Kim Story — an actor and singer originally from Memphis, Tennessee
Mike Stewart — a computer sales executive from El Cerrito, California
Bob Majeska — a research scientist from Danbury, Connecticut (whose 4-day cash winnings total $33,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob | $1,700 | $3,200 | $9,800 |
$399
3rd place: trip to Palm Springs & stay at the Ingleside Inn + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis |
$9,600
21 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Mike | $1,000 | $2,000 | $9,600 |
$19,100
New champion: $19,100 |
$9,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Kim | $300 | $2,100 | $4,300 |
$3,600
2nd place: Singer Furniture dining room set + Cuisinart stainless flatware by Towle |
$4,300
17 R, 2 W |
| 1949 | MOVIE MISTERS | TRANSPORTATION | MUSIC TRIVIA | PREGNANCY | COMMON BONDS |
|
$100
[1]
On January 31 the U.S. formally recognized Transjordan & this country
Israel
Bob
|
$100
[6]
In "Dennis the Menace", Walter Matthau played this curmudgeonly character
Mr. Wilson
Kim
|
$100
[12]
If a trucker says he has "bubble trouble", he may have a flat one of these
a tire
Mike
|
$100
[11]
A scale that's played rapidly, or what you don't want to get in your pantyhose
a run
Mike
|
$100
[21]
The fetus may get an attack of these; baby books don't mention if saying "Boo!" will cure them
hiccups
Kim
|
$100
[23]
May, North, greased
poles
Bob
|
|
$200
[2]
There were about 40,000 horologists making these in the U.S.
clocks (watches)
Bob
|
$200
[7]
After originating the role of this cargo officer on Broadway, Henry Fonda played him on film
Mister Roberts
Bob
|
$200
[13]
The 2 main types of these are hot air & gas
balloons
Mike
|
$200
[15]
The Biwa is a 4-stringed lute from this country also known for its Biwa pearls
Japan
Mike
|
$200
[22]
The C in C-section is short for this
caesarean
Mike
|
$200
[24]
Gold, hay, cat-scratch
fever
Kim
|
|
$300
[3]
The cornerstone for its headquarters was laid October 24, 1949
the United Nations
Mike
|
$300
[8]
After losing his job, Michael Keaton was saddled with domestic duties in this 1983 comedy
Mr. Mom
Bob
|
$300
[14]
Guinness says the smallest of these one-wheeled vehicles ever ridden was just 8 inches high
a unicycle
Kim
|
$300
[18]
This woodwind is sometimes called a blackstick
clarinet
Mike
|
$300
[25]
While in this organ, the baby has a womb with no view for about 9 months
the uterus
Kim
|
$300
[28]
Fish, detective, ghost
stories
Kim
|
|
$400
[4]
2 women fined & jailed for their WWII broadcasts were Iva D'Aquino, Tokyo Rose, & Mildred Gillars, known as this
Axis Sally
Kim
|
$400
[9]
In a 1993 film, Richard Gere played this title role
Mr. Jones
|
$400
[16]
San Franciscans know that BART is an acronym for this
Bay Area Rapid Transit
Bob
|
$400
[19]
Its tune may have come from a song with a similar title, "Britannia, The Pride Of The Ocean"
"Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean"
Bob
|
$400
[26]
In a 1993 experiment, George Washington University researchers split these into "twins"
embryos
|
$400
[29]
Beer, truck, rose
gardens
Kim
|
|
$500
[5]
In February Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty was sentenced to life imprisonment in this country
Hungary
Bob
Kim
|
$500
[10]
The first name of this Gary Cooper character was Longfellow
Mr. Deeds
Mike
|
DD
$500
[17]
Vehicle at the center of the "Quadriga of Victory", the statue atop Berlin's Brandenburg Gate
a chariot
Bob
|
$500
[20]
"Moritat" was the original German title of this song from "The Threepenny Opera"
"Mack The Knife"
Kim
|
$500
[27]
During the '50s this French doctor developed his psychoprophylaxis or "Mind Prevention" classes
Lamaze
Mike
|
$500
[30]
Beach, gum, masked
balls
Bob
|
| SEAS | PROFESSIONS | THE PRESIDENCY | THE WORLD PRESS | FOOD | AUTHORS AT WAR |
|
$200
[16]
This sea in the North Pacific was first explored by a Russian, Semyon Dezhnev, in 1648
Bering
Mike
|
$200
[21]
A cookbook is associated with chefs, but the term "cook the books" is associated with this profession
accountancy
Kim
|
$200
[1]
This agency began protecting the president after the McKinley assassination in 1901
the Secret Service
Bob
|
$200
[11]
A labor dispute in 1978 forced this London paper to shut down for nearly a year
the Times
Kim
|
$200
[26]
On Monday nights in New Orleans, many sit down to a traditional dish of red beans & this
rice
Bob
|
$200
[6]
From the shore, poet Sidney Lanier observed the Civil War battle of these ironclad ships
the Monitor & the Merrimack
Mike
|
|
$400
[17]
One of the finest fishing areas in this sea is the Dogger Bank off the coast of England
the North Sea
Bob
|
$400
[22]
An etymologist studies the history of these
words
Bob
|
$400
[2]
This presidential retreat is perched on the highest point in Catoctin Mountain Park
Camp David
Kim
|
$400
[12]
To tell you the truth, Lenin was an early contributor to this paper whose name means "truth"
Pravda
Kim
|
$400
[27]
Your cream will whip into a larger volume if you do this first to the bowl & beaters
chill them
Kim
|
$400
[7]
This author of "The Catcher in the Rye" landed on Utah Beach on D-Day
J.D. Salinger
Kim
|
|
$600
[18]
In this sea the Aruba Gap joins the Colombian & Venezuelan basins
the Caribbean
Mike
|
$600
[23]
Louis Agassiz, Charles William Beebe & Charles Darwin are classified as these; Darwin was the Beagle's
naturalists
Bob
Mike
|
$600
[3]
This president gave a TV tour of the White House in 1952, long before Jackie Kennedy
Truman
Bob
Mike
|
$600
[13]
Published in Cape Town, the Argus is one of this country's largest English-language dailies
South Africa
Kim
|
$600
[28]
Miso soup contains strips of kombu, which is this
seaweed
Mike
|
$600
[8]
This "Trees" poet received a posthumous Croix de Guerre in WWI
Joyce Kilmer
Kim
|
|
$800
[19]
Ports on this sea include Odessa, Ukraine & Samsun, Turkey
the Black Sea
Bob
|
DD
$1,000
[24]
From Late Latin for "shopkeeper", it's an old term for a druggist
apothecary
Bob
|
$800
[4]
His wife, nee Julia Dent, was the first presidential wife called "The First Lady of the Land"
Grant
Mike
|
$800
[14]
Al-Ahram, published in this city, is the dominant newspaper in the Arab world
Cairo
Mike
|
$800
[30]
The meats in saltimbocca are prosciutto & this
veal
Bob
|
$800
[9]
His experiences aboard 2 destroyer-minesweepers provided the background for "The Caine Mutiny"
Herman Wouk
Bob
|
|
$1,000
[20]
This sea lies between Papua New Guinea & the Great Barrier Reef
the Coral Sea
Bob
|
$1,000
[25]
Cars are driven by chauffeurs & these are driven by mahouts
elephants
Bob
Kim
|
DD
$1,400
[5]
Thomas F. McLarty holds this title in the Clinton White House
Chief of Staff
Mike
|
$1,000
[15]
Argentina's 2 most influential dailies are "La Nacion", founded in 1870, & this one founded in 1869
La Prensa
Mike
|
$1,000
[29]
Tzatziki is a Greek side dish made with this health food & cucumber
yogurt
Mike
|
$1,000
[10]
This "A Rumor of War" author was a member of the first U.S. ground-combat unit in Vietnam
(Philip) Caputo
Mike
|
Like her sister Parthenope, who was named for Naples, she was named for the city of her birth
Florence Nightingale