Yael Sofaer game 3.
Judi Gordon — a sales representative from New York City, New York
Gary Shorr — a teacher from Lakewood, California
Yael Sofaer — a programmer and analyst originally from Israel (whose 2-day cash winnings total $17,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yael | $1,800 | $3,400 | $10,000 |
$17,201
3-day champion: $35,001 |
$10,400
26 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Gary | $-100 | $1,200 | $8,600 |
$0
3rd place: Oneida gift certificate |
$7,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Judi | $200 | $400 | $3,200 |
$200
2nd place: Dresher brass bed + Stiffel table lamp |
$3,200
11 R, 3 W |
| WOMEN | POTPOURRI | SCIENCE & NATURE | LAW | HOMOPHONES | BONANZA |
|
$100
[6]
In 1985 she became the 1st gymnast elected to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
Mary Lou Retton
Judi
|
$100
[23]
Some Manx still speak Manx on this island, home of the tailless Manx cats
the Isle of Man
Yael
|
$100
[21]
The Battelle Memorial Institute has developed a chocolate that won't do this in 90º temperatures
melt
Yael
|
$100
[1]
Copying & selling a copyrighted video tape, or robbery on the high seas are both called this
piracy
Yael
|
$100
[11]
Squeeze a wet cloth, or clang a bell
wring/ring
Yael
|
$100
[13]
During the summer of 1972 reruns were shown under this title, the name of the ranch
the Ponderosa
Gary
|
|
$200
[7]
Early feminists were reviled for wearing garments named for this newspaperwoman
(Amelia) Bloomer
Yael
|
$200
[24]
Number of sides on a rhombus
4
Gary
|
$200
[22]
Of root, stem or leaf, the part of a plant that's the main site of photosynthesis
the leaf
Judi
|
$200
[2]
It's a former case or decision that acts as an example for judging a current, similar case
a precedent
Yael
|
$200
[12]
Travel about selling wares, travel about on a bike
peddle/pedal
Judi
|
$200
[14]
The setting for "Bonanza" was this city in Nevada
Virginia City
Yael
|
|
$300
[8]
This lawyer & recent Cabinet sec'y once defended a man charged with annoying zoo animals
Elizabeth Dole
Yael
Judi
|
$300
[25]
This rose was named for the capital city of Syria
the Damask rose
Yael
Gary
|
$300
[28]
Old Egyptian preservation practice revived in modern times after Harvey discovered how blood circulates
embalming
|
$400
[4]
The Constitution forbids states from passing these "retroactive" laws
ex post facto laws
Gary
Judi
|
$300
[18]
Something you stroke at sea or strike in a mine
oar/ore
Gary
|
$300
[15]
When Ben & the boys got hungry, he would jump at the chance to cook up a meal
Hop Sing
Gary
|
|
$400
[9]
This Tony Award-winning "Dreamgirl" has a 4-octave singing range
Jennifer Holliday
|
$400
[26]
While "bovine" refers to cattle, "ovine" refers to these farm animals
sheep
Gary
|
$400
[29]
1st of the noble gases to be used in discharge tubes for lighting
neon
Gary
|
DD
$500
[3]
While you'd go to L.A. for "The People's Court", you have to go to this city for the World Court
The Hague
Yael
|
$400
[19]
A vendor of halite, or the thing in which you store his product
a salt seller/a salt cellar
|
$400
[16]
Tho his real name was Eric, everyone called him by this nickname, Norwegian for "good luck"
Hoss
Gary
|
|
$500
[10]
She described her assignment on "NBC News Overnight" as, "the inmates being allowed to run the asylum"
(Linda) Ellerbee
Yael
|
$500
[27]
It's the tallest structure in our nation's capital
the Washington Monument
Yael
|
$500
[30]
It's what makes a needle float on water or a drop of liquid assume the shape of a ball
surface tension
Yael
|
$500
[5]
In Roe vs Wade, the Supreme Ct. ruled unduly restrictive state regulation of this unconstitutional
abortion
Yael
Gary
|
$500
[20]
Frolic in the forest, or bet at blackjack
gambol/gamble
Gary
|
$500
[17]
"Sweet" nickname of the ranch foreman played by David Canary
Candy
Yael
|
| OKLAHOMA | THE '60s | ACTORS & ROLES | "C" IN COOKING | ART | WORLD'S FAIRS |
|
$200
[7]
Since statehood, Henry Bellmon & Dewey Bartlett have been the only 2 governors from this partt
the Republican Party
Judi
|
$200
[8]
In March 1966 General Motors apologized to this consumer advocate for investigating his private life
(Ralph) Nader
Yael
|
$200
[17]
Norma Shearer & Jennifer Jones both played this role in film versions of "The Barretts of Wimpole Street"
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Judi
|
$200
[1]
To prepare this soul food dish, 1st turn the pig's small intestines inside out & scrape them
chitlins
Yael
|
$200
[2]
A computer enhancement has shown the Mona Lisa once wore a string of these, but they were painted out
pearls
Judi
|
$200
[26]
The 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis celebrated the 100th anniversary of this purchase, a year late
the Louisiana Purchase
Yael
|
|
$600
[23]
It's 167 miles long but only 34 miles wide
the Panhandle
Gary
|
$400
[13]
U.S. presidents who were in office on January 1, 1960 & December 31, 1969
Dwight Eisenhower & Richard Nixon
Judi
|
$400
[18]
In 1952 Gertrude Lawrence made her last stage appearance in this musical, in the role of Anna
The King and I
Yael
|
$400
[3]
This thick, gooey liquid helps to sweeten pecan pie
corn syrup
Judi
|
$400
[9]
Of a baby, teenager or grown man, the one Mary holds in Michelangelo's "Pieta" in St. Peter's
an adult (grown man)
Yael
|
$400
[27]
In 1974 the first World's Fair with an environmental theme was held in this Washington city
Spokane
Yael
Judi
|
|
$800
[24]
Oklahoma's state flag has an olive branch & this American Indian symbol
a peace pipe
Gary
|
$600
[14]
Controversial series that went off CBS June 8, 1969 & returned March 30, 1988
The Smothers Brothers
Gary
|
$600
[19]
This singer made her Broadway debut in 1988 as a sec'y in David Mamet's play "Speed-the-Plow"
Madonna
Yael
|
$600
[4]
Cardamom, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, cloves & chilis can all be used to make this powder
curry
Gary
|
$600
[10]
Modigliani usually encircled his forms within a contour line of this color
black
Yael
|
$600
[28]
The last city to host a World's' fair in the U.S.
New Orleans
Yael
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Several of these are found on the grounds of the capitol, the only state capitol with that distinction
oil wells
Yael
|
$800
[15]
In 1964 Bantam Books published this report in paperback, just 80 hours after its release
The Warren Report
Judi
|
$800
[20]
Stacy Keach said, "I've always emulated" this writer, & he played him in a 1988 miniseries
Hemingway
Judi
|
$800
[5]
In North Africa steamed semolina is called this
couscous
Gary
|
$800
[11]
In 1796 Czech writer Aloys Senefelder developed this printing process using a grease pencil on stone
lithography
Yael
|
DD
$600
[30]
1 of the 2 symbols of the 1939 N.Y. World's Fair depicted here:
the Perisphere or the Trylon
Yael
|
|
DD
$2,000
[22]
Composer & lyricist team who wrote Oklahoma's state song
Rodgers & Hammerstein
Gary
|
$1,000
[16]
On November 2, 1964 Prince Faisal deposed his half brother to take over this country's throne
Saudi Arabia
Yael
|
$1,000
[21]
Meryl Streep learned to speak German & Polish for her role in this 1982 film
Sophie's Choice
Gary
|
$1,000
[6]
These are cooked in sugar syrup to make marrons glaces
chestnuts
Gary
|
$1,000
[12]
"You furnish the pictures & I'll furnish the war," Hearst wired this Western artist in Cuba
Remington
Judi
|
$800
[29]
The 1st ever Ferris wheel was built for this city's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition
Chicago
Yael
|
Date in 1777 on which the Continental Congress approved a flag of 13 stripes & 13 stars
June 14