Anna Halligan — an English teacher from Endwell, New York
James Excell — a postal clerk from Denver, Colorado
Ed McIntyre — a part-time newspaper copy editor from Durham, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed | $1,400 | $3,600 | $9,200 |
$13,601
2-day champion: $30,301 |
$8,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| James | $500 | $900 | $6,800 |
$13,600
2nd place: Singer dining room set + RCR crystal stemware + Jeopardy! home game |
$7,300
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Anna | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,600 |
$11,100
3rd place: Gruen watches + Jeopardy! home game |
$5,600
17 R, 1 W |
| MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | SPORTS | AROUND THE WORLD | FRUITS & VEGETABLES | TELEVISION | ANAGRAMS |
|
$100
[1]
Antonio Stradivari learned to make this instrument in the Amati family workshop in Cremona, Italy
the violin
Anna
|
$100
[26]
In 1993 Dave Wannstedt replaced Mike Ditka as this team's coach
the Chicago Bears
Anna
|
$100
[18]
About 75% of its people, including most of its Maoris, live on its North Island
New Zealand
James
|
$100
[8]
The Hamlin variety of this fruit has more vitamin C by weight than the Valencia or navel
the orange
Anna
|
$100
[6]
On accepting his Emmy for "Family Ties" in 1986, he said, "I feel four feet tall!"
Michael Fox
James
|
$100
[13]
Pam peruses this before she goes on a trip
the map (from Pam)
Anna
|
|
$200
[2]
9th c. Europeans, notably the Irish, added the pillar that runs parallel to this instrument's strings
the harp
James
|
$200
[27]
In Russia in 1994, she ran off with her third Goodwill Games heptathlon title
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Ed
|
$200
[19]
A new museum in Yokohama traces the history of ramen, this food
noodles
James
|
$200
[9]
The fava type of this resembles the lima but many find it more flavorful
the bean
James
|
$200
[7]
In the summer of 1978, Andy Rooney began his weekly musings on this series
60 Minutes
Anna
|
$200
[14]
If you want your boss to give you one, arise & ask for it
a raise (from arise)
Ed
|
|
$300
[3]
This brass instrument used to give military signals has no valves
the bugle
Anna
|
$300
[28]
It's the nickname of pro golfer Frank Zoeller
Fuzzy
Ed
|
$300
[20]
In Serbo-Croatian the name of this Italian port is spelled T-R-S-T; maybe you should buy a vowel
Trieste
James
|
$300
[10]
Add vinegar or lemon juice when cooking this root vegetable to keep its beautiful crimson color
the beet
Anna
|
$300
[22]
Buck is the Bundy family dog on this Fox series
Married... with Children
James
|
$300
[15]
A successful ceramicist should never stop throwing these
pots (from stop)
Ed
|
|
$400
[4]
The quinto is the highest-pitched type of this large, cylindrical Latin American drum
a conga drum
Ed
|
$400
[29]
In 1920, after winning 20 of 21 races, this "Big Red" thoroughbred was retired
Man O' War
Ed
|
$400
[21]
Residents of this Italian fashion city call its cathedral "The Factory", as building has gone on since 1386
Milan
Ed
|
$400
[11]
While growing, this vegetable looks like many small heads of cabbage on a tall, thick stalk
Brussels sprouts
Anna
|
$400
[24]
On Sept. 12, 1959 this hour-long NBC series became the first Western to be televised in color
Bonanza
Anna
|
$400
[16]
It's how often Lydia reads the newspaper
daily (from Lydia)
Ed
|
|
$500
[5]
This instrument consists of a chanter, drones & an air reservoir
the bagpipes
Ed
|
$500
[30]
L.A. Dodger Glenn Burke is credited with originating this congratulatory gesture in 1977
the high-five
Ed
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
The chief tributary of this "colorful" river is the Vaal River
the Orange River
James
|
$500
[12]
India grows more of this fruit that's used in chutney than any other
the mango
Anna
|
$500
[25]
In the 1974 "ABC Theatre" presentation of "The Missiles of October", this actor portrayed JFK
William Devane
James
|
$500
[17]
Many women use this mascara applicator at dawn
the wand (from dawn)
Anna
|
| WORLD RELIGIONS | MOUNTAINS | DECORATIVE ARTS | HISTORIC NAMES | POETRY | WORD ORIGINS |
|
$200
[7]
Joseph Smith moved this church's headquarters to Kirtland, Ohio in 1831
the Mormon Church
Ed
|
$200
[21]
Like the Matterhorn, Monte Rosa straddles the border between Italy & this country
Switzerland
Ed
|
$200
[25]
In the 1600s drinking tankards were often made of this tusk material
ivory
James
|
$200
[1]
In 1798 George Washington got this former Treasury Sec'y the job of Army Inspector General
Alexander Hamilton
Ed
|
$200
[6]
Vachel Lindsay wrote of this famous American, "sorrow for Anne Rutledge burned in his face"
Lincoln
James
|
$200
[16]
The origins of this word for a severe food shortage go back to fames, a Latin word for hunger
famine
James
|
|
$400
[12]
This form of Buddhism originated in China, where it's known as Ch'an
Zen
Anna
|
$400
[22]
In 1964 the Canadian government renamed Mount East Hubbard in memory of this American
John F. Kennedy
Ed
|
$400
[30]
The cloth of St. Gereon is thought to be the oldest occidental one of these wall hangings
a tapestry
James
|
$400
[2]
From the color of his habit, this French cardinal & statesman was known as l'Eminence Rouge
(Cardinal) Richelieu
James
|
$400
[8]
A woman in a spangled mourning dress inspired this lord's lines "She walks in beauty, like the night"
Byron
Ed
|
$400
[17]
The name of this ever-popular beverage may be traced back to the Amoy dialect of Chinese
tea
Anna
|
|
$600
[13]
This Jewish New Year celebration marks the beginning of the ten days of penitence
Rosh Hashanah
James
|
$600
[23]
Ernest Hemingway described it as "wide as all the world, great, high, and unbelievably white in the sun"
Kilimanjaro
Anna
|
$600
[27]
In the 1750s Battersea Enamelware was made at York House in the Battersea district of this city
London
Anna
|
$600
[3]
This medicine man & leader of the Sioux was also known by the Native name Tatanka Yotanka
Sitting Bull
James
|
$600
[9]
John Greenleaf Whittier wrote, "Blessings on thee, little man, barefoot boy, with cheek of" this
of tan
Ed
|
$600
[18]
This gemstone's name comes from a Sinhalese word for carnelian, toramalli
tourmaline
Anna
|
|
$800
[14]
The Dome of the Rock covers the rock from which he is believed to have ascended into heaven
Muhammad
James
|
$800
[24]
It's the official name of Mount Godwin Austen
K2
James
|
$800
[28]
Highly prized for carving, the "mutton fat" type of this gemstone is uniformly white, not green
jade
Anna
|
$800
[4]
He announced his first two laws of planetary motion in 1609 & his third in 1619
(Johannes) Kepler
Ed
Anna
|
$800
[10]
He composed his "Ode to a Nightingale" under a plum tree on a morning in May
Keats
James
|
$800
[19]
This name for an open pavilion found in parks is derived from a Persian word for palace, kushk
a kiosk
Ed
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Guru Nanak & his nine successors are revered as the ten gurus of this religion
Sikhism
James
|
$1,000
[26]
When it erupted in 1991, this volcano in the Philippines had been dormant for about 600 years
Pinatubo
James
|
$1,000
[29]
Dutch traders returning to Europe from Java introduced this dyeing process that uses wax
batik
James
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
Hadrian's predecessor, a column in Rome commemorates his victories
Trajan
Ed
|
DD
$1,500
[11]
Tennyson had a thousand copies of this poem printed for "the brave soldiers at Sebastopol"
"The Charge of the Light Brigade"
James
|
$1,000
[20]
The name of this catlike mammal comes from zabad, an Arabic word for perfume made from its musky secretions
civet (the civet cat)
|
This national Patriotic Society was organized in 1890 by First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison
(The National Society of) the Daughters of the American Revolution