "best laid schemes" of Steinbeck borrowed a line by Robert Burns to title this short novel
Of Mice and Men
Matt
|
$800
[7]
A sleeper, a hammerlock or an ankle lock
a (wrestling) hold
Matt
|
|
DD
$1,400
[3]
South America's Andean coastal plain gets lots of rain in Colombia, less in Ecuador & very little in this next nation down
Peru
Matt
|
$1,200
[18]
1 of 2 Top 40 duets sung by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell with "Ain't" in the title
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" or "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing"
|
$1,200
[28]
Michael Jordan is named MVP of the NBA Finals
(Any 1 of) 1991, '92, '93, '97, '96, '98
|
$1,200
[25]
Munich's brewers came up with something special for the royal wedding of Prince Ludwig in this month in 1810
October
Fred
|
$1,200
[13]
This Fitzgerald novel takes its "nocturnal" title from the Keats poem "Ode to a Nightingale"
Tender Is the Night
Laura
|
$1,200
[8]
In video games & cartoons, Sonic is one of these critters
a hedgehog
Laura
|
|
$1,600
[4]
The 2 main mountain ranges dividing Europe from Asia are the Caucasus & this one
the Urals
Fred
|
$1,600
[19]
Sheryl Crow & this rap rocker found themselves on the country & pop charts with a duet called "Picture"
Kid Rock
|
$1,600
[29]
Iraq invades Kuwait
1990
Laura
Matt
|
$1,600
[26]
A quarrel that began with the fencing judging at the 1924 Olympics was settled by an actual one of these
a duel
Laura
|
$1,600
[14]
Maugham wanted his novel to be titled "Beauty and Ashes" but that was already used, so he chose this Spinoza phrase
Of Human Bondage
|
$1,600
[9]
Odium
hate
Fred
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Tanjung Piai, Asia's southernmost mainland point, is on this peninsula
the Malay Peninsula
Fred
|
$2,000
[20]
In 1980 these 2 former members of the New Christy Minstrels teamed up for "Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer"
Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes
|
$2,000
[30]
The euro currency is officially introduced into financial markets
'99
Laura
|
$2,000
[27]
Before this Italian city's Palio, a race around the main square, it's lucky for a horse to leave droppings in church
Siena
Laura
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
Tom Wolfe got the title for this novel from Savonarola, who called on people to destroy their possessions
The Bonfire of the Vanities ( The Bonfire of Vanities accepted)
Laura
|
$2,000
[10]
This Tasmanian capital was once a major center for Antarctic whalers
Hobart
Laura
|
One Mongol tribe or army, it came to mean "a vast number" because the fierce Mongol warriors seemed so numerous
a horde