Betty North — an entertainer from Willow Springs, Illinois
Jeff Miller — a security consultant from Mission Viejo, California
Ron Karr — a software engineer from Mountain View, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron | $1,300 | $1,600 | $4,200 |
$8,400
2-day champion: $13,401 |
$5,000
17 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jeff | $600 | $1,400 | $1,400 |
$0
3rd place: Whirlpool refrigerator |
$3,400
10 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Betty | $1,200 | $1,700 | $5,700 |
$3,599
2nd place: Keller bedroom furniture & Capri lighting |
$5,700
17 R, 4 W |
| MATHEMATICS | MAMMALS | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | ODD JOBS | EXPLORERS | IN OTHER WORDS... |
|
$100
[1]
Total number of identical faces on a cube
6
Ron
|
$100
[7]
The kea parrot of New Zealand is known to attack these wooly animals for their kidney fat
a sheep
Betty
|
$100
[12]
The 4 most widely used types of saxophones are the baritone, tenor, alto, & this
a soprano
Betty
|
$100
[16]
The NCO who puts the troops through their daily paces, though it sounds like a job for their dentist
the drill instructor (drill sergeant)
Ron
|
$100
[15]
Nevada's capital was named in honor of him
Kit Carson
Betty
|
$100
[5]
In this place, in that place, plus in all places
here, there & everywhere
Ron
Betty
|
|
$200
[2]
Dessert-like name given a diagram in which proportions are shown as sectors of a circle
a pie chart
Ron
|
$200
[14]
In October 1987, 1 of the 6 of these mammals the Navy brought to use in the Persian Gulf died there
a dolphin
Jeff
|
$200
[13]
On the album cover, it's the instrument on which "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is written
a bass drum
Ron
Jeff
|
$200
[17]
While on the job, a gondolier traditionally keeps at least one hand on one of these
an oar
Ron
|
$200
[19]
Hit by an Indian arrow in Florida in 1521, he made it back to Havana but died of his wounds there
Ponce de Leon
Jeff
|
$200
[6]
Deflated like one flapjack
flat as a pancake
Jeff
|
|
$300
[3]
Of a tire inner tube, a left sock, or a baby bottle nipple, one a torus most resembles
a tire inner tube
Ron
|
— |
$400
[25]
In holding this, the thumb, slightly bent, is inserted between the stick & the hair
the (violin) bow
Betty
|
$300
[18]
In a royal house, an equerry is an officer in charge of these
the horses
Jeff
|
$300
[20]
He was Balboa's chief lieutenant during discovery of the Pacific before going on to conquer Peru
(Francisco) Pizarro
Jeff
|
$300
[8]
Ancient addictions expire with difficulty
old habits die hard
Betty
|
|
$400
[4]
For the fractions 1/2, 1/3 & 1/4, it's the lowest common denominator
12
Betty
|
— |
DD
$800
[24]
Number of 180º turns the main tubing makes on the standard instrument heard here:["Instrument music plays."]
2
Ron
|
$400
[22]
In October 1987, Richard Wilbur became the 2nd person in U.S. appointed this; Robert Penn Warren was 1st
the Poet Laureate of the United States
Ron
|
$400
[21]
2 of 3 bodies of water explored by & named for Henry Hudson
(2 of) the Hudson Bay & the Hudson River (or the Hudson Strait)
Ron
|
$400
[9]
That ceremonial bonding constructed amidst paradise
a marriage made in heaven
Betty
|
|
$500
[11]
About 300 B.C., he postulated "a straight line can be drawn from any point to any other point"
Euclid
Ron
|
— | — |
$500
[23]
Fancy French term for a doorkeeper or janitor
the concierge
|
— |
$500
[10]
In no case let the patsy have odds equaling yours
never give a sucker an even break
Ron
|
| HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS | LANGUAGES | W.C. FIELDS | HISTORICAL FICTION | THE PLANETS | ENDS IN "TO" |
|
$200
[1]
In song, it's Chicago's "Great Street" where "they do things they don't do on Broadway"
State Street
Ron
|
$200
[7]
With a language related to no other on Earth, they've been in the Arctic as long as Romans in Rome
the Eskimos
Betty
|
$200
[9]
Fields said his epitaph should read, "On the whole, I'd rather be in..." this city
Philadelphia
Jeff
|
$200
[13]
Taylor Caldwell's book "The Earth is the Lord's" is a romance about this military Mongol
Genghis Khan
Ron
|
$200
[14]
It's the closest planet to the Sun named after a Roman god
Mercury
Ron
|
$200
[2]
In music, it means "in rapid tempo"; in magic, it precedes "chango"
presto
Betty
|
|
$400
[19]
New York City's Bowery got its name from this Dutchman's farm
Peter Stuyvesant
|
$400
[8]
Of Latin, Greek, or Sanskrit, language spoken by the most people today
Greek
Ron
Jeff
|
$400
[10]
Proverb Fields followed up with "Then quit. There's no use being a fool about it."
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again
Ron
|
$800
[26]
Evelyn Waugh's novel "Helena" tells the story of St. Helena, who was this "Great" emperor's mom
Constantine the Great
Betty
|
$400
[15]
It's the closest planet to the Sun that has a natural satellite
Earth
Ron
|
$400
[3]
It's salted ham, cured by drying & sliced paper-thin for serving
prosciutto
Betty
|
|
$600
[20]
Dotted with mansions, D.C.'s Embassy Row is on this avenue named for a New England state
Massachusetts Avenue
Jeff
Betty
|
$600
[12]
Japanese was 1st written using the symbols of this language
the Chinese language
Ron
|
$600
[11]
Fields began his stage career with this type of act
a juggler
Betty
|
$1,000
[25]
"Inventor of the historical novel" whose 1st novel in his famous series was called "Waverley"
Sir Walter Scott
|
$600
[16]
Galileo 1st thought this planet was made up of 3 spheres, but his theory didn't ring true
Saturn
Betty
|
$600
[4]
In this, Terry the Dog's most famous role, Miss Gulch takes him to be put to sleep
Toto
Betty
|
|
DD
$1,000
[21]
In 1961, part of this city's Stalinallee was renamed Karl-Marx-Allee
East Berlin
Jeff
|
$800
[23]
This Romance language is the official language of Mozambique & Angola
Portuguese
Jeff
Betty
|
$800
[27]
From 1915 to 1921, Fields was a star in several editions of this Broadway variety show
the Ziegfeld Follies
Betty
|
— |
$800
[17]
On Mars this expands & contracts according to the season
the polar ice cap
Jeff
|
$800
[5]
This alliance, founded September 8, 1954, disbanded June 30, 1977
SEATO
Ron
Betty
|
|
$1,000
[22]
Memphis street most associated with composer W.C. Handy, "Father of the Blues"
Beale Street
Betty
|
$1,000
[24]
Bahasa, a form of this language, is the official language of Indonesia
Malay
|
$1,000
[28]
It's what the "W" & "C" stand for
William Claude
Ron
|
— |
DD
$1,000
[18]
Named for outer planets, these elements, atomic numbers 93 & 94, were both discovered in 1940
neptunium & plutonium
Jeff
|
$1,000
[6]
She's the muse of lyric or love poetry
Erato
Betty
|
This U.S. state was named for a king, the grandson of Henry of Navarre
Louisiana