Joel Lewin — a telemarketing representative from Van Nuys, California
Vilma Garven — a consultant from New York City, New York
Jorge Miyares — a college recruiter originally from Havana, Cuba (whose 3-day cash winnings total $19,095)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge | $900 | $1,600 | $7,600 |
$600
3rd place: Broyhill curio |
$6,200
17 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Vilma | $0 | $300 | $1,500 |
$1,500
2nd place: Kelvinator electric range + Regal stainless steel cookware |
$1,500
10 R, 3 W |
| Joel | $1,000 | $3,000 | $7,800 |
$7,799
New champion: $7,799 |
$6,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| WORLD GEOGRAPHY | WORLD SERIES | COMMON BONDS | DEFINITIONS | MASTERPIECE THEATRE | SODA POP QUIZ |
|
$100
[1]
Only country in the Western Hemisphere whose name begins with the letter "V"
Venezuela
Vilma
|
$100
[11]
In the 1950s, this team represented the American League 8 times
the New York Yankees
Joel
|
$100
[16]
The pony, the monkey &the funky chicken
dances
Joel
|
$100
[21]
"Succory" is another name for this coffee substitute, popular in New Orleans
chicory
Vilma
|
$100
[28]
Eaton Place's Bellamy House was the setting for this saga of servants & swells
Upstairs, Downstairs
Vilma
|
$100
[6]
According to Vernors, sales go up during Christmas & Easter when this is used as a glaze on turkey or ham
ginger ale
Joel
|
|
$200
[2]
The number of continents whose land, masses lie primarily north of the Equator
4
Jorge
Vilma
Joel
|
$200
[12]
1 of only 2 players to hit 3 home runs in a single World Series game
Reggie Jackson (or Babe Ruth)
Joel
|
$200
[17]
"The West Virginia Hills""This is My West Virginia" &"West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home"
state songs in West Virginia
Jorge
|
$200
[22]
Of "hoodoo", "koodoo" or "doodoo", the 1 the dictionary lists as a synonym for voodoo
hoodoo
Joel
|
$200
[30]
In his "prime" they called him "Dizzy", & his series was subtitled "Portrait of a Romantic"
Benjamin Disraeli
Jorge
|
$200
[7]
For many years this beverage suggested people take "the pause that refreshes"
Coca-Cola
Vilma
|
|
$300
[3]
Charlottetown is the capital of this "royal" island, Canada's smallest province
Prince Edward Island
Joel
|
$300
[13]
Of 5, 9 or 13, the # of sweeps in World Series history
13
Joel
|
$300
[18]
Trapezius, sartorius, deltoideus &rectus abdominis
muscles
Joel
|
$300
[23]
Something that is "cisalpine" is located on the near side of these
the Alps
Jorge
|
$300
[26]
The only person who has appeared on every single episode of "Masterpiece Theatre"
Alistair Cooke
Jorge
Vilma
|
$300
[8]
Distinctive flavoring of Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray Soda
celery
Jorge
|
|
$400
[4]
Only C. American country with English as its official language, it extends the farthest north
Belize
Jorge
|
$400
[14]
Though playing in the same city since 1900, these 2 teams have only met once in a World Series
the White Sox & the Cubs
Joel
|
$400
[19]
Death cups, destroying angels &porcini
mushrooms
Jorge
Vilma
|
$400
[24]
At a college or a monastery, a "bursar" is in charge of these
funds
Joel
|
$400
[27]
This Disney child star grew up to play a mother in "The Flame Trees of Thika"
Hayley Mills
Joel
|
$400
[9]
Barnyard name for a root beer float
a black cow
Jorge
|
|
DD
$500
[5]
3 of the 7 countries than make up the Arabian Peninsula
(3 of) Saudi Arabia, North Yemen, South Yemen, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates
Jorge
|
$500
[15]
A record lifetime .367 hitter, he averaged only .262 in his 3 World Series
Ty Cobb
Joel
|
$500
[20]
Fetching a dog, cleaning out the stables,& capturing 4 man-eating horses
Hercules' tasks
Joel
|
$500
[25]
What a "zoophagous" person eats
animals (or meat)
Jorge
|
$500
[29]
With more than "A Touch of Class", she made heads roll as "Elizabeth R"
Glenda Jackson
Joel
|
$500
[10]
"Takes the 'ouch' out of 'grouch'" was claim of this soda once sold as "anti-acid" hangover remedy
7-Up
Jorge
Vilma
Joel
|
| U.S. GOVERNMENT | FOLK MUSIC | ARCHITECTURE | ANIMALS | SCARLET WOMEN | FANTASY ISLANDS |
|
$200
[5]
From 1933 to 1987 this party won control of both houses of Congress 23 of 27 times
the Democratic Party
Joel
|
$200
[20]
It's both a folk dance & the song with the lyric "flies in the buttermilk, shoo, fly, shoo"
"Skip To My Lou"
Vilma
|
$200
[14]
In 1921, a California developer laid out this Florida town with a California name
Hollywood
Jorge
|
$200
[19]
In 1848, Mormon settlers were saved from starvation when a flock of these ocean birds ate locusts
seagulls
Jorge
|
$200
[10]
In "Jezebel", Bette Davis shocked New Orleans society by wearing this color to a ball
red
Vilma
|
$200
[1]
A map of this island was found at Admiral Benbow Inn among the papers of the late Bill Bones
Treasure Island
|
|
$400
[6]
This Cabinet department is responsible for helium production, Indian affairs, & public lands
the Department of the Interior
Joel
|
$400
[21]
This folk singer went gold on the pop charts "The Night They Drove Old Dixie down"
Joan Baez
Jorge
|
$400
[15]
A sun-dried brick of clay & straw, its Spanish name is from Arabic "at-tub", "the brick"
adobe
Vilma
|
$600
[27]
The bird that lays largest egg relative to its body size is this flightless one
the kiwi
Jorge
Vilma
|
$400
[11]
"The Music Man" warned River City that when ya got "Scarlet Women", ya got this 1-word song title
"Trouble"
Joel
|
$400
[2]
Gulliver said the flying island Laputa kept towns below in line by dropping these on them
stones (or rocks)
Jorge
|
|
$800
[8]
7-letter compound word used to describe funding measures that keep the gov't running between budgets
stopgap
|
$800
[26]
While Ernie Ford's nickname & home state are Tennessee, folk singer John Hurt's were these
Mississippi
|
$600
[16]
The central wedge-shaped piece in an arch which locks it together
a keystone
Jorge
|
$800
[24]
Clarias batrachus, it can live for days out of water & actually "walk" from pond to pond
catfish
Jorge
Joel
|
$600
[12]
This last book of the New Testament features a famous symbolic scarlet woman
Revelation
Jorge
|
$600
[3]
After Miss Witchiepoo sank his boat, Jimmy came ashore on Living Island & met this mayor
H.R. Pufnstuf
|
|
$1,000
[9]
He was president of Ford Motors for just 1 month when Kennedy asked him to be Secretary of Defense
(Robert) McNamara
Joel
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
Legend says this king wrote thefollowingover 450 years ago:[Instrumental music plays]
Henry VIII
Jorge
|
$800
[17]
The Greeks reversed the Egyptian style by putting the walls on the inside, these on the outside
columns
Joel
|
$1,000
[25]
This African antelope has an oxlike head & forequarters & a horselike tail
a gnu (or wildebeest)
Jorge
|
$800
[13]
In a 1952 film, this future "Munster" played Rock Hudson's "Scarlet Angel"
Yvonne DeCarlo
|
$800
[4]
You'll probably never find Thomas More's "Utopia", because its name literally means this
no place (nowhere)
Joel
|
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
In one 1972 case, the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty this, violating the 8th Amendment
cruel and unusual punishment
Joel
|
— |
$1,000
[18]
Modern architect Louis Sullivan said each of these should be a "proud & soaring thing"
a skyscraper
Vilma
|
— | — |
$1,000
[22]
For this author, the islands of Caspak & Oo-oh made up the "Land That Time Forgot"
Edgar Rice Burroughs
|
Number of times the word "one" appears on the front of a $1 bill
2