Ira Schwartz — a physician from Decatur, Georgia
Bronwyn Noble — a technical specialist from Madison, Wisconsin
Sue Agos — a senior personnel specialist from Angola, New York
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sue | $300 | $1,600 | $5,200 |
$9,200
2nd place: a trip to Mexico City |
$5,200
14 R, 2 W |
| Bronwyn | $1,200 | $2,000 | $6,600 |
$1
3rd place: an office refrigerator |
$8,100
18 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Ira | $-800 | $1,600 | $6,700 |
$13,200
New champion: $13,200 |
$6,200
22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| MEXICO | TV TRIVIA | MONEY SUPERSTITIONS | BUGS | MEDALS & DECORATIONS | PROVERBS |
|
$100
[17]
This resort city is famous for the cliff divers of La Quebrada
Acapulco
Ira
|
$100
[7]
Kurt Russell's father, Bing Russell, played a deputy sheriff on this series set on the Ponderosa
Bonanza
Ira
|
$100
[22]
When you give one of these to a man, a coin or bill should be in it so he'll never be out of money
a wallet
Ira
|
$100
[2]
This bug has been called a "hundred-legger"
a centipede
Bronwyn
|
$100
[12]
In 1882 the emperor of this country established the Order of the Double Dragon for foreigners
China
Bronwyn
|
$100
[1]
"All things come to him who" does this
waits
Ira
|
|
$200
[18]
Bohemia, Superior & Dos Equis are brands of this produced in Mexico
beer
Bronwyn
|
$200
[8]
Lee Majors not only starred in this series, he sang its theme song, "The Unknown Stuntman"
The Fall Guy
Sue
|
$200
[23]
If your left hand does this, money is coming
itches
Sue
|
$200
[3]
The field & house types of this chirping insect are raised & sold as fish bait
crickets
Sue
|
$300
[14]
There are Army, Navy & Air Force versions of this highest U.S. medal
the Congressional Medal of Honor
Ira
|
$200
[24]
This type of "fruit is sweet" or "sweetest"
forbidden
Sue
Bronwyn
|
|
$300
[19]
This 760-mile-long peninsula forms the western border of the Gulf of California
the Baja
Ira
|
$300
[9]
Of all Mr. Newhart's TV series, this one has the shortest name
Bob
Bronwyn
|
$300
[28]
A groom may give a bride a penny to wear in this for good luck
a shoe
Bronwyn
|
$300
[4]
Types of this bug transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever
a tick
Bronwyn
|
$400
[15]
This country established an Independence Medal in 1924, throwing out the old Ottoman Empire Orders
Turkey
Bronwyn
|
$300
[25]
In "The Tempest", Shakespeare wrote, "Misery acquaints a man with strange" ones of these
bedfellows
Ira
|
|
$400
[20]
Though Victor Hugo & Garibaldi petitioned to save this emperor's life, he was executed in 1867
Maximilian
Ira
|
$400
[10]
On "The Addams Family", she played Morticia & Morticia's sister Ophelia
Carolyn Jones
Sue
|
$400
[29]
Turn over a silver coin in your pocket when you see this heavenly body & your wish will come true
the Moon
Sue
Bronwyn
|
$400
[5]
The smallest of these insects is the pygmy locust at less than 1/2 inch in length
a grasshopper
Bronwyn
|
DD
$500
[13]
In August 1992 the medal whose reverse is seenherewas presented in this country
Spain
Bronwyn
|
$400
[26]
On this holiday "all the birds of the air in couples do join"
Valentine's Day
Ira
|
|
$500
[21]
Every December 12, Mexicans converge on a basilica in Mexico City to honor the virgin of this place
Guadalupe
Sue
|
$500
[11]
Now a sales rep, Larry Mazzeo used the name Larry Mathews when he played Ritchie on this TV series
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Bronwyn
Ira
|
$500
[30]
Carrying a coin with this year stamped on it is supposed to bring you good luck
the year of your birth
Bronwyn
|
$500
[6]
This North American spider is distinguished by a violin-shaped mark on its back
the brown recluse spider
Sue
Ira
|
$500
[16]
Great services to this country are rewarded with the Order of Henry the Navigator
Portugal
Ira
|
$500
[27]
According to Ovid, "To be loved" you have to be this
lovable
|
| WORLD HISTORY | MYTHOLOGY | U.S. STATES | PIRATES | SCIENCE | COMPOSERS |
|
$200
[2]
In 1963 this former British P.M. became an honorary citizen of the U.S. by an act of Congress
Winston Churchill
Ira
|
$200
[1]
Castor, Pollux & Theseus accompanied Jason on his journey aboard this ship
the Argo
Ira
|
$200
[21]
The world's most powerful solar telescope is near Tucson in this state
Arizona
Ira
|
$200
[11]
Although most of these featured a skull & crossbones, some had flaming swords or hourglasses
pirate flags (or the jolly roger)
Ira
|
$200
[16]
An astroblame is a scar on the Earth's surface caused by one of these
a meteor
Sue
|
$200
[26]
Shortly before his death, this "Nutcracker" composer received an hon. doctorate from Cambridge Univ.
Tchaikovsky
Bronwyn
|
|
$400
[3]
He was the first president of Gran Colombia; after all , he helped liberate it
Simón Bolívar
Sue
|
$400
[4]
He was condemned to support the heavens after supporting Cronus' war against the Olympians
Atlas
Bronwyn
|
$400
[22]
An 1867 flood in this state allowed a steamboat to travel down Chattanooga's Main Street
Tennessee
Ira
|
$400
[12]
Several pirates of the Indian Ocean, including William Kidd, used this large island off the African coast as a haven
Madagascar
Sue
|
$400
[17]
These warm, dry winds can raise the temperature at the base of the Rockies as much as 40º F. in 1 hour
the Chinooks
Sue
Bronwyn
|
$400
[27]
In addition to marches, he composed an orchestral piece inspired by the novel "Ben-Hur"
Sousa
Sue
|
|
$600
[6]
This French king was condemned in mid-January 1793 & was executed January 21
Louis XVI
Ira
|
$600
[5]
Some poets described this dog as having 50 heads, but he's usually shown with 3
Cerberus
Ira
|
$600
[23]
In 1992 most of this state's permanent residents got $915.84 from its oil revenues
Alaska
Ira
|
$600
[13]
One of the many weapons used by pirates was this short, slightly curved sword with a single cutting edge
the cutlass
Sue
|
$800
[19]
In the 2nd U.S. suborbital flight, his Mercury capsule, Liberty Bell 7, sank in the Atlantic upon splashdown
Gus Grissom
Bronwyn
Ira
|
$600
[28]
His "Bolero" had its American debut at a 1929 concert of the N.Y. Philharmonic-Symphony
Ravel
Ira
|
|
$800
[7]
On June 16, 1963 she blasted into orbit, joining Valery Bykovsky who had been launched 2 days earlier
(Valentina) Tereshkova
Ira
|
$800
[9]
In her sanctuary in the Forum, she was not represented by a statue but by a flame tended by virgin priestesses
Vesta
Bronwyn
Ira
|
$800
[24]
This state has a Lake Sidney Lanier about 25 miles north of Stone Mountain
Georgia
Ira
|
$800
[14]
It's the term pirates used for the land along the Caribbean coast of South America
the Spanish Main
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
From the Latin for "body", it's a free-moving cell such as an erythrocyte or leukocyte
a corpuscle
Bronwyn
|
$800
[29]
A 1791 Handel music festival inspired him to compose the oratorio "The Creation"
Haydn
|
|
$1,000
[8]
Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by Germany as a result of this 1870-71 war
the Franco-Prussian War
Bronwyn
|
$1,000
[10]
Troy could not fall while it contained the Palladium, an image of this goddess
Athena
Bronwyn
|
DD
$1,500
[25]
In 1777 New Connecticut changed its name to this, the name the state's still known by
Vermont
Ira
|
$1,000
[15]
These Mediterranean pirates were based in Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli
the Barbary pirates
Sue
|
$1,000
[20]
2 isotopes of the same element differ in the number of these subatomic particles
neutrons
Bronwyn
|
$1,000
[30]
Early in his career, Igor Stravinsky was tutored by this "Flight of the Bumblebee" composer
Rimsky-Korsakov
Sue
|
The woman with the most quotes in the new edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is this American
Emily Dickinson