Included "Bonus" category in the Double Jeopardy! Round.
Nancy Moeller — a homemaker from Atlanta, Georgia
Brent Winter — a fashion editor from Atlanta, Georgia
Janine Menhennet — a homemaker from Pasadena, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $23,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janine | $1,100 | $1,400 | $4,200 |
$8,300
2nd place: Trip to Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel, New York City |
$5,200
16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Brent | $2,500 | $4,700 | $5,600 |
$8,500
New champion: $8,500 |
$7,100
24 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nancy | $-300 | $200 | $400 |
$400
3rd place: Pair of Wittnauer Thin Wrist Watches |
$400
3 R, 1 W |
| HAPPY NEW YEAR! | FAMOUS WOMEN | "V"OCABULARY | BOWL GAME NAMES | A MAGNUM OF CHAMPAGNE | NOISEMAKERS |
|
$100
[16]
In 1998 November 1 is a Sunday; therefore, this date will be election day for Congress
November 3 (the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday)
Janine
|
$100
[7]
Seen on talk shows with her furry friends, she's goodwill ambassador for the San Diego Zoo
Joan Embery
Brent
|
$100
[2]
For the record, it's what old phonograph records are made of
Vinyl
Janine
|
$100
[21]
The eyes of Texas have been on this Dallas "boll" game since 1937
Cotton Bowl
Brent
|
$100
[1]
A man who lived to be 969, or a champagne bottle that holds 8 times as much as the standard size
Methuselah
Brent
|
$100
[12]
A common method of torture involves running fingernails across this classroom aid
Chalkboard/blackboard
Janine
|
|
$200
[17]
Some believe 1998 signals the end of the world because 1998 is 3 times this number
666
Brent
|
$200
[8]
In 1997 Sister Nirmala succeeded this Nobel Prize winner as head of the Missionaries of Charity
Mother Teresa
Brent
|
$200
[3]
He speaks for a "dummy"
a ventriloquist
Nancy
|
$200
[22]
It wasn't until 1984, after a 33-year wait, that Florida's Miami returned to this home bowl game
Orange Bowl
Janine
|
$200
[13]
Lerner & Loewe wrote "The Night They Invented Champagne" for this movie musical set in Gay Paree
Gigi
Janine
|
$200
[26]
In a proverb, this noisemaker "gets the grease"
Squeaky Wheel
Janine
|
|
$300
[18]
May 14, 1998 marks the 50th anniversary of this nation's independence; Mazel Tov!
Israel
Brent
|
$300
[9]
In 1984 she reached a "Turning Point" when she became "60 Minutes"' first female correspondent
Diane Sawyer
Janine
Brent
|
$300
[4]
A peeping Tom
Voyeur
Brent
|
$300
[23]
Jacksonville's bowl, we're glad they didn't call it the Croc Pot
Gator Bowl
Janine
|
$300
[14]
The glass shaped like & named for this flower is perfect for serving champagne
Tulip
Brent
|
$300
[27]
This film hero's yell was created by combining the sounds of a dog, a hyena, a camel, a violin string & a soprano
Tarzan
Brent
|
|
$400
[19]
This ex-president turns 74 on October 1, 1998
Jimmy Carter
Brent
|
$400
[10]
Among the women to serve in this post are Antonia Novello & Joycelyn Elders
Surgeon General
Janine
|
$400
[5]
It's the proper term for a person who makes or sells wine
Vintner
Brent
|
$500
[25]
LSU clung on in 1968 to win this Atlanta bowl's first championship
Peach Bowl
Nancy
|
$400
[15]
Of brut, demi-sec or doux, the term that denotes the sweetest champagne
doux (50% sugar)
Brent
|
$400
[28]
It cuts down car noise by giving exhaust gases a place to expand gradually
Muffler
Brent
|
|
$500
[20]
1998 marks the centennial of this U.S. war
Spanish-American War
Janine
|
$500
[11]
"I Left My Heart In San Francisco" is something she might sing since leaving city hall for Capitol Hill
Dianne Feinstein
Brent
|
$500
[6]
It's a room in the church where the clergy put on their robes
Vestry
Brent
Nancy
|
DD
$1,000
[24]
In 1942 Oregon State & Duke duked it out in this bowl's temporary WWII home in Durham, N.C.
the Rose Bowl
Janine
|
— |
$500
[29]
On this Scottish instrument, the melody is played on the chanter while the other tubes drone out single notes
bagpipes
Brent
|
| ISLANDS | BONUS TV | NEWS STORIES OF 1997 | 1998 CALENDARS | BOOKS BY THEIR COVERS | COMMON BONDS |
|
$200
[1]
Ostrov, as in Ostrov Bering, near Kamchatka, means "island" in this language
Russian
Brent
|
$200
[7]
He's the character who regularly worked with Sam Malone behind the bar at "Cheers"
Coach & Woody
Janine
Brent
|
$200
[6]
Dodger Wilton Guerrero was thrown out of a game June 1, 1997 for having this in his bat
Cork
Janine
|
$200
[16]
"Colors of the Sea" features underwater photos with text from the society named for this Calypso skipper
Jacques Cousteau
Nancy
|
$200
[17]
On the cover of "Walk On the Wild Side", this NBA star's name is much larger than co-author Michael Silver's
Dennis Rodman
Brent
|
$200
[23]
Boo Boo, A glum investor, The Big Dipper's constellation
Bears
Brent
|
|
$400
[2]
Isabela is the largest island in this Ecuadoran group whose Spanish name honors Columbus
Galapagos Islands
Janine
|
$400
[8]
While "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was still in production, this sitcom was spun off from it
Rhoda & Phyllis
Brent
|
$400
[9]
The Post Office wouldn't confirm reports that it's printing stamps with this letter, indicating a rate increase
H
Janine
|
$400
[18]
A calendar of these insults includes "Your mother is so dumb, she sold the car for gas money"
Snaps
|
$400
[20]
Jerry Lewis appears in & out of clown makeup on this biography with the same name as his 1983 film
The King Of Comedy
Brent
|
$400
[24]
A place setting, a baseball diamond, the Earth's crust
things made of/with plates
|
|
$600
[3]
These people, the inhabitants of Greece's largest island, are known for their pride & independence
Cretans
Brent
|
$600
[11]
In 1982 Heather Locklear was a regular on this series
Dynasty & T.J. Hooker
Janine
Brent
|
$600
[10]
The body of this accused murderer whose case inspired "The Fugitive" was exhumed for testing
Sam Sheppard
|
$600
[19]
For 1998 Landmark singled out this latest "Singled Out" star for her own calendar
Carmen Electra
Brent
|
$600
[21]
Next to Ed McBain's name on "Nocturne" is the phrase "A Novel Of" this "Precinct"
87th
|
— |
|
$1,000
[5]
The Windward Passage separates Haiti from this large Caribbean island to the northeast
Cuba
Janine
|
$800
[12]
This person sang "The Love Boat" theme
Jack Jones & Dionne Warwick
|
$800
[14]
Rose Will Monroe, the model for this WWII poster girl, passed away in 1997
"Rosie The Riveter"
|
— |
$800
[22]
This preacher dresses casually or formally on different dustcovers for his 1997 book "Just As I Am"
Billy Graham
|
— |
|
DD
$1,500
[4]
California's Santa Catalina Island, like the U.K.'s Guernsey, belongs to a group called this
the Channel Islands
Brent
|
$2,000
[13]
Daytime serial history includes this NBC California-set soap with the initials "S.B."
Santa Barbara & Sunset Beach
Janine
|
$1,000
[15]
This au pair's crime was reduced to manslaughter Nov. 10, 1997 & she was released on time served
Louise Woodward
Brent
|
— | — | — |
In Spanish this agency is known as "La Migra"
the Immigration and Naturalization Service