Adele Keyes Homer — a homemaker from Middletown, New York
Carole Lord — a systems consultant from Ocean, New Jersey
Craig Savel — a data processor from Flushing, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig | $500 | $2,700 | $4,500 |
$9,000
2nd place: Gibson 3-piece kitchen with refrigerator/freezer, gas range & portable dishwasher + Aristokraft moveable kitchen island work center with butcher block top, slide-out cutting board & silverware drawer |
$4,500
13 R, 3 W |
| Carole | $1,700 | $3,000 | $11,000 |
$10,000
New champion: $10,000 |
$10,800
21 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Adele | $1,100 | $1,900 | $2,300 |
$2,000
3rd place: Corning Ware 35th anniversary products + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the 16-bit Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis system |
$1,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| 1876 | PATs & PATRICKs | WEIGHTS & MEASURES | STATE SEALS | IN THE SKY | PROVERBS |
|
$100
[23]
Custer made his last stand on June 25 when he & his men were killed in this battle
Little Big Horn
Craig
|
$100
[5]
He spun records as a DJ in Vietnam before taking a spin as the host of "Wheel of Fortune"
Pat Sajak
Adele
|
$100
[13]
In his Gettysburg Address, it's how Abraham Lincoln referred to 87 years
four score and seven
Carole
|
$100
[18]
Hawaii's seal includes a representation of this mythical bird rising from flames
the phoenix
Adele
|
$100
[1]
It's the electrical discharge visible between clouds
lightning
Craig
|
$100
[3]
This "is endless, restless and useless" & it "killed the cat"
curiosity
Adele
|
|
$200
[24]
His classification system for library books & pamphlets was made public in a 42-page booklet
Dewey
Carole
|
$200
[9]
In 1776 this orator became the Commonwealth of Virginia's first governor
Patrick Henry
Adele
|
$200
[14]
An old liquid measure called a pottle was equal to this many quarts; so is 1/2 a gallon
2 quarts
Craig
Adele
|
$200
[19]
A grizzly bear stands next to the goddess Minerva on this state's seal
California
Adele
|
$200
[2]
Musically speaking, she's "the girl with kaleidoscope eyes"
Lucy in the Sky (with Diamonds)
Adele
|
$200
[4]
This may be "the best policy" but it's also "praised and starves"
honesty
Carole
|
|
$300
[25]
During the year, Princeton brought out the Princetonian & Harvard launched this humor magazine
The Harvard Lampoon
Craig
|
$300
[10]
In June 1993 the nation mourned this first lady who died at 81
Pat Nixon
Carole
|
$300
[15]
You don't have to be a P.I. to figure out that it holds twice as much as the average champagne bottle
a magnum
Craig
|
$300
[28]
A granite boulder on this state's seal symbolizes its rugged terrain
New Hampshire
Craig
|
$400
[21]
Soaring in wide circles at immense heights, these carrion eaters come in turkey & black varieties
vultures
Adele
|
$300
[6]
This "seldom knocks twice"
opportunity
Carole
|
|
$400
[26]
Archibald Willard celebrated America's birthday with this painting of 2 drummers & a fife player
The Spirit of '76
Adele
|
$400
[11]
This New York Knicks center helped the U.S. Olympic team to victory in 1984 & 1992
Patrick Ewing
Craig
|
$400
[16]
In cooking a dash is a few drops & this is a few grains
a pinch
Craig
|
$400
[29]
A 5-pointed star on this state's seal displays symbols of the Five Civilized Tribes
Oklahoma
Adele
|
$500
[22]
It's the U.S. Navy's aerial acrobatic team
the Blue Angels
Carole
Adele
|
$400
[7]
A rhyming proverb says "care brings gray" this
hair
Carole
|
|
$500
[27]
"Girls" began waiting tables at a Topeka Railroad Depot restaurant, the 1st of many owned by this man
(Fred) Harvey
Carole
|
$500
[12]
After it was filmed, his novel "The Prince of Tides" became a bestseller for the second time
Pat Conroy
Adele
|
$500
[17]
In India a lac equals 100,000 units, especially these monetary units
a rupee
Craig
|
$500
[30]
On Ohio's seal, a sun rising over the mountains shows that it was the first state west of this range
the Alleghenies
Craig
|
DD
$800
[20]
It's the only sign of the zodiac that has paws
Leo (the Lion)
Adele
|
$500
[8]
This "grease gives the best polish"
elbow
Carole
|
| HISTORY | SCIENCE | REAL NAMES ON THE MARQUEE | TRANSFORMATIONS | SHAKESPEARE |
|
$200
[12]
In July 1959 he quit as premier of Cuba in order to remove the president
Fidel Castro
Adele
|
$200
[4]
An 1859 work by this scientist was subtitled "The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life"
Darwin
Craig
Adele
|
$200
[1]
Mary Frances Reynolds & Eldred Peck in "How the West Was Won"
Debbie Reynolds & Gregory Peck
Adele
|
$200
[17]
A drug transforms this man into the evil Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll
Adele
|
$200
[7]
Petruchio refers to this lady when he says, "I will not sleep, Hortensio, till I see her"
Kate
Carole
|
|
$400
[13]
In 1963 the Transkei became the first of this country's self-governing "homelands"
South Africa
Craig
|
$600
[22]
In 1922 this British archaeologist sponsored by Lord Carnarvon discovered King Tut's tomb
Howard Carter
|
$400
[2]
Harry Lillis Crosby & William Joseph Shields in "Going My Way"
Bing Crosby & Barry Fitzgerald
Carole
|
$400
[18]
Everything he touched turned into gold, not mufflers
Midas
Carole
|
$400
[8]
It completes the line from "Twelfth Night", "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have..."
greatness thrust upon 'em
Carole
|
|
$600
[14]
The U.S. accused this Libyan leader of the April 5, 1986 bombing of a West Berlin discotheque
Qaddafi
Carole
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
This artery starts in the pelvis & runs 2/3 of the way down the thigh
the femoral artery
Carole
|
$600
[3]
Natasha Gurdin & Rosita Dolores Alverio in "West Side Story"
Natalie Wood & Rita Moreno
Craig
|
$600
[19]
Jesus turned water into wine & Circe turned Odysseus' men into these
swine
Carole
|
$600
[9]
Disguised as a lawyer, she tells Shylock, "The quality of mercy is not strained"
Portia
Carole
|
|
$800
[15]
In 1954 France permanently withdrew from this territory now divided among Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia
Indochina
Craig
|
$1,000
[24]
The digits on an LED clock or calculator are formed by these, hence the term LED
light-emitting diode
Craig
|
$800
[5]
Archibald Leach & Sofia Scicolone in "Houseboat"
Cary Grant & Sophia Loren
Craig
Adele
|
$800
[20]
In this author's "The Metamorphosis", Gregor turns into a giant insect
Kafka
Carole
|
$800
[10]
This comedy's "All the world's a stage" speech compares an unwilling schoolboy to a creeping snail
As You Like It
Adele
|
|
$1,000
[16]
Around 547 B.C. this "Great" Persian king conquered Croesus & his kingdom of Lydia
Cyrus (the Great)
Carole
|
— |
$1,000
[6]
Doris Kappelhoff & Roy Scherer, Jr. in "Pillow Talk"
Doris Day & Rock Hudson
Carole
|
$1,000
[21]
He sculpted Galatea, a statue brought to life by Aphrodite
Pygmalion
Carole
|
$1,000
[11]
This friar gives Juliet a potion that puts her into a deathlike slumber for 42 hours
Friar Laurence
|
They make up the second-largest order of mammals, Chiroptera
bats