Janine Riveire — a music teacher from Hollywood, California
Denny Nivens — a physicist from Hermosa Beach, California
Tom Mullens — a data processing manager from Thousand Oaks, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | $2,100 | $2,800 | $10,000 |
$5,000
2-day champion: $8,300 |
$9,900
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Denny | $400 | $2,500 | $2,300 |
$0
3rd place: Oneida gift certificate + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis |
$3,300
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Janine | $1,200 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
$1,200
2nd place: stay at Quail Lodger Resort & Golf Club in Carmel + The Coach golf training machine |
$6,000
15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES | TRANSPORTATION | MOVIE DIRECTORS | JAPAN | PARTY TIME! | GRASSHOPPER HODGEPODGE |
|
$100
[9]
He called the White House "A Bully Pulpit"
Teddy Roosevelt
Tom
|
$100
[20]
A whistle stop is a town so small these vehicles don't make regular stops there
a train
Denny
|
$100
[26]
Many moviegoers were stunned when she wasn't nominated for an Oscar for directing "The Prince of Tides"
Barbra Streisand
Tom
|
$100
[16]
In the '30s Lefty O'Doul of San Francisco toured Japan in exhibitions of this sport
baseball
Tom
|
$100
[1]
Future brides receive cooking paraphernalia at the "kitchen" type of this party
a shower
Janine
|
$100
[5]
An Aesop fable contrasted the high- living grasshopper with this pre-planning insect
an ant
Denny
|
|
$200
[10]
He said in 1964, "I am going to build the kind of nation that... President Kennedy died for"
Johnson
Janine
|
$200
[21]
This adjective can describe a bus or a sandwich having one level above another
a double-decker
Denny
|
$200
[27]
Luis Bunuel began directing films in this European country, not in his native Spain
France
Denny
|
$200
[17]
Instead of actors as in kabuki, the form of theatre called bunraku uses these
puppets
Tom
|
$200
[2]
This other name for a pajama party implies that people sleep during it, which isn't always true
a slumber party
Tom
|
$200
[6]
In 1985 a record number of grasshoppers infested this Show Me State
Missouri
Tom
|
|
$300
[11]
He said in a 1948 speech, "I would rather have a lasting peace in the world than be president"
Truman
Tom
|
$300
[22]
A slang word for steamship, or the type of trunk travelers take on it
a steamer
Denny
|
$300
[28]
Joseph Losey left the U.S. after being blacklisted for refusing to testify for this committee
the House Un-American Activities Committee (House Committee on Un-American Activities)
Denny
|
$300
[18]
U.S. News & World Report said this country tried to sell Japan the Kuril Islands in 1991 for $30 billion
Russia
Janine
|
$300
[3]
It's a party named for the mixed drinks served, often called for the "hour" of the same name
a cocktail party
Tom
|
$300
[8]
Chapultepec or Grasshopper Hill is in this capital
Mexico City
Denny
|
|
DD
$500
[12]
He called John Hancock, who was also born in Braintree, Massachusetts, "A man without head and without heart"
John Adams
Tom
|
$400
[23]
These takeoff & landing places for whirlybirds are sometimes found on the tops of office buildings
a Helipor
Denny
|
$400
[29]
He directed "Drive, He Said" in 1971, the same year he starred in "Carnal Knowledge"
Jack Nicholson
Tom
|
$400
[19]
Aikido, like judo, developed from this art of self-defense
jujitsu
Denny
|
$400
[4]
If you're invited to a party celebrating this wedding anniversary, paper is an appropriate gift
the first
Janine
|
$400
[14]
On this TV series Radames Pera played the young Caine, whom Master Po called "Grasshopper"
Kung Fu
Tom
|
|
$500
[13]
James Madison called this president "a walking library"
Jefferson
Janine
|
$500
[24]
The Virginia Aviation Museum boasts the only Vultee V1-A extant; it belonged to this "Lord Of San Simeon"
(William Randolph) Hearst
Tom
|
$500
[30]
"The Film Encyclopedia" says Max von Sydow was this fellow Swede's "on-screen alter ego"
(Ingmar) Bergman
Janine
|
$500
[25]
One of Japan's first ports to open to Western trade, about half of it was destroyed August 9, 1945
Nagasaki
Tom
Denny
|
$500
[7]
A formal ball where debutantes are presented, its name comes from French for "petticoat"
a cotillion
Tom
|
$500
[15]
He foresaw that the soldiers would fall into his Little Big Horn River Valley like grasshoppers from the sky
Sitting Bull
Tom
Denny
|
| THE CIVIL WAR | NONFICTION | BODIES OF WATER | MUSIC APPRECIATION | FABRICS | CHIEF JUSTICES |
|
$200
[11]
The fall of Vicksburg in 1863 gave the Union almost complete control of this river
the Mississippi
Tom
|
$200
[13]
James B. Stewart's "Den of Thieves" is about this New York City financial street
Wall Street
Tom
|
$200
[6]
Ancient Egyptians believed that this river rose & flooded when Isis cried
the Nile
Janine
|
$200
[1]
"Finlandia" is a famous example of a tone, or symphonic, one of these
a poem
Janine
|
$200
[17]
This fabric's name may be derived from tweel, which is what some Scots used to call twill
tweed
Tom
|
$200
[26]
This Chief Justice headed a famous commission in 1963 & '64
(Earl) Warren
Janine
|
|
$400
[12]
In early September 1862 Robert E. Lee crossed the Potomac & invaded this state
Maryland
Janine
|
$400
[22]
"Darryl" isn't about a "Newhart" character; it's an autobiography by this former Met
Darryl Strawberry
Denny
|
$400
[7]
The name of this Great Lake refers to its being the upper or northernmost, not to its size
Lake Superior
Tom
|
$400
[2]
Originally it was a sounding of trumpets or horns; Aaron Copland wrote one "For the Common Man"
a fanfare
Denny
|
$400
[18]
Tutus are often made of this net fabric whose name also starts with "Tu"
tulle
Janine
|
$400
[27]
Roger Taney is remembered for his opinion in this 1857 case on slaves' rights
Dred Scott
Janine
|
|
$600
[14]
A Civil War soldier wore his kepi on this part of his body
his head
Denny
|
$600
[23]
In 1990 she wrote about her "Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe"
Jane Goodall
Tom
|
$600
[8]
Rising in the mountains on Luzon Island, the Cagayan is this country's longest river
the Philippines
Tom
|
$600
[3]
As you might tell from its name, a ranz des vaches is an alphorn tune used to call these animals
cattle
Denny
Janine
|
$600
[19]
In "The Duel" by Eugene Field, the gingham dog has a frenzied fight with a cat made of this
calico
Tom
|
$600
[28]
He was a classmate of Sandra Day O'Connor's at Stanford
Rehnquist
Janine
|
|
$800
[15]
First name of Confederate general Early, who was nicknamed "Old Jube" & "Old Jubilee"
Jubal
Tom
|
$800
[24]
In 1992 this author of "Manwatching", "Catwatching" & "Horsewatching" gave us "Babywatching"
Desmond Morris
|
$800
[9]
The French call this channel La Manche
the English Channel
Tom
|
$800
[4]
Also called the compass, it's the entire series of notes that a voice is capable of performing
a range
Denny
|
$800
[20]
Natives of this U.S. state pound bark to make tapa cloth
Hawaii
Tom
|
$800
[29]
This Chief Justice was really on the money, the $10,000 bill, in fact
Salmon P. Chase
Denny
|
|
$1,000
[16]
This Secretary of State was recovering from a carriage accident when he was stabbed on April 14, 1865
Seward
Tom
|
$1,000
[25]
This journalist gave us "Hard Times" in 1970, "The Good War" in 1984 & "Race" in 1992
Studs Terkel
Tom
|
$1,000
[10]
The Delmarva Peninsula separates this U.S. bay from the Atlantic Ocean
Chesapeake Bay
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
A musical theme used to identify a character, its name is German for "leading motive"
Leitmotif
Denny
|
$1,000
[21]
The name of this fine fabric is a 3-word French phrase that means "chinese crepe"
crepe de chine
Janine
|
DD
$4,000
[30]
After Edward White died, this man who appointed him was named to replace him
William Howard Taft
Janine
|
In population, it ranks second to Mexico City as the largest city in the Western Hemisphere
São Paulo, Brazil