Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.
Chuck Wessel — a graduate teaching assistant from Perry, North Carolina
Anne Summers — a housewife originally from Calgary, Canada
Jonathan Oren — a pedicab operator originally from Honolulu, Hawaii (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,613)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan | $700 | $800 | $600 |
$13
3rd place |
$400
7 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Anne | $2,700 | $3,700 | $5,000 |
$7,000
New champion: $7,000 |
$4,500
22 R (including 1 DD), 9 W (including 1 DD) |
| Chuck | $400 | $800 | $1,400 |
$2,800
2nd place |
$1,400
11 R, 3 W |
| 20th CENTURY AMERICA | PHOBIAS | IRAN | COMIC BOOKS | FAMOUS WOMEN | "RICH" & "POOR" |
|
$100
[16]
In 1927, sculptor Gutzon Borglum began carving the presidential portraits here
Mount Rushmore
Anne
|
$100
[21]
Term for both the disease, rabies, & the fear of water
hydrophobia
Chuck
|
$100
[7]
He was a famous poet, astronomer & mathematician; it's just his name that means "tent maker"
Omar Khayyam
Chuck
|
$100
[26]
Frank Miller's "Dark Knight" series portrayed this Caped Crusader at the age of 50
Batman
Chuck
|
$100
[2]
Truman Capote said this actress threatened to have him killed if he gossiped about her & Arthur Miller
Marilyn Monroe
Chuck
|
$100
[14]
Robin Hood's mission
take from the rich & give to the poor
Jonathan
Anne
|
|
$200
[17]
On January 16, 1935, this bank robber became the first woman shot by the FBI
Ma Barker
Anne
Chuck
|
$200
[22]
Triskaidekaphobia, the fear of this, can account for the loss of an entire floor in a high rise
the number 13
Chuck
|
$200
[8]
Isfahan, Keshan, & Tabriz are varieties of this
(Persian) rugs
Jonathan
|
$200
[27]
In 1986, DC eliminated the original version of this hero Siegel & Schuster created in 1938
Superman
Jonathan
|
$200
[3]
In 1940, this future queen played one of three kings in an English nativity play
Queen Elizabeth II
Chuck
|
$200
[15]
A bestseller since 1733, it was written under the pseudonym Richard Saunders, philomath
Poor Richard's Almanack
Chuck
|
|
$300
[1]
Of Atlanta, Boston or Charlotte, the city in which large-scalebusing to integrate schools first began
Charlotte
Anne
|
$300
[23]
In his first inaugural speech, FDR might have been referring to phobophobia or this
fear of fear itself
Anne
|
$300
[9]
The world's largest inland sea, it forms part of Iran's northern border
the Caspian Sea
Anne
|
— |
$300
[4]
Last name of Jana, who like her older sister, hasdefected for a tennis career
Navratilova
Anne
|
$300
[18]
Of the traditional Christian marriage vows, it's the vow least likely to appeal to Zsa Zsa
for richer or poorer
Anne
|
|
$400
[12]
In 1947, President Truman urged Americans to observe poultryless Thursday & this meatless day
Tuesday
Anne
Chuck
|
$400
[24]
Astrophobia is not a fear of astronauts, but of these
stars
Anne
|
$400
[10]
Last shah to occupy the Peacock Throne, he died in Egypt in 1980
(Mohammad) Reza Pahlavi
Anne
|
— |
$400
[5]
It's said this South African runner's switch to British nationality helped break up her parents' marriage
Zola Budd
Chuck
|
$500
[20]
The Joe E. Lewisaphorism which ends "as long as you've got money"
Doesn't matter if you're rich or poor
Anne
|
|
$500
[13]
In 1959, this play by Lorraine Hansberry was the first by a Black female writer to reach Broadway
A Raisin in the Sun
Anne
|
$500
[25]
Dobie Gillis' beatnik buddy, Maynard G. Krebs, had a marked case of ergophobia, fear of this
work
Anne
|
$500
[11]
Unlike other countries, Iran celebrates this national holidayat the spring equinox, March 21st
New Year's
Jonathan
|
— |
$500
[6]
She started at the bottom as a Harlem call girl that rose to the top as the "First Lady of Jazz"
Billie Holiday
Anne
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
For some, this couplet ends, "Indian chief"; for others, it's "merchant chief"
rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief
Anne
|
| THE SOLAR SYSTEM | FRUITS & VEGETABLES | FRENCH DRAMA | PROTOCOL | REMEMBER THE ALAMO |
|
$200
[3]
The Sun's corona or atmosphere can only be seen with the unaided eye during this
a solar eclipse
Anne
|
DD
$100
[21]
Edible title of thefollowing:[Instrumental music plays]
"Green Onions"
Anne
|
$200
[16]
A poll once showed that the literary hero most Frenchmen would like to be was this nosy poet
Cyrano de Bergerac
Anne
Chuck
|
$200
[2]
At a U.S. state dinner, the order in which foreign anthem & "The Star-Spangled Banner" would be played
the foreign anthem first
Chuck
|
$200
[13]
The Texas city where you'll find it
San Antonio
Anne
|
|
$400
[12]
Planet closest in size to Earth; it's often called the Earth's twin
Venus
Jonathan
|
$200
[8]
Closely related to cotton, this vegetable used to thicken gumbos is also called gumbo itself
okra
Anne
|
$400
[17]
Sometimes called the greatest tearjerker of all time, this play by Dumas is based on a real story
The Lady of the Camellias ( Camille )
Anne
|
$400
[4]
As noted in the title of the Ethel Merman musical, the proper form of address for a female ambassador
Madam
Anne
|
$400
[14]
The Alamo was originally founded as a mission in 1718 by monks of this order
the Franciscans
|
|
$600
[1]
The Greeks referred to them, not heavy metal singers, as long-haired stars
comets
Jonathan
Anne
|
$400
[9]
The typical number of seeds found in the hard inner pit of a drupe
1
Jonathan
Anne
Chuck
|
$600
[18]
Russian for "comrade", play seen four times by Hitler after French author was checked for Semitic origins
Tovaritch
|
$600
[5]
Person who may normally leave a diplomatic meal before the highest ranking guest
no one is allowed to leave before the highest ranking guest
Anne
|
$600
[15]
In a 1985 film, he came to the Alamo looking for his bicycle in the basement
Pee-wee Herman
Chuck
|
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
The only object in the solar system, besides Earth, known to have active volcanoes is Io, a moon of this planet
Jupiter
Jonathan
|
$600
[20]
At over 266 million tons annually, it's the leading vegetable growing country in the world
China
Jonathan
|
$800
[19]
While Moliere's "gentilhomme" is "would be" in English, he is this in French
the Bourgeois
|
$800
[6]
The seat of honor in a limousine
right hand rear seat
Jonathan
Anne
|
$800
[22]
After Jim Bowie fell ill, the Texan forces fought under the sole command of this younglieutenant colonel
Lieutenant Colonel Travis
Anne
|
|
$1,000
[11]
Since its 1846 discovery, this planet has made only about three quarters of one revolution of the Sun
Neptune
Jonathan
Anne
|
$1,000
[24]
Fertilization begins a series of changes in this flower part that results in its becoming a fruit
the ovaries
|
$1,000
[25]
Jean Cocteau's "The Infernal Machine" is a reworking of this great tragedy by Sophocles
Oedipus Rex
|
$1,000
[7]
At the White House, a foreign dignitary responds to a toast by doing this
toasting the President of the United States
Jonathan
Anne
|
$1,000
[23]
The name Alamo is Spanish for these surrounding trees that bear masses of fleecy seeds
cottonwood
Anne
|
A famous channel crossing ended on September 28th of this year, as familiar to the British as 1492 is to us
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