Dan Bowman — a letter carrier from Dixon, Illinois
Mike Yanochik — a law student from Austin, Texas
Steven Kurtz — a columnist originally from Michigan (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $2,300 | $3,800 | $4,600 |
$9,100
3rd place: Landes 5-piece Coffee & Tea Service |
$4,600
15 R, 2 W |
| Mike | $900 | $1,000 | $7,200 |
$11,200
2nd place: Maytag Washer & Dryer Combo |
$7,200
18 R, 1 W |
| Dan | $1,000 | $2,100 | $8,600 |
$14,401
New champion: $14,401 |
$9,400
21 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| ADVERTISING | ARGENTINA | NAMES IN THE NEWS | SHOW MUSIC | POTENT POTABLES | CAPITAL PUNISHMENT |
|
$100
[17]
The L.A. Times called this "original party animal" "a canine cross between Bruce Willis & John Belushi"
Spuds MacKenzie
Steve
|
$100
[22]
Argentina has won 2 of the last 3 World Cup titles in this sport, the country's most popular
Futbol/Soccer
Mike
|
$100
[12]
In a recent autobiography, ex-wife Cyndy claims that she wrote college term papers for this ball player
Steve Garvey
Steve
|
$100
[1]
According to "The Music Man", "Ya got trouble" in this place
"Down in River City"
Mike
|
$100
[8]
It puts the fizz in a gin fizz
Soda Water/Club Soda
Steve
|
$100
[2]
Joan of Arc
Burned at the stake
Mike
|
|
$200
[18]
Ibuprofen product that says it's "advanced medicine for pain"
Advil
Steve
Dan
|
$200
[23]
Candidates for president & vice president must be citizens by birth & of this religion
Roman Catholic
Dan
|
$200
[13]
Much of President Bush's anti-drug program is attributed to this man, his drug czar
William Bennett
Mike
|
$200
[7]
Professor Henry Higgins asks, "Why can't the English teach their children how to" do this
Speak English
Dan
|
$200
[26]
A favorite drink in colonial New England was "Blackstrap", a mixture of molasses & this potent potable
Rum
Dan
|
$200
[3]
Mata Hari
Firing Squad
Dan
|
|
$300
[19]
Speaking of this cereal, Kellogg's urges, "Taste Them Again for the 1st Time"
Corn Flakes
Steve
|
$300
[24]
These cowboys were the rank & file of the army that won independence from Spain
Gauchos
Dan
|
$300
[14]
In a renewed effort to stop poaching at Tsavo Nat'l Park, this country named Richard Leakey as wildlife dir.
Kenya
Dan
|
$300
[9]
Line you'd sing in a Frank Loesser duet if your partner started with "I really can't stay"
"But Baby It's Cold Outside"
Steve
|
$300
[27]
From the Latin for "openers", they include Campari & Dubonnet
Aperitifs
Dan
|
$300
[4]
Socrates
Drank Hemlock
Dan
|
|
$400
[20]
Of bottom left, top left or top right, the most valuable part of a two-page spread for advertising
Top Right
Steve
|
DD
$300
[25]
In 1983 Raul Alfonsin was elected president, handing this party its 1st defeat
The Peronistas (the party of Juan Peron)
Dan
|
$400
[15]
If you were invited to Tangier for a $2 mil. weekend birthday bash in August '89, it was probably his
Malcolm Forbes
Steve
Mike
|
$400
[10]
"South Pacific" song that begins "We got sunlight on the sand, we got moonlight on the sea"
"There's Nothing Like A Dame"
Steve
|
$400
[28]
Korbel, Cook's & Piper-Heidsieck
Champagne Brands
Dan
|
$400
[5]
Louis XVI
Beheaded
Mike
|
|
$500
[21]
Roads are wider, traffic's faster; to bring back these signs would court disaster
Burma Shave
Steve
|
$500
[30]
This almost treeless region of Argentina is the agricultural & industrial heart of the nation
Pampas
Dan
|
$500
[16]
On July 28, 1989 Israeli forces went to Jibchit, Lebanon & carried this man back to Israel
Sheik Abdul Karim Obeid
Mike
|
$500
[11]
1 of 3 cities mentioned in the 1st line of the song "Another Op'nin', Another Show"
Baltimore, Boston & Philadelphia
Steve
|
$500
[29]
Federal regulations say it must be distilled from a mash of not less than 51% corn
Bourbon
Dan
|
$500
[6]
Haman
Hung from the gallows
Steve
|
| WORLD WAR II | FAMOUS QUOTES | FINE CHINA | U.S. GEOGRAPHY | BIRDS | NOVEL OPERAS |
|
$200
[1]
Counting military & civilians, this large country suffered the most fatalities in the war, over 20 million
Soviet Union/Russia
Mike
|
$200
[12]
In "Advice to a Young Tradesman" Benjamin Franklin wrote, "Remember that time is" this
Money
Dan
|
$200
[26]
Belleek china, famous for its hand-painted shamrock pattern, was 1st made in this country
Ireland
Mike
|
$200
[19]
To make way for a railroad, Missouri's Cape Girardeau on this river was blasted out of existence
Mississippi River
Mike
Dan
|
$200
[5]
This bird was named for Roman Catholic officials whose bright red robes its plumage resembles
Cardinals
Mike
|
$200
[10]
It inspired 2 operas named "Esmeralda" & one called "Quasimodo"
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Dan
|
|
$400
[2]
U.S. WWII general who said, "I am a soldier, I fight where I am told & I win where I fight"
George Patton
Mike
|
$400
[13]
Over 300 yrs. ago British poet George Herbert wrote that this "is the best revenge"
Living Well
Steve
|
DD
$300
[29]
Goebel of West Germany is the exclusive manufacturer of the figurines based on this nun's designs
Hummel
Dan
|
$400
[20]
East Chicago is located in this state, not Illinois
Indiana
Dan
|
$400
[7]
The great horned & screech varieties of these birds are noted for their ear tufts
Owls
Dan
|
$400
[16]
Prokofiev spent over 10 years turning this Tolstoy epic into an opera
"War And Peace"
Mike
|
|
$600
[3]
Invading American forces 1st set foot on the European mainland in this country, not France
Italy
Mike
|
$600
[14]
St. Jerome said, "Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest...someone...say...'Why do you not practice' " this
What you preach
Mike
|
$400
[27]
Some early Spode patterns were inspired by this country's Imari ware
Japan
|
$600
[21]
This state's Panhandle limits Alabama's Gulf of Mexico coastline to the area around Mobile Bay
Florida
Steve
|
$600
[8]
A "fever" transmitted to humans by various birds, ornithosis is most associated with these birds
Parrots
|
$600
[18]
Scotsman whose novel, "The Bride of Lammermoor" inspired "Lucia di Lammermoor"
Sir Walter Scott
Mike
|
|
$800
[4]
1 of 2 U.S. islands attacked by the Japanese on December 8, 1941
Guam & Wake Island
Dan
|
$800
[15]
Dutch Jewish philosopher who coined the phrase "nature abhors a vacuum"
Spinoza
Steve
|
$600
[28]
East Germany's Meissen factory used to make an imitation of this English company's Jasperware
Wedgwood
Dan
|
$800
[23]
Mt. Hood, the highest Oregon mountain, is in this range
The Cascades
Dan
|
$800
[9]
Sensitive to poison gases, these small birds were used as gas detectors in coal mines
Canaries
Steve
|
$800
[22]
He died before "The Trial" was published, so he never got to see the opera version either
Franz Kafka
Mike
|
|
$1,000
[6]
After he led its recapture, Louis Mountbatten was named 1st earl of this Asian country
Burma
Dan
|
$1,000
[17]
Originally, he wrote, "I think, therefore I am" in a French, not a Latin, book
Rene Descartes
Mike
|
$1,000
[30]
This city has been the center of France's porcelain industry since the 1770s
Limoges
Dan
|
$1,000
[24]
About 70,000 now live in this planned "new town" founded in 1967 between Baltimore & D.C.
Columbia
Steve
|
DD
$1,000
[11]
Country which is the native habitat of the flightless bird seen here:
New Zealand (Kiwi)
Dan
|
$1,000
[25]
The Benjamin Britten opera based on this Herman Melville work climaxes with a hanging
Billy Budd
Mike
|
The last full-length cartoon feature Walt Disney supervised personally, it was set in India
The Jungle Book