Pete Fistanic — a bond salesman from Los Angeles, California
Ardys Eserhut — a U.S. Postal Service clerk from Olympia, Washington
Colleen McSwiggin — a microbiologist from Cincinnati, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,595)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colleen | $100 | $1,500 | $2,900 |
$900
2nd place: Monorail Desktop PC & Broyhill Home Office Armoire |
$3,900
12 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ardys | $600 | $-400 | $400 |
$799
3rd place: Yamaha Clavinova Digital Piano |
$400
10 R, 9 W |
| Pete | $1,500 | $4,400 | $9,600 |
$5,801
New champion: $5,801 |
$8,700
25 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| PROVINCES | 1930s AVIATION | OSCAR! | BOWL GAMES | MONKEY BUSINESS | "OOPS" |
|
$100
[12]
New Brunswick &Saskatchewan
Canada
Ardys
|
$100
[22]
In the 1930s he moved the Wright Bros.' home & bicycle workshop to Dearborn, Michigan
Henry Ford
Colleen
Ardys
Pete
|
$100
[1]
This character has been portrayed on film by Walter Matthau & on TV by Jack Klugman
Oscar Madison
Ardys
|
$100
[6]
On Jan. 3, 2000 victory will be sweet for the team that wins the national title at this game in New Orleans
the Sugar Bowl
Colleen
Pete
|
$100
[8]
Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey is this flavor of ice cream with walnuts & dark chocolate chunks in it
banana
Ardys
Pete
|
$100
[17]
Kellogg's makes "Froot" ones
Loops
Pete
|
|
$200
[13]
Wroclaw &Gdansk
Poland
Ardys
|
$200
[23]
The Mitsubishi flown from Japan for George VI's coronation was named this, Japanese for "divine wind"
Kamikaze
Ardys
|
$200
[2]
He lives in a garbage can, hates anything nice & loves trash
Oscar the Grouch
Pete
|
$200
[7]
Hawaii has played in this Hawaiian bowl only once; it lost to Michigan State 33-13 in 1989
the Aloha Bowl
Colleen
Ardys
Pete
|
$200
[27]
His 1993 song "Loser" begins, "In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey"
Beck
Pete
|
$200
[18]
Cries of a crane, or a cry when you drop something, butterfingers!
whoops
Colleen
|
|
$300
[14]
Guantanamo &La Habana
Cuba
Ardys
|
$300
[24]
On January 8, 1930 Walter Mittelholzer took off from the Serengeti plain to fly in a plane over this mount
Mount Kilimanjaro
Pete
|
$300
[3]
With $38 million, this boxer made Forbes' 1997 list of the highest-paid athletes
Oscar De La Hoya
Ardys
|
$300
[9]
The Georgia Dome is the home of the Heritage Bowl, as well as this game
the Peach Bowl
Pete
|
$300
[28]
He's the mischievous monkey in books by H.A. Rey & Margret Rey
Curious George
Pete
|
$300
[19]
Soldiers trained to lead an attack are called shock these
troops
Ardys
|
|
$400
[15]
Munster &Connacht
Ireland
Colleen
|
$400
[25]
In 1932 & '33 one of these airships made a total of 18 trips between Germany & Brazil
a Zeppelin
Pete
|
$400
[4]
One biography of this lyricist is called "Getting To Know Him"
Oscar Hammerstein
Ardys
|
DD
$500
[10]
It began in Philadelphia in 1959 & since 1965 has been played in Memphis
the Liberty Bowl
Pete
|
$400
[29]
These aquatic creatures, types of brine shrimp, are "brought to life" by crystals
Sea Monkeys
Pete
|
$400
[20]
They keep a barrel's staves together
hoops
Colleen
Pete
|
|
$500
[16]
Tyrol &Salzburg
Austria
Ardys
Pete
|
$500
[26]
In 1931 Boeing, National, Pacific & Varney Airlines joined forces under this new name
United Airlines
Ardys
Pete
|
$500
[5]
He was designing for Elizabeth Arden before operating under his own label
Oscar de la Renta
Pete
|
$500
[11]
Ole! To Frito-Lay & Tostitos, sponsor of this game since 1996
the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl
|
$500
[30]
In "12 Monkeys" this actor travels through time to find the cause of a virus that nearly wiped out humanity
Bruce Willis
Pete
|
$500
[21]
It's what Oliver Goldsmith's woman does "to conquer"
stoops
Colleen
Ardys
|
| HISTORIC NAMES | METALS | THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR | LITERARY HODGEPODGE | 20th CENTURY DESIGN | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS |
|
$200
[2]
His 34-day reign in 1978 was the shortest for a pope since Leo XI's 27 days in 1605
John Paul I
Colleen
|
$200
[18]
While the mineral galena contains some sulfur, it's the chief source for getting this metal out
lead
Colleen
Pete
|
$200
[3]
"Mean Streets","Cape Fear","The Last Temptation of Christ"
Martin Scorsese
Pete
|
$200
[11]
Sir Mulberry Hawk is a vicious crony of Ralph Nickleby in this Dickens novel
Nicholas Nickleby
Colleen
|
$200
[1]
This company "thought differently" to come up with the 1998 design seen here
Apple
Pete
|
$200
[24]
From the Latin for "towards the rear", it's your rear end
derriere
Colleen
|
|
$400
[8]
This "Lady with a Lamp" refused to believe in the germ theory of the spread of disease
Florence Nightingale
Pete
|
$400
[19]
Symbolized Ti, this strong, lightweight metal is used for making golf clubs, & that's no myth
titanium
Ardys
|
$400
[4]
"A Clockwork Orange","Full Metal Jacket","Spartacus"
Stanley Kubrick
Pete
|
$400
[12]
"Be kind to animals and birds, and read all you can", Mr. Phillotson tells Jude in this novel
Jude the Obscure
Ardys
|
$400
[16]
Almost a century later you can still use Hector Guimard's entrances to this city's Metro stations
Paris
Ardys
Pete
|
$400
[25]
The Communist slogan "Workers of the world, unite!" comes from the end of this 1848 book
The Communist Manifesto
Colleen
|
|
$600
[9]
He was a pagan; it was his son Leif who brought Christianity to Greenland
Eric the Red
Colleen
|
$600
[20]
Copper is the best low-cost conductor of electricity but this metal is the best conductor overall
silver
Colleen
|
$600
[5]
"Hour of the Wolf","Fanny and Alexander","Persona"
Ingmar Bergman
Pete
|
$600
[13]
Sir Thomas Mallory completed this work in the ninth year of the reign of King Edward IV
Le Morte d' Arthur
Colleen
|
$600
[23]
This American's designs for the Imperial Hotel in Japan included the plates & furniture
Frank Lloyd Wright
Ardys
Pete
|
$600
[26]
From the Latin for "knowledge of law", it's the science of law
jurisprudence
|
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
In 1835 this inventive Frenchman reportedly exclaimed, "I have seized the light!"
Louis Daguerre
Colleen
|
$800
[21]
The name of this metallic element used in electroplating rhymes with sodium
rhodium
|
$800
[6]
"The Duelists","Alien","Blade Runner"
Ridley Scott
Pete
|
$800
[14]
In 1827 it was finally revealed that this Edinburgh native had written the "Waverley Novels"
Sir Walter Scott
|
$800
[22]
Womb & tulip were famous styles of these designed by Eero Saarinen
chairs
|
— |
|
$1,000
[17]
In 1778 this Lee was named to command a special "legion" of dragoons & infantry
"Lighthorse" Harry Lee
|
$1,000
[28]
I should see a light bulb above your head when I tell you it has the highest melting point of any metal
tungsten
Colleen
|
DD
$1,800
[7]
"The Last Metro","Jules and Jim","Fahrenheit 451"
Francois Truffaut
Pete
|
$1,000
[15]
Completes the title of Alan Sillitoe's famous story "The Loneliness of the..."
Long Distance Runner
Ardys
|
$1,000
[27]
After resigning as director of the Bauhaus in 1928, he designed car bodies
Walter Gropius
|
— |
This Texas Democrat's funeral was attended by Truman, Eisenhower, JFK & LBJ
Sam Rayburn