Rudy Stegemoeller — an attorney from Poestenkill, New York
June Vester — a homemaker from Titusville, New Jersey
Carol Ann Hilton — a fundraiser from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $26,002)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carol Ann | $500 | $1,800 | $5,500 |
$1,599
2nd place |
$4,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| June | $900 | $2,700 | $4,700 |
$0
3rd place |
$4,700
14 R, 3 W |
| Rudy | $3,000 | $3,600 | $10,000 |
$11,001
New champion: $11,001 |
$11,300
24 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE 1930s | STOCK SYMBOLS | BODIES OF WATER | COOKING | FAMOUS MEREDITHS | FRENCH PHRASES |
|
$100
[8]
In 1934 a peace treaty was signed by descendants of these Florida Indians who fought 3 wars against the U.S.
the Seminole
Rudy
|
$100
[18]
You don't have to go a "long distance" to know this company is just T
AT&T
Rudy
|
$100
[2]
This river marks the western boundary of Egypt's Arabian Desert
the Nile
Carol Ann
|
$100
[16]
"The Fannie Farmer Cookbook" says only fish of this color should be used to make fish stock
white
June
|
$100
[13]
On "Family Ties" she was Michael J. Fox' mom
Meredith Baxter Birney
Carol Ann
|
$100
[1]
On the contrary, it's well... "on the contrary"
au contraire
Rudy
|
|
$200
[9]
A plane crash in Alaska killed this cowboy humorist on August 15, 1935
Will Rogers
June
|
$200
[19]
When you say this 3-letter symbol, you say Anheuser-Busch
BUD
Carol Ann
|
$200
[4]
Asia's Anadyr & North America's Yukon rivers empty into this sea named for a Danish explorer
the Bering Sea
Carol Ann
Rudy
|
$200
[17]
Potato flour is usually added to sauces & gravies to do this, not to flavor them
to thicken them
Rudy
|
$200
[14]
As a quarterback he was "Dandy"
Don Meredith
Carol Ann
|
$200
[3]
French equivalent of the Spanish buenos dias
bonjour
Rudy
|
|
$300
[10]
This U.S. seismologist developed his famous scale
Richter
Carol Ann
|
$300
[28]
The price of this stock, FDX, doesn't move overnight, but the company sure does
Federal Express
Rudy
|
$300
[5]
The Tyrrhenian Sea is bounded to the south by this large Italian island
Sicily
Rudy
|
$300
[22]
You'll need both the juice and the grated rind of this citrus fruit to make Sauce Maltaise
orange
Carol Ann
|
$300
[15]
He watched Rocky like a hawk & watched Batman like a penguin
Burgess Meredith
June
|
$300
[25]
Defense d'entrer is "no admittance"; defense de fumer is this
"no smoking"
June
|
|
$400
[11]
The "P" in WPA stood for this
(Works) Progress (Administration)
June
|
$400
[29]
Symbolized S, one of its major competitors is JCP
Sears
June
|
$400
[6]
The name Oregon may come from an old French name for this river, its northern border
the Columbia
Rudy
|
$400
[23]
Some cooks use the "leaf" type of this rendered pork fat to make flaky biscuits
lard
June
|
$400
[20]
This Mason City, Iowa composer created some trouble for River City, Iowa
Meredith Willson
June
|
$400
[26]
This 2-word phrase is found on airmail letters
Par avion
Carol Ann
|
|
$500
[12]
In 1930 he became the first golfer to win the "Grand Slam" & announced his retirement
Bobby Jones
Rudy
|
$500
[30]
Barnes & Noble's 3-letter stock symbol, it implies what they sell
BKS
Carol Ann
|
DD
$1,200
[7]
The waters of New York's Lake George drain into this lake to the north
Lake Champlain
Rudy
|
$500
[24]
When making this taro root paste, ferment it for several days to give it that distinctive sour taste
poi
Carol Ann
|
$500
[21]
In 1962 James Meredith enrolled as the first black student at this university
Ole Miss (Mississippi)
June
|
$500
[27]
A coup d'eclat is a dashing stroke & this is the finishing stroke
coup de grâce
June
|
| HISTORY | MONTANA | BAROQUE COMPOSERS | WEATHER | STAMPS AND COINS | THE 1995 TONY AWARDS |
|
$200
[1]
In March 1919 he became leader of a fascist movement called the Fasci di Combattimento
Mussolini
Carol Ann
|
$200
[15]
Montana boasts the nation's largest deposit of the subbituminous kind of this
coal
Rudy
|
$200
[5]
This composer's brother Johann Christoph taught him to build & play the organ
Johann Sebastian Bach
Carol Ann
|
$200
[9]
Warnings of tropical storms come from the National Hurricane Center in this Florida city
Miami
Carol Ann
|
$200
[20]
The "king" of stamps, this 1993 issue is the most popular U.S. commemorative stamp of all time
the Elvis Presley stamp
Rudy
|
$200
[25]
This agelessly wacky star of "Hello, Dolly!" won a 1995 Tony for Lifetime Achievement
Carol Channing
Carol Ann
|
|
$400
[2]
The 1642 Battle of Edgehill was the first major battle of this country's civil war
England
Rudy
|
$400
[16]
This bear, the state animal, is considered a threatened species in the state
the grizzly
Rudy
|
$400
[7]
This "Candide" author wrote librettos for Baroque composer Jean-Philippe Rameau
Voltaire
Rudy
|
$400
[10]
The name of these highest clouds comes from the Latin for "curl" or "tuft"
cirrus
Carol Ann
June
|
$400
[21]
Until 1947 a 16-petaled chrysanthemum appeared on nearly every postage stamp of this country
Japan
Carol Ann
|
$800
[27]
Ralph Fiennes was crowned Best Leading Actor in a Play for his portrayal of this gloomy prince
Hamlet
June
|
|
$600
[3]
Born in 1825 Pedro II was the second, last & only native emperor of this country
Brazil
Carol Ann
June
|
$600
[17]
This is Montana's top crop, with the winter type generally grown in the north central region
wheat
Rudy
|
$600
[8]
"The Four Seasons" is part of his Opus 8, which appeared in 1725
Vivaldi
June
|
$600
[11]
On March 15-16, 1952 it rained a record 73.62" in 24 hours on the island of Reunion in this ocean
the Indian Ocean
June
|
$800
[23]
Stamps & coins of this country bear the name Helvetia
Switzerland
June
Rudy
|
$1,000
[26]
Cherry Jones won a Best Actress Tony for "The Heiress", based on this author's "Washington Square"
Henry James
Carol Ann
|
|
$1,000
[6]
It's the name of the dynasty that ruled Iran from 1925 to 1979
Pahlavi
June
|
$800
[18]
Montana borders 3 Canadian provinces: Saskatchewan, Alberta & this one
British Columbia
Rudy
|
$800
[13]
In 1653 Jean-Baptiste Lully became composer to this French king with whom he danced in a ballet
Louis XIV
Rudy
|
$800
[12]
Early sailing ships were often stranded for many weeks in this region of calm winds on the Equator
the doldrums
Rudy
|
$1,000
[24]
The sale of 1903 gold coins featuring this president helped pay for his Niles, Ohio memorial
McKinley
Rudy
|
— |
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
The first Russian settlement in Alaska was established on this island in 1784
Kodiak Island
Rudy
|
$1,000
[19]
This, the state's most populous city, only has about 81,000 people
Billings
Rudy
|
$1,000
[14]
This German traveled to London in 1710 to produce his opera "Rinaldo" & decided to stay
Handel
Rudy
|
$1,000
[28]
The June 1991 eruption of this Philippine volcano caused vivid sunsets
Mount Pinatubo
Carol Ann
|
DD
$1,500
[22]
Inscribed in both Chinese & Portuguese, coins for this territory weren't issued until 1952
Macau
Carol Ann
|
— |
Before his death in 1914 he studied forests in Russia, India & Australia, as well as the U.S.
John Muir