Kathy Fuller — a graduate student from Baltimore, Maryland
Gerry Daley — a manufactor's represenative originally from Waterbury, Connecticut
Glenn Kane — an emergency physician from Venice, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $23,699)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn | $600 | $2,100 | $7,900 |
$3,199
3-day champion: $26,898 |
$7,900
18 R, 0 W |
| Gerry | $1,400 | $1,500 | $3,500 |
$2,500
2nd place: a trip to Florida |
$3,500
10 R, 1 W |
| Kathy | $1,700 | $2,900 | $6,300 |
$0
3rd place: a Panasonic word processor |
$9,700
22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| CURRENT EVENTS | ZOOLOGY | A.K.A. | ADS & COMMERCIALS | VOCABULARY | RECORDERS |
|
$100
[1]
They declared an independent state for themselves November 15, 1988, & Israel said no way
the Palestinians
Glenn
|
$100
[17]
Some fish have these sense organs on other parts of their bodies, not just in their mouths
taste buds
Kathy
|
$100
[3]
Madcap musician Borge Rosenbaum, who was born in Copenhagen & made his debut as a concert pianist at 13
Victor Borge
Glenn
|
$100
[5]
Crackle! is the only blond in this famous trio
Snap, Crackle & Pop
Gerry
|
$100
[14]
The latex of a plant, or the juice of a coconut
the milk
Glenn
|
$100
[20]
According to Robert's Rules of Order, it's what the recording sec'y records during a meeting
the minutes
Kathy
|
|
$200
[2]
A New York judge set her bail at $5 million & a duke put it up the next day-Doris Duke
Imelda Marcos
Gerry
|
$200
[16]
In most sharks a white protective membrane covers these organs when they bite their victims
the eyes
|
$200
[6]
This director wasn't born "East of Eden" but in Istanbul, & his last name was Kazantzoglou
Elia Kazan
Kathy
|
$200
[10]
Sweeter whose slogan is "For millions of people there's just no equal"
Sweet'n Low
Kathy
|
$300
[22]
Add 1 letter to "funeral" to get this adjective that refers to funerals
funereal
Glenn
|
$200
[21]
From the Greek for "hodometron", meaning road measure, it measures the length of your journey
the odometer
Glenn
|
|
$300
[4]
The Pentagon acknowledged the existence of this bomber for the 1st time November 10, 1988
the stealth bomber
Kathy
|
$300
[15]
Florida's Everglade kite is a bird of prey that eats only these slow mollusks
freshwater snails
|
$300
[7]
"Mary Tyler Moore Show" co-star whose real name was Tadeusz Wladyslaw Konopka
Ted Knight
Gerry
|
$300
[11]
For this actor doing TRW commercials isn't a "Mission: Impossible"
Peter Graves
Glenn
|
$400
[23]
If you know Latin, you'll know pomology is the study of growing this
fruits
Kathy
|
$300
[25]
Colorful container of a list of U.S. gov't employees, or place to record your answers to a college exam
a blue book
Gerry
Kathy
|
|
$400
[12]
NASA's Ames Research Center & MIT were among those hit by this "disease" in November 1988
the computer virus
Gerry
|
— |
$400
[8]
This tap dancer's real first name is Ethel, but Al Jolson thought she was a "gem"
Ruby Keeler
Gerry
|
$400
[18]
This Worcestershire sauce company says it makes "the filet mignon of steak sauce"
Lea & Perrins
Gerry
Kathy
|
$500
[24]
From the French for "flat", it's a trite, banal remark
a platitude
Glenn
|
$500
[27]
The cops' daily record book, it isn't there to just soak up ink
the (police) blotter
Glenn
|
|
$500
[13]
Because his wife is now pregnant, this singer won't be going into space on a Soviet shuttle
John Denver
Kathy
|
— |
$500
[9]
Silent film star Vilma Lonchit, who married Rod La Rocque
Vilma Bánky
Kathy
|
$500
[19]
Cybill Shepherd says she wears this company's Preference hair color because "I'm worth it"
L'Oréal
Kathy
|
— |
DD
$1,000
[26]
Heard here, his company was the 1st nationwide distributor of magnetic tape recorders"Too ra loo ra loo ral..."
Bing Crosby
Kathy
|
| WORLD HISTORY | THE BRAIN | GEMS | RIVERS | ORGANIZATIONS | THE INSTRUMENT PLAYED |
|
$200
[1]
In the Spanish account of the incident, Montezuma was killed by these, his own people
the Aztecs
Glenn
|
$200
[2]
The brain parts covered by a myelin sheath are the white matter, the parts that aren't, this
the grey matter
Gerry
|
$200
[7]
This gem with a pearly translucence sounds like something Neil Armstrong might pick up
moon stone
Kathy
|
$200
[12]
South America's 500-mile-long Rio Teodoro is named for this president who explored it
Theodore Roosevelt
Kathy
|
$200
[3]
The Moose don't just have a plain order; no, they have this type
a Loyal Order (of Moose)
Glenn
|
$200
[25]
Dave Brubech, Fats Waller, Count Basie
the piano
Glenn
|
|
$400
[18]
King Louis IX of France led the 7th & 8th of these military expeditions
the Crusades
Gerry
|
$400
[4]
Common term for a temporary disturbance of brain function caused by a sudden blow to the head
a concussion
Glenn
|
$600
[9]
Real aggies are marbles made out of this, not glass
agate
Kathy
|
$400
[13]
in 1965 Gerry & the Pacemakers saluted the ferry that crosses this English River
the Mersey
Kathy
|
$400
[21]
Urging public participation in government, it began in 1920 out of the women's suffrage movement
the League of Women Voters
Kathy
|
$400
[30]
John Bonham, Karen Carpenter, Gene Krupa
the drums
Gerry
|
|
$600
[17]
China's Manchu Dynasty originated in this region
Manchuria
Kathy
|
$600
[5]
Wernicke's area in the temporal lobe controls your understanding of this
speech (language)
Glenn
|
$800
[10]
Gems cut with round surfaces are cabochon & those with many flat surfaces are this
faceted gems
|
$600
[14]
Flooding from the Arno river in 1966 caused incalculable damage to this city's art treasures
Florence
Glenn
|
$800
[23]
The International Society of Arboriculture is trying to get the U.S. to adopt one of these
a national tree
Kathy
|
$600
[27]
Buddy Berrigan, Miles Davis, Harry James
a trumpet
Kathy
|
|
$800
[19]
"Socialism with a human face" referred to 1968 reforms in Czechoslovakia introduced by this leader
(Alexander) Dubček
Glenn
|
$800
[6]
Guinness says this Asian country has the highest average I.Q., with 10% of the people above 130
Japan
Kathy
|
$1,000
[11]
Amber isn't stone but a fossilized form of this
a resin
Kathy
|
$800
[15]
Pioneers dying of thirst at Hells Canyon, Ida. could look down at this river but had no way of reaching it
the Snake
Kathy
|
$1,000
[24]
in 1988 Spider-Man was a spokesbug for this "children helping children" fund-raising group
UNICEF
|
$800
[28]
Dave "Baby" Cortez, E. Power Briggs, Billy Preston
the organ
Glenn
|
|
$1,000
[20]
It's been known variously as the Cheka, the GPU, the OGPU & the NKVD
the KGB (Soviet secret police)
Gerry
|
$1,000
[26]
The brain stem connects the cerebrum to this
the spinal cord
Glenn
|
DD
$2,000
[8]
Calling this gem a yellow sapphire is a common error--it's not really a sapphire at all
topaz
Kathy
|
$1,000
[16]
Canada's longest river, it flows from Great Slave Lake to the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic
the Mackenzie River
Glenn
|
DD
$2,000
[22]
Established in 1938, this foundation now fights birth defects
the March of Dimes
Kathy
|
$1,000
[29]
Duane Eddy, Wes Montgomery, Charlie Byrd
the guitar
Kathy
|
Images replaced on the front of the penny & the nickel by the presidents on them today
Indian heads