Gabriella Anderson — a teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico
John Cunningham — a hot dog vendor from San Antonio, Texas
Valerie Williams — a marketer from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valerie | $600 | $1,800 | $3,200 |
$6,400
2nd place: Software City 286 desktop computer |
$3,200
16 R, 6 W |
| John | $1,000 | $3,200 | $6,000 |
$8,000
New champion: $8,000 |
$5,100
18 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Gabriella | $500 | $2,000 | $3,400 |
$199
3rd place: Regal Kitchen Nutrition cooking system |
$3,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| WORDS | AFRICAN HISTORY | WEDDINGS | TV "P"EOPLE | SPORTS | DECEMBER 25th |
|
$100
[2]
Slang for a large amount, it's also the past tense of "slay"
slew
John
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$100
[1]
This Scottish discoverer of the Victoria Falls was "found" by Henry Stanley in November 1871
Dr. David Livingstone
Gabriella
|
$100
[27]
Superstition says that to ensure good luck a bride must wear these 4 items
"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue"
Gabriella
|
$100
[13]
She's won 4 "Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy" Emmys as Carla on "Cheers"
Rhea Perlman
John
|
$100
[3]
The first bobsled races were held in this mountainous country
Switzerland
John
|
$100
[19]
On Dec. 25, 1492, his ship the Santa Maria was wrecked off Hispaniola
Christopher Columbus
Gabriella
|
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$200
[6]
It's a small harpsichord or piano, not a small spinning wheel
a spinet
Gabriella
|
$200
[5]
In 1895 this British diamond king had a colony named for himself
Sir Cecil Rhodes (Rhodesia)
Gabriella
|
$200
[28]
A bride's principal attendant
a maid of honor (or matron of honor)
Gabriella
|
$200
[15]
For 25 years this director of the St. Louis Zoo hosted "Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom"
Marlin Perkins
John
|
$200
[4]
In 1910 the Intercollegiate Athletic Association changed its name to this
NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association)
Valerie
|
$200
[22]
In 1950 Scottish nationalists stole the 336 lb. Stone of Scone from this British coronation site
Westminster Abbey
John
|
|
$300
[7]
It can be a merry adventure, a harmless prank or a bird
a lark
John
|
$300
[11]
To protect against piracy in the 18th century, the U.S. made payoffs to this group of North African states
Barbary States (or Barbary Coast)
Valerie
|
$300
[26]
At Japanese weddings the bride & groom seal their union with sips of this alcoholic beverage
sake
Gabriella
|
$300
[16]
He was a panelist on "To Tell The Truth" for 9 years; now he's George Utley on "Newhart"
Tom Poston
Valerie
|
$300
[8]
A 5 iron is a mashie, a 9 iron is a niblick & this is a mashie niblick
a 7 iron
|
DD
$400
[23]
On Dec. 25, 1868 this president pardoned "all who... participated in the late rebellion"
Andrew Johnson
John
|
|
$400
[20]
This word for a form of Japanese dance-drama isn't negative, it means "talent"
noh
Gabriella
|
$400
[12]
In 1975 this country's colony of Angola became the last European colony to gain independence
Portugal
John
|
$400
[29]
Child attendant who carries a pillow in the procession
a ring bearer
Gabriella
|
$400
[17]
She was "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E."
Stefanie Powers
Valerie
|
$400
[9]
Devised by Owen Patrick Smith, this sport was legalized in Florida in 1931
greyhound racing (dog racing)
Valerie
|
$400
[24]
He was crowned on December 25th in the year 800
Charlemagne
John
|
|
$500
[21]
Type of bag carried by soldiers or sailors, or a simple song
a ditty
John
|
$500
[14]
This dynasty ruled Egypt from 323 B.C. until the suicide death of Cleopatra in 30 B.C.
the Ptolemys
Valerie
|
$500
[30]
These notices of intent to marry in the Catholic Church are published to make sure each party is free
banns
Valerie
|
$500
[18]
This brother & sister played a brother & sister on "The Donna Reed Show"
Paul & Patty Petersen
John
|
$500
[10]
Australian Rules, American & Association describe sports that are all named this
football
Valerie
|
$500
[25]
In 1777 British explorer James Cook discovered this island
Christmas Island
Valerie
|
| SCIENCE & NATURE | THE 50 STATES | SPY NOVELS | CLASSICAL MUSIC | PROVERBS | ANTIQUES |
|
$200
[23]
Locusts are short-horned or short-antennaed varieties of these
grasshoppers
John
|
$200
[3]
Canada's Ontario province shares the Thousand Islands with this U.S. state
New York
Valerie
|
$200
[10]
Completes the John le Carre title "Tinker, Tailor,..."
Soldier, Spy
Valerie
|
$200
[18]
Noted with a dot on the score, it's the opposite of legato
Staccato
Gabriella
|
$200
[1]
One proverb says, "6 hours" of this "for a man, 7 for a woman & 8 for a fool"
sleep
Valerie
|
$200
[5]
In ancient China & in classical antiquity, this accessory was made of polished metal, not glass
a mirror
John
|
|
$400
[24]
Developed by astronomer A.E. Douglass, dendrochronology determines age in this way
counting tree rings
Gabriella
|
$600
[7]
Each December the Paul Bunyan Sled Dog Races are held in Bemidji in this northern state
Minnesota
|
$400
[11]
"Marco Polo if You Can" is one of this "National Review" founder's forays into spy novels
William F. Buckley
John
|
$400
[19]
English title of Paul Dukas' symphonic piece "L' Apprenti sorcier"
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Gabriella
|
$400
[2]
William Congreve coined the oft-misquoted proverb, "Music has charms to soothe" a "savage" one
breast
John
Gabriella
|
$400
[15]
They were first called "Fashion Babies", but until the 19th c. many of them looked like adults
dolls
John
|
|
$800
[29]
Einstein's famous equation states energy equals mass times this squared
the speed of light
Valerie
John
|
$800
[8]
The Amana Colonies in this state are known for the manufacturing of refrigerators & other appliances
Iowa
Valerie
John
|
$600
[12]
His most recent bestseller is "The Icarus Agenda", published in 1988
Robert Ludlum
Valerie
|
DD
$600
[20]
Most people know its first 4 notes; these are its last notes:
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
Gabriella
|
$600
[4]
"Blessed is he who expects" this, "for he shall never be disappointed"
nothing
Gabriella
|
$600
[16]
In medieval armor, the part of the body protected by the "pauldron" or "epauliere"
the shoulder
Valerie
|
|
$1,000
[28]
When swinging a rock on a string in a circle, this force pulls the rock inward
centrifugal
Valerie
|
$1,000
[9]
Bordering on Kentucky, this easternmost of the 12 midwestern states also has a bluegrass region
Ohio
|
$800
[13]
He wrote "The Odessa File" & "The Fourth Protocol" as well as "The Day of the Jackal"
Frederick Forsyth
Valerie
|
$800
[21]
Stalin's death the next day pushed this "Peter & The Wolf" composer's obit off the front page
Sergei Prokofiev
Gabriella
|
$800
[26]
"The hand that" does this "is the hand that rules the world"
rocks the cradle
Valerie
|
$800
[17]
One of the older types of cooking vessels, it figures importantly in Act IV of "Macbeth"
a cauldron
Gabriella
|
| — |
DD
$1,200
[6]
The 3 states represented in the name of the city of Texarkana
Arkansas, Louisiana & Texas
John
|
$1,000
[14]
Singular pseudonym of Rodney Whitaker, who authored 2 "Sanction" books, "Loo" & "Eiger"
Trevanian
Valerie
|
$1,000
[22]
Friml gave us the "Donkey Serenade", but he gave us the whole "Carnival of Animals"
Camille Saint-Saens
Valerie
|
$1,000
[27]
"They that sow the wind shall reap" this
the whirlwind
Valerie
|
$1,000
[25]
The name of this chair is said to have come about when George III ordered some made for his castle
the Windsor chair
|
This president was the last surviving signer of the U.S. Constitution
James Madison