Ed Edelman — a pawnbroker from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Brooks Sanders — a college professor from Castle Creek, New York
Mike Creed — an antique and collectibles dealer from Brooklyn, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $1,600 | $3,200 | $7,600 |
$100
3rd place: Sanyo laundry system + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System + Jeopardy box game |
$7,100
24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Brooks | $1,100 | $2,600 | $7,400 |
$14,700
New champion: $14,700 |
$7,400
19 R, 1 W |
| Ed | $1,200 | $2,100 | $6,000 |
$11,600
2nd place: Mastervoice home automation system butler + Jules Jurgensen ladies watch + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System + Jeopardy box game |
$7,300
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| EUROPEAN CAPITALS | TELEVISION | MYTHOLOGY | THE 20th CENTURY | STEWS | FILE UNDER "H" |
|
$100
[16]
Originally, this Austrian city was a Celtic settlement called Vindobona
Vienna
Brooks
|
$100
[7]
This U.K. broadcasting entity began its first regularly scheduled TV service in 1936
the BBC
Mike
|
$100
[12]
A shepherd named Faustulus found this pair being suckled by a she-wolf
Romulus & Remus
Mike
|
$100
[26]
Because of this 1912 disaster, steamships were required to carry sufficient lifeboats
the Titanic
Mike
|
$100
[21]
Now generally made with chicken, Brunswick stew was originally made with these nut gatherers
squirrels
Mike
|
$100
[1]
The Jivaro Indians of Ecuador are famous for making shrunken ones of these
heads
Mike
|
|
$200
[17]
You'll find the Parliament building in this Swedish city on Helgeandsholmen--"Holy Ghost Island"
Stockholm
Mike
|
$200
[8]
Launched in 1984, this cable network known as AMC specializes in films of the '30s to the '70s
the American Movie Classics
Brooks
Ed
|
$200
[13]
Callisto, a handmaiden to Artemis, was changed into a bear & later became this constellation
Ursa Major
Mike
|
$200
[27]
On May 25, 1968 this landmark designed by Eero Saarinen was dedicated in St. Louis
the Gateway Arch
Ed
|
$200
[22]
This most famous Hungarian meat stew is flavored with paprika & often served with buttered noodles
goulash
Brooks
|
$200
[2]
An opening in the deck of a ship, or to come out of a shell
hatch
Brooks
|
|
$300
[18]
Children can sometimes try on costumes at the Teatermuseet, or Theater Museum, in this Norwegian capital
Oslo
Brooks
|
$300
[6]
Tuners for this broadcast band were required in all TVs manufactured after April 30, 1964
UHF
Mike
|
$300
[11]
Calais & Zetes, sons of Boreas the North Wind, sailed with Jason on the quest for this object
the Golden Fleece
Mike
|
$300
[28]
On March 9, 1916 this Mexican revolutionary & his men killed 17 in Columbus, New Mexico
Pancho Villa
Mike
|
$300
[23]
This creole stew thickened with okra begins with a dark roux, a mixture of flour & fat
gumbo
Ed
|
$300
[3]
Word game to play at a necktie party
hangman
Brooks
|
|
$400
[19]
The palace of Wilanow, which has been called the Polish Versailles, lies on the outskirts of this city
Warsaw
Mike
|
$400
[9]
Before creating "Star Trek", he was head writer of "Have Gun, Will Travel"
Gene Roddenberry
Brooks
|
$400
[14]
As the god & goddess of this, Mars & Minerva were honored during the Quinquatrus festival
war
|
$400
[29]
In 1935 this newspaper publisher earned the USA's largest salary
(William Randolph) Hearst
Ed
|
$400
[24]
Cassoulet is a stew from France's Languedoc Region made of meat & the dried haricot type of these
beans
Brooks
|
$400
[4]
It's about 5 feet tall, weighs about 4 tons & is related to the pig
a hippopotamus
Brooks
|
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
An equestrian statue of King Philip III stands in the center of this city's Plaza Mayor
Madrid
Mike
|
$500
[10]
This bishop began his "Life Is Worth Living" series on the Dumont Network; later he moved to ABC
Fulton Sheen
Ed
|
$500
[15]
As a baby Hermes killed one of these creatures to make a lyre from its shell
a turtle (tortoise)
Mike
|
$500
[30]
On Nov. 1, 1952 the U.S. detonated the first hydrogen bomb at this Pacific atoll
Eniwetok
Mike
Brooks
|
$500
[25]
Tunisians use harissa sauce to spice up this stew usually served over steamed semolina
couscous
|
$500
[5]
Popular name of the sect brought to the U.S. in the 1960s by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Hare Krishna
Ed
|
| HISTORIC MASSACRES | 19th CENTURY OPERA | INVENTIONS | U.S.A. | POETS | ODDS & ENDS |
|
$200
[2]
Matthew 2:16 says he tried to kill the baby Jesus by ordering all infants in Bethlehem killed
King Herod
Brooks
|
$200
[30]
Based on a tragedy, this Rossini opera is subtitled "Il Moro di Venezia"--"The Moor of Venice"
Otello
Mike
|
$200
[1]
Willem Einthoven invented the string galvanometer used to produce these, known as EKGs
electrocardiograms
Brooks
|
$200
[7]
John Dillinger was born in this capital of Indiana in 1903 & he's buried there in Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis
Brooks
|
$200
[19]
This New England poet published his first major collection, "A Boy's Will", while living in Old England
Robert Frost
Brooks
|
$200
[20]
Each year this magazine provides 5 colorful & informative wall maps
National Geographic
Mike
|
|
$400
[3]
Of those who defended this mission between February 23 & March 6, 1836, a few survived
the Alamo
Mike
|
$400
[29]
Jenny Lind starred in the 1st production of this "Rigoletto" composer's opera "The Robbers"
Verdi
Mike
|
$400
[8]
In 1875 Stephen D. Tucker invented a high-speed device to do this to newspapers after they were printed
fold them
Brooks
|
$400
[10]
This "Sunflower State" has 34 stars on its flag because it's the 34th state
Kansas
Mike
|
$400
[18]
This poet laureate wrote poems on "The Death of the Duke of Wellington" & "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
Tennyson
Brooks
|
$400
[21]
The ruins of the pre-Inca city of Chan Chan can be found near Trujillo in this country
Peru
Ed
|
|
$600
[4]
Samuel Adams used this March 5, 1770 incident to stir up anti-British feelings in the colonies
the Boston Massacre
Brooks
|
$600
[23]
The flower maidens are temptresses who inhabit a magic garden in this composer's 1882 opera "Parsifal"
(Richard) Wagner
Mike
|
$600
[9]
This Ernst Ruska & Max Knoll invention can now distinguish objects 2 angstroms in size
the electron microscope
Mike
|
$600
[11]
Wolf Creek Tavern near the Rogue River in this NW state was built as a stagecoach inn in the 1870s
Oregon
Brooks
|
$600
[16]
She died in 1887, before her "New Colossus" was placed on the Statue of Liberty
Emma Lazarus
Mike
|
$600
[24]
In 1965 this Chinese-American won a Bard Award for designing NYC's Kips Bay Apartments
(I.M.) Pei
Ed
|
|
$800
[5]
Catherine de Medicis was among the people who had a hand in this feast day massacre
St. Bartholomew's Massacre
Ed
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
The Hexenlied, or witch's song, in this fairy tale opera is also called "Hurr, Hopp, Hopp, Hopp!"
Hansel and Gretel
Ed
|
$800
[12]
With the invention of this in the 15th century, the demand for eyeglasses boomed
a printing press
Mike
Ed
|
$800
[14]
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in this city is famous for its circus galleries
Sarasota, Florida
Ed
|
$800
[17]
After his death, this poet's ashes were interred near the grave of John Keats
Shelley
Mike
|
$800
[27]
Prior to succeeding to the throne in 1851, this country's King Mongkut served as a Buddhist monk
Siam (Thailand)
|
|
$1,000
[6]
In 1885 the entire Egyptian garrison under Charles Gordon was wiped out in this Sudan city
Khartoum
Mike
|
$1,000
[26]
"The Devil and Kate" is a charming comic opera by this composer of the "New World" symphony
Dvořák
Brooks
|
$1,000
[13]
You needed an eyedropper to put the ink inside the fountain pen that he invented in 1884
(Lewis) Waterman
Mike
Brooks
|
DD
$1,500
[15]
Northwestern University has 2 different campuses: 1 in Chicago & 1 in this city
Evanston
Ed
|
$1,000
[22]
His poem "I Sing The Body Electric" was initially published without a title in 1855
Walt Whitman
Ed
|
$1,000
[28]
In the 1870s the U.S. gained treaty rights to a naval station at this Samoan port
Pago Pago
Mike
|
Best known as a novelist, in 1973 he directed his first feature film, "Westworld"
Michael Crichton