Ann Kleese — a substitute teacher from Marion, Indiana
Brigid Smith — a corporate communications manager from Fairfield, Connecticut
Joe Santora, Jr. — a teacher from Newton, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe | $300 | $2,600 | $12,000 |
$7,399
2-day champion: $16,398 |
$9,800
24 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Brigid | $2,100 | $4,100 | $8,300 |
$3,300
3rd place: Pulsar his & hers watches |
$8,300
22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Ann | $700 | $1,700 | $3,700 |
$3,700
2nd place: trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico |
$3,700
11 R, 2 W |
| JAPAN | STEPHEN FOSTER LYRICS | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | 1992 | IN THE SOUP | 4-LETTER WORDS |
|
$100
[1]
The highest denomination of Japanese paper currency is 10,000 of these
the yen
Joe
|
$100
[6]
"It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was" this
dry
Joe
|
$100
[21]
This North African country observes Sinai Liberation Day on April 25
Egypt
Joe
|
$100
[10]
Margaret Thatcher entered this house of Parliament as Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven
the House of Lords
Brigid
|
$100
[20]
Borscht is usually served with some of this dairy product on top
sour cream
Joe
|
$100
[15]
Robin Hood had one of Merry Men, Les Brown had one of renown
a band
Brigid
|
|
$200
[2]
The Japanese call this hot beverage kohi
coffee
Joe
|
$200
[7]
"All up and down the whole creation, sadly I roam, still longing for the old plantation and for" them
the old folks at home
Joe
|
$200
[22]
On February 11 Iran commemorates the fall of this ruler
the Shah
Ann
|
$200
[11]
H. Lawrence Garrett, secretary of this armed service, resigned over the "Tailhook" scandal
The Navy
Brigid
|
$200
[29]
This variety of clam chowder contains tomatoes
Manhattan
Joe
|
$200
[16]
Superman can do this to "steel in his bare hands"
bend
Brigid
|
|
$300
[3]
Many Japanese bars feature karaoke, where patrons entertain themselves by doing this
singing
Joe
|
$300
[8]
"I dream of" her, "borne, like a vapor, on the summer air"
Jeanie (with the light brown hair)
Brigid
|
$300
[23]
April 18 commemorates the end of white minority rule in this country, once Rhodesia
Zimbabwe
Joe
|
$300
[12]
Tina Brown was named to replace Robert Gottlieb as editor of this literary magazine
The New Yorker
Ann
|
$300
[26]
The name of this vegetable soup translates literally from the Italian as "big soup"
minestrone
Joe
|
$300
[17]
To make book is to take a bet; to make a book, i.e. put pages between covers, is to do this
to bind
Ann
|
|
$400
[4]
A monument located south of Yokohama commemorates the landing of this American commodore
Perry
Joe
|
$400
[9]
Title preceding "Wake unto me, starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee"
"Beautiful Dreamer"
Ann
|
$400
[24]
This country observes Chulalongkorn Day on October 23
Thailand
Brigid
|
$400
[13]
By the end of his first term on the Supreme Court, he had written 9 majority opinions
Clarence Thomas
Brigid
|
$400
[27]
Though named for a town in France, vichyssoise was invented in this country
the U.S.A.
|
$400
[18]
A top grade of white paper made from rag pulp
bond
Brigid
|
|
$500
[5]
Komei Tenno was the last Japanese emperor to reign in this city, not Tokyo
Kyoto
Joe
Brigid
|
DD
$1,300
[30]
"The corntop's ripe and the meadow's in the bloom" here
"My Old Kentucky Home"
Joe
|
$500
[25]
On July 15 this oil-rich sultanate on the island of Borneo celebrates the Sultan's birthday
Brunei
Ann
|
$500
[14]
This grunting gal lost the Wimbledon women's singles title to Steffi Graf
Monica Seles
Joe
Brigid
|
$500
[28]
The elegant French soup billi-bi is flavored with these bivalves the French call moules
mussels
Brigid
|
$500
[19]
German for "league", it was a pro-Nazi German- American league of the 1930s
a Bund
Brigid
|
| MOUNTAINS | BELLS & WHISTLES | 19th CENTURY AMERICA | SILENT MOVIES | THE VIRGIN MARY | QUOTES |
|
$200
[2]
The Tibetans know this mountain as Chomolungma, or "Goddess Mother of the World"
Everest
Ann
|
$200
[1]
When rung on Washington's birthday in 1846, it cracked beyond repair
the Liberty Bell
Joe
|
$200
[20]
In 1876 he helped found the American Library Association & came up with a decimal system
Melvil Dewey
Joe
Brigid
|
$200
[21]
Albert Roscoe played Uncas in the 1920 version of this James Fenimore Cooper tale
The Last of the Mohicans
Brigid
|
$200
[22]
Music for this prayer has been composed by Schubert & Gounod
the Ave Maria
Brigid
|
$200
[30]
Sir Ralph Richardson called this profession the art "of keeping the audience from coughing"
acting
Brigid
|
|
$400
[6]
Mount Elbert, the highest mountain in the Rockies, rises 14,433 feet in this state
Colorado
Brigid
|
$400
[3]
The diaphone, a big one of these found in lighthouses, can be heard up to 8 miles away
a foghorn
Brigid
|
$400
[15]
In 1868, his title was Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall
Boss Tweed
Brigid
|
$400
[19]
Last name of sisters Dorothy & Lillian, who starred in D.W. Griffith's "Orphans of the Storm"
Gish
Joe
|
$400
[4]
Tradition says Mary was a member of this royal house of Israel
the House of David
Joe
Brigid
|
$400
[25]
Keats not only said that this "is truth" but that "a thing of" it "is a joy forever"
beauty
Ann
|
|
$600
[9]
Alaskan Indians know this mountain as Denali, the "Great One"
Mt. McKinley
Joe
|
$600
[29]
A theatrical superstition says whistling here is a no-no
in the dressing room
Joe
Brigid
|
$800
[12]
In February 1865 this Confederate vice president met with Lincoln at the Hampton Roads Peace Conference
(Alexander) Stephens
Joe
|
$600
[18]
This Swede starred as an accused murderess in "The Kiss", MGM's last silent movie
Greta Garbo
Ann
|
$600
[7]
At the Council of Ephesus in 431 A.D., the Bishops gave Mary this maternal title
Mother of God
Brigid
Ann
|
$600
[23]
H.L. Mencken defined this emotion as "the triumph of imagination over intelligence"
love
Ann
|
|
$800
[10]
These mountains of North Africa are separated from Spain's Sierra Nevada by the Strait of Gibraltar
the Atlas Mountains
Ann
|
$800
[28]
According to the nursery rhyme, its bells say "oranges and lemons"
St. Clement's
Ann
|
$1,000
[13]
In 1896 he was nominated for president by both the Democratic & Populist parties—& still lost
William Jennings Bryan
Joe
|
$800
[17]
She played Betty Lou, a shopgirl who wins the heart of a department store owner, in "It"
Clara Bow
Ann
|
$800
[5]
The vision that appeared to this 14-ear-old in 1858 called herself the Immaculate Conception
Bernadette of Lourdes
Joe
|
$800
[24]
In an 1818 story she wrote, "I beheld the wretch—the miserable monster whom I had created"
Mary Shelley
Joe
|
|
$1,000
[11]
The capital of this small republic in the Apennines lies near the top of Mount Titano
San Marino
Joe
|
$1,000
[27]
Science books illustrate this sonic effect with the well-known "train-whistle-passing-you" experiment
the Doppler effect
Joe
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
It didn't agree to be annexed by the U.S. until months after its annexation in 1845
Texas
Joe
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
1916's "Joan the Woman" is considered this director's first historical epic
Cecil B. DeMille
Brigid
|
$1,000
[8]
At his crucifixion Jesus turned over the care of his mother to this "Beloved Disciple"
John
Joe
|
$1,000
[26]
This Pulitzer Prize winner said, "I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes" in his 1918 poem "Prairie"
Carl Sandburg
Joe
|
Author DuBose Heyward was born in this city & set his most famous work on its waterfront
Charleston