Sandy Zusmann — a marketing manager from Atlanta, Georgia
Jean Smith — an elementary school teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ali Vaezy — a medical student from Lexington, Kentucky (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ali | $700 | $1,500 | $4,300 |
$8,599
3rd place: Pinseeker golf clubs + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis |
$4,300
12 R, 3 W |
| Jean | $700 | $3,400 | $4,400 |
$8,800
2nd place: trip to Fort Myers, Florida |
$6,400
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sandy | $1,200 | $3,100 | $8,900 |
$8,801
New champion: $8,801 |
$8,500
27 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| GREEK MYTHOLOGY | NURSERY RHYMES | DELI DINING | THE COLD WAR | SPOTS | QUOTATIONS |
|
$100
[6]
After killing this creature, Theseus escaped from the Labyrinth by following a thread he'd left
the Minotaur
Ali
|
$100
[12]
Type of animal that "went to market", "stayed home" or "had roast beef"
piggy
Sandy
|
$100
[14]
For breakfast or light dining, you might order an omelet & this hard, chewy roll with a hole
a bagel
Sandy
|
$100
[1]
At this French leader's request in 1967, NATO removed its headquarters from France
de Gaulle
Jean
|
$100
[15]
The spotted variety of this African mammal is famous for "laughing"; the striped one must be quieter
a hyena
Ali
Sandy
|
$100
[7]
Bartlett's attributes "Come On, Baby, Light My Fire" to this group, not Jim Morrison
The Doors
Sandy
|
|
$200
[16]
When this sea god drove his chariot over the waters, they became calm
Poseidon
Sandy
|
$200
[13]
Game whose rhyme begins, "Blind man, blind man, sure you can't see? Turn around 3 times & try to catch me"
Blind Man's Bluff (Blind Man's Buff)
Jean
|
$200
[30]
These pancakes often come with a fruit or cheese filling & a side of sour cream
blintzes
Sandy
|
$200
[2]
In August 1963 the U.S. & USSR set up this communications link to reduce the risk of war
the Hot Line
Ali
|
$200
[23]
In the summer a cold drink such as iced tea really does this
hit the spot
Sandy
|
$200
[8]
While in prison in 1985, this South African said, "Only free men can negotiate"
Nelson Mandela
Ali
|
|
$300
[20]
As a baby he was dipped in the River Styx by his mother, Thetis, to make his body safe from wounds
Achilles
Sandy
|
$300
[27]
He & his wife have gone down in rhyme history as platter lickers
Jack Sprat
Jean
|
$300
[21]
Menu listings for soup usually include kreplach & this cold beet soup
borscht
Sandy
|
$300
[3]
In March 1946 Winston Churchill said that this "has descended across the continent" of Europe
an Iron Curtain
Ali
|
$300
[18]
Canine spots turn into musical notes in the title sequence of this 1961 animated Disney film
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
Sandy
|
$300
[9]
"Poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to" this country is attributed to Porfirio Diaz
the United States
Sandy
|
|
$400
[26]
Hercules' 11th labor was to bring this fruit to King Eurystheus of Mycenae
the Golden Apples of the Hesperides
Ali
|
$400
[17]
Tom probably learned to play "Over the Hills and Far Away" on this instrument from his dad
a pipe
Sandy
|
$400
[29]
As an appetizer try this dish of ground whitefish & matzo meal served in a jellied stock
gefilte fish
Jean
|
$400
[4]
In response to a Soviet blockade, the West airlifted supplies into this city in 1948 & 1949
Berlin
Sandy
|
$400
[24]
One of this character's most famous lines is "Out, damned spot! Out, I say!"
Lady Macbeth
Ali
|
$400
[10]
Completes the title of Thomas Harris' book "I'm OK—"
You're OK
Jean
|
|
$500
[22]
He was called "God of the Vines"
Bacchus
Jean
|
$500
[28]
Quartet of herbs that follow "Can you make me a cambric shirt"
parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme
Jean
|
$500
[19]
It's the "proper" name for a sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese & sauerkraut on rye
a Reuben
Jean
|
DD
$400
[5]
In June 1967 LBJ & this Soviet leader met for the first time in Glassboro, N.J.
Alexei Kosygin
Sandy
|
$500
[25]
The 1940 hit "Java Jive" was one of this singing group's most popular records
the Ink Spots
Jean
|
$500
[11]
This president called the effort to solve the energy crisis "the moral equivalent of war"
Jimmy Carter
Sandy
|
| RULERS | THE BIBLE | HEALTH & MEDICINE | U.S. GEOGRAPHY | "ROOT"s | BARRYS |
|
$200
[1]
This cruel czar murdered 1 wife, sent 2 to convents & thought his enemies poisoned 3
Ivan the Terrible
Jean
|
$200
[5]
Many scholars think his first epistle to the Thessalonians is the oldest writing in the New Testament
Paul
Sandy
|
$200
[7]
Varicella is commonly known by this name that reminds us of poultry
chicken pox
Sandy
|
$200
[14]
It's the river flowing past Chattanooga & it shares its name with the state
the Tennessee
Sandy
|
$200
[10]
For the number 49, it's 7
the square root
Sandy
|
$200
[27]
He was buried under LBJ's landslide
Barry Goldwater
Ali
|
|
$400
[2]
Antonio de Nebrija's 1492 book on Castilian grammar is dedicated to her
Queen Isabella
Sandy
|
$400
[6]
1 Samuel 17:23 calls him "the champion, the Philistine of Gath"
Goliath
Ali
Sandy
|
$400
[9]
This state's San Joaquin Valley is one place where the infection known as Valley fever is most common
California
Sandy
|
$400
[15]
This largest Maryland city has 2 outlets to the sea: Chesapeake Bay & the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal
Baltimore
Sandy
|
$400
[19]
It's an underground room, covered with earth, used for the storage of various vegetables
a root cellar
Jean
|
$600
[26]
Original host of the TV show on which you heard the cry "Joker! Joker! Joker!"
Jack Barry
Sandy
|
|
$600
[3]
In 1503 King James IV of Scotland married this Tudor king's sister Margaret
Henry VIII
Jean
|
$600
[30]
This third gospel is addressed to Theophilus, whose name means "friend to God"
Luke
Ali
|
$600
[11]
Bjorn & Martina may know that the medical term for this inflammation is epicondylitis
tennis elbow
Ali
|
$600
[22]
Bays in this state include Grand Traverse, Keweenaw & Saginaw
Michigan
Jean
|
$600
[28]
This procedure involves the removal of the nerve & other tissues from a tooth's pulp cavity
a root canal
Sandy
|
$800
[17]
Thackeray's book about him was published between "Catherine" & "The Book of Snobs"
Barry Lyndon
Ali
|
|
$800
[4]
It's believed that an ivory statuette is the only preserved likeness of this builder of the Great Pyramid
Cheops (or Khufu)
Sandy
|
$800
[16]
Judges 4:4 tells us she was a prophetess as well as a judge
Deborah
Ali
|
$800
[12]
Glossitis is defined as inflammation of this organ
The tongue
Ali
Jean
|
$800
[23]
This sound & the island with which it shares its name lie south of Cape Cod
Nantucket
Sandy
|
$800
[20]
It's the major anchoring portion of an oak
a taproot
|
$1,000
[18]
This former chairman of Fox, Inc. is now CEO of QVC
Barry Diller
Sandy
|
|
$1,000
[8]
This great Saxon king's daughter Aethelflaed raised armies to keep Danish invaders out of England
Alfred (the Great)
Ali
|
$1,000
[25]
This city given to the tribe of Manasseh was the home of a noted witch
Endor
Jean
|
$1,000
[13]
In a blepharoplasty, excess tissue is removed from the area around these
the eyes
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
This 100-mile-long Texas island was named for Spanish priest Nicolas Balli
Padre Island
Jean
|
$1,000
[21]
This statesman served as Secretary of War under both William McKinley & Teddy Roosevelt
Elihu Root
Jean
|
DD
$1,200
[29]
You should be able to name this Barry after hearing this:"Oh, baby"
Barry White
Sandy
|
In the 1920s she wrote, "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction"
Virginia Woolf