Steve Weisman — a rabbi from Fredericksburg, Virginia
Susie Macksey — a stand-up comic from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ellen Miele — a tutor from Voorhees, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellen | $900 | $3,200 | $4,000 |
$100
2nd place: Lloyd Flanders wicker furniture & Flute lamps |
$4,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Susie | $1,500 | $3,300 | $7,700 |
$6,700
New champion: $6,700 |
$6,300
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Steve | $500 | $1,400 | $3,000 |
$5
3rd place: Braun kitchen appliances + Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune video games for the Super NES & Sega Genesis |
$3,000
13 R, 5 W |
| WORLD FACTS | LE CINEMA SCHWARZENEGGER | HORSES | LIBRARIES | EDIBLE PHRASES | LEFTOVERS |
|
$100
[12]
Because it uses geothermal energy this Icelandic capital is often called the "Smokeless City"
Reykjavik
Steve
|
$100
[6]
The line "I'll Be Back" came from this 1984 hit
The Terminator
Susie
|
$100
[24]
This Scottish pony was brought to America in the 1800s
Shetland pony
Steve
|
$100
[19]
This state maintains a free library for the public & the legislature in the capital of Augusta
Maine
Susie
Steve
|
$100
[1]
A phrase about having this & eating it too appeared in print as far back as 1546
cake
Ellen
|
$100
[8]
The male of this bird is sometimes called a gobbler
turkey
Susie
|
|
$200
[13]
Egypt is the world's leading grower of these palm fruits
dates
Steve
|
$200
[7]
In 1988 Arnold played Julius Benedict, a man separated at birth from his twin, played by this man
Danny DeVito
Steve
|
$200
[27]
It's also known as the Plantation Walking Horse
Tennessee Walker
Ellen
|
$200
[20]
This school in New Haven, Conn. is home to the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Yale
Ellen
|
$200
[2]
A completely composed person is said to be as cool as this member of the gourd family
cucumber
Susie
|
$200
[17]
In John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress", the celestial city represents this
heaven
Susie
|
|
$300
[14]
You can visit her birthplace in Frankfurt & the annex where she wrote her diary in Amsterdam
Anne Frank
Ellen
|
$300
[9]
Once a barbarian, a destroyer & a commando, Arnold turned teacher in this 1990 release
Kindergarten Cop
Susie
|
$300
[28]
Some bedouins trace this breed's ancestry to Baz, a mare tamed by a descendant of Noah
Arabian
Susie
|
$300
[21]
This city's Enoch Pratt Free Library has Maryland's largest collection of books
Baltimore
Susie
|
$300
[3]
"What is sauce for the goose" is also this
sauce for the gander
Susie
|
$300
[18]
A Greek cave on Philopapus Hill is said to have served as the prison where this philosopher was confined
Socrates
Ellen
|
|
$400
[15]
One of these, the Sistema de Transporte Collectivo, opened in 1969 in Mexico City
subway
Steve
|
$400
[10]
Before going after Michael Douglas, she tried to kill Arnold in "Total Recall"
Sharon Stone
Susie
|
$400
[29]
Many of these performing horses are raised at Austria's Piber Stud near Graz
Lipizzaner Stallions
Ellen
|
$400
[22]
This city is the site of the Mayo Medical Library
Rochester, Minnesota
Ellen
|
$400
[4]
Someone who's not up to snuff can't cut this condiment
the mustard
Susie
|
$400
[25]
It's the name shared by England's largest lake & Oscar Wilde's "Lady"
Windermere
Susie
|
|
$500
[16]
This tiny republic is about 10 miles from Rimini, Italy
San Marino
Ellen
Steve
|
$500
[11]
Arnold played himself in this 1977 documentary that also featured Lou Ferrigno
Pumping Iron
Ellen
|
$500
[30]
The Lusitano is this country's version of the Spanish Andalusian
Portugal
Susie
Steve
|
DD
$1,300
[23]
Outstanding collections of William Faulkner & Stark Young can be found at the library of this university
University of Mississippi
Ellen
|
$500
[5]
When you really destroy someone, you "make" this pie ingredient "of him"
mincemeat
Susie
|
$500
[26]
Haile Selassie belonged to a dynasty of Ethiopian rulers who claimed descent from this Biblical couple
King Solomon & the Queen of Sheba
Steve
|
| ASTRONOMY | BUSINESS PARTNERS | CLASSICAL MUSIC | HISTORY | REJECTED | "W"RITERS |
|
$200
[9]
Ganymede is this largest planet's largest satellite
Jupiter
Ellen
|
$200
[18]
He was not only Eberhard Anheuser's partner, but his son-in-law as well
(Adolphus) Busch
Ellen
|
$200
[3]
This composer's "The Ring of the Nibelung" was written over a 20-year period
Wagner
Ellen
|
$200
[7]
After the Amer. Rev., T. Kosciusko returned to this country where he led a fight for independence
Poland
Ellen
|
$200
[1]
Several passages in this 1776 document by Thomas Jefferson were rejected by Congress
Declaration of Independence
Susie
|
$200
[21]
His "The Time Machine" was first published as "The Chronic Argonauts"
H.G. Wells
Susie
|
|
$400
[10]
One of these, named for Johann Franz Encke, returns every 3.3 years
comet
Steve
|
$400
[19]
In 1907 A.L. Neiman, his wife Carrie & this partner opened their first store in Dallas
Marcus
Ellen
|
$400
[4]
His works for solo piano include 3 sonatas & about 18 waltzes & 15 polonaises
Chopin
Ellen
|
$400
[14]
In 1985 Vietnamese troops drove the Khmer Rouge from the last of their bases in this country
Cambodia
Ellen
Susie
Steve
|
$400
[2]
The nymph Echo was rejected by this man too in love with himself
Narcissus
Ellen
|
$400
[22]
He left the L.A. Police Department in 1974, the year after "The Onion Field" came out
Joe Wambaugh
Steve
|
|
$600
[11]
In 1916 Karl Schwarzschild demonstrated that very massive bodies could become these "dark" objects
black holes
Steve
|
$600
[20]
After he adapted the repeating action for revolvers, he & Horace Smith formed a company to produce them
Wesson
Steve
|
$600
[5]
In 1860 this "Rigoletto" composer was elected to Italy's Chamber of Deputies
Verdi
Susie
|
$600
[15]
In 1632 this country's king Gustavus Adolphus was killed in the Battle of Lutzen
Sweden
Ellen
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
Rejected for missionary work in China, this Scot went to Africa in 1841
(David) Livingstone
Susie
|
$600
[23]
He narrated a recording of his kids' story "Charlotte's Web"
E.B. White
Ellen
|
|
$800
[12]
Also called Crux australis, this constellation is the smallest in the sky
Southern cross
Ellen
|
$800
[24]
The company founded by this pair introduced the electric hammer in the 1930s & the Dustbuster in 1979
Black & Decker
Steve
|
$800
[6]
In 1875 Franz Liszt became president of the Academy of Music in this city
Budapest
Ellen
Susie
Steve
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
From 323 to 30 B.C., all 15 of Egypt's Macedonian kings shared this name
Ptolemy
Ellen
|
— |
$800
[25]
He won 3 Pulitzers: 1 for "All the King's Men" & 2 for poetry
Robert Penn Warren
Susie
|
|
$1,000
[13]
Alcyone is the brightest star in this star cluster sometimes called the Seven Sisters
Pleiades
Steve
|
$1,000
[27]
In 1923 John Orr Young & this man left the N.W. Ayer Agency to start their own advertising co.
Rubicam
Susie
Steve
|
$1,000
[8]
The father of this priest & composer was a violinist at St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice
Vivaldi
|
$1,000
[17]
In France this dynasty ended in 987 with the death of Louis V, a descendant of Charlemagne
Carolingian
Ellen
|
— |
$1,000
[26]
The subtitle of his "The Loved One" is "An Anglo-American Tragedy"
Evelyn Waugh
|
It was once advertised as "The Daily Diary of the American Dream"
The Wall Street Journal