Will Thompson — a French professor from Memphis, Tennessee
Scott Speer — a loan officer from West Columbia, South Carolina
Dave Argentar — an attorney from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave | $-300 | $300 | $1,600 |
$1
2nd place: Trip/Tour to Israel |
$1,500
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Scott | $-300 | $-700 | $-900 |
$-900
3rd place: Trip/Tour to Quebec City |
$600
6 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Will | $-200 | $2,200 | $5,200 |
$4,200
New champion: $4,200 |
$5,200
15 R, 3 W |
| FIRST LADIES | 10-DIFFERENT-LETTER WORDS | WORLD OF CHRISTMAS | RUDOLPH | THE RED-NOSED | REINDEER |
|
$100
[1]
She was the second first lady
Abigail Adams
Scott
|
$100
[10]
Honest, Abe was the first person run by this party to be elected U.S. president
Republican
Will
|
$100
[15]
For 9 days before Christmas, Latin American children try to break open these colorful paper figures containing candy
Pinatas
Dave
|
$100
[20]
This grandson of Italian immigrants was elected the 107th mayor of New York City on November 2, 1993
Rudolph Giuliani
Dave
|
$100
[6]
Leo Rosten said of this hard-drinking comic, "Any man who hates small dogs & children can't be all bad"
W.C. Fields
Dave
|
$100
[25]
Unlike other deer, both male & female reindeer grow these
Antlers
Will
|
|
$200
[2]
In her memoirs, Julia Grant talked about the black Friday when Fisk & Gould tried to corner the market in this
gold
Dave
Scott
|
$200
[11]
It's any word that's spelled the same forwards & backwards
Palindrome
Will
|
$200
[16]
In the Low Countries, St. Nicholas arrives to deliver presents on a boat from this Iberian country
Spain
Dave
|
$200
[21]
Shortly after his death, eerie stories told of this actor's ghost haunting "Falcon Lair", his Hollywood home
Rudolph Valentino
Will
|
$200
[7]
Much of the boozing persona of this Matt Helm of the movies may have been just for the cameras
Dean Martin
Dave
|
$200
[26]
A group of reindeer cows gathered together by a reindeer bull is callled one of these, like a sultan's
Harem
Dave
|
|
$300
[3]
His ailing wife Anna sent her daughter-in-law Jane with him to Washington, but he only served a month
William Henry Harrison
Scott
|
$300
[12]
In a movie it's the kind of music heard behind a scene
background (music)
Dave
|
$300
[17]
In Great Britain, this woman gives a special Christmas Day message on TV
The Queen
Dave
|
$300
[22]
You'll find this body of water in the eastern part of Kenya's Rift Valley
Lake Rudolph
Will
|
$300
[8]
Not sure if it's from his drinking or not, but he's the Disney chipmunk with a red nose
Dale
Will
|
$300
[27]
Reindeer & reindeer products are very useful to these nomadic people of northern Scandinavia
the Lapps
Will
|
|
DD
$500
[4]
The widow Sarah Polk was linked for a while in the press to this bachelor president
James Buchanan
Scott
|
$400
[13]
In this field of study, scientists have rocks in their heads, or ore
mineralogy
Scott
|
$400
[18]
Rather than stockings, French children put these in front of the fireplace so "Pere Noel" can fill them with gifts
Shoes
Will
|
$400
[23]
The award-winning Rudolph seen here (holding 2 Olympic medals)
Wilma Rudolph
Will
|
$400
[9]
This bearded standup comedian is billed as "The Lovable Lush"
Foster Brooks
Dave
|
— |
|
$500
[5]
These 2 Roosevelt first ladies were known for their strong personalities
Edith & Eleanor
|
$500
[14]
1 less than a cinquefoil
Quadrefoil
Will
|
$500
[19]
In Sweden the Christmas season begins on December 13, this saint's day
St. Lucia
|
$500
[24]
Bravo! This man was the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera from 1950 to 1972
Sir Rudolph Bing
|
— | — |
| AFRICA | SPEAKING CONSERVATIVELY | NEXT LINE, PLEASE | PERFORMANCE ART | BEFORE & AFTER | GETTING A PATENT |
|
$200
[3]
In 1992 Boutros Boutros-Ghali of this country became the first African secretary-general of the U.N.
Egypt
Dave
Will
|
$200
[15]
In 1992 Vice President Quayle attacked the values displayed by this TV sitcom character
Murphy Brown
Scott
|
$200
[1]
Donne:"Never send to know for whom the bell tolls..."
"It tolls for thee"
Will
|
$200
[8]
This melted sweet from the cacao is a well-known stage prop for Karen Finley
Chocolate
Dave
|
$200
[17]
Largest of the "Cosby Kids" who's currently serving as vice president
"Fat Albert" Gore
Dave
|
$800
[21]
In the U.S., a standard patent is good for this many years; for a design patent, it's only 14
17
Scott
|
|
$400
[4]
Robert Mugabe is president of this country that was formerly known as Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
Dave
|
$600
[14]
In 1980 William F. Buckley told off students at this Poughkeepsie school who disinvited him to commencement
Vassar
Will
|
$400
[2]
Kipling:"Oh, east is east & west is west, and..."
"Never the twain shall meet"
Dave
|
$400
[9]
Kurt Schwitters probably heard "Gesundheit" a lot during his "Niesscherzo" piece consisting of this action
Sneezing
Scott
|
$400
[18]
Culture Club singer who penned "1984"
Boy George Orwell
Dave
|
$1,000
[24]
The name of the agency to which inventors make applications is the "Patent and" this "Office"
Trademark
Dave
|
|
DD
$700
[5]
In 1847 it became Africa's first modern independent republic
Liberia
Dave
|
$800
[13]
In a 1997 essay this "Book of Virtues" author & ex-cabinet officer asked, "What good is government?"
William Bennett
Dave
|
$600
[12]
Carroll:"Twas brillig, and the slithy toves..."
"Did gyre and gimble in the wabe"
|
$800
[25]
"What's" this? It's a term for a performance art event coined by Allan Kaprow in 1959
Happening
Will
|
$600
[16]
Yesss! He's the sports announcer who theorized about relativity
Marv Albert Einstein
Will
|
— |
|
$800
[6]
Mount Kilimanjaro, this country's highest point, is also the continent's highest point
Tanzania
Scott
Will
|
$1,000
[20]
1790's "Reflections on the Revolution in France" is a major work by this British statesman & thinker
Edmund Burke
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
Lovelace:"Stone walls do not a prison make..."
"Nor iron bars a cage"
Scott
|
$1,000
[23]
These creations named by Karel Capek rampage through performances by Survival Research Laboratories
Robots
|
$800
[19]
Longtime "Tonight Show" host whose "Heart Is A Lonely Hunter"
Johnny Carson McCullers
Scott
Will
|
— |
|
$1,000
[7]
In 1998 Nelson Mandela married Graca Machel, widow of a former president of this country
Mozambique
Dave
Will
|
— |
$1,000
[11]
Coleridge:"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan..."
"A stately pleasure-dome decree"
Scott
|
— |
$1,000
[22]
1517's "Theses" author known for developing new varieties of fruits & vegetables
Martin Luther Burbank
|
— |
Name shared by any Englishman & a composer credited with England's national anthem "God Save The Queen"
John Bull