David Zacovic — a lawyer from Whittier, California
Sean Bersell — a congressional relations director from Washington, D.C.
H. Bhabra — a novelist originally from Bombay, India (whose 2-day cash winnings total $21,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H. | $2,500 | $3,100 | $11,500 |
$300
3rd place: Texas Instruments graphing calculator + Jeopardy! home game |
$11,500
25 R, 1 W |
| Sean | $600 | $900 | $1,500 |
$2,500
2nd place: DIA mirror & Taiko Odori serigraph by Takara courtesy of Martin Lawrence Galleries + Jeopardy! home game |
$1,500
8 R, 2 W |
| David | $800 | $4,100 | $11,300 |
$11,099
New champion: $11,099 |
$8,600
23 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| WORLD HISTORY | WOMEN IN SPORTS | GUINNESS RECORDS | DEM BONES | STATE SYMBOLS | WORDS WITHIN WORDS |
|
$100
[1]
In 1973, after 18 years in exile, he returned to Argentina & was reelected president
(Juan) Perón
H.
|
$100
[8]
In 1986 Nancy Lieberman became the first woman to play this sport on a men's pro team
basketball
David
|
$100
[21]
The bee type of this bird is the world's smallest & builds the smallest nest
the hummingbird
Sean
|
$100
[6]
The 12 pairs of these bones are divided into true, false & floating types
ribs
H.
|
$100
[22]
While visiting the Big Apple, you might try an apple muffin, this state's official muffin
New York
H.
|
$100
[10]
Now hear this:It's the organ of hearing
the ear (in h ear ing)
H.
|
|
$200
[2]
In the 1300s about a fourth of Europe's population was wiped out by this plague
the Black Death
H.
|
$200
[9]
In 1988 Pam Postema lost her bid to become the first female one in Major League Baseball
an umpire
H.
|
$200
[23]
The largest pyramid in volume is in this country, not Egypt
Mexico
H.
|
$200
[7]
Like this digit, the big toe is made up of just 2 phalanges
the thumb
Sean
|
$200
[25]
Uniquely, Massachusetts has a state historical rock & as you might guess, it's this
Plymouth Rock
David
|
$200
[11]
The Declaration of Independence was signed with one of these
a pen (in Inde pen dence)
H.
|
|
$300
[3]
During a 1687 siege, the central part of this temple on the Acropolis was blown up
the Parthenon
H.
|
$300
[14]
In 1991 Michelle Akers-Stahl led the U.S. team to a title in the 1st Women's World Cup competition in this sport
soccer
H.
|
$300
[24]
The slipperiest solid substance is PTFE, marketed as this on cookware in the U.S.
Teflon
Sean
|
$300
[16]
The coccyx is made up of 4 of these cylindrical bones fused together
vertebrae
H.
|
$300
[26]
North Carolina's official one is the Scotch Bonnet; in Florida, it's the horse conch
a state seashell
David
|
$300
[12]
If you want to know something about Alaska, just do this
ask (in Al ask a)
David
|
|
$400
[4]
Not long after he escaped from Elba, Napoleon was exiled to this island for good
Saint Helena
David
|
$400
[19]
Of Mexican-American descent, she was the LPGA's leading money winner in 1978, 1979 & 1985
Nancy Lopez
David
|
$400
[29]
The USA's longest road is U.S. 20, which runs 3,365 miles from Boston, Mass. to Newport in this NW state
Oregon
David
|
$400
[17]
This long, horizontal bone connects the shoulder blade with the sternum
the clavicle
David
|
$400
[27]
This prehistoric feline with long canines is California's state fossil
the saber-toothed tiger
Sean
|
$400
[13]
This was Bartholomew's favorite subject in high school
art (in B art holomew)
Sean
|
|
$500
[5]
In 1719 Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI united Schellenberg & Vaduz to form this 62-sq.-mi principality
Liechtenstein
H.
|
$500
[20]
For 3 consecutive years, 1966-68, she was the World Figure Skating Champion
Peggy Fleming
David
|
$500
[30]
This woman, Ronald Reagan's first wife, was the recipient of the longest screen kiss--185 seconds
Jane Wyman
David
|
DD
$600
[18]
This bone runs parallel to the fibula & is attached to it by ligaments
the tibia
David
|
$500
[28]
It's the state dance of Alabama & Washington, & the state folk dance of Tennessee
a square dance
Sean
|
$500
[15]
Jay took one of these pets on vacation
a cat (in va cat ion)
H.
|
| HISTORY OF THE WORLD | LYRICISTS | BLACK AMERICA | ASTRONAUTS | EUROPEAN CITIES | MYSTERIES |
|
$200
[6]
Evidence suggests that the dinosaurs died out after one of these, 6 miles in diameter, struck the Earth
a meteorite
David
|
$200
[10]
Lyricist Paul Williams co-wrote the Oscar-winning song "Evergreen" with this actress
Barbra Streisand
David
|
$200
[23]
Wallace Saunders was on this engineer's crew when the train crashed; later, he wrote a ballad about it
Casey Jones
Sean
David
|
$200
[24]
Gus Grissom was the first to make a second flight; James Lovell was the first to fly here twice
to the Moon
David
|
$200
[1]
This Finnish capital was founded by the King of Sweden in 1550
Helsinki
Sean
|
$200
[13]
This TV series inspired the novel "Gin and Daggers"; Jessica Fletcher is listed as one of its authors
Murder, She Wrote
David
|
|
$400
[7]
It's believed the continents as a single mass were surrounded by a single one of these called Panthalassa
an ocean
H.
|
$400
[11]
Not wanting to capitalize on his brother George's fame, he once used the pseudonym Arthur Francis
Ira Gershwin
H.
|
$400
[22]
Robert Russa Moton, a former houseboy, succeeded him as president of Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
David
|
$400
[27]
This man who was on the Apollo 14 Moon landing was also the first American in space
Shepard
H.
David
|
$400
[2]
This city stretches over 7 hills on the north shore of Portugal's Tagus River estuary
Lisbon
David
|
$400
[16]
This character, not Dr. Watson, narrates "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier"
Sherlock Holmes
David
|
|
$600
[8]
A continental collision about 250 million years ago may have created these mountains between Europe & Asia
the Urals
H.
David
|
$600
[14]
Musical comedies for which he wrote the lyrics include "Show Boat", "Oklahoma" & "Carousel"
(Oscar) Hammerstein
David
|
$600
[20]
Robert & John Kennedy helped this man get out of a Georgia jail in 1960
Martin Luther King
H.
|
$600
[28]
Its first crew of Conrad, Kerwin & Weitz had to repair this station after it had been damaged when sent aloft
Skylab
H.
|
$600
[3]
Much in the news in 1992, this city is the capital of Bosnia- Hercegovina
Sarajevo
H.
|
$600
[18]
The title of her novel "The Mirror Crack'd" is a quote from Tennyson's poem "The Lady of Shalott"
Agatha Christie
David
|
|
$800
[9]
The Earth's crust was formed during a period called the Azoic Era, meaning "without" this
animals (life)
David
|
$800
[15]
In the 1948 film biography "Words and Music", Mickey Rooney portrayed this partner of Richard Rodgers
(Lorenz) Hart
H.
Sean
|
$1,000
[26]
Matthew Henson is famous for planting a flag on this part of the world
the North Pole
Sean
|
$800
[29]
Robert Crippen has been on 4 shuttle flights: 1 on the first shuttle, Columbia, & 3 on this one
Challenger
H.
|
$800
[4]
The capital of this grand duchy has the same name as the country itself
Luxembourg
|
DD
$600
[19]
Not surprisingly, Philip Nore, the leading character in his book "Reflex", is a jockey
Dick Francis
David
|
|
$1,000
[12]
The white chalk cliffs of Dover were formed during this period whose name means "chalk"
Cretaceous
H.
|
$1,000
[17]
Broadway shows written by this composer/ lyricist include"Anything Goes","Can-Can" &"Silk Stockings"
Cole Porter
H.
|
DD
$4,000
[25]
This Texas congresswoman was on the committee that said Nixon should be impeached
Barbara Jordan
David
|
$1,000
[30]
During the October 1984 shuttle mission, Kathryn Sullivan became the first U.S. woman to do this
walk in space
David
|
$1,000
[5]
Ostend is this country's largest city on the North Sea
Belgium
H.
|
$1,000
[21]
The 2 Raymond Chandler novels that have synonyms for "adios" in their titles
Farewell, My Lovely & The Long Goodbye
H.
|
President born the earliest in the 20th century
(Lyndon) Johnson