John Halvorson — a writer from Onalaska, Wisconsin
Bill Schilling — a financial aid director from Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania
Bobbie Francis — a gender equity consultant from Chatham, New Jersey
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobbie | $500 | $3,400 | $4,800 |
$4,300
2nd place: Gibson refrigerator, gas range & dishwasher + Jeopardy home game |
$5,300
20 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Bill | $1,100 | $2,000 | $6,200 |
$9,601
New champion: $9,601 |
$7,200
17 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| John | $200 | $1,700 | $8,000 |
$3,500
3rd place: Emerson ceiling fan + Jeopardy home game |
$6,500
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| TIME | LIFE | PEOPLE | GLAMOUR | THE ATLANTIC | BON APPETIT |
|
$100
[5]
A leap year begins on January 1 & ends on this date
December 31st
Bobbie
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$100
[1]
Cells of higher organisms have 2 main parts: the cytoplasm & this part that contains the chromosomes
the nucleus
John
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$100
[4]
In the 1970s she was a freelance photographer for the Tennessean while her husband Al was a reporter
Tipper Gore
Bill
|
$100
[21]
Legend says this glamorous Scottish queen liked to bathe in wine
Mary, Queen of Scots
Bobbie
|
$100
[7]
In March 1918 the Cyclops became one of the largest ships ever to disappear in this mysterious area
the Bermuda Triangle
Bill
|
$100
[25]
One recipe for bouillon d'escargots calls for 36 of these, already shelled
snails
John
|
|
$200
[6]
Insert these 3 letters into "tricennial" to multiply it from every 30 years to every 300 years
T-E-N
Bobbie
Bill
John
|
$200
[2]
This disk-shaped organ in pregnant women connects the fetus to the mother's blood supply
the placenta
Bobbie
|
$200
[14]
S.L. Potter was a spry 100 years old when he completed one of these jumps from a 210-foot tower in 1993
a bungee jump
Bobbie
|
$200
[22]
The wigs worn by ancient Egyptians were often interwoven with jewelry made of this metal
gold
Bobbie
|
$200
[8]
This current makes the winter air west of Norway much warmer than other areas in that latitude
the Gulf Stream
Bobbie
|
$200
[26]
Choucroute, the French version of this cabbage dish, is often cooked with goose fat & juniper berries
sauerkraut
Bobbie
|
|
$300
[12]
Spanish for "quickly", it's from the Latin promptus, "prompt"
pronto
Bobbie
|
$400
[19]
Epinephrine in these glands increases the heart rate & prepares the body to deal with stress
the adrenal glands
John
|
$300
[15]
Princess Diana & the Aga Khan attended the 1993 wedding of Viscount Linley, the son of this British princess
Princess Margaret
Bobbie
|
$300
[23]
A white powder made from this grain gave proper Victorian women a pristine pallor
rice
Bobbie
|
$300
[9]
The ancient Romans named the Atlantic after this mountain range in northern Africa
the Atlas Mountains
Bill
|
$300
[28]
In the dish canard roti aux peches, this meat is served with peaches
duck
Bobbie
|
|
$400
[13]
Having fun? Then you'll know this is Latin for "time flies"
tempus fugit
Bill
|
DD
$500
[3]
It's the most abundant inorganic compound in living matter
water
Bobbie
|
$400
[16]
She's the 1st performer to head the National Endowment for the Arts since its inception in 1965
Jane Alexander
Bobbie
|
$400
[24]
Some people in India have stained their skin yellow with this expensive yellow spice
saffron
Bill
|
$400
[10]
The name of this oval-shaped area of the north Atlantic comes from the Portuguese word for "seaweed"
Sargasso
Bobbie
|
$400
[29]
This creamy leek & potato soup was created in the U.S. by a French chef
vichyssoise
Bobbie
|
|
$500
[18]
In 1947 Polaroid introduced this type of photography
instant
John
|
$500
[20]
The trachea divides into 2 of these tubes that enter the lungs
the bronchi
John
|
$500
[17]
This poet-singer has been executive pres. of the American Guild of Variety Artists for a record 11 years
Rod McKuen
|
$500
[27]
This wicked biblical queen touched up her makeup & insulted Jehu before eunuchs threw her out a window
Jezebel
Bobbie
|
$500
[11]
In 1956 the 1st transatlantic telephone cable was laid between Great Britain & Clarenville in this Canadian province
Newfoundland
John
|
$500
[30]
Filled with various mixtures, champignons farcis are stuffed ones of these
mushrooms
Bill
|
| WORLD CITIES | POLITICIANS | LITERARY CHARACTERS | THEATRE | U.S. CURRENCY | POTPOURRI |
|
$200
[1]
The city of Beersheba claims to have a well dug by this biblical patriarch
Abraham
John
|
$200
[6]
Like Pres. Eisenhower, Mo. Congressman Isaac Newton Skelton IV is known by this nickname
Ike
Bill
|
$200
[11]
This Indian boy is raised by wolves in Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book"
Mowgli
Bobbie
|
$200
[16]
This playwright dedicated "Long Day's Journey into Night" to his wife Carlotta
O'Neill
Bobbie
|
$200
[26]
He appeared on the $10 Federal Reserve note circa 1914; today, he's on the $20
Andrew Jackson
John
|
$200
[21]
In the 1930s Charles Goren gave up his law practice to play this game
bridge
Bill
|
|
$400
[2]
In 1737 this city passed from the Medicis to the house of Hapsburg-Lorraine
Florence
Bill
|
$400
[7]
He was the Assistant D.A. of Suffolk County, Massachusetts from 1961-62, while his brother was president
Ted Kennedy
John
|
$400
[12]
After he boldly asks for more gruel, Mr. Bumble reports him to the chairman of the workhouse
Oliver Twist
Bill
|
$400
[17]
Ethel Merman was right on the mark as markswoman Annie Oakley in this musical
Annie Get Your Gun
Bill
|
$400
[27]
Prior to 1976, this presidential estate was featured on the back of the 2-dollar bill
Monticello
Bobbie
|
$400
[22]
One of its features is the Mare Humorum or Sea of Moisture
the Moon
John
|
|
$600
[3]
You might want to take "le trek" to this capital of France's Haute-Garonne department
Toulouse
Bill
|
$600
[8]
This Ohio senator's middle name is Herschel
John Glenn
John
|
$600
[13]
He's the ex-football player turned evangelist in a 1927 novel by Sinclair Lewis
Elmer Gantry
John
|
$600
[18]
In 1992 Jon Voight & Tyne Daly starred in an adaptation of this playwright's "The Seagull"
Chekhov
Bill
|
$600
[28]
The 2 U.S. coins that have no milling or ridges around the outer edge
the nickel & the penny
John
|
$600
[23]
Seiji Ozawa was the first Japanese with this occupation to become prominent in the West
orchestra conductor
Bill
|
|
$800
[4]
In 1613 the Irish city of Derry was turned over to the government of this city
London
|
$800
[9]
This Texas gov. who livens up Democratic conventions was born Dorothy Ann Willis in Lakeview, Texas
Ann Richards
Bobbie
|
$800
[14]
Characters in this John Bunyan work include Christian, Evangelist & Faithful
The Pilgrim's Progress
Bobbie
|
$800
[19]
The Pulitzer Prize-winning "Talley's Folly" is part of a cycle, that began with "Fifth of" this month
July
|
$800
[29]
Of the 10 coins first authorized by congress, this 10-dollar gold coin had the largest face value
a Gold Eagle
John
|
$800
[24]
General called "The Father of American Television"
David Sarnoff
Bill
|
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
This city on the Neckar River is home to the Solitude Palace & a major German ballet company
Stuttgart
Bill
|
$1,000
[10]
This Arkansas Democrat chairs the Senate Committee on Small Business
Dale Bumpers
|
$1,000
[15]
After living in Paris, Clym Yeobright returns to England in this author's "The Return of the Native"
Thomas Hardy
Bill
|
$1,000
[20]
This Edna Ferber-George S. Kaufman play tells of a group of aspiring actresses living in a boardinghouse
Stage Door
|
DD
$2,500
[30]
All current U.S. coins bear 3 phrases & this single word
liberty
John
|
$1,000
[25]
From 1946-1951 this New York City suburb was home to the U.N.
Lake Success
Bobbie
|
Isaac Deutscher's final biographical volume on this Russian was "The Prophet Outcast", covering 1929-1940
(Leon) Trotsky