Neil Plakcy — a writer originally from Yardley, Pennsylvania
Barbara Herington — a civil engineer from Cromwell, Connecticut
Judith Seeger — an associate research engineer from Mountain View, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judith | $1,300 | $2,800 | $8,600 |
$7,199
2-day champion: $14,699 |
$8,600
22 R, 1 W |
| Barbara | $1,700 | $2,500 | $5,000 |
$1
3rd place: Suzuki keyboard |
$4,900
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Neil | $1,400 | $2,300 | $3,400 |
$3,400
2nd place: Hotpoint cooking center & Inkor cookware |
$3,300
16 R (including 1 DD), 8 W (including 1 DD) |
| BEETHOVEN | ADVERTISING | SYMPTOMS | SPORTS | HISTORICAL HORSES | "FOR" WORDS |
|
$100
[1]
Not more than 5 feet, 5 inches
how tall is Beethoven
Judith
|
$100
[11]
It's whom the Marines are looking for
a few good men (women)
Neil
|
$100
[18]
For an air traveler, this condition is marked by dizziness, nausea & reaching for the paper bag
air sickness (motion sickness)
Barbara
|
$100
[26]
In bowling, an "X" in a frame represents this
strike
Judith
|
$100
[16]
"Bucephala" was a city named in honor of the favorite black stallion of this great Greek conqueror
Alexander the Great
Judith
|
$100
[6]
In old westerns, kind of tongue Indians sometimes accused white men of speaking with
forked
Neil
|
|
$200
[2]
Since he couldn't stay in time with the music, Ludwig never learned this social grace
dancing
Barbara
|
$200
[12]
This cereal aims its marketing at kids, not silly rabbits
Trix
Barbara
|
$200
[19]
Its main symptom is a sharp, quick sound produced in the throat by a spasm of the diaphragm
hiccup
Judith
Barbara
|
$200
[27]
Greg Norman & Jan Stephenson are Australian stars in this sport
golf
Neil
|
$200
[17]
Decorated for bravery in the Korean War, "Reckless" hauled ammunition for Marines & reached this top NCO rank
sergeant
Neil
|
$200
[7]
During an operation, these might be asked for after the scalpel & before the sutures
forceps
Judith
|
|
$300
[3]
Beethoven is credited as 1st to use this highest-pitched of all woodwinds in a symphony
piccolo
Judith
|
$300
[13]
"Don't get mad, get..." these plastic garbage bags
Glad
Judith
|
$300
[23]
Ringing in ears & decreased hearing may indicate cerumen impaction, which is this
wax in ears
Neil
|
$300
[28]
Of running, athletics, or track & field, term for track & field in Britain
athletics
Neil
|
$300
[20]
He rode a small chestnut mare whose name is unknown on his historic ride, April 18, 1775
Paul Revere
Judith
|
$300
[8]
The member of the jury usually called on to announce the verdict
foreman
Judith
|
|
$400
[4]
Gaining early fame as a virtuoso on this, Beethoven was probably the greatest player of his time
piano
Barbara
|
$400
[14]
Since they've never hooked him, this company is merely assuming that Charlie doesn't taste good
StarKist
Barbara
Neil
|
$500
[25]
Even John Denver wouldn't like this "high" fever marked by spots & a high temperature
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Barbara
|
$400
[29]
It's abbreviated N.H.R.A., vroom, vroom!
National Hot Rod Association
Judith
|
$400
[21]
He rode his favorite horse "Nelson", a sorrel gelding to many victories, including Yorktown
(George) Washington
Barbara
Neil
|
$400
[9]
The unhappy appearance of a a guy who's just lost his girl to a daring young trapeze artist
forlorn
Neil
|
|
$500
[5]
After hearing Beethoven, this composer from Salzburg said, "Someday he will make a big noise in the world"
Mozart
Neil
|
$500
[15]
John Houseman says people at this investment firm "make money the old-fashioned way; they earn it"
Smith Barney
Barbara
|
DD
$1,000
[24]
The main symptom of osteitis deformans, Paget's disease is pain in these throughout the body
bones
Neil
|
$500
[30]
In 1979, at only age 16, she won the U.S. Open in tennis
Tracy Austin
Neil
|
$500
[22]
This man claimed that astride Brigham, "the best buffalo horse", he killed 69 bison in 1 afternoon
Buffalo Bill Cody
Judith
|
$500
[10]
A raid
foray
Neil
|
| ASTRONOMY | WOMEN AUTHORS | FOOD & DRINK | LANDMARKS | FAMOUS RIDERS | "BACK" WORDS |
|
$200
[7]
As with the Earth, a "celestial" line called this divides the sky into 2 equal hemispheres
equator
Judith
|
$200
[6]
She was writing her 1st novel, "The Voyage Out", when she married Leonard Woolf in 1912
Virginia Woolf
Judith
|
$200
[21]
It's said color of these has no bearing on their nutritive value; it's just indicative of the chicken they came from
eggs
Neil
|
$200
[16]
The Shwe Dagon Pagoda in Rangoon is said to contain "the 8 precious hairs" of this 2000 year-old teacher
Buddha
Barbara
|
$200
[26]
On radio & TV his horse was Rex, but his dog Yukon King, was better known
Sergeant Preston
Judith
Neil
|
$200
[1]
To retreat from a political position, as though on a unicycle
backpedal
Neil
|
|
$400
[8]
If you're serious about your astronomy, you should know that this star is the brightest in the night sky
Sirius
Barbara
|
$400
[12]
Guinness calls her the top-selling woman crime writer of all time
Agatha Christie
Barbara
|
$400
[22]
Fruit that makes a whiskey sour sour
lemon
Neil
|
$400
[17]
The actual home of this nursery rhyme matriarch went on sale in England in 1987, cupboard included
Mother Hubbard
Barbara
|
$400
[27]
It was on a horse named St. Paul that he led his famous Civil War "Charge"
General George Pickett
|
DD
$500
[2]
Common description of music likethe following:
background
Neil
|
|
$600
[9]
Color most commonly seen during a display of the Aurora Borealis
green
Judith
Neil
|
$600
[13]
She was an illegitimate great-great-granddaughter of the king of Poland, & Chopin's lover
George Sand
Judith
Neil
|
$600
[23]
Restaurants are "hopping" on the bandwagon to offer this mammal, the latest trend in lean meat
rabbit
Barbara
Neil
|
DD
$700
[18]
The Eiffel Tower, completed in 1889, was erected to honor the 100th anniversary of this event
fall (storming) of the Bastille (French Revolution)
Barbara
|
$600
[28]
In addition to "Macaroni", she had a pony named "Tex" that Vice President Johnson gave her
Caroline Kennedy
Judith
|
$600
[3]
For a computer, it's a duplicate disk
backup
Barbara
|
|
$800
[10]
Spanning about 1/4 of the sky, the Hydra, or "sea serpent", is the largest of these
constellations
Judith
|
$800
[14]
In 1856, she published her 2nd anti-slavery novel, "Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Judith
|
$800
[24]
When a Mandarin-speaking Chinese orders "mi", he's ordering this--& he should know
rice
Barbara
|
$800
[19]
The entry for this landmark in the Childcraft Encyclopedia begins "We who are about to die..."
the Colosseum
Judith
|
— |
$800
[4]
L.A.'s Century City stands on what was once this part of 20th Century-Fox
backlot
Neil
|
|
$1,000
[11]
Most distant object the human eye can see unaided, though with a little "strain", is this galaxy
Andromeda
Neil
|
$1,000
[15]
With Geo. S. Kauffman, this novelist co-wrote the plays "Stage Door" & "Dinner at Eight"
Edna Ferber
Judith
Neil
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1856, he received a patent for the 1st successful milk-condensing process
(Gail) Borden
Judith
|
$1,000
[20]
In a 1987 vote whether "To be or not to be" on strike for more money, guards at this Danish site voted yes
Elsinore (Hamlet's) Castle
Judith
|
— |
$1,000
[5]
You can be indicted for doing this to tax returns
backdate
|
1 of the 2 "Best Picture" Oscar winners to contain North, South, East or West in its title
(1 of) All Quiet on the Western Front or West Side Story