June Murphy — a writer from Champaign, Illinois
Marty Daly — an air traffic controller from Naperville, Illinois
Leslie Quickley — a sous chef from New York City, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $19,802)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie | $2,000 | $3,400 | $6,400 |
$11,201
3-day champion: $31,003 |
$6,600
19 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Marty | $1,300 | $2,700 | $4,700 |
$8,700
2nd place: Zenith 36-Inch Stereo TV & Broyhill Entertainment Armoire |
$4,700
18 R, 2 W |
| June | $1,400 | $2,100 | $5,600 |
$1
3rd place: Pair of Nobel Watches |
$6,100
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE BIBLE | PROVERBS | ACTS | CHRONICLES | NUMBERS | THE BOOK OF RUTHS |
|
$100
[19]
Of 40, 100 or 400, the one closest to the total years the Israelites were in captivity in Egypt
400
Marty
|
$100
[21]
These "make the man"
Clothes
Leslie
|
$100
[3]
72-year-old Daisy Werthan gets a chauffeur after she wrecks her car in Act I of this play
"Driving Miss Daisy"
June
|
$100
[6]
You'll find the deeds of Emperor Jimmu in the "Nihon Shoki", or "Chronicle of" this country
Japan
June
|
$100
[30]
Bo Derek's big screen breakthrough
10
Marty
|
$100
[11]
George & Herman were the real given names of this legendary slugger
Babe Ruth
June
|
|
$200
[20]
At 969, he was the Bible's longest-lived man
Methuselah
Marty
|
$200
[23]
This "makes the heart grow fonder"
Absence
Marty
|
$200
[2]
Che Guevara mocks a funeral procession by singing "O What A Circus" in Act I of this musical
"Evita"
Marty
|
$200
[7]
In the 5th century Priscus visited the court of this thuggish Hun & lived to tell the tale
Attila
Leslie
|
$200
[26]
Garcia Marquez' "Years of Solitude"
100
Leslie
June
|
$200
[12]
AKA "Grandma Freud", this New York therapist is said to dole out sexual advice like hot chicken soup
Dr. Ruth Westheimer
June
|
|
$300
[29]
In the Old Testament, Othniel, Ehud, Shamgar & others collectively, but not Judy
Judges
|
$300
[24]
Shakespeare said that "no legacy is so rich as" this; maybe that's why it's "the best policy"
Honesty
Leslie
|
$300
[1]
The vote is 12 not guilties at the end of Act III in this Reginald Rose work
"12 Angry Men"
Marty
|
$400
[9]
Livy's "Ab Urbe Condita", or "History From the Founding of the City", is about this city
Rome
June
|
$300
[16]
Number of Natalie Merchant's musical "Maniacs"
10,000
Leslie
|
$300
[13]
She's the wacky star of "Chu Chu and the Philly Flash" seen here
Ruth Buzzi
Marty
|
|
$400
[28]
At Passover, this thief was freed in place of Jesus
Barabbas
Marty
|
$400
[22]
It "never boils"
A watched pot
Marty
|
$400
[4]
Abigail & Betty hysterically name other villagers as witches at the end of Act I in this 1953 hit
"The Crucible"
Leslie
|
DD
$500
[8]
Jean Froissart died in his 60s around 1400, so he only got to chronicle about half of this war
Hundred Years' War
Leslie
|
$400
[17]
If you paid the price in this candy bar's name, it would be the most expensive one
$100,000 Bar (now the "100 Grand Bar")
Leslie
|
$400
[14]
Once married to Garson Kanin, this actress played Maude in "Harold and Maude"
Ruth Gordon
Leslie
|
|
$500
[27]
Eve is the first woman mentioned in the Bible; this unnamed woman is second in Genesis 4:17
Cain's wife
|
$500
[25]
A Turkish proverb describes a perfect serving of this as "Black as hell, strong as death & sweet as love"
Coffee
Leslie
|
$500
[5]
In Act I of this period piece, Salieri calls on the audience to be his confessors
"Amadeus"
Marty
|
$500
[10]
The main source on 9th-12th Century England is this hyphenated "chronicle" named for 2 groups
Anglo-Saxon
June
|
$500
[18]
Louis Farrakhan led this Washington "march" on October 16, 1995
Million Man March
June
|
$500
[15]
This woman took her current high post in 1993
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Leslie
|
| THE KOSOVO SITUATION | PUBLIC RADIO | WHICH CAME FIRST? | GHASTLY OPERATIC DEMISES | LITERARY LOCALES | THE "UN"CATEGORY |
|
$200
[24]
Both the parents of this Serb dictator committed suicide
Slobodan Milosevic
Leslie
Marty
|
$200
[2]
He's a bestselling author as well as a familiarvoice"It's been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my hometown..."
Garrison Keillor
Marty
|
$200
[18]
Boris Yeltsin, Boris Becker, Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff
Leslie
|
$200
[1]
Guinevere strangles herself with her own hair in the Chausson opera named for this king
King Arthur
Marty
|
$200
[15]
The fiesta at the heart of Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" takes place in this bull-running city
Pamplona
June
|
$200
[16]
When I take off all my clothes, I'm this, just like a salad without its vinaigrette
Undressed
Marty
|
|
$400
[25]
Throughout 1998 Serb forces battled the KLA, an abbreviation for this
Kosovo Liberation Army
Leslie
|
$400
[3]
Tom & Ray, hosts of this auto show, delivered the 1999 commencement address at their alma mater, M.I.T.
Car Talk
June
|
$400
[22]
Philip the Fair, Alfred the Great, Ivan the Terrible
Alfred the Great
Leslie
June
|
$400
[7]
In "Luisa Miller", Rodolfo kills himself & Luisa by this method--he must have seen "Lucrezia Borgia"
Poisoning
Leslie
|
$400
[14]
In "Moby Dick", the Pequod sails from this "New" Massachusetts seaport
New Bedford
Leslie
|
$400
[17]
Gangster-land, or Hades' domain
Underworld
Marty
|
|
DD
$400
[27]
Serbs hold Kosovo dear because they lost a 1389 battle there to this empire
Ottoman Empire
Leslie
|
$600
[4]
On Public Radio International, you can hear the refined tones of this "World Service"
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
Marty
|
$600
[19]
Marion Morrison, Jim Morrison, Toni Morrison
Marion Morrison (better known as John Wayne)
Leslie
|
$600
[23]
Of a lake, a moat or a sewer, it's where Iris drowns herself in Mascagni's opera "Iris"
Sewer
Marty
|
$600
[13]
Dashiell Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon" plays out darkly in this California city
San Francisco
June
|
DD
$500
[9]
Eve Harrington is probably the most famous one
Understudy
June
|
|
$600
[26]
On March 31, 1999 3 U.S. soldiers were captured while patrolling near this country's border with Serbia
Macedonia
Leslie
Marty
|
$800
[5]
Since 1979 Bob Edwards has hosted this NPR program that many wake up to
Morning Edition
June
|
$800
[20]
Pope Paul VI, Pope Pius XII, Pope John XXIII
Pope Pius XII
June
|
$800
[29]
In "The Stone Guest", this Spanish seducer mocks a statue, which retaliates by dragging him down to hell
Don Juan
Leslie
Marty
|
$800
[12]
It's the fictional county where 14 Faulkner novels are set
Yoknapatawpha County
|
$600
[8]
It's the "U" in UFO
Unidentified
June
|
|
$1,000
[28]
This capital of Kosovo that dates back to medieval times was devastated by air raids & "ethnic cleansing"
Pristina
Marty
|
$1,000
[6]
Low-concept weekly program heard here"I'm Ira Glass. Each week, of course, on our program, we choose a theme..."
This American Life
|
$1,000
[21]
Leonardo's "Mona Lisa","Last Supper","The Adoration of the Magi"
"The Adoration of the Magi"
|
— |
$1,000
[11]
Much of "Othello", including Desdemona's murder, takes place on this large island
Cyprus
Leslie
|
$1,000
[10]
King Ethelred's adjective
"The Unready"
June
|
Of the 7 men pictured on the front of currently printed U.S. currency, the 3 who never lived in the White House
Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton & George Washington