Kevin Frear sets a new single-day cash winnings record of $27,800.
Andrea Michaels — a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California
John Tranquill — a laboratory manager from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Kevin Frear — a U.S. Army captain from Baumholder, Germany (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin | $2,300 | $2,000 | $17,800 |
$27,800
2-day champion: $33,900 |
$14,000
31 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| John | $1,200 | $1,200 | $-1,000 |
$-1,000
3rd place: Landes fine silver coffee & tea set |
$-1,000
6 R, 4 W |
| Andrea | $-100 | $200 | $1,200 |
$0
2nd place: Gibson's Keytek professional keyboard + a Krayco cordless telephone + a Krayco beeperless remote answering machine including telephone |
$1,200
11 R, 4 W |
| WORLD HISTORY | VOCABULARY | TELEVISION ODDITIES | MUSIC ON THE MAP | FOOD | DENTISTRY |
|
$100
[1]
In a 1918 treaty, this country gave up Ukraine but soon recovered it
Russia (or the Soviet Union)
Andrea
|
$100
[2]
Easterly's antonym
westerly
John
|
$100
[14]
Bush asked him, "How'd you like it if I judged your career by those 7 minutes when you walked off the set?"
Dan Rather
Kevin
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$100
[8]
John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" sings the praises of this state
West Virginia
Andrea
|
$100
[3]
Sometimes made with squirrel, the Brunswick type of this more often contains chicken & lima beans
stew
Kevin
|
$100
[22]
A 1935 study found that water in Galesburg, Ill. helped prevent tooth decay because it contained this
fluoride
Kevin
|
|
$200
[4]
In 1929, the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes became known as this
Yugoslavia
Kevin
|
$200
[9]
In dictionary entries, this word is followed by fish, saucer & Dutchman
flying
Kevin
|
$200
[15]
In L.A. on both Feb. 4 & 5, 1988, the 8:00 movie on 3 TV stations starred this man; talk about a death wish!
Charles Bronson
Kevin
|
$200
[10]
Herb Alpert spent time in one of its taxis while the Kingston Trio did time in its jail
Tijuana
John
|
$200
[25]
This man whose eyebrows are on his hat is shown on boxes of Peanut Butter Crunch Cereal
Cap'n Crunch
Kevin
Andrea
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$200
[23]
When a wisdom tooth is blocked from coming into the mouth, it's said to be this
impacted
Kevin
|
|
$300
[5]
The 1867 British North America Act united 3 colonies under this single name
Canada
Kevin
|
$300
[18]
What an "upsilon" is
the Greek letter "U"
Andrea
|
$300
[16]
Kraft is using the song "New York, New York" in commercials for this brand of cream cheese
Philadelphia brand cream cheese
Kevin
|
$300
[11]
"Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" & "Old Folks At Home" both misspell the name of this river
the Suwannee
Kevin
Andrea
|
$300
[26]
Reportedly named for a girl who sold it in the streets, Sally Lunn is a sweet variety of this
bread
Kevin
|
$300
[24]
The World Book's article on dentistry features a photo of this man's dentures
George Washington
Andrea
|
|
$400
[6]
When Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes, thousands of these French Protestants fled to America
Huguenots
John
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$400
[19]
Gullah, which has African roots, is a language spoken by some black inhabitants of this country
the United States
Kevin
|
$400
[17]
Todd Waring took over this actor's roles in the TV versions of both "Nothing in Common" & "Splash"
Tom Hanks
Andrea
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$400
[12]
Meet me in this city & "we will dance the hoochee koochee" & "I will be your tootsie wootsie"
St. Louis
Kevin
|
$400
[27]
When it's young & tender, this gourd used in the bathtub can be eaten like a squash
a luffa
Andrea
|
DD
$600
[28]
In 1986, the ADA successfully campaigned to have cancer warnings put on packages of these products
smokeless tobacco products (or chewing tobacco)
Kevin
|
|
$500
[7]
In 1835, many of them left Cape Colony & began their historic "Great Trek" to what's now the Transvaal
the Boers
Kevin
|
$500
[20]
A "valetudinarian" is constantly & morbidly concerned with this
his health
Kevin
Andrea
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$500
[21]
The title of this show stayed the same in 1982 even though half the title team left the show
Laverne & Shirley
Kevin
|
$500
[13]
Elton John wrote this song for Billie Jean King's tennis team, not our bicentennial
"Philadelphia Freedom"
John
|
— | — |
| WORLD LITERATURE | PEOPLE | ASTRONOMY | MOUNTAINS | PRESIDENTS |
|
$200
[1]
From Latin for "day", famous ones have been written by Boswell & Pepys
a diary
Andrea
|
$200
[17]
Michele L'Esperance made the cover of People after having this many test tube babies all at once
5
Andrea
|
$200
[9]
The constituent members of a multistar system, or the constituent members of a stereo system
components
John
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$200
[12]
Its south summit, some 28,700 feet high, was 1st scaled May 26, 1953
Mount Everest
Kevin
|
$200
[4]
As NYC police commissioner, he had a "bully time" cracking down on graft in the department
Teddy Roosevelt
Andrea
|
|
$400
[2]
Late in life, Boccaccio gave public lectures on this other Italian poet's works
Dante
Kevin
|
$400
[18]
Tony Award-winning daughter of Tony winners Tammy Grimes & Christopher Plummer
Amanda Plummer
Andrea
|
$400
[10]
A 100-inch telescope collects 10,000 times more light than a telescope with a mirror this size
1 inch
Kevin
John
|
$400
[13]
Snow sometimes covers the peaks in the Ahaggar Mountains, which are in the center of this desert
the Sahara
Kevin
|
$600
[7]
As President, FDR liked to wear the cape he got while serving as Assistant Sec'y of this
the Navy
Kevin
|
|
$600
[3]
Balzac & Stendahl were early proponents of realism, which was a reaction against this movement
Romanticism
Kevin
|
$600
[19]
Historian who wrote about "The Calamitous 14th Century" in "A Distant Mirror"
Barbara Tuchman
Kevin
|
$600
[22]
It was founded in 1904 by George Ellery Hale in the mountains above Pasadena, Calif.
the Mount Wilson Observatory
Kevin
|
$600
[14]
The Grampian Mountains divide this northern country's lowlands & highlands
Scotland
Kevin
|
DD
$800
[6]
The 2 presidents referred to in the followingsong, Dion's only million seller:"Anybody here seen my old friend Martin? /Can you tell me where he's gone? /He freed a lot of people /But it seems the good they die young..."
(Abraham) Lincoln & (John) Kennedy
Kevin
|
|
$800
[5]
Author of "The Devil's Dictionary", at 71 he went south of the border & was never seen again
Ambrose Bierce
Kevin
|
$800
[20]
A hall at this NYC site is named for Alice Tully, who provided most of the funds
Lincoln Center
Andrea
|
$800
[24]
A red giant star has exhausted all of this element used as fuel in its core
hydrogen
Kevin
|
$800
[15]
The Condor Mountains are an eastern range of this chain
the Andes
John
Andrea
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$800
[8]
Last president born in the 19th century
Eisenhower
John
|
|
$1,000
[23]
His 1st published story, "Childhood", appeared in 1852 while he was in the Russian army
(Leo) Tolstoy
Kevin
John
|
$1,000
[21]
In 1971, at the age of 19, this now-exiled leader became the youngest president in the world
Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier
Kevin
|
DD
$5,000
[25]
Among planets in our solar system whose size is known, these 2 are closest in diameter
Venus & the Earth
Kevin
|
$1,000
[16]
While the major chain in Georgia, USA is the Appalachians, the major chain in Georgia, USSR is this
the Caucas (or Caucasus)
Kevin
John
|
$1,000
[11]
Sending troops to the Dominican Rep., he ordered 1st U.S. military intervention in Latin America since Coolidge
Johnson
Kevin
|
1 of 2 states represented in the 13 stars on the Confederate flag even though they stayed in the Union
(1 of) Missouri & Kentucky