Edmund Dente — a media specialist from Somerville, Massachusetts
Ron Lindsay — a philosophy professor from Alexandria, Virginia
Mike Nibley — a multimedia writer and producer from Laurel, Maryland (whose 3-day cash winnings total $36,101)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $1,400 | $2,600 | $9,600 |
$10,400
2nd place: Klipsch speakers + Columbia House music club membership |
$9,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Ron | $1,900 | $3,500 | $10,500 |
$19,500
New champion: $19,500 |
$10,500
24 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Edmund | $200 | $2,300 | $5,150 |
$7,650
3rd place: Tasco telescope |
$3,700
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| FAMOUS PEOPLE | MOVIE DIRECTORS | CHINESE FOOD | POLITICAL TERMS | HEALTH & MEDICINE | TRADITIONAL NATIONAL FLOWERS |
|
$100
[1]
After leaving the employ of this Pa. chocolate maker, Harry Reese invented the peanut butter cup named for him
Hershey
Mike
|
$100
[8]
He directed "Rocky II", "Rocky III" & "Rocky IV"
Stallone
Edmund
|
$100
[21]
If kept moist in a dark place for 4-5 days, 1/2 cup of mung beans will yield about 3 cups of these
sprouts
Edmund
|
$100
[6]
This word is paired with "shakers" in describing political opinion leaders
movers
Edmund
|
$100
[7]
Though some men experience them, hot flashes are usually associated with this female "change of life"
menopause
Ron
|
$100
[26]
Shamrock
Ireland
Mike
|
|
$200
[2]
In 1933 this discoverer of the photoelectric effect moved from Germany to Princeton, N.J.
Einstein
Mike
|
$200
[15]
This director of "The Godfather" won an Oscar for co-writing "Patton"
(Francis Ford) Coppola
Mike
|
$200
[22]
There are 3 basic types of Chinese cooking in oil: shallow-frying, deep-frying & this one
stir-frying
Mike
Edmund
|
$200
[11]
Campaigning on a train with a series of short speeches in small communities is called this
whistlestopping
Ron
|
$200
[9]
During cataract surgery, this part of the eye is replaced with an artificial one
the lens
Ron
|
$200
[27]
Incamagic flower
Peru
Edmund
|
|
$300
[3]
In 1976 this reaper inventor was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame
McCormick
Ron
|
$300
[16]
"Rosemary's Baby" was the first movie he directed in the U.S.
Polanski
Edmund
|
$300
[23]
The Smithfield type of this can be substituted for the Chinese kind from Chekiang or Yunnan provinces
ham
Mike
|
$300
[12]
NIMBY, the desire to keep unpleasant projects out of your neighborhood, stands for this
not in my back yard
Ron
|
$300
[10]
A renal biopsy might be used to diagnose a disorder of this organ
a kidney
Ron
|
$300
[29]
Fleur-de-lis
France
Ron
|
|
$400
[4]
This World War I flying ace later served as president of Eastern Airlines
Rickenbacker
Ron
|
$400
[19]
This sitcom actress made her movie directorial debut with the 1986 film "Jumpin' Jack Flash"
Penny Marshall
Edmund
|
$400
[24]
Mu shu pork is served rolled up in one of these
a pancake
Ron
|
$400
[13]
In 1970 this vice president spoke of "The Nattering Nabobs of Negativism"
(Spiro) Agnew
Mike
|
$400
[17]
Also called Hansen's disease, it claimed the life of Father Damien in 1889
leprosy
Ron
|
$400
[30]
Yellow chrysanthemum & cherry blossom
Japan
Edmund
|
|
DD
$500
[5]
This president's great-great-great-grandfather emigrated from the Netherlands in 1631
Martin Van Buren
Ron
|
$500
[20]
Among this director's wives were Brigitte Bardot & Jane Fonda
Roger Vadim
Mike
|
$500
[28]
The Chinese cabbage called bai-tsai in Mandarin is called this in Cantonese
bok choy
Mike
|
$500
[14]
In 1991 President Bush called upon all nations "to fulfill the long-held promise of a new" one of these
a world order
Mike
|
$500
[18]
Often caused by a lack of iron or certain B vitamins, it's the most common disorder of the red blood cells
anemia
Ron
|
$500
[25]
Edelweiss
Switzerland
Edmund
|
| WORLD HISTORY | RELIGION | COMPOSERS | WEIGHTS & MEASURES | ASIA | LITERATURE |
|
$200
[11]
The British North America Act of 1867 created this country
Canada
Ron
|
$200
[17]
While an atheist doesn't believe in God, this person questions God's existence
an agnostic
Edmund
|
$200
[1]
This "March King" played in the U.S. Marine Band when he was just 13
(John Philip) Sousa
Mike
|
$200
[26]
This unit of weight for diamonds is broken down into 100 points
a carat
Ron
|
$200
[23]
This capital city is Thailand's chief port
Bangkok
Ron
|
$200
[6]
In Russian this epic novel is called "Voyna i Mir"
War and Peace
Ron
|
|
$400
[15]
Emperor Pedro II's body was returned to this South American country in 1922, 31 years after his death
Brazil
Ron
|
$400
[18]
The majority of those who practice this religion belong to the Sunni sect
Islam
Ron
|
$400
[2]
Schumann made his debut as one of these at the 1843 premiere of his own oratorio "Paradise and the Peri"
a conductor
Mike
|
$400
[28]
In the MKS system of measurement, S stands for this unit of time
a second
Edmund
|
$400
[25]
Kompas, this country's largest newspaper, is published in Jakarta
Indonesia
Mike
|
$400
[8]
Last name of author Alec, who published "My Brother Evelyn and Other Profiles" in 1967
Waugh
Mike
|
|
$600
[14]
In May 1989 the presidential victory of Guillermo Endara in Panama was voided by this general
Noriega
Ron
|
$600
[20]
In Judaism this compilation of oral law that includes the Mishnah is second to the Bible in authority
the Talmud
Ron
|
$600
[3]
He composed dozens of waltzes, including the 1869 hit "Wine, Women and Song"
Johann Strauss
Ron
|
$600
[29]
This system of weight for precious metals is named for the French town where it may have begun
troy
|
$600
[24]
It's the country in which you'll find Nangarhar University & Kabul University
Afghanistan
Mike
|
$600
[9]
In "Les Miserables", this hero, an ex-convict, uses the alias Monsieur Madeleine
Jean Valjean
Mike
|
|
$800
[13]
In 1919 Western Thrace was awarded to this country by the Treaty of Neuilly
Greece
Ron
|
$800
[19]
This denomination uses many of the hymns written by its co-founder Charles Wesley
Methodism
Ron
|
$800
[4]
Native country of Eugene Ysaye, whose 1931 opera "Pier Li Houieu", or "Peter the Miner", is sung in Walloon dialect
Belgium
Mike
|
$1,000
[27]
The torr, a unit of pressure, is named for this Italian barometer inventor
Torricelli
Mike
|
$800
[22]
It's the official language of Qatar
Arabic
Mike
|
$800
[10]
This 1948 work about World War II was Norman Mailer's first novel
The Naked and the Dead
Mike
|
|
$1,000
[12]
From 1238 to 1492 this area in southern Spain was an independent Moorish kingdom
Granada (Upper Andalusia)
Mike
Ron
Edmund
|
$1,000
[16]
Most Egyptians who are Christian belong to this church
Coptic
Mike
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
He wrote the incidental music for his fellow Norwegian Bjornstjerne Bjornson's play "Sigurd Jorsalfar"
(Edvard) Grieg
Mike
|
DD
$2,250
[30]
The unit for atomic weight of elements is set at 1/12 the weight of this element's no. 12 isotope
carbon
Edmund
|
$1,000
[21]
Mongolia's National Theatre is located in this city
Ulan Bator
Ron
|
$1,000
[7]
Since he wrote it in cipher, his diary, completed in 1669, wasn't interpreted until 1825
(Samuel) Pepys
Edmund
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The 2 capitals of Canadian provinces named in honor of Prince Albert's wife
Victoria (British Columbia) & Regina (Saskatchewan)