Barry Koron — a musician from San Francisco, California
Romaine White — a lawyer from Mountain Park, Georgia
Christian Stallsmith — a naval engineer from Arlington, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian | $2,500 | $4,600 | $11,600 |
$18,601
2-day champion: $19,601 |
$11,400
32 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Romaine | $300 | $2,100 | $4,900 |
$0
3rd place: Pierre Cardin Classique Watches |
$4,900
13 R, 3 W |
| Barry | $1,000 | $1,900 | $9,300 |
$9,801
2nd place: Bose Lifestyle 12 Home Theater System & Bush Industries Home Theater Cabinet |
$7,100
14 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| AUGUST | POP-ROCK | BEER | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD | HODGEPODGE | PROVERBS |
|
$100
[4]
On August 14, 1935 FDR signed this act establishing old-age benefits & unemployment insurance
Social Security
Christian
|
$100
[20]
In 1996 the founding members of this group including Gene Simmons reunited for a world tour
KISS
Barry
|
$100
[1]
Pouring beer to produce this foamy top lets you savor its aroma & lessens the gas you'll consume
Head
Romaine
|
$100
[7]
The largest country in the world, it has 21 republics, 49 oblasts & 6 krays
Russia
Christian
|
$100
[14]
This character jumped out of his first biscuit can on TV in 1965
the Pillsbury Doughboy (or Poppin' Fresh)
Christian
|
$100
[23]
This product changed the proverb "It never rains but it pours" to "When it rains it pours"
Morton salt
Christian
|
|
$200
[5]
On August 12, 1867 President Johnson named this Civil War general his new Secretary of War
Ulysses S. Grant
Romaine
|
$200
[22]
"Bohemian Rhapsody", one of this group's early hits, returned to the Top 10 in 1992
Queen
Christian
|
$200
[2]
Cutter, O'Douls & Sharp's are this type of beer
Non-alcoholic beers
Christian
|
$200
[9]
It uses the Monegasque franc
Monaco
Christian
|
$200
[15]
The earliest form of this weapon was a dagger that fit into the muzzle of a musket
Bayonet
Christian
|
$200
[24]
"Even a worm will" do this
Turn
|
|
$300
[6]
In 1936 this American tied or set 3 Olympic records in individual track & field events
Jesse Owens
Barry
|
$300
[27]
In a 1995 hit she posed the question, "What if God was one of us?"
Joan Osborne
Romaine
|
$300
[3]
A black & tan mixes light-colored ale & this dark brew that made Guinness famous
Stout
Barry
|
$300
[10]
There are no permanent lakes in this country that's home to Mecca
Saudi Arabia
Christian
|
$300
[16]
To play Milton Bradley's "Channel Surfing" you need one of these hand-held devices
Remote control
Christian
|
$300
[25]
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man" does this "for his friends"
Lay down his life
Christian
|
|
$400
[8]
On August 14, 1900 more than 2,000 U.S. troops helped capture Peking, thus halting this uprising
Boxer Rebellion
Barry
|
$400
[28]
In 1974 this singer had her first No. 1 hit with "I Honestly Love You"
Olivia Newton-John
Christian
|
$400
[12]
These small, specialized beer producers, like Sierra Nevada, became popular in the 1980s
Microbrewers/craftbrewers
Christian
|
$400
[18]
In this country's parliament, the Dail has 166 seats, the Seanad, 60
Ireland
Barry
|
$400
[17]
He bequeathed $2 million to Columbia University to establish a school of journalism
Joseph Pulitzer
Romaine
Barry
|
$400
[26]
This is "forearmed"
Forewarned
Romaine
|
|
$500
[11]
On August 2, 1927 this president said, "I do not choose to run for president in 1928"
Calvin Coolidge
Christian
|
$500
[30]
In the '80s this group had U.S. hits with "Lost In Love", "All Out Of Love" & "The One That You Love"
Air Supply
Christian
|
DD
$700
[13]
The Boston Beer Co. makes a lager named for this brewer, patriot & cousin of a U.S. president
Samuel Adams
Christian
|
$500
[19]
Its borders with Bolivia & Peru are much shorter than its border with Argentina
Chile
Romaine
|
$500
[21]
Christmas Seals were first sold in 1907 to raise funds to fight this disease
Tuberculosis
Romaine
|
$500
[29]
Do this but, "Prepare for the worst"
Expect/hope for the best
Romaine
|
| JAPANESE BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | HISTORIC NAMES | INTERIOR DESIGN | ATLANTA | THE EMMYS | SHORT STORIES |
|
$200
[17]
In 1995 Kodak lodged a trade complaint that this company had an unfair advantage in Japan
Fuji Film
Christian
|
$200
[21]
In "Mein Kampf" he wrote, "Germany will either be a world power or there will be no Germany"
Adolf Hitler
Christian
|
$200
[10]
A simple way to make a room seem bigger is to hang one of these glass objects on the wall
Mirror
Barry
|
$200
[5]
Tours of the headquarters of this network & its Headline News leave every half hour 9-5:30 daily
CNN (Cable News Network)
Christian
|
$200
[12]
It's the only game show whose writers have won more than 1 Daytime Emmy
Jeopardy!
Christian
|
$200
[1]
This Washington Irving title character had "An insuperable aversion to all kinds of profitable labor"
Rip Van Winkle
Barry
|
|
$400
[18]
In 1994 it made over a quarter of a million Camrys in U.S. plants
Toyota
Christian
|
$400
[22]
In 1981 this religious leader dismissed Abolhassan Bani-Sadr as president of Iran
Ayatollah Khomeini
Christian
|
$400
[26]
The crown type of this decorative strip of wood is found where the wall meets the ceiling
Molding
Christian
|
$400
[6]
His presidential center & library on Copenhill Avenue contains in excess of 27 million documents & other artifacts
Jimmy Carter
Christian
|
$400
[13]
The Outstanding Entertainment Children's Series of 1974-75 was a cartoon based on this '60s sci-fi series
Star Trek
Barry
|
$400
[2]
James Thurber's story of this daydreaming husband first appeared in a 1939 issue of The New Yorker
Walter Mitty
Christian
|
|
$600
[19]
The largest ones of these in the world are Japan's Sanwa & Dai-Ichi Kangyo
Banks
Christian
Romaine
|
$600
[23]
While serving as New York governor, this first chief justice signed a bill ending slavery in that state
John Jay
Christian
Romaine
|
$600
[27]
Using white walls & natural materials, Michael Taylor created "the look" named for this U.S. state
California
Barry
|
$600
[7]
Atlanta had only about 13,000 inhabitants in 1865 when captured & partially burned by this general
William T. Sherman
Romaine
|
$600
[14]
He's won Best Actor Emmys for the comedy "Father Knows Best" & the drama "Marcus Welby, M.D."
Robert Young
Romaine
|
$600
[3]
"The Pastures Of Heaven" is his collection of stories about the people of a farm community of Salinas
John Steinbeck
Christian
|
|
$800
[20]
Setting out to make the world's smallest transistor radio, it marketed a pocket-size one in 1957
Sony
Christian
|
$800
[24]
This Israeli military leader lost his left eye in 1941 while scouting positions in Syria
Moshe Dayan
Christian
|
$800
[29]
If you want a fancier name for your knickknacks or tchotchkes, use this hyphenated French term
Bric-a-brac
Christian
|
$800
[8]
The Scenic Skylift offers cable-car service to the top of this nearby mountain
Stone Mountain
Christian
Romaine
|
$800
[15]
Keith Michell won for playing this king in the "Catherine Howard" episode of a 1971 series
Henry VIII
Barry
|
$800
[4]
This Kafka story in which a man turns into a gigantic insect was published as "Die Verwandlung"
The Metamorphosis
Romaine
|
|
DD
$2,200
[28]
This brand name meaning "precision" first appeared on Hattori's watches in 1924
Seiko
Barry
|
$1,000
[25]
This governor of New Netherland was nicknamed "Wooden Leg Pete"
Peter Stuyvesant
Barry
|
$1,000
[30]
This Chinese method arranges furniture & artifacts within a space for the smoothest energy flow
Feng shui
Christian
|
$1,000
[9]
This agency of the U.S. Public Health Service found the causes of Legionnaires' Disease & Toxic Shock Syndrome
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Romaine
|
$1,000
[16]
1989-90 Lifetime Achievement Awards went to Mark Goodson & this "Wide World of Sports" announcer
Jim McKay
Christian
Romaine
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
This author's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" is set on an African safari
Ernest Hemingway
Barry
|
In the U.S. it's the latest date in November on which Thanksgiving can fall
November 28