Megan Dempsey — a computer consultant from New Rochelle, New York
Mel Milner — a sales representative from Marlton, New Jersey
Walter Mayes — a publisher sales representative from San Francisco, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $43,602)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter | $1,600 | $3,500 | $12,200 |
$12,401
4-day champion: $56,003 |
$12,800
32 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Mel | $-700 | $-300 | $1,900 |
$400
2nd place: Novatel portable cellular telephone + Bob Mitchell Designs wall coverings |
$1,900
8 R, 3 W |
| Megan | $500 | $1,600 | $6,200 |
$0
3rd place: Samsung AF Slim camera + NES with Talking Super Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune featuring Vanna White + Infogenius productivity paks for Game Boy |
$6,200
16 R, 2 W |
| 1952 | CELEBRITIES | HODGEPODGE | LANGUAGES | ARCHITECTURE | FAMOUS TOWERS |
|
$100
[8]
Running for V.P. he told the nation about his daughters' cocker spaniel, Checkers, on September 23
Richard Nixon
Megan
|
$100
[1]
You may think this director's middle name, Ingmar, is his first name, but his real first name is Ernst
(Ingmar) Bergman
Walter
|
$100
[9]
A style of sleeve cut in 1 piece with the bodice, or a Japanese robe
kimono
Megan
|
$100
[16]
About 70% of the people of this nation speak a form of German called Schweizerdeutsch
Switzerland
Mel
|
$100
[21]
A dentil is a small block resembling one of these, hence its name
tooth
Megan
|
$100
[3]
Begun in 1174 by Bonnano Pisano, this bell tower deviates 17 feet from the perpendicular
Leaning Tower of Pisa
Walter
|
|
$200
[12]
He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel "The Caine Mutiny"
Herman Wouk
Walter
|
$200
[2]
On Oct. 9, 1990, when he would have turned 50, his song "Imagine" aired on radio in 130 countries
John Lennon
Megan
|
$200
[10]
This vowel should be capitalized when used as a pronoun
I
Megan
|
$200
[17]
Castilian is the leading form of this Romance language
Spanish
Walter
|
$200
[22]
Inspired by riverboats, the "Steamboat Gothic" style flourished in this country in the 19th century
USA
Walter
|
$200
[6]
The name of this biblical tower means "Gate of God"
Tower of Babel
Walter
|
|
$300
[13]
The city of La Plata, Argentina was renamed for her after her July 26 death
Eva Peron
Walter
|
$300
[4]
Jan Stephenson has been called "The Marilyn Monroe of" this sport
golf
Mel
|
$300
[11]
Akureyri, the 2nd largest city in this country, has only 13,000 people while Reykjavik has 89,000
Iceland
Walter
|
$300
[19]
This Scandinavian country's language has 2 forms: Bokmal & Nynorsk
Norway
Walter
|
$300
[24]
A hexastyle is a portico with this many columns
6
Mel
Megan
|
$300
[25]
This building on Wacker Drive in Chicago is served by 103 elevators & 18 escalators
the Sears Tower
Walter
|
|
$400
[14]
This actress-singer married her agent, Sid Luft, on June 8
Judy Garland
Walter
|
$400
[5]
He played Chance Wayne in the original 1959 production of "Sweet Bird of Youth" & in the 1962 film
Paul Newman
Megan
|
$400
[18]
"Rocky Mountain Beaver Pond" & "Man-Eaters of India" are 2 of this society's nature videotapes
National Geographic Society
Megan
|
$400
[23]
Of Macedonian, Dalmatian or Slovene, the 1 that died in 1898 with its last known speaker
Dalmatian
Walter
|
$400
[27]
Some living rooms feature these high ceilings named for a type of church
cathedral
Walter
|
$400
[29]
Until 1929 this 985-foot-tall wrought-iron landmark was the world's tallest man-made structure
Eiffel Tower
Megan
|
|
$500
[15]
He was forced to abdicate the throne of Egypt July 26 by General Naguib
King Farouk
Walter
Mel
|
$500
[7]
This lawyer has written over 60 books, including an autobiography subtitled "My Life on Trial"
Melvin Belli
Walter
Mel
Megan
|
$500
[20]
On USA Today's weather page, "sn" stands for this condition
snow
Megan
|
$500
[26]
Although Dutch is official, most people speak Sranan Tongo in this South American country
Suriname
Walter
|
DD
$900
[28]
This style of architecture flourished even after the city it was named for was renamed Constantinople
Byzantine (Byzantium)
Walter
|
$500
[30]
Its 18 acres include Tower Green, the White Tower & the Waterloo Barracks
Tower of London
Walter
|
| WORLD LEADERS | MARYLAND | OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS | ANCIENT HISTORY | AUTHORS | DAVID LEAN |
|
$200
[1]
In 1990, in Germany's first full national election since 1932, he was elected chancellor
Helmut Kohl
Megan
|
$200
[7]
The oldest continuously running airport was founded by this pair in College Park in 1909
the Wright Brothers
Megan
|
$200
[24]
Besides using these to make things appear bigger, the ancient Greeks used them to start fires
magnifying glasses
Mel
|
$200
[8]
Married women were excluded from this quadrennial sports festival, unmarried girls could attend
Olympic Games
Walter
|
$200
[3]
He was born Daniel Foe in 1660, the son of a London tallow-maker
Daniel Defoe
Mel
|
$200
[17]
This desert epic opens with the mysterious motorcycle death of its title character
Lawrence of Arabia
Walter
|
|
$400
[2]
This current Israeli PM fought the British as a member of the "Stern Gang" in the 1940s
Yitzhak Shamir
Walter
|
$400
[13]
In 1830 its first 13-mile section of track was completed from Baltimore to Ellicott City
the B&O (Baltimore & Ohio) Railroad
Walter
Mel
|
$400
[25]
To view the 1953 John Wayne movie "Hondo" the way it was meant to be seen you needed a pair of these
3-D glasses
Walter
|
$400
[22]
Among ancient libraries Pergamon's was second only to this city's
Alexandria
Walter
|
$400
[9]
His "Sketch Book" included such tales as "The Spectre Bridegroom" & "Rip Van Winkle"
Washington Irving
Walter
|
$400
[18]
This director who worked with Lean as an actor called "Gandhi" "My tribute to David Lean"
Richard Attenborough
Walter
|
|
$600
[4]
Revered by Rastafarians, Ras Tafari was crowned Ethiopian "King of Kings" under this name in 1930
Haile Selassie
Mel
|
$600
[14]
It's a short 2-mile walk from West Virginia north across Maryland to this state
Pennsylvania
Walter
|
$600
[26]
This inventor put the top half of his far vision lens on top of the bottom half of his near vision lens
Benjamin Franklin
Walter
Mel
|
$600
[23]
Traditionally, kings of Persia were called Gordius or this, that's a "touch" more famous
Midas
Megan
|
$600
[10]
This author was buried on July 6, 1961 at Ketchum, Idaho
Ernest Hemingway
Walter
|
$800
[20]
Lean didn't make a film for 14 years after critics attacked this Sarah Miles film set in Ireland
Ryan's Daughter
Walter
|
|
$800
[5]
By his own account, this notorious Khmer Rouge leader spent 2 years as a Buddhist monk
Pol Pot
Megan
|
$800
[15]
Family whose motto "Manly Deeds, Womanly Words" is on the state seal
Calvert
Walter
|
$800
[27]
The instrument used by surveyors to measure angles, or the type of cop Frank Spangenberg is
transit
Walter
|
$800
[28]
This city's "Long Walls" connected it to the ports of Phalerum & Piraeus
Athens
Megan
|
$1,000
[12]
This Irish-born English satirist was appointed dean of Dublin's St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1713
Jonathan Swift
Megan
|
$1,000
[21]
Dame Peggy Ashcroft won an Oscar for this 1984 film, Lean's last
A Passage to India
Walter
|
|
$1,000
[6]
This former Italian prime minister was kidnapped & killed by Red Brigade terrorists in 1978
Aldo Moro
Mel
|
$1,000
[16]
The Academic American Encyclopedia says this Baltimore newspaper is the state's most influential
the Baltimore Sun
Walter
|
— |
$1,000
[29]
Dido was the legendary founder of this city in north Africa
Carthage
Megan
|
DD
$2,100
[11]
His estate, Wolf House, was completed in 1913 but burned down the day before he was to move in
Jack London
Walter
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
Much of this 1965 Lean epic based on a novel is told in flashback. It featured the following theme:
Doctor Zhivago
Walter
|
At her feet is a broken one of these
chain