Frank Ferguson — a lawyer from Richmond, Virginia
Lance Lawson — a product manager originally from Moline, Illinois
Sharon Miyasato — an attorney from Oakland, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $16,998)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon | $0 | $400 | $3,800 |
$7,599
2nd place: Tappan electric range w/ microwave + Zenith 9" color TV |
$3,800
11 R, 1 W |
| Lance | $1,100 | $2,200 | $5,400 |
$8,410
New champion: $8,410 |
$6,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Frank | $1,200 | $1,400 | $4,200 |
$0
3rd place: Daniel Ming his & hers watches |
$3,900
17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| FACTS & FIGURES | AMERICAN LITERATURE | CARDS | TV HOSPITALS | WEATHER | "SEA" LIFE |
|
$100
[1]
80% of cocaine entering U.S. comes in by air thru this state, keeping Crockett & Tubbs busy
Florida
Sharon
|
$100
[6]
He wrote that "persons attempting to find a plot" in "Huck Finn" "will be shot"
Mark Twain
Lance
|
$100
[20]
In the 18th c., the rules of whist were laid down according to this card authority
(Edmond) Hoyle
Lance
|
$100
[15]
Richard Chamberlain learned his bedside manner at Blair General Hospital in this series
Dr. Kildare
Sharon
|
$100
[8]
It can be classified as bead, ribbon, or ball, by Jove
lightning
Frank
|
$100
[21]
A manatee, a dugong, or "Admiral" Elsie
a sea cow
Lance
|
|
$200
[2]
At 3.85 cups of tea per person per day, this country is world's #1 tea drinker outside the Orient
Great Britain
Frank
|
$200
[7]
This author's son Jack wrote "Misadventures of a Fly Fisherman: My Life With & Without Papa."
Ernest Hemingway
Frank
|
$200
[25]
Though up to 6 can play, canasta is best with this number
4
Lance
|
$200
[16]
Elizabeth Taylor showed up on this soap opera in 1981 at what else? A wedding
General Hospital
Frank
|
$200
[9]
Of April, June, or September, month in which the most Atlantic hurricanes occur
September
Lance
|
$200
[27]
A sailor or a pirate, especially one who growls & bites
a sea dog
Lance
|
|
$300
[3]
Kids in America have made this non-carbonated "soft drink" #3 behind Coke & Pepsi
Kool-Aid
Frank
|
$300
[12]
So no one would read it, this Atlanta belle had her novella about interracial lovers destroyed
Margaret Mitchell
Lance
|
$300
[26]
"Le vieux garcon", meaning "old boy", is a French game similar to this
Old Maid
Sharon
|
$400
[18]
Paul Lynde sent "Temperatures Rising" playing doctor at this city's Capital General Hospital
Washington
|
$300
[10]
Weather of the past 500 years in France was charted by using this profession's harvest records
winemakers
Frank
|
$300
[23]
A flat branching coral, or someone who really likes the Jacques Cousteau specials
a sea fan
|
|
$400
[4]
At 37.5 million miles away in July '86, this planet made its closest approach to Earth in 15 years
Mars
Sharon
Lance
Frank
|
$400
[13]
Encyclopedia Americana calls him the "1st great dramatist" in American literature
Eugene O'Neill
|
— |
$500
[19]
This longest-running medical drama in prime time history was set at a university medical complex
Medical Center
|
$400
[11]
A variant of a proverb calls this the "shepherd's delight"
red sky at night
Lance
|
$400
[24]
Unlike the land animal it's named for, this sea creature has a prehensile tail
a seahorse
Frank
|
|
$500
[5]
After South Africa, this country mined the most gold in 1985
ths USSR
Lance
|
$500
[14]
This short novel, Melville's last, wasn't published until 33 years after his death
Billy Budd
Sharon
Frank
|
— |
DD
$600
[17]
"Nicknamed" for the hospital in which it's set, this series'them eis the following:[Instrumental music plays]
St. Elsewhere
Frank
|
$500
[22]
According to the World Almanac, the lowest recorded temperature for this state was 14º F
Hawaii
Lance
Frank
|
$500
[28]
British & German ships reported sighting them in WWI, as did the steamer Santa Clara in 1947
sea serpents
Frank
|
| ANCIENT HISTORY | REPUBLICANS | SPORT OF KINGS | FOREIGN FOODS | RIVERS | WESTERN SONGS |
|
$200
[10]
If a vestal virgin violated this vow, she was buried alive
chastity
Sharon
|
$200
[1]
With over 53 mil., he amassed greatest number of popular votes ever in a presidential election
Ronald Reagan
Frank
|
$200
[2]
Most racehorses over 2 years old have this tattooed inside their upper lip
an identification number
Frank
|
$200
[17]
This vegetable (or is it a fruit?) makes gazpacho gazpacho
a tomato
Frank
|
$200
[7]
The Robert E. Lee beat the Natchez in a famous 1870 steamboat race on this river
the Mississippi
Sharon
|
$200
[26]
It's where "the stars at night are big & bright"
"Deep In The Heart Of Texas"
Frank
|
|
$400
[11]
Pompey divorced this Roman's lover, married his daughter, & was defeated by him at Pharsalus
Julius Caesar
Sharon
Lance
|
$400
[8]
Author of "Soul on Ice" & former Black Panther, he sought Calif. Republican Senate nomination in 1986
Eldridge Cleaver
Sharon
|
$400
[3]
Of triangular, straight, or oval, shape of England's Ascot race track
triangular
|
$400
[19]
In Germany, you might serve spatzle, not spaghetti, with these "klops"
meatballs
Frank
|
$400
[18]
It's said the ashes of Joan of Arc were thrown into this river
the Seine
Sharon
|
$1,000
[27]
They're "a try'n to catch the devil's herd across these endless skies"
"Ghost Riders In The Sky"
Frank
|
|
$600
[12]
Only the dead could leave when Nero sang, & some women did this, which increased the captive audience
gave birth
Frank
|
$600
[9]
Connecticut congresswoman, ambassador to Italy, & wife of Time Life founder
Clare Boothe Luce
Lance
|
$600
[4]
In most stakes races, this many horses share the purse
4
Frank
|
$600
[20]
Calling vegetables "julienne" does not mean they're prepared by Julieann, but cut this way
cut thin (thin strips)
Lance
|
$600
[23]
River whose course Lewis & Clark followed for the first year of their journey
the Missouri
Lance
|
— |
|
$800
[13]
Philosophy whose name comes from the porch, or "stoa", where Zeno met his students
the Stoics (stoicism)
Lance
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
Joseph W. Martin, who last served from 1953-55, was last Republican to hold this position
Speaker of the House
Lance
|
$800
[5]
Horseracing's scoreboard
the tote board
Frank
|
$800
[21]
Mulligatawny soup, meaning "pepper water", is found on menus featuring this country's cuisine
India
Sharon
|
$800
[24]
The Danube, Dnieper, & Dniester all flow into this body of water
the Black Sea
|
— |
|
$1,000
[14]
Born in what is now Algeria in 354, he became Bishop of Hippo & wrote "The City of God"
(St.) Augustine
Lance
|
$1,000
[16]
Though he was known as "Mr. Republican", 1952 GOP convention chose Eisenhower instead
Robert Taft
Sharon
Lance
|
$1,000
[6]
Started in 1863, the racetrack at this N.Y. site has oldest continuous meeting in U.S.
Saratoga
Frank
|
$1,000
[22]
Legend says the name of this Scottish smoked haddock came from fishing village of Findhorn
finnan haddie
Lance
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
Dr. Burkhart Waldecker marked the spot with the Latin words "caput nili", meaning this
the head of or the source of the Nile
Lance
|
— |
He was top Soviet leader longer than anyone else
Joseph Stalin