Steve Katz — a retired Air Force colonel from Rancho Palos Verdes, California
David Malvey — a freelance writer and seminar leader from Nelson County, Virginia
Kevin Frear — a U.S. Army captain from Baumholder, Germany (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin | $1,400 | $3,500 | $3,100 |
$5,100
3-day champion: $39,000 |
$3,100
15 R, 4 W |
| David | $100 | $1,400 | $1,800 |
$3,600
3rd place: designer glass from Stained Glass Overlay |
$2,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Steve | $1,100 | $900 | $2,200 |
$4,400
2nd place: Gibson electric range + Ekco Ambassador 23-piece cooking system |
$3,500
11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| SCULPTURE | IN THE NEWS | "IF"FY SONGS | FADED FADS | FAMOUS FIRSTS | FANCY FOODS |
|
$100
[21]
Encyclopedia Americana calls it the most widely used of all modeling materials
clay
Kevin
|
$100
[7]
One of the only classes for homeless kids in the U.S. is taught by Marilyn Treshow in this Utah city
Salt Lake City
Kevin
|
$100
[16]
This folk song promotes "love between my brothers & my sisters all over this land"
"If I Had A Hammer"
David
|
$100
[1]
In the '50s, the price of raccoon skins soared to $8 per pound due to demand for these
coonskin caps
Kevin
|
$100
[6]
In 1912, Arthur Eldred of Oceanside, L.I. became the 1st U.S. Boy Scout known to reach this rank
an Eagle Scout
Steve
|
$400
[26]
A defining characteristic of cherries jubilee, it should be done only a moment before serving
flaming
David
|
|
$200
[22]
The famous bust of Nefertiti is polychromatic, meaning this was done to it after it was sculpted
painted
Kevin
|
$200
[10]
After admitting past marijuana use, he withdrew as a Supreme Court nominee
Douglas Ginsburg
Steve
|
$200
[17]
The song "500 Miles" opens with this line
If you miss the train I'm on
Steve
|
$200
[2]
In the '60s feminists held public burnings of this article of clothing
bras
Kevin
|
$200
[8]
Yuri Gagarin died in a plane crash 7 years after having been this
the first man in space
David
|
— |
|
$300
[23]
The "Cire Perdue", or lost wax procedure, is used to cast sculptures made of this copper-tin alloy
bronze
David
|
$300
[11]
In late 1987, the bishop of this city helped free hostages held in prison by Cuban internees
Miami
Kevin
|
$400
[19]
Terms under which Luther Ingram said "I don't want to be right"
if loving you is wrong
Kevin
|
$300
[3]
Lambeth walk was a '30s dance that originated in this country
England
Kevin
|
$300
[9]
The Anti-Masonic Party was the 1st in the U.S. to hold one of these quadrennial events
a political convention
Steve
|
— |
|
$400
[24]
Leonardo da Vinci studied the anatomy movements of this animal while planning Sforza's statue
the horse
Kevin
|
$400
[12]
On Jan. 8, 1988, this Arizona governor & his brother were indicted on felony charges
Evan Mecham
Kevin
|
DD
$500
[18]
Olivia Newton-John won the CMA's Female Vocalist of the Year shortly after this song came out:"You came when I was happy in your sunshine / I grew to love you more each passing day / Before too long..."
"If You Love Me" (Let Me Know)
David
|
$400
[4]
Symptoms of the "disease" associated with this late '50s toy fad were pains in the neck & upper abdomen
a Hula Hoop
David
|
$400
[14]
With Heywood Broun & Christopher Morley among selectors, this club was 1st of its kind in U.S.
the Book of the Month club
|
— |
|
$500
[25]
It's considered the other end of the scale from alto-relievo
bas-relief
Kevin
|
$500
[13]
In early 1988, the U.S. Senate voted sharp limits on the use of these to screen job applicants
a polygraph (lie detector)
David
Steve
|
$500
[20]
"We could go on loving in the same old way. A Garden of Eden just made for 2" under these conditions
If you were the only girl in the world and I were the only boy
|
$500
[5]
'50s fad for this faded when it was pointed out goats virtually live on it & smell bad just the same
chlorophyll
|
$500
[15]
William Henry Harrison on April 4, 1841
the first president to die in office
Kevin
|
— |
| U.S. HISTORY | PHYSICAL SCIENCE | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES | AMERICAN INDIAN NAMES | GLASS | FAMOUS LASTS |
|
$400
[1]
On May 19, 1967, the U.S. launched an air strike on the center of this capital
Hanoi
David
|
$400
[22]
Name for rockets used to decelerate a lunar lander so it can make a soft landing
retro rockets
David
|
$400
[6]
He wrote songs & 2 autobiographies, "Sometimes I Wonder" & "The Stardust Road"
Hoagy Carmichael
Steve
|
$400
[23]
In the Algonquian language, this historic North Carolina site was "Chickahauk"
Kitty Hawk
Kevin
|
$400
[24]
A large flaw in glass in the form of a bubble, Cinderella might get one from tight slippers
a blister
Steve
|
$400
[19]
In 1868, this office of military dictator was abolished in Japan
shogun
Kevin
David
|
|
$600
[2]
Of the Square Deal, New Deal, or Fair Deal, the one that came first
the Square Deal
David
|
$600
[17]
Geocentric means having the Earth as a center, this means having the Sun as a center
heliocentric
Steve
|
$600
[5]
"To Hell & Back"
Audie Murphy
Kevin
|
$600
[20]
Indian tribe that shares its name with a southwestern river & a venomous "monster"
the Gila
David
|
$600
[21]
Process in which glass is dipped in or sprayed with hydrofluoric acid to form designs
etching
Steve
|
$600
[14]
Babe Ruth's last public appearance was while attending this film starring William Bendix
The Babe Ruth Story
David
Steve
|
|
$800
[3]
In July 1938, this pilot who couldn't get a flight permit to Europe "accidentally" landed in Dublin
(Douglas G.) "Wrong Way" Corrigan
Kevin
|
$1,000
[11]
Device that, circa 1730, replaced the astrolabe
the sextant
Steve
|
$1,000
[8]
Hers was "The Movies, Mr. Griffith, & Me"
Lillian Gish
Kevin
David
|
$800
[13]
A river, a lake & a city in Wisconsin were all named for this weapon
a tomahawk
David
|
$800
[18]
Now a region of Czechoslovakia, it was to 19th century glassmaking what Venice had been in the 16th c.
Bohemia
Kevin
|
$800
[9]
In the Old Testament, Samuel was the last of these leaders
judges
Kevin
|
|
$1,000
[4]
A constitutional amendment to allow this, defeated by the Senate in 1954, was finally ratified in 1971
the vote for 18-year-olds
Steve
|
DD
$1,200
[16]
You get vulcanized rubber by heating rubber with this volcanic element
sulfur
David
|
DD
$1,300
[7]
Paraphrasing the title of 1 of his father's films, he called his book "Going My Own Way"
Gary Crosby
Steve
|
$1,000
[15]
The name of this southern state capital is a Creek Indian word for "old town"
Tallahassee
David
|
$1,000
[12]
Around 1930, a few glass tables were made by this French designer famed for his fine glass works
René Lalique
Steve
|
$1,000
[10]
In 1891, she became both the first woman & the last person to rule Hawaii
Queen Liliuokalani
David
Steve
|
Richard the Lion-Hearted & his parents are buried at an abbey in this country
France