Jane Gilman — a newspaper publisher and editor from Beverly Hills, California
Alison Roberts — an attorney originally from Port Sulphur, Louisiana
Alex Szabo — a postal clerk from Berea, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,850)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | $1,700 | $2,900 | $8,900 |
$0
3rd place: Ricoh XR-M 35mm camera kit |
$7,500
24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Alison | $400 | $5,200 | $13,600 |
$8,600
New champion: $8,600 |
$10,800
24 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Jane | $300 | $600 | $800 |
$1
2nd place: Broyhill 6-piece bedroom set & Norman's of Salisbury bedding ensemble |
$800
4 R, 2 W |
| BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | TV TRIVIA | VERBS | FOOD FOR THOUGHT | MILITARY MELODIES | POTPOURRI |
|
$100
[1]
In 1987 an average of 2 new products a day were introduced that could be cooked in this device
microwave oven
Alex
|
$100
[8]
For a special "Golden Girls" Mother's Day episode, she played Sophia's mother
Beatrice Arthur
Alison
|
$100
[15]
Gormandizing is doing this to excess
eating
Alex
|
$100
[6]
1 tablespoon of soy sauce contains over 1,000 mg of this element
sodium
Alex
Jane
|
$100
[7]
"We got to get up, we got to get up, we got to get up" are words to this bugle call
"Reveille"
Alison
|
$100
[20]
Dermatologists say there's no such thing as a "healthy" one of these, so use a sunblock
suntan
Alex
|
|
$200
[2]
Warner Books' successful bid of $4.94 million won it the rights to publish this novel's sequel
Gone with the Wind
Alex
|
$200
[9]
The daughter of this "Medical Center" star starred in "Cagney & Lacey"
James Daly
Alex
Alison
|
$200
[16]
This synonym for deduce is spelled the same except for the last letter
deduct
Alison
|
$200
[26]
To avoid this deadly food poisoning, throw out any leaking, bulging or badly dented cans
botulism
Alison
|
$200
[13]
Lyrics to this tune conclude, "All is well, safely rest, God is nigh"
"Taps"
Alison
|
$200
[21]
USA Today reports the average U.S. citizen has about 1,000 of these coins at home
pennies
Alex
|
|
$300
[3]
This snack cake's inventor, Jimmy Dewar, ate 40,177 of them in his lifetime
Hostess Twinkies
Alex
|
$300
[10]
Toody & Muldoon tooled around in Car 54 while Reed & Malloy used this car
Adam-12
Alex
|
$300
[17]
Of snitch, snipe or sniggle, the one that can mean to fish for eels
sniggle
Alison
|
$300
[27]
Discovered in 1879, this artificial sweetener was used initially as an antiseptic
saccharin
Alison
|
$300
[14]
Traditional lyrics of this song say, "You'll never get rich by digging a ditch"
"You're In The Army Now"
Jane
|
$300
[22]
First Lady who promoted the Highway Beautification Act
Lady Bird Johnson
Alison
|
|
$400
[4]
80% of the world's supply of these are sold through De Beers
diamonds
Jane
|
$400
[11]
In France, this American series is titled "Clair De Lune"
Moonlighting
Alex
|
$400
[18]
Officially, to invest someone with ministerial, priestly or rabbinical authority
ordaining
Alex
|
$400
[28]
Sick people beware: this mineral in milk & yogurt can impair the absorption of some antibiotics
calcium
Alison
|
$400
[25]
In "Sound Off", the troops sound off from number 1 up to this number
4
Alex
|
$400
[23]
It's what Emmett Kelly's Weary Willie "cleaned" off the ring floor with his broom
the spotlight
Alison
|
|
$500
[5]
Restaurateur Adolphe Alfred Rempp developed this powdered product in the late 1930s
Adolph's Meat Tenderizer
|
$500
[12]
Though the show only lasted 1 year in the '50s, Irish McCalla is still recognized as this "Queen of the Jungle"
Sheena
Alex
|
$500
[19]
Prating is doing this for a long time, for little or no reason
talking
Alison
|
$500
[29]
Acidic ingredient in store-bought mayonnaise that actually lowers the risk of food spoilage
lemon juice
Alison
|
DD
$1,500
[30]
Song that begins, "Off we go into the wild blue yonder", tells us the U.S. Air Force used to be called this
the Army Air Corps
Alison
|
$500
[24]
The name of Madame Butterfly's baby, it starts with a capital "T", which rhymes with "P"
Trouble
|
| U.S. HISTORY | INSECTS | DANCE | JEWELRY | THE CAROLINAS | A.K.A. |
|
$200
[2]
In 1951 the U.S. occupied this capital; in 1988 they sent athletes to it
Seoul, South Korea
Alex
|
$200
[18]
This "fever" carried by ticks is actually more prevalent in the Appalachians than it is out west
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Alex
|
$400
[24]
This ballroom dance was the dominant dance form of the 19th century
the waltz
Jane
|
$200
[17]
Legend says the Orloff, a crown jewel of this country, was stolen from the eye of an idol in India
Russia
Alex
|
$200
[12]
This author, once stationed at Charleston as a sergeant major, used it as his setting for "The Gold Bug"
Edgar Allan Poe
Alison
|
$200
[7]
Harold Lipshitz's stage name, which he used when playing Barney Miller
Hal Linden
Alex
|
|
$400
[3]
In October 1966 it reached a low of 744; October seems to be a bad month for it
the Dow Jones
Alison
|
$600
[20]
These bees who do nothing but fertilize queens have the shortest life span of any bee, 4 weeks
drones
Alex
|
$600
[1]
In the 1600s this dance-loving king helped make France the ballet center of Europe
Louis XIV
Alex
Alison
Jane
|
— |
$400
[13]
This island was named for an 18th century treasurer of South Carolina; tell it to the Marines
Parris Island
Alex
|
$400
[8]
Melvyn Hesselberg, who made Garbo laugh in "Ninotchka"
Melvyn Douglas
Jane
|
|
$600
[4]
In 1921 President Harding presented her with a capsule of radium worth $100,000
Marie Curie
Alex
|
$800
[21]
Found on land, not in the water, this "colorful" insect feeds on anything starchy
silverfish
|
$800
[25]
Kenny Ortega choreographed 1987's "Dirty Dancing" & this similar 1988 film with a Latin beat
Salsa
Alex
Alison
|
— |
$600
[14]
The largest city in the Carolinas bears this woman's name
Charlotte
Alex
|
$600
[9]
Marion Cecilia Douras, who was a Ziegfeld girl when she met William Randolph Hearst
Marion Davies
Alison
|
|
$800
[5]
In 1978 a group of Indians began a 2,700 mile trek to Washington, D.C. after occupying this Calif. island
Alcatraz
Alex
|
$1,000
[22]
An insect's body consists of these 3 parts
head, thorax & abdomen
Alison
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
Dance mentioned in the title of the following; it used to be a religious dance:
the hula
Alison
|
— |
$800
[15]
These, on the Tennessee-North Carolina border, were named for the haze hanging over them
the Great Smoky Mountains
Alex
|
$800
[10]
Anna Myrtle Swoyer, "Rhoda"'s TV mom
Nancy Walker
Alison
|
|
$1,000
[6]
During the revolution, this British major was captured as a spy in Tarrytown, N.Y.
(John) Andre
Alison
|
DD
$1,800
[19]
Of all insects worldwide, this disease carrier poses the greatest health hazard to humans
(Anopheles) mosquito
Alex
|
— | — |
$1,000
[16]
Gov. John White of North Carolina was grandfather of this 1st English child born in the Americas
Virginia Dare
Alison
|
$1,000
[11]
Australian soprano Helen Porter Mitchell, who was the "toast" of British opera
(Dame) Nellie Melba
Alex
|
One of this author's two middle names was Balfour
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson