Glenn Kane — an emergency physician from Venice, California
Carl Gettleman — a systems consultant from Santa Monica, California
Jim Breed — a mechanical engineer from Kansas City, Missouri (whose 3-day cash winnings total $40,897)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim | $400 | $200 | $-200 |
$-200
3rd place: Ashley oak & brass entertainment center |
$1,400
13 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Carl | $700 | $300 | $1,500 |
$3,000
2nd place: trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
$1,500
9 R, 5 W |
| Glenn | $500 | $2,300 | $6,000 |
$8,500
New champion: $8,500 |
$6,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| U.S. STATES | JEWELRY | SONG LYRICS | INVENTIONS | HOMOPHONES |
|
$100
[3]
The 1st federal wildlife refuge was established in 1903 on Pelican Island in this state's Indian River
Florida
Carl
|
$100
[21]
Romeo compared her to "a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear"
Juliet
Glenn
|
$100
[16]
Cole Porter wrote, "I've got you under" this
"my skin"
Glenn
|
$100
[1]
The 1st patent for making a false set of these was awarded in 1822 to C.M. Graham
teeth
Carl
|
$100
[11]
A place for Arthur Murray to dance or cry
ballroom (bawl room)
|
|
$200
[7]
Kentucky was declared a Commonwealth, just like this state that formerly owned it
Virginia
Glenn
|
$200
[22]
Legend says Julius Caesar invaded Britain because he was looking for these mollusk gems
pearls
Glenn
|
$200
[17]
The Sons of the Pioneers sang, "Here on the range I belong, drifting along with" these
"the tumbling tumbleweeds"
Glenn
|
$200
[2]
After learning of this invention by Dutch optician Hans Lippershey, Galileo built one
a telescope
Glenn
|
$300
[13]
A child of the inventor of the telephone, or a ritzy neighborhood in Los Angeles
Bell heir (Bel-Air)
Glenn
|
|
$300
[8]
Interstate 5 runs from San Diego north to Blaine in this state
Washington
Jim
Glenn
|
$300
[23]
An onyx with alternating bands of sard & other minerals is called this
a sardonyx
|
$300
[18]
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazelwood sang, "We've been talkin about" this city "ever since the fire went out"
Jackson
Jim
|
$300
[4]
This inventor of the rotary engine isn't around anymore since he died October 9, 1988
(Felix) Wankel
Jim
|
$400
[14]
Steal aluminum foil or accept blame for someone else who did
take the wrap (take the rap)
Glenn
|
|
$400
[9]
The only parts of North America occupied by Japanese troops during World War II are in this state
Alaska
Glenn
|
$400
[24]
This island republic in the Indian ocean is noted for its star sapphires
Sri Lanka
Carl
Glenn
|
$400
[19]
In the famous hymn, title words preceding "how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me"
"Amazing Grace"
Glenn
|
$400
[5]
A 1643 invention, Torricelli's inverted tube of mercury was the 1st form of this weather instrument
the barometer
Jim
|
DD
$500
[12]
Truckin' the Quaker Company's products, or group performingthe following:"But you can get along if you try to be strong / But you'll never be strong, 'cause / You're a rich girl / And you've gone too far / 'Cause you know it don't matter anyway / You can rely on the old man's money / You can rely on the old man's money"
haulin' oats (Hall & Oates)
Glenn
|
|
$500
[10]
The Battle of Tippecanoe took place in 1811 near present-day Lafayette in this Midwestern state
Indiana
Glenn
|
$500
[25]
The name of this gem comes from an Old French adjective meaning "pomegranate-red"
garnet
Carl
|
$500
[20]
This "South Pacific" sweetie is "a hundred and one pounds of fun"
Honey Bun
Jim
Glenn
|
$500
[6]
Invented in 1856 by William Perkin, the 1st synthetic dye turned things this color
purple (or mauve)
Carl
|
$500
[15]
Berating, or pouring juices over the young sheep while it's roasting
lambasting (lamb basting)
Carl
|
| ANCIENT HISTORY | IN THE NEWS | BOOKS & AUTHORS | MILK & CREAM | FAMOUS WOMEN | QUOTE "UN"QUOTE |
|
$200
[6]
In the tomb of Queen Shub-ad of Sumeria, this device for plucking eyebrows was found w/ her cosmetics
tweezers
Jim
|
$200
[14]
The diary of this man, credited with being the 1st to reach the North Pole, indicates he may have missed it
(Robert) Peary
Jim
|
$200
[1]
Former president who wrote about his love of fishing & hiking in his 1988 book "An Outdoor Journal"
Jimmy Carter
Jim
|
$200
[21]
Evaporated milk is whole sweet milk from which about 60% of this has been removed
water
Jim
|
$200
[11]
She founded a monastery with her husband, Leofric, but she's more famous for her legendary ride
Lady Godiva
Jim
|
$600
[25]
Of the Marines at Iwo Jima, Chester Nimitz said this kind of "valor was a common virtue"
uncommon valor
Carl
|
|
$400
[7]
Tara, in County Meath, was the capital city of the 5 Celtic kingdoms of this country
Ireland
Carl
|
$400
[15]
Due to the low ratings on these in 1988, NBC promised key advertisers free air time
the Olympics
Glenn
|
$400
[2]
This activist folk singer titled her recent autobiography "And a Voice to Sing With"
Joan Baez
Jim
|
$800
[26]
The name of this slightly fermented cream is French for "fresh cream"
crème fraîche
Carl
|
$400
[12]
Even if you believe she was guilty, she never "gave her mother 40 whacks"--it was her stepmother
Lizzie Borden
Jim
|
$800
[24]
William Ernest Henley wrote, "under the bludgeonings of chance my head is bloody, but" this
unbowed
Jim
|
|
$600
[8]
After Cleopatra's death in 30 B.C., Egypt became a province of this ruling nation
Rome
Glenn
|
$600
[16]
Reacting to some near collisions, the FAA cut the number of landings at these 2 Chicago airports
O'Hare & Midway
Jim
|
$600
[3]
Football pro who called his 1987 autobiography "Cruisin' with the Tooz"
John Matuszak
Jim
|
DD
$1,600
[22]
Also called "clotted cream", it was named for a county in England
Devonshire cream
Jim
|
$600
[13]
In 1986, 56-year-old Eva Burroughs became the youngest person ever elected General of this "army"
the Salvation Army
Glenn
|
$1,000
[23]
Sir Walter Scott wrote, "to the vile dust, from whence he sprung, unwept, unhonored and" this
unsung
Jim
Glenn
|
|
$800
[9]
Chinese records of this river overflowing its banks go back as far as 2297 B.C.
the Yellow River (Huang Ho)
Jim
Glenn
|
$800
[17]
Vladimir Kryuchkov was recently named to head this organization Yuri Andropov once ran
the KGB
Glenn
|
$800
[4]
His 1961 book "The Agony & the Ecstasy" was a fictionalized biography of Michelangelo
Irving Stone
Carl
|
— |
$800
[19]
In 1988 she became the 1st person to win the tennis Grand Slam since Margaret court did it in 1970
Steffi Graf
Jim
Carl
|
— |
|
$1,000
[10]
The Minoan civilization, the 1st great civilization of Europe, flourished on this island
Crete
Carl
|
$1,000
[18]
New federal regulations require banks to clear out-of-state checks within this many business days
7
Carl
|
$1,000
[5]
He worked in a paint factory in Elyria, Ohio before writing "Winesburg, Ohio"
(Sherwood) Anderson
Carl
|
— |
DD
$1,500
[20]
The beautiful Emma Hamilton was best known as the mistress of this 19th c. naval hero
(Lord) Nelson
Glenn
|
— |
3 of the 6 original members of the European Common Market
(3 of) Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Italy & West Germany