Dave Smith — a political analyst from Arlington, Virginia
Lori MacWilliam — an attorney from Clinton, New Jersey
Michael Bowen — an accountant from Monroe, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | $200 | $1,700 | $5,300 |
$9,300
2nd place: Lloyd/Flanders indoor/outdoor furniture set + Ducane gas grill |
$5,300
16 R, 2 W |
| Lori | $2,200 | $3,000 | $4,200 |
$8,200
3rd place: Swintec fax machine |
$4,200
13 R, 1 W |
| Dave | $1,200 | $3,800 | $13,900 |
$10,900
New champion: $10,900 |
$10,900
27 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W |
| THE 1950s | SINGERS | COATS OF ARMS | LESSER KNOWN NAMES | STADIUMS & ARENAS | 12-LETTER WORDS |
|
$100
[11]
The new constitution creating this nation's Fifth Republic was approved Sept. 28, 1958
France
Michael
|
$100
[2]
She ripped her see-through pants on her way to the podium when she won an Oscar for "Funny Girl"
Barbra Streisand
Lori
|
$100
[21]
Among the items seen on this country's coat of arms are 4 red maple leaves, 6 fleurs-de-lis & the Union Jack
Canada
Lori
|
$100
[1]
Navigator Martin Pinzon commanded the Pinta on this explorer's first voyage to the New World
Columbus
Lori
|
$100
[26]
Rome's Palazetto Dello Sport was completed for this 1960 event
the Olympics
Dave
|
$100
[16]
Shutterbug is slang for this, especially an amateur one
a photographer
Michael
|
|
$200
[12]
In 1958 this armed service moved its academy to a permanent site near Colorado Springs
the U.S. Air Force
Dave
|
$200
[3]
This Grammy winner's initials stand for Kathy Dawn
k.d. lang
Lori
|
$200
[22]
The coat of arms of this neutral country resembles its flag, a white cross on a red background
Switzerland
Michael
|
$200
[7]
George Cormack of the Washburn Crosby Co. developed this "Breakfast of Champions"
Wheaties
Michael
|
$200
[27]
With a capacity of 240,000, the Strahov Stadium in this Czech capital is the world's largest
Prague
Dave
|
$200
[17]
It's another term for a state or federal prison
a penitentiary
Dave
|
|
$300
[13]
On March 1, 1959 Archbishop Makarios returned from exile to this island
Cyprus
Dave
|
$300
[4]
Melissa Manchester appears as Mayim Bialik's mother on this TV series
Blossom
Lori
|
$300
[23]
On Spain's coat of arms, a castle represents Castile & this animal represents Leon
a lion
Michael
|
$300
[8]
Until Steven Spielberg's film, few knew of this German industrialist who saved the lives of 1,200 Jews
(Oskar) Schindler
Dave
|
$300
[28]
In 1914 this city's Yale Bowl became the first to exceed the capacity of the ancient Colosseum
New Haven
Dave
|
$300
[18]
It's a store or restaurant that specializes in cold cuts, smoked fish, cheeses & the like
a delicatessen
Lori
|
|
$400
[14]
This physician was elected president of Haiti in 1957
Francois Duvalier (Papa Doc)
Dave
|
$400
[5]
He wrote & sang lots of wacky songs, including "Do-Wacka-Do" & "My Uncle used to love me but she died"
Roger Miller
Michael
Dave
|
$400
[24]
This country's coat of arms features a horse, an ox, a pair of scales & the hill of Montevideo
Uruguay
Michael
|
$400
[9]
In a contest to find a substitute for this billiard ball material, John Wesley Hyatt developed celluloid
ivory
Dave
|
$400
[29]
This Mets stadium was one of the first whose seats could be moved depending on the sport
Shea Stadium
Dave
|
$400
[19]
It's defined as the official care & preservation of natural resources
conservation
Lori
|
|
$500
[15]
In 1953 this Swedish economist & diplomat was elected to a 5-year term as U.N. Sec'y-General
Dag Hammarskjöld
Lori
|
$500
[6]
This former lead singer of Herman's Hermits said, "Even my mother still refers to me as "'My son Herman'"
Peter Noone
Lori
|
$500
[25]
The ax & crown of St. Olaf were added to this country's coat of arms circa 1280
Norway
Dave
|
$500
[10]
Ellen Church, the 1st woman to have this profession, has an airport named for her in Cresco, Iowa
a stewardess
Michael
Lori
|
DD
$1,400
[30]
The name of this Greek arena means "a horse run"
a hippodrome
Dave
|
$500
[20]
In grammar it's an exclamatory word or phrase such as oh! or ouch!
an interjection
Michael
Dave
|
| WORLD HISTORY | BLACK AMERICA | FLOWERS | MOUNTAINS | TOMS IN LITERATURE | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA |
|
$200
[11]
Babar defeated the Sultan of Delhi in 1526, gaining control of the northern part of this country
India
Michael
|
$200
[16]
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a Black trader, founded the settlement that later became this "Windy City"
Chicago
Michael
|
$200
[1]
In 1960 the city of Rotterdam celebrated the 400th anniversary of this flower's introduction into Europe
tulips
Michael
|
$200
[6]
This mountain chain has 6 peaks that tower over 27,000 feet
the Himalayas
Dave
|
$200
[21]
Hired hand & outlaw Tom Chaney is pursued by Rooster Cogburn & others in this Charles Portis novel
True Grit
Dave
|
$800
[27]
He was nicknamed "The Quaker Engineer"
Herbert Hoover
Lori
Dave
|
|
$400
[12]
This Protestant reformer was born in Eisleben in Thuringia, Germany Nov. 10, 1483
Martin Luther
Dave
|
$400
[17]
He was an editor for "Black Sports" magazine & sports director of KNBC before joining the "Today" show
Bryant Gumbel
Michael
|
$400
[2]
The girasole, a type of this flower, gets its name from the Italian for "turning to the sun"
a sunflower
Dave
|
$400
[7]
The first recorded eruption of Mount Kilauea on this island occurred in 1970
Hawaii
Dave
|
$400
[22]
Thomas Franklin is the lawyer who evicts Chance in this Jerzy Kosinski book
Being There
Dave
|
$1,000
[26]
Martin Van Buren was this state's attorney general from 1815 to 1819
New York
Dave
|
|
$600
[13]
His appointment of his stepson Tiberius to succeed him gave us the dynasty that included Nero
Augustus Caesar
Dave
|
$600
[18]
In 1945 this educator became the 1st Black person elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans
Booker T. Washington
Michael
|
$600
[3]
North Dakota's state flower is the wild prairie type of this
the rose
Lori
|
$600
[8]
The name of this Sicilian volcano comes from the Greek for "I burn"
Etna
Dave
|
$600
[23]
Tom Buchanan is the unfaithful husband of this character in "The Great Gatsby"
Daisy
Lori
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
Calvin Coolidge was the first president sworn in by this relative
his father
Dave
|
|
$1,000
[15]
In April 1964 this island nation & Tanganyika signed an act of Union
Zanzibar
Michael
|
$800
[19]
In 1986 she unseated Katarina Witt to become the world figure skating champion
Debi Thomas
Dave
|
$800
[4]
It's the colorful name for the group of flowers that includes carnations & sweet Williams
pinks
Michael
Lori
|
$800
[9]
In 1848 Johannes Rebmann became the first European to sight this Tanzanian mountain
Kilimanjaro
Michael
|
$800
[24]
In "The Prince and the Pauper", this slum kid looks exactly like Edward Tudor
Tom Canty
|
— |
|
DD
$1,500
[14]
When Cardinal Mazarin died in 1661, this French king became his own chief minister
Louis XIV
Dave
|
$1,000
[20]
This Black Muslim minister born Louis Eugene Walcott once worked as a professional calypso singer
Louis Farrakhan
Michael
Dave
|
$1,000
[5]
Early Spanish explorers associated parts of this flower with Christ's crucifixion
a passionflower
Dave
|
$1,000
[10]
This highest Canadian peak was named for a director of the Geological Survey of Canada
Mount Logan
Dave
|
$1,000
[25]
Thomas "Flap" Horton appears in this author's "Terms of Endearment" & other works
Larry McMurtry
Dave
|
— |
In 1994 the Navy named a new class of cargo ships after this entertainer
Bob Hope