J.J. Todor game 3.
Gary Frank — a writer and editor from Hartford, Connecticut
Mona Hall — an entrepreneur originally from Heidelberg, Germany
J.J. Todor — a law student from Pataskala, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $8,088)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.J. | $800 | $2,400 | $10,000 |
$6,869
3-day champion: $14,957 |
$9,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Mona | $0 | $400 | $2,400 |
$2,400
2nd place: Sears gift certificates |
$2,400
8 R, 2 W |
| Gary | $300 | $1,700 | $6,300 |
$1
3rd place: Sears gift certificates |
$4,900
18 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W |
| HISTORIC WORLD LEADERS | WHO PLAYED WHOM | TRAVEL & TOURISM | PICKIN' | GRINNIN' | CARD GAMES |
|
$100
[1]
Serving from 1789 to 1797, he wanted the U.S. presidency to be nonpartisan
George Washington
Gary
|
$100
[11]
Capt. Tony Nelson &J.R. Ewing
Larry Hagman
J.J.
|
$100
[6]
Honeymooners might visit Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon in this state
Utah
J.J.
|
$100
[7]
Keep this firmly behind the guitar neck for maximum stretch with your digits
thumbs
J.J.
Mona
|
$100
[8]
About this character, Alice remarked "I didn't know cats could grin"
the Cheshire Cat
Mona
|
$200
[28]
In Black Lady Hearts, taking this card in a trick is worth 13 points
the Queen of Spades
J.J.
|
|
$200
[2]
In August 1825 Upper Peru changed its name to honor this man, the liberator of South America
Simón Bolívar
J.J.
|
$200
[18]
Dorothy Zbornak &Maude Findlay
Bea Arthur
J.J.
|
$200
[9]
To rent a car abroad, you may need an "international" one of these, available at the AAA
an international driver's license
Mona
Gary
|
$200
[16]
Golpe is a fingernail-tapping stroke found in this Spanish guitar style
flamenco
Gary
|
$200
[12]
Allen Funt told victims, "Smile, you're on" this TV show
Candid Camera
J.J.
|
$300
[24]
This card game is known for its pegboard that's used to keep score
cribbage
Gary
|
|
$300
[3]
He was the only king of England to have "the Great" tacked on to his name
Alfred
Gary
|
$300
[22]
Jim West &"Pappy" Boyington
Robert Conrad
Gary
|
$300
[10]
Adventurous travelers can trek across this country's Kangaroo Island on camels
Australia
J.J.
|
$400
[25]
Term for loud, staccato chords common in heavy metal songs
power chords
J.J.
|
$300
[13]
According to the Disney version, this frontiersman could grin down a b'ar
Davy Crockett
Mona
Gary
|
$400
[26]
Similar to fish, this game is played with special cards featuring pictures of writers
authors
Mona
Gary
|
|
$400
[4]
Constantine decided to build his new capital on the site of this ancient Greek city
Byzantium
Gary
|
$400
[23]
Chris Cagney &Rosie O'Neill
Sharon Gless
J.J.
|
$400
[14]
Fodor's says Americans stay in Ixtapa in this country because they can't pronounce Zihuatanejo
Mexico
J.J.
|
DD
$500
[17]
Country legend Junior Brown, heard here, plays a hybrid of the electric guitar & this type:
Pedal/Lap Steel Guitar
Gary
|
$400
[19]
From the WWI song, "Pack up your troubles" in one of these & "smile, smile, smile"
your old kit bag
|
$500
[27]
The bidding period of a card game; types of bridge & pinochle are named for it
auction
J.J.
|
|
$500
[5]
He conquered more of the world than any other man in history
Genghis Khan
Mona
|
$500
[21]
"Bub" O'Casey &Fred Mertz
William Frawley
Gary
|
$500
[15]
Game is served at Aranymokus Kertvendeglo (The Golden Squirrel Garden), a restaurant in this Magyar capital
Budapest
J.J.
|
— |
$500
[20]
This Western novel by Owen Wister created a cliche with the line "When you call me that, smile"
The Virginian
|
— |
| JAPAN | FILM BIOGRAPHIES | EUROPEAN COMPOSERS | BODIES OF WATER | "AW", SHUCKS | MARY'S A GRAND OLD NAME |
|
$200
[6]
The Japanese call their country this, meaning "source of the sun"
Nippon (or Nihon) (Dai-Nippon accepted)
J.J.
Gary
|
$200
[1]
In a 1992 film Jack Nicholson portrayed this labor leader
Jimmy Hoffa
J.J.
|
$200
[11]
This German completed his "Chromatic Fantasy And Fugue" for harpsichord in 1730
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gary
|
$200
[12]
The Japan & Peru Currents are among those that warm & cool coastal areas of this ocean
the Pacific Ocean
Mona
|
$200
[20]
Proverbially, it "breaks the camel's back"
(the last) straw
J.J.
|
$600
[27]
Famous Marys of Motown include Mary Wells & this original member of the Supremes
Mary Wilson
Gary
|
|
$400
[7]
This automobile company is headquartered in a city of the same name in Aichi prefecture
Toyota
Gary
|
$400
[2]
In a 1995 biographical epic, Nick Nolte played this future president "In Paris"
Thomas Jefferson
Gary
|
$400
[22]
He was born in Zelazowa Wola, near Warsaw, in 1810, to a French father & a Polish mother
Frédéric Chopin
Mona
|
$400
[13]
An undersea sill from Tunisia to Sicily splits this sea into eastern & western basins
the Mediterranean Sea
Gary
|
$400
[21]
Hosted by Roy Clark & Buck Owens, it was country music's equivalent of "Laugh-In"
Hee Haw
Mona
|
$1,000
[26]
While living in France, she was invited by Edgar Degas to exhibit her works with the impressionists
Mary Cassatt
J.J.
|
|
$600
[8]
In 1995 PM Murayama issued the first of these rather than mere regrets over Japan's WWII behavior
apologies
Gary
|
$600
[3]
This 1987 film about Ritchie Valens took its title from one of Valens' hit records
La Bamba
J.J.
|
$600
[23]
This Russian was known for his "Scythian Suite" before he wrote "Peter And The Wolf"
Sergei Prokofiev
Gary
|
$600
[14]
This sea is less saline than its Atlantic connection due to fresh water from the Thames & other rivers
North Sea
J.J.
|
$600
[15]
A left-handed person
Southpaw
J.J.
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
This noted anthropologist passed away in Nairobi in 1996
Mary Leakey
Gary
|
|
$800
[9]
If you want to keep a cool head, be sparing with this Japanese horseradish on your sushi
Wasabi
Gary
|
$800
[4]
Actress Billie Burke was an adviser for a 1936 musical biopic about this "great" husband
Florenz Ziegfeld
Gary
|
$800
[24]
This Austrian lieder composer often performed at parties but gave only one public concert, in 1828
Franz Schubert
|
$800
[18]
Due to changes in air pressure, the water level of this Swiss-French lake can vary as much as 5' in 30 min.
Lake Geneva
J.J.
|
$1,000
[17]
It's the old art of carving on whalebone or walrus tusks
scrimshaw
Mona
|
— |
|
$1,000
[10]
The comic theatrical form kyogen evolved in response to the tediousness & "negativity" of these plays
noh
J.J.
Gary
|
$1,000
[5]
Candice Bergen must have had the time of her "Life" playing this famous photographer in "Gandhi"
Margaret Bourke-White
Gary
|
$1,000
[25]
This Bohemian composer set his masterpiece, "The Bartered Bride", in Bohemia
Bedřich Smetana
|
$1,000
[19]
Except for its easternmost extremity, this strait lies entirely within Chilean waters
the Strait of Magellan
J.J.
|
DD
$1,400
[16]
Cartoon character seen here:
Quick Draw McGraw
J.J.
|
— |
One nickname for this product now back in vogue comes from a Penn. region also known for wagons
a cigar ("stogie")