Dennis Donohue game 3.
Mike Petersen — an insurance operations manager originally from Chicago, Illinois
Eugene Lebowitz — an actor and writer from Los Angeles, Californi
Dennis Donohue — an administrative services officer from Litchfield Park, Arizona (whose 2-day cash winnings total $16,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis | $1,300 | $2,300 | $8,700 |
$17,000
3-day champion: $33,600 |
$9,300
26 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Eugene | $-100 | $1,000 | $3,400 |
$3,300
3rd place: Michael C. Fina decanter & goblet set + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis |
$2,600
12 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Mike | $1,500 | $1,200 | $7,300 |
$14,600
2nd place: trip to San Diego, California + Panasonic palmcorder |
$7,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| ENGLAND | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | PEOPLE | WE'RE NO. 2 | RELIGION | ABBREVIATIONS |
|
$100
[1]
It's the common name of the national flag of the United Kingdom
the Union Jack
Mike
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$100
[26]
Types of these include the Northumbrian Small Pipe & Scottish Highland
bagpipes
Eugene
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$100
[16]
During a tearful ceremony in February 1992, the L.A. Lakers retired his uniform, No. 32
Magic Johnson
Dennis
|
$100
[11]
The Second Amendment concerns the right of the people to keep these
arms
Dennis
|
$100
[6]
Muslims have never sanctioned a translation of this holy book; it should be read in Arabic
the Koran
Dennis
Eugene
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$100
[21]
On a technical drawing, WV can stand for wall vent; on an envelope, it stands for this state
West Virginia
Dennis
|
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$200
[2]
Hey, speak of this author; he's on the new £10 note
Charles Dickens
Dennis
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$200
[27]
The tenor version of this instrument with a sliding tube is the most often played
the trombone
Eugene
|
$200
[17]
In 1986 this Philippine president was named Time Magazine's "Woman of the Year"
Corazon Aquino
Dennis
|
$200
[12]
The second tallest bulding in this U.S. city is One Peachtree Center
Atlanta
Dennis
|
$200
[7]
In the U.S., this Mennonite group can be traced back to the early 1700s in Berks County, Pennsylvania
the Amish
Dennis
|
$200
[22]
This shade of blue is abbreviated az.
azure
Mike
|
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$300
[3]
Legend says that if these birds leave the Tower of London, England will fall
ravens
Dennis
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$300
[28]
The baritone, euphonium & helicon are varieties of this big instrument
the tuba
Eugene
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$300
[18]
At a gala in 1980 this "bubbly" soprano made her final appearance, playing Rosalinde in "Die Fledermaus"
Beverly Sills
Dennis
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$300
[13]
Karol Wojtyla was the second person to take this name as pope
John Paul
Dennis
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$300
[8]
The First Council of Nicaea set the date of this observance on the Sunday after Passover
Easter
Dennis
|
$300
[23]
A physician who treats a variety of illnesses may be called a G.P., which stands for this
general practitioner
Eugene
|
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$400
[4]
The Ashmolean museum houses this univ.'s collections of fine & applied arts, archaeology & numismatics
Oxford
Dennis
|
$400
[29]
A standard piano type has 41 keys, 120 bass buttons, from 2 to 15 registers & a bellows
an accordion
Dennis
Eugene
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$400
[19]
In March 1992 this Nebraska senator dropped out of the presidential race, citing a lack of funds
Bob Kerrey
Mike
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$500
[15]
Of the top 10 mountains, the only one not in the Himalayas is this second tallest
K2 (Godwin Austen)
Mike
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$400
[9]
This Protestant reformer brought Calvinism to Scotland
(John) Knox
Dennis
Mike
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$400
[24]
In 1972 the U.S. & the USSR signed a treaty limiting deployment of these missiles abbreviated ABMs
antiballistic missiles
Eugene
Mike
|
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$500
[5]
For his bravery in the Baltic Sea June 21, 1854, Lt. C.D. Lucas was the first to receive this decoration
the Victoria Cross (the V.C.)
Mike
|
$500
[30]
If the valves weren't added to this in 1813, Wynton Marsalis would be playing a bugle today
a trumpet
Eugene
|
$500
[20]
While in high school, this costumer to the stars designed clothes for schoolmate Vikki Carr
(Bob) Mackie
Eugene
|
DD
$600
[14]
It's the second-smallest planet in our solar system
Mercury
Dennis
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$500
[10]
The only 2 sacraments recognized by United Methodists are the Lord's Supper & this
baptism
Mike
|
$500
[25]
When taking out a loan, make sure you know the APR which stands for this
the annual percentage rate
Dennis
|
| THE 19th CENTURY | WEIGHTS & MEASURES | BOOKS & AUTHORS | LIBRARIES | FAMOUS SPEECHES | POTPOURRI |
|
$200
[1]
In 1861 this pres.-elect said, "I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number"
Abraham Lincoln
Mike
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$200
[18]
In the U.S. this is equal to 20 hundredweights
A ton
Dennis
|
$200
[16]
Sei Shonagon, who wrote "The Pillow Book" circa 1000 A.D., was a lady in waiting in this country
Japan
Eugene
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$200
[11]
This state's largest public libraries are in Bangor & Portland
Maine
Dennis
|
$200
[6]
On January 8, 1918 this president presented his Fourteen Points speech
Woodrow Wilson
Mike
|
$200
[26]
The first fossil of this early human was found at Neander Valley in Germany in 1856
Neanderthal man
Eugene
|
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$400
[2]
Curley, a scout, was the only man under Custer's direct command to survive this 1876 battle
the Little Bighorn
Dennis
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$400
[22]
This metric unit was originally defined as 1 ten-millionth of the meridian from the North Pole to the equator
a meter
Dennis
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$400
[17]
Jane Austen satirized this "architectural" genre in her novel "Northanger Abbey"
Gothic
Eugene
|
$400
[12]
The nation's first reference library for state legislators was founded in 1901 in this Wisconsin capital
Madison
Dennis
Eugene
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$400
[7]
In his last public address, he said, "I've been to the mountaintop...and I've seen the Promised Land"
Martin Luther King, Jr
Dennis
|
$400
[27]
In the Tuskegee National Forest there's a replica of this educator's childhood home
Booker T. Washington
Mike
|
|
$600
[3]
In 1889 this oil company built one of the world's largest oil refineries in Whiting, Indiana
Standard Oil
Dennis
|
$600
[23]
This system used to weigh gold, silver & precious metals was begun in France in the Middle Ages
troy
Dennis
Eugene
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$600
[19]
James Jones called his 1962 sequel to this novel "The Thin Red Line"
From Here to Eternity
Mike
|
$600
[13]
This largest Alabama city's public library owns the Agee Collection of rare maps & atlases
Birmingham
Mike
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$600
[8]
After writing "J'Accuse", he went before a jury declaring, "Dreyfus is innocent I swear it!"
(Émile) Zola
Eugene
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$600
[28]
King James thought it a "stinking weed... dangerous to the lungs" and he was right
tobacco
Dennis
|
|
$800
[4]
On January 18, 1871 the new German Empire crowned him its first Kaiser
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Mike
|
$800
[24]
In ancient Rome 5 feet equaled 1 pace & 1,000 paces was equivalent to this
a mile
Eugene
Mike
|
$800
[20]
Though the heroine of this 1900 novel by Theodore Dreiser becomes a star, happiness eludes her
Sister Carrie
Mike
|
$800
[14]
In 1966 the Dwight D. Eisenhower library opened in this Kansas town
Abilene
Dennis
|
$1,000
[10]
In a 1928 speech he said, "I do not want any Catholic in the U.S.A. to vote for me...because I am a Catholic"
Al Smith
Mike
|
$800
[29]
Until the 1840s golf balls were made of leather casings stuffed with these
feathers
Mike
|
|
DD
$1,100
[5]
This family was restored to power in the 1870s when Alfonso XII ascended the Spanish throne
the Bourbons
Mike
|
$1,000
[25]
This Egyptian unit was equal to the width of 28 fingers
a cubit
Dennis
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$1,000
[21]
It's Kathleen Winsor's novel about the amorous Amber St. Clare, who becomes a king's mistress
Forever Amber
|
$1,000
[15]
The Harry S. Truman Library contains an important work by this Missouri muralist
(Thomas Hart) Benton
Dennis
|
DD
$1,600
[9]
In May 1962 he delivered his "Duty, Honor, Country" speech
(Douglas) MacArthur
Eugene
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1849 David Livingstone led the first European crossing of this South African desert
the Kalahari
Dennis
|
The official langauge shared by Niger, Rwanda & Senegal
French