Lee Diveley — a geographic information systems analyst from Columbia, South Carolina
Betsy Mills — a homemaker from Monticello, Illinois
Robin McCreery — a claims representative from Coos Bay, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robin | $2,600 | $3,700 | $6,500 |
$500
2nd place: Trip to Ireland, with airline service provided by Aer Lingus |
$6,500
20 R, 2 W |
| Betsy | $400 | $1,400 | $7,600 |
$2,199
New champion: $2,199 |
$8,200
24 R (including 2 DDs), 8 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lee | $-800 | $-200 | $200 |
$1
3rd place: Pair of Jaguar Watches |
$200
6 R, 4 W |
| LIBRARIES | '50s TV | WHAT'S IN A NAME? | ANIMAL GROUPS | TROUBLE | RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY |
|
$100
[21]
It's the central library of the Roman Catholic Church
the Vatican Library
Betsy
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$100
[16]
Before debuting in this series, Jerry Mathers had appeared in 2 Bob Hope movies
Leave it to Beaver
Betsy
|
$100
[4]
Meaning "settlement by a bridge", it's the first name of a man who settled Utah
Brigham
Robin
Lee
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$100
[7]
It's a "cumulus" word for an accumulation of gnats
Cloud
Robin
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$100
[1]
1775's "Shot Heard Round the World" was shot at the battle of this town
Concord
Lee
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$100
[23]
Its 3,400-square-mile metropolitan area extends over 8 administrative units known as parishes
New Orleans
Betsy
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$200
[22]
Developer of the decimal classification system, he directed the New York State Library, 1889-1906
Melvil Dewey
Lee
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$200
[17]
Word that completes the line sung by Jimmy Nelson "N-e-s-t-l-e-s, Nestle's makes the very best..."
Chocolate
Robin
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$200
[9]
Using the meanings of their names, they become Farmer & Watchful Gershwin
Ira & George
Robin
|
$200
[8]
Just thinking about a "grist" of these insects gives me hives
Bees
Betsy
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$200
[2]
Back in 1964 Surgeon General Luther L. Terry labeled this habit a "health hazard"
smoking
Robin
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$200
[27]
The area between this city's Allegheny & Monongahela Rivers is called the Golden Triangle
Pittsburgh
Betsy
|
|
$300
[24]
Only 2 presidential libraries are not administered by the National Archives: Hayes' in Ohio & his in Yorba Linda, CA.
Richard Nixon
Betsy
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$300
[18]
Dum de dum dum. This cop show won an Emmy as Best Mystery, Action or Adventure Program of 1952
Dragnet
Betsy
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$300
[10]
Edgar means "rich spear" & this name, stifled a lot in the '70s, means "rich war"
Edith
Robin
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$300
[13]
If a drift of these mammals drifts into your yard, don't cast pearls before them
swine (or pigs)
Robin
Lee
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$300
[3]
The Supreme Court held that blacks couldn't claim U.S. citizenship in the 1857 decision named for this man
Dred Scott
Betsy
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$400
[29]
Northwest Airlines & The 3M Corp. are headquartered in suburbs of this capital on both banks of the Mississippi
St. Paul
Lee
|
|
$400
[25]
The life & career of this female senator from Maine is on display at a library in Skowhegan
Margaret Chase Smith
Robin
|
$400
[19]
In the 1950s this western was the top-rated series of the season 3 times
Gunsmoke
Betsy
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$400
[11]
To explain it all, this name from a 1740s novel was made novel by Melissa Joan Hart
Clarissa
Robin
|
$400
[14]
A sedge is a group of these birds, perhaps the sandhill type seen here
cranes
Betsy
|
$400
[5]
In 1894 riots broke out during a railroad strike targeting this company
Pullman
|
DD
$800
[28]
The Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition of 1905 brought 3 million visitors to this city on the Willamette River
Portland, Oregon
Betsy
|
|
$500
[26]
The Lilly Library at Indiana University has one of this man's 1,453 printings of the New Testament
Johannes Gutenberg
Robin
|
$500
[20]
A future Oscar winner for "Charly", he played Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers
Cliff Robertson
Betsy
|
$500
[12]
First name of actress Miles, this 4-letter feminine name is from the Russian for "faith"
Vera
Robin
Betsy
|
$500
[15]
In the evening you might watch for a watch of these nocturnal avian singers
nightingales
Betsy
Lee
|
$500
[6]
In 1797 3 French agents later known by these 3 letters asked U.S. trade representatives for a bribe
"X", "Y" & "Z"
Robin
Betsy
|
— |
| WORLD GEOGRAPHY | FIVE GUYS NAMED JOE | HOT FILMS, COOL FILMS | I REALLY DIG YOU (UP) | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "M" | RELIGION |
|
$200
[1]
Of this country's hundreds of islands, Crete & Euboea are the 2 largest
Greece
Robin
|
$200
[16]
In 1914 he married Rose Fitzgerald, a daughter of Boston's mayor
Joseph Kennedy
Betsy
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$200
[11]
George Kennedy won an Oscar in part for beating the heck out of Paul Newman in this movie
Cool Hand Luke
Betsy
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$200
[21]
In 1997 a made-up war record helped get M. Larry Lawrence buried at this Virginia cemetery--briefly
Arlington National Cemetery
Robin
|
$200
[4]
Jo's older sister(3)
Meg
Robin
|
$800
[27]
Some images of this "Enlightened One" show a top-knot which symbolizes his supreme wisdom
Buddha
Betsy
|
|
$400
[2]
A 7-mile tunnel through Mont Blanc connects Chamonix, France to this country
Italy
Robin
Betsy
Lee
|
$400
[17]
In 1998, using his persona from "My Cousin Vinny", he cut the album "Vincent Laguardia Gambini Sings Just for You"
Joe Pesci
Robin
|
$400
[12]
A brutal murder is solved in this 1967 Oscar winner
In the Heat of the Night
Robin
Betsy
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$400
[22]
Per his widow's wishes, this architect was moved from his native Wisconsin to Taliesin West in Arizona
Frank Lloyd Wright
Betsy
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$400
[5]
Noted novelist Norman(6)
Mailer
Lee
|
$1,000
[26]
The beliefs of this religion appear in books like the "Lao-Tzu" & the "Chuang-Tzu"
Taoism
Betsy
Lee
|
|
$600
[3]
A German valley renowned for its coal deposits is named for this tributary of the Rhine
the Ruhr
Robin
Betsy
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$600
[18]
He was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1989 & the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990
Joe Frazier
Lee
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$600
[13]
Judith Anderson played Big Mama Pollitt, the matriarch of a greedy Southern family, in this film
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Betsy
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$800
[24]
Carl Weiss was exhumed to investigate his alleged 1935 assassination of this former Louisiana gov.
Huey Long
Robin
|
$600
[8]
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, for example(8)
Mongoose
Betsy
|
— |
|
$800
[6]
This river flows through Toledo, Spain on its westerly trip to the sea
Tagus
|
$800
[19]
He uses his muscle to oversee a $400 million health & fitness empire based in Woodland Hills, California
Joe Weider
Robin
|
DD
$600
[14]
After "Body Heat" steamed up the screen, Lawrence Kasdan cooled down & directed this movie next
The Big Chill
Betsy
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
Imre Nagy, this country's leader during the 1956 uprising, was reburied with honors in 1989
Hungary
Betsy
|
$800
[9]
Dastardly deed "in the Cathedral"(6)
Murder
Robin
|
— |
|
$1,000
[7]
The name of this waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border comes from a Guarani word for "great water"
Iguazu Falls
Betsy
|
$1,000
[20]
This Democrat from Delaware served as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1987 to 1995
Joe Biden
Betsy
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$1,000
[15]
As Rev. Clayton Brooks, Dick Van Dyke led a townwide effort to quit smoking in this 1971 film
Cold Turkey
Betsy
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1991 this 12th president was exhumed to see if he'd been poisoned by pro-slavers
Zachary Taylor
Betsy
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$1,000
[10]
Wilkie Collins' gem(9)
Moonstone
Betsy
|
— |
6 of his albums landed on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Chart for May 30, 1998, including 3 in the Top 10
Frank Sinatra