Ali Vaezy — a medical student from Lexington, Kentucky
Claude Sandroff — a research scientist originally from New York City, New York
Russell McConnell — an actor from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell | $2,000 | $3,400 | $3,600 |
$2,399
2nd place: trip to Honolulu, Hawaii |
$3,600
17 R, 3 W |
| Claude | $-200 | $800 | $2,400 |
$1,199
3rd place: MainStreet Messenger personal emergency response system + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis |
$2,400
9 R, 3 W |
| Ali | $2,400 | $3,900 | $12,600 |
$15,000
New champion: $15,000 |
$14,900
29 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| 20th CENTURY AMERICA | TV "ADVENTURES" | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | LITERARY ANIMALS | FASHION ACCESSORIES | SLANG |
|
$100
[9]
In 1931 this skyscraper opened on the site once occupied by the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
the Empire State Building
Ali
|
$100
[1]
Sherwood Forest provided the setting for this 1950s series imported from Great Britain
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ali
|
$100
[2]
This school's song about a "Ramblin' Wreck" was based on the folk ballad "The Sons of the Gamboliers"
Georgia Tech
Russell
|
$100
[16]
This collie created by Eric Knight is sold by her master's father but returns after a 1,000-mile trek
Lassie
Claude
|
$100
[26]
A boutonniere goes in the buttonhole on this part of a jacket
the lapel
Russell
|
$100
[17]
Happy hunting ground is slang for this afterlife locale
heaven
Russell
|
|
$200
[10]
On July 7, 1958 President Eisenhower signed a bill making it the 49th state
Alaska
Russell
Ali
|
$200
[3]
TV series on which a young boy would yell to his dog, "Yo, ho, Rinty!"
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Russell
|
$200
[7]
A school of architecture named for this famed architect has campuses in Wisconsin & Arizona
Frank Lloyd Wright
Russell
|
$200
[18]
This porcine friend of Winnie-the-Pooh digs a heffalump trap & baits it with honey
Piglet
|
$200
[27]
A Kelly is a stiff, flat-topped straw one worn by men
a hat
Russell
|
$200
[22]
A conjecture is "a shot in" this
the dark
Ali
|
|
$300
[11]
America's first reported skyjacking took place in 1961 when a plane was forced to this country
Cuba
Ali
|
$300
[4]
This '50s series' title character vowed to fight "A never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American Way"
The Adventures of Superman
Russell
|
$300
[8]
In 1973 this Coral Gables univ. became the first to give a full athletic scholarship to a woman
the University of Miami
Claude
|
$300
[19]
Pyewacket is Gillian's familiar in this John Van Druten play
Bell, Book and Candle
Russell
|
$300
[28]
This necklace that fits snugly around the neck is often made of velvet
a choker
Ali
|
$300
[23]
Kiwi is slang for someone from this country
New Zealand
Russell
|
|
$400
[12]
In 1949 William Schwann published the first catalog of these; there were 674 listings
phonograph records
Russell
|
$400
[5]
David's wife began appearing on this sitcom in 1961, Rick's wife in 1964
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Ali
|
$500
[15]
In 1766, this New Brunswick, N.J. school was founded as Queens College by the Dutch Reformed Church
Rutgers
Russell
Claude
|
$400
[20]
This character in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" dozes at the Mad Tea Party
the Dormouse
Russell
|
$400
[29]
A boa is made of many feathers & this is a long single feather used as an ornamental accessory
a plume
|
$400
[24]
This is the big sleep or the big chill
death
Claude
|
|
$500
[13]
In April 1936 he was executed for the kidnapping & murder of the Lindbergh baby
(Bruno) Hauptmann
Ali
|
$500
[6]
This series starring Gardner McKay was created by James A. Michener
Adventures in Paradise
Russell
|
DD
$1,200
[14]
This school has the largest enrollment of any college in Utah
Brigham Young
Ali
|
$500
[21]
This gray wolf of the Klondike is bought by Weedon Scott, a mining expert
White Fang
Ali
|
$500
[30]
The "plane" truth is it's a fitted leather jacket
aviator jacket (bomber jacket)
Claude
|
$500
[25]
Rocks for jocks is slang for an introductory college course in this subject
geology
Ali
|
| WORLD HISTORY | ARTISTS | BIOLOGY | NAMES | U.S. CITIES | PLAYS |
|
$200
[1]
Tradition says that around 3100 B.C., King Menes united the upper & lower parts of this country
Egypt
Russell
|
$200
[6]
Many of Paula Modersohn-Becker's works are in a museum named for her in Bremen in this country
Germany
Russell
|
$200
[7]
One thing that separates bacteria from plants is that they usually lack this green pigment
chlorophyll
Ali
|
$200
[26]
Luigi is the Italian form of this name that was extremely popular among French kings
Louis
Claude
|
$200
[13]
With 112 square miles, Queens is the largest of its 5 boroughs
New York City
Ali
|
$200
[12]
A dramatic version of his "Catch-22" premiered on Long Island in 1971
(Joseph) Heller
Claude
|
|
$400
[2]
The Counter-Reformation was the Roman Catholic Church's attempt to stop the spread of this religion
Protestantism
Ali
|
$400
[8]
It was N.C. Wyeth's relationship to Jamie Wyeth
grandfather
Claude
Ali
|
$400
[22]
This material that sticks to the walls of blood vessels, clogging them, is a steroid
cholesterol
Claude
|
$400
[27]
"The Ultimate Baby Name Book" claims the name of this Arthurian wizard is a variation of Irving
Merlin
Ali
|
$400
[17]
At the time of its completion, this city's 70-story Peachtree Plaza Hotel was the world's tallest
Atlanta
Ali
|
$400
[14]
James Tyrone Jr. appears in his "Long Day's Journey into Night" & "A Moon for the Misbegotten"
Eugene O'Neill
Ali
|
|
$600
[3]
In 1536 King Christian III made Norway a province of this Scandinavian country
Denmark
Ali
|
$600
[9]
Constantin Brancusi was a major influence on this Italian known for his long-necked portraits
Modigliani
Ali
|
$600
[23]
Term for a biological process made to happen outside the body, it literally means "in glass"
in vitro
Ali
|
$600
[28]
This Spanish name means "little one", though it makes us think of bananas
Chiquita
Ali
|
$800
[20]
In 1864 James R. Mead & Jesse Chisholm founded this largest Kansas city on the site of an Indian village
Wichita
Russell
|
$800
[16]
This Thomas Heggen- Joshua Logan play concerns a naval cargo officer who wants to see active service
Mister Roberts
Russell
|
|
$800
[4]
In 1398 this "lame" ancestor of Babar sacked Delhi & killed about 100,000 of its citizens
Tamerlane (Timur the Lame)
Claude
Ali
|
$800
[10]
This Spaniard born in 1746 called his country home Quinta del Sordo, or "House of the Deaf Man"
Goya
Ali
|
$800
[24]
The thread of messenger RNA molecules forms a single one of these; the threads of DNA, a double one
a helix
Russell
|
$800
[29]
Sean & Shane are Irish forms of this ever-popular English name
John
Ali
|
$1,000
[21]
With a population of over 39,000, Burlington is this state's largest city
Vermont
Ali
|
$1,000
[18]
Former MGM production chief Dore Schary wrote this play about FDR's bout with polio
Sunrise at Campobello
Ali
|
|
$1,000
[5]
In 1535 this Frenchman reached the site of present-day Montreal
(Jacques) Cartier
Claude
|
$1,000
[11]
This cubist was born in Argenteuil on May 13, 1882
Braque
Russell
Ali
|
$1,000
[25]
Used to move one-celled organisms, they're similar to cilia but longer & fewer in number
flagella
Claude
|
$1,000
[30]
Hebrew for "Recompense of God", it was President Harding's middle name
Gamaliel
Ali
|
DD
$1,500
[19]
Hamtramck, Mi. lies within the limits of this city whose name comes from French for "strait"
Detroit
Ali
|
DD
$4,000
[15]
This play takes place at the summer home of the elderly Norman & Ethel Thayer
On Golden Pond
Ali
|
At the age of 20 he helped manage Hubert Humphrey's 1948 Senate campaign
Walter Mondale