Ken Rapoport — a package designer originally from Cleveland, Ohio
Marisa Zanini — a lawyer from Toronto, Ontario
Alison Whitney — a preschool director and teacher from Orlando, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,599)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alison | $500 | $-100 | $4,100 |
$8,100
2-day champion: $11,699 |
$4,100
16 R, 5 W |
| Marisa | $800 | $0 | $4,600 |
$1,099
2nd place: Zenith Data Systems portable computer & GTE Walkmate telephone |
$4,900
12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ken | $200 | $200 | $2,200 |
$200
3rd place: Casablanca ceiling fan |
$1,200
9 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| LAW | MOVIE ATHLETES | HAIRDOS | NOVELS | THE PAPACY | PROVERBIAL FOOD |
|
$100
[9]
The 7th Amendment says in federal common lawsuits valued over $20, you have the right to trial by this
jury
Ken
|
$100
[11]
Robert De Niro fans got a "bang" out of this 1973 film in which he played a dying baseball player
Bang the Drum Slowly
Marisa
|
$100
[7]
Named for an Indian tribe, it reached new heights when worn by "punks" of recent years
Mohawk
Alison
|
$100
[4]
Sinclair Lewis' novel "It Can't Happen Here" depicts a Fascist takeover of this country
the United States
Alison
|
$100
[14]
A papal letter is an encyclical & a papal decree is called this
bull
|
$100
[1]
Proverb containing a dietary habit that keeps the physician from paying a visit
an apple a day keeps the doctor away
Alison
|
|
$200
[10]
If you've been released from jail "OR", it's on this condition
your own recognizance
Alison
|
$200
[12]
Elizabeth Taylor played the gutsy daughter of an English Channel swimmer in this "equine" classic
National Velvet
Marisa
|
$200
[16]
Worn by Elvis in the mid '50s, this hairdo was named for Louis XV's mistress
Pompadour
Marisa
|
$200
[5]
This autobiographical novel was Dickens' personal favorite
David Copperfield
Marisa
|
$200
[18]
If you ever meet the pope, you should call him this
Your Holiness
Ken
|
$200
[2]
"What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander", but this "is another man's poison"
one man's meat
|
|
$300
[19]
A 13th century English law made these 2 dates count as 1 for legal purposes
February 28th & 29th
Alison
Ken
|
$300
[13]
He played Canadian scull racer Ned Hanlan in 1986's "The Boy in Blue" before he was "Moonstruck"
Nicolas Cage
|
$300
[17]
A variation on the crew cut, or slang for an aircraft carrier
flattop
Alison
Ken
|
$300
[6]
Some critics think his last, unfinished novel, "The Last Tycoon", was his best
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Marisa
|
— |
$300
[3]
"If you pay" this "you get monkeys"
peanuts
Ken
|
|
$400
[20]
If you swing & miss, it's assault; if you swing & connect, it's this
battery
Ken
|
$400
[22]
Tyrone Power was a macho matador in this 1941 remake of a Valentino classic, & that's no bull
Blood and Sand
|
$400
[26]
French word for a large smooth roll or twist of hair worn by the nape of the neck
chignon
Alison
|
$400
[8]
The owner of this Hawthorne title "house" is haunted by a curse: "God will give him blood to drink"
The House of the Seven Gables
Ken
|
— |
$400
[24]
Campbell's might put this proverb on a sampler over the chef schedules at the factory
too many cooks spoil the broth
Alison
|
|
$500
[21]
In legal terms it means "to give personal property to a person by (a) will"
bequeath
Marisa
|
$500
[23]
Bonnie Bedelia spun Jeff Bridges' wheels playing this auto racing champ in "Heart Like a Wheel"
Shirley Muldowney
|
— |
DD
$500
[15]
Steinbeck novel whose title is found in the 1st line of Shakespeare's "Richard III"
Now is the Winter of Our Discontent
Marisa
|
— |
$500
[25]
According to the old rhyme, "Eat at pleasure, drink by" this
measure
|
| 1900 | TRAVEL U.S.A. | COMPOSERS | ISLANDS | BIRDS | "HUNT"s |
|
$200
[16]
This company's Brownie box camera was introduced in the U.S. in 1900
Kodak
Alison
|
$200
[4]
Traveller's Restaurant in Richmond, VA. is named for this general's horse
Robert E. Lee
Alison
|
$200
[24]
Bach wrote a cantata named for this breakfast beverage
coffee
|
$200
[7]
Once a lard-processing center, the resort of Montego Bay is located on this Caribbean island
Jamaica
Alison
|
$200
[1]
Varieties of this tallest wading bird include the sandhill & whooping
crane
Alison
|
$200
[11]
From 1956-1970 he ended most of his newscasts with "Goodnight David"
Chet Huntley
Marisa
|
|
$400
[21]
Coubertin, who conceived the modern Olympics, had the 1900 games held here, in his hometown
Paris
Marisa
|
$600
[14]
This theme park is no longer home of Der Bakkers Bakery & the Tammy Faye Cosmetics Boutique
Heritage USA
Alison
|
$400
[27]
In 1835 this Hungarian virtuoso ran off to Switz. with a married countess with whom he later had 3 kids
Franz Liszt
|
$400
[8]
The largest Texas city wholly located on an island, Glen Campbell used it as the title of a 1969 hit song
Galveston
Ken
|
$400
[2]
Like a pelican, a frigate bird has one of these but only uses it to attract mates by inflating it
pouch
Alison
|
$400
[12]
In the nursery rhyme, this line follows "Bye baby bunting"
Daddy's gone a-hunting
Ken
|
|
$600
[22]
This oldest member of the British royal family was born in 1900
the Queen Mother
Alison
|
$800
[15]
"Women in Love" with this author can visit his memorial near Taos, New Mexico
D.H. Lawrence
Marisa
|
— |
$600
[9]
Island off the coast of Scotland famous for its tiny terriers
Skye
Marisa
|
$600
[3]
Lunch for a vulture, it sounds like luggage you take on the plane
carrion
Ken
|
$600
[17]
KLSX in L.A. ran one of these in 1988 that sent listeners looking for 97.1 different items
scavenger hunt
Alison
Marisa
|
|
$800
[25]
The children's book, published in 1900, had the word "wonderful" in its title, but the 1939 MGM musical didn't
The Wizard of Oz
Alison
|
$1,000
[23]
You can see remarkable sandstone formations in Monument Valley on this Indian reservation
Navajo
|
— |
DD
$1,000
[10]
The two largest islands in the Mediterranean, they both belong to Italy
Sicily & Sardinia
Marisa
|
$800
[5]
The bill of the sicklebill, a species of this bird, exactly fits the shape of certain flowers
hummingbird
Alison
|
$800
[18]
A plant seeker who's busy around Christmas, or a star of "Broadcast News"
Holly Hunter
Alison
Ken
|
|
$1,000
[26]
He lost the presidential race to McKinley for the 2nd time in a row
William Jennings Bryan
Ken
|
DD
$1,400
[13]
La Jolla, Calif.'s Bed & Breakfast Inn was once the home of this composer who wrotethe following:
John Philip Sousa
Ken
|
— |
$1,000
[20]
Now a part of Indonesia, the Moluccas were once known by this zesty name
the Spice Islands
Alison
Marisa
|
$1,000
[6]
The name of this family of birds is from their habit of running along beaches & whistling
sandpipers
Alison
|
$1,000
[19]
The president of the Chesapeake & Ohio RR founded this, the largest city in West Virginia
Huntington
Ken
|
The last member of a first family to have been married at the White House
Tricia Nixon