Tom Walsh game 6.Tom sets a new regular play cash winnings record of $152,900.
Snowden Becker — a film archivist originally from Shelton, Washington
Ron Blood — a window artist from Maui, Hawaii
Tom Walsh — a writer from Washington, D.C. (whose 5-day cash winnings total $118,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | $4,000 | $8,600 | $23,100 |
$34,800
6-day champion: $152,900 |
$21,000
25 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Ron | $2,000 | $1,600 | $6,000 |
$11,700
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,000
11 R, 3 W |
| Snowden | $2,600 | $6,400 | $17,400 |
$32,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| WORLD GEOGRAPHY | MOVIE LOCATIONS | SIMPLY SIMON | PRESIDENTS' WIVES | TOYS & GAMES | LETTER & LETTER |
|
$200
[11]
It's the country where you'll find Cape Nordkyn, the northernmost point on the European mainland
Norway
Tom
Ron
|
$200
[21]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew in Martha's Vineyard) Towns all over Martha's Vineyard filled in for this friendly seaside town in "Jaws"
Amity
Tom
|
$200
[26]
His first Broadway success was 1961's "Come Blow Your Horn"
Neil Simon
Snowden
|
$200
[6]
Her maiden name was Martha Dandridge
Martha Washington
Ron
Snowden
|
$200
[16]
Mr. Boddy is the victim whose murder you try to solve in this classic board game
Clue
Snowden
|
$200
[1]
The Biography Channel was spun off from this one
A&E
Tom
|
|
$400
[12]
In ancient times this city in Campania was called Neapolis
Naples
Tom
|
$400
[22]
In 2003 there was talk of demolishing this city's Cook County Hospital, featured in "The Fugitive"
Chicago
Tom
|
$400
[27]
This character has Uncle Tom beaten to death in "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Simon Legree
Tom
|
$400
[7]
He married Rachel Robards in 1791, but since her divorce was not yet final, they had to remarry on January 17, 1794
Andrew Jackson
Tom
|
$400
[17]
Introduced as a doll for boys, this action figure was named after a 1945 WWII movie
G.I. Joe
Snowden
|
$400
[2]
In police talk, they're the 2 elements of burglary
B&E (breaking & entering)
Tom
Snowden
|
|
$600
[13]
In Arabic this British territory on Spain's southern coast is called Gebel-al-Tarik (Hill of Tarik)
Gibraltar
Tom
|
$600
[23]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Berlin) The opening credits of this 1965 Richard Burton Cold War drama unspooled here at Checkpoint Charlie
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Ron
|
$600
[28]
L.A.'s Museum of Tolerance is a part of the center bearing the name of this man
Simon Wiesenthal
Snowden
|
$600
[8]
The first lady who lived the longest, this native Missourian died in 1982 at age 97
Bess Truman
Tom
|
$600
[18]
It's the classic naval combat game from Milton Bradley
Battleship
Snowden
|
$600
[3]
This West Coast company has been refining that pure cane sugar since 1906
C&H
Snowden
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Victoria Peak is the highest point in this Central American country
Belize
Ron
|
$800
[24]
L.A.'s Biltmore played the Sedgewick Hotel, where guests got slimed in this 1984 comedy
Ghostbusters
Tom
|
$800
[29]
In 1812 he penned the "Cartagena Manifesto"
Simon Bolivar
Tom
|
$800
[9]
She & the future president spent part of their 1948 honeymoon at a Michigan-Northwestern football game
Betty Ford
Tom
|
$800
[19]
Lesney Products, a die-casting firm, experimented with making toys & this brand known for its miniature cars was born
Matchbox
Snowden
|
$800
[4]
Charles Keating owned the Lincoln one that failed in the 1980s
S&L
Snowden
|
|
DD
$1,200
[14]
If you flew directly from the capital of Turkey to the capital of Ukraine, you'd have to cross this sea
the Black Sea
Tom
|
$1,000
[25]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Alaska) Featuring an Antarctic alien, this 1982 remake of a sci-fi classic was partly shot on a glacier near Juneau
The Thing
Snowden
|
$1,000
[30]
A popular Pasadena museum bears the name of this businessman & art collector
Norton Simon
Tom
Ron
|
$1,000
[10]
Edith Galt, whom he married in 1915, was related to Pocahontas
Woodrow Wilson
Ron
|
$1,000
[20]
This cartoon girl is also a doll, seen here
Dora the Explorer
Tom
|
$1,000
[5]
Xerox produces about 70% of the technology it develops in these labs
R&D
Snowden
|
| GENESIS | IN THE BIG INNING | GOD | CREATED | THE HEAVENS | THE "EARTH" |
|
$400
[23]
A mother's frustration with hand-straining solid baby food in 1927 led to the creation of this brand
Gerber
Tom
|
$400
[21]
In 1999 St. Louis' Fernando Tatis became the first player ever to hit 2 of these in one inning, earning 8 RBIs total
grand slams
Ron
|
$400
[16]
In this speech Jesus said that God "knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him"
the Sermon on the Mount
Tom
|
$400
[11]
Making forms from a mold, it can also mean picking people to be in a play
casting
Snowden
|
$400
[6]
Telescopes on Earth can only view this galaxy from the inside out
the Milky Way
Ron
|
$400
[1]
They're recorded on seismographs
earthquakes
Ron
|
|
$800
[24]
The owner of the Brown Derby Restaurant invented this chopped salad as a way to use leftovers
Cobb salad
Snowden
|
$800
[22]
In the 8th inning of a 1941 game, a play by shortstop Lou Boudreau ended this Yankee's 56-game hitting streak
Joe DiMaggio
Tom
|
$1,200
[18]
Nebuchadnezzar told him, "Your god is a god of gods, and a lord of kings"
Daniel
Snowden
|
$800
[12]
Also called frottage, some people do it to tombstones & brass plaques
rubbing
Snowden
|
$800
[7]
Ancient astronomers figured the Earth was 3 times larger than the Moon by timing one of these
an eclipse
Snowden
|
$800
[2]
1990 festivities for the 20th anniv. of this annual observance included a trash cleanup trek on Mount Everest
Earth Day
Ron
|
|
$1,200
[25]
French gardener Joseph Monier received a patent for the reinforced type of this construction material in 1867
concrete
Snowden
|
$1,200
[28]
Coming to bat in the 4th inning of a game against the L.A. Dodgers in 1974, this Atlanta Brave hit his 715th home run
Hank Aaron
Tom
|
$1,600
[19]
This synonym of "omnipotent" is used to refer to God by Job & by Bob Marley in "Redemption Song"
the Almighty
|
$1,200
[13]
Term for the designs carved or stamped into a piece of leather
embossing/tooling
Ron
|
$1,600
[9]
Like her late husband Eugene, Carolyn Shoemaker hunts these
comets
Ron
|
$1,200
[3]
Coarse-textured baked ceramics
earthenware
Ron
|
|
$1,600
[26]
In 387 B.C. Plato founded this school on the outskirts of Athens
the Academy
Snowden
|
$1,600
[29]
In the 3rd inning of a 1982 game, this Oakland player set a record with his 119th stolen base of the season
Rickey Henderson
Tom
|
$2,000
[20]
After conquering Amalek, this king disappointed God by not killing every living thing; he spared the fat sheep
Saul
|
$1,600
[14]
An escutcheon is a shield bearing a coat of arms, or a decorative plate often found around this opening in a door
keyhole
Ron
Snowden
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1664 Robert Hooke discovered this still largely mysterious feature of Jupiter
the Great Red Spot
Tom
|
$1,600
[4]
A popular ISP
EarthLink
Tom
|
|
$2,000
[27]
Every time you get a vaccination, you can thank this British physician who pioneered the process in the 1790s
Edward Jenner
Snowden
|
$2,000
[30]
Up 5-3 in the 10th, this team lost game 6 & later the '86 Series after a ball went through Bill Buckner's legs
the Boston Red Sox
Tom
|
DD
$2,500
[17]
This prophet tried to flee God's presence by shipping out to Tarshish--didn't work
Jonah
Tom
|
$2,000
[15]
It can be the metal band that holds a stone, or the upper faceted portion of a stone
bezel
Snowden
|
DD
$5,000
[8]
In terms of light speed, it's 8 minutes away from the Earth
the sun
Snowden
|
$2,000
[5]
Globe-friendly Al Gore bestseller
Earth in the Balance
Tom
|
In 1936 the San Francisco News sent this man to investigate living conditions among migrant workers
John Steinbeck