Wendy Richards — a secretary from Arlington Heights, Illinois
Dan Gist — an aviation training consultant from Reston, Virginia
Marcia Meldrum — a Ph.D. candidate from Port Jefferson, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcia | $900 | $1,500 | $9,500 |
$12,500
2-day champion: $25,000 |
$9,500
21 R, 2 W |
| Dan | $900 | $4,000 | $6,200 |
$12,399
2nd place: trip to Vancouver Island, Canada |
$5,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Wendy | $200 | $900 | $1,400 |
$2,700
3rd place: Panasonic GPS receiver + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis |
$2,700
14 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| HISTORY | BRANSON, MISSOURI | WINE | FISH | BEAUTY SECRETS OF THE PAST | GEOGRAPHIC ANAGRAMS |
|
$100
[1]
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization was established in 1954 as a Pacific version of this one
NATO
Dan
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$100
[14]
This singer's beautiful Moon River Theatre is a showcase for his collection of paintings & Navajo blankets
Andy Williams
Wendy
|
$100
[6]
In cooking, reducing concentrates the flavor of wine & removes this
the alcohol
Dan
|
$100
[7]
This voracious South American fish is also called the piraya
the piranha
Wendy
|
$100
[8]
Peasant women once reddened their cheeks with the juice of this borscht ingredient
beets
Wendy
|
$100
[24]
If you want to visit this city more than once, toss a coin in the Trevi Fountain
Rome
Wendy
|
|
$200
[2]
In 1906 Teddy Roosevelt sent troops to stop a revolt & restore order in this country
Cuba
Wendy
|
$200
[15]
This performer's Blue Velvet Theatre is named for one of his biggest hits
Bobby Vinton
|
$200
[12]
The French have about 1 billion bottles of this stockpiled in Epernay & Reims
champagne
Wendy
|
$200
[11]
The sardine got its name from an island in this sea
the Mediterranean
Marcia
|
$200
[9]
Ancient Egyptians outlined these facial features with a cosmetic made from ground ants' eggs
the eyes
Wendy
|
$200
[27]
French, not Parsi, is the language you're most likely to hear in this capital
Paris
Marcia
Wendy
|
|
$300
[3]
After this notorious czar died, several pretenders claiming to be his son tried to seize the throne
Ivan the Terrible
Dan
|
$300
[16]
Appropriately, "Yak in the box" lunches are served at this Odessa-born comic's lunchtime shows
Yakov Smirnoff
Wendy
|
$300
[13]
Traditionally, Rhine wines come in bottles of this color
brown
Marcia
Wendy
|
$300
[19]
The American paddlefish & this caviar producer are both members of order Acipenseriformes
a sturgeon
Dan
|
$300
[10]
These small decorative items often hid or drew attention away from smallpox scars on the face
beauty spots (patches)
Dan
|
$300
[28]
This African river doesn't flow in a straight line
the Nile
Dan
|
|
$400
[4]
After he invaded Italy in 1797, Napoleon offered to extend the territory of this country that Italy surrounds
San Marino
Marcia
Dan
|
$400
[17]
He celebrated the 20th anniversary of his biggest hit by opening his Yellow Ribbon music theater in 1993
Tony Orlando
Marcia
|
$500
[23]
Italy's wine-producing regions include the Piedmont & this, home of the Chiantis
Tuscany
Marcia
|
$400
[20]
This fish uses water, not arrows as its name implies, to bring down insects
the archerfish
Dan
|
$400
[25]
Ceruse, a skin whitener, was dangerous because it was made from this soft metallic element
lead
Marcia
Dan
|
$400
[29]
Blonds outnumber "Dark Men" in this country
Denmark
Marcia
|
|
$500
[5]
Pol Pot's retirement as head of this Cambodian Communist group was announced in 1985
the Khmer Rouge
Dan
|
$500
[18]
The celebrity stampede to Branson began in 1983 when this "Hee Haw" host opened a theatre there
Roy Clark
Marcia
Dan
|
DD
$1,000
[22]
Claret is an all-encompassing term for the red wines of this French region
Bordeaux
Dan
|
$500
[21]
In 1982 one of these Japanese ornamental carp sold for over $50,000
a koi
Dan
|
$500
[26]
For centuries women have tinted their nails with this orange-red dye made from leaves
Henna
Dan
|
$500
[30]
If you take the superexpress train, Tokyo is only about 3 hours from this city
Kyoto
Wendy
|
| ANCIENT TIMES | RELIGION | CANADA | STARS & CONSTELLATIONS | ROYALTY | BOOKS & AUTHORS |
|
$200
[11]
In an Icelandic saga, this dreaded Hun is known as Atli
Attila
Marcia
|
$200
[23]
According to Catholic tradition, it's the place where the dead atone for their sins before going to heaven
purgatory
Dan
|
$200
[16]
During the summer you can watch the changing of the Governor General's Foot Guards in this city
Ottawa
Marcia
|
$200
[21]
This configuration in Ursa Major is also known as the Plow
the Big Dipper
Marcia
|
$200
[6]
Born in 1729, this Russian empress had a secret room near her bed for entertaining lovers
Catherine the Great
Marcia
|
$200
[1]
"Those Who Love" is Irving Stone's novel about this first couple to live in the White House
John & Abigail Adams
Marcia
Dan
|
|
$400
[12]
Famous for its caryatid porch, the Erechtheum on this Greek hill may have been designed by Mnesicles
the Acropolis
Wendy
|
$400
[24]
This term for foods permitted under Jewish law is from the Hebrew for "right" or "fit"
kosher
Dan
|
$400
[17]
In 1953 Whitehorse replaced Dawson as capital of this territory
the Yukon
Dan
|
DD
$300
[28]
Representing a mythical multi-headed water serpent, it's the largest of all constellations
Hydra
Wendy
|
$400
[7]
She's 4 years younger than her sister, Queen Elizabeth II
Princess Margaret
Dan
Wendy
|
$400
[2]
"The Sicilian" has been called "Not so much a sequel to as a mirror of" this Mario Puzo novel
The Godfather
Wendy
|
|
$600
[13]
Terence wrote 6 of these, including "The Mother-in-law" & "The Eunuch", then disappeared
comedies (or plays)
Marcia
|
$600
[25]
While teaching Greek at Oxford, he led a serious religious club known as the Methodists
John Wesley
Marcia
|
$600
[18]
Edmunston is in New Brunswick & Edmonton is the capital of this province
Alberta
Marcia
Dan
|
$400
[22]
In the night sky, the Pleiades appear to be riding on the back of this bull
Taurus
Dan
|
$600
[8]
Britannica says King Francis I of this country so revered his mother that he knelt when he spoke to her
France
Marcia
|
$600
[3]
When Alan Paton wrote "Cry, the Beloved Country" he was a principal at a reformatory in this country
South Africa
Wendy
|
|
$800
[14]
The sacred oracle of Amon saluted this "Great" Macedonian as a son of the god Amon
Alexander the Great
Marcia
|
$800
[26]
This religious leader's teachings are called the Dharma
the Buddha
Dan
|
$800
[19]
This largest Saskatchewan city's name comes from a Cree word for a regional berry
Saskatoon
Wendy
|
$600
[30]
This constellation represents the Nemean lion, killed by Hercules
Leo
Dan
|
$800
[9]
Gustav IV Adolf was just 13 when he became king of this country in 1792
Sweden
Dan
|
$800
[4]
Gabriel Garcia Marquez wrote an epic 1967 novel called this many "Years of Solitude"
One Hundred
Marcia
Wendy
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Ashurbanipal, who assembled a great ancient library at Nineveh, ruled this kingdom 668-627 B.C.
Assyria
Marcia
Dan
|
$1,000
[27]
During Holi, a spring festival in this religion, caste and social distinctions are temporarily suspended
Hindu
Wendy
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
Iqaluit is the administrative center of this large island
Baffin Island
Wendy
|
$800
[29]
In about 12,000 years, Vega will become this, as Polaris is today
the pole star (North Star)
Dan
|
$1,000
[10]
Indonesia became independent of the Netherlands in 1949, during the reign of this Dutch queen
Juliana
Marcia
Wendy
|
$1,000
[5]
1958's "The Magic Barrel" was the first volume of short stories by this author of "The Fixer"
Bernard Malamud
Marcia
|
Established in 1795, this committee has jurisdiction over social security, tariffs & all revenue measures
Ways & Means