Charley Horan — a photographic representative from Manhattan Beach, California
John Kirk — a yogurt franchise operator originally from Hong Kong
Ed Toutant — an engineer from Austin, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed | $800 | $1,900 | $5,300 |
$7,400
2nd place: a trip to Honolulu |
$4,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| John | $200 | $900 | $5,800 |
$6,000
3rd place: a Martin Lawrence Galleries serigraph + a Nintendo Entertainment System with Family & Junior Editions of Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune |
$6,100
15 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Charley | $1,400 | $3,600 | $7,400 |
$11,601
New champion: $11,601 |
$6,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| FEMALE FIRSTS | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS | "FORT"s | 6-LETTER WORDS | DANCES | HAIL AND FAREWELL |
|
$100
[16]
On July 30, 1923 Italian actress Eleonora Duse became 1st woman to appear on the cover of this newsmagazine
Time magazine
Charley
|
$100
[9]
Byron wrote an epic poem about this Latin lover whose mother sent him abroad at age 16 after an "intrigue"
Don Juan
Ed
Charley
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$100
[5]
This N.C. fort has reason to boast since airborne U.S. Army combat units are stationed there
Fort Bragg
Ed
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$100
[25]
You can blow one with a mixture of soap & water or with some types of gum
a bubble
Ed
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$100
[13]
The monkey & the frug were examples of this kind of dancing, sometimes done by girls in cages
go-go dancing
Charley
|
$100
[3]
This ABC prime time newsmagazine closes with "We're in touch, so you be in touch"
20/20
Charley
|
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$200
[17]
This comedienne was the 1st permanent guest host of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"
Joan Rivers
Charley
|
$200
[21]
His sister Gretel won a pair of silver skates, but he didn't
Hans Brinker
John
Charley
|
$200
[6]
On May 10, 1775 Ethan Allen & Benedict Arnold captured this fort on Lake Champlain from the British
Fort Ticonderoga
Charley
|
$200
[12]
The only Beatle with a 6-letter last name
Lennon
Charley
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$200
[14]
The mazurka is a Polish folk dance which resembles this dance
a polka
Ed
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$200
[4]
"And goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are"
Jimmy Durante
John
|
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$300
[18]
5 years after Lindbergh, she became the 1st woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
Amelia Earhart
Ed
|
$300
[28]
Her real name was Aldonza Lorenzo, but Don Quixote named her this
Dulcinea
Charley
|
$300
[1]
This celebrated Maryland fort overlooking the Patapsco River is named for a signer of the Constitution
Fort McHenry
Charley
|
$300
[10]
This spout at the end of a gas hose is a diminutive form of nose
nozzle
Ed
|
$300
[22]
Dance you'd do to "Ah-one, ah-two, ah-doodle-dee-doodle-dee-do"
the old soft shoe
|
$300
[7]
Walter Cronkite usually closed his "CBS Evening News" telecasts with this phrase
"That's the way it is"
Ed
|
|
$400
[19]
The first woman in this sport to win over $100,000 in a season was Judy Rankin in 1976
golf
Charley
|
— |
$400
[2]
Troops are processed for overseas duty at this New Jersey army base
Fort Dix
Charley
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$400
[11]
Coarsely woven cloth made from jute or hemp fibers, it's used in potato sacks
burlap
Charley
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$400
[23]
Little Egypt was famous for this type of dance, also known as the "hootchy-kootchy"
belly dancing
John
|
$400
[27]
For 20 seasons this comedian ended his TV variety series with "Good night & God bless"
Red Skelton
Charley
|
|
$500
[20]
In 1980 Kathleen Conley became the 1st woman to graduate from this Colorado school
the Air Force Academy
Charley
|
— |
$500
[8]
This Kentucky army post is known as the "Home of Armor"
Fort Knox
Charley
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
2 of the 5 states that fit this category
Oregon & Hawaii (Kansas, Nevada, Alaska)
Ed
|
$500
[24]
Line dance invented in Cuba whose name is derived from an African country
the conga
John
|
$500
[26]
This newscaster-adventurer signed off his radio broadcasts saying "So long until tomorrow"
Lowell Thomas
Ed
|
| THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | FLOWERS | ACTORS & ACTRESSES | FRANCE | RELIGION | QUOTE "UN"QUOTE |
|
$200
[15]
Opposing the Stamp Act, this patriot said, "If this be treason, make the most of it"
Patrick Henry
Ed
|
$200
[23]
Tulips, hyacinths & daffodils are usually grown not from seeds but from these
bulbs
Ed
|
$200
[11]
At the 1988 Emmy Awards he compared the character he played on "Family Ties" to Dan Quayle
Michael J. Fox
John
|
$200
[9]
France is 2nd to Italy in production of this drink but consumes the most per capita in the world
wine
Charley
|
$200
[1]
With the possible exception of Peter, Pius IX, who ruled from 1846-78 holds this record
being the pontiff longest
John
|
$200
[4]
The 8th amendment to the constitution outlaws punishment that is "cruel and" this
unusual
Charley
|
|
$400
[16]
At the Battle of Bunker Hill, Gen. Israel Putnam warned his troops, "Don't fire until you see" these
the whites of their eyes
John
|
DD
$300
[29]
Thomas Moore wrote, "'Tis" this last flower "left blooming alone; all her lovely companions are faded and gone"
the last rose of summer
John
|
$400
[20]
He has a portable gym that can fill 5 trailers, & there's still room for his wife, Maria Shriver
Arnold Schwarzenegger
John
|
$400
[10]
By law, full time French workers get at least 5 weeks of this with pay
vacation
Charley
|
$400
[2]
It's believed Ramses II was Pharaoh when these people fled from Egypt
the Children of Israel (the Jews)
John
|
$400
[5]
Humpty Dumpty told Alice, "There are 364 days when you might get" this kind of present
an un-birthday present
Charley
|
|
$600
[19]
The Battle of Long Island was the 1st time the Americans saw action against these soldiers
the Hessians
Ed
John
|
$400
[27]
These garden or window plants of the genus Pelargonium come in varieties like Ivy & Lady Washington
geraniums
|
$600
[21]
Jamie Lee Curtis' parents; their real names are Bernard Schwartz & Jeanette Morrison
Janet Leigh & Tony Curtis
John
|
$600
[12]
A "hotel de ville" isn't a hotel at all but one of these municipal buildings
city hall (or town hall)
John
|
$600
[3]
Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent, was one of the gods in the ancient religion of this country
Mexico
Ed
John
Charley
|
$800
[7]
Completes William Ernest Henley's line, "Under the bludgeonings of chance my head is bloody, but..."
unbowed
Charley
|
|
$800
[24]
A 1777 victory at Brandywine Creek enabled the British to occupy this major city
Philadelphia
John
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$600
[28]
Common foxglove is the source of this medicine that stimulates & stabilizes the heartbeat
digitalis
John
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$800
[22]
This "SCTV" star made a big splash as Tom Hanks' brother in "Splash"
John Candy
Charley
|
$800
[13]
1 of the 2 Caribbean territories that are départements, or administrative districts, of France
Martinique (or Guadeloupe)
John
|
$800
[17]
Stoicism, which taught a form of naturalistic monotheism, originated in this country about 300 B.C.
Greece
John
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$1,000
[8]
Speaking of his pyrrhic victory, Pyrrhus said, "Another such victory over the Romans, and we are" this
undone
Ed
|
|
$1,000
[25]
In October 1779 French Admiral Jean d'Estaing & the patriots failed to retake this Georgia city
Savannah
John
Charley
|
— |
$1,000
[26]
This "Onion Field" star said, "I'm the best friend you could ever have & the worst enemy"
James Woods
Charley
|
$1,000
[14]
Subject of a long-standing dispute, France regained this area from Germany after both World Wars
Alsace-Lorraine
Ed
|
$1,000
[18]
Protestant denomination named for the elders who administer it
Presbyterians
Ed
|
DD
$1,600
[6]
The title of this songisn't mentioned anywhere in its lyrics:
"Unchained Melody"
Charley
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For its 1990 edition Guinness is dropping all records of this 1 of the 7 deadly sins
gluttony