Vince Brennan — a lighting sales representative from Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Gail Bock — an appraiser from Racine, Wisconsin
Gareth Jones — a real estate appraiser from Visalia, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $27,796)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gareth | $1,300 | $3,600 | $7,600 |
$601
2nd place: Gateway 2000 PC + Bassett computer workstation |
$7,400
24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Gail | $1,000 | $1,700 | $7,900 |
$15,201
New champion: $15,201 |
$7,700
17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Vince | $-100 | $700 | $300 |
$300
3rd place: Dorling Kindersley gift certificate |
$800
8 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE BIBLE | LAS VEGAS | SPORTS WEIGHTS & MEASURES | THE INSECT WORLD | FURNITURE | PROVERBS |
|
$100
[2]
In Numbers 10:35-36 Moses addressed this container as "Lord"
the Ark of the Covenant
Vince
|
$100
[1]
Knights on horseback battle twice a "knight" in this king's tournament at the Excalibur hotel
King Arthur
Gail
|
$100
[10]
In this ice sport, a goalkeeper's stick blade can't be longer than 15 1/2 inches
hockey
Gareth
|
$100
[18]
The Red Admiral is a brush-footed type of this beautiful winged insect
a butterfly
Vince
|
$100
[7]
One may be dining, drawing or Parson's
a table
Gareth
|
$100
[15]
"Health is better than" this rhyming word
wealth
Gareth
|
|
$200
[3]
2 of Hiel's sons died when he incurred Joshua's curse by rebuilding this city
Jericho
Gareth
Vince
|
$200
[5]
The hotel linked to this chain of rock 'n' roll restaurants has a 90' neon guitar over its entrance
the Hard Rock Cafe
Gareth
|
$200
[11]
For U.S. boxers 106 pounds through 156 pounds, they weigh 10 ounces
the gloves
Gareth
|
$200
[19]
Bees carry this in a special organ called the honey stomach
nectar
Vince
|
$200
[13]
A low seat with no back & 3 or 4 legs; one in a bar is usually taller
a stool
Gareth
|
$200
[21]
A proverb about the generation gap says, "The old" one of these animals "thinks she was never a calf"
a cow
Vince
|
|
$300
[4]
He & his brother Moses were denied entrance to Canaan for the sin of striking the rock
Aaron
Gareth
|
$300
[6]
She celebrated her 63rd birthday by opening her Hollywood Movie Museum at her own Las Vegas hotel
Debbie Reynolds
Gail
|
$300
[12]
From home plate to this base it's 127 feet 3 3/8 inches
second base
Gail
|
$300
[20]
The Aedes Aegypti type of this insect spreads yellow fever & dengue fever
mosquito
Gail
|
$300
[14]
This piece of hall furniture is specifically for holding bumbershoots
an umbrella stand
Gail
|
$300
[22]
In his 16th century book of proverbs, John Heywood wrote, "When" this "shineth, make hay"
the sun
Gareth
|
|
$400
[25]
This son of Abraham was the first circumcised at 8 days as commanded by God
Isaac
Gail
|
$400
[8]
When visiting the forum shops at this hotel look for the talking statues of Roman gods
Caesar's Palace
Gareth
|
$400
[16]
Under testing conditions, a legal ball in this sport shouldn't travel more than 280 yards plus 6%
golf
Vince
|
$400
[23]
The tumblebug, which deposits its eggs in dung, is a type of this insect
a beetle
Vince
|
$400
[29]
In this process of distressing new furniture to look old, birdshot may be used to create wormholes
antiquing
Vince
|
$400
[27]
"Don't" do this "until you come to it"
cross the bridge
Gareth
|
|
$500
[26]
After he was blinded, Samson was set to work at a mill in this southernmost Philistine city
Gaza
|
$500
[9]
The Nile River Cruise inside this hotel is a barge ride past simulated Egyptian artifacts
Luxor
|
DD
$500
[17]
It's 62 feet 10 3/16 inches from its foul line to its pit
the bowling lane
Vince
|
$500
[24]
It's also known as the Devil's darning needle
a dragonfly
Gareth
|
$500
[30]
A jardiniere is a decorated box or stand intended to hold these
plants (or flowers)
Gareth
|
$500
[28]
Pliny the elder said, "There is always something new out of" this continent; Isak Dinesen would agree
Africa
Gareth
|
| THE 1750s | 5-LETTER WORDS | AIRLINES | THEATRE | GEOGRAPHY | NEW YEAR'S EVE BABIES |
|
$200
[1]
On January 6, 1759, he married Martha Dandridge Custis
George Washington
Gareth
|
$200
[14]
From Late Latin excaldare, to wash in hot water, it means to burn with a hot liquid
to scald
Gail
|
$200
[11]
Founded in 1920, it's the second oldest airline in the world, mate
Qantas
Gail
|
$200
[19]
The quarrelsome acting couple in his 1976 comedy "California Suite" reappears in his 1995 play "London Suite"
Neil Simon
Gareth
|
$200
[4]
The Grand Canal connects China's Yellow River with this river at Zhenjiang
the Yangtze River
Gareth
|
$200
[26]
Bonnie prince born in Rome December 31, 1720; he tried to seize the throne as the Young Pretender
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Gareth
|
|
$400
[2]
In 1751 he was elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly, beginning almost 40 years as a public official
Benjamin Franklin
Gareth
|
$400
[15]
Dean or Guillespe
Dizzy
Gail
|
$400
[12]
They "love to fly and it shows"
Delta
Gareth
Vince
|
$400
[20]
This 1994 play "Vita & Virginia" starred Vanessa Redgrave as Vita Sackville-West & Eileen Atkins as this author
Virginia Woolf
Gail
|
$400
[5]
This southeast African country was named for an island possibly named for an Arab ruler, Musa Al-Biq
Mozambique
Gail
|
$400
[27]
Best Actor Oscar winners born on New Year's Eve are Anthony Hopkins & this film "Gandhi"
Ben Kingsley
Gail
|
|
$600
[3]
This museum was founded in 1753 with the acquisition of the collection of naturalist Sir Hans Sloane
the British Museum
|
$600
[16]
This water is carbonated with a little quinine, lemon & lime in it
tonic
Gail
|
$600
[13]
Planes operated by this airline can be recognized by a shamrock logo on their tails
Aer Lingus
Gareth
|
$600
[21]
"Camping with Henry & Tom" dramatizes a real 1921 trip this president took with Henry Ford & Tom Edison
Harding
Gareth
|
$600
[6]
The "states" on this sea include Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania
the Baltic Sea
Gareth
|
$600
[30]
Born LaDonna Gaine December 31, 1948, she was "Hot Stuff" in the disco era
Donna Summer
Gareth
|
|
$800
[9]
In 1755 this French philosopher's long burlesque poem "The Maid of Orleans" was published
Voltaire
Vince
|
DD
$1,000
[17]
Award seen here:
the Edgar
Gail
|
$800
[24]
Formerly the national airline of the Soviet Union, it's now the national airline of Russia
Aeroflot
Gail
|
$800
[22]
This British playwright gave us a "Birthday Party" in 1958; in 1991, it was "Party Time"
Harold Pinter
|
DD
$1,000
[7]
When founded in 1736, this Costa Rican capital was called Villa Nueva
San Jose
Gareth
|
$800
[29]
The post-WWII plan of this general born December 31, 1880 earned him a Nobel Peace Prize
George Marshall
Gail
|
|
$1,000
[10]
When this composer died in Leipzig on July 28, 1750, it's said that the Baroque Era dies as well
J.S. Bach
Gareth
|
$1,000
[18]
It's the seed coverings & debris left over after threshing wheat
chaff
Gail
|
$1,000
[25]
With the assistance of a German company, this Brazilian airline was founded in 1927
Varig
Vince
|
$1,000
[23]
"The Dance of Death" may be this "Miss Julie" playwright's most depressing drama
August Strindberg
|
$1,000
[8]
The highest point in this Canadian province is in Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Nova Scotia
Gareth
Vince
|
$1,000
[28]
This anatomist was born December 31, 1514 in Brussels
Vesalius
Gareth
|
On the May 9, 1955 show, Lucy imitated Gary Cooper, Clark Gable & this man who guest starred
Harpo Marx