Rachel Kranz — a writer and director from New York City, New York
Robert Burgess — an attorney from Austin, Texas
Liz MacGillicuddy-Lucas — an actress originally from Hollywood, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $10,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liz | $1,700 | $2,600 | $8,200 |
$16,399
3-day champion: $26,798 |
$7,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Robert | $300 | $1,700 | $8,900 |
$1,300
3rd place: Cutco knives + NES and games |
$9,400
23 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Rachel | $2,000 | $3,300 | $2,500 |
$2,450
2nd place: Orrefors stemware + Maytag dishwasher |
$4,500
16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS | A.K.A. | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | RODENTS | MUSICAL THEATRE | ENDS IN "X" |
|
$100
[16]
He also invented the photophone, a way to transmit sound via light
Alexander Graham Bell
Rachel
|
$100
[1]
This leading lady, born Myrna Williams, is the most famous Myrna we know
Myrna Loy
Liz
|
$100
[17]
Someone has designated the day after this holiday "You're Welcomegiving Day"
Thanksgiving
Rachel
|
$100
[22]
When threatened, it will stamp its feet & rattle its quills in warning
a porcupine
Robert
Rachel
|
$100
[4]
The 1985 revival of this musical featured Yul Brynner's wife as the lead Royal Dancer
The King and I
Robert
|
$100
[8]
It's an evil spell or curse
a hex
Rachel
|
|
$200
[24]
In 1675 Giovanni Cassini noticed that this planet's ring was actually 2 rings
Saturn
Robert
|
$200
[2]
Before he was a boxer, he was Rocco Francis Machegiano
Rocky Marciano
Liz
|
$200
[18]
During this National Hot Dog Month Americans down an average 1,000,000,000 of 'em
July
Robert
|
$200
[23]
This rodent's hind feet are webbed for swimming & its broad, flat tail acts as a rudder
a beaver
Robert
|
$200
[7]
When this musical about a milkman returned to Broadway in 1990, Topol topped the cast
Fiddler on the Roof
Robert
|
$200
[12]
6-letter synonym for an oaf
a lummox
Liz
|
|
$300
[25]
Maxim, Hotchkiss & Gatling each invented a type of this weapon
a machine gun
Robert
|
$300
[3]
Born Julia Newmeyer, this statuesque beauty played Catwoman on the TV series "Batman"
Julie Newmar
Rachel
|
$400
[20]
In a park each April Philadelphia holds a competition in this to honor Ben Franklin
kite flying
Robert
|
$300
[28]
They're famous for their migrations when millions of them cross the tundra
lemmings
Robert
|
$300
[9]
Agnes de Mille choreographed a sword dance for this 1947 Lerner & Loewe Scottish musical
Brigadoon
Liz
|
$300
[13]
Watson & Crick said DNA comes coiled in a double one of these
a helix
Rachel
|
|
$400
[26]
Though Gabriel Fallopius discovered this reproductive tube, it's said he didn't know what it was for
the fallopian tube
Robert
|
$400
[5]
You probably know British TV comic Alfred Hawthorn Hill better by this name
Benny Hill
Liz
|
DD
$500
[19]
National UNICEF Day falls on this date
October 31
Robert
|
$400
[29]
This small, striped member of the squirrel family comes in western & eastern types
chipmunks
Liz
|
$400
[10]
David Wayne won 1 of the 1st Tonys for playing Og, 1 of these creatures, in "Finian's Rainbow"
a leprechaun
Rachel
|
$400
[14]
The title for a woman put in charge of carrying out the terms of a will
an executrix
Rachel
|
|
$500
[27]
Monk who formulated laws of segregation & ind. assortment to explain what he found while breeding plants
(Gregor) Mendel
Rachel
|
$500
[6]
Martin Rosenblatt used this stage name when he played Artemus Gordon on "The Wild WIld West"
Ross Martin
Liz
Robert
|
$500
[21]
Checkers Day is an event honoring these owned by politicians
dogs
Rachel
|
$500
[30]
The common name of mus musculus, it fits into a Rhyme Time category
a house mouse
Liz
|
$500
[11]
Before "Roseanne", John Goodman played Huck Finn's Pap in this 1985 musical
Big River
Rachel
|
$500
[15]
This bone in your body was named for its resemblance to a cuckoo's beak
the coccyx
Robert
|
| ALBERTA | LITERARY VILLAINS | BUSINESS TALK | THE 1920s | TREES | RELIGION |
|
$200
[13]
The Stampede, a 10-day rodeo, has been a popular event in this city since 1912
Calgary
Robert
|
$200
[2]
O'Brien uses torture to teach Winston Smith to love Big Brother in this novel
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Liz
|
$200
[1]
An investor is said to be bullish if he believes the stock market will do this
go up
Rachel
|
$200
[9]
On Sept. 30, 1927 he hit a then-record 60th home run for a season
Babe Ruth
Robert
|
$200
[23]
The scientific name of this giant tree means "sequoia always green"
redwood
|
$200
[18]
A sura is one of the chapters or sections of this Muslim holy book
the Koran
Rachel
|
|
$400
[14]
In 1882 Alberta was named for Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, a daughter of this queen
Queen Victoria
Robert
|
$400
[3]
Simon Legree has him beaten to death for refusing to inform on 2 runaway slaves
Uncle Tom
Robert
|
$400
[4]
An asset is said to be frozen if it's tied up, or this if it's readily convertible into cash
liquid
Robert
|
$400
[10]
He was elected governor of New York in 1928, 4 years before winning the presidency
Franklin Roosevelt
Rachel
|
$400
[24]
This Australian gum tree is the tallest tree in the Southern Hemisphere
the eucalyptus
Rachel
|
$400
[19]
The Kami-Dana, or God-Shelf, is a tiny shrine associated with this Japanese religion
Shinto
Robert
|
|
$600
[20]
This grain is Alberta's chief farm crop, as it is for the other 2 Prairie Provinces
wheat
Robert
|
$600
[7]
Critics call this "Othello" character Shakespeare's consummate villain
Iago
Robert
|
$600
[5]
It's a brief description of a property for sale or a detailed description of a stock issue
a prospectus
|
$600
[15]
Reza Khan became Shah of this country, ending the over 100-year-old Kajar Dynasty
Iran (or Persia)
Robert
|
$600
[26]
This swamp tree is called bald, perhaps because its needlelike leaves are shed in the fall
the cyprus
|
$600
[25]
It's the third book of the Old Testament
Leviticus
Robert
|
|
$800
[21]
With more than 800 stores & parking for 20,000 vehicles, a mall in this Alberta capital is the world's largest
Edmonton
Robert
Rachel
|
$800
[11]
In this 1886 Robert Louis Stevenson story the hero & villain are the same man
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Liz
|
$800
[6]
From the Latin "fidere", to trust, it's a company that holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
a fiduciary trust
Liz
|
$800
[16]
He presented a paper on "Cultures of a Penicillium" to the Medical Research Club in 1929
(Alexander) Fleming
Rachel
|
$800
[27]
Because of its durability under water, the "live" species of this tree has been used in shipbuilding
live oaks
Liz
|
$800
[30]
In this religion, Durga, a consort of Shiva, slew a ferocious buffalo demon
Hinduism
Liz
|
|
$1,000
[22]
A small public land reserve around hot mineral springs developed into this Alberta nat'l park
Banff
Robert
|
DD
$2,200
[12]
This monstrous descendant of Cain is the villain of "Beowulf"
Grendel
Liz
|
$1,000
[8]
A Green River ordinance is a local law that regulates or prohibits this type of selling
door-to-door
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
In 1927 he built his prefabricated "Dymaxion House"
Buckminster Fuller
Rachel
|
$1,000
[28]
The scientific name of this maple tree is Acer saccharum
the sugar maple
Liz
|
$1,000
[29]
These Indians of NW New Mexico celebrate the arrival of Winter in their Shalako ceremony
Zuni
Liz
Robert
|
It has the largest population of any country completely south of the Equator
South Africa