Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.
Al Fulton — a software engineer from San Antonio, Texas
Catherine Meschter — a communications consultant from Washington, D.C.
Judy Alster — a publications planning manager from New York City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,599)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judy | $1,200 | $1,900 | $7,295 |
$2,589
2nd place |
$7,300
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Catherine | $800 | $2,800 | $5,600 |
$11,100
New champion: $11,100 |
$6,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Al | $1,100 | $3,200 | $6,000 |
$1
3rd place |
$6,000
22 R, 3 W |
| 6-LETTER WORDS | HISTORIC NAMES | FURNITURE | ANIMALS | #1 HITS | N.Y. YANKEES |
|
$100
[21]
A champagne bottle holding about 2/5ths of a gallon
a magnum
Judy
|
$100
[6]
Legend says this Ukrainian city was named for Kiy, one of the brothers who founded it
Kiev
Al
|
$100
[11]
The motif of a dragon's claw grasping a jewel is believed to have originated in this country
China
Judy
|
$100
[1]
While it feeds on many small animals, rats, mice, etc.; the mongoose is famous for killing these
the cobra
Catherine
|
$100
[16]
In this song Elvis complained, "You ain't never caught a rabbit & you ain't no friend of mine"
"Hound Dog"
Judy
|
$100
[26]
This Cleveland shipbuilder became principal owner of the Yankees in 1973
George Steinbrenner
Al
|
|
$200
[22]
A person who chooses to die for his religious beliefs
a martyr
Catherine
|
$200
[7]
Thomas Paine's remains were exhumed in New York for reburial in this, his native country, but were lost
England
Al
|
$200
[12]
18th c. furniture was often topped by pediment shaped like necks of these graceful birds
swans
Judy
|
$200
[2]
After 3-6 months in its mother's pouch a baby koala comes out and clings here until it's a year old
its back
Al
|
$200
[17]
"On a day like today we pass the time away writing" these "in the sand"
Love Letters
Catherine
|
$200
[27]
From 1975-1988, he was hired & fired five times as Yankee manager
Billy Martin
Catherine
|
|
$300
[23]
Any of numerous plaid patterns worn by Scottish clans
a tartan
Catherine
Al
|
$300
[8]
In July 1990, he resigned after 34 years on the U.S. Supreme Court
(William) Brennan
Al
|
$300
[13]
We hope you know that this piece of furniture can be dower, hope or bridal
a chest
Catherine
|
$300
[3]
The hind legs of a bee come equipped with baskets for carrying loads of this
pollen
Al
|
$300
[18]
"The Long And Winding Road", produced by Phil Spector, was the last No. 1 hit by this group
The Beatles
Catherine
|
$300
[28]
This Yankee catcher was named the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1951, 1954 & 1955
Yogi Berra
Al
|
|
$400
[24]
A footman's uniform or a stable where horses & carriages are hired out
a livery
Catherine
|
$400
[9]
Nellie Tayloe Ross, the first woman in the U.S. to hold this office, was later the first female director of the U.S. Mint
governor
Catherine
|
$400
[14]
Duncan Phyfe's early furniture, considered his best, was made chiefly of this fine cabinet wood
mahogany
|
$400
[4]
A warm-blooded animal pants or sweats to lower its temperature and does this to quickly raise it
shiver
Judy
|
$500
[20]
Her record, "The Locomotion", was the 1st by a Black female soloist to hit No. 1 on Billboard's Pop chart
Little Eva
Judy
|
$400
[29]
In April 1990, this first baseman signed a $19.6 million contract, making him the highest paid Yankee ever
Don Mattingly
Al
|
|
$500
[25]
It's the implement carried by the grim reaper
a scythe
Al
|
$500
[10]
The two most famous children of Rodrigo Borgia and his mistress Vannozza dei Cattanei
Lucrezia & Cesare
Judy
Al
|
$500
[15]
A Beau Brummell is an elaborate type of this table
gentleman's dressing table
|
$500
[5]
Eisenglass, a very pure gelatin, comes from the swim bladder of this fish found in the Caspian Sea
the sturgeon
Al
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
Both of these singers, heard in thefollowing, attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn:"Well, you'd think I could learn how to tell you goodbye..."
Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond
Catherine
|
$500
[30]
In January 1920, this team sold Babe Ruth's contract to the Yankees for a reported $125,000
the Boston Red Sox
Al
|
| RECENT HISTORY | SOUTH AMERICA | DANCE | THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT | BIOLOGY | COLORFUL STORIES |
|
$200
[21]
In August 1990, this country invaded Kuwait
Iraq
Al
|
$200
[9]
A line drawn due south from Washington, D.C. passes through this capital of Peru
Lima
Al
|
$200
[14]
This dance evolved from a promenade contest with sweet prizes; if you won you'd take the cake
a cake walk
Judy
|
DD
$5
[29]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is part of this cabinet department
the Department of Commerce
Judy
|
$200
[1]
This plant process removes an estimated 100 billion tons of carbon from the atmosphere each year
photosynthesis
Al
|
$200
[6]
Anna Sewell wrote this novel as a protest against cruelty to horses
Black Beauty
Judy
|
|
$400
[22]
In 1985 researchers finally found the wreckage of this unsinkable ship
the Titanic
Catherine
|
$400
[10]
In 1957, Oscar Niemeyer was made director of architecture of this new capital city
Brasilia
Al
|
$400
[15]
A dance popular in the 1960s, or another name for the Tutsi people of Rwanda & Burundi
the Watusi
Judy
|
$200
[26]
The 2 federal offices from which naturalized citizens are constitutionally disqualified
presidency & vice presidency
Al
|
$400
[2]
Used in varnish & oil paints this oil is extracted from the seeds of flax
linseed
Al
|
$400
[7]
It's the alternate title of "Hans Brinker"
The Silver Skates
Catherine
|
|
$600
[23]
During the 1980s, Robert Penn Warren, Richard Wilbur & Howard Nemerov held this title
Poet Laureate
Catherine
|
$600
[11]
As the continent's 2nd most populous country it gets the silver medal
Argentina
Judy
|
$600
[16]
In 1958 this modern dancer premiered her first full-length work, "Clytemnestra"
Martha Graham
|
$400
[27]
Some 40% of the employees of the U.S. Foreign Service work in this country
the United States
Al
|
$600
[3]
It's a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that unites a muscle to a bone
a tendon
Judy
Al
|
$600
[8]
Tom Clancy's 2nd "Red" bestseller, it followed "The Hunt for Red October"
Red Storm Rising
Al
|
|
$800
[24]
When this World War II general died in 1981 he was America's last 5-star general
(Omar) Bradley
Catherine
|
$800
[19]
The northernmost river basin in South America is this one, centered in Venezuela
the Orinoco
Al
|
$800
[17]
Many of the world's great dancers have tripped the light fantastic with this company abbreviated ABT
the American Ballet Theatre
Catherine
|
$600
[28]
The implied powers clause of the Constitution is known by this rubbery nickname
the "Elastic Clause"
Judy
|
$800
[4]
On a lump of food's merry trip through the digestive tract, the next place it goes after the stomach
the small intestine
Judy
|
$800
[12]
Sherlock Holmes made his 1st appearance in this 1887 story
A Study in Scarlet
Catherine
|
|
$1,000
[25]
In December of 1980, just hours after receiving an autograph, he shot & killed John Lennon
(Mark David) Chapman
Judy
|
$1,000
[20]
This big plain lies between the Pilcomayo & Paraguay Rivers in South America
the Gran Chaco
Judy
Al
|
$1,000
[18]
The legong, the ceremonial dance of this Indonesian island, is often performed by little girls
Bali
Al
|
$1,000
[30]
Appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1988, Lauro F. Cavazos has kept this job under George Bush
Secretary of Education
Judy
|
$1,000
[5]
Because of its short 10-day life cycle this fly is used in genetic research
Drosophila melanogaster
Judy
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
Jack London wrote this 1906 novel as a complement to "The Call of the Wild"
White Fang
Catherine
|
Before he stabs himself he confesses that he "threw a pearl away richer than all his tribe"
Othello