Joanne Scala — a law librarian originally from Brooklyn, New York
Paul Bondor — an engineer from Bakersfield, California
Pete Brunner — a computer specialist from Ellicott City, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete | $1,400 | $2,300 | $11,100 |
$10,999
2nd place: Broyhill bedroom + Village home fashion + Jeopardy! home game |
$8,700
23 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Paul | $1,700 | $3,200 | $5,600 |
$11,200
New champion: $11,200 |
$5,500
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Joanne | $-300 | $1,000 | $1,800 |
$1
3rd place: NordicTrack Pro + Jeopardy! home game |
$1,800
11 R, 5 W |
| ANIMALS | BUSINESS TERMS | POP MUSIC | WATERWAYS | ODDS & ENDS | ENDS IN "X" |
|
$100
[1]
The common vampire type of this animal only weighs about 1 ounce
bat
Paul
|
$100
[17]
In business the levels of this usually form a pyramid & are divided into top, middle & supervisory
management
Paul
|
$100
[6]
"By the time I get to" this city "she'll be risin'. She'll find the note I left hangin' on her door"
Phoenix
Pete
|
$100
[7]
The Suez Canal has no locks because the Gulf of Suez & this sea to the north are about the same level
the Mediterranean
Paul
|
$100
[12]
In the Grimm Brothers' version of the fairy tale, the slipper she lost was Golden
Cinderella
Paul
|
$100
[22]
Found in churches & many homes, it's an image of Jesus on the cross
a crucifix
Pete
|
|
$200
[2]
The name of this single-humped camel is derived from Greek for "running"
a dromedary
Pete
|
$200
[18]
The DJIA is the Dow Jones Industrial Average & this is the DJUA
the Dow Jones Utility Average
Pete
|
$200
[25]
After the Mamas & the Papas, she had solo hits with "Dream A Little Dream of Me" & "It's Getting Better"
Mama Cass
Joanne
|
$200
[8]
Boats going to Rome can go up the Fiumicino, an artificial waterway in this river's delta
the Tiber
Paul
|
$200
[13]
The patriarch of this aerialist family died in 1978 while attempting a walk between hotels in Puerto Rico
the Wallendas
Pete
|
$200
[23]
It's the 4-letter term for the highest point of a mountain
apex
Pete
|
|
$300
[3]
The Pink Fairy is the smallest species of this armored mammal; it's only 5 inches long
an armadillo
Paul
|
$300
[19]
Among balance sheet terms, accountants know that credit is abbreviated CR & this is DR
a debit
Pete
|
$300
[26]
In 1974 this married couple duetted on "Mockingbird"
James Taylor & Carly Simon
Joanne
|
$300
[9]
Completed in 1825, it connected the Great Lakes to the Eastern Seaboard
the Erie Canal
Paul
|
$300
[14]
The 5 rings on the Olympic flag represent these
the five continents from which the athletes have appeared
Paul
Joanne
|
$300
[24]
It's the key ingredient in making rubber
latex
Joanne
|
|
$400
[4]
Meerkats, which are native to this continent, often stand upright to look for attacking birds
Africa
Pete
|
$400
[20]
One of these laser devices "reads" a universal product code
a scanner
Pete
Joanne
|
$400
[27]
Isaac Hayes' music for this 1971 film was awarded 3 Grammys
Shaft
Joanne
|
DD
$500
[10]
You'll find the islands of Qeshm & Larak in this strait separating Iran & the Arabian Peninsula
the Strait of Hormuz
Paul
|
$400
[15]
Operated by the government, it's Germany's principal airline
Lufthansa
Paul
|
$400
[29]
It's the river in which Achilles' mother dipped him to make him invulnerable
the Styx
Paul
|
|
$500
[5]
The aptly named racerunner, a type of this reptile, has been clocked at 18 miles per hour
a lizard
Joanne
|
$500
[21]
This 2-word term refers to fabrics & clothing as opposed to groceries or hardware
dry goods
Paul
|
$500
[28]
This group's hit "Nights in White Satin" appeared on the album "Days of Future Passed"
The Moody Blues
Joanne
|
$500
[11]
This system extends over 2,500 miles down the Atlantic coast & around the Gulf of Mexico
the Intracoastal Waterway
Pete
Joanne
|
$500
[16]
On a compass this floral emblem associated with French royalty is a symbol for north
the fleur-de-lis
Paul
|
$500
[30]
It's the small tailbone at the very end of the spine
the coccyx
Pete
|
| THE PLANETS | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | 20th CENTURY AMERICA | FRENCH CUISINE | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | WOMEN AUTHORS |
|
$200
[5]
This largest planet is also the fastest-spinning
Jupiter
Pete
|
$200
[2]
In 1993 this New York school's Press celebrated its 100th anniversary & the 5th edition of its encyclopedia
Columbia
Paul
|
$200
[1]
In 1979 it was the site of the worst nuclear accident in the history of the U.S.
Three Mile Island
Paul
|
$200
[11]
It's the flavor of the ice cream known as glace au cafe
coffee
Joanne
|
$200
[17]
This European capital's Brandenburg Gate was completed in 1791
Berlin
Pete
|
$200
[29]
She thought she'd ruined her novel "The Hollow" by putting in Poirot, so she cut him out of the play
Agatha Christie
Pete
|
|
$400
[6]
This planet has 2 "hot poles" that can reach 800° F.
Mercury
Paul
|
$400
[3]
Founded in 1865, this Ithaca university is the newest member of the Ivy League
Cornell
Paul
|
$400
[13]
In 1917 James Montgomery Flagg designed a famous recruitment poster depicting this U.S. symbol
Uncle Sam
Joanne
|
$400
[12]
These cloves are an essential ingredient in beurre de Provence
garlic
Pete
|
$400
[18]
1 of the 10 largest cities in the world is this one in South Korea's Han Basin
Seoul
Joanne
|
$400
[30]
Ann Radcliffe was famous for novels in this "architectural" genre, such as "The Mysteries of Udolpho"
Gothic novels
Paul
|
|
$600
[8]
Radar maps of this planet, from the Magellan probe, show a tortured volcanic surface
Venus
Pete
|
$600
[4]
This Baltimore university maintains a campus for international studies in Bologna, Italy
Johns Hopkins
Pete
|
$600
[22]
In 1958 this company produced its one millionth electric typewriter
IBM
Pete
Paul
|
$600
[14]
Used as a garnish, oeufs files are these, poached to make them form long threads
eggs
Joanne
|
$600
[19]
Hamilton, the largest city on this Atlantic island, is located at the head of great sound
Bermuda
Pete
|
$600
[26]
Dorothy Parker wrote some of the lyrics for this Leonard Bernstein musical based on a Voltaire novel
Candide
Pete
|
|
$800
[9]
Charon does not orbit this planet; they both orbit a point between them
Pluto
Paul
Joanne
|
$800
[7]
In 1795 this school at Chapel Hill became the first state university to open
the University of North Carolina
Pete
|
$1,000
[24]
In 1925 this explorer who claimed to have reached the North Pole was imprisoned for mail fraud
Frederick Cook
Pete
|
$800
[15]
Fontainebleau, a soft, cow's-milk type of this dairy product, is often served with sugar for dessert
cheese
Paul
|
$1,000
[21]
This capital of the country of Georgia was formerly called Tiflis, its name in Russian
Tbilisi
Pete
|
$800
[27]
This creator of Hans Brinker was the daughter of scientist & inventor James Jay Mapes
Mary Mapes Dodge
Paul
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Atmospheric me than e makes this planet discovered in 1846 look blue
Neptune
Paul
Joanne
|
$1,000
[10]
Opened in 1697, the oldest building on this U.S. campus is named for Sir Christopher Wren
the College of William & Mary
Paul
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
His 11th child, Rory Elizabeth Katherine, was born December 12, 1968, 6 months after his death
Robert Kennedy
Pete
|
$1,000
[16]
Escoffier's veloute aux grenouilles is a buttery soup made with 15 or 20 of these amphibian parts
frogs' legs
Paul
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
This peninsula juts southward between Algeciras Bay & the open Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Pete
|
$1,000
[28]
She dedicated "La Force de l'Age", the 2nd volume of her autobiography, to Jean-Paul Sartre
Simone de Beauvoir
Joanne
|
This 1994 film is based on Mark Handley's play "Idioglossia"
Nell