Kate Waits game 4.
Pete Stark — a financial analyst from New York City, New York
Dorothy Dunnion — a teacher from Phoenix, Arizona
Kate Waits — a law professor from Albany, New York (whose 3-day cash winnings total $37,803)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kate | $700 | $3,000 | $7,300 |
$12,001
4-day champion: $49,804 |
$4,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Dorothy | $0 | $1,000 | $6,000 |
$0
3rd place: Serigraph from Scott Arts Graphics |
$6,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Pete | $1,900 | $3,200 | $2,600 |
$1
2nd place: Trip ro Vail, Colorado |
$2,300
18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| 1887 | THE FUNNIES | THE BIBLE | MOUNTAINS | SPORTS | QUESTIONABLE SONGS |
|
$100
[2]
Detective introduced to the world in 1887 in "A Study in Scarlet"
Sherlock Holmes
Pete
|
$100
[9]
Al Capp portrayed this title character as having the lowest IQ in America
Li'l Abner
Pete
|
$100
[10]
Harper's Bible Dictionary calls them twin cities of infamy
Sodom and Gomorrah
Pete
|
$100
[27]
Over 10 miles long, the world's longest road tunnel runs under these mountains in Switzerland
the Alps
Pete
|
$100
[21]
in 1981, skater Yvon Jolin set a world record when he jumped over 18 of these
barrels
Kate
|
$100
[16]
Title question asked in the song that starts out "5 foot 2, eyes of blue"
"Has Anybody Seen My Gal?"
Dorothy
Pete
|
|
$200
[3]
French president Paul Jules Grevy resigned when it was learned his son-in-law was selling this award's medals
Legion of Honor
Dorothy
Pete
|
$200
[22]
1st introduced in 1970, this "Peanuts" bird is named after a 1969 rock concert
Woodstock
Kate
|
$200
[11]
As King Nebuchadnezzar's capital, it was the largest city in the civilized world
Babylon
Pete
|
$200
[28]
This Alaskan peak has been sighted from land 230 miles away
Mount McKinley
Pete
|
$200
[20]
Most pro hockey players have had at least one of these knocked out
tooth
Kate
|
$200
[17]
Title question asked in the beginning, middle & 3 times at the end of a "King & I" song
"Shall We Dance?"
Dorothy
|
|
$300
[4]
At 23, this proprietor of the SF Examiner chartered a train to cover a hotel fire & scored his 1st "scoop"
(William Randolph) Hearst
Kate
Dorothy
|
$300
[23]
In the name of his strip, Hagar is described as this, though it could better describe his wife Helga
horrible
Dorothy
|
$300
[12]
It is believed that the New Testament refers to 7 different "kings" all bearing this name
Herod(s)
|
$500
[26]
Recent satellite data indicates this mountain may actually be higher than Mt. Everest
K2 (Godwin-Austen)
Kate
|
$300
[6]
In 1934, Burleigh Grimes was the last major leaguer to throw this pitch legally
spitball
Pete
|
$300
[14]
2nd question in this 1964 Beatles hit was "Do you promise not to tell?"
"Do You Want to Know a Secret?"
Pete
|
|
$400
[7]
On February 5, La Scala held the world premiere of "Otello", considered this composer's best tragic opera
(Giuseppe) Verdi
Pete
|
$400
[25]
Title comic strip character whose close friends included Sparkle Plenty
Dick Tracy
Dorothy
|
$400
[13]
The Bible says he got his name because he was drawn out of the water
Moses
Kate
|
— |
$400
[5]
The ball can reach speeds of 160 MPH in this sport often called the world's fastest game
jai-alai
Kate
|
$400
[18]
Song in which Anthony Newley says, "It seems that I'm the only one that I have been thinking of"
"What Kind of Fool Am I?"
Kate
|
|
$500
[8]
France merged Cochin-China, Annam, Tonkin & Cambodia in a "union" called this
(French) Indochina
Dorothy
|
$500
[24]
Luann the teacher, Margo the secretary & Tommie the nurse share this apartment
3-G
Kate
|
DD
$800
[15]
1 of 2 groups to whom Paul wrote 2 New Testament epistles
Corinthians (and the Thessalonians)
Pete
|
— |
$500
[1]
Only Bill Hartack & Eddie Arcaro have each won it 5 times
Kentucky Derby
Pete
|
$500
[19]
Title question asked in what became 1st of 9 #1 hit singles for the Bee Gees
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?"
|
| 1787 | FOOD | MOVIES | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH | AMERICAN LITERATURE | HIGHER EDUCATION |
|
$200
[9]
In May, peasants rioted, breaking into rice storehouses in Edo, Osaka & other cities in this country
Japan
Kate
|
$200
[20]
Bacon bits & fat are typically substituted for mayonnaise in this ethnic group's potato salad
German
Kate
Dorothy
|
$200
[14]
This politician's last film, "The Killers", was made for TV but shown in theaters because of its violence
Ronald Reagan
|
$200
[8]
If a train "leaves the metals", it's done this
derailed (jumped the track)
Pete
|
$600
[15]
Many consider this, Norman Mailer's 1st published novel, the best war novel to emerge from WWII
The Naked and the Dead
Pete
|
$800
[23]
This school, Richard Nixon's alma mater, is named for a famous American Quaker poet
Whittier College
Kate
|
|
$400
[16]
On October 29, his opera "Don Giovanni" premiered at the National Theater in Prague
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Pete
|
$400
[21]
Foul-smelling "cabbage" that can be good to eat if you change the cooking water several times
skunk (or swamp) cabbage
Dorothy
Pete
|
$600
[12]
1974 film whose sound & visual effects shook up Charlton Heston & Ava Gardner
Earthquake
Kate
|
$400
[7]
It's what you're wearing when you put on your "Wellingtons"
boots
Dorothy
|
$800
[24]
In 1920, Chas. Nordhoff & James Hall moved to Tahiti where they wrote this novel about a real event
Mutiny on the Bounty
Dorothy
|
$1,000
[22]
In 1960, Alabama Polytechnic Institute became this university
Auburn
Pete
|
|
$600
[17]
There was talk of summoning the Estates-General, this country's legislature, tho it hadn't met in some 170 years
France
Pete
|
$600
[1]
A freestone peach is one whose flesh doesn't do this
cling
Kate
Dorothy
Pete
|
$800
[11]
1964 Sophia Loren film originally titled "Ieri, Oggi, Domani"
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Kate
|
$600
[5]
A British woman might be upset to be told she has a "ladder", which is this
run in her hose
Dorothy
|
$1,000
[25]
"Giants in the Earth", a story of pioneer life in the Dakotas, was originally written in this language
Norwegian
Pete
|
— |
|
$800
[18]
2 of 3 states that ratified the Constitution in 1787
Delaware & New Jersey (& Pennsylvania)
Kate
Dorothy
Pete
|
$800
[2]
These 2 widely consumed beverages were unknown in England until the 17th century
coffee and tea
Dorothy
|
$1,000
[10]
Fred Astaire & Cyd Charisse starred in "Silk Stockings", a musical version of this 1939 comedy classic
Ninotchka
Dorothy
|
$800
[4]
Boxing Day, December 26, doesn't celebrate pugilism but gets its name from this custom
giving gifts to working class people
Dorothy
|
— | — |
|
$1,000
[19]
Thomas Lord, a Yorkshireman, opened a "ground" for playing this in London
cricket
Pete
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
3 chicken parts that can be referred to as "giblets"
heart, the liver and the gizzard
Dorothy
|
DD
$3,500
[13]
Movie which won its 2 Oscars for its music which included the following "Best Song":
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Kate
|
$1,000
[6]
In British political folklore, the Gnomes of Zurich aren't dwarfs but these
Swiss bankers
|
— | — |
For nearly 7 years, it's been the national minimum hourly wage
$3.35