Margaret Epstein — an attorney from Los Angeles, California
Gary Pate — an administrator and teacher from Fullerton, California
Mary Hurley — a senior gardener originally from Stockton, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary | $1,100 | $1,800 | $4,800 |
$100
3rd place: Vita-Mixer, 4000 |
$4,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Gary | $-100 | $-500 | $3,700 |
$7,399
2nd place: Broyhill bedroom set + Whisper Soft Mills bedding |
$3,700
12 R, 7 W |
| Margaret | $3,100 | $4,200 | $10,200 |
$10,200
New champion: $10,200 |
$9,600
24 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| PETROLEUM | THE SPORTING LIFE | COLORS | MUSIC | IRISH ACTORS | GIMME 5 |
|
$100
[26]
In the U.S. it's equivalent to 42 gallons; in Canada, 35 imperial gallons
a barrel
|
$100
[3]
It's the type of sportsman who carries a shoulder bag called a creel
a fisherman
Mary
|
$100
[7]
The French name for this color is "ivoire"
ivory
Mary
|
$100
[1]
From the French for "rocking chair", a berceuse is one of these "cradle songs"
lullaby
Margaret
|
$100
[8]
Maureen O'Hara made a triumphant comeback as John Candy's mother in this 1991 film
Only the Lonely
Margaret
|
$100
[17]
Of the 5 senses, the one that works outside of the head area, too
touch
Margaret
|
|
$200
[27]
About 45% of all crude oil is refined into this
gasoline
Margaret
|
$200
[22]
It's a type of skin diving where you breathe through a long tube that stays above water
snorkeling
Mary
|
$200
[13]
A purplish hue, or a professor in the game of Clue
plum
Margaret
|
$200
[2]
The lowest male singing voice; when it's very low & powerful, it's profundo
a bass
Gary
|
$200
[9]
This handsome Irishman was a real scene-stealer as Remington Steele
Pierce Brosnan
Margaret
|
$200
[18]
The 5 "W"s of journalism
who, what, when, where & why
Mary
|
|
$300
[28]
Among this country's oil fields are those in Tabasco, Veracruz & the Bay of Campeche
Mexico
Mary
|
$300
[23]
3 methods of this are automatic ejection, static line & free fall
parachuting (or skydiving)
Margaret
|
$300
[14]
The color of the cross on the Greek flag
white
Gary
|
$300
[4]
This Tyrolean mountaineer singing style features sudden changes from low voice to falsetto
yodeling
Margaret
|
$300
[10]
You could say this actor has played the field: his role in "The Field" earned him an Oscar nomination
Richard Harris
Margaret
|
$300
[19]
To remember the names of the 5 of these, use the mnemonic "HOMES"
the Great Lakes
Gary
|
|
$400
[29]
This type of rock contains kerogen, which yields oil when heated
shale
Gary
|
$400
[24]
It's a type of football kick or a pole-propelled boat
a punt
Gary
|
$500
[16]
A vivid red a pepper stuffed in olives share this name, derived in part from Latin for pigment
pimento
Margaret
|
$400
[5]
"Les Preludes" by Franz Liszt is an example of a "symphonic" or "tone" one of these
a poem
Mary
|
$400
[11]
After "Goodbye Mr. Chips" she said goodbye to Ireland, moved to Hollywood & became Mrs. Miniver
Greer Garson
Margaret
|
$400
[20]
The only one of the 5 Civilized Tribes whose name didn't begin with "C"
the Seminole
Gary
|
|
$500
[30]
These wells are drilled in areas where no oil or gas has previously been found
wildcat wells
|
$500
[25]
About 1870 it was brought to England from India & was played by 8-man teams with few rules
polo
Mary
Gary
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
This shade of yellow resembles the translucent fossil resin of the same name
amber
Margaret
|
$500
[6]
Beethoven gave this "rural" name to his Symphony No. 6 in F major
Pastoral
Margaret
|
$500
[12]
This Dubliner made his film debut in "Juno and the Paycock" in 1930, 14 years before "Going My Way"
Barry Fitzgerald
Mary
|
$500
[21]
There were 5 Marx Brothers: Groucho, Harpo, Chico & these 2
Zeppo & Gummo
Mary
|
| THE RENAISSANCE | ANATOMY | BIBLICAL WOMEN | U.S. STATES | COINS | BOOKS & AUTHORS |
|
$200
[3]
The Renaissance began in this country in the early 1300s
Italy
Mary
|
$200
[28]
Each of these consists of a root & a crown
teeth
Margaret
|
$200
[1]
Samson told her, "If I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak"
Delilah
Margaret
|
$200
[11]
In 1912 this future state became a territory
Alaska
Gary
Margaret
|
$200
[21]
In 1988 this country introduced a platinum coin called the Koala
Australia
Mary
|
$200
[16]
His last completed novel, "Tender is the Night", was published in 1934
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Margaret
|
|
$600
[5]
Although he designed the dome of the St. Peter's Basilica, it was Giacomo della Porta who built it
Michelangelo
Gary
|
$400
[27]
Prior to the 20th century all doctors who treated this part of the body were called chiropodists
the feet
Margaret
|
$400
[2]
According to Genesis 20:12 she was not only Abraham's wife, but his half-sister
Sarah
Mary
|
$400
[12]
Half of this state's apple crop is produced in the Shenandoah valley
Virginia
Gary
|
$400
[22]
The Vatican's 1959 100-lira gold coin featured this new pope
John XXIII
Gary
|
$400
[17]
He was exiled from the USSR after publishing "The Gulag Archipelago"
Solzhenitsyn
Margaret
|
|
$800
[6]
Jan van Eyck is considered the founder of this Northern Renaissance school of painting
Flemish
Margaret
|
$600
[26]
In the eye this structure sits immediately behind the pupil
the lens
Mary
Gary
|
$600
[8]
Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the dead, was the brother of these two women
Mary & Martha
Gary
|
$600
[13]
The first atomic bomb was exploded on July 16, 1945 at the Trinity site in this state
New Mexico
Gary
|
$600
[23]
Some ancient Greek coins featured an owl, the symbol of this city
Athens
Gary
|
$600
[18]
David Herbert Donald won a 1988 Pulitzer for "Look Homeward: A Life of" this author
Thomas Wolfe
Margaret
|
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
In 1401 Lorenzo Ghiberti won a contest to design the bronze doors of the baptistery in this city
Florence
Mary
|
$800
[29]
It's the bone that forms your chin
the mandible
Mary
|
$800
[9]
This Queen of Persia for whom a book is named was also known as Hadassah
Esther
Margaret
|
$800
[14]
Its current license plates carry the slogan "First in Flight"
North Carolina
Gary
|
$800
[24]
The colon of El Salvador & Costa Rica was named for this explorer
Christopher Columbus
Margaret
|
$800
[19]
"Visions of Cody", published posthumously in 1972, was originally part of his "On the Road" novel
Jack Kerouac
Margaret
|
|
$1,000
[7]
He wrote a great many poems about a girl named Laura & was crowned Poet Laureate of Rome in 1341
Petrarch
Gary
|
$1,000
[30]
It's made up of 2 different tissues, acinar cells & the islets of Langerhans
the pancreas
|
$1,000
[10]
This sister of Moses led the women of Israel in song & dance after crossing the Red Sea
Miriam
Gary
|
$1,000
[15]
This state has a historic site honoring the 1st railroad to cross the Allegheny Mountains
Pennsylvania
|
$1,000
[25]
The first government mint was established in the 6th century B.C. by this "rich" Lydian king
Croesus
Mary
Gary
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
This author's "The Wind in the Willows" began as a series of tales told to his son
Kenneth Grahame
Margaret
|
His home address is the Admiral's House, 34th Street & Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC
the Vice President of the U.S. (Dan Quayle)