Lynn Honda — a bookseller from Honolulu, Hawaii
Richard Mason — a roboticist from Pasadena, California
Emilie Bruchon — an international relations specialist from Arlington, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emilie | $2,600 | $3,200 | $10,400 |
$400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,400
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Richard | $2,400 | $6,800 | $25,600 |
$29,600
New champion: $29,600 |
$19,600
27 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Lynn | $800 | $2,400 | $5,600 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,600
9 R, 1 W |
| STARS & CONSTELLATIONS | CONTORTIONISM | CANDY & GUM NAMES | "I" | DEAD SEA | PEOPLE |
|
$200
[13]
Appropriately, there's a constellation named for this instrument, which you can use to observe it
a telescope
Richard
|
$200
[21]
This alliterative phrase means to make an exceptional effort to please someone
bend over backwards
Richard
|
$200
[1]
Osculations, smooches & busses
Kisses
Richard
|
$200
[6]
The finger usually used to run down a list of articles in a magazine
index finger
Lynn
|
$200
[26]
Archaeologists began carefully excavating Qumran after the discovery of these in 1947
the Dead Sea Scrolls
Emilie
|
$200
[11]
This "thrilling" pop star told Vibe magazine he wishes there was a Children's Day
Michael Jackson
Richard
|
|
$400
[14]
A cluster of stars called the Hyades formes the face of this constellation, & that's no bull!
Taurus
Emilie
|
$400
[22]
You have to be quite a contortionist to bend under the low bar in this dance from Trinidad
the limbo
Richard
|
$400
[2]
The item seen here
a Life Saver
Emilie
|
$400
[7]
It's a furnace used to burn up waste materials
an incinerator
Emilie
|
$400
[27]
To the south of the sea, you'll find a formation of salt pillars named for this man's wife
Lot
Emilie
|
$400
[12]
He appeared on the February 8, 1961 "I've Got a Secret" with the secret "I've been hit in the face with 14,000 pies"
Soupy Sales
|
|
$600
[15]
This familiar figure forms almost the entire constellation of Ursa Minor, the Lesser Bear
the Little Dipper
Emilie
Richard
|
$600
[23]
This position used by yogis and Buddha is also called the Padmasana
the lotus position
Emilie
|
$600
[3]
A 3-pronged spear
Trident
Richard
|
$600
[8]
Alexander Woollcott said everything he likes to do is these 2 things, or fattening
illegal and immoral
Lynn
|
$600
[28]
It's the controversial area partially on the Dead Sea claimed by Israel & Jordan
the West Bank
Emilie
Richard
|
$600
[18]
In February 2002 Finnish-born Marutei Tsurunen became the first Caucasian in the country's Diet
Japan
Lynn
|
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
Alphabetically, it's the last constellation of the Zodiac
Virgo
Emilie
|
$800
[24]
It's a position of the legs, not bananas, stretched out at right angles to the trunk
a split
Richard
|
$800
[4]
In Baseball, they're home to pitchers
Mounds
Richard
|
$800
[9]
(Cheryl gives the clue.) In terms of simple machines, a ramp is this kind of plane
an incline
Emilie
|
$800
[29]
In addition to salt, the sea is a source of gypsum, bromine & potash, a compound of this element, K
potassium
Richard
|
$800
[19]
Spending most of his time alone, Richard Withers, by permit of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, is one of these
a hermit
Richard
|
|
$1,000
[17]
Sharing its name with an old Chevy model, this brightest star of Lyra will one day become the North Star
Vega
Lynn
|
$1,000
[25]
The Ultimate Back Store says a stretcher doing a shoulder squeeze may try to touch these joint behind his back
elbows
Richard
Lynn
|
$1,000
[5]
A shoulder-held rocket launcher
Bazooka
Emilie
|
$1,000
[10]
Eugene O'Neill wrote about a "Strange" one
an interlude
Richard
|
$1,000
[30]
Tourists who want a good view of the sea should check out the view from this famous mountain fortress
Masada
Richard
|
$1,000
[20]
(All right, let's get the clue from Vanna.) I'm wearing a gown by this single-named designer who was often seen at Studio 54 with his friend Liza Minnelli
Halston
Lynn
|
| BRITISH POETS & POETRY | DURING THE REAGAN YEARS | SONGS OF THE '70s | WHAT'S "NEW"? | I NEED HELP! | BUCK UP |
|
$400
[1]
His "Idylls of the King" ended with an allegorical epilogue to Queen Victoria to "accept this old imperfect tale"
Tennyson
Richard
|
$400
[25]
In March 1985 he became General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party & thus head of the nation
Gorbachev
Richard
|
$400
[26]
This Debby Boone tune was the No. 1 song of the '70s
"You Light Up My Life"
Lynn
|
$400
[6]
Here's a revelation: it consists of 27 books including Revelation
the New Testament
Richard
|
$400
[8]
Originally meaning "to spread out", this word can refer to a red light shot off as a cry for help
flare
Richard
|
$400
[16]
Features that earned Bucky the Beaver his name
teeth
Richard
|
|
$1,200
[3]
This Byron masterpiece about a legendary lover was written in the Italian verse form called Ottava Rima
Don Juan
Richard
|
$800
[24]
In 1986 Reagan compared helping this Central American group to the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
the Contras
Richard
|
$800
[27]
This instructional 1976 song was Paul Simon's first No. 1 hit as a solo artist
"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"
Lynn
|
$800
[7]
In February 2002 this NFL team's Foxboro stadium was demolished
the New England Patriots
Emilie
|
$800
[12]
According to the Coast Guard, a gun or explosive fired at these intervals is a signal for summoning help
at one-minute intervals, approximately
|
$800
[17]
(Sarah gives the clue.) At its peak the Pasadena, Texas club opened by this country star had 3 mechanical bulls bucking away
Mickey Gilley
Lynn
|
|
$1,600
[4]
In "An Essay on Man", he wrote "Hope springs eternal in the human breast"
Pope
Richard
|
$1,200
[23]
These heavy metal heroes with hits like "Enter Sandman" were formed in Los Angeles in 1981
Metallica
Emilie
|
$1,200
[28]
Although she'd make a "good wife", this title waitress & fine girl pines for a sailor away at sea
Brandy
Lynn
|
$1,200
[9]
In 1989 they proved they had the right stuff with the song heard here
New Kids on the Block
Emilie
|
$1,600
[14]
These are the 3 lifelines on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire"
phone a friend, ask the audience, or 50/50
Richard
|
$1,200
[18]
He played the title role in 1940's "Buck Benny Rides Again"
Jack Benny
|
|
$2,000
[5]
This "Age of Anxiety" poet was a stretcher-bearer in the Spanish Civil War
Auden
Richard
|
$1,600
[22]
In 1984 at age 37 Laurent Fabius became the youngest prime minister in this country's last 100 years
France
Richard
|
$1,600
[29]
In 1975 the Captain & Tennille charted with this song in English & in Spanish ("Por Amor Viviremos")
"Love Will Keep Us Together"
Emilie
|
$1,600
[10]
It's theme in 1939 was "The World of Tomorrow"
the New York World's Fair
Richard
|
$2,000
[15]
In the '70s Smokey and the Bandit might have used this to send a 10-34, trouble at station--need help!
a CB
Emilie
|
$1,600
[19]
John Sedges was a male pseudonym used by this "Dragon Seed" author
Pearl S. Buck
Emilie
Richard
|
|
DD
$3,000
[2]
The closing lines of his "Tintern Abbey" poem were written to his sister Dorothy, an accomplished writer herself
Wordsworth
Richard
|
$2,000
[21]
This famous IRA activist starved to death on the 66th day of his 1981 hunger strike
Bobby Sands
|
$2,000
[30]
This 1976 song says, "We could make a lot of lovin' before the sun goes down"
"Afternoon Delight"
|
$2,000
[11]
Go to the head of the class if you know that this city is home to the main campus of Rutgers
New Brunswick, New Jersey
|
DD
$5,000
[13]
To get help in Morse code, you have to key this total number of dots & dashes to spell out SOS
9
Richard
|
$2,000
[20]
This phrase meaning to shift responsibility is what Harry Truman refused to do
pass the buck
Emilie
|
1 of only 3 movies to be nominated for both Best Picture & Best Foreign Language Film in the same year
(1 of) Life is Beautiful , Z , or Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon