Scott Marley — a writer and editor from Albany, California
Kevin McCarty — an actor from Van Nuys, California
Ilene Markell — a musician originally from Memphis, Tennessee (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilene | $400 | $2,300 | $5,300 |
$5,001
2-day champion: $18,202 |
$5,300
17 R, 3 W |
| Kevin | $700 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
$1
3rd place: Panasonic 27" TV + Jeopardy! home game |
$4,100
16 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Scott | $300 | $900 | $5,400 |
$199
2nd place: trip on TWA to Honolulu & stay at the Ala Moana Hotel + Jeopardy! home game |
$7,900
15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| 20th CENTURY AMERICA | BASEBALL HISTORY | NEWSPAPERS | FRENCH CITIES | COOKING WITH EGGS | "MAN"LY WORDS & PHRASES |
|
$100
[6]
In 1956, in Pittsburgh, this circus gave its final performance under the "Big Top"
the Ringling Bros. (& Barnum & Bailey)
Kevin
|
$100
[26]
One of the big teams in the 1890s was this city's Beaneaters
Boston
Kevin
|
$100
[12]
In 1973 this newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for its investigation of the Watergate scandal
the Washington Post
Scott
|
$100
[1]
Nearly 20% of France's people live in this city's metropolitan area
Paris
Ilene
|
$100
[11]
To test freshness, put eggs in a bowl of cold water; a bad one will do this
float
Kevin
Scott
|
$100
[13]
The wrongful unplanned killing of another person, it can be voluntary or involuntary
manslaughter
Scott
|
|
$200
[7]
In 1977 he was elected to the first of 3 terms as mayor of New York City
Ed Koch
Kevin
|
$200
[27]
Harry Hooper said of him at 19, "He could eat more than anyone else, and he could hit a baseball further"
Babe Ruth
Kevin
|
$200
[22]
This newspaper has the largest Sunday circulation of any paper west of the Mississippi River
the Los Angeles Times
Scott
|
$200
[2]
This film festival city became a popular resort after Baron Brougham built a villa there
Cannes
Ilene
|
$200
[17]
It's a hard-boiled egg, its yolk mixed with mustard & mayo, put back in & topped with paprika
a deviled egg
Kevin
|
$200
[14]
According to a nursery rhyme, he lives in Drury Lane
the Muffin Man
|
|
$300
[8]
In 1907 the printmaking firm of this late pair was formally dissolved
Currier & Ives
|
$300
[28]
In 1889 Michael Kelly was so famous for doing this he inspired a song, "Slide Kelly Slide"
stealing bases
Ilene
|
$300
[23]
The Clarion-Ledger is this Mississippi capital's morning paper
Jackson
Ilene
|
DD
$200
[5]
This city on the Garonne River is the shipping center for the famous wines that share its name
Bordeaux
Kevin
|
$300
[18]
It's one size larger than extra large
jumbo
Kevin
|
$300
[15]
Myanmar's second-largest city, it served as the country's capital from 1860 to 1885
Mandalay
|
|
$400
[9]
In 1947 this committee began its investigation of Communist activity in the movie industry
the House Un-American Activities Committee
Kevin
|
$400
[29]
The myth of this man inventing baseball was spread by a sporting goods maker to keep the game "American"
Doubleday
Ilene
|
$400
[24]
Robert R. McCormick took control of this Chicago paper in 1910 & held it until his death in 1955
the Tribune
Ilene
|
$300
[3]
This city where Louis XIV had his palace is the capital of Yvelines department
Versailles
Kevin
|
$400
[20]
This egg-thickened dessert is basically just eggs, milk & sugar
custard
Ilene
Scott
|
$400
[16]
He can "take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew, cover it in choc'late and a miracle or two"
the Candy Man
Ilene
|
|
$500
[10]
In 1925 he broke the Silence, becoming the 1st president to broadcast his inauguration on radio
Coolidge
Ilene
|
$500
[30]
In 1893, due to the power of pitchers Amos Rusie & this man, the mound was moved back to 60'6" from home
Cy Young
|
$500
[25]
The Deseret News is this state's largest evening newspaper
Utah
Ilene
|
$400
[4]
This third-largest French city was founded in 43 B.C. as Lugdunum
Lyon
Ilene
|
$500
[21]
An egg wash brushed on a pastry before baking will produce one of these on the finished product
a glaze
Kevin
|
$500
[19]
This 1967 play based on the "Peanuts" comic strip starred Gary Burghoff in the title role
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
Kevin
|
| BIBLICAL PEOPLES | MUSIC | LAKES & RIVERS | SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS | HISTORY | POETS & POETRY |
|
$200
[19]
The Galatians & Colossians were among the recipients of his letters
Paul
Kevin
|
$200
[1]
As you might expect, a fughetta is a little one of these
a fugue
Kevin
|
$200
[12]
Lough Leane, which covers nearly 8 square miles, is the largest of this country's lakes of Killarney
Ireland
Kevin
|
$200
[16]
This inventor's assistant, Thomas A. Watson, received a share in his business
(Alexander Graham) Bell
Scott
|
$200
[11]
In 1156 Prince Yuri Dolgoruky erected the first Moscow fortress on the site of this present one
the Kremlin
Ilene
|
$200
[4]
Lord Byron's poem "The Island" was inspired by the mutiny on this ship
the Bounty
Ilene
|
|
$400
[20]
The Ammonites & Moabites were descendants of this man whose wife shouldn't have looked back
Lot
Ilene
|
$400
[2]
The modern Spanish or classical type of this instrument has 6 strings & a range of more than 3 octaves
a classical guitar
Kevin
|
$400
[14]
Africa's Lake Victoria was named for the British queen & this lake was named for her husband
Lake Albert
Kevin
|
$400
[23]
In addition to steam engine improvements, this Scot developed an ink for copying correspondence
(James) Watt
Ilene
Kevin
|
$400
[13]
FDR & Churchill met at this Moroccan city for 10 days in 1943 but Stalin was unable to attend
Casablanca
Ilene
|
$400
[5]
"Mending Wall" ends with this famous phrase about barriers
good fences make good neighbors
Ilene
Scott
|
|
$600
[22]
The collective name of the people of the 12 tribes, it's from a name given to Jacob
the Israelites
Ilene
|
$600
[3]
This note is a semitone higher than G natural
G sharp
Ilene
|
$600
[21]
Vermont shares its second-largest lake, Memphremagog, with this Canadian province
Quebec
Kevin
Scott
|
$600
[24]
In his sketches this Renaissance painter left designs for a construction crane & a movable bridge
da Vinci
Scott
|
$600
[15]
German king Rudolf I founded this dynasty which ruled Austria until 1918
the Hapsburgs
Ilene
|
$600
[8]
He began "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" after the death of a friend, Richard West
Gray
Scott
|
|
$800
[28]
The Midianites were descended from Midian, this patriarch's son
Abraham
|
$800
[6]
This piece is the second in the trilogy Respighi began with "The Fountains Of Rome"
"The Pines Of Rome"
Scott
|
DD
$1,400
[26]
Sebastian Cabot named this South American river for the mineral deposits he thought were nearby
the Rio de la Plata
Kevin
|
$1,000
[27]
In the 1780s these French papermakers invented the hot-air balloon
the Montgolfiers
Scott
|
$1,000
[18]
In 1978 Daniel T. Arap Moi was sworn in as the second president of this African country
Kenya
|
$800
[9]
He wrote the humorous verse "I don't mind eels except as meals"
(Ogden) Nash
Scott
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Goliath was a champion fighter for these people
the Philistines
Kevin
|
$1,000
[7]
A chorus of hisses greeted the premiere of 3 movements of his "German Requiem" in 1867
(Johannes) Brahms
Scott
|
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DD
$2,500
[17]
Albert Gallatin helped negotiate this treaty ending the War of 1812
the Treaty of Ghent
Scott
|
$1,000
[10]
His "An Essay on Criticism" includes the line "A little learning is a dangerous thing"
(Alexander) Pope
Scott
|
In September 1814 John S. Skinner & this Maryland atty. were sent to negotiate the release of William Beanes, a POW
Francis Scott Key