Amy Fine game 4.
Damon Darlin — a journalist originally from Dubuque, Iowa
Jim Drumm — a substitute teacher from Palm Springs, California
Amy Fine — a wife and mother from Potomac, Maryland (whose 3-day cash winnings total $41,003)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy | $800 | $3,000 | $9,100 |
$18,200
4-day champion: $59,203 |
$8,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Jim | $300 | $1,200 | $3,000 |
$1,999
2nd place: Singer dining room set & Schonbek lighting + Jeopardy! home game |
$3,000
13 R, 5 W |
| Damon | $2,700 | $3,700 | $9,700 |
$1,200
3rd place: MCI video phones & Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis + Jeopardy! home game |
$8,200
21 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | CHARLTON HESTON FILMS | SIGNS & SYMBOLS | THE 1970s | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES | "DOG"s |
|
$100
[26]
This went into effect June 21, 1788 when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it
the Constitution
Amy
|
$100
[14]
The arena for this film's chariot race covered 18 acres, one of the largest movie sets in history
Ben-Hur
Damon
|
$100
[12]
The fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac, this legendary beast was a symbol of the emperor
the dragon
Damon
|
$100
[8]
On June 10, 1977 this man convicted of killing Martin Luther King, Jr. escaped from a Tennessee prison
James Earl Ray
Amy
|
$100
[4]
Frederick G. Bonfils made this city's Post the most widely read paper published in the Rockies
Denver
Amy
|
$100
[1]
It's the turned-down corner of the page of a book
a dog ear
Jim
|
|
$200
[27]
In 1963 New Hampshire became the first state in the 20th century to adopt this type of gambling
the lottery
Damon
|
$200
[15]
Film in which Heston asks, "How can I lead this people out of bondage?"
The Ten Commandments
Amy
Damon
|
$200
[19]
Drivers know that a round red sign with a white horizontal rectangle in its center means this
Do not enter
Damon
|
$200
[9]
In 1976 this car company reduced the price of its Gremlin 7.8% to $2,995
AMC (American Motors Corporation)
Jim
Damon
|
$200
[7]
Thomas J.C. Martyn, a former editor of Time magazine, founded this rival in 1933
Newsweek
Amy
|
$200
[2]
One who is in disfavor is said to be here
the doghouse
Amy
|
|
$300
[28]
The farm where this poet lived 1900-1911 is preserved near Derry, N.H.
Robert Frost
Damon
|
$300
[16]
This 1974 disaster film in which Los Angeles is reduced to rubble was recorded in Sensurround
Earthquake
Damon
|
$300
[21]
Term for the marks used to indicate that something is the same as the item above it
ditto marks
Amy
|
$300
[20]
'76 was a bad year for billionaires; April 5 Howard Hughes died; June 6, this oilman passed away
(Jean Paul) Getty
Jim
|
$300
[10]
Author William Dean Howells was once an editor of this magazine now edited by Helen Gurley Brown
Cosmopolitan
Damon
|
$300
[3]
The type of world marked by ruthless competition & no ethics
dog eat dog
Damon
|
|
$400
[29]
You can visit a village built by members of this celibate religious sect in the town of Canterbury
the Shakers
Amy
|
$400
[17]
In this film Rex Harrison says, "Michelangelo will paint the ceiling...or he will hang"
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Jim
|
$400
[24]
1 of 2 nursery rhyme characters featured in the Howard Johnson's logo
Simple Simon & the pieman
Jim
|
$400
[22]
In 1979 they became the first Americans to win the World Pairs in figure skating in 29 years
Tai Babilonia & Randy Gardner
Amy
Jim
|
$400
[11]
This magazine for African-Americans has a circulation of over 1.8 million
Ebony
Jim
|
$400
[5]
Steven Spielberg & Tim Burton collaborated on this short-lived animated series that aired on CBS in 1993
Family Dog
Amy
|
|
$500
[30]
You can see parts of Maine, Quebec & Vermont from the fop of this, the state's highest mountain
Mount Washington
Amy
|
$500
[18]
Heston was a circus manager & Jimmy Stewart a clown in this "Best Picture" of 1952
The Greatest Show on Earth
Jim
|
$500
[25]
St. Patrick used this plant to explain the Trinity to the Irish
the shamrock
Jim
|
$500
[23]
The FBI captured this couple shortly before going in to apprehend Patty Hearst September 18, 1975
the Harrises (William & Emily)
Amy
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
This current Illinois senator was editor & publisher of the Troy Tribune at age 19
Paul Simon
Damon
|
$500
[6]
This rock group's most successful single was "Joy To The World", which spent 6 weeks at No. 1
Three Dog Night
Damon
|
| ANCIENT TIMES | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | FOOD | BLACK AMERICA | SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS | DOGS |
|
$200
[1]
Chaldeans were noted for their achievements in these 2 fields whose names begin with "astro"
astrology & astronomy
Amy
|
$200
[2]
The kalungu, a "talking" drum from this continent, makes sounds that resemble human speech
Africa
Jim
|
$200
[4]
Literally translated, the name of this popular Italian dish means "pie"
pizza
Damon
|
$200
[15]
Reagan appointed him to the EEOC; Bush appointed him to the Supreme Court
Clarence Thomas
Amy
|
$200
[18]
The man who says,"'Come, Desdemona, I have but an hour of love...we must obey the time"
Othello
Jim
|
$200
[10]
This long, short-legged German breed comes in 2 sizes: standard & miniature
dachshund
Amy
|
|
$400
[3]
The Zapotecs, not the Maya, were probably the first people in what is now this country to write
Mexico
Damon
|
$400
[9]
Built in the 18th & 19th centuries, the giraffe was an upright type of this instrument
a piano
Damon
|
$400
[5]
Hawaiian dish made from cooked taro root pounded to a smooth paste
poi
Amy
|
$400
[16]
This abolitionist bought her home in New York from William H. Seward
Harriet Tubman
Amy
|
$400
[19]
When "Macbeth" is presented in French, these characters are called Les Trois Sorcieres
the (three) witches
Jim
|
$400
[11]
Breeds in this group of dogs include the Dandie Dinmont, Kerry Blue & Cairn
terriers
Amy
Damon
|
|
$600
[24]
Marduk, who became lord of the gods, was the chief god of this city, Nebuchadnezzar's capital
Babylon
Jim
Damon
|
$600
[23]
The gittern, which is not to be confused with the cittern, was a medieval form of this instrument
a guitar
Jim
|
$600
[6]
The name of this Chinese-American dish is Cantonese for "miscellaneous fragments"
chop suey
Damon
|
$600
[17]
Before turning author & poet, she toured singing & dancing in "Porgy & Bess"
Maya Angelou
Jim
|
$600
[20]
If you say, "Sweets to the sweet", you're quoting this queen who says it at Ophelia's burial
Gertrude
Amy
|
$600
[12]
This Chinese dog was introduced to the West after the British seized the Imperial Palace in 1860
the Pekingese
Amy
Jim
|
|
$800
[25]
The ancient kingdom of Kush lay along this river in what is now the Sudan
the Nile
Amy
|
$800
[26]
Trommel is the German word for "drum", & this particular drum is a grosse trommel
a bass drum
Jim
|
$800
[7]
These miniature cabbages originated in the capital of Belgium in the 13th century
Brussels sprouts
Damon
|
$800
[29]
Born Dana Owens, she raps & acts under this "royal" moniker
Queen Latifah
Damon
|
$800
[21]
Reagan's first line in this play is "I am made of that self metal as my sister"
King Lear
Damon
|
$1,000
[14]
In 1931 this dog was declared a national monument of Japan
the Akita
Damon
|
|
$1,000
[27]
"Mausoleum" comes from the name of this ruler of Caria whose mausoleum was erected at Halicarnassus
Mausolus
Jim
|
$1,000
[28]
This American statesman invented the glass harmonica in the 1760s
Benjamin Franklin
Amy
|
$1,000
[8]
In the 1950s Bananas Foster was created by Brennan's Restaurant in this U.S. city
New Orleans
Amy
|
DD
$2,000
[30]
These mayors of Detroit & Los Angeles, both first elected in 1973, decided not to run again in 1993
Tom Bradley and Coleman Young
Damon
|
$1,000
[22]
Margarelon describes himself as "a bastard son of Priam's" in this tragedy
Troilus and Cressida
|
DD
$1,500
[13]
Some say this breed named for a Canadian province was developed from dogs imported by Basque fishermen
the Newfoundland
Amy
|
In 1923 Henry Ford bought this Mass. tavern & turned part of it into a museum honoring Longfellow
the Wayside Inn