Nancy Ungar — an insurance customer representative from Akron, Ohio
Ron Martell — a copywriter from San Francisco, California
Matt Handel — a marketing analyst from Wayne, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $2,300 | $6,200 | $18,400 |
$23,400
New champion: $23,400 |
$17,100
40 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Ron | $200 | $300 | $5,300 |
$6,300
2nd place: trip on TWA to Honolulu & stay at Pacific Beach Hotel + Jeopardy! home game |
$4,900
11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Nancy | $1,000 | $1,900 | $2,100 |
$3,100
3rd place: Samsung 27" TV + Jeopardy! home game |
$2,100
7 R, 0 W |
| STATE CAPITALS | ACTORS ONSTAGE | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | THE BODY HUMAN | WHEELS | ABBREVIATIONS |
|
$100
[7]
This city is the home of Florida A&M University
Tallahassee
Matt
|
$100
[5]
Tommy Tune & Christopher Walken played killers in "Baker Street", a musical about this detective
Sherlock Holmes
Matt
|
$100
[16]
It's the month during which the U.S. celebrates its Independence Day
July
Matt
|
$100
[1]
The apex beat is the medical term for this organ's throb
the heart
Matt
|
$100
[21]
The amusement park ride once called a pleasure wheel is now called this after its modern inventor
a Ferris wheel
Ron
|
$100
[26]
A BMOC is this college personage
the big man on campus
Matt
|
|
$200
[8]
Schuyler Mansion in this N.Y. city was the site of A. Hamilton's marriage to Elizabeth Schuyler
Albany
Ron
|
$200
[9]
In 1993 this playwright's brother Dakin appeared as Blanche DuBois at a Florida Theatre Festival
Tennessee Williams
Nancy
|
$200
[17]
During Ramadan Muslims are not allowed to eat between these 2 times of day
sunrise & sunset
Nancy
|
$200
[2]
At this joint the knucklelike condyles of the femur are attached to the tibia
the knee
Matt
|
$200
[22]
The first regular transatlantic steamships were propelled by these
paddle wheels
Matt
|
$200
[27]
The CEO of a company is this
the chief executive officer
Matt
|
|
$300
[11]
It's the seat of Sangamon County as well as the capital of Illinois
Springfield
Matt
|
$300
[10]
Martin Short starred in this musical based on a Neil Simon film for which Richard Dreyfuss won an Oscar
The Goodbye Girl
Matt
|
$300
[18]
In Israel Tu Bi-Shevat is the new year of these, which children are encouraged to plant
trees
Matt
|
$300
[3]
The corpus callosum is the band of fibers that connects the right & left halves of this
the brain
Matt
|
$300
[23]
Artistic types throw clay on one
a potter's wheel
Matt
|
$300
[28]
This religion is sometimes abbreviated Xnty.
Christianity
Nancy
|
|
$400
[12]
You'll find the Kansas Center for Historical Research in the Kansas Memorial Building in this city
Topeka
Matt
|
$400
[14]
Bernadette Peters portrayed Vaudeville entertainer Josie Cohan in this 1968 musical
George M!
Nancy
|
$400
[19]
Pancake Day is another name for this, the last day before Lent
Mardi Gras
Nancy
|
$400
[4]
Crystals of calcium phosphate build up in rods or prisms to form this hardest substance in the body
tooth enamel
Matt
Nancy
|
$500
[25]
Common device that includes, hands, a detent & an escape wheel
a clock
|
$400
[29]
If you own a car, you should know that VIN stands for this
the vehicle identification number
Matt
|
|
$500
[13]
The Cumberland River flows through the heart of this state capital
Nashville
Matt
|
$500
[15]
In 1960 he starred in the Broadway musical "Greenwillow" & became a movie "Psycho"
Anthony Perkins
Matt
|
$500
[20]
On the day of this annual occurrence, you should be able to stand an uncooked egg on its end
the equinox
Matt
|
$500
[6]
This small organ located behind the stomach has white pulp & red pulp & cleans the blood
the spleen
Matt
|
DD
$1,300
[24]
This country's flag features the Dharma Chakra, or wheel of law
India
Matt
|
$500
[30]
This title of nobility can be abbreviated Bt.
a baronet
Matt
|
| 1921 | DESIGNERS | ISLANDS | PRIMATES | POLITICAL CONVENTIONS | AUTHORS |
|
$200
[17]
In September this international organization accepted Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania as members
the League of Nations
Matt
|
$200
[2]
VDB, the initials of designer Victor David Brenner, are seen under ABE on this monetary unit
the Penny
Matt
|
$200
[1]
The Fox & Rat Islands are among the 5 major groups that make up this Alaskan chain
the Aleutians
Nancy
|
$200
[22]
It's the largest of all living primates
the gorilla
Matt
|
$200
[10]
At the 1932 Democratic Convention, he became the first nominee to make an acceptance speech in person
Franklin Roosevelt
Matt
|
$200
[5]
It "Just So" happens that he was the 1st British author to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
Rudyard Kipling
Ron
|
|
$400
[18]
William Lyon Mackenzie King formed the first of his 5 governments as prime minister of this country
Canada
Ron
|
$400
[27]
German Willy Messerschmitt was famous for designing these
airplanes
Matt
|
$400
[3]
The Isle of Skye was ruled by Norsemen until the 13th century when it became part of this country
Scotland
Matt
|
$400
[23]
The uakari, the only short-tailed New World monkey, lives in the basin of this South American river
the Amazon
Matt
|
$400
[11]
A chant at the 1940 Republican Convention of "We Want" this man helped get him nominated
Wendell Willkie
Matt
|
$400
[6]
He followed "Ben-Hur" with a nonfiction book entitled "The Boyhood of Christ"
(General) Lew Wallace
Matt
|
|
$600
[19]
The first radio broadcast of a World Series was carried by WJZ, featuring these 2 New York teams
the Yankees & the Giants
Matt
Ron
|
$600
[28]
Known for his photos, Cecil Beaton won 4 Tonys & 2 Oscars for designing these
costumes
Ron
|
$600
[4]
This island between Cuba & Puerto Rico contains the highest point in the Caribbean, Pico Duarte
Hispaniola
Ron
|
$600
[24]
Studies suggest that these African apes are the closest to humans genetically & in intelligence
chimpanzees
Ron
|
$600
[12]
In 1956 a vote for his running mate came down to John Kennedy & Estes Kefauver, who got it
Adlai Stevenson
Matt
|
$600
[7]
This author of "A Passage to India" was once private secretary to an Indian maharajah
(E.M.) Forster
Matt
|
|
$800
[20]
Hjalmar Branting, Social Democratic prime minister of this country, won the 1921 Nobel Peace Prize
Sweden
Matt
Ron
|
$800
[29]
In 1754 he published "The Gentleman and Cabinet Maker's Director"
Chippendale
Ron
|
$800
[15]
This island, Australia's smallest state, was once connected to the Australian mainland
Tasmania
Matt
|
$800
[25]
Today this reddish- brown ape is confined entirely to the forests of Borneo & Sumatra
orangutans
Ron
|
$800
[13]
The Silver Republicans met in July 1900 & picked this man, also the Democrats' choice for president
William Jennings Bryan
Matt
|
$800
[8]
It's the pseudonym under which Washington Irving wrote "A History of New York"
Knickerbocker
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[21]
Lloyd George negotiated the treaty establishing this "Free State"
Ireland (the Irish Free State)
Matt
|
$1,000
[30]
Beatrice Behrman designed the Madame Alexander line of these collectibles
dolls
Ron
|
$1,000
[16]
Most of the oil produced by Chile comes from the Strait of Magellan & this island
Tierra del Fuego
Matt
|
DD
$1,400
[26]
The traditional organ grinder's monkey, it's named for the patch of hair that resembles a monk's hood
the Capuchin
Ron
|
$1,000
[14]
On the 1st ballot of the 1880 Republican Convention, he received no votes; in November he won the election
Garfield
Matt
|
DD
$1,400
[9]
This author best known for his detective novels co-wrote the screenplay for "Watch on the Rhine"
Dashiell Hammett
Matt
|
In 1877 his remains were buried at West Point, where he had graduated last in his class
George A. Custer