Helen Petroff game 2.
Ed Clarke — a special education teacher from Mansfield, Massachusetts
Beth Looney — a fundraiser from Cornelius, North Carolina
Helen Petroff — a research assistant from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen | $400 | $2,600 | $8,500 |
$10,500
2-day champion: $17,100 |
$7,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Beth | $1,000 | $500 | $1,500 |
$0
3rd place: Bushnell/Bausch & Lomb Telescope |
$1,500
8 R, 3 W |
| Ed | $1,600 | $2,700 | $3,200 |
$3,200
2nd place: Trip to Windjammer Landing Beach Resort, Saint Lucia |
$5,000
18 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| THE 1950s | SAINTS | FILM ROLES | THE STATE I'M IN | MODERN DESIGN | LETTERS & NUMBERS |
|
$100
[9]
In 1959 its "dark side" was seen for the first time
Moon
Ed
|
$100
[24]
In 1969 the feast day of this patron saint of lovers was dropped from the liturgical calendar
St. Valentine
Ed
|
$100
[10]
In a 1997 film, Matt Damon played this "Good" genius & earned an Oscar nomination for his efforts
Will Hunting
Helen
|
$100
[4]
Bloomfield, Vincennes, Fort Wayne
Indiana
Ed
|
$100
[1]
The pellet-filled "Sacco" of 1968 was a high-class type of this chair that molds to the body
Beanbag chair
Helen
|
$100
[19]
Frank Sinatra's FBI file revealed that an ear ailment, & not a bribe, gave him this draft board rating
4-F
|
|
$200
[15]
After the 1957 season, these 2 pro baseball teams packed up & moved to California
Brooklyn Dodgers & New York Giants
Ed
|
$200
[25]
She was canonized in 1933, 89 years after her birth in Lourdes
St. Bernadette
|
$200
[11]
This author can be seen as a beer-guzzling spectator in "Knightriders" & a truck driver in "Creepshow 2"
Stephen King
Ed
|
$200
[5]
Anaconda, Billings, Helena
Montana
Ed
|
$200
[2]
Futura & Helvetica are 20th century styles of this
Typefaces
Helen
|
$200
[20]
Preparing an exhibit for a county fair is a typical project for a member of this youth organization
4-H
Helen
|
|
$300
[16]
The U.S. & Argentina were among the 12 countries who signed a treaty to preserve this continent
Antarctica
Helen
|
DD
$300
[26]
St. Ambrose said, "If you are at" this city "live in (its) style:...elsewhere live as they live elsewhere"
Rome
Ed
|
$300
[12]
He played Secret Service agent Brass Bancroft in 4 films years before he himself needed Secret Service protection
Ronald Reagan
Ed
|
$300
[6]
Clarksdale, Oxford, Natchez
Mississippi
Beth
|
$300
[3]
From the Latin for "measure", it's the adjective for furniture that can be grouped in different units
Modular
Beth
|
$300
[21]
Many computers won't recognize 00 as the year 2000 because of this problem, also known as "The Millennium Bug"
Y2K
Ed
|
|
$400
[17]
After his death in March 1953, this world leader was embalmed & put on display
Joseph Stalin
Helen
|
$400
[27]
This country's capital was originally Santiago de Leon de Caracas, after Santiago, or Saint James
Venezuela
Helen
Beth
|
$400
[13]
He played the role of gangster Duke Mantee in "The Petrified Forest" on stage, in the movies & on TV
Humphrey Bogart
|
$400
[7]
Manhattan, Liberal, Leavenworth
Kansas
Beth
|
$400
[29]
Designed by Dutch company Philips, the container seen here has this "precious" name
Jewelbox (for CDs)
Helen
|
$400
[22]
In 1988 this band had a No. 1 hit with a reggae version of "Red Red Wine"
UB40
Beth
|
|
$500
[18]
In 1950 the Diners Club card was introduced & this man's "Dianetics" was published
L. Ron Hubbard
Ed
|
$500
[28]
It's how Matthias was chosen to fill the spot among the 12 apostles vacated by Judas Iscariot
Chosen by lot
|
$500
[14]
Former "Jeopardy!" host Art Fleming played W. Averell Harriman in a 1977 film with Gregory Peck as this general
Douglas MacArthur
Ed
|
$500
[8]
Imperial, Wahoo, North Platte
Nebraska
|
$500
[30]
Corradino D"Ascanio designed this motor scooter whose name is Italian for "wasp"
Vespa
Helen
|
$500
[23]
Mikhail Kalashnikov created this infamous rifle in the late 1940s
AK-47
Beth
Ed
|
| SCIENCE | HERE'S JOHNNY! | 18th CENTURY AMERICA | FLOWERS | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" |
|
$200
[2]
The daphnia, a water flea, is related to this million times larger member of the surf & turf combo
Lobster
Beth
|
$200
[10]
This superstar's hits include "Busted", "In the Jailhouse Now" & "Ring of Fire"
Johnny Cash
Beth
|
$200
[13]
On Dec. 1, 1776 this commander in chief found himself leading an army of only about 3,000 men
George Washington
Ed
|
$200
[1]
It's a European cliffside plant of the mustard family, as well as someone not dancing at a party
Wallflower
Helen
|
$200
[18]
He also created Bridget, a wife for his Poor Richard Saunders
Benjamin Franklin
Ed
|
$200
[21]
Your face, or your coffee cup(3)
Mug
Helen
|
|
$400
[6]
A satellite in a retrograde orbit around the Earth heads in this direction
West/or opposite to the Earth's rotation
Ed
|
$400
[11]
In 1954 he was the host of the quiz show "Earn Your Vacation"
Johnny Carson
|
$400
[14]
In 1721 Zabdiel Boylston began inoculating Bostonians against an outbreak of this disease
Smallpox
Ed
|
$400
[3]
The subject of a Gilbert & Sullivan song, "The Flowers That Bloom" at this time include iris & peony
Spring
Beth
|
$400
[19]
In "Cat's Cradle" his Felix Hoenikker creates Ice-Nine, a substance that can freeze the world solid
Kurt Vonnegut
|
$400
[22]
Some in Salem didn't "Cotton" to him(6)
Mather
Ed
|
|
$800
[8]
In this process of cell division, unlike mitosis, a cell divides & halves the number of chromosomes
Meiosis
Helen
|
$600
[12]
1948's "Tarzan and the Mermaids" was his last film as the jungle man of the title
Johnny Weissmuller
Ed
|
$600
[15]
Dashing major Robert Rogers led Rogers' Rangers in this North American part of the Seven Years' War
French & Indian War
Ed
|
$600
[4]
One-time scapegoat for hay fever seen here
Goldenrod
Beth
|
$600
[20]
He based Nora Charles of "The Thin Man" on his friend Lillian Hellman
Dashiell Hammett
|
$600
[23]
Mosquito-like fly, or Barbie's freckled friend(5)
Midge
Helen
|
|
$1,000
[9]
When your "glands" are sore, they're busy producing these infection-fighting white blood cells
Lymphocytes
Helen
|
$800
[26]
Born John Lydon, he punked his way onto the music scene with the Sex Pistols in 1975
Johnny Rotten
Helen
|
$1,000
[17]
Like his father Peter, Thomas Jefferson was a member of this Virginia legislative "House"
House of Burgesses
Ed
|
$800
[5]
The lily of this is famous for its fragrance & its bell-shaped flowers
The valley
Helen
|
$800
[24]
Nickname of British fictional hero Hugh Drummond
"Bulldog"
|
$800
[25]
Veil worn in Valencia(8)
Mantilla
Beth
|
|
DD
$1,500
[7]
It's the 3-dimensional figure that is a set of points all equidistant from the center point
Sphere
Helen
|
$1,000
[28]
In 1980 he became the first driver to win 2 Indy 500s starting from the pole position
Johnny Rutherford
|
DD
$1,500
[16]
His gift to a struggling Connecticut collegiate school included a portrait of George I
Elihu Yale
Ed
|
$1,000
[29]
This agave whose name echoes its cylindrical shapeis not a roseis not a roseis not a rose
Tuberose
|
$1,000
[30]
Old Bailey legal eagle who's been the subject of many a John Mortimer tale
Rumpole
Helen
Ed
|
$1,000
[27]
"Peachy" opera singer(5)
(Dame Nellie) Melba
Helen
|
In 1997 Agnes Grossmann took over as the 1st woman artistic director of this group in its 500-year history
The Vienna Boys' Choir