Bonnie Gluhanich — a homemaker from Muskegon, Michigan
Debbie Lander — a middle school science teacher originally from Atlanta, Georgia
Larry Blair — a software engineer from Palo Alto, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry | $1,000 | $3,500 | $2,100 |
$3,101
3rd place: Pair of Eilesse Sports Watches |
$3,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Debbie | $1,000 | $1,900 | $3,100 |
$4,300
2nd place: Trip to Kauai Coconut Beach Hotel, Hawaii |
$3,100
12 R, 3 W |
| Bonnie | $1,600 | $2,300 | $9,300 |
$8,600
New champion: $8,600 |
$9,100
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| AMERICAN HODGEPODGE | THE KING'S MUSIC | ANTARCTIC EXPLORERS | ARROWS | ADVENTURE HEROES | CROSSWORD CLUES "B" |
|
$100
[1]
The White House's Diplomatic Reception Room was the site of his famous "Fireside Chats"
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bonnie
|
$100
[3]
"Well since my baby left me, I've found a new place to dwell..."
"Heartbreak Hotel"
Debbie
Bonnie
|
$100
[18]
His 1930 book "Little America" is an account of his flight to the South Pole
Richard Byrd
Larry
|
$100
[10]
On the Great Seal of the U.S., the eagle holds this many arrows in its left talon
13
Larry
|
$100
[17]
In March 1997 he got a new costume: hot white & blue, no cape & an S like a lightning bolt
Superman
Larry
|
$100
[2]
Hubbard's cupboard condition(4)
bare
Debbie
|
|
$200
[11]
Amos Alonzo Stagg was no dummy; he invented the football tackling dummy at this New Haven university
Yale
Larry
|
$200
[5]
"You know I can be found, sitting home all alone..."
"Don't Be Cruel"
Bonnie
|
$200
[19]
On Dec. 17, 1911 he left the South Pole, leaving behind a tent & the Norwegian flag
Roald Amundsen
Larry
|
$200
[27]
As a "Wild & Crazy Guy", he used props such as bunny ears & an arrow through the head
Steve Martin
Larry
|
$200
[22]
Simon Templar's initials give you an abbreviation for this, his nickname
The Saint
Larry
|
$200
[4]
Bell tower for bats(6)
belfry
Debbie
|
|
$300
[12]
This memorial that proves that 4 heads are better than one is also called the Shrine of Democracy
Mount Rushmore
Larry
|
$300
[7]
"Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone, Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone..."
"Jailhouse Rock"
Bonnie
|
$300
[20]
An Antarctic sea & ice shelf are named for this man who discovered the North Magnetic Pole
James Ross
Larry
|
$300
[28]
This 1992 event began in July with a flaming arrow igniting its symbolic flame
Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Bonnie
|
$300
[24]
This Dumas hero who left home at age 16 to be a Musketeer was based on a real person
d'Artagnan
|
$300
[6]
He'll "meat" you anywhere(7)
butcher
Debbie
|
|
$400
[13]
It's the reason Kansas has 34 stars on its state seal
the number of states at the time it came into the Union
Larry
|
$400
[15]
"A-well-a bless my soul what's wrong with me..."
"All Shook Up"
Bonnie
|
$400
[21]
In the 1950s this New Zealand mountaineer blazed a trail for Sir Vivian Fuchs, the first to cross Antarctica
Sir Edmund Hillary
Debbie
|
— |
$400
[25]
Trapped by a cave-in after World War I, gases preserved him & he awoke in the 25th century
Buck Rogers
Larry
|
$400
[8]
Girl or quail group(4)
bevy
Bonnie
|
|
$500
[14]
The eastern part of this "Palmetto State" is the Low Country, & the western part is the Up Country
South Carolina
Debbie
|
$500
[16]
"I gave a letter to the postman, he put it in his sack..."
"Return To Sender"
Debbie
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
The last entry in this Briton's diary, dated March 29, 1912, ended, "For God's sake look after our people"
Robert Scott
Larry
|
— |
$500
[26]
First names of detective Fenton Hardy's adventurous sons
Frank & Joe
|
$500
[9]
To surprise attack with shrubbery(9)
bushwhack
Bonnie
|
| BRITISH HODGEPODGE | 19th CENTURY BIGWIGS | THE 1997 TONY AWARDS | GEOGRAPHY | POETS | NAME ANAGRAMS |
|
$200
[22]
Formed in 1918, it's the newest of the 3 British armed services
RAF (Royal Air Force)
Larry
|
$200
[16]
He not only developed the first practical telegraph, he also devised the "code" to go with it
Samuel Morse
Debbie
|
$200
[1]
This ex-"Grease"r hosted the 1997 Tonys 3 weeks after winning her first Emmy, for her talk show
Rosie O'Donnell
Bonnie
|
$200
[17]
The tiny nation of Andorra is located in the Pyrenees Mountains between France & this country
Spain
Debbie
|
$200
[6]
He began a correspondence with Elizabeth Barrett in 1845 & a year later they were married
Robert Browning
Bonnie
|
$200
[11]
For luck Kate will only knock on this wood
Teak
Bonnie
|
|
$1,000
[23]
In celebration of George III's birthday in 1805, the horse guards performed this ceremony for the first time
Trooping the Colour
|
$600
[26]
He came from Scotland to the U.S. in 1842 & in 1850 became the first detective on the Chicago police force
Allan Pinkerton
Larry
|
$400
[2]
1997's best play, "The Last Night of Ballyhoo", opens in Atlanta on the eve of this 1939 film's premiere
Gone With the Wind
Debbie
|
$400
[18]
Lake Disappointment is a dry salt lake on the edge of this country's Gibson Desert
Australia
Debbie
|
$400
[7]
He must have had a "Howl"ing good time performing on one of the Clash's albums
Allen Ginsberg
Bonnie
|
$400
[12]
Stewart pulls one out when a fly goes by
Swatter
Debbie
|
|
DD
$2,000
[27]
The first Jewish member of the British Parliament was a member of this banking family
the Rothschilds
Larry
|
$800
[25]
He revolutionized breakfast with his creation of a coffee substitute & Grape Nuts cereal
Charles William Post
Bonnie
|
$600
[3]
Christopher Plummer won for his magnificent portrayal of this actor known as the "Great Profile"
John Barrymore
Bonnie
|
$600
[19]
The name of this area of the Pacific is from the Greek for "many islands"
Polynesia
Larry
Debbie
|
$600
[8]
He completed a sonnet "On His Blindness" circa 1655 & one "On His Deceased Wife" in 1658
John Milton
Debbie
Bonnie
|
$600
[13]
Carole consults one of these each time she visits Greece
Oracle
Bonnie
|
| — |
$1,000
[24]
This woman from Nantucket is often cited as America's first female astronomer
Maria Mitchell
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
Proving it was no disaster, this show won 1997's Best Musical Tony; it features the song heard here:["I Must Be On That Ship"]
Titanic
Bonnie
|
$800
[20]
Sharing its name with a seaport in Yemen, this gulf provides a link between the Red Sea & the Arabian Sea
Gulf of Aden
Debbie
|
$800
[9]
A bit of an eccentric, this poet & sister of astronomer Percival was often seen smoking cigars
Amy Lowell
Larry
Bonnie
|
$800
[14]
For a question to this answer, Gustave doesn't even have this kind of idea
Vaguest
Bonnie
|
| — | — |
$1,000
[5]
11 nominations but no wins for "Steel Pier", which dramatized a 1930s dance marathon in this city
Atlantic City
Bonnie
|
$1,000
[21]
The city of Nizhny Novgorod in Russia was formerly known by this name, after a famous Communist writer
Gorky
|
$1,000
[10]
"Double Persephone" was the first book of poetry by this Canadian author of "The Handmaid's Tale"
Margaret Atwood
Bonnie
|
$1,000
[15]
Rosaline adjusts these before landing her Cessna
Ailerons
|
In 1980 he hosted a 10-part PBS series & co-authored the companion book, both titled "Free to Choose"
Milton Friedman