Mark Wasley — a computer consultant from Atlanta, Georgia
Maggi Walker — a public relations consultant from Los Angeles, California
Fred Andrus — a programmer analyst from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred | $400 | $800 | $4,000 |
$7,999
2nd place: trip on America West to San Antonio & stay at Menger Hotel + Jeopardy! how game or computerized version |
$4,000
12 R, 2 W |
| Maggi | $0 | $1,400 | $8,400 |
$400
3rd place: Maytag washer & dryer + Jeopardy! how game or computerized version |
$6,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Mark | $1,300 | $4,200 | $12,600 |
$17,200
New champion: $17,200 |
$10,000
27 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| AUTHORS | ARKANSAS | OLYMPICS | POTPOURRI | ARCHITECTURE | ANAGRAMS |
|
$100
[1]
This author lived at 23 Montague Place facing the British Museum, not at 221B Baker Street
Arthur Conan Doyle
Mark
|
$100
[7]
Confederate forces set up a state capital in the town of Washington while a pro Union regime was here
Little Rock
Mark
|
$100
[2]
In this event, discontinued after 1920, the first team to pull the other past the line, won
the tug of war
Mark
|
$100
[24]
People magazine said the guys in Mötley Crüe sport about 60 of these dermal decorations
a tattoo
Fred
|
$100
[21]
These deep ditches filled with water were a feature of Norman castles
moats
Fred
|
$100
[16]
Beth & Norman pooled their money and bought one of these dogs
a poodle (from pooled)
Maggi
Mark
|
|
$200
[12]
He published "Black Spring" between "Tropic of Cancer" & "Tropic of Capricorn"
Henry Miller
Maggi
|
$200
[8]
The Red, the St. Francis & this river act as natural borders
the Mississippi
Mark
|
$200
[3]
The five interlocking circles on the Olympic flag stand for this
the five continents
|
$200
[25]
This company introduced its new Kiss with almonds by dropping a giant replica in Times Square
Hershey
Fred
|
$200
[22]
The domes on St. Basil's Cathedral are often described as being shaped like this vegetable
an onion
Maggi
|
$200
[17]
The original London cast of this musical included Elaine Paige as Grizabella
Cats (from cast)
Mark
|
|
$300
[13]
Author of "Caravans" & "The Source", he was foundling adopted by Pennsylvania Quakers
(James) Michener
Mark
|
$400
[10]
About 1820 the Dwight Mission was set up to teach these Indians, who had been forced out of the east
the Cherokee
Fred
Mark
|
$300
[4]
This winter event shares its name, originally French, with the sled used for it
luge
Fred
|
$300
[28]
Old Smuggler, Scoresby & Clan MacGregor are three brands of this
Scotch whisky
Maggi
|
$300
[23]
A turret used for ventilation on the roof of a medieval building, or an art museum in Paris
the Louvre
Maggi
|
$300
[18]
Elsa is such a devoted shopper that she never misses one of these
a sale (from Elsa)
Mark
|
|
$400
[14]
W.H. Auden married Erika Mann, this novelist's daughter, so she could leave Nazi Germany
Thomas Mann
Mark
|
DD
$500
[9]
When it was a territory the name didn't end in "S", but with this letter
a W
Mark
|
$400
[5]
In 1984 Joan Benoit of the U.S. was the first to win this new event
the women's marathon
Mark
|
— |
$400
[26]
An adava, or bullseye one of these, is round or oval with bars that radiate from a central eye
window
Mark
|
$400
[19]
Valerie Harper might hoard video tape of this sitcom
Rhoda (from hoard)
Mark
|
|
$500
[15]
This Briton wrote his famous diary in cipher & it wasn't decoded until 1825
(Samuel) Pepys
Mark
|
$500
[11]
The federal government made it a health resort 89 years before it became a national park in 1921
Hot Springs
Fred
|
$500
[6]
In 1988 this East German swimmer won 6 gold medals, the most ever by a woman
Kristin Otto
Mark
|
— |
$500
[27]
He was an astronomy professor at Oxford but the first building he designed was a chapel at Cambridge
Christopher Wren
Maggi
|
$500
[20]
I was disappointed when my aunt gave me a can of it for my birthday
tuna (from aunt)
Mark
|
| U.S. PRESIDENTS | ASIA | MOVIE QUOTES | INVENTORS | LANGUAGES | SOUP'S ON |
|
$200
[24]
This president told Harriet Beech Stowe, "I shall never live to see peace, this war is killing me."
Lincoln
Fred
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$200
[13]
This Thai capital is the home of Chulalongkorn University
Bangkok
Fred
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$200
[3]
"Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"
The Wizard of Oz
Mark
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$200
[1]
There already was a machine to remove the seeds of coastal cotton; he invented one for inland cotton
Eli Whitney
Mark
|
$200
[2]
This U.S. lexicographer was the first to delete the "U" from words like "colour" in his 1806 dictionary
Noah Webster
Maggi
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$200
[12]
Bouillon is from "to boil", but the word for this fish soup means "to boil it & then lower the heat"
bouillabaisse
Mark
|
|
$400
[25]
From 1780-83 James Monroe studied law under this man, then governor of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson
Mark
|
$400
[14]
Sri Lanka's minority Tamil are mostly Hindu & the majority Sinhalese mostly this religion
Buddhist
Maggi
Mark
|
$400
[5]
"Pinch me, Rosie, here we are going down the river like Antony and Cleopatra on that barge"
The African Queen
Mark
|
$400
[22]
He came up with a gyroscopic stabilizer for ships before his company merged with Remington Rand
Sperry
Fred
|
$400
[4]
Russian uses this 32-letter alphabet developed from the Greek alphabet
the Cyrillic alphabet
Maggi
|
$400
[17]
Instead of sipping this reptilian soup you can make a mock version flavored with veal
turtle
Maggi
|
|
$600
[26]
This president was the 1st inductee into the Conservation Hall of Fame
Teddy Roosevelt
Fred
|
$600
[15]
The governor of Macau is appointed by the governor of this European country
Portugal
Mark
|
$600
[9]
"Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera!"
The King and I
Mark
|
$600
[23]
He may have understood gravity, but the steam-powered car he built in 1680 didn't work
Newton
Mark
|
$800
[7]
While English does not, Cornish, Welsh & Gaelic do belong to this language group
the Celtic language
|
$800
[19]
These stuffed noodles, the Jewish version of raviolis, are usually served in soup
kreplach
Maggi
|
|
$800
[27]
In 1935 he played on the college all star football team against the Chicago Bears
Gerry Ford
Mark
|
$800
[16]
The island of Singapore is separated from this peninsula to the north by the Strait of Johor
the Malay Peninsula
Maggi
|
$800
[10]
"Now that we're through with "Humiliate the Host"... how about a little round of "Get the Guests?"
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Maggi
|
$800
[29]
No one knows who invented the razor but we know this man invented the safety razor
(King) Gillette
Fred
|
$1,000
[8]
According to the World Almanac this international language could shortly have 2 million speakers
Esperanto
Maggi
|
$1,000
[20]
From the Tamil for "pepper water" it's a spicy curry soup
mulligatawny soup
Maggi
|
|
$1,000
[28]
During his administration the U.S. acquired Puerto Rico, Guam & the Hawaiian Islands
McKinley
Mark
|
$1,000
[21]
It's Burma's new 7-letter name
Myanmar
Fred
|
$1,000
[11]
"Wherever there's a fight, so hungry people can eat, I'll be there"
The Grapes of Wrath
Fred
Maggi
|
$1,000
[30]
Ottmar Mergenthaler's machine for producing printing bars is better known as this
the linotype
Fred
|
DD
$3,000
[6]
It's the most widely spoken romance language
Spanish
Mark
|
DD
$3,000
[18]
A madrilène is a consommé flavored with this kind of juice
tomato juice
Maggi
|
He originally titled his work "How Petya Outwitted the Wolf", but that gave away the end
Prokofiev