Terry Swart — a medical research technician from Norwalk, California
Chris Mullins — an English teacher from Manhattan Beach, California
Gretchen Radtke — a law school graduate from Redwood City, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,250)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gretchen | $700 | $1,900 | $4,700 |
$0
3rd place: Dessert of the Month Club |
$4,700
14 R, 1 W |
| Chris | $1,000 | $1,900 | $8,100 |
$1,200
2nd place: a La-Z-Boy Signature II sleep sofa |
$6,900
20 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Terry | $0 | $1,900 | $4,300 |
$8,300
New champion: $8,300 |
$4,100
12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| ANCIENT GREECE | INVENTIONS | NURSERY RHYMES | U.S. STATES | BODY LANGUAGE | I TV |
|
$100
[24]
Carrying news of a Greek victory, Pheidippides ran from this plain to Athens, about 23 miles
Marathon
Chris
|
$100
[19]
Though he may not have tried it himself, da Vinci designed what is probably the 1st of these "fall-breakers"
a parachute
Gretchen
|
$100
[6]
A man by this name wears whiskers on his chinnegan
Michael Finnegan
Gretchen
|
$100
[7]
Hey, it's the "Bay State"
Massachusetts
Chris
|
$100
[11]
The logo used by the Pinkerton Detective Agency led to the use of this term for a private detective
private eye
Chris
|
$100
[1]
He was the "I" in "I Love Lucy"
Desi Arnaz (Ricky Ricardo)
Gretchen
|
|
$200
[25]
When he conquered Thebes, he destroyed every house but the one the poet Pindar had lived in
Alexander the Great
Chris
|
$200
[20]
Richard Nixon's pal Robt. Abplanalp invented the valve for this type of can
an aerosol can
Chris
|
$200
[17]
Higgledy piggledy; it's the color of the hen that lays eggs for gentlemen
black
Gretchen
|
$200
[8]
The state that contains the mouth of the Mississippi
Louisiana
Chris
|
$200
[13]
Ironically, this expression came from the fact that male deer have front teeth only in their lower jaw
buckteeth
Gretchen
|
$200
[2]
We can't tell if the "I" in the title of this series referred to Bill Cosby or Robert Culp
I Spy
Chris
|
|
$300
[26]
The Greeks considered this site of the oracles the "Omphalus" or navel of the world
Delphi
Terry
|
$300
[21]
The typewriter was 1st mass-produced in the 1870s by this gun manufacturer
Remington
Gretchen
|
$300
[18]
We'll have tea if she puts the kettle on
Polly
|
$300
[9]
In 1947 British driver John Cobb was 1st to travel over 400 MPH on this state's salt beds
Utah
Chris
|
$300
[14]
Someone able to sniff out a big story for the paper is said to have this
a nose for news
Terry
|
$300
[3]
He was the "I" in "I Dream of Jeannie"
Larry Hagman (Tony Nelson)
Gretchen
|
|
$400
[27]
It's very likely that Sophocles & Socrates attended the dedication of this temple in 438 B.C.
the Parthenon (the Temple of Athena)
Gretchen
|
$400
[22]
In 1960 the FDA approved production of Enovid, the 1st of these
birth control pills
Terry
|
$400
[29]
Here comes a candle to light you to bed, here comes a chopper to... uh-oh
chop off your head
Chris
|
$400
[10]
It contains both the highest & lowest points in the lower 48 states
California
Terry
|
$400
[15]
When we keep someone at a distance, we're said to keep them this far away
at arm's length
Terry
|
$400
[4]
"One Day at a Time" star who was the "I" in the TV film "I Was a Mail Order Bride"
Valerie Bertinelli
Gretchen
Chris
Terry
|
|
$500
[28]
According to Collier's Ency., in the 7th cent. this city-state won most of the recorded Olympic victories
Sparta
Terry
|
$500
[23]
Only president granted a patent at any time in his life; he got it in 1849 for a ship flotation device
Abraham Lincoln
|
$500
[30]
"Betwixt", a word you don't often run into, is in line 3 of the rhyme about this man & his eating habits
Jack Sprat ("could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean")
|
DD
$500
[12]
3 of the top 10 U.S. cities in population are in this state
Texas (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio)
Chris
|
$500
[16]
Meaning maudlin sentimentality, it's often accompanied by the playing of a make-believe violin
hearts & flowers
|
$500
[5]
Daniel Hugh Kelly was the "I" in this 1987-88 series about an architect who wed his Latino housekeeper
I Married Dora
|
| THE 20TH CENTURY | PLAYS | CANADA | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | RECORD ALBUMS | FRENCH PHRASES |
|
$200
[13]
The thief who stole it from the Louvre in 1911 tried to sell it to the Italian government for $95,000
the Mona Lisa
Terry
|
$200
[14]
Their 1st 3 Broadway plays were "I'll Say She Is", "The Cocoanuts" & "Animal Crackers"
the Marx Brothers
Chris
|
$200
[23]
Mackenzie, Keewatin & Franklin are districts of these territories
the Northwest Territories
Chris
|
$200
[1]
These fig-filled items weren't named after a fruit-struck scientist but for a town near the factory
Fig Newtons
Chris
|
$200
[2]
Quincy Jones produced his "Thriller" album & his "Bad" one, too
Michael Jackson
Terry
|
$200
[10]
On the contrary, this is French for "on the contrary"
au contraire
Terry
|
|
$400
[19]
In 1963 this was set up as a link between the White House & the Kremlin
the Hot Line
Chris
|
$400
[15]
This title character's partner-in-crime was Mrs. Lovett, who baked & sold meat pies
Sweeney Todd
Gretchen
|
$400
[24]
Residents of this province have the highest per capita income in the country
Ontario
Gretchen
|
$400
[4]
Tab was the leading diet cola before this soft drink was introduced in 1982
Diet Coke
Chris
Terry
|
$400
[3]
This TV series inspired an album featuring Ron Perlman reading Shakespeare's sonnets
"Beauty And The Beast"
Gretchen
|
$400
[11]
Trompe l'oeil refers to deceiving this, especially in art
deceiving the eye
Gretchen
Chris
|
|
$600
[20]
This Islamic title, meaning "sign from God", became well-known to the Western world in the 1970s
Ayatollah
Chris
Terry
|
$600
[16]
A very short-run play in 1963, written by D. Starkweather, was titled "So Who's Afraid of" this playwright
Edward Albee
Chris
|
— |
$600
[6]
Though it owns them both, this company doesn't use a Fruit Loop filling for its Mrs. Smith's pies
Kellogg's
Gretchen
|
$600
[5]
The 2 Madonna albums whose titles begin with "Like A..."
"Like A Prayer" & "Like A Virgin"
Gretchen
|
$600
[25]
Julia Child ended her show with this French phrase
Bon appetit !
Chris
|
|
$800
[21]
He personally directed the amphibious landing at Inchon, Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Chris
|
$1,000
[18]
He wrote "Amadeus" & his twin brother, Anthony, wrote "Sleuth"
Peter Schaffer
Chris
|
— |
$800
[7]
Coors beer is brewed in this Colorado city
Golden
Terry
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
Controversial TV personality heard singingherehis 1989 album:"Mother-in-law says you're a no-good bum /God I wish that woman would shut her trap /But there's a sure-fire cure called the 'Loudmouth Method' /I think you'd better give it a try!"
Morton Downey Jr. ("Zip It Up")
Terry
|
— |
|
$1,000
[22]
In 1956 France gave this country its independence; in 1957 Sultan Muhammad V took the title King
Morocco
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
1953 Arthur Miller play inspired by the atmosphere of McCarthyism in the early 1950s
The Crucible
Chris
|
— |
$1,000
[12]
Among the brand names in this Anglo-Dutch company's stable are Ragu, Close-Up, Q-Tips & Wisk
Unilever (Lever Brothers)
|
$1,000
[9]
Her "21 Hit Singles" album includes "Ave Maria", "Fire Down Below" &, of course, "Goldfinger"
Shirley Bassey
Terry
|
— |
He was the last man holding the office of gov. when elected vice president of the U.S.
Spiro Agnew (1968)