Norton Moses — a college professor from Billings, Montana
Cheryl Davis-Plotts — a victims specialist and crisis interventionist originally from Pennsylvania
Bob Chauls — a composer and professor from Westlake Village, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $36,798)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob | $900 | $1,300 | $7,300 |
$2,700
2nd place: Broyhill cherry-finished desk & Scott audio system |
$9,800
27 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Cheryl | $900 | $1,100 | $2,700 |
$1
3rd place: Visitel telephone display |
$2,700
8 R, 1 W |
| Norton | $1,700 | $2,500 | $5,900 |
$11,700
New champion: $11,700 |
$5,900
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| PEOPLE | HISTORY | FURNITURE | SPORTS TRIVIA | 7-LETTER WORDS | WALL ST. |
|
$100
[6]
Orson Welles was the 1st to call this comedian "The Great One"
Jackie Gleason
Bob
|
$100
[1]
In 1918 the anti-Bolsheviks were the "Whites" & Trotsky's Soviet army this color
red
Cheryl
|
$100
[26]
This emperor's love of the grandeur of ancient Rome popularized the "Empire" style in France
Napoleon
Cheryl
Norton
|
$100
[11]
The head official in soccer, hockey, football & boxing
referee
Bob
|
$100
[21]
For a surgeon, this knife is a cut above the rest
scalpel
Cheryl
|
$100
[16]
A bull market generally lasts longer than this type of market
bear market
Norton
|
|
$200
[7]
Actor-director who said, "Even if I won the Nobel Prize, it would say 'Meathead Wins Nobel'"
Rob Reiner
Bob
|
$200
[2]
In 1942, 26 countries at war with the Axis 1st called themselves this, later the name of a world org.
United Nations
Norton
|
$200
[27]
"Romantic" name for a chair built to hold 2 people
loveseat
Bob
|
$200
[12]
This great Baltimore QB was originally drafted but released by the Pittsburgh Steelers
Johnny Unitas
Bob
|
$200
[22]
From the Latin for "soldier", it's a citizen army activated during emergencies
militia
Bob
|
$200
[17]
It's nicknamed the "Big Board"
New York Stock Exchange
Bob
|
|
$300
[8]
In 1952 this movie "Sherlock Holmes" hosted a TV game show called "Your Lucky Clue"
Basil Rathbone
Norton
|
$300
[3]
In 1956 the Soviet Union invaded Hungary; in 1968 it invaded this other ally
Czechoslovakia
Bob
|
$300
[28]
Both a bed & a chair with curving lines were named for this Venetian vessel
gondola
Bob
|
$300
[13]
Retiring in 1955, he became the only heavyweight champion who never lost a fight in his career
Rocky Marciano
Norton
|
$300
[23]
It may be fancy or plain, but a 6-shooter calls it home
holster
Bob
|
$300
[18]
The collection of securities held by an investor, or the case in which they could be carried
portfolio
Norton
|
|
$400
[9]
"Lion in Winter" star who said of himself, "I was sort of the Vanessa Redgrave of the '50s"
Peter O'Toole
Cheryl
|
$400
[4]
During the 4th century the Goths split into the Ostrogoths & this other group
the Visigoths
Cheryl
|
$400
[29]
One famous style of Chippendale furniture was inspired by & later named for this Asian country
China
Bob
|
$400
[14]
He succeeded Joe DiMaggio as the Yankees' regular centerfielder
Mickey Mantle
Norton
|
$400
[24]
A preacher serving more than one church is said to ride one
circuit
Bob
|
$400
[19]
Bonds with a credit rating of BB or lower are speculative & are usually called this
junk
Bob
|
|
$500
[10]
In 1988 this "Big" star married Rita Wilson, his co-star in the 1985 film "Volunteers"
Tom Hanks
Bob
|
$500
[5]
Common name of the book that is orig. record of William the Conqueror's survey of England
The Domesday Book
Norton
|
$500
[30]
Born in Scotland in 1768, this American designer's furniture featured lyre & plume carvings
Duncan Phyfe
Bob
Norton
|
$500
[15]
This school took the 1988 NCAA men's basketball title despite 11 losses, most ever for a winning team
Kansas
Bob
|
DD
$1,500
[25]
The name for this fish comes from the practice of eating it on holy days
(holy) halibut
Bob
|
$500
[20]
The ticker tape symbol for this corporation is "F"
Ford
|
| THE CARIBBEAN | SHAKESPEARE | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS | CELEBRITY RELATIVES | LANGUAGES | SALT |
|
$200
[8]
Of the Bahamas, Barbados or Bermuda, the one not in the Caribbean
Bermuda
Bob
Norton
|
$200
[1]
"Henry VI, Part I" is the only Shakespearean play which opens in this London church
Westminster Abbey
Bob
Norton
|
$200
[2]
Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1979-83, he won the top job in 1982
Mario Cuomo
Bob
|
$200
[26]
Her father was speaker of the House of Representatives, William Brockman Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
Cheryl
|
$200
[3]
Guinness says the longest word in this language is the 22-letter "superextraordinarisimo"
Spanish
Bob
Cheryl
|
$200
[17]
Substances such as magnesium carbonate are added to table salt to stop it from doing this
caking
Bob
|
|
$600
[10]
Native to Trinidad, this type of band uses instruments made from discarded oil drums
steel drum
Bob
|
$400
[18]
Cleopatra called it "The pretty worm of Nilus...that kills and pains not"
asp
Bob
|
$400
[12]
In April '88 the State Department reported $15 mil. in delinquent travel advances, with $695 owed by this lt. col.
Oliver North
Norton
|
— |
$400
[4]
Among the 7 vowels in the Greek alphabet, omicron is the short "O" & this is the long
omega
Bob
|
$400
[22]
In his "Last Supper", Leonardo da Vinci depicted this man as having just spilled the salt
Judas
Norton
|
|
$800
[11]
Religious group centered in Jamaica that worships the late emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia
the Rastafarians
Norton
|
$600
[19]
In "Juilus Caesar", Brutus' 1st line is "A soothsayer bids you beware" this
the ides of March
Bob
|
$600
[13]
On March 16, 1988 President Reagan sent 3,200 troops to this Central American country
Honduras
Bob
|
— |
$600
[5]
The newspaper with the world's largest daily circulation is printed in this language & that's the truth
Russian ("Pravda")
|
$600
[23]
The need to transport salt from Syracuse, N.Y. was one of the main reasons this was built in the 1800s
Erie Canal
Bob
|
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
Collective name for all the Caribbean islands that extend from Florida to Venezuela
West Indies
Bob
|
$800
[20]
In act 3 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", he had a fling with a fairy queen
Bottom
Cheryl
|
DD
$800
[14]
2 of the 3 men who were prime minister of Canada in 1984
(2 of) Turner, Trudeau & Brian Mulroney
Norton
|
— |
$800
[6]
Independent South American country whose official language is Dutch
Suriname
Bob
|
$800
[24]
You can go soak your feet in hydrated MgS04, also called this after a town in England
epsom salts
Cheryl
|
|
$1,000
[16]
A chain of about 600 islands & a sweet red syrup share this name
Grenadine
Norton
|
$1,000
[21]
In "The Tempest", this sprite has the power to make himself invisible
Ariel
Bob
|
$1,000
[15]
Enacted in 1966, the FOIA stands for this, & they have to tell you if you ask
Freedom of Information Act
Bob
|
— |
$1,000
[7]
Derived from Hindustani, Urdu is the official language of this country
Pakistan
Bob
|
$1,000
[25]
Name of the parent company whose salt uses the slogan "When It Rains It Pours"
Morton
Bob
|
With an average of 7.4 inches of rain annually, it's the driest state in the U.S.
Nevada