Game entered from audiorecording.
Molly Redfield — a Ph.D. candidate from Claremont, California
Garrison Osburn — a travel agent from Dallas, Texas
Mark Wasley — a computer consultant from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 3-day cash winnings total $47,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | $600 | $1,800 | $6,600 |
$0
3rd place: Maytag Jetclean dishwasher + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger |
$6,600
17 R, 1 W |
| Garrison | $2,200 | $2,300 | $900 |
$2
2nd place: Orrefors stemware + Michael C. Fina 5-piece buffet service + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger |
$5,900
16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Molly | $500 | $3,600 | $10,700 |
$8,100
New champion: $8,100 |
$8,100
22 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| 1990 | AESOP'S FABLES | TRAVEL & TOURISM | MEDICINE | POTLUCK | MUSICAL DOUBLETALK |
|
$100
[26]
Congress approved not a one, not a two, but $500,000 to renovate this bandleader's birthplace
Lawrence Welk
Mark
|
$100
[17]
Every time the boy cried this, the villagers came to help him until he was really in trouble
wolf
Molly
|
$100
[16]
This London intersection may have gotten its name from the lace collars or pickadels sold there
Piccadilly Circus
Garrison
|
$100
[1]
Victims of heart disease tend to have high levels of this fatty compound in their blood
cholesterol
Molly
|
$100
[9]
Pfeffernusse are Christmas cookies whose name comes from this ingredient unusual in cookies
pepper
Mark
|
$100
[3]
The words Nanette hates to hear in the title song of the 1923 musical
no, no
Molly
|
|
$200
[27]
Rolling Stone reported this group's album went gold in one week, though you could buy it only at Pizza Huts
the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Garrison
|
$200
[18]
In some versions, he's quoted as saying "Slow & steady wins the race"
the tortoise
Mark
|
$200
[19]
You can take a 1,000-mile excursion on this river from Belem to Manaus
the Amazon
Mark
|
$200
[2]
What we call the common one can be caused by some 200 different viruses
the cold
Garrison
|
$200
[10]
In Monopoly these two rolls of the dice can be made only by getting doubles
12 & 2
Mark
|
$200
[5]
It's what The Everly Brothers said to love in the title of their first Top 10 hit
bye, bye
Molly
|
|
$300
[28]
Hours after this man resigned, a surprised Gorbachev said he had been planning to makehim vice president
Shevardnadze
Molly
|
$300
[23]
It was killed to get all the gold it could give, but when opened, it had nothing inside
the goose (that laid the golden eggs)
Mark
|
$300
[20]
To make a local telephone call in this European country deposit 150 zloty & dial
Poland
Molly
|
$300
[4]
To steady an irregular heartbeat, a surgeon may implant one of these devices
a pacemaker
Garrison
|
$300
[11]
The home of the Williamson West Virginia Chamber of Commerce has walls made of this fuel
coal
Mark
|
$300
[6]
The university's fight song urges us to do this for old Notre Dame
cheer, cheer
Garrison
|
|
$400
[29]
Among the colors retired from its 64 count box were raw umber, orange yellow, & violet blue
Crayola
Mark
|
$400
[24]
2-word phrase for something disparaged because it's beyond one's reach, from an Aesop fable
sour grapes
Molly
|
$400
[21]
In this European country, ice cream stores are called gelaterias
Italy
Garrison
|
$400
[14]
In the U.S. the blood type indicated by this letter is most common
O
Garrison
|
$400
[12]
The fold of cloth that covers a garment fastening such as a zipper
a fly
Molly
|
$400
[7]
The Mamas & the Papas found this day so good to me, it was in their title twice
Monday, Monday
Garrison
|
|
$500
[30]
Two of the three men who were world heavyweight boxing champs in 1990
(2 of) Mike Tyson & Buster Douglas (or Evander Holyfield)
Garrison
Molly
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
After pretending to be one of these, the jay was told it is not only fine feathers that make fine birds
the peacock
Molly
|
$500
[22]
One of the highlights in visiting this kingdom is Everest National Park
Nepal
Molly
|
$500
[15]
Alcoholism & viral hepatitis are responsible for most cases of this liver disease in the United States
cirrhosis
Garrison
|
$500
[13]
A Tuskegee Alabama monument shows this educator lifting the veil of ignorance from a freed slave
Booker T. Washington
Molly
|
$500
[8]
The title noise the Nash Rambler makes in the 1958 novelty tune
beep, beep
|
| NOVELS | LAW | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES | MASSACHUSETTS | WORLD HISTORY | BIRTHPLACES |
|
$200
[7]
In this autobiographical novel Dickens based Mr. Micawber on his own father
David Copperfield
Molly
|
$200
[6]
It can be defined as action taken to prevent harm to one's property as well as one's person
self-defense
Molly
|
$200
[1]
In French, it not only means the art of cooking but the kitchen where one does it
cuisine
Garrison
|
$200
[22]
This hook-shaped peninsula was named for the fish caught off its shores
Cape Cod
Molly
|
$200
[12]
In 1976, Pol Pot became prime minister of the new communist government in this country
Cambodia
Garrison
|
$200
[17]
Newsman & "Nightline" host who was born in Lancashire, England
Ted Koppel
Molly
|
|
$600
[9]
His fictional bios include "Lust for Life" about van Gogh and "The Agony & the Ecstasy" about Michelangelo
(Irving) Stone
Mark
|
$400
[24]
Meaning "under penalty", it is a writ commanding one's appearance in court
a subpoena
Molly
|
$400
[2]
This state's name means "snow covered" in Spanish; its Sierra Mountains look like that each winter
Nevada
Mark
|
$400
[23]
This National Football League team plays its home games in Foxboro
the Patriots
Mark
|
$400
[13]
17th century explorers found ruins of the Norse settlement founded by Erik the Red here around 985
Greenland
Mark
Molly
|
$400
[18]
Anna Magnani & Omar Sharif were both born in this second largest city in Egypt
Alexandria
Molly
|
|
$800
[10]
In the 1975 E.L. Doctorow novel, Coalhouse Walker plays this title type of music
ragtime
Garrison
|
$600
[25]
A criminal's accomplice, before the fact or after the fact
an accessory
|
$600
[3]
This word placed after the name is the Japanese equivalent of Mr., Miss & Mrs.
san
Mark
|
$600
[28]
Every year on the third Sunday in April, lanterns are hung in this Boston building steeple
the Old North Church
Garrison
|
$600
[14]
Driven out of China by the Mongols in the 13th century, they came back in 1644 & established the Qing Dynasty
the Manchurians
Mark
|
$600
[19]
Born in Petrovichi, USSR, he has written over 300 books including "I, Robot"
Asimov
Mark
|
|
$1,000
[11]
Just like magic,"Hocus Pocus" became a bestseller for him in 1990
Kurt Vonnegut
Garrison
|
$800
[26]
It refers to someone who would stoop to settling on someone else's land without permission
a squatter
Molly
|
$800
[4]
The profession of a German "Kapellmeister"
the choirmaster
Molly
|
$1,000
[30]
You can ride the USA's oldest operating carousel when visiting this island, the state's largest
Martha's Vineyard
Mark
|
$800
[15]
Sir Martin Frobisher was encouraged by Elizabeth I to conduct a search for this route
the Northwest Passage
Mark
Molly
|
$800
[20]
He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia & founded the Thomas Road Baptist Church there
Jerry Falwell
Garrison
|
|
DD
$2,500
[8]
The two countries that fought the war in "War and Peace"
Russia & France
Molly
|
$1,000
[27]
From the Latin for "to change", it's not a pardon, but a change that lessens the severity of a sentence
commute (commutation)
Garrison
|
$1,000
[5]
It means "dark chamber" in Latin, especially the one in which inverted images can be seen
a camera obscura
Mark
|
DD
$5,000
[29]
The 2 U.S. presidents in the second half of this century born in Massachusetts
John Kennedy & George Bush
Garrison
|
$1,000
[16]
Chilean army general who led the coup that overthrew Allende
(Augusto) Pinochet
Molly
|
$1,000
[21]
Though we don't know where he lives now, this "Gravity's Rainbow" author was born in Glen Cove, New York
Thomas Pynchon
Garrison
|
This survivor of WWII's Bataan Death March went on to become a world leader
Ferdinand Marcos