Sharon Beattie — a music teacher from Stuttgart, Germany
Rob Pierce — a minister from Fayetteville, North Carolina
Jim Berkowitz — a teacher originally from Cranston, Rhode Island (whose 2-day cash winnings total $24,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim | $-500 | $1,600 | $4,900 |
$8,401
3-day champion: $32,901 |
$5,700
19 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Rob | $-100 | $1,400 | $4,200 |
$8,050
2nd place: Tappan electric range with microwave oven and a water filter |
$4,200
14 R, 3 W |
| Sharon | $200 | $1,000 | $1,800 |
$100
3rd place: a recliner |
$2,800
9 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| U.S. STATES | TV INITIALS | THE 1st TIME SINCE... | NORMAN ROCKWELL | GIVE ME A "BREAK" |
|
$100
[1]
Ironically, this little state's official name is the longest of any U.S. state
Rhode Island (and Providence Plantations)
Rob
|
$100
[4]
In the new series "T and T", he's one of the "T"s
Mr. T
Jim
|
$100
[16]
For the 1st time since 1957, the AFL-CIO has some control over this union, having let it back into the fold
the Teamsters
Jim
|
$100
[2]
He got his 1st commission, before age 16, to paint these holiday greetings
Christmas cards
Jim
|
$100
[21]
A wave that dashes into foam
a breaker
Sharon
|
|
$200
[5]
The biggest earthquake ever to hit the U.S. happened in 1964 in this state
Alaska
Jim
|
$200
[9]
It's what the "A" & the "E" stand for in the A & E cable network
arts & entertainment
Jim
|
$200
[17]
1987 was the 1st year since this one that the Dow Jones plunged more than 12.8% in one day
1929
Jim
Sharon
|
$200
[3]
Around age 17, he made an oath never to do advertising art & signed it in this substance
blood
Jim
Sharon
|
$200
[22]
Someone who wants to transmit on the CB channel you're already on
a breaker
Jim
|
|
$400
[7]
The almost perfect arc in Delaware's border separates it from this state
Pennsylvania
Jim
|
$300
[10]
The "CC" that flashes on your screen at the beginning of a program indicates the show is this
closed captioned (for the deaf or hearing impaired)
Rob
|
$300
[18]
It was opened on live TV by Telly Savalas October 28, 1987, the 1st time, they said since April 1912
the vault of the Titanic
Jim
|
$300
[13]
In 1913, at age 19, he was appointed art director of this scout magazine
Boys' Life
Rob
|
$300
[23]
Dawn
daybreak
Rob
|
|
DD
$500
[6]
2 of the 3 states that have only 4 letters in their name
(2 of) Ohio, Utah & Iowa
Jim
|
$400
[11]
On "Simon & Simon", A.J. was named for this president
Andrew Jackson
Rob
|
$400
[19]
For the 1st time since 1980's "The Mirror Crack'd", she's starring in a theatrical film, "The young Toscanini"
Elizabeth Taylor
Jim
|
$400
[14]
The 1st was dated May 20, 1916
his first Saturday Evening Post cover
Jim
|
$400
[24]
Neal Sedaka's 1962 #1 hit that gave us the immortal phrase "Comma comma, down-doo-be-doo down down"
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
Sharon
|
|
$500
[8]
This state boasts the 1st U.S. National Monument, National Forest, & National Park
Wyoming
Rob
|
$500
[12]
The lead character in this 1979-81 comedy adventure series was Billie Joe McKay
B.J. and the Bear
Rob
|
$500
[20]
He played his 1st recital since 1978 at the state dinner the Reagans threw for the Gorbachevs
Van Cliburn
Rob
Sharon
|
$500
[15]
Rockwell played a minor role in the 1966 remake of this 1939 John Wayne film classic
Stagecoach
Jim
|
$500
[25]
At least 3 different movies about prison escapes share this title
Breakout
Rob
|
| MILITARY HISTORY | LITERARY JOHNS | SAINTS | COMPOSERS | COLORS | CLICHES |
|
$200
[8]
During WWII the "Spitfire" was probably the most famous fighter of this military service
the RAF (Royal Air Force)
Jim
Rob
|
$200
[2]
John Steinbeck often used this, his native state, as the setting for his novels & stories
California
Sharon
|
$200
[11]
Name of both the Bishop of Hippo & the oldest city in the United States
St. Augustine
Sharon
|
$200
[1]
Franz Liszt had at least 2 daughters & a son without ever doing this
getting married
Rob
|
$200
[12]
Levi Strauss began marketing denim jeans in this color in the 1850s
blue
Jim
|
$200
[15]
It means a frank conversation, not necessarily between cardiologists
a heart-to-heart talk
Jim
|
|
$400
[9]
Trench warfare, famous from WWI, was used in this U.S. war over 50 years earlier
the Civil War
Jim
|
$400
[4]
John Bunyon allegory whose complete title includes "From This World to That Which Is to Come"
The Pilgrim's Progress
Rob
|
$400
[28]
Yes, they're the sisters of Saint Faith, & they're saints, too
Hope & Charity
Sharon
|
$400
[3]
His brother Ira provided the lyrics for many of his songs
George Gershwin
Jim
|
$400
[13]
According to the song, it's this "they say, on the far side of the hill"
green green
Rob
|
$400
[20]
Meaning "stay calm", it probably comes from a man's tendency to remove clothing before a fight
keep your shirt on
Sharon
|
|
DD
$500
[16]
The 2 methods of warfare which were prohibited by the Geneva Protocol of 1925
chemical warfare & biological warfare
Jim
|
$600
[5]
His 2nd trilogy was called "District of Columbia", but he's more famous for his 1st, "U.S.A."
John Dos Passos
Jim
|
$600
[27]
A tradition that he picks up the souls of the dead may account for the boat rowing song
Saint Michael
Rob
|
$600
[22]
Jazz composer whose group's name included the year '65, then '66, then '77, then '88
Sérgio Mendes
Rob
|
$600
[14]
Color of the storage root of a sugar beet
white
|
$600
[21]
This name comes from an 18th c. tale of a girl who went around showing everyone her new footwear
Goody Two-Shoes
Rob
|
|
$600
[10]
From Italian for "large tube", England's Edward III introduced these pieces in 1346 at Battle of Crecy
cannons
Sharon
|
$800
[6]
"Polly" was this poet-playwright's sequel to "The Beggar's Opera"
John Gay
|
$800
[26]
A confession: The abbey now at Westminster isn't the one he consecrated in 1065
King Edward the Confessor
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
18th-century composer on whose compositionthe following, a 1965 No. 2 hit, is based:"How gentle is the rain /That falls softly on the meadow /Birds high up in the trees /Serenade the flowers with their melodies..."
Johann Sebastian Bach (Minuet in G)
Sharon
|
$800
[18]
Neiman-Marcus has stopped selling garbage bags in this color which hospitals use to denote infectious waste
red
Sharon
|
$800
[23]
Greek for "the many" it refers to the common folk or the masses
the hoi polloi
Jim
|
|
$1,000
[17]
At the Battle of Marathon in 490 B.C., the Athenians defeated them
the Persians
Jim
|
$1,000
[7]
He won a Pulitzer Prize for his short stories 2 years after he wrote "Falconer"
John Cheever
Jim
|
$1,000
[25]
This man got Jesus' body from Pilate & laid it in his own tomb
Joseph of Arimathea
Rob
|
— |
$1,000
[19]
The 1st postage stamp in England, issues May 1, 1840, is known by this colorful name
the Penny Black
|
$1,000
[24]
Chairman Mao is said to have coined this phrase which means something ineffective
paper tiger
|
At the opening ceremonies for the 1988 Winter Olympics, "Happy Birthday" was played for this country
Australia