Barry Sackin — a school food services director from Temecula, California
Jeanne Nelka — a library technician from Alexandria, Virginia
Russ Woodford — a guidance counselor from Sharpsburg, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,998)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ | $600 | $1,800 | $8,300 |
$7,199
2-day champion: $13,197 |
$10,800
25 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Jeanne | $400 | $1,200 | $2,800 |
$800
2nd place: Dynamark home security & fire protection system + Hammerman rings |
$2,800
11 R, 3 W |
| Barry | $400 | $1,200 | $4,700 |
$400
3rd place: Trimble GPS system |
$4,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| TENNESSEE | MUSICAL THEATRE | FYI | WAR | LIBRARIES | FRACTIONS |
|
$100
[6]
During the '40s the city of Oak Ridge was the headquarters of this "project" that built the 1st atomic bomb
the Manhattan Project
Russ
|
$100
[3]
In "Finian's Rainbow", a leprechaun comes to America to find a stolen crock of this
gold
Jeanne
|
$100
[17]
Medical experts say this deli standard really can help cure a cold; Mom knew it all along
chicken soup
Russ
|
$100
[1]
The Third Seminole War erupted in this state in 1855
Florida
Jeanne
|
$100
[2]
N. Pearlroth, researcher for "Ripley's Believe It Or Not", used this library at 42nd St. & 5th Ave. for 52 years
the New York City Public Library
Barry
|
$100
[26]
A month is this fraction of a year
1/12
Russ
|
|
$200
[7]
Blazed by Daniel Boone, it was one of the earliest routes into Tennessee
the Wilderness Road (or the Wilderness Route)
Russ
Jeanne
|
$200
[4]
A line in "Le Morte d'Arthur" about the "Lusty Month of May" apparently inspired a song in this musical
Camelot
Barry
|
$200
[18]
On the average, one of these lasts 6 seconds; ho-hum
a yawn
Russ
|
$200
[13]
He was forced to abdicate in 1815, near the end of the Hundred Days
Napoleon
Russ
|
$200
[12]
Virginia's 1st public library opened in 1794 in this city that shares its name with an Egyptian library site
Alexandria
Russ
|
$200
[27]
A nickel is this fraction of a dollar
1/20
Russ
|
|
$300
[8]
A museum at the Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton has many items relating to this famous 1925 trial
the Scopes trial
Jeanne
|
$300
[5]
This mad Russian monk was the unlikely subject of a 1987 Australian musical
Rasputin
Russ
|
$300
[19]
It takes about 20 gallons of water to do this after-dinner chore by hand; by machine, it's about 10
wash dishes
Jeanne
|
$300
[14]
At the time of Plymouth's founding in America, Europe was beginning this semi-long war
the Thirty Years War
Barry
|
$300
[23]
Fulton, Missouri is the site of a memorial & library devoted to this British statesman
(Winston) Churchill
Russ
|
$300
[28]
A degree is this fraction of a circle
1/360
Russ
|
|
$400
[9]
Clingmans Dome, the state's highest point, is located in this national park
(Great) Smoky Mountain(s) National Park
Barry
|
$400
[10]
Bebe Neuwirth, who played Lilith on "Cheers", starred as Lola in a recent revival of this Broadway musical
Damn Yankees
Barry
|
$400
[20]
For Americans in 1992, this rose to a record 75.7 years
life expectancy
Barry
|
$400
[15]
In 32 B.C. Octavian went to war against this man, his ex-brother-in-law
Mark Antony
Jeanne
Barry
|
$500
[25]
Opened on November 8, 1602, this Oxford University library was Europe's first public library
the Bodleian
Jeanne
|
$400
[29]
A steed used for racing distances of 1,320 feet
a quarter horse
Barry
|
|
$500
[22]
Tennessee is a leading producer of this metal used to coat iron & steel
zinc
|
$500
[11]
Colonel Fairfax is a prisoner at the Tower of London in this Gilbert & Sullivan operetta
Yeomen of the Guard
Jeanne
|
$500
[21]
The recommended procedure to aid an adult choking victim; a slap on the back is no longer advised
the Heimlich maneuver
Russ
|
$500
[16]
In 1806 a civil war began in Haiti after the murder of this emperor
Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Jacques I)
|
DD
$1,000
[24]
The State Library of New South Wales in this city has one of the world's richest collections of Australiana
Sydney
Russ
|
$500
[30]
.125 is the decimal equivalent of this fraction
1/8
Russ
|
| HISTORY | REGIONAL WINDS | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | MOSCOW | CRIME TIME | QUOTABLE WOMEN |
|
$200
[2]
In 1961 this Cuban leader said he had always been a Marxist-Leninist & would be one until he died
Fidel Castro
Barry
|
$200
[7]
A purga is a wind that's common in this season in Siberia
winter
Jeanne
|
$200
[17]
Heineken & Philips are headquartered in this European country
the Netherlands
Jeanne
|
$200
[11]
Moscow has 4 large ones of these; most foreigners arrive at Sheremetyevo 2
airports
Barry
|
$200
[12]
He committed murders in the Whitechapel area of London between August & November 1888
Jack the Ripper
Russ
|
$200
[1]
Of the Clarence Thomas hearings, she said, "I would have preferred not to endure what I endured"
Anita Hill
Russ
|
|
$400
[3]
In 1215 Genghis Khan captured this city, the last Chin stronghold in northern China
Peking
|
$400
[10]
Moving north from the equator, the wind belts run: the Trades, the Westerlies & these
the easterlies
|
$400
[18]
Founded as a milk producer in 1866, it added Nescafe & Nestea to its line in this century
Nestle
Russ
|
$400
[22]
In 1993, after 69 years, the guard was removed from in front of his Red Square mausoleum
Lenin
Barry
|
$400
[13]
The Four Deuces was one of the "pleasure" joints run by his mob in Chicago
Capone
Russ
|
$400
[8]
As well as "We are not amused", she said, "We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat"
Queen Victoria
Jeanne
|
|
$600
[4]
Also called Lacedaemon, this once powerful Greek city-state was destroyed by the Visigoths in 396
Sparta
Barry
|
$600
[29]
The Williwaw blows straight through this South American strait
the Magellan Strait
Russ
|
$600
[19]
In 1984 Hallmark bought Binney & Smith, makers of this brand of crayons
Crayola
Russ
|
$600
[23]
A titanium obelisk in Moscow commemorates this first artificial earth satellite
Sputnik
Russ
|
$600
[14]
On May 31, 1994 this Congressman was charged with 17 felonies, including fraud & embezzlement
Rostenkowski
Barry
|
$600
[9]
Her poem No. 324 begins, "Some keep the sabbath going to church—I keep it, staying at home"
Emily Dickinson
Russ
|
|
$800
[5]
This "plan" to provide financial aid to European countries after WWII was announced at Harvard in 1947
the Marshall Plan
Russ
|
$800
[28]
It's Southern California's famous hot, dry wind
the Santa Ana
Russ
|
$800
[20]
Among the artifacts found in this chain's restaurants are Elvis' motorcycle & Ringo Starr's snare drum
Hard Rock Cafe
Jeanne
|
$800
[24]
This famous opera & ballet house is on Teatralnaya Square
the Bolshoi
Barry
|
DD
$700
[15]
On March 23, 1994, in Tijuana, this party's candidate for president, Luis Donaldo Colosio, was assassinated
the PRI
Barry
|
$800
[26]
This Pakistani prime minister said, "Every dictator uses religion... to keep himself in power"
(Benazir) Bhutto
Russ
|
|
DD
$1,500
[6]
Over 20,000 Huguenots are believed to have died during this 1572 massacre that began in Paris
the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre
Russ
|
$1,000
[30]
This hot, dust-laden wind blows from the Libyan desert into Italy
the Sirocco
Russ
|
$1,000
[21]
This company's chips supply the brains for about 85% of all desktop computers
Intel
Barry
|
$1,000
[25]
The state art gallery is situated on the edge of this famous park in central Moscow
Gorky
Russ
|
$1,000
[16]
The 1906 case of Chester Gillette drowning his girlfriend inspired this Theodore Dreiser book
An American Tragedy
Jeanne
Barry
|
$1,000
[27]
In "Adam Bede" she wrote, "I'm not denyin' the women are foolish: God almighty made 'em to match the men"
George Eliot
Jeanne
|
The name of this common apple variety probably refers to its growth from seeds rather than by grafting
the pippin