Dan Fuller — a tennis coach from New Philadelphia, Ohio
Mary Bowers — a public relations coordinator from San Jose, California
Eric Groves — an elementary school teacher from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $1,000 | $1,700 | $5,300 |
$10,600
2nd place: a shelving system |
$5,900
18 R, 8 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mary | $400 | $1,600 | $6,000 |
$11,000
New champion: $11,000 |
$6,000
15 R, 2 W |
| Dan | $600 | $3,100 | $4,900 |
$9,750
3rd place: hair care appliances |
$4,900
14 R, 1 W |
| GAY '90S | POTENT POTABLES | STATES IN SONG | OLD TESTAMENT | HOLIDAYS | STARTS WITH "Q" |
|
$100
[26]
By '97 they had air-filled rubber tires, coaster brakes & adjustable handlebars
bicycles
Eric
Mary
|
$100
[3]
In 1935 Kreuger's Cream Ale was the first beer sold in these
cans
Mary
|
$100
[14]
It's where I came from with a banjo on my knee
Alabama
Mary
|
$100
[7]
Delilah gave him a real trimming
Samson
Dan
|
$100
[11]
Italian-American's have made this their equivalent of St. Patrick's Day
Columbus Day
Eric
Dan
|
$100
[1]
Klugman's coroner
Quincy
Eric
|
|
$200
[27]
It sank in Havana Harbor & set off a war
the Maine
Eric
|
$200
[8]
Never swallowing, they sip, swish, gargle, then spit out what they sample
what wine tasters do
Dan
|
$200
[15]
According to Beach Boys' hit, state with the cutest girls in the world
California
Mary
|
$200
[10]
In Hebrew its name means "Sea of Reeds"
the Red Sea
Eric
|
$200
[22]
Though we "love" his "day", he's been taken off calendar of saints
St. Valentine
Dan
|
$200
[2]
Hugo's hunchback
Quasimodo
Dan
|
|
$300
[28]
On March 18, 1891, this mode of communication was inaugurated between London & Paris
the telephone
Eric
Dan
|
$300
[9]
This 19th century Philadelphia distiller's name became slang for liquor
Booze
Eric
|
$300
[16]
State where you'd find Elvis' rain & Diamond's woman
Kentucky
Mary
Dan
|
$300
[19]
Through sons Isaac & Ishmael both Jews & Arabs descend from him
Abraham
Eric
|
$300
[23]
The eve of All Saints' Day
Halloween
Mary
|
$300
[4]
"To be or not to be"
the question
Mary
|
| — |
$400
[12]
Derived from Hindu word for "5", describing number of ingredients mixed in a large bowl
punch
Dan
|
$400
[17]
The alternate lyrics to "I've Been Working On The Railroad"
"The Eyes Of Texas"
Mary
|
$400
[20]
The name "Palestine" comes from these Biblical enemies of Israel
the Philistines
Eric
|
$400
[24]
In colonial Massachusetts, Puritans made this Christian holiday illegal
Christmas
Dan
|
$400
[5]
Oldest city in Canada
Quebec
Eric
|
| — |
$500
[13]
C2H5OH
the formula for alcohol
Dan
|
$500
[18]
Patti Page hit that is official song of a southern state
"The Tennessee Waltz"
Dan
|
$500
[21]
Sorrowful O.T. prophet, his name now refers to predictors of doom
Jeremiah
|
$500
[25]
Several Southern states celebratehis June 3rd birthday instead of Lincoln's
Jefferson Davis
Dan
|
$500
[6]
Popular name of the Religious Society of Friends
the Quakers
Eric
|
| U.S. HISTORY | SHAKESPEARE | HOMONYMS | TV TRIVIA | LANDMARKS | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS |
|
$200
[10]
In '63, 200,000 Washington marchers heard him say, "I have a dream"
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Eric
|
$200
[3]
Shakespeare's only comedy with "comedy" in the title
Comedy of Errors
Mary
|
$200
[14]
Dave Garroway's sign-off, or a slice of cake
peace (piece)
Eric
Mary
|
$200
[1]
Every week this comedienne was "so glad we had this time together"
Carol Burnett
Mary
|
DD
$600
[9]
Though unmarried & childless, he lives in the world's largest residential palace
the Pope
Eric
|
$1,000
[20]
Plucked instrument brought to U.S. by slaves, now a fixture in bluegrass
the banjo
Mary
|
|
$400
[11]
The last occasion Congress declared war on any country
World War II
Eric
Dan
|
$400
[7]
In it, Puck comments: "Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Eric
|
$400
[15]
What Oliver Twist wanted, or Susan Anton's diminutive date
more (Moore)
Eric
|
$400
[2]
Richard Carlson "led" this number of lives as a communist counterspy & FBI agent
3
Mary
Dan
|
$800
[21]
Only 1 of the 7 wonders of the ancient world still standing
the Great Pyramid
Eric
|
— |
|
$800
[22]
Only state carried by George McGovern in '72 election
Massachusetts
Eric
|
$600
[12]
What Shylock demanded instead of interest
a pound of flesh
Eric
|
$600
[16]
Olympic swimmer, or what a tobacco chewer does into a spittoon
Spitz (spits)
Eric
|
$600
[4]
Lucy & Desi's TV production company
Desilu
Mary
|
— | — |
|
$1,000
[19]
Justice Hugo Black, a leading supporter of school desegregation, was once member of this group
the KKK
Eric
Dan
|
$800
[13]
Completes the line "If music be the food of love..."
play on
Eric
Mary
|
$800
[17]
Expensive onion, or what happens when there's a hole in the bucket
leek (leak)
Eric
|
$800
[5]
Series which pitted "CONTROL" against "KAOS"
Get Smart
Mary
|
— | — |
| — |
$1,000
[8]
Hamlet's closest friend, only major character left alive at play's end
Horatio
Eric
|
$1,000
[18]
A peasant, or where you hang 10
serf (surf)
Eric
|
$1,000
[6]
Crooner who was 1st offered role of "Columbo" but turned it down because he didn't need the money
Bing Crosby
Mary
|
— | — |
N.Y. financier Al Grimaldi is next in line for throne of this Mediterranean principality
Monaco