Judi Owens — an elementary school administrator from Bricktown, New Jersey
Suzee Vlk — a writer from San Diego, California
Bob Imsande — a retired business executive originally from St. Louis, Missouri
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob | $1,900 | $1,600 | $2,800 |
$1,300
2nd place: San Diego Design armoire & Hitachi CD player |
$2,700
14 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Suzee! | $-100 | $-600 | $2,600 |
$2,600
New champion: $2,600 |
$2,200
12 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Judi | $-400 | $1,400 | $3,200 |
$700
3rd place: Frigidaire washer & dryer |
$3,200
13 R, 3 W |
| LANGUAGES | FOOD | BASKETBALL | F. SCOTT FITZGERALD | HODGEPODGE | "HOUSE"s |
|
$100
[1]
How you would say "book" in Pig Latin
ookbay
Suzee!
|
$100
[14]
Heavy cream has a much higher content of this than light cream
fat
Suzee!
|
$100
[22]
Color of most basketball hoops & the Golden Gate Bridge
orange
Bob
Suzee!
Judi
|
$100
[18]
Though associated with the East, Fitzgerald was born in this city, capital of Minnesota
St. Paul
Judi
|
$100
[11]
It's said after serving a bowl of soup in 1969, a Colorado waitress received a Cadillac as this
tip
Suzee!
|
$100
[6]
They "shouldn't throw stones"
people that live in glass houses
Judi
|
|
$200
[2]
Audible up to 5 miles, one language of the Canary Islands consists of doing this, just like canaries
whistling
Bob
|
$200
[15]
Guinness says largest single dish is this roasted animal, prepared whole for Bedouin wedding feasts
camel
Bob
Suzee!
|
$200
[23]
When these "clowns" once played in Greece the heat was so great the tar on the court melted
Harlem Globetrotters
Judi
|
— |
$200
[12]
A wind machine is used as a musical instrument in the Strauss tone poem about this windmill-jouster
Don Quixote
Bob
|
$200
[7]
You can visit the Salem, Mass. landmark associated w/this Nathaniel Hawthorne tale
The House of Seven Gables
Suzee!
|
|
$300
[3]
Used by Julius Caesar, this system of writing was invented by Tiro to record Cicero's speeches
shorthand
Bob
|
$300
[19]
A noisette of beef indicates a choice cut of meat usually from the loin, that is this shape
round
|
$300
[24]
Before 1937, this game-opener was repeated after every score
center jump (jump ball)
Suzee!
Judi
|
— |
$300
[13]
Each cocoon used for this fabric has a continuous filament that can be over 3/4 mi. long
silk
Bob
Judi
|
$300
[8]
New York madam Polly Adler titled her memoirs this
A House is Not a Home
Bob
|
|
$400
[4]
According to the Bible, the languages of the world began at this terraced pyramid at Babylon
Babel
Bob
|
$400
[20]
Mamma Mia & caramba! these 2 countries together produce half the world's olives
Italy & Spain
Judi
|
$400
[25]
Winner of 1st European championship, held in 1935, was this northern neighbor of Lithuania
Latvia
|
— |
$400
[16]
The Nat'l Agricultural Library, Nat'l Library of Medicine, & this are the 3 U.S. Nat'l Libraries
Library of Congress
Bob
|
DD
$500
[9]
Lincoln followed this saying with, "This government cannot endure permanently half slave & half free"
A house divided
Bob
|
|
$500
[5]
Rhyming slang like "jam jar" for "car", is the traditional language of these East Side Londoners
Cockney
Bob
|
$500
[21]
A politician's trip, or a soft dessert made with flavored milk & rennet
junket
Judi
|
$500
[26]
In the pros, this area is 16 ft. wide, 4 ft. wider than college
the lane in front of the basket (free throw lane)
Judi
|
— |
$500
[17]
It's said this 34th president liked to cook his personal recipe for "old fashioned beef stew for 60"
Dwight David Eisenhower
Bob
|
$500
[10]
The only 1 of America's top 10 magazines in circulation to fit this category
Good Housekeeping
Bob
Suzee!
Judi
|
| ANCIENT TIMES | THE UNIVERSE | ALASKA | JACK BENNY | KIDDIE LIT | HOTELS |
|
$200
[10]
The men who buried this Hun were put to death so his grave would never be found
Attila
Suzee!
|
$200
[13]
The Cassini Division separates the A & B rings of this planet
Saturn
Suzee!
|
$200
[8]
Nationality of people who established the 1st white settlement on Kodiak Island in 1784
the Russians
Bob
|
$200
[6]
Born Benjamin Kubelsky in 1894 in Chicago, Jack grew up in this Illinois city
Waukegan
Suzee!
|
$200
[1]
Apt number of verses in the Sara Coleridge poem "Months"
12
Suzee!
|
$200
[15]
This world's largest hotel chain took its name from the '42 Bing Crosby-Fred Astaire film
Holiday Inn
Bob
|
|
$400
[16]
Circa 370 A.D., the Goths split into 2 tribes, the Ostrogoths & these people
Visigoths
Judi
|
$400
[14]
The Soviets have launched over 1000 satellites in this program, not billions & billions
Cosmos
|
$400
[9]
In 1980, oil generated so much revenue that this was abolished on the state level for individuals
income tax
Bob
|
$400
[7]
Though in real life she was Mrs. Jack Benny, on the show she played his girlfriend or something...
Mary Livingstone
Judi
|
$400
[2]
"Stories or Tales of Past Times with Morals" is better known by this avian title
Tales of Mother Goose
|
$400
[17]
Billboard rated this song top single of the year for 1956, though it sounds like a sad place to stay
"Heartbreak Hotel"
Judi
|
|
$600
[21]
This ancient ruined temple is in Kampuchea near the ruins of Angkor Thom
Angkor Wat
Bob
|
$600
[24]
Number of stars needed to form a nova
2
Suzee!
|
$600
[11]
The U.S. realized the strategic value of Alaska with Japanese occupation of some of these islands in WWII
Aleutians
Suzee!
|
$600
[26]
The last name of this Benny show character was van Jones
Rochester
|
$800
[4]
"A Light in the Attic" & "Where the Sidewalk Ends" are 2 books of poems by this poet/songwriter
Shel Silverstein
|
$600
[18]
The 1st hotel to bear this "fancy" name opened in 1848 on the Place Vendome in Paris
The Ritz
Suzee!
|
|
$800
[22]
Modern-day country in which the Olmecs, or "rubber people", flourished from 1200 to 100 B.C.
Mexico
Bob
|
$800
[25]
A collapsing object becomes one of these when its radius shrinks past its Schwarzchild radius
black hole
Bob
Suzee!
|
$800
[12]
Alaska's chief source of wealth is the huge oil reserve at this bay along the Arctic coast
Prudhoe
Judi
|
— |
DD
$1,000
[3]
Title of thefollowing1971 tune or the classic 1928 children's sequel on which it's based:"Christopher Robin and I walked along / Under branches lit up by the moon / Posing our questions to Owl and Eeyore"
"The House of Pooh Corner"
Suzee!
|
$800
[19]
Controversial 1975 Norman Lear TV sitcom set in a hotel whose sign had a burned out letter "E"
Hot l Baltimore
Judi
|
|
$1,000
[23]
Greek audiences buzzed with laughter when this playwright stung the legal system with "The Wasps"
Aristophanes
|
— | — | — |
$1,000
[5]
In best seller by Maurice Sendak, a boy sent to his room goes on a fantastic trip to this untamed place
Where the Wild Things Are
|
$1,000
[20]
Burned down just after opening in 1871, this city's Palmer House was rebuilt & is still in business
Chicago
Bob
Judi
|
Dr. Robert C. Weaver was both 1st black to serve in the cabinet & 1st head of this department
H.U.D. (Housing and Urban Development)