Angie D'Aleo — a 2nd grade teacher originally from Rome, Georgia
Phil Filleul — a writer from Tucson, Arizona
Jim Maher — a disc jockey from Phoenix, Arizona (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,799)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim | $1,600 | $3,300 | $10,200 |
$5,999
2-day champion: $19,798 |
$10,900
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Phil | $900 | $4,400 | $7,200 |
$0
3rd place: Emperor grandfather clock + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System & Sega Genesis |
$5,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Angie | $1,600 | $2,200 | $4,400 |
$1,400
2nd place: stay at Quail Lodge Resort & Golf Club in Carmel + Magnavox Movie Maker |
$4,400
14 R, 1 W |
| NATIONAL ANTHEMS | BY GEORGE | BIBLICAL TOOLS | RECENT EVENTS | WORD ORIGINS | POTPOURRI |
|
$100
[18]
A new second stanza of this British anthem was adopted in 1946
"God Save The King"
Jim
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$100
[10]
Legend says he admitted, "I can't tell a lie, Pa... I did cut it with my hatchet"
George Washington
Angie
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$100
[15]
Isaiah 2:4 talks about beating swords into these
plowshares
Angie
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$100
[23]
In a September 1992 referendum, this country said "Oui" to the Maastricht Treaty by a tiny majority
France
Phil
|
$100
[1]
This device mounted on the stern of a ship to direct it is named from rother, meaning "steering oar"
a rudder
Jim
|
$100
[3]
In 445 this Hun murdered his brother Bleda
Attila
Phil
|
|
$200
[19]
"Die Stem Van Suid-Afrika" is this nation's anthem
South Africa
Phil
|
$200
[11]
Tarzan-like cartoon character whose theme song ended with "Watch out for that tree!"
George of the Jungle
Angie
|
$200
[16]
In the King James Version of 2 Samuel, this toothed tool is used as a torture device
saw
Angie
|
$200
[24]
In fall of 1992 this automaker started issuing MasterCards
General Motors
Jim
|
$200
[2]
This sauce made of basil, pine nuts, olive oil, etc. comes from Italian pestare, "to pound"
pesto
Angie
|
$200
[4]
The first Saturday in May brings Old Dover Days to this state
Delaware
Angie
|
|
$300
[21]
"Sri Lanka Matha" likens Sri Lanka to this relative
a mother
Phil
|
$300
[12]
This choreographer's book "101 Stories of the Great Ballets" includes many of his own ballets
(George) Balanchine
Angie
|
$300
[17]
In Jeremiah 23:29, God asks, "Is not my word like" one of these that "breaketh the rock in pieces"
a hammer
Jim
|
$300
[26]
Hurricane Iniki destroyed an estimated 1/3 of homes on this Hawaiian island
Kauai
Jim
Phil
|
$300
[7]
Meaning to burn with hot liquid or steam, this word comes from calidus, Latin for "warm"
scald
Phil
|
$300
[5]
Leo McCarey won Oscars for writing & directing this 1944 Bing Crosby film
Going My Way
Jim
|
|
$400
[22]
You might hear its anthem, "God Save Our Sultan Said" in its capital, Muscat
Oman
Jim
|
$400
[13]
Comic who asked, "Do you ever get the feeling the whole world is a tuxedo, and you're a pair of brown shoes?"
George Gobel
Jim
|
$400
[30]
"To put" this tool "to the corn" means to reap the grain
the sickle
Phil
Angie
|
$500
[28]
After this man resigned as baseball commissioner, Bud Selig took over the job temporarily
Fay Vincent
Jim
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$400
[8]
This term for a loan shark comes from Shakespeare's play "The Merchant of Venice"
Shylock
Jim
|
$400
[6]
Nickname of Robert Moses Grove, who pitched for the Athletics & Red Sox
Lefty
Jim
|
|
$500
[25]
"King Christian Stood by The Lofty Mast" is the anthem of this country that's had 10 king Christians
Denmark
Phil
|
$500
[14]
He won a 1980 Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for "He Stopped Loving Her Today"
George Jones
Angie
|
$500
[29]
What were called ox goads in biblical times are commonly called this today... & they're electric
cattle prods
Jim
|
DD
$2,000
[27]
Abimael Guzman, leader of this country's Shining Path guerrillas, was captured in September 1992
Peru
Phil
|
$500
[9]
The shoulder ornament found on a military uniform, its name comes from French for "shoulder"
epaulet
Phil
|
$500
[20]
The Old Man of the Mountain in New Hampshire is a natural formation of this stone
granite
Phil
|
| 20th CENTURY PEOPLE | FOLK SINGERS | BUSINESS TALK | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | TROPICAL FRUIT | THE AMERICAN THEATRE |
|
$200
[10]
In 1932 Life magazine quoted this inventor as saying, "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration"
Edison
Jim
|
$200
[1]
He's recorded folk songs like "Danny Boy" but is better known for Calypso numbers like "Day-O"
Harry Belafonte
Angie
|
$200
[23]
It's the 2-word term for the smallest amount of money that a worker can be paid by law
minimum wage
Jim
|
$200
[16]
A city in Indiana is named for this capital of Switzerland
Bern
Phil
|
$200
[4]
60% of the canned products made with this fruit come from Hawaii
pineapple
Jim
|
$600
[21]
Alma is known as "The Nightingale of the Delta" in his play "Summer and Smoke"
Tennessee Williams
Phil
|
|
$400
[12]
In 1968 this presidential candidate of the American Independent Party got almost 10 million votes
(George) Wallace
Phil
|
$400
[2]
The first album they released under their own names was "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M."
Simon & Garfunkel
Jim
|
$400
[24]
Anyone, including a pet, can be named this recipient of proceeds on a life insurance policy
beneficiary
Jim
|
$400
[17]
Midway between England & Northern Ireland, you'll find this island famous for its tailless cats
The Isle of Man
Jim
Phil
|
$400
[5]
Like a lemon, the skin of a ripe breadfruit is this color
yellow
Angie
|
$800
[22]
This 1982 Peter O'Toole film set in the '50s became a musical in 1992 & Lainie Kazan was in both
My Favorite Year
Jim
|
|
$600
[18]
Books by this Norwegian include "The South Pole" & "First Crossing of the Polar Sea"
Amundsen
Phil
|
DD
$700
[3]
Woody Guthrie began this song, probably his most famous, as a parody of "God Bless America"
"This Land Is Your Land"
Jim
|
$600
[25]
The takeover of a company using that firm's assets to obtain financing is known as this type of "buyout"
a leveraged buyout
Phil
|
$600
[13]
These mountains extend over 1200 miles across Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia
the Atlas Mountains
Jim
|
$600
[6]
It's the source of the enzyme papain, which aids in digestion
papaya
Angie
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$1,000
[26]
She wrote the book for the musical "Candide" but is best known for dramas like "The Little Foxes"
Lillian Hellman
Angie
|
|
$800
[19]
Before commanding the AEF in World War I, this general pursued Pancho Villa & his men into Mexico
Pershing
Jim
|
$800
[7]
This co-founder of the Weavers wrote the book "How to Play the Five-String Banjo"
(Pete) Seeger
Jim
|
— |
DD
$800
[14]
The Vistula is this country's longest river
Poland
Jim
|
$800
[8]
Its name is from the Spanish "aguacate", which came from the Aztec "ahuacatl"
avocado
Phil
|
— |
|
$1,000
[20]
He began sculpting his Stone Mountain memorial in 1923, but work was halted in 1925 due to controversy
Borglum
Phil
|
$1,000
[11]
Leitch is the last name of this Scottish-born singer featured in the Bob Dylan documentary "Don't Look Back"
Donovan
Angie
|
— |
$1,000
[15]
Australia's closest neighbor is this island country, 100 miles north of Cape York
Papua New Guinea
Jim
Phil
Angie
|
$1,000
[9]
This "peach of the tropics" with a single large, flat seed can weigh up to 5 pounds
a mango
Jim
|
— |
This director's last film, 1976's "A Matter of Time", starred Ingrid Bergman & his Oscar-winning daughter
(Vincente) Minnelli