Willie Holmes — a truck loader and bartender from Chicago, Illinois
Dianne Scorese — a homemaker from Montvale, New Jersey
Lee Weber — a consultant from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee | $-200 | $1,800 | $-1,000 |
$-1,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-1,000
9 R, 6 W |
| Dianne | $1,000 | $4,200 | $10,400 |
$10,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,400
15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Willie | $3,000 | $3,800 | $14,200 |
$22,000
New champion: $22,000 |
$16,200
23 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR | FRUITS & VEGETABLES | "MY" SONGS | BODY LANGUAGE | LET'S PLAY CARDS | AUNTIE UP |
|
$200
[21]
The meridian of Cape Agulhas, Africa's most southerly point, serves as the boundary between these 2 oceans
Atlantic & Indian
Lee
Dianne
Willie
|
$200
[2]
Hey, cool! It's the more common name for crisphead lettuce
iceberg lettuce
Dianne
|
$200
[7]
This theme from "Titanic" anchored itself to the top of the adult contemporary chart for 10 weeks
"My Heart Will Go On"
Willie
|
$200
[12]
Smooch or make out
neck
Dianne
Willie
|
$200
[1]
In poker, after shuffling, the dealer deals out the cards beginning with the person here
to his left
Dianne
|
$200
[22]
At the end of "The Wizard of Oz" Dorothy tells this aunt, "I'm so glad to be home again!"
Auntie Em
Dianne
|
|
$400
[25]
A huge statue called "Christ the Redeemer" overlooks this city from atop Corcovado Mountain
Rio de Janeiro
Lee
|
$400
[3]
The name of this vegetable & pie ingredient may come from Latin for "root of the barbarians"
rhubarb
Willie
|
$400
[8]
(Weird Al delivers the clue.) This parody of a Knack song, which I recorded in a bathroom, was introduced on the Dr. Demento Radio Show
"My Bologna"
Willie
|
DD
$200
[16]
Really cool, fashionable with it
hip
Willie
|
$400
[5]
In addition to 2 regular decks of 52 cards, the game of Canasta uses 4 of these wild cards
jokers
Willie
|
$400
[23]
Aunt Chloe is the long-suffering wife of this Harriet Beecher Stowe character
Uncle Tom
Willie
|
|
$600
[26]
In 1947 Edith Ronne & Jenny Darlington became the first women to winter on this continent
Antarctica
Lee
|
$600
[4]
A "pink" variety of this doubles as Arkansas' state fruit & vegetable
tomato
Lee
|
$600
[9]
1991 hit that contains the lines, "I thought that I heard you laughing, I thought that I heard you sing..."
"Losing My Religion"
|
$400
[13]
12 inches
foot
Dianne
|
$600
[18]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports) The highest hand you can have in five-card stud is called this
royal flush
Willie
|
$600
[24]
She played the Acid Queen in "Tommy" & Aunty Entity in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"
Tina Turner
Lee
|
|
$800
[27]
In 1901 N.Z. annexed these Pacific islands named for a British sea captain; Rarotonga is the largest of the group
Cook Islands
Lee
|
$800
[6]
The satsuma, a nearly seedless variety of this, is typically canned, & goes great with Chinese chicken salad
mandarin orange
Willie
|
$800
[10]
It's the Sheryl Crow hit heard here
"My Favorite Mistake"
|
$600
[14]
Seed-bearing spike of corn
ear
Willie
|
$800
[19]
The suit cards of this fortune telling deck of cards are known as the Minor Arcana
tarot cards
Lee
|
$800
[29]
In this 1958 film Rosalind Russell says, "Life is a banquet & most poor suckers are starving to death!"
Auntie Mame
Dianne
|
|
$1,000
[28]
1 of the 2 "Great" Australian deserts
Great Sandy or Great Victoria
|
$1,000
[17]
To improve his singing voice, the emperor Nero ate large quantities of this mild onion relative & symbol of Wales
leek
Dianne
|
$1,000
[11]
In the '70s the Eagles & The Emotions each had a No. 1 hit called this
"The Best of My Love"
Willie
|
$800
[15]
A branch of an organization or of a river
arm
Lee
Willie
|
$1,000
[20]
You play gin with 52 cards but pinochle with this many
48
Lee
|
$1,000
[30]
Tom Sawyer's guardian was this relative who was based in part on Mark Twain's mother
Aunt Polly
Dianne
|
| NEBUCHADNEZZAR | "CHRISTMAS" MOVIES | WILDLIFE | PARIS MUSEUMS | PEN NAMES | PUNS |
|
$400
[26]
In 601 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar failed to conquer this country when his army & that of Pharaoh Neco fought to a draw
Egypt
Dianne
|
$400
[12]
1989:starring Chevy Chase
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Lee
|
$400
[1]
Its vascular system has special valves that allow blood to reach the brain, which is over 6' higher than the heart
giraffe
Lee
|
$400
[20]
French sculpture can be found in the Richelieu wing of this museum that was established in 1793
The Louvre
Willie
|
$400
[4]
Otis Criblecoblis was the name he used as a scriptwriter of "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break"
W.C. Fields
Lee
Willie
|
$400
[9]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Seattle.) Why am I shopping at Seattle's Pike Place Market? Just for this!
the halibut
Willie
|
|
$800
[27]
In the 20th century this man "of Arabia" dug up the ruins of Carchemish, a city conquered by Nebuchadnezzar
Lawrence
Lee
|
$800
[17]
1954:with Bing Crosby
White Christmas
Willie
|
$800
[2]
This hairy family contains the world's largest spider, a South American species that has a 10-inch leg span
tarantula
Willie
|
$800
[22]
Housed in the cellars of a former abbey, the museum of this potent potable (my favorite) gives tastings
wine
Willie
|
$800
[5]
John Lange & Jeffery Hudson are some of the pen names this "Andromeda Strain" author has used
Michael Crichton
Willie
|
$800
[10]
Cabinet minister: "We must take up the tax". Groucho: "You've got to take up the tacks before you can take up" this
the carpet
Willie
|
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
Nebuchadnezzar was followed as king by this man who saw the handwriting on the wall
Belshazzar
Dianne
|
$1,200
[18]
A 1988 TV movie:featuring Florence Henderson
A Very Brady Christmas
Willie
|
$1,200
[3]
Nobel Prize winner Karl von Frisch deciphered the "dancing" patterns of this insect
bee
Dianne
|
$1,200
[23]
A small museum traces the history of this Paris cathedral
Notre Dame
Dianne
|
DD
$1,200
[6]
A 1984 special Pulitzer Prize citation went to the children's author who used this pen name
Dr. Seuss
Willie
|
$1,200
[11]
Thomas Hood wrote that Holland "lies so low they're only saved by being" this
damned
|
|
$1,200
[28]
In 587 or 586 B.C., Nebuchadnezzar destroyed this city's temple & palace, & captured many Jewish prisoners
Jerusalem
Dianne
|
$1,600
[19]
1992:featuring Kermit & Miss Piggy
"A Muppet Christmas Carol"
Dianne
|
$1,600
[13]
This stinging arachnid bears its young live & the mother carries the young on her back until they molt
scorpion
Willie
|
$1,600
[24]
Also called the Beaubourg, this center houses a modern art museum
Pompidou Centre
|
$1,600
[7]
"I have no mouth, and I must scream" that this science fiction writer has been Jay Solo & Paul Merchant
Harlan Ellison
Willie
|
$1,600
[15]
To the patient with alternating dreams of being a tepee & a wigwam, the doctor said, "Your problem is you're" this
two tents
Willie
|
|
$1,600
[29]
The king had these 3 youths cast into a fiery furnace for refusing to worship a golden image
Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego
Dianne
|
$2,000
[21]
1988:starring Jim Varney
Ernest Saves Christmas
Lee
Willie
|
$2,000
[14]
This deadliest fish in the sea sits like a "rock" at the bottom of the ocean & stings prey via its poisonous spines
stonefish
Lee
Willie
|
$2,000
[25]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from along the bank of the Seine in Paris.) The Impressionists are a major draw at this train station-turned-museum that opened in 1986
Musée d'Orsay
|
$2,000
[8]
Ed McBain & he are credited as the authors of "Candyland"; so he actually wrote it by himself
Evan Hunter
Willie
|
$2,000
[16]
Funny in 1600 Dept.: When the king, acting fatherly, says, "Clouds still hang on you", Hamlet says, "I am too much in" this
the son
|
Over its 200-plus years, this country has had 28 different flags, a record for any country
United States of America