1995 CelebrityJeopardy!game 1.
David Duchovny — a brilliant FBI paranormal investigator in Fox Mulder fromThe X-Filesoriginally from New York, New York
Lynn Redgrave — an international star who sparkles on stage, screen, and television originally from London, England
Stephen King — a stellar name in bookstores and at the box office, the world's best-selling author from Bangor, Maine
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen | $1,200 | $2,300 | $5,700 |
$11,400
Winner: $11,400 to the Bangor Public Library |
$4,200
13 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Lynn | $-200 | $-100 | $3,500 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 to Edwin Booth's Place and P.A.T.H., the Preservation Association for Tudor Hall |
$3,500
9 R, 5 W |
| David | $1,400 | $2,700 | $9,900 |
$900
2nd place: $10,000 to the Children's Defense League |
$8,700
22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| FICTIONAL CHARACTERS | BIRD TV | RHYME TIME | THE BIBLE | POTPOURRI |
|
$100
[1]
This boy was "lawless, and vulgar and bad" & Tom Sawyer "was under strict orders not to play with him"
Huckleberry Finn
David
|
$100
[10]
It's Big Bird's boulevard
Sesame Street
Stephen
|
$100
[17]
Above-average balsa or oak
good wood
|
$100
[6]
Man's first job was as a gardener, as God told him to dress & keep the garden of Eden
Adam
David
|
$100
[12]
This U.S. composer was born July 4, 1826 to William Barclay Foster, a Pennsylvania merchant
Stephen Foster
Stephen
|
|
$200
[2]
Charles Dickens considered calling this title character Spankle or Copperboy
David Copperfield
David
|
$200
[13]
Robert Blake had a pet cockatoo named Fred on this detective series
Baretta
David
|
$200
[18]
A heavy & unbroken slumber
a deep sleep
Lynn
|
$200
[7]
The last word in the King James Version Old Testament is "curse" & this is the first word
"In"
Lynn
David
|
$200
[20]
The "peace", introduced in 1945, is one of the most famous hybrid tea varieties of this flower
a rose
Lynn
|
|
$300
[3]
This Bronte heroine uses the pseudonym Jane Elliott after she flees from Mr. Rochester
Jane Eyre
Stephen
|
$300
[14]
The Pigeon sisters were Oscar & Felix' nutty English neighbors on this classic sitcom
The Odd Couple
Lynn
|
$300
[19]
The principal pickpocket
the chief thief
Lynn
|
$300
[8]
In the New Testament order, Paul's first epistle goes to this group, not friends or countrymen
the Romans
David
|
$300
[21]
Founded in 1862, this government department that deals with farmers was given cabinet status in 1889
The Department of Agriculture
Lynn
David
|
|
$400
[4]
This detective was modeled in part on Dr. Joseph Bell, one of Arthur Conan Doyle's teachers
Sherlock Holmes
Stephen
|
$400
[15]
Burgess Meredith said he developed the "Quack, quack" noise this "bird" brain made to cover a cough
the Penguin
David
|
$400
[22]
Exaggerated tale about a farm structure
barn yarn
David
|
$400
[9]
During the second plague these amphibians came out of the water
frogs
Stephen
|
— |
|
$500
[5]
This D.H. Lawrence "lady" plays around with a playwright before she gambols with a gamekeeper
Lady Chatterley
David
|
$500
[16]
In 1981 creator Earl Hamner uncorked this series about a winery whose symbol was a bird of prey
Falcon Crest
|
$500
[23]
An all-important bet
a major wager
|
DD
$1,000
[11]
Jesus said "Among those born of women there is not a greater prophet than" this man of the wilderness
John the Baptist
Stephen
|
— |
| WORLD CITIES | SPORTS | BALLET | U.S. PRESIDENTS | FOOD | GENERAL SCIENCE |
|
$200
[26]
The main traffic artery of this Italian city's historic section is the Grand Canal
Venice
David
|
$200
[3]
On March 23, 1994 he scored his 802nd NHL goal, breaking Gordie Howe's career record
Wayne Gretzky
David
|
$200
[1]
In a famous fairy tale ballet, a ragged beggarwoman is really this heroine's fairy godmother
Cinderella
Lynn
|
$200
[8]
On July 4, 1798 he became the only former president named commander-in-chief of American forces
George Washington
Stephen
|
$200
[9]
A rack of this meat usually contains 6-8 ribs & is served with mint jelly
lamb
David
|
$200
[20]
Deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material of all cells is better known by this abbreviation
DNA
Stephen
|
|
$400
[27]
The old part of this Quebec city borders the St. Lawrence River between Berri & McGill streets
Montreal
David
|
$400
[4]
In 1987 this 31-year-old Swede was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
Bjorn Borg
David
|
$400
[2]
The swan maidens in this 1877 ballet are actually young girls under the spell of an evil magician
Swan Lake
Lynn
David
|
$400
[10]
This president was named for the Reverend Stephen Grover of Caldwell, New Jersey
Grover Cleveland
Stephen
David
|
$400
[11]
This sauce that tops Eggs Benedict is also good on artichokes
Hollandaise sauce
Stephen
|
$400
[21]
It's the term for molten rock flowing from a volcano or other fissure in the Earth's surface
lava
Lynn
|
|
$600
[28]
The most picturesque part of this Portuguese capital is the Alfama along the Tagus River
Lisbon
Lynn
|
$600
[5]
In 1956 this late Yankee hit 52 home runs, the highest single-season total of the 1950s
Mickey Mantle
David
|
$600
[16]
Quasimodo is a leading character in "La Esmeralda", a ballet based on this classic novel
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Lynn
|
$600
[14]
During his administration, the slave trade was abolished & the Louisiana Territory was purchased
Thomas Jefferson
David
|
$600
[12]
Order fried calamari in a restaurant & you'll get this seafood
squid
Stephen
|
$600
[22]
The name of this violent tropical cyclone of the Western Pacific comes from Cantonese for "Big Wind"
typhoon
Stephen
|
|
$800
[29]
The name of this Iraqi capital is Persian for "God-given"
Baghdad
Stephen
|
$800
[6]
In 1979 & 1980 Terry Bradshaw, this team's quarterback, was named Super Bowl MVP
the Pittsburgh Steelers
David
|
$800
[17]
In 1992, this niece of Cecil B. De Mille choreographed her last ballet "The Other"
Agnes De Mille
Lynn
|
$800
[15]
In 1971 he published "The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969"
Lyndon Johnson
Lynn
|
$800
[13]
This heavy, dark rye bread is also known as Schwarzbrot, or black bread
pumpernickel
David
|
$1,000
[25]
This word can mean unable to produce offspring or free from living microorganisms
sterile (sterility accepted)
Lynn
|
| — |
$1,000
[7]
On Aug. 7, 1995 Jonathan Edwards became the first man to leap further than 60 feet in this event
the Triple Jump
|
$1,000
[18]
"Double Exposure" is a Joe Layton ballet based on this author's 1891 novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
Oscar Wilde
Stephen
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
With Republicans split between Taft & Teddy Roosevelt, this Democrat was elected president in 1912
Woodrow Wilson
Stephen
|
$1,000
[23]
Traditionally, this Scottish tea treat is split in two & eaten with butter, preserves & clotted cream
a scone
David
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
Sweeter than sucrose or glucose, this fruit sugar is also called levulose
fructose
David
|
On March 24, 1994 this store held a breakfast to announce the new Truman Capote Literary Trust
Tiffany's