Jim Mangold — an actuary from Bayside, New York
Helene Luce — a student teacher from Falls Church, Virginia
Damien Reynolds — a computer illustrator from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damien | $1,300 | $2,800 | $3,200 |
$6,300
3rd place: DK Publishing gift certificate |
$4,100
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Helene | $600 | $2,400 | $9,200 |
$10,001
New champion: $10,001 |
$9,200
22 R, 1 W |
| Jim | $1,600 | $1,800 | $5,000 |
$6,401
2nd place: trip to Jamaica |
$5,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| KANSANS | PARTY TIME! | THE 1920s | CHILDREN'S SONGS | LIQUIDS | HOTELS BY CITY |
|
$100
[11]
Regional painter John Steuart Curry executed murals in the Kansas state capitol in this city
Topeka
Damien
|
$100
[15]
It's a celebration of a new domicile
a housewarming
Helene
|
$100
[2]
In 1920 the 1st transcontinental air mail route was begun between New York & this California bay city
San Francisco
Damien
|
$100
[20]
He "went a-courtin'; he did ride. H'm, H'm"
Froggy
Jim
|
$100
[22]
This liquid is homogenized by forcing it through small nozzles that reduce the size of fat globules
milk
Jim
|
$100
[1]
Waikiki Parc, Waikiki Joy, Outrigger Waikiki
Honolulu
Jim
|
|
$200
[12]
This alto sax player nicknamed "Bird" was born in Kansas City, Kansas
Charlie Parker
Helene
|
$200
[16]
Type of bar at a party where guests pay for their own potent potables
a cash bar (or no-host bar)
Helene
Jim
|
$200
[7]
Named for a South Carolina city, this dance was all the rage
Charleston
Jim
|
$200
[21]
In this Disney film, 5 crows sing, "When I See An Elephant Fly"
Dumbo
Damien
|
$200
[23]
The antiknock characteristics of this fuel are indicated by its octane number
gasoline
Jim
|
$200
[3]
Ledra Marriott, Lycabettus, Divani Palace Acropolis
Athens
Helene
|
|
$300
[13]
Bernard Warkentin introduced the Turkey Red Winter variety of this grain to the state
wheat
Jim
|
$300
[17]
It's a formal high school dance, though its name is from a word for a walk
a prom
Helene
|
$300
[8]
In 1928 Ras Tafari was crowned King of Ethiopia & he was enthroned as emperor of Japan
Hirohito
Helene
Jim
|
$300
[27]
This "Sesame Street" character sings, "I love trash, anything dirty or dingy or dusty"
Oscar the Grouch
Helene
|
$300
[24]
The earliest forms of this writing fluid were compounded from lampblack, gum or glue, & water
ink
Damien
|
$300
[4]
Lafayette Hotel, Maison Dupuy, Pontchartrain Hotel
New Orleans
Damien
Jim
|
|
$400
[14]
This inventor of basketball was head of physical education at the University of Kansas 1898-1937
Naismith
Helene
|
$400
[18]
On January 20, 1993, President Clinton visited 11 of them
inauguration parties (inaugural balls)
Jim
|
$400
[9]
In 1924 Aleksei Rykov succeeded this man as premier of the Soviet Union
Lenin
Damien
|
$400
[28]
This character has "jelly beans for Tommy, colored eggs for Sister Sue"
Peter Cottontail
Jim
|
DD
$500
[25]
Hydrargyrum is the Latin name of this metal
mercury
Damien
|
$400
[5]
New Otani Hotel & Garden, Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Hollywood Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Damien
|
|
$500
[30]
In 1936 he received nearly 17 million votes for president but carried only 2 states
Alf Landon
Helene
|
$500
[19]
You'll hear a lot of burping at parties held to sell this houseware product
a Tupperware party
Helene
|
$500
[10]
Camille Saint-Saens & this composer of "Hansel and Gretel" both died in 1921
Humperdinck
Jim
|
$500
[29]
"On the Good Ship Lollipop", they "play on the sunny beach of Peppermint Bay"
bonbons
|
$500
[26]
Discovered in 1846, this liquid produces over 1,000 times its own volume in gas when exploded
nitroglycerin
Damien
|
$500
[6]
Summit Hotel, Hotel Shangrila, Yak & Yeti
Katmandu, (Nepal)
Jim
|
| CATHEDRALS | AMERICAN INDIANS | ACTRESSES | LITERATURE | QUOTATIONS | THE FAMILY BUSINESS |
|
$200
[7]
The nave of this New York cathedral has pews for about 3,000 worshipers
St. Patrick's
Damien
|
$200
[12]
In 1837 Osceola, a leader of this Florida tribe, was captured by government troops
the Seminole
Damien
|
$200
[6]
In 1995 this "Silence of the Lambs" star directed her second film, "Home for the Holidays"
Jodie Foster
Damien
|
$200
[13]
Of the 135 chapters in this 1851 novel, 12 are devoted to whales & whaling with no narrative
Moby-Dick
Helene
|
$200
[1]
He said, "The great society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind"
Lyndon Johnson
Helene
|
$200
[23]
In 1985 Bob Haas took this jeans company founded by his great- great-granduncle from public back to private
Levi Strauss
Helene
|
|
$400
[8]
Since 1578 this ancient piece of linen has been preserved & venerated in the cathedral of Turin
the Shroud of Turin
Helene
|
$400
[20]
A poignant marker stands at the South Dakota gravesite of the Sioux Indians killed here in 1890
Wounded Knee
Helene
|
$400
[14]
She's "that girl" in Phil Donahue's life
Marlo Thomas
Helene
|
$400
[18]
After escaping to Jackson's island, he meets Jim, a runaway slave
Huckleberry Finn
Helene
|
$400
[2]
At the Diet of Worms in 1521, he said, "Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me."
Martin Luther
Helene
|
$400
[24]
Donna Wolf Steigerwaldt is in the "Saddle" at this underwear maker
Jockey
Damien
|
|
$600
[9]
This London cathedral has Europe's second-largest dome, after Saint Peter's Basilica
St. Paul's
Damien
|
$600
[25]
The Algonquians lived in these dome-shaped dwellings often covered with reed mats
wigwams
Damien
Jim
|
$600
[15]
Discovered while performing with Billy Rose's Aquacade, she later became film's "Million Dollar Mermaid"
Esther Williams
Jim
|
$600
[19]
Adso of Melk assists William of Baskerville in this 1980 Umberto Eco murder mystery
The Name of the Rose
Damien
|
$600
[3]
On July 4, 1939 this ballplayer said, "I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth"
(Lou) Gehrig
Jim
|
$600
[28]
The Arisons run this cruise line whose fleet includes ships named Ecstasy, Fantasy & Celebration
Carnival (Cruise Lines)
Helene
|
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
This High Gothic masterpiece 55 miles southwest of Paris is the sixth church on the site
Chartres Cathedral
Damien
|
$800
[26]
A tribal group consisting of 6 nations, its name in its own language means "real adders"
the Iroquois
Damien
|
$800
[16]
In 1994 she & her husband Hume Cronyn received a Tony Award for their life work in theatre
Jessica Tandy
Helene
|
$800
[21]
This Dickens character works for the law firm of Spenlow & Jorkins & later becomes an author
David Copperfield
|
DD
$600
[4]
In June 1927 Charles Evans Hughes said he has "lifted us into the freer and upper air that is his home"
Lindbergh
Jim
|
$800
[29]
Type of business run by Jerry, Eileen, Bill & Katie Ford
a modeling agency
Helene
|
|
$1,000
[11]
You'll find Grossmunster Cathedral, where Zwingli first preached the Reformation, in this Swiss city
Zurich
Jim
|
$1,000
[27]
This tribe of Central Idaho was noted for breeding the Appaloosa horse
the Nez Perce
Damien
|
$1,000
[17]
Her 1967 film "Wait Until Dark" was produced by her then husband Mel Ferrer
Audrey Hepburn
Helene
|
$1,000
[22]
This first O. Henry novel was a collection of 19 narratives loosely tied together
Cabbages and Kings
|
$1,000
[5]
Andrew Carnegie said this financier "buys his partners; I grow my own"
J.P. Morgan
Helene
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1902 Bertha became head of this armament company after her father Friedrich's death
Krupp
Jim
|
This city called "The Mother of Russian Cities" is capital of a country other than Russia
Kiev