Brenda Parks — a marketing sales manager from Yorba Linda, California
Dan Alves — an engineering supervisor from Santa Maria, California
Pamela Norris — a writer from Sandy Springs, Georgia (whose 3-day cash winnings total $23,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pamela | $200 | $3,200 | $7,600 |
$15,099
2nd place: La-Z-Boy recliner + Alsy Corp. lamps |
$7,600
19 R, 2 W |
| Dan | $500 | $1,500 | $12,700 |
$15,700
New champion: $15,700 |
$8,300
23 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Brenda | $500 | $600 | $1,000 |
$900
3rd place: Olympus OM PC camera |
$1,000
8 R, 1 W |
| POTENT POTABLES | CARDS | MOVIES | RULERS | PROVERBS | JUST DESSERTS |
|
$100
[3]
When his name is used to describe a brandy, it usually means it's over 5 years old
Napoleon brandy
Dan
|
$100
[24]
This general used playing cards as ration cards during the French Revolution
Napoleon
Brenda
|
$100
[2]
Recently revived 1927 Abel Gance film, so big it takes 3 screens to show it all
Napoleon
Dan
|
$100
[13]
He said, "I have never loved anyone for love's sake, except perhaps, Josephine--a little"
Napoleon
Brenda
|
$100
[1]
When the cat's away, what the mice will do
play
Brenda
|
$100
[14]
Rich treat composed of layers of puff pastry filled with cream, custard, or jelly
Napoleon
Pamela
|
|
$200
[4]
The sweeter these are originally, the higher the alcoholic content of the wine will be
grapes
Pamela
Dan
|
$200
[25]
Popular 5-card game with an ante but no uncle
poker
Pamela
|
$200
[6]
Its sequels were "Damien" & "The Final Conflict"
The Omen
Brenda
|
$200
[22]
1st to rule all of Britain, probably best remembered for bible translation he sponsored
King James I
Dan
|
$200
[5]
As you make your bed, so must you do this
lie in it
Brenda
|
$200
[18]
Fruit usually set afire in a "Jubilee"
cherries
Pamela
|
|
$300
[8]
Kamchatka, Popov, or Mr. Boston, for example
vodkas
Dan
|
$300
[26]
This country's card makers tried replacing the standard suits with stars, shields, eagles & stripes
United States
Dan
|
$300
[7]
The 2 parts of E.T. that glowed
heart & fingertips
Dan
|
$300
[23]
1st Russian ruler to be called "czar", he annexed Siberia &, in 1580, killed his son
Ivan the Terrible
Dan
Brenda
|
$300
[15]
Said Francis Bacon, "If the mountain will not come to Muhammed, Muhammed will" do this
go to the mountain
Pamela
|
$300
[19]
Weapon featured in the Laurel & Hardy comedy "The Battle of the Century"
pies
Pamela
|
|
$400
[9]
2 products which merge in a "Seven and Seven"
Seagram's 7 & 7-Up
Dan
|
— |
$400
[11]
In 1983, Mr. T took a break from "The A-Team" to drive a cab in this city
Washington, D.C.
Dan
|
$400
[27]
Longest reign ever, 94 years, was that of Pepi II, who ruled this country about 2300 B.C.
Egypt
Dan
|
$400
[16]
"Man proposes", but God does this
disposes
Dan
|
$400
[20]
Italian for "pressed out", machines to make this dessert drink can run up to $500
espresso
Pamela
Brenda
|
|
$500
[10]
Classic formula for this rum drink is "1 of sour, 2 of sweet, 3 of strong, & 4 of weak"
daiquiri
Dan
|
— |
DD
$400
[12]
1972 comedy, it's Woody Allen's only film based on a best seller
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)
Dan
|
$500
[28]
2 of 3 Arab countries currently ruled by kings
(2 of) Saudi Arabia, Jordan, & Morocco
Pamela
|
$500
[17]
"A bad workman quarrels with" these
his tools
Pamela
|
$500
[21]
Obtained from drying cassava starch, it's used in puddings
tapioca
Pamela
|
| HISTORY | LITERARY LINGO | AMERICAN RELIGION | COUNTRY SINGERS | ASTRONOMY | BALTIMORE |
|
$200
[4]
U.S. participation in Korean War was under sponsorship of this organization
United Nations
|
$200
[1]
A biting satire, Harvard's went "National"
lampoon
Brenda
|
$200
[18]
Fundamentally, a fundamentalist believes in the literal truth of this book
the Bible
Brenda
|
$200
[11]
Surname shared by singers Johnny, Brenda & Dickey
Lee
Pamela
|
$200
[10]
Most major stars' names are from Greek, Latin, or this Middle Eastern language
Arabic
Pamela
|
$200
[26]
In 1803, this French emperor's younger brother, Jerome, was married in Baltimore
Napoleon
Dan
|
|
$400
[5]
Though shot by 12-man French firing squad, only 3 bullets hit & killed this WWI spy
Mata Hari
Dan
|
$400
[2]
One writer's deliberate theft of another's literary material
plagiarism
Pamela
|
$400
[20]
"Trembling" sect that's now almost extinct due to celibacy
Shakers
Dan
|
$400
[12]
For more than 10 years, they've been hosting "Hee Haw" together
Buck Owens & (Roy) Clark
Pamela
|
$400
[16]
Neighbor of Uranus, it's only about 1/2 as dense as Earth
Neptune
Dan
|
$600
[28]
Mysterious circumstances led to this poet's 1849 death in Baltimore
(Edgar Allan) Poe
Dan
|
|
$600
[6]
Within 1, the year in which number of U.S. servicemen in Vietnam reached peak, 543,400
1969
Dan
|
$600
[3]
Not a spectral but a surrogate author
ghostauthor/ghostwriter
Dan
|
$600
[21]
Despite handling these, no Hopi priest is known to have been killed in snake dance ceremony
rattlesnakes
Pamela
|
$600
[13]
These "Brothers" have been countin' money in their pockets since "Countin' Flowers on the Wall" in 1966
The Statler Brothers
Pamela
Dan
|
$600
[17]
Because of planetary pull, all comets travel in orbits of this oval shape
ellipse
Pamela
|
DD
$3,000
[27]
Baltimore-reared "King of Hi De Ho" who wrote this:
Cab Calloway
Dan
|
|
$800
[7]
This country lost its only seaport in 19th century war with Chile
Bolivia
|
$800
[9]
Whether Shakespearean, Spenserian, or Petrarchian, they have but 14 lines
sonnet
Dan
|
$800
[22]
Term for Pentacostalists sometimes known to writhe on the ground in religious ecstasy
holy rollers
Dan
|
$800
[14]
At age 14, in 1972, the career of this singer dawned with "Delta Dawn"
Tanya Tucker
Pamela
|
$1,000
[25]
A solar eclipse can only take place when the moon is in this phase
new
Dan
|
— |
|
$1,000
[8]
After Spanish-American War, Congress created the rank of Admiral of the Navy for him
Admiral (George) Dewey
Pamela
Dan
|
$1,000
[19]
Most similes begin with one or the other of these 2 words
like or as
Pamela
|
$1,000
[23]
America's largest Protestant denomination
(Southern) Baptists
Dan
|
$1,000
[15]
"Kentucky Rain", Presley's 50th gold record, was written by this Brooklyn boy who "Loves a Rainy Night"
Eddie Rabbitt
Pamela
|
DD
$3,000
[24]
Most asteroids are found between the orbits of these 2 planets
Mars & Jupiter
Dan
|
— |
Of the 6 current standard U.S. coins, the number that feature U.S. landmarks
2