Michael Rankins game 2.
Mark Meyerson — a music producer and consultant from North Hollywood, California
Margaret Bellisario — a technical writer from Dallas, Texas
Michael Rankins — a customer service represenative from Rohnert Park, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | $1,100 | $2,800 | $8,600 |
$11,600
2-day champion: $22,999 |
$8,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Margaret | $2,100 | $1,900 | $4,900 |
$1
3rd place: Magnavox Video Escort camcorder |
$4,900
13 R, 1 W |
| Mark | $1,000 | $2,100 | $5,500 |
$1,500
2nd place: Trip to Safety Harbor Resort in Tampa, Florida |
$6,800
17 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| PHYSICAL SCIENCE | RELIGION | STARTS WITH "V" | ACTRESSES | WILLIE NELSON | WWI PLANES |
|
$100
[27]
Superman might be interested to know this rare gas, atomic number 36, is used in fluorescent lights
krypton
Michael
|
$100
[1]
Al Gore, Richard Gephardt, Pat Robertson & Jesse Jackson share this Protestant rel. affiliation
Baptist
Michael
|
$100
[3]
A seductive woman, or part of her shoe
vamp
Mark
|
$100
[12]
Lionel Barrymore's younger sister
Ethel Barrymore
Margaret
|
$100
[18]
For the past 3 years, Willie Nelson has put on charity concerts for the benefit of these workers
farm workers
Mark
|
$100
[11]
Ironically, the name of the widely-used German plane, the "Taube", means this peaceful bird
dove
Michael
|
|
$200
[26]
Denaturing is the process of adding contaminants to ethanol to make it unfit for this
consumption (drinking)
Margaret
|
$200
[2]
In Islam, this figure is called "Iblis", probably from the Greek "diabolos"
Satan (the devil)
Mark
|
$200
[4]
A good place to take dead soldiers, if you're a Valkyrie
Valhalla
Michael
|
$200
[13]
Hayley Mills' older sister
Juliet Mills
Mark
|
$200
[19]
Willie Nelson's own recording studio & golf course, called "Cut & Putt", are in this Texas capital
Austin
Mark
|
$200
[17]
The only U.S.-built plane to see combat, the DH-4 helped pioneer delivery of this after the war
the mail
Michael
Mark
|
|
$300
[23]
The principles of his 1st law of motion were actually discovered earlier by Galileo
Newton
Michael
|
$300
[5]
Yeshivas are schools concentrating on the Talmud, attended by students of this religion
Judaism
Michael
|
$300
[8]
To lead a passive existence, or to grow like a turnip
vegetate
Margaret
|
$300
[14]
She drowned in "A Place in the Sun", but not in "The Poseidon Adventure"
Shelley Winters
Margaret
|
$300
[20]
In 1 song Willie says they're his heroes; in another he urges "don't let your babies grow up to be" them
cowboys
Michael
|
$300
[28]
English company that built the "Strutter", "Pup" & "Camel"
Sopwith
Michael
|
|
DD
$300
[25]
It's an instantaneous appearance of light & sound in an electrostatic discharge across a small gap
spark
Mark
|
$400
[6]
The Pope has designated June 7, 1987 to August 15, 1988 as a period of devotion to this person
Mary (the mother of Christ)
|
$400
[9]
Anatomy students can tell you this is the plural of "viscus"
viscera
Margaret
|
$400
[15]
She's called herself "The Oldest Living Tammy"
Debbie Reynolds
Michael
|
$400
[21]
Willie's only Top-10 solo hit on the pop charts was in 1982 with the remake of this Elvis song
"Always on My Mind"
|
$400
[29]
The frames of most WWI planes were made of wood & steel, but the Breguet 14 also used this light metal
aluminum
Michael
|
|
$400
[24]
Named for a famous Scottish engineer, it's the unit of power equal to 1 joule of work done per second
watt
Margaret
Mark
|
$500
[7]
Hare Krishnas believe Krishna will pluck them up by this to save them at time of world deliverance
topknot
Mark
|
$500
[10]
Wordy, wordy, wordy, excessively wordy, obnoxiously wordy, like this clue
verbose
Margaret
|
$500
[16]
If you "Remember Mama", you remember this Louisville native who also starred in "Life with Father"
Irene Dunne
Margaret
|
$500
[22]
His "Red-Headed Stranger" album gave him his 1st crossover hit, this colorful, tearful tune
"Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"
Michael
|
$500
[30]
Fighter plane whose name came from initials of its builder, "Societe Pour Aviation et ses Derives"
SPAD
Mark
|
| POLITICIANS | 19THCENTURY LITERATURE | ANAGRAMS | CLASSICAL MUSIC | LEFTOVERS | WORLD GEOGRAPHY |
|
$200
[8]
Harry L. Hopkins of Sioux City, Iowa, headed the WPA for this president
Franklin Roosevelt
Michael
|
$200
[22]
Anna Sewell subtitled this "The Autobiography of a Horse"
Black Beauty
Margaret
|
$200
[17]
Fairy tale monster often associated with blood & gore
ogre (gore)
Mark
|
$200
[23]
In 1900, at age 13, A. Rubenstein went on his 1st European concert tour, playing this instrument
piano
Margaret
|
$400
[24]
In 1982 & 1983, 10 PBS stations tried broadcasting a limited # of these to increase revenue
commercials
Mark
|
$600
[27]
Australia's Great Barrier Reef lies off the northeastern coast of this "royal" state
Queensland
Mark
|
|
$400
[9]
Henry Kissinger wrote speeches for this N.Y. governor's presidential bid in 1968
Nelson Rockefeller
Mark
|
$400
[21]
Dickens novel that introduced the unforgettable characters Seth Pecksniff & Jonas Chuzzlewit
Martin Chuzzlewit
|
$400
[14]
Apt 2-word expression for what "the eyes" do
they see (the eyes)
Michael
|
$400
[5]
He was a part-time composer & full-time consort of Queen Victoria
Prince Albert
Margaret
Mark
|
$600
[1]
G.E. bought this company in 1985 & in 1987 sold the TV-set making division to a French company
RCA
Michael
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
Of all the water that surrounds Africa, only these 2 bodies are called seas
Mediterranean & Red
Michael
|
|
$600
[11]
When Kennedy made him Sec'y of the Interior, his brother Morris won his vacant seat in the House
Stewart Udall
Mark
|
$600
[18]
He lived till 1928 but wrote all his novels, including "Tess of the d'Urbervilles", in the 1800s
Thomas Hardy
Margaret
|
$600
[10]
Large, white wading bird you might greet, "Hi there, Snowy"
egret (greet)
Michael
|
$600
[4]
This great "B" composer was already 50 by the time he completed the 3rd of only 4 symphonies
Johannes Brahms
Margaret
|
$800
[2]
To attract newcomers to California, this railroad started "Sunset Magazine" in 1898
Southern Pacific
Michael
|
$1,000
[25]
Harris tweed is made exclusively on these "outer" islands off the coast of Scotland
Outer Hebrides
Michael
|
|
$800
[15]
Famed for his independence, this Oregon senator said in 1965, "I will not wear another man's collar"
Wayne Morse
Michael
|
$800
[19]
Thackeray titled chapter 36 of this book "How to Live Well on Nothing a Year"
Vanity Fair
Mark
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
Trust yourself to come up with the correct title of the followingsong:
"Strut" (trust)
Mark
|
$800
[6]
He completed the "Trout" quintet, even if he didn't finish all his symphonies
Franz Schubert
Mark
|
$1,000
[3]
The medical term for this vision problem is "nyctalopia"
night blindness
Margaret
|
— |
|
$1,000
[16]
In 1916, Montana made headlines when she became 1st woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
Jeannette Rankin
Michael
|
$1,000
[20]
His "Tanglewood Tales" were based on Greek mythology
Nathaniel Hawthorne
|
$1,000
[13]
Response an organ played off-key might elicit
groan (organ)
Mark
|
$1,000
[7]
"Rococo" was an offshoot style from the musical period known as this
Baroque
Michael
|
— | — |
The use of civil service examinations began over 1000 years ago in this country
China