David Rice — a substitute English and speech teacher from Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Sherri Krynski — an importer and writer from San Francisco, California
Mike Brecklin — a magazine editor from Peoria, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $1,500 | $3,900 | $8,100 |
$0
3rd place: Novatel cellular telephone + NES with Family, Junior & Special editions of Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + The Jeopardy! Book |
$8,100
20 R, 0 W |
| Sherri | $400 | $500 | $10,000 |
$3,799
2nd place: a trip on Delta to Bermuda & stay at Elbow Beach Hotel + The Jeopardy! Book |
$6,600
17 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| David | $200 | $1,400 | $3,200 |
$6,300
New champion: $6,300 |
$3,200
10 R, 1 W |
| NATIONAL LANDMARKS | DANCE | THE '50s | FAMOUS QUOTES | TV TRIVIA | "SOUTHERN" |
|
$100
[4]
Once a prison for "intractable male offenders", it's now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Alcatraz
Mike
|
$100
[28]
Ballroom dance in 4/4 time allegedly named for Vaudeville comedian Harry Fox
the foxtrot
Mike
|
$100
[12]
In 1952 he resigned from the army & waived his pension in order to "feel free" to campaign as an individual
Eisenhower
Sherri
|
$100
[7]
Byron called this "stranger than fiction"
truth
David
|
$100
[1]
Joan Ganz Cooney's original concept of this show was "a kind of 'Laugh-In' for kids"
Sesame Street
Sherri
David
|
$100
[21]
Official name of the college commonly called S.M.U.
Southern Methodist University
Sherri
|
|
$200
[13]
National monument also known as "The Mother of Exiles"
the Statue of Liberty
Mike
Sherri
|
$400
[25]
Portuguese for "new trend", this dance evolved from the samba in the 1950s & '60s
the bossa nova
|
$200
[14]
Nationalists from this U.S. commonwealth tried to kill Truman in 1950, & in 1954 shot 5 congressmen
Puerto Rico
David
|
$200
[8]
According to Marlowe, her face "burnt the topless towers of Ilium"
Helen of Troy
Sherri
|
$200
[2]
He not only starred in "The Death of the Incredible Hulk", he directed it
Bill Bixby
Mike
|
$200
[22]
According to The Beach Boys, "With the way they talk, they knock me out when I'm down there"
Southern girls
David
|
|
$300
[11]
The only mountain in Colorado that's been designated a national landmark
Pikes Peak
Mike
|
$500
[24]
"A way of dancing that's really ultra new... because it does what you want it to do"
the Continental
Sherri
|
$300
[15]
When Hurricane Carol hit New England it toppled the steeple from this historic church
the Old North Church
Sherri
|
$300
[16]
In a speech on a reform bill, Gladstone said, "You cannot fight against the future." This "is on our side."
time
Mike
|
$300
[3]
One 1990 ad for this show said, "He's an alien. He's a man. He's pregnant."
Alien Nation
Sherri
|
$300
[23]
The aurora australis
the southern lights
David
|
|
$400
[10]
Officially this St. Louis landmark's name is the Jefferson Nat'l Expansion Memorial
the St. Louis Arch (Gateway Arch)
Sherri
|
— |
$400
[17]
After his army hearings, the Senate condemned many of his actions they felt were disreputable
MacArthur
Sherri
|
$400
[19]
His reaction to the quantum theory was "Gott wurfelt nicht," "God does not play dice."
Einstein
Mike
|
$400
[5]
She was a regular on "The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour" before she played "Mr. Mom"s wife on film
Teri Garr
Mike
|
$400
[27]
Martin Luther King Jr. founded this civil rights group in 1957
the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Mike
|
|
DD
$500
[9]
Since 1942 it's served as the official residence for guests of the president
Blair House
Sherri
|
— |
$500
[18]
Explorer I, the first U.S. satellite to orbit the Earth, discovered these radiation belts
the Van Allens
Mike
|
$500
[20]
Wilson Mizner said, "When you steal from, one author, it's this; "If you steal from two, it's research."
plagiarism
David
|
$500
[6]
You may not know that this Dodge City dame had a last name:it was Russell
Miss Kitty
Mike
|
$500
[26]
This writer of black humor is best known for his 1958 novel, "Candy", a parody on pornography
Terry Southern
Mike
|
| LITERARY CHARACTERS | FIRST LADIES | GEMS | GEOGRAPHY | ANCIENT WORLD | "NORTHERN" |
|
$200
[3]
The color of Steinbeck's title "Pony"
red
Mike
|
$200
[18]
She wore a red dress & coat designed by Adolfo to her husband's 1st presidential inauguration
Nancy Reagan
Sherri
|
$200
[14]
A few of these green gems have been found in the U.S. in North Carolina, but the finest are from Colombia
emeralds
Sherri
|
$200
[1]
In Serbo-Croatian this capital's name is Beograd
Belgrade
Mike
|
$200
[24]
Trying to get the people in his empire together, he had 10.000 Greeks & Macedonians wed Asian women
Alexander the Great
David
|
$200
[2]
In 1964 jockey Bill Hartack rode this horse to victory in the Kentucky Derby & the Preakness
Northern Dancer
David
|
|
$400
[4]
Dr. Manette of "A Tale of 2 Cities" spent 18 years confined in this prison
the Bastille
Sherri
|
$400
[23]
Her maiden name was Bouvier
Jacqueline Kennedy
Mike
|
$600
[19]
This country is the leading producer of cultured pearls
Japan
David
|
$400
[5]
The Bay of Biscay is off the coast of France & Biscayne Bay is off the coast of this state
Florida
Mike
|
$1,000
[25]
The Greek writer Longus wrote the 1st pastoral prose romance, the story of this goatherd & shepherdess
Daphnis and Chloe
|
$400
[8]
This Australian region is twice the size of Texas but has fewer people than Lubbock
the Northern Territory
Sherri
David
|
|
$600
[6]
"Feminine" name of the character in "Little Women" who marries Amy
Laurie
Sherri
|
$600
[20]
When her husband popped the question she said, "I am plain. I have little to bring you."
Eleanor Roosevelt
Sherri
|
$800
[27]
Onyx, jasper & agate are varieties of this mineral
quartz
|
$600
[7]
Arabs call it the Arabian Gulf
the Persian Gulf
Mike
|
— |
$600
[11]
This large freshwater game fish has sharp teeth & can eat frogs, birds & other small animals
the northern pike
Mike
|
|
$800
[10]
He said of the wolves, "Listen to them, the children of the night, what music they make!"
Dracula
Mike
|
$1,000
[22]
She met her husband when they were both students at Stanford in 1894
Mrs. (Lou) Hoover
Sherri
|
$1,000
[26]
Isle Royale greenstone, this state's official gem, is found on the largest island in Lake Superior
Michigan
Sherri
|
$800
[9]
This island famous for its huge stone carvings is about 2300 miles west of Chile, which owns it
Easter Island
Sherri
|
— |
$800
[12]
A dull red apple grown in the Northeast & Canada, or a Yankee snooping about in the Confederacy
a Northern Spy
David
|
|
$1,000
[17]
She patterned the title character of her 1849 novel "Shirley" on her sister Emily
Charlotte Brontë
Mike
|
DD
$3,000
[21]
1 of the 2 19th century presidents who marred women named Julia
(1 of) Grant (or John Tyler)
Sherri
|
DD
$2,100
[15]
Gem in the title of thefollowing1975 No. 1 hit:"I've been walking..."
a rhinestone
Sherri
|
$1,000
[16]
Turkish for "mountain", it's the name of a peninsula as well as a mountain range in SE Europe
balkan
|
— |
$1,000
[13]
The constellation Corona Borealis is also known by this name
the Northern Crown
|
The name of Shakespeare's acting company, the King's Men, referred to this king
James I