Robert Slaven game 3.
Jean Hernon — an attorney originally from New Hartford, New York
Dave Janka — a photographer from Moorestown, New Jersey
Robert Slaven — an office automation specialist from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert | $1,400 | $1,300 | $5,300 |
$7,001
3-day champion: $32,701 |
$6,100
19 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dave | $1,400 | $1,900 | $1,500 |
$3,000
2nd place: His & hers clothing from the Greif Companies & Mastercraft maple wardrobe |
$2,500
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jean | $600 | $1,700 | $3,500 |
$500
3rd place: Service Merchandise gift certificate |
$4,300
11 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| HISTORIC QUOTES | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES | POP MUSIC | VOCABULARY | ZOOLOGY | "Mc"PEOPLE |
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$100
[8]
In a 1939 radio broadcast, Churchill called this country "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"
Russia
Jean
|
$100
[6]
Abbreviated "c.", it's used before approximate dates
circa
Robert
|
$100
[1]
Folk songs written by this performer include "Times They are A-Changin'" & "Mr. Tambourine Man"
Bob Dylan
Robert
|
$100
[10]
As an adjective, it's slang for tipsy; in the name of a game, it precedes "winks"
tiddly
Dave
|
$100
[15]
Dutch colonists in South Africa gave the gnu this name meaning "wild beast"
wildebeest
Dave
|
$100
[22]
He was also Johnny Carson's sidekick on a TV game show called "Who Do You Trust?"
Ed McMahon
Robert
|
|
$200
[9]
Around 1850 Horace Greeley suggested, do this "and grow up with the country"
"Go west, young man"
Dave
|
$200
[7]
This term for a big spoonful of whipped cream may come from the Icelandic dolpur, meaning "fat man"
dollop
Jean
|
$200
[2]
In this song, "He's gonna get caught, just you wait & see, 'why is everybody always pickin' on me?'"
"Charlie Brown"
Robert
|
$200
[11]
An inhabitant of the Palmetto State, the Tar Heel State or the Caroline Islands
Carolinian
Robert
|
$200
[16]
Although its neck can be 6 feet long, it often has 7 bones--the same as humans
giraffe
Dave
|
$200
[23]
In May 1991 this former S.D. senator made it official that he won't run for president
George McGovern
Dave
|
|
$300
[27]
In 1913 he proclaimed, "We demand that big business give the people a square deal"
Theodore Roosevelt
Robert
Jean
|
$300
[20]
Elastic-sounding word that's slang for a term of imprisonment
stretch
|
$300
[3]
Of Crosby, Stills, Nash or Young, the one born in England
Graham Nash
Jean
|
$300
[12]
A flexible tube found in your garden, or flexible coverings found on your legs
hose
Dave
|
$300
[17]
A popular activity in Thailand is watching these quarrelsome fish attack each other
Siamese fighting fish
Dave
|
$300
[24]
After his death, his reaper firm merged with others to form the International Harvester Company
Cyrus McCormick
Jean
|
|
$400
[28]
In 1944 this GOP presidential candidate campaigned on the slogan, "It's Time for a Change"
Thomas Dewey
Dave
|
$400
[21]
A cloth emblem on a uniform sleeve, or a small field of pumpkins
patch
Dave
|
$400
[4]
Juice Newton peaked at No. 2 with this song named after a playing card
"Queen of Hearts"
Robert
|
$400
[13]
A natural or acquired ability or a unit of weight & money, used in ancient Greece
talent
Robert
|
$400
[18]
The name of this deadly snake of tropical North & South America is French for "lance head"
fer-de-lance
Robert
|
$400
[25]
In 1968 this host of ABC's "Wide World of Sports" became the 1st sports commentator to win an Emmy
Jim McKay
Dave
|
|
$500
[29]
According to Charles Evans Hughes, this document "Is what the judges say it is"
the Constitution
Jean
|
$500
[30]
From the Latin for "separate" or "distinct", it means a few, more than 2, but not many
several
|
$500
[5]
This record by Kyu Sakamoto is the only Japanese language song to reach No. 1 in America
"Sukiyaki"
|
$500
[14]
From the Latin meaning "suffering", it often refers to Christ's suffering
passion
Dave
|
DD
$800
[19]
One species of this long-snouted piglike South American mammal wasn't discovered until the 1820s
tapir
Robert
|
$500
[26]
In 1988 this former national security advisor admitted he had misled Congress on several occasions
Robert McFarlane
Robert
|
| POETS & POETRY | U.S. CITIES | THE ELEMENTS | NEWSPAPERS | DATES IN HISTORY | NAME THE PLAY |
|
$200
[6]
Lord Byron rhapsodized, "She walks in" this, "like the night"
beauty
Jean
|
$200
[16]
It's nicknamed the "City of Witches"
Salem, Massachusetts
Dave
|
$200
[1]
Over 13 times heavier than water, it was known in ancient times as "living silver"
mercury
Robert
Jean
|
$200
[24]
Erwin D. Canham edited this paper, founded by Mary Baker Eddy, from 1945-1964
The Christian Science Monitor
Robert
|
$200
[11]
It was stormed Tuesday July 14, 1789
the Bastille
Robert
|
$200
[21]
Biff Loman, Linda Loman &Willy Loman
Death of a Salesman
Dave
|
|
$400
[7]
The noted actor & playwright Colley Cibber was appointed to this poetic office in 1730
poet laureate
Dave
|
$400
[17]
This city on the Texas-Arkansas border takes its name from the two states plus Louisiana
Texarkana
Robert
|
$400
[2]
Found in egg & clam shells, it was discovered in 1808 by Sir Humphry Davy
calcium
Robert
|
$400
[25]
This syndicated editorial cartoonist has worked at the Washington Post since 1946
Herb Block
|
$400
[12]
After a 12-day siege, it fell to Santa Anna's troops March 6, 1836
the Alamo
Robert
|
$400
[22]
Danny Zuko, Betty Rizzo &Sandy Dumbrowski
Grease
Robert
|
|
$600
[8]
This Hoosier poet wrote his 1890 poem "The Raggedy Man" in Hoosier dialect
James Whitcomb Riley
|
$600
[18]
From 1701-1875 Connecticut had twin capitals, Hartford & this city
New Haven
Robert
|
$600
[3]
This element whose symbol is Li follows helium at No. 3 on the periodic table
lithium
Dave
|
$600
[26]
Neue Zurcher Zeitung, one of the world's most respected papers, is published in this city
Zurich
Robert
|
$600
[13]
On July 26, 1775 the U.S. Post Office was established with him as postmaster general
Benjamin Franklin
Robert
|
$600
[23]
Harry Brock, Paul Verrall &Billie Dawn
Born Yesterday
|
|
$800
[9]
According to Leigh Hunt, "Jenny" did this to "me when we met"--how romantic
kissed me
|
$800
[19]
Called Strawbery Banke until the 1650s, it's New Hampshire's only major seaport
Portsmouth
Jean
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
All regular U.S. coins minted today contain some of this element
copper
Dave
|
$800
[27]
Granma is the official voice of this Latin American country's Communist Party
Cuba
Robert
Dave
|
$800
[14]
On September 26, 1789 Congress confirmed him as America's first chief justice
John Jay
Jean
|
$800
[29]
Sheridan Whiteside, Maggie Cutler &"My Lady Nausea"
The Man Who Came to Dinner
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Vachel Lindsay's poem about the death of this Salvation Army founder was written to be sung
General William Booth
Jean
|
DD
$800
[20]
The name of this third-largest Washington city is the Indian name for Mt. Rainier
Tacoma
Jean
|
$1,000
[5]
After about 713 million years, half a quantity of uranium-235 turns into this element
lead
Jean
|
$1,000
[28]
Last name of Otis, Norman & Harry, all of whom were publishers of the Los Angeles Times
Chandler
|
$1,000
[15]
On April 5, 1614 Pocahontas married this tobacco planter
John Rolfe
|
$1,000
[30]
Dr. Gibbs, George Gibbs &Emily Webb
Our Town
Jean
|
After a heraldic lion was placed over its entrance in 1522, a German brewery took this name
Lowenbrau