Mike Sharkey — a management consultant originally from Albany, New York
Brenda Shafer — a writer from Glendale, California
Janet Leach — a production control specialist from Greenland, New Hampshire (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet | $1,800 | $2,200 | $4,000 |
$4,000
3-day champion: $29,800 |
$3,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Brenda | $700 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
$0
3rd place: Yamaha Clavinova Digital Piano |
$2,500
11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mike | $-200 | $1,600 | $600 |
$500
2nd place: Trip to England courtesy of Ghost Expeditions |
$600
11 R, 6 W |
| HALLOWEEN | MONSTER MASH | "HO"CUS "PO"CUS | I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER | THE GHOST | MR. CHICKEN |
|
$100
[1]
This prime minister was assassinated by one of her own security guards October 31, 1984
Indira Gandhi
Mike
|
$100
[21]
When this doctor's monster first appeared on screen in 1931, some moviegoers ran screaming from the theater
Dr. Frankenstein
Mike
|
$100
[4]
Also called an ace, it's what every golfer dreams of getting
Hole-in-one
Brenda
|
$100
[16]
A U.S. court ruled in August 1998 that sampling would not be allowed during the one of these conducted in 2000
Census
Brenda
|
$100
[19]
This ex-partner appears in chains to warn Scrooge to shape up
Jacob Marley
Brenda
|
$100
[11]
In a December 1997 speech in Miami, President Clinton quoted this Chicken Little line
"The sky is falling!"
Janet
|
|
$200
[2]
On October 31, 1938 he expressed "deep regret" for shocking the nation with his radio broadcast the night before
Orson Welles ("War of the Worlds")
Janet
|
$200
[22]
On June 17, 1998 at 5:00 A.M. it was sighted by 4 men in Scotland who reported a "large object with long tail"
Loch Ness Monster
Mike
|
$200
[5]
George Washington's Mount Vernon home lies on the banks of this river
Potomac
Mike
|
$200
[17]
The "list" of this director's awards includes Germany's National Medal of Merit given in 1998
Steven Spielberg
|
$200
[20]
Halloween brings tourists to the possibly haunted Baltimore house of this macabre writer
Edgar Allan Poe
Mike
|
$200
[12]
It's the moral of the fable about the maid & the milk pail
Don't count your chickens before they hatch
|
|
$300
[3]
George Dufek became the first American to land here on October 31, 1956
the South Pole
Brenda
|
$300
[23]
Name shared by a green-skinned Marvel Comics monster & a wrestler also nicknamed "Hollywood"
Hulk
Mike
|
$300
[6]
The title of their 1983 "Synchronicity" album was inspired by the theories of Carl Jung
The Police
Janet
|
$300
[18]
In 1998 this Mideast group got its status at the U.N. upgraded
PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization)
Brenda
|
$300
[26]
A ghost appeared to Brutus before the Battle of Philippi; according to Shakespeare, it was this man's
Julius Caesar
Brenda
|
$300
[13]
In a 1928 campaign slogan prosperity was defined as having a chicken here
In every pot
Janet
|
|
$400
[9]
After what he did October 31, 1517 the Wittenberg Palace Church may have had to put up a "Post No Theses" sign
Martin Luther
Brenda
|
$400
[24]
(Hi, I'm Jeff Probst, host of Rock & Roll Jeopardy!) He had a howling good time as the announcer on the late-night rock music show "The Midnight Special"
Wolfman Jack
Janet
|
$400
[7]
It's the proper term for a foot doctor
Podiatrist
Janet
|
DD
$500
[29]
Ralph Lauren donated $13 million to the Smithsonian, with most of it going to restore this piece of cloth
The Star-Spangled Banner
Brenda
|
$400
[27]
Meryl Streep & Winona Ryder appeared in the movie version of this ghostly Isabel Allende novel
"The House of the Spirits"
|
$400
[14]
John Wayne played him twice, in 1969 & 1975
Rooster Cogburn
Brenda
|
|
$500
[10]
Poet born October 31, 1795; his parents may have found him "a joy forever"
John Keats
|
$500
[25]
This creature that terrorized Tokyo began life as a giant caterpillar
Mothra
Mike
|
$500
[8]
He helped found the French Communist Party, as well as the Vietnamese one
Ho Chi Minh
Mike
|
$500
[30]
In 1998 this country not only hosted the World Cup of men's soccer, it won it
France
Mike
|
$500
[28]
This Methodist leader, a believer in the Holy Spirit, had a spirit in his home, Epworth Rectory
John Wesley
|
$500
[15]
4-word phrase for an overbearing & strutting man
Cock of the walk
Janet
Brenda
|
| FIRST THINGS FIRST | PROFILES IN CARVAGE | CAPITAL CITY OF BIRTH | ACTING THE PART | PALINDROMES | THE "LAST" BOOKS ON EARTH |
|
$200
[14]
The first word of the first book of the King James Version of the Bible
In (the beginning)
Mike
|
$200
[9]
Head of the former head of the country, seen here:
Ronald Reagan
Janet
|
$200
[21]
Henry Pu-Yi
Peking
Mike
|
$200
[2]
This "Star Wars" actor's also been a futuristic bounty hunter in "Slipstream" & a fighting machine in "The Guyver"
Mark Hamill
Janet
|
$200
[4]
Classic 3-word palindrome that could have been the world's first introduction
"Madam, I'm Adam"
Janet
|
$200
[1]
This unfinished F. Scott Fitzgerald work about an exec was an indictment of Hollywood's film industry
"The Last Tycoon"
|
|
$400
[18]
The first man to run 1.609 kilometers in under 4 minutes
Roger Bannister
|
$400
[10]
He's the first-born of a "2nd":
Prince Charles
Janet
|
— |
$400
[3]
As the evil Sgt. Barnes in "Platoon", this actor mirrored the dark side of Charlie Sheen's soul
Tom Berenger
Mike
|
$400
[5]
Completes a palindrome appropriate for Napoleon: "Able was I..."
"Ere I saw Elba"
Janet
Mike
|
$600
[22]
Larry McMurtry introduced characters in this work who turn up again in "Duane's Depressed" & "Texasville"
The Last Picture Show
Mike
|
|
$600
[19]
Henry VIII's first wife
Catherine of Aragon
Janet
Brenda
|
$600
[11]
She's got a lot of "Living" to do:
Martha Stewart
|
— |
$600
[15]
1927's "Putting Pants on Philip" was a silent success for this first great comedy team of talking films
Laurel & Hardy
Brenda
Mike
|
$600
[6]
An engineering feat in Central America inspired "A man, a plan," these 3 words
a canal, Panama
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
Martin Scorsese brought this controversial Kazantzakis work to the big screen in 1988
"The Last Temptation of Christ"
Janet
|
|
$800
[20]
It's the first country in the world alphabetically
Afghanistan
Janet
Brenda
Mike
|
$800
[12]
If you want to "Bob" for pumpkins, usehis:
Bob Dylan
|
— |
$800
[16]
Mary Tyler Moore & Donald Sutherland were mom & dad in this 1980 drama about a troubled suburban family
Ordinary People
Brenda
|
$800
[7]
We have no idea what it means, but "Tarzan raised" this entertainer's "rat"
Desi Arnaz' rat
|
— |
| — |
$1,000
[13]
They're the "Starr" witnesses seen here:
Linda Tripp & Monica Lewinsky
Brenda
|
— |
$1,000
[17]
As The Denver Kid in a 1978 western spoof, Don Knotts was armed with "Hot Lead" & these title appendages
Cold Feet
Mike
|
$1,000
[8]
The whimsical coinage "aibohphobia" means this
fear of palindromes
|
— |
This title horror character was created by its author at 6 Royal Crescent in the resort of Whitby in Yorkshire
Dracula (created by Bram Stoker)