Bill Roche — a junior high school teacher from Ashland, Montana
Robin Leidner — a sociologist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Susie Macksey — a stand-up comic from Cambridge, Massachusetts (whose 3-day cash winnings total $27,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susie | $900 | $2,400 | $5,600 |
$100
3rd place: Busnell binoculars + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis |
$6,600
24 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Robin | $1,600 | $2,100 | $4,500 |
$8,500
New champion: $8,500 |
$4,500
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Bill | $100 | $400 | $5,800 |
$200
2nd place: trip on Delta to Puerto Vallarta & stay at the Krystal Vallarta |
$4,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| FISH | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | CARDS | MUSICAL THEATRE | BIOGRAPHIES | CLICHES |
|
$100
[16]
The rainbow species of this salmon relative gets its name from the broad red band along its side
a trout
Susie
|
$100
[18]
Turner Broadcasting launched this 24-hour information service in 1980
CNN
Susie
|
$100
[26]
In order, cards can be counted one, two, three or ace, deuce, this
trey
Susie
|
$100
[1]
In 1970, Groucho was a consultant on "Minnie's Boys", the story of these brothers & their mother
the Marx brothers
Bill
|
$100
[11]
In 1931 Clara Clemens published a memoir of this author, her father
Mark Twain
Robin
|
$100
[6]
According to the cliche, a man who lacks perception can't do this past the end of his nose
see
Robin
|
|
$200
[17]
This common carp kept in bowls was developed by the Chinese perhaps as early as the 10th century
the goldfish
Robin
|
$200
[19]
Swedish automaker Volvo owns about 1/4 of the stock of this largest car rental company
Hertz
Robin
|
$200
[27]
Ogier the Dane, who slew giants with his sword, is supposed to be this one-eyed fellow
the Jack
Susie
|
$200
[2]
This musical was based on a book called "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant"
Damn Yankees
Susie
|
$200
[12]
"Glory Days" by Dave Marsh has been called "the most complete" book ever written about this rock star
Bruce Springsteen
Susie
|
$200
[7]
Gardeners know "to nip" something "in" this means to stop it from developing
the bud
Robin
|
|
$300
[22]
In the U.S. the fish-and-chips franchise business uses this fish almost exclusively
cod
Bill
|
$300
[20]
In 1967 McDonnell Aircraft merged with this aircraft firm
Douglas
Robin
|
$300
[28]
Most games use 52 cards; standard pinochle uses this many
48
Robin
|
$300
[3]
Act I of this 1970s musical ends with the song "You Won't Be An Orphan For Long"
Annie
Susie
|
$300
[13]
A double biography of Aaron Burr & this man is subtitled "Their Lives, Their Times, Their Duel"
Hamilton
Susie
|
$300
[8]
It often precedes "in the mouth" or "on his luck"
down
Robin
|
|
$400
[23]
Commercially, one of the most important species of this food fish is the skipjack, or oceanic bonito
the tuna
Susie
|
$400
[21]
Bayer, BASF & Hoechst are the big 3 of this country's chemical industry
Germany
Susie
Bill
|
$400
[29]
In baccarat face cards & tens are worth this many points
0
Robin
Bill
|
$400
[4]
In a 1964 musical, the waiters at the Harmonia Gardens sing this title song to Mrs. Levi
"Hello, Dolly!"
Susie
|
$500
[15]
They're the subject of Anne Edwards' book "Royal Sisters"
Queen Elizabeth & Princess Margaret
|
$400
[9]
A person newly in office may make sweeping changes, hence "a new" one of these "sweeps clean"
a broom
Robin
|
|
$500
[25]
This sharp-toothed fish with an American-Spanish name has been called the "Tiger of the Sea"
the barracuda
Susie
|
$500
[24]
This magazine founded by Lila & DeWitt Wallace has never carried cigarette ads in its U.S. editions
Reader's Digest
Susie
|
$500
[30]
In 1937 a fifth suit of these birds was added to the deck for 5-suit bridge in the U.S.
eagles
Robin
|
$500
[5]
This 1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein musical was based on "Liliom", a Hungarian play by Ferenc Molnar
Carousel
Robin
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
Albert Schweitzer, an authority on this Baroque composer, published a biography of him in 1905
Johann Sebastian Bach
Susie
|
$500
[10]
The phrase "Love me, love" this pet dates all the way back to St. Bernard
my dog
Susie
|
| THE 1930s | AMERICAN LITERATURE | WORLD FACTS | SCIENCE | MYTHOLOGY | TOWER OF LONDON PRISONERS |
|
$200
[1]
A popular song of 1932 asked, "Brother, can you spare" one of these
a dime
Susie
|
$200
[2]
This novel by Stephen Crane is subtitled "An Episode of the American Civil War"
The Red Badge of Courage
Susie
|
$200
[11]
This largest Italian island is separated from Tunisia by about 90 miles of the Mediterranean Sea
Sicily
Bill
|
$200
[16]
For Tungsten it's 3410º C., the highest of any metal
the melting point
Bill
|
$200
[18]
One of his labors involved capturing a team of man-eating horses
Hercules
Susie
|
$200
[25]
She was Henry VIII's second wife, though she was the first he locked in the Tower
Anne Boleyn
Susie
|
|
$400
[7]
On October 5, 1931 Hugh Herndon & Clyde Pangborn completed the first nonstop flight across this ocean
the Pacific Ocean
Bill
|
$400
[3]
In 1972 some of his Nick Adams stories were published for the first time
Hemingway
Susie
|
$400
[12]
This hieroglyphic tablet was found in 1799 at Ft. St. Julian, Egypt & named for a nearby town
the Rosetta Stone
Robin
|
$400
[17]
Roentgenography refers to photography by use of these
X-rays
Susie
|
$400
[19]
The Graiae were sisters who shared a single one of these; how Cyclopean
an eye
Susie
|
$400
[26]
This future queen was imprisoned there by Bloody Mary
Elizabeth I
Robin
|
|
$600
[8]
In December 1933 this lady of Lourdes was made a saint
Bernadette
Susie
|
$600
[4]
"Sons", about the children of Wang Lung, was a sequel to this Pearl Buck novel
The Good Earth
Susie
|
$600
[13]
The descendants of the Bounty mutineers were moved from this island to Norfolk Island in 1856
Pitcairn Island
Bill
|
$600
[22]
It's the branch of physics that deals with light & vision
optics
Bill
|
$600
[20]
A bronze giant named Talos guarded this island of King Minos
Crete
Bill
|
$600
[27]
She spent more time in the tower in 1553 & 1554 than the 9 days she spent on the throne of England
Lady Jane Grey
Robin
|
|
$800
[9]
In March 1939 this nation ceased to exist for awhile; it was split up between Hungary & Germany
Czechoslovakia
Susie
Robin
Bill
|
$800
[5]
The title of his 1847 novel "Omoo" is Polynesian for a person who wanders from island to island
Melville
Robin
|
$800
[14]
Van Cao wrote this Southeast Asian nation's national anthem, "Forward, Soldiers"
Vietnam
Bill
|
$800
[23]
The stannous fluoride found in toothpaste is a compound of fluorine & this metal
tin
Bill
|
$800
[21]
The Polynesian god who fished the Hawaiian islands up from the ocean, or the island Lahaina's on
Maui
Susie
|
$800
[28]
After 13 years in the Tower, he convinced James I to release him on the promise he'd find a gold mine
Sir Walter Raleigh
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Charles Lindbergh helped develop the Perfusion Pump, an artificial one of these
a heart
Bill
|
DD
$1,000
[6]
Trying to repeat the success of his earlier anthology, he published "The New Spoon River" in 1924
(Edgar Lee) Masters
Robin
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
Columbus discovered the island of Dominica on this day of the week, hence the name
Sunday
Bill
|
$1,000
[24]
These are substances such as salts, acids & bases which conduct electricity when dissolved in water
electrolytes
|
$1,000
[29]
The Epigoni were the sons of the "Seven Against" this city
Thebes
Susie
|
$1,000
[30]
It held prisoners as late as 1941, when this German P.O.W. was there
Rudolf Hess
Susie
Bill
|
To shorten its name to fit a newspaper's masthead, this Ohio city lost an "A" in 1832
Cleveland