Karen Wallace-Meigs — a non-profit management consultant from Durham, North Carolina
Frank Stevens — a court officer from Freeport, New York
Faith Love — a systems analyst from Boyds, Maryland (whose 3-day cash winnings total $35,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faith | $4,400 | $5,800 | $6,000 |
$5,400
4-day champion: $40,801 |
$6,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Frank | $1,600 | $5,600 | $4,400 |
$2,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,400
18 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Karen | $800 | $1,800 | $6,600 |
$2,100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,600
8 R, 1 W |
| THE CARS | CRY BEOWULF | SO GREAT THEY NEED 2 NICKNAMES | 20th CENTURY QUOTES | HOW AM "I" DOING? | SAFARI SO GOOD |
|
$200
[6]
Look! Up in the sky! Those clouds! A Chrysler Cirrus & a Dodge one of these
a Dodge Stratus
|
$200
[26]
The only surviving manuscript of "Beowulf" is in a research library in this capilal city
London
Karen
|
$200
[1]
Before he was Magic he was June Bug, because he's Earvin Junior
"Magic" Johnson
Frank
|
$200
[11]
This scientist wrote to FDR that "The element uranium may be turned into an important and new source of energy"
Einstein
Frank
|
$200
[16]
Imaginary "drapery" between western Europe & the old Communist bloc
the Iron Curtain
Faith
|
$200
[21]
In "The Spider Sapphire Mystery" this girl detective goes on safari in Africa
Nancy Drew
Faith
|
|
$400
[7]
Aye, it's the name of a pirate sword as well as an Oldsmobile
a Cutlass
Faith
|
$400
[27]
To scholars, "Beowulf" is the most important one of these long narative poems written in Old English
an epic
Frank
|
$400
[2]
George Herman Ruth was not just "Babe" but this Italian version, too
The Bambino
Frank
|
$400
[12]
In August 1964, in a televised address, he told Americans, "We still seek no wider war"
Johnson
Faith
|
$400
[17]
In 1981 this company introduced its first home computer, the PC
IBM
Faith
|
$400
[22]
The biography "Dark Safari" tells the story of this man who sought Livingstone
(Henry) Stanley
Frank
|
|
$600
[8]
Maurice Chevalier sang, "Every little" one of these Plymouths "seems to whisper Louise"
a Breeze
Faith
|
$600
[28]
During the course of his heroic adventures, Beowulf not only slays this monster, but his mom too
Grendel
Frank
|
$600
[3]
By career's end Wayne Gretzky was "The Great One"; earlier he was this, also a Chaplin film title
"The Kid"
|
$600
[13]
Fanny Brice once said "There is no director who can direct you like "this group of people
"the audience"
|
$600
[18]
"Kick the bucket" is an example of this type of expression
an idiom
Frank
|
$600
[23]
Originally from Arabic, safari is this African Language's word for "journey"
Swahili
|
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
I can't see the sun; this Mitsubishi is blocking it
an Eclipse
Faith
|
$800
[29]
After 50 years as king, Beowulf dies slaying one of these mythical creatures; St. George had better luck
a dragon
Faith
|
$800
[4]
The Baseball Encyclopedia lists his nicknames as "The Franchise" & "Tom Terrific"
Tom Seaver
Karen
|
$800
[14]
At the Watergate hearings this N.C. senator said, "That is not executive privilege. It is executive poppycock"
Sam Ervin
Frank
|
$800
[19]
Technically, it's the fear of fish
ichthyophobia
Faith
|
$800
[24]
The starting point for many safaris is this Kenyan capital
Nairobi
Karen
|
|
$1,000
[10]
You can buy this Lincoln off the shelf--the shelf off North America
a Continental
Faith
|
— |
$1,000
[5]
This carrot-topped running back built muscle working on an Illinois ice truck, becoming "The Wheaton Iceman"
"Red" Grange
|
$1,000
[15]
In his first address as Prime Minister, Winston Churchill said, "I have nothing to offer but" these 4 things
"blood, toil, tears & sweat"
Faith
|
$1,000
[20]
(Sofia presents the clue from the blackboard.) By adding a neutron, you can get this different form of a chemical element
an isotope
Faith
Frank
|
$1,000
[25]
He was the director of the St. Louis Zoo before taking us all on safari as the host of "Wild Kingdom"
Marlin Perkins
Frank
|
| THE CARS | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE | GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN, 2001 | EUROPE | DEM BONES | 15-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[6]
In his diaries, this pop artist mentions directing The Cars' "Hello Again" music video
Andy Warhol
Karen
|
$400
[9]
William H. Carney, of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, was the first black soldier honored with this medal
the Congressional Medal of Honor
Frank
|
$400
[1]
The 5-foot, 3-inch pixie seen here, she gained nation exposure on TV's "Your Show of Shows"
Imogene Coca
Frank
|
$400
[19]
The Salentina Peninsula forms the "heel" of this country
Italy
Faith
|
$400
[22]
The name of this bone to which the ribs attach is from the Greek for "breastbone"
sternum
Karen
|
$400
[16]
I see, oculist is another name for this type of doctor
ophthalmologist
Faith
Frank
|
|
$800
[7]
One of this legendary pin-up artist's girls graced the cover of The Cars' album "Candy-O"
Vargas
Frank
|
$800
[10]
In early September 1864 this general ordered all the civilians out of Atlanta
Sherman
Frank
|
$800
[2]
His "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" began on BBC radio
Douglas Adams
Faith
|
$800
[20]
Kosovo is now an autonomous province within this Balkan republic
Serbia
Frank
|
$800
[23]
This joint consists of 8 carpal bones arranged in 2 rows of 4
the wrist
Frank
|
$800
[17]
This powerful drug, also known as speed, was first used in medicine as a nasal decongestant
methamphetamine
|
|
$1,200
[8]
The video for "Drive" featured this Czech model whom Ric Ocasek drove up the aisle in 1989
Paulina Porizkova
Faith
Karen
|
$1,600
[12]
Artillery chief William Pendleton was so religious, he gave these names to his 4 big guns
Matthew, Mark, John & Luke
Frank
|
$1,200
[3]
He made medical history when he transplanted the heart of Denise Darvall into Louis Washkansky in 1967
Dr. Christiaan Barnard
Faith
|
DD
$1,000
[21]
In 1924 it became the first country to host the Summer & Winter Olympics in the same year
France
Faith
|
$1,200
[24]
The biceps and triceps muscles surround this bone
humerus
Faith
Karen
|
$1,200
[18]
(Sofia is taking a walk through the woods.) A goal of the Boy Scouts is to foster this 15-letter word through activities like fishing, hiking & canoeing
outdoorsmanship
|
|
$1,600
[14]
It's a "no-brainer" to tell us that in 1984 this Cars video won MTV's first Video of the Year award
"You Might Think"
Frank
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
This Civil War figure was born in 1808 & named after the President of the U.S.
Jefferson Davis
Frank
|
$1,600
[4]
A former actor, he made millions penning bestsellers like "The Osterman Weekend" & "The Gemini Contenders"
Robert Ludlum
|
$1,600
[27]
In 1999 NATO welcomed 3 members of this organization, formed in 1955 to counter NATO
the Warsaw Pact
Frank
|
$1,600
[25]
Its 3 parts are the ilium, ischium & pubis
the hip bone
Frank
|
$1,600
[29]
Before she was a TV star, Candice Bergen was this, meaning she took poignant pictures that told a story
a photojournalist
Faith
|
|
$2,000
[15]
"Dance all night with anyone don't let nobody pick your fun just" do this
"Shake It Up"
|
$2,000
[13]
Lincoln called this newspaper artist "Our best recruiting sergeant"
Thomas Nast
|
$2,000
[5]
He was half of the research duo who wrote books on sex like "Human Sexual Inadequacy"
(William) Masters
Karen
|
$2,000
[28]
This dual monarchy began with Franz Josef in 1867 & broke up in 1918, 2 years after his death
the Austro-Hungarian
Frank
|
$2,000
[26]
The mandible is the lower jaw; this is the upper jaw
maxilla
Karen
|
— |
Rendered numerically, it was the last complete date where every digit was an odd number
11-19-1999