Steve Engel — a psychology professor from Los Angeles, California
Liz Bakulski — an investment advisor originally from Andover, Massachusetts
Carl Brownell — a high school teacher from Evanston, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl | $2,700 | $4,600 | $7,500 |
$15,000
2nd place: Trip to Singapore courtesy of Priceline.com |
$6,800
25 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Liz | $-800 | $-800 | $1,000 |
$1,000
3rd place: Sony Card $1,000 Shopping Spree |
$1,400
4 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Steve | $1,800 | $6,400 | $10,000 |
$15,001
New champion: $15,001 |
$7,700
21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| SCIENCE & NATURE | HARD ROCK CAFE | A NOVEL CATEGORY | REMEMBER 1989? | RHYMES WITH RHYME | GAMING |
|
$100
[22]
About one-millionth as bright as our sun, these small red stars are also known as flare stars
dwarfs
Steve
|
$100
[1]
These rockers conquered the world with albums like "High Voltage", "Highway to Hell" & "Back in Black"
AC/DC
Carl
|
$100
[16]
Elias Canetti's "Die Blendung" has been published in English under the Biblical title "The Tower of" this
Babel
Carl
|
$100
[6]
Based on a comic book & a campy '60s TV show, this movie was an immense hit in 1989
Batman
Carl
|
$100
[21]
Unlawful activity
crime
Steve
|
$100
[11]
One story credits 17th century mathematician Blaise Pascal with the invention of this ball-&-wheel game
roulette
Steve
|
|
$200
[23]
The mud eel is not really an eel, but a species of this tailed amphibian
a salamander
Carl
|
$200
[2]
At No. 4, this Robert Plant band's highest-charting U.S. hit was 1969's "Whole Lotta Love"
Led Zeppelin
Carl
|
$200
[17]
This "Don Quixote" author wrote his first novel, "La Galatea", in 1585
Cervantes
Carl
|
$200
[7]
Attracting widespread media coverage, this star of "The Queen of Outer Space" slapped a cop
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Carl
|
$200
[24]
Sound of a bell
chime
Carl
|
$200
[12]
Hazard is a centuries-old game using these, which Einstein thought God doesn't play with
dice
Steve
|
|
$300
[27]
Of the 6 simple machines in physics, this one uses a spiral inclined plane
a screw
Steve
|
$300
[3]
On the Michael Jackson hit "Beat It" this virtuoso lead guitarist played a solo
Eddie Van Halen
Carl
|
$300
[18]
"The Plum in the Golden Vase", a novel known for its eroticism, was written at the time of this Chinese dynasty
the Ming Dynasty
|
$300
[8]
Playing for the Texas Rangers, this man became the first pitcher to strike out 5,000 batters
Nolan Ryan
Steve
|
$300
[25]
Slug & snail residue
slime
Carl
|
$300
[13]
Wild Fruit Bars & Jackpot Party are popular types of these machines
slot machines
Steve
|
|
$500
[29]
All 6 noble gases were discovered on Earth between 1894 & 1900; this one, symbol Rn, was the last
radon
Steve
|
$400
[4]
In the 1970s the man seen here fronted this "colorful" rock band:[Ozzy Osbourne]
Black Sabbath
Carl
Liz
|
$400
[19]
The 1803 book "Thaddeus of" this Polish city is called one of the first historical novels
Warsaw
Carl
|
$400
[9]
Echoing sports cars of the past, Mazda introduced this 2-seat roadster
Miata
Steve
|
$400
[26]
A Canadian coin
dime
Steve
|
$400
[14]
Aussie mogul Kerry Packer reportedly lost $15 million in a weekend at this game that involves a banker
baccarat
Carl
Liz
|
|
DD
$2,700
[28]
The name of this Alpine flower is German for "noble white"
Edelweiss
Steve
|
$500
[5]
Known best for "Rock You Like A Hurricane", this metal band cut an album in 2000 with the Berlin Philharmonic
The Scorpions
Liz
|
$500
[20]
A relative of Chilean president Salvador Allende, she wrote the luminous novel "Eva Luna"
Isabel Allende
Carl
|
$500
[10]
In 1989 this Japanese corporation bought Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion
Sony
Carl
|
$500
[30]
First in degree or rank
prime
Steve
|
$500
[15]
Caesars Palace historians tell us this game with numbers marked on a ticket helped fund the Great Wall of China
keno (lottery accepted)
Carl
Liz
Steve
|
| DRAMA & DRAMATISTS | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT | THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! | NESTLE'S | COUNTRY MUSIC | WORDS FROM CHINESE |
|
$200
[8]
As a music critic, this playwright signed his essays first as "Corno di Bassetto", then as "G.B.S."
George Bernard Shaw
|
$200
[1]
Monrovia
Liberia
Carl
|
$200
[13]
This leader in power from 1917 to 1924 founded Russia's Communist Party & the Soviet state
V.I. Lenin
Steve
|
$200
[6]
Nestle's began making this in 1904; they claim to make the very best of it
chocolate
Carl
Liz
|
$200
[26]
The originator of the Bakersfield sound, he once referred to himself in song as "Ol' Buck"
Buck Owens
Carl
|
$200
[21]
"Great wind", a tropical cyclone
typhoon
Carl
|
|
$400
[9]
In 1622 this French comedic playwright was born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin in Paris
Molière
Carl
Steve
|
$400
[2]
Kinshasa
Congo (formerly Zaire)
Steve
|
$400
[14]
Seen here, she's made a name for herself on & off the tennis courts
Anna Kournikova
Carl
|
$400
[7]
On Nestle's brand list, 1 of the 2 mineral waters filed under "P"
Perrier (or Poland Spring)
Steve
|
$400
[27]
Country music fans often tune into TNN, which now stands for "The National Network", but used to stand for this
The Nashville Network
Carl
|
$400
[22]
The name of this game played with 144 tiles comes from a Chinese word meaning "sparrows"
Mah jongg
Steve
|
|
$600
[10]
This 1961 Tennessee Williams play takes place at the Costa Verde, a small Mexican hotel on a jungle-covered hilltop
Night of the Iguana
Carl
|
$600
[3]
Muscat
Oman
|
$600
[15]
Court jeweler to Alexander III & Nicholas II, he was famous for his beautifully crafted eggs
Carl Faberge
Steve
|
$600
[18]
Nestle's first non-milk product was an instant form of this in 1938
coffee (Nescafé)
|
$600
[28]
In the 1970s this singer from Butcher Holler teamed with Conway Twitty for 5 No. 1 hits
Loretta Lynn
Carl
|
DD
$400
[24]
"Man herb", an aromatic root used medicinally
ginseng
Liz
|
|
$1,000
[12]
In this Chekhov play, a merchant buys Madame Ranevsky's estate & plans to cut down its trees
The Cherry Orchard
Steve
|
$800
[4]
Dakar
Senegal
Carl
|
$800
[16]
A ballet by this composer features the piece heard here:["The Russian Dance"]
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Carl
|
$800
[19]
In 1985 Nestle's bloomed when it acquired this American maker of evaporated milk from contented cows
Carnation
Liz
Steve
|
$800
[29]
November 28, 1925 marked the debut of this station's "Barn Dance", which later became the "Grand Ole Opry"
WSM ("World's Sweetest Music")
|
$600
[23]
It's the sand-fur dog variety seen here
a shar-pei
Liz
|
|
DD
$1,500
[11]
From 1851 to 1857 he served as writer-manager of the Norwegian Theatre in Bergen
Henrik Ibsen
Carl
|
$1,000
[5]
Central America's Belmopan
Belize
|
$1,000
[17]
This Russian poet & author of the drama "Boris Godunov" died from wounds suffered in a duel in 1837
Alexander Pushkin
Carl
|
$1,000
[20]
Henri Nestle began his company in this country in the 1860s selling a cow's-milk food for babies
Switzerland
Liz
|
— |
$1,000
[25]
Gold-orange fruit seen here
a kumquat
Steve
|
Since 1978 the city of Paris has funded his Ecole Internationale de Mimodrame de Paris
Marcel Marceau