Pam Mifflin game 1.
Vartan Merjanian — an actor and musician from Encino, California
Pablo del Real — a substitute teacher originally from Acton, Massachusetts
Pam Mifflin — a computer trainer from Brookfield, Wisconsin
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pam | $1,100 | $1,100 | $8,700 |
$17,300
New champion: $17,300 |
$7,500
20 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Pablo | $300 | $600 | $-1,200 |
$-1,200
3rd place: Wittnauer International watches |
$-700
8 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Vartan | $-200 | $1,900 | $8,100 |
$14,900
2nd place: a Zenith 35" big screen TV + a Bose Lifestyle home theater system |
$8,100
20 R, 1 W |
| MOVIE MONSTERS | DEER DIARY | EARLY IN THEIR CAREERS | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION | "POP" THE QUESTION | NURSERY RHYME FOOD |
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$100
[21]
Footage of Raymond Burr was added to this 1954 Japanese classic, maybe to make it scarier
"Godzilla"
Vartan
|
$100
[16]
Deer flesh, commonly known by this term, is so lean that experts advise inserting fat before cooking
Venison
Pam
|
$100
[11]
Rhea Perlman fell for him when she saw him play a demented stableboy in a play called "The Shrinking Bride"
Danny DeVito
Vartan
|
$100
[6]
In what may be a forensic first, Paul Revere used these records to help identify Joseph Warren's body
Dental records
Pam
|
$100
[1]
Dreaded by students, it follows the order, "Books under your desk, take out a pencil & paper"
Pop Quiz
Pablo
|
$300
[27]
Some say it's best after it's been aged in a pot for 9 days
pease porridge
Vartan
|
|
$200
[22]
A documentary film crew in the Amazon encounters a giant snake in this 1997 film
"Anaconda"
Pam
|
$200
[17]
When a deer ruminates, it's not thinking but chewing this mass of food
Cud
Pablo
|
$200
[12]
Rent "Psycho II" & you'll see Dennis Franz as Toomey, who runs this infamous establishment as an "adult" motel
The Bates Motel
Pam
|
$200
[7]
Col. Lewis Nicola led a movement to make this man king of America
George Washington
Vartan
|
$300
[3]
Mr. Owl says it's "3"; a study done at Swarthmore claims it's an average of 142.18
The number of licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop
Pablo
|
$500
[26]
Not a chicken, but this lay in the house that Jack built
Malt
Pam
Pablo
|
|
$300
[23]
Improbably, in 1958 Steve McQueen played a teenager being chased by this improbable giant amoeba-like mass
the Blob
Pam
Vartan
|
$300
[18]
Term for a female red deer, or for 2 of her legs
Hind
Pablo
|
$300
[13]
While a student at Oxford, Hugh Grant tried out for this role in the film "Greystoke"
Tarzan
Pablo
|
$300
[8]
In 1832 he became the last American general of the war to die; a Civil War fort was named for him
Thomas Sumter
Pam
|
$400
[4]
It's the Pillsbury Doughboy's given name
"Poppin' Fresh"
Pam
Pablo
|
— |
|
$400
[24]
In 1935 Elsa Lanchester played this doctor's hair-raising second creation & was meant to wed the first
Dr. Frankenstein
Pam
|
$400
[19]
Deer range in shoulder height from 1' in the pudu to 6' 6" in this, the largest
Moose
Pam
|
$400
[14]
George Cukor directed Meg Ryan's 1981 film debut & this actress' 1932 debut, "A Bill of Divorcement"
Katharine Hepburn
Vartan
|
$400
[9]
A June 14, 1777 Congressional resolution determined what should be on this, but didn't set the design
The American Flag
Pam
|
DD
$500
[2]
Song associated with the followingobject:
"Pop Goes The Weasel"
Pablo
|
— |
|
$500
[25]
George Clooney & Quentin Tarantino wound up in a bar full of these creatures in 1996's "From Dusk Till Dawn"
Vampires
Vartan
|
$500
[20]
This name for the male of a small, nimble Eurasian deer has appeared on many catalogs, after "Sears"
Roebuck
Vartan
|
$500
[15]
Alan Ladd appeared as a reporter in this 1941 Orson Welles masterpiece
"Citizen Kane"
Pam
|
$500
[10]
It's unclear whether Israel Putnam or William Prescott commanded this June 17, 1775 battle
Bunker Hill
Vartan
|
$500
[5]
This cartoon trio was named for what milk makes Rice Krispies do
"Snap! Crackle! Pop!"
Pam
|
— |
| VICE PRESIDENTS | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS | WOMEN ON THE MAP | THE EMMYS | 30 YEARS AGO: SEPTEMBER 1967 | CROSSWORD CLUES "D" |
|
$200
[12]
This Hoosier, elected to Congress at age 29, was put on the vice-presidential ticket in 1988
Dan Quayle
Vartan
|
$200
[26]
Danish writer Peter Hoeg had a bestseller about her "Sense of Snow"
Smilla
Vartan
|
$200
[8]
We heard it through the grapevine that it's the largest island in Massachusetts
Martha's Vineyard
Pablo
|
$200
[19]
Bob Mackie sewed up a Costume Design Emmy for her variety special "Men, Movies and Carol"
Carol Burnett
Vartan
|
$200
[2]
Like a rock this dependency voted to remain solidly under British control
Gibraltar
Pam
|
$200
[1]
"There is nothin' like" one(4)
a dame
Vartan
|
|
$400
[13]
These 2 unelected vice presidents follow each other in the sequence of vice presidents
Gerald Ford & Nelson Rockefeller
Pam
|
$400
[27]
Active as a lawyer from age 21, he used a dictating machine to write his Perry Mason novels
Erle Stanley Gardner
Vartan
|
$400
[10]
Formerly known as St. Thomas, this capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands had a sex change
Charlotte Amalie
Pam
|
$400
[20]
The Christopher Lloyd who won for writing "Frasier" is not the man who won for playing Jim on this sitcom
Taxi
Vartan
|
$600
[4]
On Sept. 6 this French president arrived in Poland on one of his first visits to an east European communist nation
Charles de Gaulle
Vartan
|
$400
[7]
Oven or uncle preceder(5)
Dutch
Pam
|
|
$600
[14]
He was the last vice president to act as president of the Senate over 4 congresses: 97, 98, 99 & 100
George Bush
Pam
Pablo
|
$600
[24]
In this Ray Bradbury novel, fireman Guy Montag doesn't put out fires, he starts them
Fahrenheit 451
Pam
|
$600
[11]
Famous for its large parks & lush landscapes, it's Canada's "Garden City"
Victoria, British Columbia
Vartan
|
$600
[21]
Kathy Bates & Ray Walston picked up Emmys in 1996 for their work on this series cancelled in 1996
Picket Fences
Vartan
|
$800
[5]
On September 10 the White House announced the engagement of Lynda Bird Johnson & this future senator
Charles Robb
Pam
Pablo
|
$600
[9]
Wealthy widow(7)
dowager
Pam
|
|
$800
[17]
Prior to becoming a Republican in the 1850s, Schuyler Colfax belonged to this party
Whigs
Pam
Pablo
|
$1,000
[28]
The British born & bred Evelyn Waugh set this satirical 1948 novel in California
The Loved One
Pam
|
— |
$800
[22]
Andrea Martin & Martin Short were among winners in 1983 for writing for this comic "network"
SCTV
Vartan
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
In September they reached the Top 40 with the song heard here:"I dig rock & roll music and I love to get the chance to play..."
Peter, Paul & Mary
Pam
|
$800
[15]
Off with their heads!(10)
decapitate
|
|
$1,000
[18]
He was the only vice president between Millard Fillmore & Chester Arthur to become president
Andrew Johnson
Vartan
|
DD
$3,000
[25]
This "Humboldt's Gift" author won both the Pulitzer & Nobel Prizes in 1976
Saul Bellow
Pam
|
— |
$1,000
[23]
Michael Lembeck won a 1996 Directing Emmy for this sitcom's "The One After the Superbowl" episode
Friends
Pablo
Vartan
|
$1,000
[6]
Michigan governor George Romney charged that during a trip to this country he was brainwashed by officials
Vietnam
|
$1,000
[16]
German's Germany(11)
Deutschland
Pam
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This police force developed from bands of Indian fighters who protected American settlers in Mexico
the Texas Rangers