Kim Haase — a technical writer from Arlington, Massachusetts
Patrick Friel — a teaching assistant originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Penny Willis — an editor from Flushing, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penny | $1,100 | $2,800 | $3,900 |
$0
3rd place: Wittnauer Montego Watches |
$4,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Patrick | $500 | $2,100 | $9,300 |
$16,401
New champion: $16,401 |
$9,300
17 R, 0 W |
| Kim | $1,800 | $3,200 | $8,200 |
$12,499
2nd place: Trip to Friends International Resort, Jamaica |
$8,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| MYTHOLOGY | WEIGHTS & MEASURES | GEOGRAPHY | SPORTS | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES | ON PINS & NEEDLES |
|
$100
[1]
In the legends of this country, Hsi Wang Mu keeps the peaches of immortality
China
Penny
|
$100
[21]
This unit used for measuring diamonds originally equalled the weight of 1 carob seed
Carat
Penny
|
$100
[6]
This imaginary line separates the north Pacific from the south pacific
Equator
Kim
|
$100
[24]
The Arnold Palmer Award is given for the highest annual earnings in this sport
Golf
Penny
|
$100
[11]
Leading dailies in this state include the Providence Journal-Bulletin & The Times in Pawtucket
Rhode Island
Penny
|
$100
[16]
Historian Daniel J. Boorstin states Magellan took 35 spare magnetized needles for this device on his voyage
Compass
Patrick
|
|
$200
[2]
This great Norse god is sometimes known by the epithet Baleygr, which means "flaming-eyed"
Odin/Wotan
Kim
|
$200
[22]
In the military, 1300 hours is equivalent to this time of day
1 P.M.
Penny
|
$200
[7]
This continent occupies about 30% of the Earth's total land area
Asia
Patrick
|
$200
[25]
On January 6, 1997 Peter O'Malley announced this baseball team was for sale
Los Angeles Dodgers
Penny
|
$300
[13]
Founded in the mid-1800s, this Paris daily is named for a comic opera barber
Le Figaro
Kim
|
$200
[17]
In 1849 Walter Hunt patented this diaper device which he made by twisting some wire
Safety pin
Kim
|
|
$300
[3]
In the mythology of these people, Yacatecutli was the god of traveling merchants
Aztecs
Patrick
|
$300
[23]
This measurement of cloth is equal to 40 yards
Bolt
Penny
Patrick
|
$300
[8]
This country's Queen Charlotte Islands lie south of the USA's Prince of Wales Island
Canada
|
$300
[26]
This Atlanta team's Lenny Wilkens is the only active coach with more than 1,000 career NBA victories
Atlanta Hawks
Patrick
|
DD
$400
[12]
It's the magazine whose trademark is seen here:
The New Yorker
Penny
|
$300
[18]
This kitchen utensil, basically a cylinder with handles, can be made of wood or marble
Rolling pin
Kim
|
|
$400
[4]
He had a wife, Isis & an evil brother, Set, who was sometimes represented as an ass
Osiris
Kim
|
$400
[29]
You'd need this number of correct test answers to score a perfect "score"
20
Penny
|
$400
[9]
Cape York Peninsula stretches northward from this continent's mainland
Australia
Kim
|
$400
[28]
1 of 2 teams that have won 5 Super Bowls
Dallas Cowboys & San Francisco 49ers
Patrick
|
$400
[14]
In circulation, it's the leading magazine for fans of daytime serials
Soap Opera Digest
Kim
|
$400
[19]
Name shared by ancient Egyptian obelisks in New York & London
Cleopatra's Needle
Kim
|
|
$500
[5]
In early Greek art, these singing water nymphs had the bodies of birds & the faces of beautiful women
Sirens
Penny
|
$500
[30]
There are 2 pints in a quart, or this many ounces
32
Patrick
|
$500
[10]
The Gulf of Fonseca is this Central American country's only direct access to the Pacific Ocean
Honduras
|
$500
[27]
The U.S.O.C. named Dot Richardson this Olympic sport's 1996 Female Athlete of the Year
Softball
Penny
|
$500
[15]
Russian for "news", it was the official national publication of the Soviet government until 1991
Izvestia
Penny
|
$500
[20]
This religious sect known for its simple furniture invented the clothespin
Shakers
Kim
|
| RECENT HISTORY | SINGERS WHO ACT | ZOOLOGY | DINING OUT IN EUROPE | NONFICTION | STARTS WITH "HO" |
|
$200
[19]
After its own war with Iraq, this country opposed both Iraqi & U.S. policy during the Gulf War
Iran
Kim
|
$200
[1]
The 1995 TV movie "Tad" starred Kris Kristofferson in this historic role, Tad's dad
Abraham Lincoln
Patrick
|
$200
[25]
The Baltimore Oriole is also called a hangbird because it builds a hanging one of these structures
Nest
Penny
|
$200
[29]
Azerbaijani dishes like shashlik in pomegranate sauce are served at Baku in this Russian capital
Moscow
Kim
|
$200
[6]
Henry Petroski chronicles methods of encasing graphite in wood in a 1989 history of this writing implement
Pencil
Patrick
|
$200
[12]
This word meaning "to sharpen" comes from Old English for rock
Hone
Kim
|
|
$400
[20]
Drugs called protease inhibitors show great promise in the fight against this disease
AIDS
Kim
|
$400
[2]
Bette Midler sang in the chorus of this Broadway musical before she moved up to the role of Tzeitel
"Fiddler On The Roof"
Penny
|
$400
[26]
The bullhead, a type of this fish, has hornlike barbels near its mouth that look like whiskers
Catfish
Kim
|
$400
[30]
This country's Ruthin Castle in Clwyd County is known for its sumptuous medieval banquets
Wales
Kim
|
$400
[7]
This term for an instructional book precedes "Avoid Probate" & "Win Friends And Influence People"
"How To"
Kim
|
$400
[13]
Jesus, Mary & Joseph
Holy Family
Patrick
|
|
$600
[21]
On Dec. 17, 1996 a 14-foot piece & a 5-foot piece of this space shuttle washed ashore at Cocoa Beach, Florida
Challenger
Kim
|
$600
[3]
Eddie Fisher had a bit role as a stage manager in this Bette Davis film about a Broadway star & her young rival
"All About Eve"
Penny
|
$600
[16]
Like Tasmanian Devils, bandicoots belong to this order of mammals
Marsupials
Penny
|
$600
[24]
If you visit Mozart's birthplace in this city, you may dine at Hagenauer Stuben; it's in the same building
Salzburg
Patrick
|
$600
[8]
Learn about opening one of these establishments "inn" your home from expert Barbara Notarius
Bed & Breakfast
Kim
|
$600
[11]
It's medicine based on the concept that an organism is more than the sum of its parts
Holistic
Kim
|
|
$800
[22]
He struggled to consolidate power in North Korea after succeeding his father, Kim Il Sung, in 1994
Kim Jong-il
Patrick
|
$800
[4]
Country music's reigning redhead, she made her film debut in 1990, killing monsters in "Tremors"
Reba McEntire
|
$800
[17]
Standing about 4 1/2 feet tall, the Sumatran is the smallest species of this large, horned land mammal
Rhinoceros
Penny
|
$800
[27]
D' Vijff Vlieghen, or "The 5 Flies", is an elegant restaurant that occupies 5 canal houses in this Dutch city
Amsterdam
Kim
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
This onetime Supreme Court candidate judges America in "Slouching Towards Gomorrah"
Robert Bork
Kim
|
DD
$700
[15]
They're the Arkansas cities where Bill Clinton was born & where he grew up
Hope & Hot Springs
Penny
|
|
$1,000
[23]
In February 1996 Mexico's government signed an accord to resolve the conflict in this state
Chiapas
Patrick
|
$1,000
[5]
This jazz/pop singer & pianist from New Orleans appeared as Capt. Jimmy Wilder in "Independence Day"
Harry Connick, Jr.
Patrick
|
$1,000
[18]
The spectacled bear, the only bear native to this continent, weighs only 200-300 pounds
South America
Patrick
|
$1,000
[28]
Put, Vejni, whose name means "Blow, Wind!", is one of the finest restaurants in this Latvian capital
Riga
Patrick
|
$1,000
[10]
This 1946 John Hersey book about WWII begins, "At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning...."
"Hiroshima"
Patrick
|
$800
[14]
The candy made from this member of the mint family can help relieve coughs
Horehound
Penny
Kim
|
It was named for Britain's last Stuart monarch, who gave the city its charter in 1708
Annapolis, Maryland