Alex enters wearing a hard hat, explaining it is to protect himself against items falling from the rafters, as a chain and an electric wire had fallen the previous show.
Claude Coller — a teacher from Lorain, Ohio
Sandi Kamenir — an attorney from North Hollywood, California
Paul Mathless — an editor from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul | $1,500 | $3,100 | $5,300 |
$10,100
2-day champion: $28,300 |
$5,300
16 R, 4 W |
| Sandi | $800 | $1,700 | $5,000 |
$100
2nd place: trip on Eastern to Freeport, Bahamas & stay at Xanadu Beach & Marina Resort |
$5,900
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Claude | $1,100 | $2,600 | $2,400 |
$5
3rd place: Greif Companies his & hers clothing |
$2,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | THE 50 STATES | MAMMALS | 4-LETTER WORDS | POTENT POTABLES | GONE WITH THE WIND |
|
$100
[19]
In 1988 Christmas & Easter both fell on this day of the week
Sunday
Claude
|
$100
[1]
Spanish explorers are believed to have visited Mobile Bay in this state back in 1519
Alabama
Paul
|
$100
[14]
Don't worry; when they mate, the female can relax or flatten her quills
a porcupine
Paul
Sandi
|
$100
[15]
To expose oneself pleasantly to warmth, people do it in the sun
bask
Paul
|
$100
[3]
Since it's made with this, Barenjager liqueur comes with a plastic bee stuck on the label
honey
Claude
|
$100
[5]
Olivia de Havilland said Clark Gable was "terrified" of playing this role
Rhett Butler
Sandi
|
|
$200
[20]
The pre-Lenten festival is celebrated as Mardi Gras in New Orleans & this in Rio
Carnival
Claude
|
$200
[2]
Lt. Governor Evelyn Murphy ran this state while its gov. was out on the national campaign trail
Massachusetts
Claude
|
$200
[17]
1 of the 2 mammals whose names begin with "AA"
aardvark (or aardwolf)
Paul
|
$200
[16]
Someone you're trailing might figuratively "give you" this piece of feminine attire
slip
Claude
|
$200
[4]
Myers's rum is distilled on this island, man
Jamaica
Sandi
|
$200
[6]
Every single technicolor camera in Hollywood was used to film the burning of this city
Atlanta
Claude
|
|
$400
[22]
Each night of the Afro-American holiday of Kwanzaa this is done, just like during Hanukkah
lighting a candle
Claude
|
$300
[9]
It's the top brick-producing state as well as top tobacco producer
North Carolina
Paul
Claude
|
$300
[24]
The "jack" in jack rabbit is short for this other animal, also known for its long ears
jackass
Claude
|
$300
[18]
A line of soldiers standing side-by-side is a rank; a line one behind the other is this
a file
Claude
|
$300
[7]
The Bible says, "Money ans wereth all things," while this "maketh merry"
wine
Paul
|
$300
[8]
Though this "Great Gatsby" author wrote part of the script, he got no screen credit
(F. Scott) Fitzgerald
Paul
|
|
$500
[23]
The 2 months in which the Chinese New Year can fall
January & February
Paul
|
$400
[10]
Acadia National Park, the oldest one east of the Mississippi, is in this state
Maine
Claude
|
$400
[25]
After being born, an opossum spends the next 2 months here
his mother's pocket
Paul
|
$400
[27]
Swine find this swill swell
slop
|
$400
[29]
Carolans, Emmets & Baileys are all brands of this type of liqueur
(Irish) cream
Sandi
|
$400
[12]
George Cukor, Sam Wood & finally, Victor Fleming
the director
Sandi
|
|
DD
$700
[21]
AT&T's top 2 "calling holidays" are Christmas & this
Mother's Day
Claude
|
$500
[11]
1 of the 2 states whose official song titles begin with the word "On"
Wisconsin (or Indiana)
Paul
|
$500
[26]
Common name given to the reindeer of North America
caribou
Paul
Claude
|
$500
[28]
From the Latin for "crude", it's a light grayish yellowish brown
ecru
Sandi
|
— |
$500
[13]
The only person Vivien Leigh specifically thanked on winning her Oscar was this producer
David O. Selznick
Claude
|
| AMERICAN HISTORY | AWARDS | OPERA | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | FAMOUS NAMES | IN THE OCEAN |
|
$200
[3]
Known in Spanish as the "Bahia de Cochinos", it achieved world wide notoriety in 1961
the Bay of Pigs
Sandi
|
$200
[14]
If your cookbook doesn't cut the mustard, you may not win this company's Tastemaker Award
French's
Paul
|
$200
[16]
In "Le nozze di Figaro", "le nozze" refers to this event
marriage
Claude
|
$200
[1]
In May 1988 it became the highest spot on Earth from which a live TV broadcast originated
(the top of) Mount Everest
Sandi
|
$200
[2]
The media usually refer to this hockey player's wife as "actress Janet Jones"
Wayne Gretzky
Paul
|
$200
[18]
The book "Seas & Oceans" says this creature resembles a gherkin
a sea cucumber
Paul
|
|
$400
[10]
In 1964 Malcolm X left this group; the following year 3 of its members killed him
the Black Muslims
Paul
|
$400
[15]
The Downtown Athletic Club of New York City presents this award to the top college football player
the Heisman Award
Claude
|
$400
[17]
Stravinsky wrote an opera about this "complex" mythical ruler
Oedipus
Sandi
|
$400
[4]
In 1975 this Vietnamese city was renamed to honor the late president of North Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh
Saigon
Paul
|
$400
[6]
This comedienne got an Oscar nomination for playing a choir singer in her 1st film, "Nashville"
Lily Tomlin
Sandi
|
$600
[20]
All freshwater species of these from Europe & North America go to the Sargasso Sea to spawn
eels
Claude
|
|
$600
[11]
The presidential candidacy of this "Kingfish" threatened to split the Democrats in 1935
Huey Long
Paul
|
$600
[24]
Of an Obie, Hugo or Nebula, the one not won by sci-fi author Frederik Pohl's "Gateway"
an Obie
Sandi
|
DD
$500
[21]
"La boheme", an opera about Bohemian artists, takes place in the Bohemian section of this city
Paris
Sandi
|
$600
[5]
A strip of land on the Mediterranean is named for this city where Samson brought down the house
Gaza
Sandi
|
$600
[9]
In 1967 he became the 1st pro golfer to win a career total of $1 million in prize money
Arnold Palmer
Paul
Claude
|
DD
$800
[19]
Related to the pipe fish, its head is at a right angle to its body & it has a prehensile tail
the seahorse
Sandi
|
|
$800
[12]
"Beecher's Bibles" weren't books but these given to Kansans determined to resist slavery
Sharps rifles
Claude
|
— |
$800
[23]
The new Metropolitan Opera opened in this complex on September 16, 1966
the Lincoln Center
Paul
|
$800
[7]
The full name of the British city of Newcastle indicates it's "upon" this river
Tyne
Paul
Sandi
|
$800
[22]
Based in Chicago, this ABC radio newscaster is credited with coining the words "Reaganomics" & "skyjacker"
Paul Harvey
|
— |
|
$1,000
[13]
An artist, later judged insane, attempted to assassinate this president in 1835
Andrew Jackson
|
— | — |
$1,000
[8]
Tenerife is the largest of this Spanish island group off the northwest coast of Africa
the Canary Islands
Sandi
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1973 Brezhnev gave this tycoon art collector an apartment overlooking Red Square
Armand Hammer
Sandi
|
— |
Its roots go back to two 1850s organizations: the General Female Training Institute & a prayer union
the YWCA (the Young Women's Christian Association)