Bob DiGiusto — a postal clerk from Roseville, Minnesota
Mike Lease — a computer programmer from Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Anita Israel — a museum technician originally from Newburgh, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anita | $2,300 | $2,900 | $7,400 |
$1,600
3rd place: Samsung TV |
$6,700
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Mike | $500 | $2,800 | $8,200 |
$14,801
New champion: $14,801 |
$7,200
22 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Bob | $400 | $900 | $5,300 |
$10,000
2nd place: furniture from Berkline & Klipsch speakers |
$5,300
10 R, 1 W |
| AWARDS | THE BIBLE | GAME SHOWS | MUSEUMS | FAMILIAR PHRASES | PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES |
|
$100
[28]
This British princess was the recipient of a 1995 humanitarian award from United Cerebral Palsy
Princess Di
Anita
|
$100
[6]
This apostle was born in the Greek city of Tarsus
Paul (Saul)
Mike
|
$100
[23]
In 1996 Columbia Tristar TV revived these 2 Chuck Barris shows
The Dating Game & The Newlywed Game
|
$100
[1]
A North Tonawanda, N.Y. museum displays the process of carving animals for this amusement ride
a carousel
Anita
|
$100
[11]
To suffer a crushing defeat is "to meet your" this, as Napoleon did June 18, 1815
Waterloo
Mike
|
$100
[18]
"Give 'Em Hell Harry"
Truman
Mike
|
|
$200
[29]
In 1995 former president Jimmy Carter & this Spanish king received UNESCO prizes for promoting peace
Juan Carlos
Anita
|
$200
[7]
He told his sons-in-law to get out of Sodom because the Lord was going to destroy the city
Lot
Anita
Mike
|
$300
[25]
They're the Burt & Bert of Burt & Bert Productions, which produced "Win, Lose or Draw"
Reynolds & Convy
Anita
|
$200
[2]
Her Pulitzer Prize for "The Good Earth" is displayed at her Dublin, Penn. home
(Pearl) Buck
Anita
|
$200
[12]
The old saying about having this and eating it, too appeared in a 1546 book of proverbs
your cake
Mike
|
$200
[19]
"Fireside Chatterer"
FDR
Mike
|
|
$300
[30]
"Good grief"; this cartoonist won the Reuben Award twice, in 1955 & 1964
Charles Schulz
Mike
|
$300
[8]
Of this newborn son, Zacharias said, "Thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways"
John the Baptist
|
$400
[26]
The theme to this game that premiered on TV October 5, 1950 was "Hooray for Captain Spaulding"
You Bet Your Life
|
$300
[3]
The history of this type of auto racing is displayed at "Big Daddy" Don Garlits' museum in Ocala, Fla.
drag racing
|
$300
[13]
When you're really angry or just very noisy, you "raise" this part of a house
the roof
Mike
|
$300
[20]
He called himself "Jinx of the Links"
(Gerald) Ford
Mike
|
|
$400
[17]
Rockford College in this state awards outstanding women a medal named for alumna Jane Addams
Illinois
Mike
|
$400
[9]
Esau told him "I am at the point to die; and what profit shall this birthright do to me?"
Jacob
Anita
|
$500
[27]
In 1969 this original "I've Got a Secret" host began an 8-season run as host of "To Tell the Truth"
Garry Moore
Mike
|
$400
[4]
This Russian museum's Winter Palace was designed by Bartolommeo Rastrelli in the 1750s
the Hermitage
Bob
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$400
[14]
Grease makes a fire blaze up and smoke, so when this "is in the fire" the damage has been done
the fat
Anita
|
$400
[21]
The "Son of his Grandfather"
Benjamin Harrison
Mike
|
|
$500
[16]
The Cesar is France's equivalent of this U.S. award
the Oscar
Bob
|
$500
[10]
In the King James Version, the first of the 12 historical books following the Pentateuch is named for him
Joshua
Anita
|
DD
$600
[24]
The longest-running game show on NBC, it featured thefollowing:
Concentration
Mike
|
$500
[5]
The Fort Christian Museum of the U.S. Virgin Islands is located in this capital city
Charlotte Amalie
Anita
Bob
|
$500
[15]
Some say the phrase about going "from" this "to post" comes from the old game of court tennis
pillar
Bob
|
$500
[22]
"Hero of Buena Vista"
Zachary Taylor
Mike
|
| SPACE EXPLORATION | ENGLISH LIT | FAMOUS NAMES | OPERA CHARACTERS | THE 19th CENTURY | FRUITS & VEGETABLES |
|
$200
[7]
Of 21, 33 or 75 hours, the longest man has stayed on the moon
75
Mike
|
$200
[6]
On his ninth birthday, this Dickens orphan is taken to live at the main work house by Mr. Bumble
Oliver Twist
Mike
|
$200
[30]
In 1995 she returned to Broadway in a 31st anniversary production of "Hello, Dolly!"
Carol Channing
Bob
|
$200
[12]
Harrison Birtwistle wrote a 1968 opera about "Punch and" this partner
Judy
Mike
|
$200
[4]
Victoria & Albert had a grand wedding breakfast at this palace before honeymooning at Windsor
Buckingham Palace
Mike
|
$200
[17]
This variety of squash is named for its resemblance to the fruit of an oak tree
acorn
Bob
|
|
$400
[8]
In February 1996 NASA launched NEAR, a probe, designed to rendezvous with Eros, one of these minor planets
an asteroid
Mike
|
$400
[22]
Sisters Elinor & Marianne Dashwood are the heroines of this Jane Austen novel
Sense and Sensibility
Anita
|
$400
[29]
Pat Brown, former 2-term governor of this state, passed away in 1996
California
Bob
|
$400
[13]
In an 1865 opera by Richard Wagner, Tristan is a tenor role & this heroine is a soprano
Isolde
Mike
|
$400
[3]
The 19th C. hymn "Hold The Fort" was based on messages sent by this gen. known for his "March to the Sea"
Sherman
Anita
|
$400
[19]
Popular in Israel, a sabra is the fruit of one of these prickly plants
a cactus
Anita
|
|
$800
[10]
In 1981, for his 5th space flight, John Young flew on this 1st shuttle to go into orbit
the Columbia
|
$600
[18]
"A Dead Man in Deptford", the last novel by this "A Clockwork Orange" author, was published in 1993
Anthony Burgess
Mike
|
$600
[27]
His recent country album "Tennessee Moon" features a new version of his hit "Kentucky Woman"
Neil Diamond
|
$600
[14]
In a comic opera by Shostakovich, this facial feature detaches itself from Kovalev & leads a life of its own
a nose
Anita
|
$600
[2]
Robert Fulton designed the demologos, the first warship powered by this
steam
Anita
|
$600
[20]
It's the most popular fresh variety of grape grown in the U.S.
Thompson seedless
Anita
|
|
$1,000
[11]
In 1974 Carr, Gibson & Pogue were the last crew to serve in this craft; they spent over 2,000 hours there
Skylab
Mike
|
$800
[23]
Loch Katrine provides the setting for his narrative poem "The Lady of the Lake"
(Sir Walter) Scott
Anita
Bob
|
$800
[25]
This celebrated hairstylist fought for the Israeli army during the 1948 War of Independence
Vidal Sassoon
|
$1,000
[16]
Leonore disguises herself as a boy known by this title name in a popular Beethoven opera
Fidelio
Mike
|
$800
[1]
Nathaniel Hawthorne called his 1846 collection of tales "Mosses from an Old" one of these
a Manse
Anita
|
$800
[21]
The English formerly referred to this flowering vegetable as "Italian asparagus"
broccoli
Bob
|
|
DD
$1,200
[9]
The last mission in this U.S. series was manned by Jim Lovell & Buzz Aldrin
Gemini
Mike
|
$1,000
[24]
This baroness whose first name is Phyllis is famous for mystery novels about detective Adam Dalgliesh
P.D. James
|
$1,000
[26]
In 1996 some of the top skaters joined Yekaterina Gordeyeva in a tribute to this late husband
(Sergei) Grinkov
Anita
Bob
|
DD
$1,500
[15]
It' traditional for a woman to play Cherubino the pageboy in this 1786 opera about a wedding
The Marriage of Figaro
Anita
|
$1,000
[5]
Emile Zola's letter "J'accuse" helped win a new trial for this Frenchman who'd been convicted of spying
(Alfred) Dreyfus
Bob
|
$1,000
[28]
The name of this long Asian radish is Japanese for "large root"
daikon
Anita
|
On a weekend package, Northwest Airlines flies Londoners to Bloomington, Minn. to visit this
the Mall of America