Jim Clevenger — an attorney and college professor originally from Battle Creek, Michigan
Linda O'Neill — a housewife from Bethesda, Maryland
Vince Pool — a registered respiratory therapist from Mobile, Alabama (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince | $1,700 | $3,300 | $6,500 |
$1,900
3rd place: Swintec fax machine |
$6,500
24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Linda | $1,100 | $1,600 | $7,600 |
$2,199
2nd place: La-Z-Boy sofa & love seat + RCA 27" TV |
$7,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Jim | $1,700 | $1,800 | $6,400 |
$11,400
New champion: $11,400 |
$6,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| 1966 | SPORTS | PREGNANCY & CHILD CARE | BODIES OF WATER | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS | "BLACK" & "WHITE" |
|
$100
[21]
Pope Paul VI issued an encyclical appealing to world leaders to end this conflict- didn't work
the Vietnam War
Linda
|
$100
[3]
In the Olympics men compete in the sabre, foil & epee events in this sport; women compete only in foil
Fencing
Vince
|
$100
[1]
Lanugo is a fine type of this sometimes seen on the forehead, shoulders & back of a newborn
hair
Linda
|
$100
[11]
Southampton Island is the largest island in this Canadian bay
Hudson Bay
Jim
|
$100
[17]
Though he received 19,742,267 votes in 1992, he won no electoral votes
Ross Perot
Vince
|
$100
[26]
Pirate Edward Teach
Blackbeard
Vince
|
|
$200
[22]
In February Australia switched its currency from pounds to these
dollars
Vince
|
$200
[7]
Pete Sampras was this sport's leading money winner in 1993 with earnings of $3,648,075
tennis
Vince
|
$200
[2]
Often caused by a virus, croup is an inflammation of this body part commonly called the voice box
the larynx
Jim
|
$200
[12]
Most of Maryland's rivers empty into this bay
the Chesapeake
Linda
|
$200
[18]
According to the World Almanac, he's the last president to win with "no opposition"
Washington
Linda
|
$200
[27]
This lowest grade of sugarcane molasses is what's left over after 3 boilings
blackstrap
Vince
|
|
$300
[23]
Her February 9 death meant that there were no more Red Hot Mamas
Sophie Tucker
Vince
Jim
|
$300
[8]
In bowling the widest possible split involves these 2 pins
the 7 & the 10
Vince
|
$300
[4]
In this diagnostic technique, fluid is withdrawn from the sac in which the fetus is developing
amniocentesis
Linda
|
$300
[13]
This river flows through the center of Minneapolis-St. Paul
the Mississippi
Vince
|
$300
[16]
In 1992 2,537 Nevadans cast their votes for this choice, an option available only in Nevada
none of the above
Jim
|
$300
[28]
In 1950 this future Supreme Court justice became resident counsel for the Mayo Clinic
Harry Blackmun
Vince
Linda
Jim
|
|
$400
[24]
On January 11 Indian PM Shastri died; on January 19 this person was elected by Parliament as the new PM
Indira Gandhi
Linda
Jim
|
$400
[9]
In 1987-88 this school's Jayhawks basketball team lost 11 games, the most by any NCAA champion
Kansas University
Vince
|
$400
[5]
A type of red birthmark on the eyelid, forehead or neck is named for this bird associated with childbirth
the stork
Vince
|
$400
[14]
Rivers in this state include the Catawba, Roanoke & Cape Fear
North Carolina
Jim
|
$400
[19]
He was the last presidential candidate to carry 49 states
Ronald Reagan
Vince
|
$400
[29]
James Cagney's dying words in this 1949 film were "Made it, Ma! Top of the World!"
White Heat
Vince
Linda
|
|
$500
[25]
When it became independent in 1966, it dropped the "British" from its name & changed an "I" to a "Y"
Guyana
Linda
|
$500
[10]
In 1989 the Dallas Cowboys chose this UCLA quarterback as the No. 1 draft pick
(Troy) Aikman
Jim
|
$500
[6]
Don't give baby this analgesic, since its use is associated with Reye's syndrome
aspirin
Jim
|
$500
[15]
State in which you'd find Lobster Lake & the Penobscot River
Maine
Linda
|
DD
$500
[20]
After Spiro Agnew he was the next vice-presidential nominee on a Republican presidential ticket
Robert Dole
Vince
|
$500
[30]
This war named for a Sauk leader was the last U.S.-Indian conflict in the Northwest Territory
the Black Hawk War
Vince
|
| THE WILD WEST | PHILOSOPHY | DANCERS | LANGUAGES | FAMOUS 19th CENTURY NAMES | IN THEIR 80s |
|
$200
[21]
One rumor says this outlaw escaped Pat Garrett, changed his name to Ollie & lived until 1950
Billy the Kid
Vince
Jim
|
$200
[12]
This Greek wrote his dialogues to help men understand the good life & to goad them into living it
Plato
Linda
|
$200
[2]
This dancer-choreographer is the most famous Twyla we know
(Twyla) Tharp
Linda
|
$200
[1]
Some 300,000 people of this country speak an Indian language called Mixtec
Mexico
Vince
|
$200
[4]
Poet John Keats' brother lost all his money in a scheme by this "Birds of America" painter
Audubon
Vince
|
$200
[8]
This patriot & silversmith wore Revolutionary War-era outfits until his death at age 83 in 1818
Paul Revere
Vince
|
|
$400
[22]
This judge opened a saloon in Vinegaroon, then renamed the town Langtry
Judge Roy Bean
Jim
|
$400
[13]
The axiom "Cogito, Ergo Sum", "I think, therefore I am", is his most famous formulation
Descartes
Vince
|
$400
[24]
This late Dame Commander of the British Empire narrated the BBC TV series "The Magic Of Dance"
Margot Fonteyn
Vince
|
$400
[3]
Still spoken by many Amish, Pennsylvania Dutch is a dialect of this language
German
Vince
|
$400
[5]
This poetic pair eloped in 1846, moved to Italy & had a son called Pen in 1849
the Brownings
Linda
|
$400
[9]
In 1840 at age 82, he supervised the publication of his dictionary's second edition
(Noah) Webster
Vince
|
|
$600
[23]
She could hit a dime tossed into the air 90 feet away from her
Annie Oakley
Linda
|
$600
[16]
In 1918 this future British earl & co-author of "Principia Mathematica" was jailed for his radical pacifism
Bertrand Russell
Jim
|
$600
[27]
La Argentina & Argentinita were 2 of the most famous performers of this Andalusian gypsy dance
the flamenco
Vince
|
$800
[7]
Resembling Malay & Indonesian, Malagasy is spoken throughout this island country
Madagascar
Vince
|
$600
[15]
In 1864 this family opened a factory they named Nitroglycerin, Inc.
Nobel
Jim
|
$600
[10]
This 86-year-old delivered his "The Gift Outright" at JFK's inauguration
Robert Frost
Linda
|
|
$800
[26]
This gunslinger was sometimes known as "Duck Bill" because he had a long nose & a protruding lip
Wild Bill Hickok
Vince
|
$800
[17]
This term for the philosophical movement of Emerson, Ripley, Thoreau & others was first used derisively
Transcendentalism
|
$800
[28]
This late Black dancer & choreographer founded his American dance theater in 1958
(Alvin) Ailey
Jim
|
$1,000
[11]
In 1991 Turkey lifted its ban on this minority language
Kurdish
Vince
Linda
Jim
|
$800
[19]
Abraham Lincoln offered this Italian patriot a command in the U.S. Army
Garibaldi
Linda
|
$800
[14]
At 82 in 1969 he staged a Broadway revival of "Three Men on a Horse", which he 1st staged in 1935
George Abbott
|
|
$1,000
[29]
This Wild West horse thief with a glamorous name was dubbed the "female Robin Hood" by the press
Belle Starr
Linda
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
The name of this philosophy that began in 19th century Russia comes from the Latin for "nothing"
nihilism
Jim
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1914 these married ballroom dancers published a book of instruction called "Modern Dancing"
the Castles
Linda
|
DD
$1,200
[6]
It's the only Semitic language that's an official language of the U.N.
Arabic
Linda
|
$1,000
[20]
The May 8, 1898 Globe-Democrat touted his "Victory... Americans control Manila Bay"
Dewey
Jim
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1826 at age 80 he resigned as court painter in Spain
Goya
Linda
Jim
|
Famous story that contains the line "I wish I may never hear of the United States again!"
The Man Without a Country