Mark Dixon — a bank teller originally from Wilmington, Delaware
Mickey Tennenbaum — a teacher originally from The Hague, Holland
Dan Hackett — a psychiatric resident originally from Flushing, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan | $700 | $1,200 | $7,400 |
$6,400
3rd place: Krementz gold ring + Nintendo Entertainment system with Wheel of Fortune , Jeopardy! & Fisher Price preschool games + Wheel of Fortune for Game Boy. |
$7,400
15 R, 1 W |
| Mickey | $1,000 | $2,300 | $11,500 |
$17,500
New champion: $17,500 |
$9,100
20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Mark | $1,500 | $5,600 | $8,600 |
$17,200
2nd place: a trip on Cayman Airways to the Cayman Islands |
$7,600
23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| SCIENCE & NATURE | SILLY SONGS | POT LUCK | PEN NAMES | DESIGN | FAMOUS BEACHES |
|
$100
[1]
The brightest star of a constellation is often designated by this Greek letter
alpha
Dan
|
$100
[3]
"You and I, You and I, Oh! How happy we'll be" here
by the sea (by the beautiful sea)
Mickey
|
$100
[21]
It doesn't take a bird brain to figure out stoolie is short for this
a stool pigeon
Mark
|
$100
[7]
Frank Morrison Spillane's pen name
Mickey
Mickey
|
$100
[26]
A baldachino is an elaborate one these usually found over an altar or throne, not a bed
a canopy
Mickey
|
$100
[13]
Until 1958 this 23-mile-long Fla. beach was used for automotive speed trials & you can still drive on it
Daytona
Mark
|
|
$200
[2]
The glass used in most windows is made from a mixture of lime, soda & this
sand
Mark
|
$200
[4]
It includes the line "'member that rainy eve that i drove you out, with nothin' but a fine tooth comb?"
"Bill Bailey, Won't You Please... Come Home"
Mickey
|
$200
[22]
Motor Trend magazine named this company's Caprice Classic LTZ its 1991 Car of the Year
Chevrolet
Mark
|
$200
[8]
She once used the male pen name Tom A. Janowitz, which is similar to her real name
Tama Janowitz
Mickey
|
$200
[27]
Unlike a typical folding fan, a cockade fan opens into a full one of these geometric shapes
a circle
Mark
|
$200
[14]
You'll find the New York Aquarium on the boardwalk at this Brooklyn beach & amusement area
Coney Island
Dan
|
|
$300
[15]
While an aviary is a place to keep birds, an apiary is for these creatures
bees
Mark
|
$300
[5]
It's what "this old man" plays on his drum
knick knack (paddy whack give the dog a bone)
Mickey
|
$300
[23]
If you're 50 or older, you're eligible to join AARP, which is this
American Association for Retired Persons
Mark
|
$300
[9]
This author of westerns once used the name Tex Burns; his real name may have seemed too "romantic"
Louis L'Amour
Mark
|
$300
[28]
Frederick Law Olmsted began his career as landscape architect of this Manhattan park
Central Park
Mickey
|
$300
[18]
The name of this beach on southern Oahu is Hawaiian for "spurting water"
Waikiki
Mark
|
|
$400
[16]
When the Moon is in a quarter phase, these lowest ocean tides occur
neap tide
Mark
|
$400
[6]
"And he's just wild about, cannot do without, he's just wild about me"
Harry
Dan
|
$400
[24]
Though low in calories, carrots contain more sugar than any other vegetable except these
beets
Mickey
|
$400
[11]
Of Beau Geste, Beaumarchais or Beau Brummell, the pen name of the "Barber of Seville" playwright
Beaumarchais
Mark
|
$400
[29]
The earliest known lacquerwork objects were made in this Asian country
China
Mark
|
$500
[20]
Sochi Beach on this sea is a popular Russian playground
the Black Sea
Dan
Mark
|
|
$500
[17]
The amoeba is an example of these 1-celled organisms whose name is Latin for "first animals"
protozoa
Mark
|
$500
[10]
This song about collecting hard-shelled fruit in spring is sung to the same tune as "Mulberry Bush"
"Here We Go Gathering Nuts In May"
Mickey
|
$500
[25]
This author of "Lost Horizon" shared a writing Oscar for "Mrs. Miniver"
James Hilton
Mickey
|
$500
[12]
This Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Beloved" was born Chloe Anthony Wofford in 1931
Toni Morrison
Mark
|
$500
[30]
A tjanting is an instrument used to trace wax patterns on fabric in this dyeing process popular in Java
batik
Mark
|
DD
$1,400
[19]
A favorite with people from D.C., Ocean City is this state's largest seaside resort
Maryland
Mark
|
| SHAKESPEARE | THE CONSTITUTION | COMPOSERS | U.S. CITIES | NORSE MYTHOLOGY | COMPLETES THE PROVERB |
|
$200
[11]
His 1st line, "There's beggary in the love that can be reckoned", is spoken to Cleopatra
Antony
Mickey
|
$200
[21]
The signing took place Sept. 17, 1787 at what is now Independence Hall in this city
Philadelphia
Mark
|
$200
[4]
This "I Get A Kick Out Of You" composer was born in Peru--Indiana
Cole Porter
Mark
|
$200
[13]
Some say its name is from the French "beau pleuve", beautiful river, not from bison
Buffalo
Dan
|
$200
[1]
After giving up 1 of these for the right to drink from the well of wisdom, Odin had only 1, like a Cyclops
an eye
Dan
|
$200
[26]
"The bigger they are..."
the harder they fall
Mark
|
|
$400
[12]
She two-times Troilus with Diomedes
Cressida
Dan
|
$400
[22]
This amendment bars a'n established religion but says nothing about separation of church & state
the First Amendment
Dan
|
$400
[5]
He planned to dedicate his "Eroica" to Napoleon until Napoleon took the title "Emperor"
Beethoven
Mark
|
$400
[14]
This city 5º north of the Tropic of Cancer was the site of Super Bowl XXV in 1991
Tampa
Dan
Mickey
|
$400
[2]
Andhrimnir cooks sumptuous meals in a magic cauldron at this "hall of the slain"
Valhalla
Dan
|
$400
[27]
"Those who live in glass houses..."
shouldn't throw stones
Mickey
|
|
$600
[15]
At the beginning of "Macbeth", this man is king of Scotland
(King) Duncan
Mickey
Mark
|
$600
[23]
To represent your district in the House of Representatives you must be at least this age
25
Dan
|
$600
[6]
Gustav Holst composed "The Planets" & he wrote the "Jupiter Symphony"
Mozart
Mickey
|
$600
[18]
Though it's the seat of Jackson County, this city is home to Truman's library
Independence (Missouri)
Dan
|
$600
[3]
Of Balder, Thinner or Fatter, the one who was killed by a branch of mistletoe
Balder
Mickey
|
$600
[28]
"A chain is no stronger than..."
its weakest link
Mickey
|
|
$800
[16]
An orchard near Oliver's house is the 1st setting in this play; the forest of Arden turns up later
As You Like It
Mickey
|
$800
[24]
Under the 14th Amendment, no person shall be deprived of "life, liberty, or property without" this
due process of law
Dan
|
$1,000
[8]
He wrote a Loudon Symphony as well as a London symphony
Haydn
Dan
|
$800
[19]
This Indiana city is selling itself with the slogan "A city built on sand, made of steel"
Gary
Mark
|
$800
[9]
Thor rides across the sky in one of these vehicles drawn by goats
a chariot
Mark
|
$1,000
[30]
"None but the brave..."
deserve the fair
|
|
$1,000
[17]
This misanthropic title character leaves Athens & moves to a cave
Timon (of Athens)
Dan
|
$1,000
[25]
Popular name for the 20th Amendment which shortened an outgoing president's time in office
the Lame Duck Amendment
Mickey
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
His exclamatory musicals are "Oh, Kay!" & "Lady, Be Good!"
George Gershwin
Mickey
|
$1,000
[20]
This state has cities named after the Burling family Benning Wentworth
Vermont
Dan
|
$1,000
[10]
This mischief maker was the father of a serpent who encircled the Earth
Loki
Mark
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
"There's none so blind..."
as those who (will not) won't see
Mickey
|
The 2 island nations that are members of NATO
Iceland & United Kingdom (England)