John Mackall — an attorney from Santa Barbara, California
Florence Shimano — a hospitality specialist from San Mateo, California
Steven Kurtz — a columnist originally from Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $2,600 | $3,500 | $13,000 |
$6,500
2-day champion: $20,500 |
$9,700
22 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Florence | $500 | $2,100 | $2,300 |
$2,000
2nd place: Trip to Miami |
$2,300
12 R, 1 W |
| John | $1,200 | $1,500 | $2,500 |
$100
3rd place: Jean d' Eve Watch |
$6,500
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| FAMOUS TOMs | FOOD | INSECTS | WESTERN SONGS | ALABAMA | 1989 |
|
$100
[1]
This NBC newsman used to co-host the "Today" show with Barbara Walters & her successor, Jane Pauley
Tom Brokaw
Florence
|
$100
[7]
With far less fat than margarine, Le Slim Cow is a French substitute for this dairy product
Butter
Florence
|
$100
[23]
The Latin name of this insect is mantis religiosa
Praying Mantis
Steve
|
$100
[14]
The classic Western song that begins "See them tumbling down..."
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds"
Steve
|
$100
[16]
The agricultural area known as The Black Belt is famous for growing this crop
Cotton
John
|
$100
[6]
She revealed in her book, "First Father, First Daughter" that she had been a victim of marital abuse
Maureen Reagan
Steve
Florence
|
|
$200
[2]
In 1863 he married Lavinia, who, like him, stood 35 inches tall
Tom Thumb
John
|
$200
[8]
President Bush likes to eat these pigskin treats with Tabasco sauce
Pork Rinds
Florence
|
$200
[24]
According to the Smithsonian, the old Ford Woody station wagons were often infested with these
Termites
John
|
$200
[15]
Roy Rogers sang, "Hoppy, Gene & me; we taught you how to" do this "straight"
Shoot
John
|
$200
[17]
The long gray threadlike stems of this "moss" sway from oak trees in the coastal breezes
Spanish Moss
Steve
|
$200
[10]
This Watergate chronicler reviewed his childhood in the book "Loyalties: A Son's Memoir"
Carl Bernstein
Steve
|
|
$300
[3]
In 1984, in addition to his TV chores, he starred in the films "Lassiter" & "Runaway"
Tom Selleck
John
|
$300
[9]
The prophet Mohammed advised, "Eat" this many-seeded fruit, "It purges the system of envy & hatred"
Pomegranate
Steve
|
$300
[25]
The German type of this ancient household pest is sometimes mistakingly called a waterbug
Cockroach
Florence
|
$300
[18]
"Hold That Critter Down" is a song about doing this to animals
Branding them
Steve
|
$300
[28]
In 1968 she became the nation's 3rd woman governor
Lurleen B. Wallace
Steve
|
$300
[11]
In March the U.S. agreed to help build this nation's FSX fighter jet
Japan
John
|
|
$400
[4]
He succeeded Jim Wright as Speaker of the House in June 1989
Tom Foley
John
|
$400
[20]
Bufala Mozzarella is made from the milk of this type of buffalo, not bison
Water Buffalo
|
$400
[26]
The process in which a caterpillar turns into a butterfly is called this
Metamorphosis
Florence
|
$400
[19]
In the song "Tennessee Stud", the Tennessee Stud isn't a macho cowboy, it's one of these
Horse
Florence
|
— |
$400
[12]
Until "Batman" opened, this 1989 Spielberg-Lucas film held the 1-day gross record with $11.2 million
"Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade"
Steve
|
|
$500
[5]
" 'I'm going to the racetrack', said Tom hoarsely" is an example of this kind of wordplay
Tom Swifty
Steve
|
$500
[21]
To make Charlotte Russe, line your mold with these cakes
Ladyfingers
Florence
|
$500
[27]
These brightly colored insects are sometimes called "Devil's Darning Needles"
Dragonflies
|
$500
[22]
In Cole Porter's song, the title line that follows "Send me off forever, but I ask you, please..."
"Don't Fence Me In"
Steve
|
— |
DD
$1,300
[13]
Chemist B. Stanley Pons & Martin Fleischman claimed to have devised a room temperature version of this
Cold/Nuclear Fusion
Steve
|
| "F" IN MATH | BEST SELLERS | AMERICAN WOMEN | QUOTES | THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS | 1889 |
|
$200
[12]
A number written as a quotient; examples are 2/3, 1/2 & 1/4
Fraction
Florence
|
$200
[18]
"A Woman Named Jackie" is C. David Hermann's biography of this woman
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Steve
|
$200
[2]
She was called "Lady Lindy" & her last plane was a twin engine Lockheed Electra
Amelia Earhart
Florence
|
$200
[17]
Eddie Anderson said of him in character, "If he can't take it with him, he ain't gonna go"
Jack Benny
Steve
|
$200
[5]
Andrew Marton received a special award for directing the chariot race in this 1959 film
"Ben-Hur"
John
|
$200
[1]
Dow Jones & Co. began publishing this newspaper July 8, 1889
The Wall Street Journal
Florence
|
|
$400
[13]
1/8 of a mile, or 201.7m
Furlong
John
|
$400
[19]
"Parting the Waters" by Taylor Branch is a history of this social movement in America
Civil Rights Movement
Steve
|
$400
[3]
First & last name of the chairman & CEO of Playboy Enterprises
Kristi Hefner
John
|
$400
[23]
Asked about the possibility of this coming down, Gorbachev said, "Nothing is eternal"
The Berlin Wall
Steve
Florence
|
$400
[8]
She was voted "World Film Favorite" for 1950, & she's still going strong on "Falcon Crest"
Jane Wyman
Steve
|
$400
[4]
2 of this composer's big hits in 1889 were "The Thunderer" & "The Washington Post"
John Philip Sousa
Steve
|
|
$600
[14]
If you're 6 feet under water, you should understand you're this far down
Fathom
John
|
$600
[20]
The book subtitled "It Ain't Over..." is a collection of anecdotes by this man
Yogi Berra
John
|
$600
[24]
In 1851 Amelia Bloomer introduced Elizabeth Cady Stanton to this feminist in Seneca Falls
Susan B. Anthony
Steve
|
$600
[25]
Margaret Mitchell wrote "My dear, I don't give a damn"; the screenplay writer added this word
"Frankly"
John
|
$600
[9]
He won for acting in "The Sand Pebbles" & "Dr. Dolittle" & for directing "Gandhi"
Sir Richard Attenborough
Steve
|
$600
[6]
Italy claimed the Treaty of Uccialli established a protectorate over this African nation
Ethiopia
John
|
|
$800
[15]
Also called a divisor, it's a number by which another number is divided
Factor
|
$800
[21]
Pat Hackett has edited & published the diaries this artist kept from 1976-87
Andy Warhol
John
|
$800
[29]
For more than 30 years Marion Davies was the mistress of this married newspaper magnate
William Randolph Hearst
John
|
$800
[26]
Reason Edna St. Vincent Millay's candle "will not last the night"
"My candle burns at both ends"
Florence
|
$800
[10]
Voted a "Promising Newcomer" in 1962, she won 10 years later for "Carnal Knowledge"
Ann-Margret
Steve
|
$800
[7]
On November 2 these 2 states joined the Union & it's not certain which was really 1st
North & South Dakota
Steve
|
|
$1,000
[16]
This adjective describes a set with a fixed, countable number of elements
Finite
|
$1,000
[22]
In "The Good Times" this New York Times columnist describes his career in journalism
Russell Baker
Steve
|
— |
$1,000
[28]
Chas. A. Warner said, "What small" ones of these vegetables "we all are compared with what we might be!"
Potatoes
Steve
|
DD
$3,500
[11]
She won 4 times for "Sister Kenny", "Auntie Mame", "Mourning Becomes Electra" & "Gypsy"
Rosalind Russell
Steve
|
DD
$4,000
[27]
Crown prince of Austria who was found dead with his lover in Mayerling; some say it wasn't suicide
Archduke Rudolf
John
|
This city didn't exist at the time of the Trojan War so Paris couldn't have abducted Helen from there
Sparta (Helen was married to the king of Sparta)