Jeff Davidson — a pastor originally from Dayton, Ohio
Howard Goldstein — a music professor from Auburn, Alabama
Kathy Kuczynski — a registered nurse from El Toro, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy | $1,100 | $1,800 | $4,400 |
$200
2nd place: trip on TWA to Asheville, North Carolina & stay at Grove Park Inn Resort + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
$4,400
11 R, 0 W |
| Howard | $2,600 | $2,800 | $10,700 |
$10,601
New champion: $10,601 |
$11,600
26 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Jeff | $900 | $2,900 | $5,300 |
$1
3rd place: Enesco music box + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or Super Nintendo Entertainment System |
$6,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| WRITING | ENGLISH GRAMMAR | SENTENCES | CAPITALS | LETTERS | SPELLING |
|
$100
[21]
The Egyptian hieroglyph for air or wind resembles one of these on a ship
a sail
Kathy
|
$100
[26]
It's the misused word in the sentence "Skippy invited he and his brother to a party."
he
Howard
|
$100
[6]
Just hours after resigning as vice president, he was sentenced to 3 years' Probation & a $10,000 fine
Spiro Agnew
Jeff
|
$100
[11]
On Oct. 3, 1990 the 2 halves of this capital city were officially reunited
Berlin
Howard
|
$100
[16]
On Jan. 10, 1845 he wrote, "I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett"
Robert Browning
Kathy
|
$100
[1]
Completes the greeting "My Dear Guests, I'm Mr. Roarke, your host. Welcome to..."
Fantasy Island
Kathy
|
|
$200
[22]
They're symbols, like commas & periods, added to writing to make the writer's meaning clear
punctuation
Jeff
|
$200
[27]
The past tense of a regular verb is formed by adding these 2 letters to the base of the verb
E-D
Kathy
|
$200
[7]
In 1873 this boss of Tammany Hall was convicted of larceny & forgery & sentenced to 12 years
Boss Tweed
Howard
|
$200
[12]
According to legend, this European capital was founded by a peasant named Bucur
Bucharest
Howard
|
$200
[17]
In June 1804 Aaron Burr sent him a letter which said, "You have invited the course I am about to pursue"
Alexander Hamilton
Jeff
|
$200
[2]
Gopher was a regular character on this series
The Love Boat
Kathy
|
|
$300
[23]
They've been made out of tannins, the galls of oak trees & cuttlefish secretions
inks
Howard
Jeff
|
$300
[28]
It's the shortest personal pronoun in the English language
I
Kathy
|
$300
[8]
6 were sentenced to a labor camp in the wake of the 1986 nuclear disaster at this Ukrainian site
Chernobyl
Kathy
|
$300
[13]
For a time this capital, then known as Edo, was the largest city in the world
Tokyo
Howard
|
$300
[18]
Abolitionist who wrote, "I am waiting the hour of my public murder with great composure of mind"
John Brown
Jeff
|
$300
[3]
Julie Rogers, Tiffany Welles, Kris Munroe, Jill Munroe, Kelly Garrett & Sabrina Duncan
Charlie's Angels
Jeff
|
|
$400
[24]
19th century French Abbe Hypolite Michon named this science of analyzing people from their writing
graphology
Jeff
|
$400
[29]
In names of verb tenses, this "flawless" word follows present, past & future
perfect
Howard
|
$400
[9]
The sentence of this astronomer for having held the Copernican Doctrine was read publicly in universities
Galileo
Howard
|
$400
[14]
In 1927 Australia's federal capital was transferred from Melbourne to this city
Canberra
Howard
|
$400
[19]
A letter written to his brother Theo around 1885 included 2 sketches of Dutch rural scenes
(Vincent) van Gogh
Jeff
|
DD
$500
[4]
Character seenhereas he looked in 1964 & in 1994:
Amos Burke
Jeff
|
|
$500
[25]
The word "pen" came from the Latin penna, meaning this
feather
|
$500
[30]
This kind of noun identifies a group of people, animals or things--audience, crowd & team, for example
a collective noun
Jeff
|
$500
[10]
Mohammed Abbas was sentenced in absentia to life for the hijacking of this Italian cruise ship
the Achille Lauro
Howard
|
$500
[15]
This South American capital is the headquarters for Avianca Airlines
Bogotá
Howard
|
$500
[20]
In 1898 he wrote a letter to the French president using the phrase "J'Accuse" 8 times
(Émile) Zola
Jeff
|
$500
[5]
Freeway was their dog; Max was their man Friday
the Harts (Jonathan & Jennifer)
Kathy
|
| AMERICAN HISTORY | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | AUTHORS | DEM BONES | ROMAN EMPERORS | ITALIAN FOOD |
|
$200
[2]
From 1833 to 1836, this future president served as postmaster of New Salem, Illinois
Lincoln
Jeff
|
$200
[4]
Palenque in southern Mexico contains exquisite examples of the architecture of their civilization
the Mayans
Howard
|
$200
[11]
This "Catcher in the Rye" author served in the Counter-Intelligence Corps during World War II
Salinger
Howard
Jeff
|
DD
$100
[30]
They're the 2 bones of the forearm
the radius & the ulna
Howard
|
$200
[18]
During the reign of Valentinian III, Gaul & Italy were overrun by this king of the Huns
Attila
Jeff
|
$200
[23]
While it's often a salad with meat & cheeses, it refers to other hot or cold appetizers as well
antipasto
Howard
|
|
$400
[3]
On July 2, 1937 radio contact was lost on her round-the-world flight
(Amelia) Earhart
Howard
|
$400
[5]
Marengo, Iowa is named for the Italian battlefield where he defeated the Austrians in 1800
Napoleon
Howard
|
$400
[12]
In "Experiment in Autobiography", this author of "The Time Machine" told his life story
(H.G.) Wells
Jeff
|
$200
[1]
12 pairs of these bones make up the sides of the thoracic cavity
ribs
Jeff
|
$400
[19]
Julia, this first emperor's daughter, was notorious for vice & was banished from Rome
Augustus
Howard
|
$400
[24]
Funghi are mushrooms & these expensive relatives are tartufi
truffles
Howard
|
|
$600
[7]
Around 1630 the Dutch founded a fort called the House of Hope on the present site of this Conn. capital
Hartford
Howard
|
$600
[6]
Man first stood upon this geographic extreme December 14, 1911
the South Pole
Howard
Jeff
|
$600
[13]
With John Huston, this "Martian Chronicles" author wrote the screenplay for the 1956 film "Moby Dick"
(Ray) Bradbury
Jeff
|
$400
[10]
Adapted for childbearing, this bony structure is lighter & roomier in females than in males
the pelvis
Jeff
|
$600
[20]
Antoninus Pius, builder of a wall in Britain, was the adopted son of this more famous wall builder
Hadrian
Howard
|
$600
[25]
Anitra all'arancia is this type of poultry in orange sauce
duck
Jeff
|
|
$800
[8]
The 1777 Battle of Bennington did not occur in Vermont, but several miles west in this state
New York
Howard
|
$800
[16]
Pakistan's city of Peshawar lies 35 miles from its border with this country
Afghanistan
Howard
Jeff
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
Many of his lectures, including "Love" & "Self-Reliance", appeared in his 1841 work "Essays"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Jeff
|
$600
[26]
The 8 carpal bones that make up this joint include the lunate & the scaphoid
the wrist
Kathy
|
$800
[21]
After becoming emperor in 37 A.D., he was a humane ruler for about 6 months & then probably went insane
Caligula
Howard
Jeff
|
$800
[28]
This tubular pastry filled with ricotta & chocolate is a specialty of Sicily
cannoli
Howard
|
|
$1,000
[9]
In 1960, after 8 stays of execution, this author of "Cell 2455, Death Row" was executed at San Quentin
Caryl Chessman
Kathy
|
$1,000
[17]
The only survivor of Mt. Pelee's 1902 eruption on this island later toured with the Barnum & Bailey Circus
Martinique
Kathy
|
$1,000
[15]
This count's "The Cossacks" was published in 1863 to pay off gambling debts
Tolstoy
Howard
|
$800
[27]
If you fracture your kneecap, you fracture this bone
the patella
Howard
|
$1,000
[22]
This Roman emperor & stoic philosopher was born Marcus Annius Verus in April 121 A.D.
Marcus Aurelius
Howard
|
$1,000
[29]
The name of this dish of veal shanks braised with vegetables translates to "marrow bone"
osso buco
Howard
|
This organization was started in 1935 by William Griffith Wilson & Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)