Richard Dial — a security inspector from Carson, California
Bennett Crocker — an apartment building manager originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dan Avila — a photographer from Los Angeles, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan | $0 | $1,200 | $5,400 |
$5,300
New champion: $5,300 |
$5,500
19 R (including 2 DDs), 8 W (including 1 DD) |
| Bennett | $1,500 | $2,200 | $2,600 |
$2,000
2nd place: Bassett entertainment center & Symphonic's TV/VCR combo |
$2,600
11 R, 1 W |
| Richard | $800 | $1,700 | $1,300 |
$0
3rd place: Cazal 951/955 sports sunglasses & a Nintendo Entertainment System with Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune games |
$1,300
13 R, 7 W |
| WORLD CITIES | COUNTRY MUSIC | THE NORTH POLE | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | FEBRUARY | SPRECHEN SIE DEUTSCH? |
|
$100
[1]
After hosting the 1976 Summer Olympics, this city's Olympic Stadium became the home of the Expos
Montreal
Richard
|
$100
[11]
In 1978 B. Mandrell was "Sleeping single in" one of these, "thinking over things I wish I'd said"
a double bed
Bennett
|
$100
[16]
It's believed his association with the North Pole & reindeer came from Scandinavian legend
Santa Claus
Dan
|
$100
[20]
This biggest computer company is biggest also among companies in philanthropic contributions
IBM
Dan
|
$100
[30]
His Feb. 11, 1990 release from a South African jail after some 27 years made world headlines
(Nelson) Mandela
Dan
|
$100
[6]
You say it to a sneezer to wish him or her "good health"
gesundheit
Bennett
|
|
$200
[2]
Buildings in this Italian city don't stand on solid ground, but use wooden posts driven into the mud
Venice
Bennett
|
$200
[12]
These 2 singers were the original co-hosts of TV's "Hee Haw"
Roy Clark & Buck Owens
|
$200
[17]
It's the northernmost region of the Earth & the North Pole is in its center
the Arctic
Dan
|
$200
[21]
The first major U.S. company to publish solely paperbacks, it's named for where their books could fit
Pocket Books
Richard
|
$200
[29]
Congress established this National Park in Arizona February 26, 1919
the Grand Canyon
Dan
Richard
|
$200
[7]
As Wayne Newton could tell you, it means "thank you"
danke schoen
Richard
|
|
$300
[3]
After London and Birmingham, this Scottish city is Great Britain's third largest
Glasgow
Dan
Bennett
Richard
|
$300
[13]
This singer's short story collection, "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", was named for his 1979 hit song
Charlie Daniels
Dan
|
$300
[18]
The Soviet North Pole station set up in 1937 drifted away & was rescued 9 months later off this island
Greenland
Richard
|
$300
[22]
They claim to run "the tightest ship in the shipping business"
UPS
Bennett
Richard
|
$300
[28]
It was founded in Feb. 1941 to serve the social, religious, educational & welfare needs of our servicemen
the USO
Dan
|
$300
[8]
Brand of beer that means "lion's brew"
Lowenbrau
Bennett
|
|
$400
[4]
Once called Philadelphia, this capital of Jordan assumed its present name in the 7th century
Amman
Richard
|
$400
[14]
Texas town that's the title of Waylon Jennings' 1977 hit subtitled "Back to the Basics of Love"
Luckenbach
|
$400
[19]
Regular job of the first surface ship to reach the North Pole
icebreaker
Richard
|
$400
[23]
This company introduced the Band-Aid to America in 1920
Johnson & Johnson
Bennett
|
$400
[27]
On February 10, 1943 he started a 21-day fast
Gandhi
Richard
|
$400
[9]
The name of this flower which grows in the Alps means "noble white"
edelweiss
Richard
|
|
$500
[5]
When first founded, this capital of the Bahamas was known as Charles Towne
Nassau
Bennett
|
DD
$500
[15]
Roy Acuff, the 1st living member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, had a big hit with the followingsong:
"Wabash Cannonball"
Dan
|
$500
[26]
In an 1818 novel he pursues his creation to the North Pole where they both die
Frankenstein
Dan
|
$500
[24]
This peanut-packed candy bar, the 1st successful one by Mars, is the current top seller
Snickers
Richard
|
$500
[25]
On February 11, 1960 he walked off his late night television show while on the air
(Jack) Paar
Dan
|
$500
[10]
In the name of a popular veal dish, Vienna style, it means "slice" or "shaving"
schnitzel
Dan
|
| BLACK AMERICA | POETS & POETRY | CONSTELLATIONS | ANCIENT GREECE | A SEAFOOD SAMPLER | BEN FRANKLIN |
|
$200
[16]
In 1877 Henry Flipper became the first black graduate of this military academy
West Point
Richard
|
$200
[6]
In Sir Walter Scott's poem, it precedes "when first we practice to deceive"
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave"
Bennett
Richard
|
$200
[20]
Its alpha & beta stars are called the pointers because they point to the North Star
the Big Dipper (or Ursa Major)
Dan
Bennett
|
$200
[1]
The Hellenistic period in Ancient Greek art began with his conquests
Alexander the Great
Dan
|
$200
[7]
If your frozen seafood dinner's from Mrs. Paul's, it's a product of this soup company
Campbell's
Richard
|
$200
[25]
Though Ben didn't approve of parts of it, he urged the Convention to unanimously adopt it
the Constitution
Dan
|
|
$400
[17]
Birdland, a jazz palace of the '50s, was named for this sax player who was nicknamed "Bird"
Charlie Parker
Dan
|
$400
[12]
Oliver Wendell Holmes began this poem, "Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! Long has it waved on high"
"Old Ironsides"
Bennett
|
$400
[21]
This constellation named for the son of Poseidon & Euryale is known as "The Hunter"
Orion
Dan
|
$400
[2]
The serfs of this warlike city-state were called Helots
Sparta
Dan
Richard
|
$400
[8]
This British coastal town has a lot of sole named for it
Dover
Bennett
|
— |
|
$600
[18]
In 1958 this contralto was an alternate U.S. delegate to the UN
Marian Anderson
Dan
|
$600
[13]
The title of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" was suggested by this author of "On the Road"
(Jack) Kerouac
Dan
|
$600
[22]
Associated with the onset of spring, this constellation is first in the zodiac
Aries
Richard
|
$600
[3]
This unit of currency was first worth 6 iron cooking spits
the drachma
Dan
|
$600
[9]
In song, Sweet Molly Malone sold cockles & this shellfish "Alive, alive O!"
mussels
Richard
|
— |
|
$800
[19]
For supervising the Arab-Israeli armistice, he was awarded the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize
Ralph Bunche
Dan
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
Poetess who wrote "I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you--nobody--too?"
(Emily) Dickinson
Dan
|
$800
[23]
The constellation Corona Borealis is called this in English
the Northern Crown
|
$800
[4]
Greek literature is said to have begun with this poet
Homer
Dan
|
$800
[10]
"Joy of Cooking" says, to have "a real nice" one, "dig a sand pit about 1 ft. deep & 3½ ft. across"
a clam bake
Richard
|
— |
| — |
$1,000
[15]
Edmund Waller wrote a poem "To Phyllis" & Ben Jonson wrote a "Song" to her
Celia
|
$1,000
[24]
Other than the sun, the closest star to the Earth is located in this southern constellation
Centaurus
Dan
Richard
|
DD
$1,200
[5]
The Greeks defended this pass, whose name means "hot gates", against the Celts as well as the Persians
Thermopylae
Dan
|
$1,000
[11]
"Colorful" smoked fish, used to throw hounds off a fox's scent, that's become a figure of speech
a red herring
Dan
|
— |
Her 1st husband, Alexandre de Beauharnais, fought in both the American & French Revolutions
Empress Josephine