Howard Robinson — a senior programmer analyst from Canoga Park, California
Sue Betos — a waitress from Whitestone, New York
Joseph D'Hippolito — a freelance writer from Fullerton, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $24,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph | $500 | $3,100 | $4,700 |
$9,400
3-day champion: $34,000 |
$6,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sue | $1,600 | $2,800 | $2,400 |
$4,799
2nd place: Bartlett Old World bedroom set & Waverly Nantucket Collection bedding |
$3,400
13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Howard | $1,800 | $2,700 | $6,100 |
$2,600
3rd place: RCA self-cleaning range |
$6,100
18 R, 1 W |
| NEW YORK CITY | ANNUAL EVENTS | PEOPLE | TRANSPORTATION | HOBBIES | "TOP"s |
|
$100
[5]
Though it's won over 60 Pulitzer Prizes, it's never had a comics section
The New York Times
Howard
|
$100
[23]
Though Armed Forces Day is in May, this corps celebrates its birthday on November 10
Marine Corps
Howard
|
$100
[15]
She canceled her June 1991 wedding to Kiefer Sutherland & flew to Europe
Julia Roberts
Joseph
|
$100
[1]
Some of these vehicles survived a 1906 earthquake & are still in use on the Powell Street line today
(San Francisco) cable cars
Howard
|
$100
[2]
In ancient times these sharp items were made of bone, ivory & horn; today sewers use ones made of steel
needles
Joseph
|
$100
[17]
"Take My Breath Away" was the Oscar-winning song from this 1986 film
Top Gun
Howard
|
|
$200
[9]
Its full name ends with Astor, Lenox & Tilden Foundations; Carnegie paid for its first 39 branches
New York City Library
|
$200
[24]
This French holiday is also known as Fete Nationale
Bastille Day
Joseph
|
$200
[22]
On her album "Unforgettable" she recorded 22 songs previously sung by her father, Nat
Natalie Cole
Howard
|
$200
[3]
Charioteers sometimes tied these around their waists to leave their hands free to hurl weapons
the reins
Howard
|
$200
[4]
If this is your hobby, you're not into cutting hair but singing 4-part harmony
barbershop quartet
Sue
|
$200
[18]
In an utter state of confusion, or upside-down
topsy-turvy
Howard
|
|
$300
[10]
This section of Central Park contains a mosaic with the word "Imagine"
Strawberry Fields
Joseph
|
$300
[25]
This Jewish holiday when unleavened bread is eaten can start between March 26 & April 28
Passover
Joseph
|
$300
[28]
This British royal consort became a septuagenarian June 10, 1991
Prince Philip
Sue
|
$300
[11]
The Geoffreymobile was built to carry this toy company's trademark giraffes in parades
Toys R Us
Howard
|
$300
[6]
The word hobby is a shortened form of this 16th century kids plaything
hobby horse
Howard
|
$300
[19]
3 types of these are beaver, opera & silk
top hats
Howard
|
|
$400
[13]
It's New York City's Ivy League school
Columbia (University)
Howard
|
$500
[27]
England observes one of these holidays in August; FDR declared one that began March 6, 1933
bank holiday
Joseph
|
$400
[29]
Banished by Gorbachev from the Politburo in 1988, he was elected president of Russia in 1991
Boris Yeltsin
Joseph
|
$400
[12]
The slanted front frames on old trains weren't called "bovine apprehenders" but these
cow catchers
Sue
|
$400
[7]
It's a glass-sided box with a removable lid that houses land animals & plants
terrarium
Howard
|
$400
[20]
In 1964 fashion designer Rudi Gernreich introduced this, gaining him worldwide notoriety
topless bathing suit
Sue
|
|
$500
[14]
The interior of this memorial is based on Les Invalides in Paris
Grant's Tomb
Sue
|
DD
$700
[26]
This was first celebrated as a legal holiday in January 1986
Martin Luther King Day
Joseph
|
$500
[30]
On May 13, 1991 this South African woman was found guilty of the 1988 kidnapping of 4 youths
Winnie Mandela
Joseph
|
$500
[16]
A wheeless vehicle that's carried; it's name is a synonym for trash
litter
|
$500
[8]
If you're into vexillology, you'll know the U.N. recently added some new ones of these out front
flags
Sue
|
$500
[21]
In vaudeville & burlesque, he was the leading comedian
top banana
Sue
|
| THE 20th CENTURY | BODIES OF WATER | MEN OF SCIENCE | FLOWERS | PHILOSOPHY | WORLD CAPITALS |
|
$200
[3]
On July 22, 1977 the "Gang of Four" was expelled from this country's Communist party
China
Sue
|
$200
[18]
The Marne is the longest tributary of this French river
Seine
Sue
|
$200
[15]
This Italian astronomer who died in 1642 said that no man had seen more than he
Galileo
Joseph
|
$200
[13]
For medicinal purposes, the most important species of this flower is the opium
poppy
Sue
|
$200
[24]
Protagoras said, "There are" this many "sides to every question"
2
Sue
|
$200
[4]
This Swedish capital is built on 14 islands that are connected by about 50 bridges
Stockholm
Joseph
|
|
$400
[9]
On Nov. 15, 1935 Manuel Quezon y Malina was inaugurated as the 1st pres. of this U.S. commonwealth
the Philippines
Joseph
|
$400
[20]
The Arabian Sea & the Bay of Bengal are considered arms of this ocean
Indian Ocean
Joseph
|
$400
[16]
About 1910 this German scientist introduced the 1st successful device to detect & measure radioactivity
Geiger
Howard
|
$400
[14]
The national flower of Egypt, or a yoga position
lotus
Howard
|
$400
[27]
This famous Rene said, "It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well"
Descartes
Sue
|
$400
[5]
Many of the "Arabian Nights" tales are set in this city, now the capital of Iraq
Baghdad
Joseph
|
|
$600
[10]
In 1971 defense analyst Daniel Ellsberg released these classified documents to the press
the Pentagon Papers
Howard
|
$600
[21]
Though second in size of the Great Lakes, it has the longest shoreline of any of them
Lake Huron
Joseph
Sue
|
$600
[17]
During WWII, he was in charge of Germany's rocket program
Wernher von Braun
Joseph
|
$600
[19]
Popularly used for corsages, Cattleya is a variety of this flower
orchid
Joseph
Howard
|
$600
[28]
The Baron de Montesquieu said, "A man should be mourned at" this event, "not at his death"
his birth
Joseph
|
$600
[6]
The name of this capital on the Molonglo River comes from an Aboriginal term for "meeting place"
Canberra
|
|
$800
[11]
North Korea seized this U.S. Navy ship on January 23, 1968, holding the 83 on board as spies
Pueblo
Howard
|
$800
[22]
Bordering Spain & France, this bay is also called the Gulf of Gascony
Bay of Biscay
Joseph
Howard
|
$800
[2]
Using a giant pendulum, this French physicist proved that the Earth rotates on its axis
Jean Foucault
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
Saffron is derived from this flower whose name is Latin for "saffron"
crocus
Sue
|
$800
[29]
This future leader of existentialism graduated from the Ecole Normale Superieure in 1929
Jean-Paul Sartre
Joseph
|
$800
[7]
It was home to composers Bedrich Smetana & Antonin Dvorak
Prague
Joseph
|
|
$1,000
[12]
In December 1989 Ion Iliescu became president of this European country
Romania
Sue
|
$1,000
[23]
Istanbul lies on both sides of the Bosporus at its junction with this sea
the Sea of Marmara
Joseph
Sue
|
$1,000
[1]
William Herschel earned a pension from King George III after discovering this planet in 1781
Uranus
|
$1,000
[26]
The Arabian variety of this flower is used to scent & flavor Oriental tea
jasmine
Howard
|
$1,000
[30]
17th century Dutch Jewish philosopher who said, "Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue"
Spinoza
Joseph
|
DD
$2,000
[8]
As a Roman colony, it was called Julia Augusta Felix Berytus, for Augustus' daughter
Beirut
Joseph
|
In 1901 she published what has become the best-selling children's book of all time
Beatrix Potter