Ginny Reynolds — a writer and production coordinator from Patterson, New York
Greg Giles — an actor from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Steve Throneberry — a first-year law student from Santa Ana, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $700 | $500 | $2,100 |
$3,500
3rd place: Samsung World Wide hi-fi stereo VCR |
$1,700
10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Greg | $1,200 | $3,200 | $4,600 |
$9,200
2nd place: trip to Puerto Vallarta and stay at Sheraton Buganvilias Resort |
$4,500
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Ginny | $1,900 | $3,500 | $6,000 |
$10,000
New champion: $10,000 |
$6,500
21 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| MYTH | FIRST NAME'S THE SAME | SONGS' OPENING LINES | 1989 | FIRE | EVERYTHING'S COMING UP "ROSE"S |
|
$100
[26]
For Remus looking at him must have been like looking in a mirror
Romulus
Ginny
|
$100
[3]
Swanson, Steinem, Vanderbilt
Gloria
Ginny
|
$100
[21]
Barry Manilow: "Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl"
"Copacabana"
Steve
|
$100
[1]
On November 10, 1989 it was attacked with hammers, chisels, picks & graffiti
Berlin Wall
Ginny
|
$100
[10]
A spotlight placed too closse to a curtain ignited the 1992 fire that damaged St. George's Hall at this royal castle
Windsor Castle
Greg
|
$100
[4]
One who has an optimistic view of things is said to be seeing life through these
rose-colored glasses
Greg
|
|
$200
[27]
This group led by Jason sailed on a ship with 50 oars
Argonauts
Greg
|
$200
[17]
Coogan, Cooper, Joyner-Kersee
Jackie
Ginny
|
$200
[22]
Creedence Clearwater Revival: "Left a good job in the city, workin' for the man every night and day"
"Proud Mary"
Greg
|
$200
[2]
In March 1989 the Soviets lost contact with Phobos 2, a craft sent to check out this planet, sound familiar
Mars
Steve
|
$200
[13]
Rock star who sang the 1967 No. 1 hit "Light My Fire"
Jim Morrison
Ginny
|
$200
[6]
In "Citizen Kane", it was the last word uttered by Charles Foster Kane before he died
Rosebud
Steve
|
|
$300
[28]
Amalthea was the nurse who secretly brought up this kid so his father Cronus wouldn't eat him
Zeus
|
$300
[18]
Williams, Fawkes, Lombardo
Guy
Greg
|
$300
[23]
The Village People: "Body, body, wanna feel my body, body, baby"
"Macho Man"
Steve
|
$300
[5]
He died 4 months after putting a sentence of death on Salman Rushdie, who was still alive a decade later
Ayatollah Khomeini
Ginny
|
$300
[14]
In 1988 fires swept through nearly 1 million acres of this national park, almost half its territory
Yellowstone
Steve
|
$300
[7]
In 1978 he hit in 44 straight games, second only to Joe DiMaggio's record 56-game streak
Pete Rose
Ginny
|
|
$400
[29]
Iris, the daughter of Thaumas & Electra, was the goddess of this colorful effect
rainbow
Greg
|
$400
[19]
Hayes, Newton, Stern
Isaac
Ginny
|
$400
[24]
The Beatles: "There are places I'll remember"
"In My Life"
Ginny
|
DD
$500
[11]
In July this country celebrated a historic bicentennial
France
Greg
|
$400
[15]
Tragically in 47 B.C. a fire that destroyed the Egyptian fleet spread through this library
Library of Alexandria
Greg
|
$400
[8]
It's "the sweetest flow'r that grows"
my wild Irish rose
Ginny
|
|
$500
[30]
One version says she got the gift of prophecy after her ears were licked by a serpent in Apollo's temple
Cassandra
Ginny
|
$500
[20]
Basil, Braxton, Morrison
Toni
Greg
|
$500
[25]
Aretha Franklin: "Looking out on the morning rain, I used to feel uninspired"
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"
Ginny
|
$500
[12]
Baseball fans in this stadium ready to watch game 3 of the World Series in 1989 were shaken by an earthquake
Candlestick Park
Greg
|
$500
[16]
A sacred flame was kept burning at a temple in the Roman forum honoring this goddess of the hearth
Vesta
Ginny
|
$500
[9]
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote that marriage "is a field of battle, and not" this
a bed of roses
Ginny
|
| OTTOMAN EMPERORS | "B" MOVIES | ON THE GULF OF MEXICO | MY MAINE MAN | 1999 BOOKS | RHYMES WITH WORLD |
|
$200
[15]
Mehmed or Muhammad I, emperor 1413-1421, was the first to bear the name of the founder of this faith
Islam
Greg
|
$200
[1]
Oddly, Hal David & Burt Bacharach composed the title song of this 1958 Steve McQueen sci-fi classic
The Blob
Greg
|
$200
[10]
Mobile Bay is found on this state's small stretch of Gulf coastline
Alabama
Ginny
|
$200
[6]
A huge baseball fan, this author built a ballpark in Bangor that's been dubbed the "Field of Screams"
Stephen King
Greg
|
$200
[21]
Her mother came out with "Love, Ellen: A Mother/Daughter Journey"
Ellen DeGeneres
Greg
|
$200
[8]
Thrown
hurled
Steve
|
|
$400
[16]
15th century Emperor Mehmed II is known to history by this epithet, like King William I of England
the Conqueror
Steve
|
$400
[2]
Jane Fonda is a futuristic sex kitten in this campy space classic
Barbarella
Steve
|
$400
[11]
Residents of this Florida Gulf city, like residents of the city it's named for, are called Neopolitans
Naples
Ginny
|
$400
[7]
After moving to a farm in North Brooklyn, Maine, he spun such tales as "Charlotte's Web"
E.B. White
Ginny
|
$400
[22]
Pick up her "Joy Schtick" & enjoy "the view"
Joy Behar
Greg
|
$400
[9]
Spiraled, as with hair
twirled (or curled)
Ginny
|
|
$600
[28]
Struggling as emperor from 1410 to 1413, one version of his 4-letter name is the Spanish word for table
Mesa (Musa)
Ginny
|
$800
[4]
This Roger Corman classic finds gun-toting "Mama" Angie Dickinson involved with William Shatner
Big Bad Mama
Greg
|
DD
$500
[14]
A major Gulf port was originally "the rich city of the true cross", "Vilia Rica de la" this
Veracruz
Ginny
|
$600
[17]
Michelle Pfeiffer's main man is this Maine-born TV producer & writer
David E. Kelley
Steve
|
$600
[23]
"Tara Road" was a 1999 bestseller by this "Circle of Friends" author
Maeve Binchy
Steve
|
$600
[20]
Rolled up
furled (curled)
Steve
Greg
Ginny
|
| — |
DD
$1,000
[3]
What a pain in the neck! An African prince is turned into a vampire in this 1972 blaxploitation film
Blacula
Steve
|
$600
[12]
Gulf city serenade heard here:"I still hear your sea winds blowin'..."
"Galveston"
Ginny
|
$800
[18]
The first person from Maine to become VP, he served under Abraham Lincoln
Hannibal Hamlin
Greg
|
$800
[25]
"Dangerous Kiss" was her fifth Lucky Santangelo tale
Jackie Collins
|
$800
[24]
Ridged for easy gripping
knurled
Greg
|
| — |
$1,000
[5]
This 1970 Russ Meyer movie about an all-girl rock trio was a sequel in name only
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Steve
|
$800
[13]
Before empyting into the Gulf, the Sabine River forms the border between Texas & this state
Louisiana
Ginny
|
$1,000
[19]
In 1998 Bill Gates paid a record $30 million for this Maine artist's seascape "Lost on the Grand Banks"
Winslow Homer
Greg
|
$1,000
[26]
An actor-model in Manhattan was the subject of this biting Bret Easton tale
Glamorama
Greg
|
$1,000
[27]
Relieved of knots
burled
Ginny
|
By the time it hosts the Summer Olympics in 2004, this city plans to have a car-free zone linking its ancient sites
Athens