Widespread pre-emption for Nixon funeral.
Edwin Gulley — a consultant originally from Atlanta, Georgia
David Connor — an ordained minister from Lakewood, Ohio
Mark Sydel — a teacher of the deaf originally from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | $1,000 | $1,800 | $2,400 |
$1
3rd place: Panasonic digital cassette player + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the SNES & Sega Genesis + Jeopardy! home game |
$3,000
9 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| David | $1,500 | $1,300 | $4,100 |
$8,105
2nd place: trip on Delta to Asheville, North Carolina & stay at the Grove Park Inn Resort + Jeopardy! home game |
$4,100
21 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Edwin | $800 | $2,500 | $7,400 |
$12,400
New champion: $12,400 |
$9,900
23 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| CONFEDERATES | SPORTS | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | DANCE | QUOTATIONS BY WOMEN | POTPOURRI |
|
$100
[11]
Franklin Buchanan was wounded & forced to give up command of this ship just before it met the Monitor
the Merrimack
Edwin
|
$100
[1]
In golf a score of 3 over par on a given hole is a "triple" one of these
a bogey
Mark
|
$100
[6]
Women's Equality Day, August 26, is the anniversary of U.S. women getting the right to do this
the right to vote
David
|
$100
[26]
A "walk" named for this humped mammal was popular in the 1920s
a camel
Mark
David
Edwin
|
$100
[21]
This first first lady called herself "steady as a clock, busy as a bee, and cheerful as a cricket"
Martha Washington
Edwin
|
$100
[20]
Of the three Bs, the one who's Schroeder's personal favorite in "Peanuts"
Beethoven
David
|
|
$200
[12]
Gen. James Longstreet advised Lee against attacking Meade's forces at this 1863 Penn. battle
Gettysburg
Mark
|
$200
[2]
In 1992 this NFL franchise announced plans to move to Alexandria, Virginia in 1994
the Washington Redskins
David
|
$200
[7]
Camp Fire observes its founders day on this date when many honor St. Patrick
March 17th
David
Edwin
|
$200
[27]
The canary, a lively court dance of the past, was named for this place, not for a bird
the Canary Islands
Edwin
|
$200
[22]
In "The Fountainhead", she wrote, "Kill reverence and you've killed the hero in man"
Ayn Rand
Edwin
|
$200
[19]
This board game has the same name as Richard Nixon's famous cocker spaniel
checkers
David
|
|
$300
[13]
Meriwether Lewis Clark, son of this famed explorer, served as a colonel of artillery during the war
William Clark
Edwin
|
$300
[3]
Sergei Bubka, the world record holder in this event, did not clear any height in it at the 1992 Olympics
the pole vault
Edwin
|
$300
[8]
St. Joseph's Day marks the return of the swallows to this state's mission of San Juan Capistrano
California
Mark
|
$300
[28]
To dance gaily is to "trip" this, a phrase derived from John Milton's poem "L'Allegro"
the light fantastic
David
|
$300
[23]
Resigning as prime minister of Israel, she said, "I have had enough"
Golda Meir
Mark
|
$300
[16]
Some of this company's Band-Aid brand adhesive bandages glow in the dark
Johnson & Johnson
David
|
|
$400
[14]
The night Booth shot Lincoln, George Atzerodt failed to kill this vice president; he was hanged anyway
Andrew Johnson
David
Edwin
|
$400
[4]
There are 2 of these corners in a ring & the standing boxer must go to one after a knockdown
a neutral corner
Mark
|
$400
[9]
Jordan observes his accession on August 11 & his birthday on November 14
King Hussein
David
|
$400
[29]
The jarabe, a type of folk dance from this country, was inspired in part by the Spanish seguidilla
Mexico
Edwin
|
$400
[24]
At her 1536 execution, she's quoted as saying, "I shall be Queen Anne Lackhead"
Anne Boleyn
Edwin
|
$400
[17]
This word that describes Uncle Ben's Rice means that it's been parboiled
converted
Mark
|
|
$500
[15]
This Southerner's first wife was Zachary Taylor's daughter; his second, Varina Howell
Jefferson Davis
Edwin
|
$500
[5]
FIFA, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, is the international governing body of this sport
soccer
David
|
DD
$500
[10]
On April 18 this southern African country commemorates the end of white minority rule
Zimbabwe
David
|
$500
[30]
A jiglike dance favored by sailors, or a folk instrument that can be made from part of an ox
a hornpipe
Edwin
|
$500
[25]
"Shoot, if you must, this" type of "head, but spare your country's flag" is attributed to Barbara Frietchie
this old gray head
David
Edwin
|
$500
[18]
Ethniki Lyriki Skini is this country's national opera company
Greece
David
Edwin
|
| SICKNESS & HEALTH | GOVERNORS | NONFICTION | WORLD FACTS | LAFAYETTE | WE "R" HERE |
|
$200
[6]
2-word term for the disturbance of normal body rhythms caused by flying across different time zones
jet lag
David
|
$200
[7]
In 1982 he was again elected governor of Alabama after 3 years out of office
George Wallace
David
|
$200
[23]
He's the wit behind the bestseller "Seinlanguage"
Jerry Seinfeld
Edwin
|
$200
[1]
Saint Rose of Lima is the patron saint of this continent
South America
David
|
$200
[12]
In April 1771 he joined this group of king's guards that was all for one & one for all
the Musketeers
David
|
$200
[13]
It's a step up for a ladder
a rung
David
|
|
$400
[19]
Often occurring with viral diseases, myocarditis is the inflammation of the muscle of this organ
the heart
David
|
$400
[8]
On taking office he allegedly said, "I looked around at the little fishes present, and said, 'I'm the Kingfish'"
Huey Long
Edwin
|
$400
[30]
Norman Mailer's "The Armies of the Night" tells of a 1967 anti-war march on this Arlington, Virginia building
the Pentagon
Edwin
|
$400
[2]
The southernmost part of this country's mainland is called the Lizard; it's part of Cornwall
Britain
David
|
$400
[18]
Before turning his attention fully to the telegraph, he painted a portrait of Lafayette
(Samuel) Morse
Mark
|
$400
[14]
It's a tournament in which each player plays every other player in turn
a round robin
David
|
|
$600
[29]
To avoid this disease, visitors to African safari parks should protect against tsetse fly bites
sleeping sickness
David
Edwin
|
$600
[9]
Lawton Chiles represented this state in the Senate for 18 years before he became its governor in 1991
Florida
Edwin
|
$600
[25]
In "Who Killed Martin Luther King?", this convicted assassin argues his innocence
James Earl Ray
Edwin
|
$600
[3]
Guidebooks recommend spending time in saunas heated to 200º F. when in this Finnish capital
Helsinki
Edwin
|
$600
[20]
After this final victory October 19, 1781, Lafayette wrote, "The play is over, the act is just ended"
Yorktown
David
|
$600
[15]
The frost of the ancient mariner
rime
Edwin
|
|
$800
[27]
About 85% of children infected with this disease, once called infantile paralysis, have no symptoms
polio
Edwin
|
$1,000
[11]
In 1829 Martin Van Buren served 2 months as governor of this state & then resigned
New York
Edwin
|
$800
[24]
This humorist reflects on matrimony in "A Marriage Made in Heaven... or Too Tired for an Affair"
(Erma) Bombeck
David
|
DD
$600
[5]
This northern European country's official name is Konungariket Sverige
Sweden
Mark
|
$800
[21]
Pres. & minister to France who wrote that Lafayette had a "canine appetite for popularity and fame"
Thomas Jefferson
Edwin
|
$800
[16]
It's a circus worker who sets up the tent, takes care of the animals & handles the equipment
a roustabout
David
|
|
$1,000
[28]
The Duchenne type of this disorder usually appears between the ages of 3 & 5
muscular dystrophy
|
DD
$2,500
[10]
This grandson of a vice president was Illinois' governor 1949-1953
Adlai Stevenson
Edwin
|
$1,000
[26]
In a 1993 book this physicist shed some new light on "Black Holes and Baby Universes"
Stephen Hawking
Edwin
|
$800
[4]
Riga, at the south end of the Gulf of Riga, is the largest city in this country
Latvia
Mark
|
$1,000
[22]
Lafayette was on the court-martial that tried this major for plotting with Benedict Arnold
Major André
Edwin
|
$1,000
[17]
From the Latin ravis, "hoarseness", it means boisterously disorderly
raucous
David
|
The play in which Edward, Prince of Wales says, "I do not like the tower, of any place"
Richard III