Mitch Hankins — an attorney from Lubbock, Texas
Susan Speers — a freelance writer from Chicago, Illinois
Felice Bogus — a grad student originally from Norfolk, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $26,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felice | $700 | $3,900 | $9,100 |
$7,999
2nd place: trip on Delta to Mexico & stay at the Conrad Puerto Vallarta + Jeopardy! home edition |
$9,100
25 R, 1 W |
| Susan | $600 | $0 | $1,800 |
$2,100
3rd place: Dictomatic talking translator + Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune for SNES & Sega Genesis + Jeopardy! home edition |
$4,300
12 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Mitch | $700 | $2,000 | $5,100 |
$10,100
New champion: $10,100 |
$4,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| CIVIL WAR NICKNAMES | TRAVEL & TOURISM | THE TONIGHT SHOW | ANIMALS | STOP THE PRESSES! | WORD ORIGINS |
|
$100
[1]
This commanding general's soldiers affectionately nicknamed him "Uncle Robert"
Robert E. Lee
Felice
|
$100
[3]
Originally called the Grand Cours, it's Paris' most celebrated thoroughfare
the Champs-Elysees
Mitch
|
$100
[8]
In 1967 he succeeded Milton DeLugg as band leader on "The Tonight Show"
Doc Severinsen
Felice
|
$100
[26]
This dog's name is derived from what the French called it: grand Danois, literally "big Danish"
a Great Dane
Susan
|
$100
[21]
A kids magazine survey found out this fairy tends to leave girls about 25 cents more than boys
the tooth fairy
Mitch
|
$100
[9]
Motel is actually derived from two words: hotel & this
motor
Susan
|
|
$200
[2]
He had several nicknames that began with the same letters, including "Unprecedented Strategist"
U.S. Grant
Susan
|
$200
[6]
In this island group you can tour the tortoise hatchery at the Charles Darwin Biological Research Station
the Galapagos
Felice
|
$200
[14]
On Oct. 1, 1962, this "You Bet Your Life" star introduced Johnny Carson as the show's permanent host
Groucho Marx
Felice
Susan
Mitch
|
$200
[27]
The pirate type of this animal raids the webs of others of its kind, killing & eating the builders
the spider
Felice
|
$200
[22]
A British paper claimed Prince Charles puts toothpaste in his nose to prevent this nocturnal noise
snoring
Felice
|
$200
[10]
This unit of measurement abbreviated dB was named for Alexander Graham Bell
a decibel
Mitch
|
|
$300
[4]
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was "The Hero of" this South Carolina fort
Fort Sumter
Felice
|
$300
[11]
An annex of Italy's Basilica of San Francesco contains the tomb of this "divine" poet
Dante
Felice
|
$300
[16]
From 1983 to 1986 she was the permanent guest host of "The Tonight Show"
Joan Rivers
Felice
|
$300
[28]
The Adelie penguin was named for this continent's Adelie Coast
Antarctica
Susan
Mitch
|
$300
[23]
People Magazine reported that Clint Black wears size 7 1/4 while Garth Brooks' is 7 5/8
a cowboy hat
Mitch
|
$300
[12]
Originally a charity bequest, this word for a small amount of money comes from Latin for "piety"
a pittance
Felice
Susan
|
|
$400
[5]
This cavalry officer's West Point classmates teasingly nicknamed him "Beauty" Stuart
J.E.B. Stuart
Mitch
|
$400
[19]
The Mozarteum is one site of this Austrian city's famous music festival
Salzburg
Felice
Susan
|
$400
[17]
On Dec. 17, 1969, their marriage on "The Tonight Show" drew an estimated 45 million viewers
Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki
Mitch
|
$400
[29]
The helmets of Queen Elizabeth"S household cavalry are adorned with this Himalayan animal's hair
the yak
Susan
|
$400
[24]
In 1992 she not only left her ministry but divorced her jailed husband
Tammy Faye Bakker
Felice
|
DD
$500
[13]
Palestine derived its name from this ancient people who lived in the region
the Philistines
Susan
|
|
$500
[7]
He was "The Sword of the Confederacy", but his more famous nickname likened him to a rock structure
Stonewall Jackson
Susan
|
$500
[20]
In Beijing, just south of the Forbidden City, you'll find this square, the city's largest plaza
Tiananmen
Felice
|
$500
[18]
This clairvoyant character was first used in a sketch by Carson in a 1964 telecast
Carnac the Magnificent
Mitch
|
$500
[30]
The gavial has a narrower snout than this swamp-dwelling reptile it resembles
an alligator (crocodile)
Mitch
|
$500
[25]
The 4th annual International Leisure Suit Convention drew 1500 polyester lovers to this Iowa capital
Des Moines
Felice
|
$500
[15]
From the Greek for "without bottom", it's a bottomless gulf or the ocean's depths
an abyss
Felice
|
| AUTHORS' BIRTHPLACES | THE 15th CENTURY | MONEY | THEATRE | 7 WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD | PSYCH 102 |
|
$200
[3]
He was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, not in Never-Never-Land
(James) Barrie
Felice
|
$200
[16]
In 1473 construction began on this chapel, named for Pope Sixtus IV
the Sistine Chapel
Felice
|
$200
[21]
You have to shell out some bahts to spend one night in Bangkok in this country
Thailand
Mitch
|
$200
[1]
In a 1968 revival of "Doctor Faustus", this woman of Troy was "tastefully nude"
Helen
Mitch
|
$200
[15]
Made of bronze & honoring the sun god Helios, it stood about 100 feet high in the harbor of a Greek island
the Colossus of Rhodes
Felice
|
$200
[10]
Common ones of these include fears of heights, animals & darkness
phobias
Felice
|
|
$400
[4]
You can visit the cottage near Dorchester where this author was born "Far From the Madding Crowd"
Thomas Hardy
Susan
|
$400
[17]
By the end of the century this Indian empire extended from Peru into parts of Bolivia, Chile & Ecuador
the Incas
Susan
|
$400
[23]
San Marino uses this Italian currency
the lira
Susan
|
$400
[2]
John Dryden wrote his 1677 play "All For Love" in this kind of verse also favored by Shakespeare
iambic pentameter (blank verse)
Felice
|
$400
[27]
To irrigate this ancient wonder, water from the Euphrates was pumped to the top of the hill
the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Felice
|
$400
[11]
Some believe they're meaningless by-products of REM sleep; some, that they have hidden meanings
dreams
Felice
|
|
$600
[5]
Norman Mailer comes from this New Jersey city that has the same name as Miss Kitty's saloon on "Gunsmoke"
Long Branch
Mitch
|
$600
[18]
With Constantinople's capture by Ottoman Turks, the empire came to an end
the Byzantine Empire
Mitch
|
$800
[25]
The florin is another name for this currency of the Netherlands
the Dutch guilder
Susan
|
$600
[8]
Perhaps in response to the gloom of WWII, he wrote the light comedy "Blithe Spirit" in just 6 days
Noel Coward
Mitch
|
$600
[28]
It was the earliest built of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World
the Great Pyramid
Felice
|
$600
[12]
Working memory is another name for this type that remembers things for a few seconds
short-term
Felice
|
|
$800
[6]
John Irving's hometown is Exeter in this state & he attended Phillips Exeter Academy there
New Hampshire
Mitch
|
$800
[19]
Having spent his fortune on exploration, this Portuguese prince died in debt in 1460
Prince Henry the Navigator
Mitch
|
$1,000
[26]
In Austria 100 groschen make 1 of these
the schilling
Felice
|
$1,000
[22]
This great Russian acting teacher played Satin in Gorky's 1902 play "The Lower Depths"
Stanislavsky
Mitch
|
$800
[29]
Some sculptures from this marble tomb at Halicarnassus are in the British Museum in London
the Mausoleum
|
$800
[13]
A propensity that is inherited rather than learned, like nest-building in wasps, is a "basic" one of these
an instinct
Susan
|
|
$1,000
[7]
Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a native of this country, where he lives in Cartagena
Colombia
Mitch
|
$1,000
[20]
In 1479, under the rule of Ferdinand & Isabella, these two powerful kingdoms were united
Aragon & Castile
Felice
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
Unit of foreign currency referred to by thefollowingsymbol:
the Australian dollar
Susan
|
DD
$1,500
[9]
"Murder in the Cathedral" premiered in this city where the play is set
Canterbury (England)
Mitch
|
$1,000
[30]
A fire burned day & night at the top of this ancient wonder
the lighthouse at Alexandria
Mitch
|
$1,000
[14]
Hyphenated term for a neurosis that you might want to wash your hands of—continuously
an obsessive-compulsive disorder
Susan
|
The Ryan NYP hanging from a ceiling in Washington, D.C. is better known by this name
the Spirit of St. Louis