Art Vespignani — a compliance officer from Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey
Joanne Humphreville — a librarian from Chicago, Illinois
Alex McNeil — a court administrator from Newton, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | $400 | $4,200 | $9,600 |
$11,301
2nd place: General Instrument satellite TV system + Curtis Mathes 32" home theater monitor/receiver + the Jeopardy! home game |
$9,600
22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Joanne | $1,200 | $1,200 | $2,600 |
$1,600
3rd place: Ross Simons 14-karat gold bracelet studded with 5 bezel-set diamonds + the Jeopardy! home game |
$2,600
12 R, 3 W |
| Art | $1,600 | $1,900 | $11,300 |
$19,300
New champion: $19,300 |
$7,700
18 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| U.S. STATES | SUPERHEROES | 1919 | ANIMALS' OTHER NAMES | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | NUMBER, PLEASE |
|
$100
[5]
It's the only state with an area of less than 2,000 square miles
Rhode Island
Joanne
|
$100
[26]
"The Web Slinger" is a nickname for this Marvel Comics superhero
Spider-Man
Art
|
$100
[10]
On July 21 this rubber company's blimp Wingfoot crashed in Chicago, killing 13 people
Goodyear
Art
|
$100
[15]
It's also known as the native bear, but it's a teddy bear-like marsupial, not a real bear
a koala bear
Joanne
|
$100
[18]
St. Valentine's Day is celebrated in this month
February
Alex
|
$100
[1]
Baba's thieves or Borden's whacks
40
Joanne
|
|
$200
[6]
Biloxi is this state's chief shrimp-packing port
Mississippi
Art
|
$200
[27]
In May 1939 Bob Kane introduced this caped crime fighter in Detective Comics No. 27
Batman
Alex
|
$200
[11]
While traveling to Wichita on September 26, this president suffered what was probably a mild stroke
Woodrow Wilson
Art
|
$200
[17]
It's another name for the snow leopard, as well as one-sixteenth of a pound
ounce
Alex
|
$200
[22]
V-E & V-J Days are associated with this war
the Second World War
Art
|
$200
[2]
A tete-a-tete usually requires this many people
2
Joanne
|
|
$300
[7]
This state's largest bank is Key Bank in Cheyenne
Wyoming
Joanne
|
$300
[28]
This cartoon rodent's continuing nemesis was Oil Can Harry
Mighty Mouse
Joanne
|
$300
[12]
In April this city was named as headquarters to the League of Nations
Geneva, Switzerland
Art
|
$300
[19]
This wild canine found on America's prairies is also called the prairie wolf
the coyote
Alex
|
$300
[23]
In 1994 this May holiday parade was canceled in Manhattan for the first time in 73 years, for lack of interest
Memorial Day
Alex
|
$300
[3]
A heptaglot is a book written in this many languages
7
Art
|
|
$400
[8]
This Northwestern state is called "The Evergreen State"
Washington
Alex
|
$400
[29]
In comic books his secret identity is Dr. Bruce Banner; on television, it was David Bruce Banner
the Incredible Hulk
Alex
|
$400
[13]
This Scottish-born steel magnate died of pneumonia on August 11
(Andrew) Carnegie
Joanne
|
$400
[20]
These red & white cattle named for an English county are popularly known as whitefaces
Herefords
Alex
Joanne
|
$400
[24]
In Canada it's observed on the first Monday in September
Labor Day
Alex
Joanne
|
$400
[4]
The Roman numeral for this year appears on the back of a $1 bill
1776
|
|
$500
[9]
This Appalachian state's motto is "Mountaineers are always free"
West Virginia
Art
|
DD
$500
[30]
Trumpeter Al Hirt recorded an updated version of "Flight of the Bumblebee" for this TV series
The Green Hornet
Alex
|
$500
[14]
In December this Impressionist painter of "The Luncheon of the Boating Party" died at Cagnes, France
Pierre Auguste Renoir
|
$500
[21]
This insect with a mythical beast in its name is also called a snake doctor
the dragonfly
Alex
|
$500
[25]
Id al-Fitr is the Islamic festival that immediately follows this long observance
Ramadan
Joanne
|
$500
[16]
The numbers of U.S. Interstate Highways that run coast to coast end in this digit
0
Alex
|
| WORLD HISTORY | COOKING | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | LANGUAGES | BOOKS & AUTHORS | POTPOURRI |
|
$200
[3]
In 1980 labor unrest in Gdansk led to the formation of this union
Solidarity
Joanne
|
$200
[26]
The brown variety of this grain can take twice as long to cook as the white
rice
Art
|
$200
[15]
A wire runs from the back of this common device to the exchange; cellular types don't have the wire
the telephone
Alex
|
$200
[12]
After 1760 the form of this language spoken in Quebec began to diverge from that spoken in Paris
French
Joanne
|
$200
[1]
"The Client" in this author's bestseller "The Chamber" is a former Klansman on Death Row
(John) Grisham
Alex
|
$200
[2]
It is unclear how he became patron saint of England, but it may date to the time of Edward III
St. George
Joanne
Art
|
|
$400
[6]
In 1536 this 2nd wife of Henry VIII was condemned to death by her uncle, the Duke of Norfolk
Anne Boleyn
Joanne
|
$400
[27]
It's what drop biscuits are dropped on
a cookie sheet
Alex
|
$400
[16]
In 1960 the first laser used a rod made of this gemstone
a ruby
Alex
|
$400
[20]
Afrikaans is considered a derivation of this language
Dutch
Alex
|
$400
[4]
Just when you thought it was safe, this author returned to the sea with a new thriller, "White Shark"
(Peter) Benchley
Alex
|
$400
[5]
Few of the women traveling first class on this ship perished when it sank in 1912
the Titanic
Art
|
|
$800
[10]
For nearly 100 years, until it fell to Russia in 1721, Estonia was controlled by this Scandinavian country
Sweden
Art
|
$600
[28]
It's how you cook croquettes
deep fry them
Art
|
$600
[17]
After 1948 these tiny devices were used to replace vacuum tubes in electronic equipment
transistors
Alex
|
$600
[21]
Like Spanish, Catalan is a member of this group of languages derived from Latin
the Romance languages
Art
|
$600
[7]
This author of "Ragtime" takes readers back to the post-Civil War years in his 1994 book "The Waterworks"
Doctorow
Alex
|
$600
[8]
A pedodontist specializes in the dental problems of these people
children
Art
|
|
$1,000
[11]
After invading Manchuria in 1931, the Japanese established this state with Puyi as emperor
Manchukuo
Art
|
$800
[29]
Term for the process of gently combining egg whites with heavier ingredients
folding
|
$800
[18]
3 types of these machines that transfer liquids are reciprocating, rotary & centrifugal
pumps
|
$1,000
[23]
While Croatian is written in the Latin alphabet, Serbian is written in a form of this one
Cyrillic
Alex
|
$800
[13]
His first short story collection, "I, Robot", was published in 1950
Isaac Asimov
|
$800
[24]
This colorful term refers to discrimination in selling property insurance based on location
redlining
Joanne
|
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
In 1968 the kings of Laos & Thailand met in the middle of this river to celebrate a mutual agreement
the Mekong River
Art
|
$1,000
[30]
Butter & this ingredient, not scotch, give butterscotch its main flavor
brown sugar
|
$1,000
[19]
William Coolidge devised a method for drawing this metal into wires, making it suitable for light bulbs
tungsten
Alex
|
DD
$3,000
[22]
The New Testament was originally written in the Koine dialect of this language
Greek
Art
|
$1,000
[14]
In 1994 "The First Man", an unfinished novel by this author of "The Stranger", was published posthumously
(Albert) Camus
Alex
|
$1,000
[25]
This composer of the "Surprise" symphony was baptized on April Fools' Day in 1732
Haydn
|
Considered the most popular of all Czech operas, it ends with a betrothal
The Bartered Bride