Ed Schiffer game 1.The Merv Griffin Enterprises logo appears on the game board after the credits.
Phil Bentley — a rabbi originally from Chicago, Illinois
Ed Schiffer — a college lecturer originally from New York City, New York
Camille Calman — a researcher and writer from New York City, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $30,701)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camille | $1,400 | $3,100 | $3,900 |
$7,800
3rd place: Towle silversmiths beaded antique stainless flatware, service for 8, & 6 serving pieces + Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune games for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Genesis system |
$3,900
13 R, 2 W |
| Ed | $1,300 | $2,700 | $7,500 |
$13,201
New champion: $13,201 |
$7,500
22 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Phil | $1,200 | $2,200 | $6,600 |
$7,801
2nd place: Bassett's Legend dining room set + Shonbek chandelier |
$8,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| GENERAL SCIENCE | NURSERY RHYMES | GEMS & JEWELRY | THE 1850s | POTENT POTABLES | ABBREVIATIONS |
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$100
[8]
A hydrate contains this compound weakly bound in its crystals
water
Camille
Ed
Phil
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$100
[1]
It's the question asked of “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”
Have you any wool?
Ed
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$100
[16]
Types of these pieces of jewelry include school, signet & wedding
a ring
Phil
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$100
[2]
In 1853 this jeans maker introduced his first product, waist-high overalls
Levi Strauss
Camille
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$100
[6]
This flavor of schnapps puts the "fuzz" in a fuzzy navel
peach
Phil
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$100
[24]
AP is the Associated Press; Apr. is short for this month
April
Camille
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$200
[17]
Of the 3 main classes of rock, this one is further divided into plutonic & volcanic types
igneous
Camille
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$200
[3]
He said to the pieman, “Let me taste your ware”
Simple Simon
Camille
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$200
[18]
The vivid green color of this May birthstone was once thought to be good for the eyesight
emerald
Ed
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$200
[9]
In 1857 this song, also called "The One Horse Open Sleigh", rang out for the first time
"Jingle Bells"
Ed
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$200
[7]
Cocktails with "Jamaica" in their names usually contain this liquor
rum
Ed
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$200
[25]
It's the 1-letter abbreviation for a part of speech or a compass direction
N.
Camille
|
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$300
[19]
The IRAS telescope, which discovered 5 comets, made its observations in this spectrum of light
infrared
Camille
Ed
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$300
[4]
“Hickety, pickety, my black hen,” she does this “for gentlemen”
lays eggs
Camille
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$300
[20]
With its deep red color, the spinel is often mistaken for this precious stone
ruby
Ed
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$300
[10]
About 1855 he popularized the use of the laboratory burner now named for him
(Robert) Bunsen
Phil
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$300
[13]
Tom & John are the most famous members of this tall, cool cocktail "family"
Collins
Phil
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$300
[26]
The abbreviation for the Securities & Exchange Commission is also short for this time period
second
Ed
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$400
[28]
This branch of medicine is concerned with the care & diseases of the elderly
geriatrics
Ed
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$400
[5]
“See-saw”, this girl “sold her bed and lay on the straw”
Marjorie Daw
Phil
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$400
[21]
Simulated ones of these may be glass beads covered with a paste of fish scales
pearls
Camille
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$400
[11]
The completion of the first railway suspension bridge enabled trains to pass over the gorge at these falls
Niagara Falls
Ed
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$400
[14]
To make a negroni, combine campari with these 2 martini ingredients
gin & vermouth
Camille
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$400
[27]
Travelers should know that the E in ETA also can be abbreviated this way
est.
Phil
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$500
[29]
Electrum is an alloy of these 2 precious metals
gold & silver
Camille
Phil
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$500
[15]
The 2 items little Tom Tucker eats for his supper
bread & butter
Camille
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$500
[22]
The old masters created the pigment ultramarine by crushing this 2-word blue gemstone
lapis lazuli
Ed
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DD
$500
[12]
Zachary Taylor's VP, he was the second to succeed to the White House on the death of a president
Millard Fillmore
Ed
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$500
[23]
Like anisette, pernod is often described as tasting like this candy
licorice
Camille
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$500
[30]
PAC men & women in Washington, D.C. belong to one of these
a political action committee
Camille
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| THE BIBLE | THE 50 STATES | TELEVISION | MUSIC | RULERS | DUTCH BUSINESS & INDUSTRY |
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$200
[1]
In Genesis 3:7 they sew themselves aprons of fig leaves
Adam & Eve
Ed
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$200
[2]
One of this state's most popular events is the annual state fair in Lincoln
Nebraska
Ed
Phil
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$200
[11]
It's said about 90% of the viewers of the 1947 World Series watched the games at these establishments
bars
Ed
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$200
[18]
Bop & bebop, which emerged in the 1940s, are styles of this type of music that debuted decades earlier
jazz
Phil
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$200
[17]
This 17th century French monarch boasted, "I am the State"
Louis XIV
Phil
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$200
[13]
According to Business Rankings Annual, the Netherlands is the top exporter of cut ones of these to Japan
flowers
Ed
Phil
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$400
[3]
This ark builder was the grandson of Methuselah
Noah
Phil
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$400
[5]
For a brief time, Zanesville served as the capital of this state
Ohio
Ed
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$400
[12]
On "My Three Sons", Bub O'Casey was related to Mike, Robbie & Chip in this way
grandfather
Ed
Phil
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$400
[19]
The French name of this 1897 orchestral scherzo is "L'apprenti sorcier"
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Phil
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$400
[22]
Born Tafari Makonnen in 1892, he took a name which means "power of the Trinity"
Haile Selassie
Phil
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$400
[24]
Unilever's history includes Sunlight, the first of this product to be sold in single wrapped bars
soap
Ed
|
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$600
[4]
In Jesus' parable, this is killed for a feast when the prodigal son returns
the fatted calf
Ed
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$600
[6]
This "Land of Enchantment" is the only state with English & Spanish as its official languages
New Mexico
Ed
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$600
[14]
According to the intro, there were "8 million stories" in this TV series
The Naked City
Ed
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$600
[20]
Paganini owned one of the most famous of these instruments made by the Guarneri family
a violin
Phil
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$600
[28]
The first 5 monarchs of the Hawaiian Islands shared this name
Kamehameha
Ed
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$600
[25]
In 1968 this Dutch brewer merged with Amstel
Heineken
Phil
|
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$800
[9]
The sun is made to rise on the evil & the good & this is sent "on the just and on the unjust"
rain
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$800
[7]
Homestake & other Black Hills mines have made it a leading gold-producing state
South Dakota
Ed
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$800
[15]
Profession shared by Jerry Helper on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" & Jerry Robinson on "The Bob Newhart Show"
dentist
Camille
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$800
[21]
Meyerbeer wrote his opera "Ein Feldlager in Schlesien" for this "Swedish Nightingale"
Jenny Lind
Ed
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$800
[29]
The papal states were founded on land captured from the Lombards by this son of Charles Martel
Pepin the Short
Phil
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$800
[26]
Founded October 7, 1919, it's considered the world's oldest airline
KLM
Phil
|
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$1,000
[10]
This book bewailing the destruction of Jerusalem is traditionally attributed to Jeremiah
the Lamentations
Ed
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$1,000
[8]
This "Ocean State"s territory includes about 35 small offshore islands
Rhode Island
Phil
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$1,000
[16]
The younger brother of Dana Andrews, he starred as Lt. Hondo Harrelson on "S.W.A.T."
Steve Forrest
Ed
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DD
$1,200
[23]
You'll find a quodlibet, a blend of popular tunes, in his "Goldberg Variations"
Johann Sebastian Bach
Phil
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$1,000
[30]
Taufa'ahau Tupou IV has been king of this South Pacific island country since 1965
Tonga
Phil
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DD
$2,000
[27]
This company invented the rotary shaver head & the CD player
Phillips
Phil
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Chile's Juan Fernandez islands include a pair named for Alexander Selkirk & this fictional character
Robinson Crusoe