John O'Brien — a contract specialist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
David Stewart — a songwriter from Brooklyn, New York
Allen Newman — an Episcopal priest from the Bronx, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen | $300 | $1,300 | $1,300 |
$100
3rd place: Ross Simons earrings |
$1,300
11 R, 3 W |
| David | $3,700 | $6,200 | $12,700 |
$14,100
New champion: $14,100 |
$13,200
30 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| John | $700 | $1,500 | $5,500 |
$7,500
2nd place: trip to Maui, Hawaii |
$4,500
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| 1950 | ROMANTIC MOVIE TEAMS | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS | FAMILIAR PHRASES | ROOMS | BORDERS |
|
$100
[21]
In January this armored car company was robbed of $1.5 million
Brink's
Allen
|
$100
[6]
First paired in "Joe versus the Volcano", they were reteamed in 1993's "Sleepless in Seattle"
Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan
John
|
$100
[1]
Politically speaking, it's the opposite of a hawk
a dove
David
|
$100
[11]
The cliche about a leopard's inability to do this goes back to Jeremiah 13:23
change its spots
David
|
$100
[26]
It's a "cosmetic" euphemism for the ladies' room
the powder room
John
|
$100
[16]
This nation borders only Spain
Portugal
David
|
|
$200
[22]
In May this country crowned Phumiphon Adundet as Rama IX in a ceremony in Bangkok
Thailand
Allen
|
$200
[7]
The "Walls of Jericho" were erected between these 2 "It Happened One Night" stars
Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert
David
|
$200
[2]
George Bush used the phrase "voodoo economics" to describe this candidate's economic plan
Ronald Reagan
John
|
$200
[12]
To feign sleep or innocence is to "play" this, in imitation of a certain marsupial
possum
David
|
$200
[27]
It's a room in a school or office building named for the meal that's usually eaten there
the lunch room
Allen
John
|
$200
[17]
The Amu Darya River formed part of Afghanistan's border with this country that invaded it in 1979
the Soviet Union
David
|
|
$300
[23]
In October General MacArthur called on this country's forces to surrender—they refused
North Korea
John
|
$300
[8]
They were the 2 halves of the team in "To Have and Have Not"
Bogart & Lauren Bacall
David
|
$300
[3]
Election night predictions are often based on these surveys taken just after people have voted
exit polls
David
|
$300
[13]
The phrase "to hit" this "button" supposedly goes back to warning systems on WWII bombers
the panic button
Allen
|
$300
[28]
A shutterbug takes film into this room to see what develops
a darkroom
John
|
$300
[18]
Bolivia's border with this long, narrow country is in the western cordillera of the Andes
Chile
John
|
|
$400
[24]
The U.S. & Canada signed a 50-year agreement to protect this landmark's beauty & to develop its power
Niagara Falls
David
|
$400
[9]
This pair's love scene on the beach in "From Here to Eternity" has been imitated often
Deborah Kerr & Burt Lancaster
David
|
$400
[4]
An official government report is called this color "paper"
a white paper
David
|
$400
[14]
The phrase "His name is" this actually predates the doctor who set John Wilkes Booth's leg
mud
John
|
$400
[29]
A room used for entertaining guests, or the type of game, such as charades, that you play in it
a parlor
David
|
$400
[19]
This country has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg & France
Belgium
David
|
|
$500
[25]
This country's Department of the Interior classified residents by color & issued ID cards
South Africa
David
|
$500
[10]
It was 1st filmed with Lana Turner & John Garfield; the remake starred Jessica Lange & Jack Nicholson
The Postman Always Rings Twice
David
|
DD
$700
[5]
John D. Rockefeller IV was once governor of this state; now he represents it in the U.S. Senate
West Virginia
David
|
$500
[15]
Repudiating Darwin's theory of evolution, Disraeli claimed to be "on the side of" these heavenly beings
angels
David
|
$500
[30]
"Sketch" artists might use this formal reception room whose name once included the prefix "with"
a drawing room
David
|
$500
[20]
Alaska borders British Columbia & this Canadian territory
the Yukon
Allen
|
| HISTORY | THE EARTH | ART IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY | FOOD | SHAKESPEARE | NONFICTION |
|
$200
[1]
In 1244 Muslim mercenaries recaptured this holy city, setting off the Seventh Crusade
Jerusalem
Allen
|
$200
[10]
Term for the imaginary line connecting the North & South poles; the Earth spins around it
the axis
Allen
|
$200
[22]
El Greco's "Laocoon" features a priest of this city who warned against accepting the wooden horse
Troy
John
|
DD
$100
[29]
Restaurateur Alfredo di Lelio is credited with inventing this dish in 1914
fettuccine Alfredo
David
|
$200
[6]
Part of this play is set in "that same ancient vault where all the kindred of the Capulets lie"
Romeo and Juliet
John
|
$200
[17]
"Brother Against Brother" by Time-Life Books is a history of this war
the Civil War
John
|
|
$400
[2]
Napoleon crowned himself emperor of France in 1804 & king of this country in 1805
Italy
David
John
|
$400
[11]
For the Earth it's about 93 million miles; for Venus it's less
the distance to the Sun
David
John
|
$400
[23]
A 1782 Gilbert Stuart portrait shows William Grant in this activity on the frozen Serpentine
ice skating
John
|
$200
[15]
Though the Bartlett type of this ripens in summer, most other varieties wait until fall
the pear
Allen
|
$400
[7]
Act II of "Julius Caesar" opens in Brutus' orchard in this city
Rome
David
|
$400
[18]
The recent book subtitled "Reckless Youth" deals with this president's early years
Kennedy
David
|
|
$600
[3]
Erected in 1020, Hawk's castle in Switzerland was the original seat of this ruling family
the Hapsburgs
John
|
$600
[12]
The movements of these cause volcanic eruptions & earthquakes
crustal plates (tectonic plates)
David
|
$600
[24]
The gallery contains an "Adoration of the Magi" by this "Birth of Venus" artist
Botticelli
David
|
$400
[27]
The kosher & pickling types of this seasoning are not iodized
salt
Allen
|
$600
[8]
In this play Ariel sometimes enters like a water-nymph & sometimes like a harpy
The Tempest
Allen
|
$600
[19]
"Hope and Suffering" is a 1983 collection of sermons & addresses by this South African bishop
Tutu
John
|
|
$800
[4]
In 1059 Pope Nicholas II legalized the marriage of this future king of England & Matilda of Flanders
William the Conqueror
John
|
$800
[13]
Of the 3 types of rocks, the one gneiss is
metamorphic
Allen
|
$800
[25]
Number 1 (Lavender Mist) is one of this artist's most important "drip" paintings
Jackson Pollock
David
|
$600
[28]
The smaller of the hard-shell varieties of these can be eaten on the half shell
clams
David
|
$800
[9]
Time acts as the chorus in this play that has a time of year in its title
The Winter's Tale
Allen
David
|
$800
[20]
"A Thief in the Night" by John Cornwell investigates the mysterious death of this Pope
John Paul I
John
|
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
In 1977 he became the first Soviet leader to act as Communist Party chief & president of the USSR
Brezhnev
John
|
$1,000
[16]
1 of the 2 metals that together make up about 13% of the weight of the Earth's crust
iron (or aluminum)
Allen
John
|
$1,000
[26]
A William Hogarth painting of a scene from this John Gay work shows Macheath in shackles
The Beggar's Opera
David
|
$1,000
[30]
A traditional Korean meal usually includes several types of this pickled vegetable dish
kimchi
Allen
|
$1,000
[14]
After this prince dies, Fortinbras says, "Let four captains bear" him "like a soldier to the stage"
Hamlet
David
|
$1,000
[21]
Dr. Deepak Chopra offers "the quantum alternative to growing old" in "Ageless Body, Timeless" this
Mind
David
|
This university was founded in 1870 at the urging of Rutherford B. Hayes
Ohio State University