Lee Karjala — a commercial photographer from Anaheim, California
Bill Cash — a claims attorney from Branford, Connecticut
Barb Cornell — a registered nurse from Eugene, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barb | $900 | $2,000 | $7,200 |
$4,400
2nd place: Trip to 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta |
$7,200
21 R, 3 W |
| Bill | $800 | $1,500 | $9,400 |
$18,690
New champion: $18,690 |
$7,900
16 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Lee | $2,700 | $4,400 | $9,600 |
$399
3rd place: Pair of Jules Jurgensen watches |
$7,500
21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| 1983 | HINTS FROM HELOISE | MUSICAL THEATRE | U.S. GEOGRAPHY | BOYS TOWN | COMPLETES THE PROVERB |
|
$100
[11]
Declaring his bid for the presidency, he called for a "Rainbow Coalition"
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Lee
|
$100
[16]
These reflecting devices won't steam up if you first run an inch of cold water in the tub
mirrors
Barb
|
$100
[1]
Songs in this musical include "I, Don Quixote' & "The Quest"
Man of La Mancha
Barb
|
$100
[6]
The Colorado Desert isn't in Colorado but in this state, where it runs south to Baja
California
Bill
|
$100
[26]
In 1976 this Calcutta woman was awarded the Father Flanagan Award for service to youth
Mother Teresa
Lee
|
$100
[21]
"A penny saved is..."
a penny earned
Barb
|
|
$200
[12]
John Sculley was named president & CEO of this company with Steven Jobs remaining as chairman
Apple Computer
Lee
|
$200
[17]
After you thread them through a toddler's shoes, knot the ends of these so they can't be pulled out
shoelaces
Barb
|
$200
[2]
Their first professional musical collaboration was the score for "Oklahoma!"
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Barb
|
$200
[7]
Iowa is nicknamed "The Land Between Two Rivers" because it lies between this mighty pair
the Missouri & Mississippi Rivers
Barb
|
$200
[27]
Completes the line on the town's famous statue of one boy carrying another, "He ain't heavy Father..."
he's my brother
Barb
|
$200
[22]
"You can lead a horse to water..."
but you can't make him drink
Barb
|
|
$300
[13]
On August 5 a federal judge approved plans for this company to divest 22 local phone companies
AT&T
Lee
|
$300
[18]
Before prospective buyers come to your house, bake a batch of these for a homey odor
cookies
Lee
|
$300
[3]
At the end of this musical, Tevye & Golde leave Anatevka for America to join their uncle Abram
Fiddler on the Roof
Barb
|
$300
[8]
These mountains on the Tennessee-North Carolina border are named for the haze that hangs over them
the Great Smoky Mountains
Bill
|
$300
[28]
When this movie comedy team visited in 1943, they bought the boys baseball uniforms
Abbott & Costello
Bill
|
$300
[23]
"Once bitten...."
twice shy
Lee
|
|
$400
[14]
In June mayor Coleman Young of this city announced he'd enforce a curfew to reduce juvenile crime
Detroit
Barb
Bill
|
$400
[19]
You can dry this part of a chicken or turkey in the microwave for immediate "pulling"
wishbone
Barb
|
$400
[4]
In Act I of this Scotland-set musical, Charlie Dalrymple & Jean MacLaren are married
Brigadoon
Lee
|
$400
[9]
The boundary between Maine & this state passes through the Isles of Shoals
New Hampshire
Lee
|
$400
[29]
Father Flanagan opened his first home for boys in 1917 in this Nebraska city
Omaha
Bill
|
$400
[24]
"The opera isn't over..."
until the fat lady sings
Barb
|
|
$500
[15]
The Philippine government identified Rolando Galman as the assassin of this opposition leader
Benigno Aquino
Lee
|
$500
[20]
In an emergency you can replace the pull tab on one of these fastening devices with a paper clip
zipper
Barb
|
$500
[5]
The role of Princess Winnifred in "Once Upon a Mattress" was first played by this comedienne
Carol Burnett
Barb
|
DD
$800
[10]
Saginaw Bay on the coast of Michigan is an inlet of this second-largest Great Lake
Lake Huron
Lee
|
$500
[30]
In 1988 Bobs Watson & this actor visited Boys Town to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the film
Mickey Rooney
Lee
|
$500
[25]
"Soon learnt, soon..."
forgotten
Lee
|
| INCARCERATED AUTHORS | SCIENCE & NATURE | WINE | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | ACTRESSES | ETHIOPIA |
|
$200
[1]
"Crime and Punishment" author imprisoned for participation in the subversive Petrashevsky Circle
Dostoyevsky
Lee
|
$200
[11]
This "African" flower", Saintpaulia ionatha, is native to Tanzania & Kenya
African violet
Bill
|
$200
[26]
This director of "The Godfather" purchased the Napa Valley estate of Gustav Niebaum in 1975
Francis Ford Coppola
Lee
|
$200
[16]
On December 6, 1776, the British occupied the naval base at Newport in this colony
Rhode Island
Bill
|
$200
[6]
This "Basic Instinct" star was recently awarded France's Chevalier Dans L'Ordre Des Arts et Des Lettres
Sharon Stone
Barb
|
$200
[21]
His imperial name meant "Might of the Trinity"
Haile Selassie
Lee
|
|
$400
[2]
Brendan Behan based the setting of "The Quare Fellow" on a prison in this capital where he'd done time
Dublin
Bill
|
$400
[12]
In South America all of these animals known for their foul-smelling spray are hognosed ones
skunks
Bill
|
$400
[27]
When seen on a bottle of champagne, NV stands for this
non-vintage
|
$400
[17]
This British general who surrendered at Yorktown captured Philadelphia in 1777
Cornwallis
Barb
|
$400
[7]
The Clintons were among the guests at the 1995 wedding of Ted Danson & this actress
Mary Steenburgen
Bill
|
$400
[22]
One theory says this short-haired cat was brought to England by 19th C. soldiers returning from Ethiopia
Abyssinian
Barb
|
|
$600
[3]
This author of "The Ransom of Red Chief" spent more than 3 years in an Ohio federal penitentiary
O. Henry
Barb
|
$600
[13]
This tree, Acer saccharum, is also known as a rock maple
sugar maple
Lee
|
$600
[28]
In the 1890s Baron Rothschild supported Rishon-Le-Zion, a winemaking village in what's now this country
Israel
Bill
Lee
|
$600
[18]
In 1778 this U.S. captain's crew looted the Earl of Selkirk's mansion on St. Mary's Isle
John Paul Jones
Lee
|
$600
[8]
Natasha Richardson, who co-starred in "Nell", is the daughter of Tony Richardson & this British actress
Vanessa Redgrave
Barb
|
$600
[23]
The Falashas are Ethiopians who practice this religion
Judaism
Barb
Bill
Lee
|
|
$800
[4]
A letter critical of Stalin written by this "Cancer Ward" author cost him 8 years in labor camps
Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn
Barb
|
$1,000
[15]
This German physicist known for his constant taught at the University of Berlin from 1889 to 1928
Max Planck
Lee
|
$800
[29]
This Tuscan wine is now more often seen in a Bordeaux-type bottle than in the straw-covered fiasco
Chianti
Bill
|
$800
[19]
Just 4 Americans were wounded in the battle for this New Jersey site December 26, 1776
Trenton
Lee
|
$800
[9]
This Swedish star retired from the screen after the release of her 1941 film "Two-Faced Woman"
Greta Garbo
Barb
Lee
|
$800
[24]
In 1868 this Anglo-American explorer reported on the British capture of Magdala, then the capital
Henry Morton Stanley
Bill
|
|
$1,000
[5]
He wrote "De Profundis" during 2 years at hard labor at Reading Gaol
Oscar Wilde
Barb
|
DD
$2,600
[14]
These winds meet at the Equator in a region called the Doldrums
trade winds
Lee
|
$1,000
[30]
This country is known for its Lancers & Mateus roses as well as for Madeira
Portugal
Lee
|
$1,000
[20]
The Battle of Monmouth, a sweaty 1778 stalemate, is perhaps best remembered for this heroine
Molly Pitcher
Bill
|
$1,000
[10]
Dubbed "The Sweater Girl", this glamorous star of the '40s & '50s passed away in 1995
Lana Turner
Barb
|
DD
$2,500
[25]
In 1993, after a 30-year-war, this country won its independence from Ethiopia
Eritrea
Bill
|
The last 2 U.S. men to win the men's singles gold medal in figure skating, in 1984 & 1988
Scott Hamilton (1984) & Brian Boitano (1988)