Mike Laser — a writer from New York City, New York
Ruth Bargy — a writer from Randolph, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,800)
Kevin Moran — a book publishing executive from Astoria, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $21,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin | $400 | $2,800 | $7,300 |
$1,399
2nd place: trip to Tampa, Florida |
$7,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ruth | $900 | $2,900 | $4,100 |
$6,799
2-day champion: $15,599 |
$4,100
14 R, 2 W |
| Mike | $900 | $1,100 | $6,600 |
$0
3rd place: Panasonic camcorder |
$5,700
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| AMERICAN HISTORY | ACTORS & ACTRESSES | SUPERSTITIONS | MUSIC | DOCTORS' TOOLS | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES |
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$100
[1]
Several noncombatants survived the 12-day siege of this Texas mission in 1836
The Alamo
Ruth
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$100
[2]
If you were "Home Alone" with this young star, he might tell you that Bonnie Bedelia is his aunt
Macaulay Culkin
Kevin
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$100
[10]
Rain or shine, you're not supposed to open this in the house
an umbrella
Mike
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$100
[14]
This 8-letter word is Italian for "little opera"
an operetta
Mike
|
$100
[26]
This disposable wooden instrument is used in conjunction with the "Say ahh" command
a tongue depressor
Mike
|
$100
[5]
This Italian word for "black" may remind you of a fiddling emperor
Nero
Kevin
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$200
[3]
In July 1965, 20 years after Truman proposed universal health insurance, this program became law
Medicare
Kevin
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$200
[7]
This late actor who played "The Brady Bunch"'s dad also taught Shakespearean acting
(Robert) Reed
Ruth
|
$200
[17]
The belief that a lot of this is a sign of strength may have come from the Samson story
hair
Mike
|
$200
[15]
The "Cu" in Cu-Bop stands for this nationality
Cuban
Mike
|
$200
[27]
One type of this is put in the mouth; others may be put under the arm or elsewhere
a thermometer
Kevin
|
$200
[9]
In Greek this Steve Martin phrase would be me sinhorite
Excuse me!
Ruth
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$300
[4]
This pamphlet advocated American independence by saying, "'Tis time to part"
Common Sense
Mike
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$300
[8]
In 1966 Meryl Streep played Daisy Mae in her high school's production of this musical
Li'l Abner
Mike
|
$300
[19]
If your ear is burning, it means someone is doing this
talking about you
Mike
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$300
[16]
A famous fugue by Domenico Scarlatti may have been inspired by one of these pets walking over harpsichord keys
a cat
Ruth
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$300
[28]
It's made up of earpieces, tubing & a device with a bell- shaped side & a flat side
a stethoscope
Kevin
|
$300
[11]
When seen on a German sign, this word for "attention" means "caution"
achtung
Mike
|
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$400
[6]
Before he died in 1790, this Pennsylvanian's last public act was to sign an appeal to abolish slavery
Ben Franklin
Ruth
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$400
[22]
She played a character based on herself in the Neil Simon-scripted film "Chapter Two"
(Marsha) Mason
Ruth
|
$400
[24]
If these grow together across the bridge of the nose, "you'll never wear your wedding clothes"
your eyebrows
Kevin
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$400
[18]
You don't have half a minute to tell us this kind of note is also called a demisemiquaver
a thirty-second note
Ruth
Mike
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$400
[29]
As its name indicates, it's a syringe used for giving injections under the skin
a hypodermic syringe
Ruth
|
$400
[12]
In French plums are called prunes & grapes are called these
raisin
Mike
|
|
DD
$500
[21]
In 1541 this Spanish explorer reached as far north as Kansas, finding an Indian village but no wealth
Coronado
Kevin
|
$500
[23]
In 1992 Sir Peter Ustinov became chancellor of a university in this, his native country
England
|
$500
[25]
Never mention the word "shank" before playing this sport or you just might do it
golf
Ruth
|
$500
[20]
The medieval bladder pipe was a type of this instrument that's still played today
a bagpipe
Kevin
|
$500
[30]
The plessor is a small one of these used by a doctor to test reflexes
a hammer
Kevin
|
$500
[13]
In Chinese geographical names, kiang refers to one of these
a river
|
| THE 1960s | HERBS & SPICES | BIBLE BOOKS & AUTHORS | ESPIONAGE | LITERARY POTPOURRI | PEAKS & VALLEYS |
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$200
[16]
During a 1964 trip to Moscow, this Cuban leader slid down a chute on a rug in the Kremlin Gardens
(Fidel) Castro
Mike
|
$200
[21]
American colonists used red bergamot to make this drink while they boycotted British goods
tea
Mike
|
$200
[11]
The Old Testament attributes authorship of Deuteronomy to this man
Moses
Mike
|
$200
[6]
While spying for the Germans in World War I, she pretended to be an East Indian temple dancer
Mata Hari
Kevin
|
$200
[1]
In "Ode to the West Wind", Percy Shelley asked, "If" this season "comes, can spring be far behind?"
winter
Ruth
|
$600
[28]
The French call this peak Mont Cervin; the Italians call it Monte Cervino
the Matterhorn
|
|
$400
[17]
In the 162nd & last game of the 1961 season, he hit his 61st home run
Roger Maris
Mike
|
$400
[22]
Cardamom is a member of this family that you should be able to identify in a snap
ginger
Ruth
|
$400
[12]
Ezra begins his book with the rebuilding of this
the Temple
Mike
|
$400
[7]
Hanged as a spy in NYC in 1776, it's believed he was betrayed by a British Loyalist cousin
Nathan Hale
Kevin
Mike
|
$400
[2]
The way a novel is presented is called the "point of" this; it might be third person omniscient
view
Mike
|
$800
[26]
The Limbang River valley splits this oil-rich sultanate in two
Brunei
Kevin
|
|
$800
[19]
In 1964 this 563-carat sapphire was stolen from the American Museum of Natural History
the Star of India
Ruth
|
$600
[23]
Turmeric gives this color to curry
yellow
Kevin
|
DD
$500
[15]
He chronicles his visions of wheels & cherubims
Ezekiel
Kevin
|
$600
[8]
Shin Bet & Mossad are 2 of this country's espionage agencies
Israel
Kevin
|
$600
[3]
Nabokov wrote his first novel, "Mashenka", in this, his native language
Russian
Mike
|
$1,000
[27]
In 1897 Matthias Zurbriggen conquered this Andean peak
Aconcagua
|
|
$1,000
[20]
In October 1962 130 years of this country's rule over Western New Guinea ended
the Netherlands
Ruth
|
$800
[24]
Italians preserve basil by salting the leaves or by putting them in a jar filled with this
oil
Ruth
|
$600
[13]
He didn't write them all, but he was the principal contributor to the Book of Proverbs
Solomon
Ruth
|
$800
[9]
In the 1960s this American reconnaissance jet was replaced by the SR-71 Blackbird
the U-2
Kevin
|
$800
[4]
The Lilliputians created by this author in 1726 turned up 220 years later in a children's book by T.H. White
(Jonathan) Swift
Kevin
|
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|
DD
$1,500
[18]
On May 14, 1965 an acre of Runnymede was bequeathed to the U.S. as a memorial to him
John F. Kennedy
Mike
|
$1,000
[25]
Parsley, thyme, and a bay leaf are the classic ingredients in this French "bundle of herbs"
bouquet garni
Mike
|
$800
[14]
Daniel must have had a tough time writing out this Babylonian king's name 32 times
Nebuchadnezzar
Kevin
|
$1,000
[10]
During the Civil War, this detective headed McClellan's Secret Service
(Allan) Pinkerton
Mike
|
$1,000
[5]
Last name of the aristocratic British authors Nancy & Jessica, who were sisters
Mitford
Ruth
|
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In the line of succession to the British throne, she's Number 5, the female highest on the list
Beatrice