Carol Ann Hilton — a fundraiser from Washington, D.C.
Bill Vanko — a radio news director from Ellicott City, Maryland
Mark Temares — a project manager from Garden City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,101)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | $1,400 | $2,600 | $3,800 |
$3,399
3rd place: Dykstra grandfather clock + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo |
$4,600
18 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Bill | $1,400 | $2,600 | $6,400 |
$3,900
2nd place: Bassett dining room set & Wallace Silversmiths tea service + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo |
$6,900
21 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Carol Ann | $1,600 | $2,700 | $8,500 |
$12,801
New champion: $12,801 |
$8,300
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| THE OLD WEST | BIRTHDAY'S THE SAME | GEMS & JEWELRY | BIOLOGY | CONGRESS | PROVERBS |
|
$100
[26]
When you "cashed in your chips", you headed for the "last" one of these
roundup
Bill
|
$100
[16]
Dan Rather, Jane Pauley & Dale Evans might enjoy bobbing for apples on this day, their birthday
October 31st
Bill
|
$100
[1]
This country's remaining crown jewels are in the Galerie d'Apollon in the Louvre
France
Mark
|
$100
[6]
Lipids are soluble in fat solvents & insoluble in this common liquid
water
Carol Ann
|
$100
[21]
In 1995, on the 1st day of the 104th Congress, 3 full standing & 25 "sub" ones of these were abolished
committees
Carol Ann
|
$100
[11]
"Straws show which way" this "blows"
the wind
Bill
|
|
$200
[27]
Cowboys called it black water, brown gargle & cafecito
coffee
Bill
|
$200
[17]
Jack LaLanne & this "Rhapsody In Blue" composer were born on September 26, but in different centuries
(George) Gershwin
Bill
|
$200
[2]
The finest of these red gems are obtained from limestone gravel in Myanmar
rubies
Mark
|
$200
[7]
In some flies this secretion contains a digestive enzyme; in bloodsuckers, an anticoagulant
saliva
Bill
|
$200
[22]
Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania was the first to hold this top congressional post
Speaker of the House
Mark
|
$200
[12]
"Might makes" this
right
Bill
|
|
$300
[28]
The letters this service carried in 1860 & 1861 were carried in mochilas draped over the saddle
the Pony Express
Mark
|
$300
[18]
On August 15 this "French Chef" could bake a cake for herself, "Mannix" star Mike Connors & Linda Ellerbee
Julia Child
Bill
|
$300
[3]
This purple or violet quartz gem is thought to protect against drunkenness
amethyst
Carol Ann
|
$300
[8]
The pollen producer in a flower, it features an anther at its apex
a stamen
Mark
|
$300
[23]
The last of these rejected by the Senate was the Montreal Aviation Protocols in 1983
a treaty
Mark
|
$300
[13]
According to Kipling, "The female of the species is more" this "than the male"
deadly
Carol Ann
|
|
$400
[29]
Deadwood Dick & Hurricane Nell were typical characters in these pulp novels
dime novels
Mark
|
$400
[19]
Wayne Newton could "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round" this singer on April 3, their mutual birthday
Tony Orlando
Bill
|
$400
[4]
The Victorians made dark red jewelry out of the pyrope type of this gem, mined in Bohemia
garnet
Carol Ann
|
$400
[9]
Among the muscles, it's the antagonist of the biceps
the triceps (quadriceps)
Mark
Bill
|
$400
[24]
In 1957 this South Carolina senator made the Senate's longest speech, 24 hours, 18 minutes
Strom Thurmond
Bill
|
$400
[14]
A Latin proverb says "In vino" this
veritas
Mark
|
|
$500
[30]
It was an Indian-English term for the black soldiers in the Apache wars
the Buffalo Soldiers
Carol Ann
|
$500
[20]
Al Pacino & this actress who played his sister in the "Godfather" films were born on April 25
Talia Shire
Carol Ann
|
$500
[5]
The largest cut one of these gems is the 545.67-carat Unnamed Brown
a diamond
Bill
|
$500
[10]
Vital for blood clotting, there are about 250,000 of them per cubic millimeter of blood
platelets
Bill
Carol Ann
|
DD
$500
[25]
This Maine senator was the first of her party to denounce Senator McCarthy on the Senate floor
Margaret Chase Smith
Bill
|
$500
[15]
"Iron not used soon" does this
rusts
Bill
|
| EUROPEAN HISTORY | SHAKESPEARE | U.S. GEOGRAPHY | POPES | LITERATURE | 5-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[21]
In 1981 Giovanni Spadolini became this country's first premier since WWII who wasn't a Christian Democrat
Italy
Bill
|
$200
[17]
In 1936 Orson Welles directed an all-Black cast in this play, setting it in Haiti, not in Scotland
Macbeth
Mark
Bill
|
$200
[7]
North Dakota is divided into 53 of these, alphabetically ranging from Adams to Williams
counties
Bill
|
$200
[26]
Innocent III promoted the fourth of these: it captured Constantinople in 1204
a crusade
Mark
|
$200
[3]
This author's "A Tale of Two Cities" takes place in London & Paris during the French Revolution
Dickens
Bill
|
$200
[1]
The burning of one's house to collect the insurance
arson
Mark
|
|
$400
[22]
At the end of WWII, Poland received Szczecin, now one of its leading ports, from this country
Germany
Carol Ann
|
$400
[13]
Servilius is a servant to this title character "of Athens"
Timon
Mark
|
$400
[11]
St. Martinville, La. has an oak under which this Longfellow heroine is said to have met her lover
Evangeline
Mark
Carol Ann
|
$400
[27]
Giovanni de Dolci built this official papal chapel for Pope Sixtus IV
the Sistine Chapel
Mark
Carol Ann
|
$400
[4]
Tom & Daisy Buchanan are characters in this F. Scott Fitzgerald novel
The Great Gatsby
Mark
|
$400
[6]
It's a mesh kitchen utensil used for straining
a sieve
Mark
|
|
$600
[23]
In 1580 Spain's King Philip II became King Philip I of this country
Portugal
Mark
Carol Ann
|
$600
[14]
In this comedy a fairy sings, "Thorny hedgehogs, be not seen... come not near our fairy queen"
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Mark
Carol Ann
|
$600
[16]
This state's most populous city is named for Andrew Jackson, once its territorial governor
Florida
Mark
Carol Ann
|
$600
[28]
Fabian was elected pope when one of these peaceful birds landed on his head at the election
a dove
Carol Ann
|
$600
[5]
William Golding novel described as a "nightmarish adventure story in the Robinson Crusoe tradition"
Lord of the Flies
Bill
|
$600
[8]
It means to pinch the edges of a pie crust together or to make waves in the hair
crimp
Bill
Carol Ann
|
|
DD
$1,000
[24]
Henry of Navarre, who ruled as Henry IV, was France's first king from this house
the Bourbon house
Carol Ann
|
$800
[15]
The prologue of "Troilus and Cressida" describes this as "Priam's six-gated city"
Troy
Bill
|
$800
[19]
Historic Fort Wayne is located on West Jefferson Avenue in this Michigan city
Detroit
Carol Ann
|
$800
[29]
Paul VI weakened the Italian vote in this "College" by expanding it with members from the Third World
the College of Cardinals
Bill
|
$800
[10]
Steinbeck novel in which Lennie Small wants to "live off the fatta the lan', an' have rabbits"
Of Mice and Men
Bill
|
$800
[9]
In doggerel things go from bad to this
verse
Mark
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Once Napoleon's foreign minister, he helped remove Napoleon from power in 1814
Talleyrand
Carol Ann
|
DD
$800
[18]
Of him it's said, "He doth bestride the narrow world like a colossus"
Julius Caesar
Mark
|
$1,000
[20]
The U.S. has 2 "Great" national parks, Great Basin & Great Smoky Mountains, & these 2 "Grand" ones
Grand Canyon & Grand Teton
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1960 he created the Secretariat for Christian Unity
Pope John XXIII
Bill
|
$1,000
[12]
His "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" is largely autobiographical
(James) Joyce
Mark
|
$1,000
[2]
To gather leftover grain
glean
Mark
|
Licensing rights to the likeness of this man born in Germany in 1879 belong to Jerusalem's Hebrew University
Albert Einstein