Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.
Patty Stein — an attorney from Riverdale, New Jersey
Brian Olewnick — a capital assets manager from New York City, New York
Burt Albert — a lawyer from Salem, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burt | $1,600 | $3,600 | $7,800 |
$12,601
2-day champion: $17,001 |
$8,800
23 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Brian | $-400 | $1,200 | $5,700 |
$5,700
2nd place |
$4,000
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Patty | $200 | $1,100 | $6,300 |
$1,199
3rd place |
$6,300
16 R, 2 W |
| FAMOUS WOMEN | THE POST OFFICE | 5-LETTER WORDS | INSECTS | MAGAZINES | UNREAL ESTATE |
|
$100
[1]
Last name shared by novelist Ayn & fan dancer Sally
Rand
Burt
|
$100
[9]
The post office says mail carriers have suffered almost 20,000 bites from these animals in the past 3 years
dogs
Patty
|
$100
[6]
Abraham Lincoln said, "As I would not be" one of these, "so I would not be a master"
a slave
Brian
|
$100
[7]
People get yellow fever from these disease carriers
a mosquito
Burt
|
$100
[8]
In 1922, a former Secretary of Agriculture published Fruit, Garden & Home, which became this in 1924
Better Homes & Gardens
Burt
Patty
|
$100
[16]
This Thursday night sitcom takes place at Hillman College
A Different World
Brian
Patty
|
|
$200
[2]
Margaret Bourke-White gained fame as one of these & was one of the first employed by Fortune magazine
a photographer
Burt
|
$200
[10]
This is the standard postal abbreviation for apartment
APT
Burt
|
$200
[23]
Pregnant women know it means "to yearn for", "covet" or "have a yen for"
to crave
Patty
|
$200
[27]
In some parts of the world, finding this chirping insect in your home is thought to bring good luck
a cricket
Patty
|
$200
[12]
The first man featured on its 4-page foldout was Lyle Waggoner of "The Carol Burnett Show"
Playgirl
Burt
|
$200
[17]
The title part of the Russian estate put on the auction block in a Chekhov play
The Cherry Orchard
Burt
|
|
$300
[3]
Nickname of speakeasy queen Mary Louise Cecilia Guinan, who was born in Waco in 1884
Texas
|
$300
[11]
The post office prefers that you type or print the address on an envelope using this color ink
black
Burt
|
$300
[24]
In "The Star-Spangled Banner", it's the last word you sing
brave
Patty
|
$300
[28]
This fruit fly, which probably originated in West Africa, first reached California in 1975
a Medfly
Patty
|
$300
[13]
This syndicated Sunday newspaper magazine is seen by over 35 million people a week
Parade
Burt
|
$300
[18]
James Spader is the younger man & Susan Sarandon the bolder woman working in this film's title burger stand
White Palace
Brian
|
|
$400
[4]
This Black Wimbledon champ appeared in the 1959 film "The Horse Soldiers" with John Wayne
Althea Gibson
Burt
|
$400
[21]
When you address an envelope, put the ZIP code on the last line next to this
the state
Burt
|
$400
[25]
An undertaker's work is so serious & solemn, it's often described as this type of matter
grave
Burt
|
$400
[29]
Ladybugs, fireflies & boll weevils are all members of this insect group
beetles
Brian
|
DD
$400
[14]
Founder of the magazine whose first issue in 1936, captioned "Life Begins", showed a doctor slapping a baby
(Henry) Luce
Burt
|
$400
[19]
In this 1990 Peter Bogdanovich film, the kids from Anarene, Texas are planning a centennial
Texasville
|
|
$500
[5]
In the 1930s, this cosmetics queen opened a health resort at Main Chance Farm, her former country home
Elizabeth Arden
Burt
Brian
|
$500
[22]
This will cost you 75 cents if you're mailing an item worth $50 or less
insurance
Patty
|
$500
[26]
In a deck of cards, a jack can also be called this
a knave
Brian
|
$500
[30]
Known as a 17-year locust, its developmental cycle is the longest of any known insect
a cicada
Brian
|
$500
[15]
Men's magazine that featured an article by Hemingway in its first issue in 1933
Esquire
Burt
Patty
|
$500
[20]
In "The Music Man", Meredith Wilson used Mason City, Iowa as the basis for this fictional city
River City
Burt
|
| 20th CENTURY LITERATURE | RUSSIAN | THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS | WEATHER | THE CIVIL WAR | ANIMALS |
|
$200
[3]
He began his saga of the Henry family in his 1971 bestseller, "The Winds of War"
(Herman) Wouk
Burt
|
$200
[1]
Meaning "one of the majority", it's what Lenin's followers were called
Bolsheviks
Patty
|
$200
[8]
In 1990, this "Pretty Woman" took home a Golden Globe for "Steel Magnolias"
Julia Roberts
Patty
|
$200
[20]
Heavy rains can trigger these sudden & severe deluges, especially in the Southwest
flash floods
Burt
Brian
|
$200
[13]
Mistaken for the enemy, this general was shot by members of his own Stonewall Brigade
Stonewall Jackson
Burt
|
$200
[15]
About a third of a walrus's total weight is made up of this layer of fat
blubber
Brian
|
|
$400
[4]
In 1950, this playwright published his first novel, "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone"
Tennessee Williams
|
$400
[2]
Under this openness policy, once forbidden writers like Boris Pasternak are now being published
glasnost
Burt
Brian
|
$400
[9]
Peter Finch & Faye Dunaway both won for this 1976 film
Network
Burt
|
$400
[22]
It's the point at which cooling vapor condenses into water droplets
the dew point
Brian
|
$400
[14]
Following the Battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued this edict January 1, 1863
the Emancipation Proclamation
Patty
|
$400
[16]
On the ground, a flock of these birds is called a gaggle; in the air, it's a skein
geese
Patty
|
|
$800
[6]
His short story collections include "Dandelion Wine" & "The Martian Chronicles"
Ray Bradbury
Brian
|
$600
[27]
This Russian word is used to describe the treeless area of the Arctic
the tundra
Brian
|
$600
[10]
Walter Matthau & Richard Benjamin received Golden Globes for this film, but George Burns didn't
The Sunshine Boys
Patty
|
$600
[23]
The frozen subsoil of the polar regions, which never thaws, has come to be called this
the permafrost
Burt
|
$600
[21]
This alleged inventor of baseball led troops that fired the first shots defending Fort Sumter
Abner Doubleday
Brian
|
$600
[17]
Blue, chocolate, lilac & seal point refer to the different colorings of this house cat
a Siamese cat
Patty
|
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
James Joyce wrote about the Irish lower middle class in this 1914 story collection
The Dubliners
Burt
|
$1,000
[29]
Meaning self-boiler, it's a metal urn with a spigot used to boil water for tea
samovar
Patty
|
$800
[11]
In 1967, it was voted Best Foreign Language Foreign Film, & Anouk Aimee won, too
A Man and a Woman
Burt
|
$800
[26]
Because mercury freezes at about -38° Fahrenheit, weather stations in cold climates use this type of thermometer
alcohol thermometers
|
$800
[24]
The Rebs called the first major battle fought July 21, 1861, 1st Manassas; the Yankees called it this
Bull Run
Burt
|
$800
[18]
Mainly used for racing, the two fastest horse breeds are the quarter horse & this
thoroughbreds
Patty
|
|
$1,000
[7]
In 1950, this Nelson Algren novel about a drug addict won a National Book Award
The Man with the Golden Arm
Burt
|
DD
$2,500
[28]
This word for "traveling companion" became known around the world in 1957
Sputnik
Brian
|
$1,000
[12]
In 1947, Harold Russell won an award for Best Non-Professional Acting for this post-World War II film
The Best Years of Our Lives
Burt
|
$1,000
[30]
Heavy rain & sometimes hail is produced by this type of cloud, also called a thunderhead
cumulonimbus
|
$1,000
[25]
Relieved of his command in 1862, this Union Army general later became governor of New Jersey
McClellan
Patty
|
$1,000
[19]
Of the five senses, the one associated with a snake's Jacobson's organ
sense of smell
|
This musical featured such songs as "Heart" & "Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo."
Damn Yankees