Jonathan Silbert — a superior court judge from Gulford, Connecticut
Sheryl Read — an accounting student from Cinnaminson, New Jersey
Linda Zusman — a foreign language teacher from Albany, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda | $1,000 | $900 | $3,300 |
$0
3rd place: Rand McNally gift certificate + Jeopardy! electronic game |
$3,900
16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sheryl | $0 | $-500 | $1,900 |
$3,301
2nd place: trip Air Europa to Madrid, Spain & stay at Hotel Melia Castilla + Jeopardy! electronic game |
$1,900
9 R, 4 W |
| Jonathan | $500 | $1,800 | $6,600 |
$6,600
New champion: $6,600 |
$7,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| ON THE MAP | COUNTRY BOYS | HISTORIC CLASSIFIEDS | PEOPLE IN POETRY | ENDS IN "LOW" | STUPID ANSWERS |
|
$100
[19]
The Bride, the Boyne & the Shannon rivers all traverse this country
Ireland
Sheryl
|
$100
[26]
In 1998 he re-issued his first 6 albums as part of a specially-priced "Limited Series" box set
Garth Brooks
|
$100
[14]
"FSBO." this "vast region including Aleutian Islands. $7.2 million OBO"
Alaska
Jonathan
|
$100
[11]
His poem on teacher Parker Cleaveland is less well known than his "Paul Revere's Ride"
Longfellow
Linda
|
$100
[6]
An associate; in politics you may be coupled with a "strange" one
a bedfellow
Linda
|
$100
[1]
Baker's calls itself "America's premier" chocolate for this
baking
Jonathan
|
|
$200
[20]
In South America this Argentinian neighbor runs from about 20º S. latitude to 50º S. latitude
Chile
Jonathan
|
$200
[27]
He starred with wife Lisa Hartman in the TV movie "Still Holding On: The Legend of Cadillac Jack"
Clint Black
Sheryl
|
$200
[15]
In 431 he would have jumped at the ad "Bishop needed for Celtic island. Must have shamrock"
St. Patrick
Jonathan
|
$200
[12]
This British Lord Protector spares a maiden's lover in the once-famous poem "Curfew Must Not Ring Tonight"
Cromwell
Linda
|
$200
[7]
In this 1966 hit, Donovan was "just mad about Saffron...Saffron's mad about me"
"Mellow Yellow"
Linda
|
$200
[2]
Matt Damon played this character in the film "Good Will Hunting"
Will Hunting
Linda
|
|
$300
[21]
Covering about 40,000 square miles, it's the only country between Scotland & Greenland
Iceland
Jonathan
|
$300
[28]
Though he boasts of being an "Okie from Muskogee", he's really from Bakersfield, California
Merle Haggard
|
$300
[16]
Situation wanted: this "ex-naval minister seeks post, nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, sweat"
Winston Churchill
Linda
Sheryl
|
$400
[24]
Allen Ginsberg imagined this poet, who sang of himself, out shopping for bananas
Whitman
|
$300
[8]
The name of this small 1- or 1 1/2-story house is from the Hindi meaning "of Bengal"
a bungalow
Jonathan
|
$300
[3]
While ABC aired this event on March 23, 1998, FOX countered with a fight night hosted by Oscar De La Hoya
the Oscars
Linda
|
|
$400
[22]
This country is immediately south of Egypt & just west of the Red Sea
Sudan
Linda
Sheryl
Jonathan
|
$400
[29]
Sadly, this singer who had a hit with "Drivin' My Life Away" passed away in 1998
Eddie Rabbitt
Sheryl
|
$400
[17]
In 1508 he may have successfully responded to "Chapel painter needed. Strong neck a must"
Michelangelo
Jonathan
|
$500
[25]
In a poem on painter Andrea del Sarto, Robert Browning wrote that "A man's reach should exceed" this
his grasp
Jonathan
|
$400
[9]
The Gettysburg address includes the line "We cannot consecrate, we cannot" do this to "this ground"
hallow
Linda
|
$400
[4]
It's the real name of the boulevard in Las Vegas known as "The Strip"
Las Vegas Boulevard
Linda
Jonathan
|
|
$500
[23]
You'll find this island country about 60 miles south of Sicily
Malta
|
$500
[30]
Young heartthrob seen here whose hits include "Rebecca Lynn" & "Love Is The Right Place"
Bryan White
|
$500
[18]
In the 1660s she could have advertised, "Experienced queen seeks throne. Catholic countries only"
Queen Christina of Sweden
Sheryl
|
DD
$600
[13]
John Ashbery wrote of this U.S. president, "He wasn't a bad egg. Just weak, he loved women and Ohio"
Warren G. Harding
Linda
|
$500
[10]
This author has won 3 National Book Awards, the first for "The Adventures of Augie March" in 1954
Saul Bellow
Jonathan
|
$500
[5]
Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon was born in 1460 to a noble family from this Spanish province
León
Linda
|
| BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | 1970s TV | JUDGES | HERE ON EARTH | SHOW ME THE MONEY! | SOUNDING OFF |
|
$200
[6]
Founded in 1933, this bookstore chain was named for the Massachusetts pond that inspired Thoreau
Walden
Linda
|
$200
[1]
ABC's TGIF line-up in '71 was "The Brady Bunch", "The Partridge Family", "Room 222" & this Neil Simon-based show
The Odd Couple
Linda
|
$200
[17]
In 1981, Ronald Reagan nominated this 51-year-old Arizona appellate court judge to the Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor
|
$200
[13]
When Columbus sailed this ocean blue it was about 33 feet narrower than it is now
the Atlantic
Sheryl
|
$200
[11]
He's the inventor seenhereon the Italian 2000 lire note
Marconi
Linda
|
$200
[24]
This conventional imitation of the sound of a rooster begins with a synonym for "rooster"
cock-a-doodle-doo
Linda
|
|
$400
[7]
This accounting firm has handled the Academy Award balloting since 1935
Price Waterhouse
Sheryl
|
$400
[2]
The fall of 1975 saw "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" & these 2 spin-offs from it on the schedule
Rhoda & Phyllis
Linda
|
$400
[18]
John T. Raulston presided over the 1925 "Monkey" trial of this Tennessee teacher
Scopes
Jonathan
|
$400
[14]
This famous Turkish mountain was volcanically formed, so maybe it's not a good place to park your ark
Mount Ararat
Sheryl
|
$400
[12]
Seen here, the $1 bill of this vast country features art by native artist David Malangi
Australia
Jonathan
|
$400
[27]
The one "of doom" is a thunderclap or perhaps a trumpet blast
a crack
|
|
$600
[8]
Organized in 1888, this Pittsburgh-based firm is the world's largest producer of aluminum products
Alcoa
Jonathan
|
$600
[3]
This title family lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Jefferson County, Virginia
the Waltons
Sheryl
|
$800
[20]
Judge who was appointed as the first commissioner of professional baseball
(Kenesaw Mountain) Landis
Jonathan
|
$600
[15]
Like a Weeble, the Earth does this & it's named after a guy named Chandler
wobble
Jonathan
|
$600
[23]
The Guatemalan bank note seenheredepicts a hero of these ancient people
the Mayan (Maya)
Sheryl
|
$600
[28]
In the novel "The Jungle", meatpackers boast they use every part of the pig except this
the squeal
Linda
Sheryl
|
|
$800
[9]
This insurance company has been using umbrellas in its ads since 1870
Travelers
Jonathan
|
$800
[4]
It was due to Diana Hyland's death that Dick Van Patten became a widower on this series
Eight Is Enough
Sheryl
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
(Hi, I'm Melissa Joan Hart.) Of all the judges that presided over the witchcraft trials in this city, only one, Samuel Sewall, admitted his error
Salem (Massachusetts)
Jonathan
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
From Latin for "soil", it's the decaying organic matter in soil; you can replenish it by adding compost
humus
Jonathan
|
$800
[25]
This man seenhereon the Mexican 50 peso note was elected president in 1861
Benito Juárez
Linda
|
— |
|
$1,000
[10]
On September 4, 1984 this Swiss firm announced its acquisition of the Carnation company for $3 billion
Nestlé
Linda
|
$1,000
[5]
"The Tim Conway Comedy Hour" followed this man's "Goodtime Hour" in 1970, but for only 13 weeks
Glen Campbell
|
$1,000
[21]
"The Tales of" this Chicago 7 trial judge include his having Bobby Seale bound & gagged
Hoffman
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[22]
The 2 most common elements in the earth's crust, they are usually found combined as silica
oxygen & silicon
|
$1,000
[26]
One of the world's few plastic bank notes, the 50 baht note seen here, is from this country
Thailand
Jonathan
|
— |
The area in which this 1961 musical was filmed was soon razed to make way for the new Lincoln Center
West Side Story