Tina Kaidanow — a Ph.D. candidate from Lutherville, Maryland
Hanson Yoo — an insurance auditor originally from Seoul, Korea
David Kraut — a writer from Roosevelt Island, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $1,400 | $3,600 | $7,200 |
$7,200
2-day champion: $15,001 |
$7,200
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Hanson | $1,500 | $2,100 | $2,700 |
$0
3rd place: Wallace Silversmiths candelabra + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis |
$2,700
10 R, 2 W |
| Tina | $1,000 | $1,300 | $2,800 |
$0
2nd place: trip to Hershey, Pennsylvania |
$5,700
20 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs) |
| DEM BONES | MOVIE MONSTERS | 20th CENTURY TRIVIA | U.S. CITIES | ILLEGAL LINGO | COOKING "A", "B", "C"s |
|
$100
[26]
It might "amuse" you to know that this bone extends from the shoulder to the elbow
the humerus
David
Tina
|
$100
[4]
Opponents of this Japanese monster have included Megalon, The Smog Monster & Mothra
Godzilla
Tina
|
$100
[2]
This term for the backward ticking off of seconds to a launch came into use in the 20th c.
a countdown
Tina
|
$100
[1]
This city's seal features a canoe and diamond head, among other items
Honolulu
Hanson
Tina
|
$100
[16]
Part of the body that's "greased" with a bribe
the palm
David
|
$100
[21]
The most popular type of this fruity dessert is Apple Brown
a Betty
David
Tina
|
|
$200
[27]
The occipital & temporal bones form a large portion of this structure
the skull
Tina
|
$200
[5]
This creeping ooze was incapacitated when Steve McQueen & others froze it
The Blob
David
|
$200
[3]
He headed the Prohibition unit nicknamed "The Untouchables"
Eliot Ness
Hanson
|
$200
[12]
City in which you'd find Pontchartrain Park & Louis Armstrong Park
New Orleans
Hanson
|
$200
[17]
This term for an illegal item came from smuggling liquor in footwear
bootleg
Hanson
|
$200
[22]
Cookbooks advise sticking 3 or 4 of these spice buds in an onion to flavor meat dishes
clove
David
|
|
$300
[28]
This bony ring that supports the head is named for the mythical Titan who held up the heavens
the atlas
David
|
$300
[6]
In Michael Landon's first film, he played a teenage one
a werewolf
Tina
|
$300
[9]
These small food packets for soldiers were named for Ancel Keys, who devised them
K-rations
Hanson
|
$300
[13]
This East Coast city's Beacon Hill once served as a signaling station for ships
Boston
David
|
$300
[18]
It's the process of making illegally-gained money look legitimate
laundering
David
Tina
|
$300
[23]
The tomato type of this gelatin salad can be made with canned tomato juice
aspic
David
|
|
$400
[29]
This lower jaw bone is the largest facial bone
the mandible
Hanson
|
$400
[7]
This monster was born Imhotep, the high priest of the Temple of the Sun
a Mummy
Tina
|
$400
[10]
This comic strip boxer who first appeared in 1928 lent his name to any simple, lovable person
Joe Palooka
Hanson
|
$400
[14]
This city's Golden Triangle is formed at the confluence of the Allegheny & Monongahela Rivers
Pittsburgh
David
|
$400
[19]
It's a bribe made to a DJ to get a certain recording played
payola
Tina
|
$400
[24]
This fish paste is often combined with butter & seasonings & spread over broiled steak
anchovy paste
|
|
$500
[30]
Named for their shapes, the stirrup & these 2 bones connect the eardrum to the inner ear
the hammer & the anvil
David
|
$500
[8]
Kevin Peter Hall played the title monster in this 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger film
the Predator
Hanson
Tina
|
$500
[11]
In 1987 surrogate mother Mary Beth Whitehead's baby was code-named this
Baby M
Tina
|
DD
$500
[15]
A federal office building named for Strom Thurmond was completed in this state capital in 1979
Columbia, South Carolina
David
|
$500
[20]
2-word slang term for the central location of telephone scam salesmen
a boiler room
David
|
$500
[25]
These fruits, often mistaken for huckleberries, make wonderful jams, pies & muffins
blueberries
|
| VIETNAM | FAMOUS NAMES | RELIGION | MUSIC | PLANTS & TREES | AMERICAN AUTHORS |
|
$200
[1]
"Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom" is written above his Hanoi tomb
Ho Chi Minh
Tina
|
$200
[18]
To discourage drug use among kids, this First Lady appeared on the sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes"
Nancy Reagan
Tina
|
$200
[13]
The Catholic prayer "Hail Mary" is known as this in Latin
Ave Maria
David
|
$200
[23]
The orchestration for his "Porgy and Bess" includes a part for banjo
Gershwin
Hanson
|
$200
[11]
Forked hazel branches are used as divining rods to find this
water
David
|
$200
[6]
In 1980 "The Shining" was 1 of 3 of his books on the N.Y. Times bestseller lists at the same time
Stephen King
Tina
|
|
$400
[2]
In May Vietnam celebrates the defeat of this country's forces at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu
France
David
|
$400
[19]
Some of his nicknames were "Long Tom", "The Apostle of Liberty" & "The Sage of Monticello"
Thomas Jefferson
David
|
$400
[14]
Used in Jewish ritual, a shofar is this
a ram's horn
Tina
|
$400
[28]
Frederick Shepherd Converse's "Flivver 10,000,000" celebrated this company's 10 millionth car
Ford
Tina
|
$400
[12]
This houseplant that forms plantlets at the ends of its stems is named for its arachnid appearance
a spider plant
Tina
|
$400
[7]
From 1840 to 1846, this "Rip Van Winkle" author served as U.S. minister to Spain
Washington Irving
Tina
|
|
$600
[3]
This holiday begins on the first new moon of the lunar calendar
Tet
David
|
$600
[20]
From 1960 to 1972, this North Carolina senator worked for the parent company of the Tobacco Radio Network
Jesse Helms
Tina
|
$800
[17]
In Islam the waging of these "holy wars" can be fulfilled by the heart, tongue, hand or sword
jihads
Tina
|
$600
[29]
"Rule," this place! Comes from T.A. Arne's 1740 masque "Alfred"
Britannia
David
|
$600
[30]
It's the kind of fruit that grows on the tree whose scientific name is Prunus americana
a plum
Hanson
|
$600
[8]
His 1951 work, "Return to Paradise" was a volume of stories & essays about the South Pacific
Michener
David
|
|
$800
[4]
There are 2 great river systems in Vietnam: the Red River in the north & this in the south
the Mekong
Tina
|
$1,000
[22]
This Hull House founder shared the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize with Nicholas Murray Butler
Jane Addams
David
|
$1,000
[16]
2 of the 3 gods that make up the Hindu Trinity called the Trimurti
(2 of) Brahma, Vishnu, or Shiva
Tina
|
$800
[26]
A special high-pitched type of trumpet is named for this composer of "The Art of Fugue"
(Johann Sebastian) Bach
Hanson
|
$800
[27]
The Sitka, which can grow 200 feet high, is the largest species of this evergreen
a spruce
David
|
$800
[9]
After years as a playwright, he wrote his first novel, "The Young Lions", in 1948
(Irwin) Shaw
David
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Located 64 miles east of Hanoi, this is Northern Vietnam's most important port
Haiphong
David
Hanson
|
DD
$1,200
[21]
Sophia Birchard was this president's mother
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
Tina
|
DD
$1,700
[15]
Since 1830 this text has appeared in over 20 languages, including the Deseret alphabet
The Book of Mormon
Tina
|
$1,000
[24]
Haydn's 1798 mass in D minor is thought to celebrate his victory in the Battle of the Nile
Lord Nelson
Tina
|
$1,000
[25]
The name of this climbing plant means "lover of trees"
Philodendron
David
|
$1,000
[10]
In 1939 this "Tobacco Road" author married photographer Margaret Bourke-White; the union lasted 3 years
Erskine Caldwell
|
Henry Hudson named this island for the Dutch legislature
Staten Island