Rusty Broxterman — a travel consultant originally from Memphis, Tennessee
Allen Brody — a subrogation attorney originally from Detroit, Michigan
Joseph D'Hippolito — a freelance writer from Fullerton, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph | $1,100 | $1,500 | $4,800 |
$9,600
2-day champion: $24,600 |
$6,300
20 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Allen | $500 | $1,000 | $3,400 |
$6,800
2nd place: trip on Delta to Las Vegas & stay at the Four Queens |
$3,400
12 R, 2 W |
| Rusty | $500 | $1,950 | $6,500 |
$3,399
3rd place: Mad Raq tennis rackets + + Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius for Game Boy |
$6,100
17 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| WILD WEST | VOCABULARY | DESIGN | LYRICISTS | MYTHOLOGY | READ THE LABEL |
|
$100
[10]
When Black Bart robbed one of these, he'd order the driver to throw down the box
a stagecoach
Allen
|
$100
[3]
Remove 1 letter from "chairwoman" to get this word for a cleaning lady
charwoman
Allen
|
$100
[19]
Here's the buzz:A stylized version of this insect was the personal emblem of Napoleon
a bee
Joseph
|
$100
[13]
He collaborated with Kurt Weill, Harold Arlen & other composers after the death of his brother George
Ira Gershwin
Joseph
|
$100
[1]
Tradition holds Numa was the second king of Rome & the successor of this founder
Romulus
Joseph
Rusty
|
$100
[8]
This Nestle drink mix comes in chocolate. banana & strawberry flavors; think "fast"
(Nestle's) Quik
Allen
|
|
$200
[27]
Of the Older brothers, the Fatter brothers or the Younger brothers, the ones who rode with Jesse James
the Younger brothers
Rusty
|
$200
[4]
This "fruity" word can precede bomb or picker
cherry
Joseph
|
$200
[23]
The "partners"' style of this is made so that 2 people can work at it, facing each other
a desk
Joseph
|
$200
[15]
His songwriting partner for the musical "Coco" was Andre Previn, not Frederick Loewe
(Alan J.) Lerner
Rusty
|
$200
[2]
Cerberus was a funny-looking dog--he had 4 legs & 1 tail, but 3 of these
head
Allen
|
$200
[9]
On Campbell's soup labels, this word precedes "broth". "& stars", "gumbo" & "noodleos"
chicken
Rusty
|
|
$300
[28]
Ned Buntline wrote a play called "The Scouts of the Plains" for this Wild West showman
Buffalo Bill
Rusty
|
$300
[20]
To find and bring back game, like a Labrador
to retrieve
Joseph
|
$300
[24]
The "knotty" type of this wood is often used to panel informal rooms
pine
Joseph
|
$400
[17]
He was Richard Rodgers' partner for a quarter of a century, from 1918 to his death in 1943
(Larry) Lorenz Hart
Joseph
Allen
Rusty
|
$300
[5]
Absent 20 years, he was thought dead so men headed to Ithaca to woo his wife, Penelope
Odysseus
Joseph
|
$300
[11]
Yuban boasts that 100% of its coffee beans come from this country
Colombia
Joseph
|
| — |
$400
[21]
Necropsy is a synonym for this procedure
an autopsy
Allen
Rusty
|
$400
[25]
French term for the "Chinese style" that was extremely popular in 18th century Europe
chinois ( chinoiserie )
Joseph
|
$500
[18]
This male singer wrote the lyrics for the Oscar-winning song "Evergreen"
Paul Williams
Rusty
|
$400
[6]
As an annual tribute, Athens had to send 7 boys & 7 girls to Minos, who fed them to this creature
the Minotaur
Joseph
|
$400
[12]
Brer Rabbit is a "New Orleans style" of this dark liquid used in baking
molasses
Rusty
|
| — |
$500
[22]
The mistress of a chateau, or an ornamental chain she might wear
a châtelaine
|
$500
[26]
This "fool the eye" style deceives the viewer into thinking that painted objects are real
Trompe-l'œil
Allen
|
DD
$750
[16]
1 of Stephen Sondheim's earliest musicals it featuredthe following:"I feel pretty / Oh, so pretty / I feel pretty, and witty, and bright / And I pity / Any girl who isn't me tonight..."
West Side Story
Rusty
|
$500
[7]
Olympus was the home of the Greek gods & this was the home of the Viking gods
Asgard
Joseph
|
$500
[14]
Kellogg's Crispix is this grain "on one side" and "rice on the other"
corn
Joseph
Rusty
|
| AUTHORS | NUMBER, PLEASE | GEOLOGY | NATIONAL ANTHEMS | U.S. CITIES | WINSTON CHURCHILL |
|
$200
[20]
In a tribute to this novelist, Tennyson called him "Victor in drama, victor in romance... French of the French"
Victor Hugo
Joseph
|
$200
[13]
Number of "winks" in a short nap
40
Joseph
|
$200
[24]
An aquifer is a body of rock that contains & releases this
water
Joseph
|
$200
[1]
The first words of this Iberian country's anthem translate as "heroes of the sea"
Portugal
Joseph
Rusty
|
$200
[6]
Transpolar flights from Scandinavia to Japan usually include a stopover in this Alaskan city
Anchorage
Allen
|
$200
[12]
In 1951, 6 years after leaving it, he was returned to this office
prime minister
Rusty
|
|
$400
[21]
Edith Wharton was a friend & admirer of this "Daisy Miller" author
Henry James
Allen
|
$400
[15]
Number of tails on a cat -the whip, not the animal
9
Rusty
|
$400
[25]
Granite is made up mainly of feldspar & this mineral which appears as transparent crystals
quartz
Rusty
|
$400
[2]
When they play "Long Live The King", we assume they mean King Hussein
Jordan
Allen
|
$400
[7]
The Heard Museum in this Arizona city includes Barry Goldwater's kachina doll collection
Phoenix
Joseph
|
$400
[11]
Churchill's famous hand sign didn't stand for peace, but this
victory
Joseph
|
|
$600
[22]
This "Le Morte d'Arthur' author spent a lot of time in prison & was even charged with attempted murder
Sir Thomas Malory
|
$600
[16]
If you hold after being dealt 3 fives & an ace in blackjack you have this many points
16
Rusty
|
$600
[26]
Jet black & somewhat lustrous, it's the highest rank, or class, of coal
anthracite
Rusty
|
$600
[3]
The words to its anthem, "My Golden Bengal", are by Rabindranath Tagore
Bangladesh
Allen
Rusty
|
$600
[8]
This Kentucky city, founded in 1779, was named after the first battle of the American Revolution
Lexington
Joseph
|
$600
[18]
Just before WWI & at the start of WWII Churchill was First Lord of this
the Admiralty
Rusty
|
|
$800
[30]
This Bronte sister outlived all 5 of her siblings but died at age 38
Charlotte
|
$800
[17]
To take in all the cities of Cibola, one a day, would take you this many days
7
Joseph
|
DD
$750
[27]
Lamina refers to the thinnest discernible layer in this class of rock
sedimentary
Rusty
|
$800
[4]
Its anthem, "Thou Art Ruler Of The Minds Of All People", was also written by Rabindranath Tagore
India
Allen
|
$800
[9]
Wyatt Earp was once a peace officer in this largest city in Kansas
Wichita
Joseph
|
$800
[14]
Encyclopaedia Britannica called Winston a "gifted amateur" at this hobby
painting
Rusty
|
|
$1,000
[29]
As a special commissioner she investigated conditions of Calif. Indians before she wrote "Ramona"
Helen Hunt Jackson
Allen
|
$1,000
[23]
Number of degrees between the freezing & boiling points of water on the Fahrenheit scale
180
Rusty
|
$1,000
[28]
Part of the erosion process, it's the breakdown of rocks by wind, rain & temperature
weathering
|
$1,000
[5]
Caribbean country whose anthem is "La Dessalinienne", "The Song Of Dessalines"
Haiti
Joseph
|
DD
$1,500
[10]
This large Indiana city is named for its location near a curve of the St. Joseph River
South Bend
Joseph
|
$1,000
[19]
In 1945, 5 months before Churchill, St. Vincent Troubridge told us about one of these "across Europe"
the iron curtain
Allen
|
The last place Columbus stopped for supplies before reaching the New World
the Canary Islands