1993 Seniors Tournament final game 2.Last game of Season 9.Alex correctly indicated that this was the 2000th episode.
Will Herrera — a retired airline pilot originally from Pueblo, Colorado (subtotal of $3,000)
Hugh Murphy — a bank officer from Hockessin, Delaware (subtotal of $4,800)
Marilyn Kneeland — a retired teacher from San Diego, California (subtotal of $4,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marilyn | $3,100 | $4,500 | $8,300 | $13,650 |
$6,500
21 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Hugh | $400 | $500 | $4,000 | $0 |
$2,700
15 R (including 1 DD), 7 W |
| Will | $300 | $900 | $5,700 | $700 |
$5,700
16 R, 5 W |
| THE OLD TESTAMENT | 1960s TELEVISION | FRUITS & VEGETABLES | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | "SPRINGS" ON THE MAP | POTPOURRI |
|
$100
[6]
When these 2 cities were destroyed for their wickedness, only Lot & his family were spared
Sodom & Gommorah
Marilyn
|
$100
[8]
Its theme song begins, "Come 'n listen to my story 'bout a man name Jed"
The Beverly Hillbillies
Hugh
Will
|
$100
[16]
The leaves of this relative of the scallion & shallot are commonly sprinkled on baked potatoes
chives
Hugh
Will
|
$100
[11]
The grand one of these instruments has over 220 strings, each tuned to one of 88 pitches
piano
Marilyn
|
$100
[1]
From 1988 - 1992 this Calif. town didn't work its mayor pro bono, it worked its mayor Sonny Bono
Palm Springs
Marilyn
|
$100
[9]
"Henge", a term for a circular monument comes from the name of this monument on Salisbury Plain
Stonehenge
Marilyn
|
|
$200
[7]
Abbreviated Obad. & named for a minor prophet, it's the Old Testament's shortest book
Obadiah
Hugh
|
$200
[14]
For 4 seasons Dr. Kimble was pursued by Lt. Philip Gerard in this popular series
The Fugitive
Hugh
|
$200
[29]
Only this vegetable's heart & the soft flesh at the base of its leaves are eaten
artichokes
Hugh
Will
|
$200
[19]
The sackbut was an early form of this "slide" instrument
trombone
Will
|
$200
[2]
It's the chief town of the interior of Northern Territory, Australia
Alice Springs
Will
|
$200
[23]
These fluffy, affectionate little dogs who love to be pampered are called "Poms" for short
Pomeranians
Marilyn
|
|
$300
[10]
Isaiah 13:6 warns, "Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is" this
near (at hand)
Hugh
|
$300
[15]
In 1965 this 26-year-old Canadian became the youngest to anchor a U.S. network newscast
Peter Jennings
Will
|
$300
[27]
White seedless types of this fruit are used to make fillets of sole Veronique
grapes
Hugh
Will
|
$300
[20]
About 12 inches long, it's the smallest type of flute
piccolo
Marilyn
|
$300
[3]
A residence in this western Georgia resort was known for a time as "The Little White House"
Warm Springs
Marilyn
|
$300
[24]
In a famous story, Philip Nolan was "The Man Without" one of these
Country
Will
|
|
$500
[13]
The book named for this man describes him as "perfect and upright, and one that feared God"
Job
Marilyn
|
$400
[17]
4 commandos battled Rommel's Afrika Korps each week in this WWII drama starring Christopher George
The Rat Patrol
Marilyn
Hugh
|
$400
[28]
The Greek kalamata & French nicoise are popular imported types of these
olives
Marilyn
Hugh
|
$400
[21]
The African amadinda is a type of this percussion instrument made with logs & bars
xylophone
Marilyn
Will
|
$400
[4]
Once known for its casinos & springs, this city in eastern New York is now home to Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs
Marilyn
|
$400
[25]
The Joe chair named for this Yankee is shaped like a huge baseball glove
Joe DiMaggio
Will
|
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
On orders from King Jehu, this wicked queen & wife of Ahab was thrown from a window to her death
Jezebel
Marilyn
|
$500
[18]
In the Joe the Bartender sketches on Jackie Gleason's show, he played Crazy Guggenheim
Frank Fontaine
Hugh
|
$500
[30]
The yellow Cavendish is the most popular variety of this tropical fruit in the U.S.
banana
|
$500
[22]
Spanish writer Vicente Espinel is often credited with adding a 5th string to this; the 6th came later
classical guitar
Marilyn
|
$500
[5]
It's surrounded by the U.S. Air Force Academy, Fort Carson & Peterson Field Air Force Base
Colorado Springs
Marilyn
|
$500
[26]
She wrote the 1965 work "Normality and Pathology in Childhood"
Anna Freud
|
| THE SOVIET UNION | GEOLOGY | FASHION | BLACK AMERICA | LAW | AGELESS QUOTES |
|
$200
[5]
On February 7, 1990 this party formally relinquished sole power
Communist
Hugh
|
$200
[8]
These larges masses of flowing ice occur where winter snowfall exceeds summer melt
glaciers
Marilyn
Will
|
$200
[23]
Popular for decades, sling-backs are these
kind of shoe
Marilyn
|
$200
[11]
On January 20,1992 Winnie Mandela helped lead a march in Atlanta honoring this slain leader
Martin Luther King Jr.
Will
|
$200
[13]
Damages can be compensatory, to compensate, or this kind to punish
punitive
Hugh
|
$200
[1]
Whale tale author who wrote, "Youth is immortal; 'tis the elderly only grow old!"
Melville
Hugh
|
|
$400
[7]
Dr. Svyatoslav Fyodorov invented radial keratotomy, a procedure used on this organ
eye
Will
|
$400
[10]
Ash & pumice are examples of tephra, the fragmental material ejected from one of these
volcano
Will
|
$400
[24]
The discovery of this in 1922 led to a fashion trend of Egyptian motifs
King Tut's tomb
Will
|
$400
[12]
Charles Evers, brother of this civil rights leader, was mayor of Fayette, Miss. from 1969-1981
Medgar Evers
Hugh
|
$400
[14]
A contract characterized by exchange of mutual promises, it's also a synonym for betrothal
engagement
Marilyn
Hugh
|
$400
[2]
In "The Brook" this "Light Brigade" author wrote, "For men may come & men may go, but I go on forever"
Tennyson
Hugh
|
|
$600
[9]
Soviet Olympic stars have included Olga Korbut, a gymnast, & Sergei Bubka, one of these
pole vaulter
Hugh
|
$600
[25]
The mineral andalusite was named for a region of this country where it was discovered
Spain
Will
|
$600
[28]
This fabric used mainly for coats & pants can be identified by its cut-pile ribs or wales
corduroy
Marilyn
|
$600
[20]
In 1899 then N.Y. Governor Teddy Roosevelt dedicated a monument in Rochester to this famed orator
Frederick Douglass
Marilyn
Will
|
$600
[15]
Legal term meaning to trade goods or services without using money
barter
Hugh
|
$600
[3]
Oscar Wilde wrote, "One should never trust a woman who tells one" this; she "would tell one anything"
her real age
Hugh
|
|
$1,000
[19]
In 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev replaced this man as party leader
Konstantin Chernenko
Marilyn
|
$800
[26]
This period of the Mesozoic Era is name for the Jura Mountains of Europe
Jurassic
Will
|
$800
[29]
Among the hairstyles created by this man are "the shape" & the geometric "five-point cut"
Vidal Sassoon
Marilyn
|
$800
[21]
It was the nickname of folk singer & composer Huddie Ledbetter
Leadbelly
Hugh
|
$1,000
[17]
Legally speaking this can mean "to endure pain" or "to permit"
suffer
Marilyn
Hugh
|
$800
[4]
Ben Franklin said, "Dost thou love life? Then do not squander" this, "for that's the stuff life is made of"
time
Will
|
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
In the 1920s Felix Dzerzhinsky began the system of forced labor camps now known by this Russian name
gulag
Marilyn
|
$1,000
[27]
From French for "hillock", this is a flat-topped hill smaller than a mesa
butte
|
$1,000
[30]
Flappers of the 1920 popularly wore this tight-fitting, bell-shaped hat with a French name
cloche
Marilyn
|
$1,000
[22]
If "Truth" be told, the birth name of this reformer & abolitionist was Isabella Baumfree
Sojourner Truth
Will
|
DD
$2,100
[16]
Term for the process by which a person acquires a new citizenship
naturalization
Hugh
|
$1,000
[6]
Roman orator who said, "No one is so old that he does not think he could live another year"
Cicero
Will
|
Following his appointment as engineer in 1482, he planned & constructed canals in Milan, Italy
Leonardo da Vinci