Arthur Mitchell — an advertising writer from Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Tom Moses — a lawyer from Long Beach, California
Adelaide Jaffe — a computer operator from Bay Village, Ohio
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | $1,100 | $1,700 | $9,600 |
$8,300
New champion: $8,300 |
$9,000
23 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Tom | $600 | $1,900 | $4,100 |
$100
2nd place: trip on Delta to Miami & stay at Sonesta Beach Hotel Key Biscayne |
$4,100
16 R, 3 W |
| Arthur | $1,100 | $1,500 | $1,900 |
$0
3rd place: Cazal sunglasses + NES with games + Wheel of Fortune for Game Boy |
$1,900
12 R, 5 W |
| ACCORDING TOPEOPLE | POETRY | WEATHER | COOKING CLASS | EASY MATH | BIBLE LOCALES |
|
$100
[7]
Dustin Hoffman kept the dresses he wore in this film; his favorite one is brown silk
Tootsie
Arthur
|
$100
[24]
Byron called this animal "the firmest friend, the first to welcome, foremost to defend"
dog
Tom
|
$100
[17]
The record wind speed for one of these, 280 mph, was measured over Wichita Falls, Texas in 1925
tornado
Tom
|
$100
[3]
An "impish" way to say a dish is flavored with a spicy or mustard sauce
deviled
Adelaide
|
$100
[12]
On a flat surface, it's the shortest distance between two points
straight line
Tom
|
$100
[1]
When the troops shouted & 7 priests blew on ram's horns, the walls of this city fell
Jericho
Adelaide
|
|
$200
[22]
In 1990 readers "made his day" by voting him "The Sexiest Gentleman Over 50"
Clint Eastwood
Tom
|
$200
[25]
Two lines of rhyming verse that are self-contained in meaning & structure
couplet
Adelaide
|
$200
[18]
In 1979 the names of hurricanes were changed to include these
men
Arthur
|
$200
[8]
When you heat a liquid like milk almost to the boiling point, you are said to do this to it
scald
Arthur
|
$200
[13]
The word is from the Arabic meaning "void", though the Mayans discovered the concept 1st
zero
Adelaide
|
$200
[2]
The Bible says this place is where the last battle between good & evil will be waged
Armageddon
Arthur
|
|
$300
[23]
People said these "Dick Tracy" stars call each other "Buzzbomb" & "Old Man"
Madonna & Warren Beatty
Adelaide
Arthur
|
$400
[27]
Native of Lesbos known for the lyric poetry she wrote to the girls she led
Sappho
Adelaide
|
$300
[19]
The rainiest place in the U.S. is in this state
Hawaii
Adelaide
|
$300
[9]
From the French for "to jump"; classically it's frying food in a pan while shaking it
sauté
Arthur
|
$300
[14]
Good gamblers use these laws to estimate the likelihood that an event will occur
probability
Arthur
|
$300
[4]
When Pilate heard Jesus was from this region, he sent him to Herod, who had jurisdiction over it
Galilee
Adelaide
|
|
$400
[29]
He lamented, "Women seem to be more interested in my blue eyes than in anything I do or say."
Paul Newman
Adelaide
|
DD
$500
[26]
Poem that states, "Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, and beauty draws us with a single hair."
The Rape of the Lock
Adelaide
|
$400
[20]
Indra, chief Vedic god of India, killed Vrtra, a dragon who held back these seasonal winds
monsoon
Tom
|
$400
[10]
From Latin for "money", it's the herb that traditionally flavors lamb
mint
Arthur
|
$400
[15]
A statement in algebra that shows the value on the left to be the same as the value on the right
equation
Arthur
|
$400
[5]
This region east of the Jordan was famous for the aromatic resin known as balm
Gilead
Adelaide
|
|
$500
[30]
People called her "the most closely watched public beauty since Jacqueline Onassis"
Princess Di
Adelaide
|
$500
[28]
"Boomlay, boomlay, boomlay, boom" is a recurring line in V. Lindsay's poem about this part of Africa
the Congo
Tom
|
$500
[21]
An electrical discharge appearing as a blue or green halo is called this
St. Elmo's fire
Arthur
|
$500
[11]
Stew can cook on the bottom & the semolina on top in the special pot used to make this N. African dish
couscous
Adelaide
|
$500
[16]
From the Latin for "how many times", it's the answer to a division problem
quotient
Adelaide
|
$500
[6]
Jesus changed water into wine at the wedding feast in this town
Cana
Tom
|
| HISTORICAL NOVELS | SEA LIFE | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES | THEATRE | MEDICINE | OH THOSE OTTOMANS |
|
$200
[6]
"The Last Days of Pompeii" begins a few days before the eruption of this volcano
Vesuvius
Tom
|
$200
[21]
This carnivore uses its tusks as hooks when climbing onto the Arctic ice
walrus
Adelaide
|
$200
[1]
A Roman venturing into terra incognita would be traveling into this type of territory
unknown
Tom
|
$200
[11]
The 16th century chronicles of Raphael Holinshed were a source for his "Macbeth" & "King Lear"
Shakespeare
Adelaide
|
$200
[16]
Three kinds are Spanish, Hong Kong & swine
flus
Arthur
|
$200
[26]
Like Rome, this capital of the Ottoman Empire was built on 7 hills
Byzantium (Istanbul or Constantinople)
Tom
|
|
$400
[7]
This 1936 novel by W.D. Edmonds depicts life in the Mohawk Valley during the American Revolution
Drums Along the Mohawk
Tom
Arthur
|
$400
[22]
This tuna's meat is the whitest of all tunas & has a chicken-like flavor
albacore
Arthur
|
$400
[2]
If a senorita greets you by saying "Buenas tardes", she's wishing you this
good afternoon
Adelaide
Tom
Arthur
|
$600
[13]
In reality, Pepin was this king's father; in the Broadway musical, Pippin was his son
Charlemagne
Adelaide
|
$400
[17]
It's the "common" name for rhinitis or afebrille coryza
cold
Arthur
|
$400
[27]
The Ottoman era between 1715-30 was named after this bulb flower
tulip
Tom
|
|
$600
[8]
The title "The Talisman" refers to an amulet that cures this crusader king of England
King Richard I
Adelaide
|
$600
[23]
2 Pacific coast species of this mollusk are pismo & geoduck
clams
Tom
|
$600
[3]
By definition, when you're dining alfresco, you're eating your meal here
out of doors
Adelaide
|
$800
[14]
The Paycock is Juno's weak-willed husband in the play by this Irish author
Seán O'Casey
Adelaide
Arthur
|
$600
[18]
Common names for rubeola & rubella, 2 of the most contagious diseases known to man
measles & German measles
Tom
|
$600
[28]
During the late 17th c. the Koprulu family controlled this grand office, the equivalent of prime minister
vizier
Tom
|
|
$800
[9]
This "Pathfinder" of the West" is the leading character in "Dream West"
Fremont
Tom
|
$800
[24]
These members of the herring family are named for a Mediterranean island
sardines
Tom
|
$800
[4]
Sturm und Drang, a major German literary movement translates to this
storm & distress
Adelaide
|
$1,000
[15]
Office machine in the title of Elmer Rice's 1923 play about Mr. Zero
adding machine
Adelaide
|
$800
[19]
Instant info about a person's physiological processes given to teach the person to control them
biofeedback
Adelaide
|
$800
[29]
In 1922 he overthrew the last sultan & the history of modern Turkey began
(Kemal) Ataturk
Adelaide
|
|
$1,000
[10]
A brief episode in Goethe's life inspired this "Death in Venice" author to write "Lotte in Weimar"
Thomas Mann
Adelaide
|
$1,000
[25]
Prior to being caught in 1938, this fish was known only from fossil records & believed to be extinct
coelacanth
Arthur
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
It's the name the Greeks gave to the primordial disorganization of the universe
chaos
Adelaide
|
DD
$1,500
[12]
Broadway musical that gave us thefollowingsong:"I'm jist a girl who cain't say no / I'm in a turrible fix..."
Oklahoma!
Adelaide
|
$1,000
[20]
This type of anemia is caused by inability to absorb vitamin B
pernicious
|
$1,000
[30]
Mehmed I is called restorer as he reunited the empire after this lame leader conquered it in 1402
"Timur the Lame" (Tamerlane)
Tom
|
The two European countries that have the letter Z in their English names
Czechoslovakia & Switzerland