Mike Heberling — a marketing analyst originally from Temple, Pennsylvania
Andrea Lehman — a freelance editor from Trenton, New Jersey
Ken DeBusk — a computer instructor from Coldwater, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $800 | $1,100 | $7,500 |
$0
3rd place: Mad Raq tennis rackets |
$8,300
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Andrea | $500 | $1,800 | $4,000 |
$5,000
2nd place: Merillat shelving system + a Sanyo color TV |
$4,000
13 R, 0 W |
| Mike | $1,600 | $2,700 | $7,000 |
$13,999
New champion: $13,999 |
$9,300
24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| ARTISTS | CITY CUISINE | ROCK LYRICS | KIDDIE LITERATURE | THE U.S. ARMED FORCES | ANAGRAMS |
|
$100
[26]
Sometime between 1508 & 1512 Michelangelo painted a drunk Noah on its ceiling
the Sistine Chapel
Mike
|
$100
[18]
The New World bean named for the capital of Peru
the lima bean
Andrea
|
$100
[2]
Title line preceding "After 'while crocodile"
"See You Later, Alligator"
Andrea
Mike
|
$100
[13]
The Earthworks Group published "50 Simple Things Kids Can Do" to save this
the Earth
Andrea
|
$100
[1]
Pass this birthday & you're too old to enlist, but you can now become president
35
Andrea
|
$100
[11]
Ned is always hiding in this room
the den (NED/DEN)
Mike
|
|
$200
[27]
The water must have been cold in Bath; it was after he moved there he painted "The Blue Boy"
Gainsborough
Andrea
|
$200
[19]
Smoked precooked sausages, named for the German town whose link sausages may have inspired them
a frankfurter
Mike
|
$200
[3]
In "Eleanor Rigby", he writes "the words of a sermon that no one will hear"
Father McKenzie
Ken
|
$200
[14]
Charles Perrault called this nursery character "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge"
Little Red Riding Hood
Mike
|
$200
[7]
Special cap worn by members of the U.S. Army Special Forces "A" Team
a green beret
Mike
|
$200
[12]
Nero never fiddled around in this Nevada city
Reno (NERO/RENO)
Andrea
|
|
$300
[28]
Rembrandt made his by using acid on a metal plate, then printing onto paper
etching
Andrea
|
$300
[20]
Tenderized flank steak, thinly sliced along the grain
London broil
Andrea
|
$300
[4]
"Long distance information, give me" this city
Memphis (Tennessee)
Ken
|
$300
[15]
He first enchanted children with 1937's "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street"
Dr. Seuss
Mike
|
$300
[8]
The Navy's special forces who are trained for all-terrain combat, not for playing horns in a circus
the SEALs
Ken
|
$300
[23]
The first name of a late, great Swedish actress
Greta (GREAT/GRETA)
Mike
|
|
$400
[29]
De Kooning & Pollock are both classified as this type of expressionists
abstract
Andrea
|
$400
[21]
Also called a "western sandwich", it combines scrambled eggs, ham, onion & green pepper
a Denver omelet (Denver sandwich)
Ken
|
$400
[5]
Tom Jones hit that begins, "Well, she's all you'd ever want, she's the kind men like to flaunt"
"She's A Lady"
Ken
|
$400
[16]
In 1990 this embattled author wrote "Haroun and the Sea of Stories" from his place in hiding
Salman Rushdie
Ken
|
$400
[9]
The first WAC contingent served in this war
World War II
Mike
|
$400
[24]
If you dared to look at this mythological monster, you'd be far from amused
Medusa (AMUSED/MEDUSA)
Ken
|
|
$500
[30]
Houdon's marble statue of this Enlightenment philosopher seated is at the Comedie Francaise
Voltaire
Ken
|
$500
[22]
Magyu cattle, massaged with straw & fed on beer, produce this expensive Japanese beef named for a city
Kobe beef
Mike
|
$500
[6]
Neil DIamond told us that "ev'rybody knows one" & "ev'ry garden grows one"
"Song Sung Blue"
Mike
|
DD
$800
[17]
When Maurice Sendak's Max gets mad he goes "Where" these "Are"
Where the Wild Things Are
Ken
|
$500
[10]
The emblem of the Marine Corps shows a globe, an eagle & one of these
an anchor
|
$500
[25]
1 of these is missing from my linen closet
the sheet (THESE/SHEET)
|
| HISTORY | NONFICTION | VIVE LA FRANCE | SCIENCE | AWARDS | THE LIBERTY BELL |
|
$200
[8]
The first 29 countries joined this on Oct. 24, 1945
the United Nations
Mike
|
$200
[6]
On his return to England in 1864, he wrote "Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambezi and its Tributaries"
(David) Livingstone
Ken
|
$200
[19]
In its currency, 100 centimes equal one of these
a franc
Mike
|
$200
[1]
The positive electrode of a tube is an anode, the negative electrode, this
a cathode
Mike
|
$200
[13]
The L.A. Area Council of the Boy Scouts named a humanitarian award for him: what a thriller
Michael Jackson
Mike
|
$200
[18]
The Liberty Bell was cast twice in 1753 by John Pass & Charles Stow, founders in this city
Philadelphia
Andrea
|
|
$400
[9]
In 1530 Charles V became the last emperor of this crowned by the Pope
the Holy Roman (Empire)
Ken
|
$400
[7]
This comic titled his 1986 autobiography "Absolutely Mahvelous"
(Billy) Crystal
Mike
|
$400
[20]
The French word for "castles"; lovely ones dot the Loire Valley
châteaux
Ken
|
$400
[2]
In addition to his electrical work, Georg Ohm helped found this science of sound
acoustics
Andrea
|
$400
[14]
In 1917 Herbert Bayard Swope of the N.Y. World became the first man to win this prize for reporting
the Pulitzer Prize
Mike
|
$400
[24]
From 1949-63 this coin featured Franklin on 1 side & the Liberty Bell on the reverse
the half dollar
Ken
|
|
$600
[10]
Beaten to the North Pole by Peary, this Norwegian reached the South Pole Dec. 14, 1911
Amundsen
Mike
|
$600
[28]
Allan Nevins' book subtitled "The Times, the Man, the Company" is a study of this automaker
Henry Ford
Ken
|
$600
[21]
Long before hippies, the French used this a their basic unit of local gov't
communes
Andrea
|
$600
[3]
In 1905 he was the first to propose the existence of particles of light called photons
Einstein
Mike
|
$600
[15]
The Directors Guild of America's top honorary award is named for this "Birth of a Nation" director
(D.W.) Griffith
Mike
|
$600
[25]
A quote from this book is inscribed on the bell
the Bible
Mike
|
|
$1,000
[12]
Prince Edward of Woodstock got this nickname from the color of his armor in the Hundred Years' War
the Black Prince
Mike
|
$800
[29]
Founder of the U.S. organization, she wrote "The Red Cross in Peace and War" & "A Story of the Red Cross"
Clara Barton
Ken
|
$800
[22]
It's the only remaining European possession on the South American mainland
French Guiana
Ken
|
$800
[4]
A roller coaster atop the slope has potential energy; as it rolls down, it builds up this energy
kinetic
Ken
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
The Governor-General's Literary Awards were established in this country in 1936
Canada
Mike
|
$800
[26]
The yoke is made of the wood of this American tree which has been devastated by disease in recent years
the elm
Mike
|
|
DD
$2,500
[11]
In 1990 Lothar de Maiziere was the last prime minister of this country
East Germany
Mike
|
$1,000
[30]
In his book "Head First", he reasserted that positive attitudes can fight disease
(Norman) Cousins
Andrea
|
$1,000
[23]
De Gaulle had the gall to increase the president's powers when he founded this number republic in 1958
5 (the Fifth Republic)
Mike
|
$1,000
[5]
This man, known for his pendulum, made the first gyroscope in 1852
Foucault
Ken
|
$1,000
[17]
The Mystery Writers of America gave Joan Kahn one of these awards for lifetime achievement
an Edgar
Mike
|
$1,000
[27]
Tradition holds the bell cracked in 1835 while tolling the death of this Chief Justice
John Marshall
Ken
|
In NYC in 1955 she said, "An actress's life is so transitory--suddenly you're a building"
Helen Hayes