Kate Waits game 3.Clues from this game heard in the background of the 1989 Tom Hanks–Carrie Fisher movieThe 'Burbs.
Michael Moreno — an attorney from Providence, Rhode Island
Hallie Greenburg — a registered nurse originally from Boston, Massachusetts
Kate Waits — a law professor from Albany, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,802)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kate | $500 | $2,100 | $5,800 |
$10,001
3-day champion: $37,803 |
$5,900
25 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Hallie | $1,800 | $2,600 | $5,000 |
$9,000
2nd place: Keller dining room furniture & Villeroy & Boch china |
$4,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Michael | $800 | $1,400 | $4,200 |
$8,400
3rd place: Daniel Mink his & hers watches |
$4,200
12 R, 2 W |
| ANIMALS | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | HOW TO... | TV COPS | BODIES OF WATER | DIAMONDS |
|
$100
[4]
The migration of these whales from Baja California to the Arctic is the longest of any mammal
gray whales
Kate
|
$100
[15]
The 1st bank holiday of the year in England, it's the 1st day banks are closed in the U.S. too
New Year's Day
Kate
|
$100
[12]
Shoot off a gun, open the gate, or say "On your mark, get set, go"
how do you start a race
Hallie
|
$100
[8]
Rank of TV cops T.J. Hooker, Joe Friday & Pepper Anderson
sergeant
Kate
|
$100
[22]
The 4 highest waterfalls in the U.S. are all in this national park
Yosemite
Kate
|
$100
[3]
Sport that's played on a diamond
baseball
Hallie
|
|
$200
[5]
While female ducks are just called ducks male ducks are called this
drake
Hallie
|
$200
[16]
Roman Catholics celebrate all of them, known & unknown, on November 1
saints (All Saints Day)
Michael
|
$200
[19]
Spin 73 plates simultaneously, walk 85 miles in 24 hours backwards, or be the largest lizard on Earth
get in the Guinness Book of World Records
Hallie
|
$200
[9]
This 7-year-old show had its last roll call on May 5, 1987
Hill Street Blues
Kate
Michael
|
$200
[23]
Of Democrat, Republican or Liberal, the 1 that's a U.S. river
Republican
Hallie
|
$200
[10]
Financier, supersalesman & bon vivant known for handing out $100 bills
"Diamond Jim" Brady
Michael
|
|
$300
[6]
The 1st Britons to see this Australian oddity thought a duck's beak had been sewn to a mammal body
platypus
Kate
|
$400
[28]
It's the next federal holiday after Washington's Birthday
Memorial Day
Kate
|
$300
[20]
Use a confederate, deal seconds, or place secret markings on the backs
cheat at cards
Hallie
|
$300
[1]
The late night lineup on CBS includes reruns of this NBC series starring Fred Dryer
Hunter
Kate
|
$300
[24]
A make of car is named for this country's Isuzu River, & we're not lying
Japan
Kate
|
$300
[11]
Song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is from this musical
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
Kate
|
|
$400
[13]
Burrowing marsupials like the wombat have pouches that open toward this direction to keep dirt out
downward (underneath, toward the bottom)
Hallie
|
$500
[27]
In 1987, these 2 "days", both beginning with "F", fell on June 14 & June 21
Flag Day & Father's Day
Michael
|
$400
[21]
Draw a vertical line, then from its top, center & bottom points draw short lines to the right
how do you draw the letter E
Kate
|
$400
[2]
FOX TV's "21 Jump Street" puts undercover cops into these institutions
high schools
Michael
|
$400
[25]
The 2 seas connected by the Suez Canal
Mediterranean & Red
Kate
|
$400
[17]
Bambi & Thumper are 2 women who attack James Bond in this film
Diamonds Are Forever
Hallie
Michael
|
|
$500
[14]
Measuring up to 5 ft. across, this "royal" arthropod is a prime Alaska catch
Alaskan king crab
Kate
Hallie
|
— |
$500
[29]
Remain calm, float with arms stretched out at right angles to body, slowly roll to firmer ground
avoid sinking into quicksand
Kate
Hallie
|
$500
[7]
Formerly Howard Cunningham, he plays sheriff Amos Tupper on "Murder, She Wrote"
Tom Bosley
Hallie
|
$500
[26]
West Germany is building a canal which will link these 2 major European rivers
Rhine & Danube
Michael
|
$500
[18]
On "Night Court", she played the caustic, chain-smoking bailiff
Selma Diamond
Kate
|
| 1945 | NEBRASKANS | ART | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | BIOGRAPHIES | RUBIES |
|
$200
[13]
Because of rationing, U.S. citizens crossed into this country at Windsor to buy meat & eggs
Canada
Hallie
|
$200
[8]
Future president born Leslie Lynch King Jr., July 14, 1913 in Omaha
Gerald Ford
Michael
|
$200
[3]
Quick on the draw, Max Beckmann painted the "Sinking of" this ship the year it happened, 1912
the Titanic
Kate
|
$200
[22]
In the McDonald's corporate "think tank", executives float on this type of bed to brainstorm
waterbed
Kate
|
$200
[20]
"Duce!"
Benito Mussolini
Michael
|
$200
[15]
"The people...who put me in the position I'm in will never let the...facts come...to the world" said this assassin
Jack Ruby
Kate
|
|
$400
[9]
On May 8, Allied forces celebrated V-E Day, which stood for this
Victory in Europe
Kate
|
$400
[26]
Hollywood's highest-paid star in his day was this silent screen comic whose trademark was his specs
Harold Lloyd
Kate
|
$400
[10]
Like his father before him, Alexander the Great appointed Apelles as this
court artist/painter
Kate
|
$400
[27]
You don't need to be a soda jerk to use 1 of these pens that are making a steady comeback in the 1980s
fountain pen
Kate
|
$400
[21]
"How Sweet It Is"
Jackie Gleason
Hallie
|
$400
[16]
Saying "Her price is far above rubies", the Bible asks, "Who can find a virtuous" one
woman
Kate
|
|
$600
[5]
Harlan Fiske Stone administered oath of office to both these presidents in 1945
FDR & Harry Truman
Kate
|
$600
[25]
Only the 2nd Democratic congressman from Nebraska, he was his party's nominee for president 3 times
William Jennings Bryan
Kate
|
$600
[11]
Branch of art for which Donatello was known
sculpture
|
$600
[28]
In Sept. 1986, clothing magnate Aldo Gucci was sentenced to 1 year in prison & fined $30,000 for this offense
tax evasion
Hallie
|
$600
[4]
"The Sun King"
Louis XIV
Kate
Hallie
Michael
|
DD
$500
[17]
Avoiding "Let's Spend the Night Together", many radio stations played this flip side which made #1:
"Ruby Tuesday"
Kate
|
|
$800
[2]
Time said this Joe Rosenthal photo was easily the most widely printed of WWII
the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima
Hallie
|
$800
[24]
Influenced by her own Nebraska childhood, she wrote "O Pioneers!", "My Antonia" & "A Lost Lady"
Willa Cather
Kate
|
$800
[12]
Under the name "Phiz", Hablot Browne provided illustrations for this author known as "Boz"
Charles Dickens
Michael
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
3 of the 5 brands of sneakers that topped U.S. sales in 1986
Reebok, Nike & Converse
Hallie
|
$800
[6]
"Prick Up Your Ears"
Joe Orton
Kate
Michael
|
$800
[18]
She was 1st black actress to star in major roles at the American Shakespeare Festival
Ruby Dee
Michael
|
|
$1,000
[1]
101st Airborne Division put on display the $200 million art collection looted & hoarded by this Nazi
(Herman) Goering
Michael
|
$1,000
[23]
Before hosting his own talk shows, he wrote for Johnny Carson & was a guest on the Merv Griffin show
Dick Cavett
Kate
|
$1,000
[14]
Spanish artist who painted the "Milkwoman of Bordeaux" & lithographed the "Bulls of Bordeaux"
Francisco Goya
Kate
Hallie
|
— |
$1,000
[7]
"With Malice Toward None"
Abraham Lincoln
|
$1,000
[19]
Only variety of this bird found east of the Mississippi & north of Florida is the ruby-throated
hummingbird
Hallie
|
1 of 2 singers who have hit #1 as a solo, & in a duo & trio, both have had hits with "You Can't Hurry Love"
Diana Ross or Phil Collins