Chris Marker — an airline pilot from New Fairfield, Connecticut
Paula Hyden — a bookseller originally from San Angelo, Texas
Bonnie Gluhanich — a homemaker from Muskegon, Michigan (whose 2-day cash winnings total $17,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnie | $700 | $1,000 | $5,400 |
$6,400
2nd place: a trip to Portugal |
$5,400
14 R, 1 W |
| Paula | $300 | $300 | $2,100 |
$4,200
3rd place: Sony Power Cinema package |
$2,100
7 R, 1 W |
| Chris | $1,000 | $4,700 | $7,700 |
$10,901
New champion: $10,901 |
$11,500
32 R, 6 W (including 3 DDs) |
| 20th CENTURY AMERICA | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | 1981 MOVIES | TRAVEL & TOURISM | SLEEP | "SH" |
|
$100
[26]
Date on which the U.S. celebrated its bicentennial
July 4, 1976
Chris
|
$100
[1]
Projects of the giant Bechtel group include the BART system & the Bay Bridge in this city where it's based
San Francisco
Bonnie
|
$100
[24]
In an early sequence of this film, Harrison Ford is chased by an enormous rolling boulder
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Chris
|
$100
[6]
The James Joyce Cultural Centre in this Irish capital includes a library & a reading room
Dublin
Bonnie
|
$100
[12]
Normally this activity is harmless, but make sure the person doesn't fall down the stairs
sleepwalking
Bonnie
|
$100
[16]
On Wall Street, it's one unit of stock
a share
Chris
|
|
$200
[27]
Hearings to determine whether this president should be impeached began May 9, 1974
Richard Nixon
Chris
|
$200
[2]
As an alternative to Starbucks, Lipton opened an establishment of this type in Southern California in 1996
a tea salon
Chris
|
$200
[3]
This film, Henry Fonda's last, was based on a play that initially had only 126 performances on Broadway
On Golden Pond
Chris
|
$200
[7]
Palisades Interstate Park lies in both New York & this state
New Jersey
Chris
|
$200
[15]
Observation & brain-wave studies suggest cats have these, perhaps about imaginary enemies
dreams
Bonnie
|
$200
[17]
It's another term for stenography
shorthand
Chris
|
|
$300
[28]
This hillbilly comic strip by Al Capp made its debut in newspapers in August 1934
Li'l Abner
Bonnie
|
$300
[11]
In 1997 she bought her own lifestyles magazine & TV show from Time, Inc.
Martha Stewart
Paula
|
$300
[4]
Vangelis won an Oscar for best score for this film about sprinters Eric Liddell & Harold Abrahams
Chariots of Fire
Chris
|
$300
[8]
You can visit this outlaw's boyhood home in Kearney, Mo. & the home where he was killed in St. Joseph
Jesse James
Chris
|
$300
[21]
In 1989 N.Y. State shortened the sleep-depriving shifts of these doctors in training
Interns/residents
Bonnie
|
$300
[18]
Resembling a large scarf, this garment, when folded in a triangle, may be worn in place of a sweater
a shawl
Chris
|
|
$400
[29]
This service academy moved to its permanent site near Colorado Springs in 1958
U.S. Air Force Academy
Chris
|
$400
[13]
Known as D&B, this corporation markets Moody's bond ratings & Nielsen's TV ratings
Dun & Bradstreet
Bonnie
|
$400
[5]
This film developed a cult following with theater patrons carrying wire hangers to the screenings
Mommie Dearest
Chris
|
$500
[10]
In this city you can purchase a ticket allowing visits to 7 museums, including the Palazzo Vecchio
Florence
Chris
|
$400
[22]
Sleep apnea, in which this stops briefly during the night, can cause daytime sleepiness
Breathing
Chris
|
$400
[19]
Slate is commonly formed by the metamorphism of this rock
shale
Chris
|
|
$500
[30]
In March 1951 Morton Sobell was found guilty of espionage, along with this couple
Julius & Ethel Rosenberg
Chris
|
$500
[14]
Under this name from 1899 to 1970, what's now Chiquita Brands dominated the Central American banana trade
United Fruit Company
Chris
|
$500
[25]
In this Warren Beatty film about John Reed, Alexander Kerensky was played by one of his descendants
Reds
Chris
|
DD
$800
[9]
Frommer's walking tour of this capital suggests visits to Ibsen's apartment & Munch's tomb
Oslo, Norway
Chris
|
$500
[23]
From Latin for "about a day", it's the term for one's rhythm of sleeping & waking
circadian rhythms
Bonnie
|
$500
[20]
Tecumseh was chief of this Indian tribe
Shawnee
Chris
|
| FORMER CAPITALS | POTENT POTABLES | FAMOUS NAMES | COUNTRY SINGERS | CRITTERS | FIRST NOVELS |
|
$200
[21]
This largest Michigan city was state capital for 10 years, before it was replaced by Lansing
Detroit
Paula
|
$200
[15]
In Cuba there are 2 main types of this spirit: carta blanca (white label) or carta oro (gold label)
rum
Bonnie
|
$200
[6]
A knife cut to his cheek gave this Chicago gangster the nickname "Scarface"
Al Capone
Chris
|
$200
[22]
This daughter of Johnny Cash had a desk job at Columbia Records before she became one of the label's stars
Rosanne Cash
Chris
|
$200
[16]
The larvae & wingless females of these beetle species are called glowworms
fireflies
Paula
|
$200
[1]
"Marooned!" would have been an appropriate title for this first novel by Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
Chris
|
|
$400
[25]
Washington-on-the-Brazos, where this state declared its independence from Mexico, was capital 1842-45
Texas
Chris
|
$400
[14]
They're the 2 main ingredients in the original martini
gin & vermouth
Bonnie
|
$400
[7]
This "Cosmos" host, who also played a role in Mariner & Viking space expeditions, passed away in 1996
Carl Sagan
Chris
|
$400
[23]
In 1979 this little sister of Loretta Lynn became the first country singer to tour China
Crystal Gayle
Paula
|
$400
[17]
The females of this largest living bird take turns sitting on eggs all day & the males take over at night
an ostrich
Paula
|
$400
[2]
This "Ragtime" author's first novel, 1960's "Welcome to Hard Times", was a western
E.L. Doctorow
Chris
|
|
$600
[26]
In 1786 South Carolina voted to move its capital from this seaport city to Columbia
Charleston
Chris
|
$600
[13]
A popular cocktail made with tequila, orange juice & grenadine, or a hit song by the Eagles
tequila sunrise
Chris
|
$600
[8]
His "Castle" at San Simeon included a zoo, an airstrip & a private theater
William Randolph Hearst
Paula
|
$600
[24]
This famous "Junior" called one of his early backup bands The Cheatin' Hearts
Hank Williams, Jr.
Bonnie
Chris
|
$600
[18]
These American salamanders got their name from the mistaken belief that they can bark like dogs
mudpuppies
|
$600
[3]
His first novel, "Almayer's Folly", is autobiographical, like "Lord Jim"
Joseph Conrad
Bonnie
|
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
This Arizona city was the territorial capital from 1867 to 1877
Tucson
Chris
|
$800
[11]
Unlike most American whiskies, Scotch whisky is made from this grain
barley
Chris
|
$800
[9]
She reviewed books & worked as a play reader before writing her own plays like "The Children's Hour"
Lillian Hellman
Chris
|
$800
[29]
Bobbie Gentry wrote & recorded "Fancy" in 1970; decades later, this redhead made it a hit again
Reba McEntire
Chris
|
$800
[19]
In Central America the basilisk is sometimes called the Jesus Christ lizard because it can do this
walk on water
Bonnie
|
$800
[4]
His first novel was "The Man Within"; "The Third Man" came later
Graham Greene
Bonnie
Chris
|
|
$1,000
[28]
This city, host of the 1982 World's Fair, was Tennessee's capital from 1796 to 1812 & from 1817 to 1819
Knoxville
Chris
|
$1,000
[12]
It makes a Blue Hawaii blue
curaçao
Chris
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
He designed magazine covers, theatrical costumes & lithographs, like the one seen here:
Erte
Chris
|
$1,000
[30]
Dwight Yoakam played a despicable dirtbag named Doyle in this Billy Bob Thornton film
Sling Blade
Bonnie
Paula
|
$1,000
[20]
Tamarins belong to this family of small New World monkeys
marmosets
|
$1,000
[5]
His first novel, 1984's "Neuromancer", made him a leader of the cyberpunk movement
William Gibson
Paula
|
The movie "Diner" & TV's "Homicide" are set in this hometown of director-producer Barry Levinson
Baltimore