Jack Tomarchio — an attorney from Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania
Al Levy — an engineer originally from Brooklyn, New York
Ann Wright — an immunologist from Agua Dulce, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $26,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann | $1,800 | $3,600 | $4,800 |
$9,600
3rd place: Armani sculpture from Miller Import + Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius for Game Boy |
$4,800
19 R, 3 W |
| Al | $-200 | $700 | $5,200 |
$10,201
New champion: $10,201 |
$4,900
12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Jack | $600 | $700 | $5,100 |
$10,200
2nd place: Jules Jurgensen man's watch + Ross Simon bracelet |
$6,600
19 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| EUROPE | RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS | SPIDERS | ACTORS AND ACTRESSES | HOMOPHONES | AUTHORS' BIRTHPLACES |
|
$100
[6]
Senate Square is the center of the older section of this Finnish capital
Helsinki
Jack
|
$100
[17]
In this religion, Shivaratri is celebrated by fasting & telling stories of Shiva
Hinduism
Ann
|
$100
[16]
Funnel, sheet, orb & scaffold are some of the types of these spiders build to capture prey
webs
Al
|
$100
[1]
The leading characters in Michael Korda's novel "Curtain" remind readers of Vivien Leigh & this husband
Laurence Olivier
Ann
|
$100
[26]
The duration of a king's rule, or precipitation that falls from the sky
reign/rain
Al
|
$100
[11]
He was born in NYC on May 8, 1940; we assume he opened his "Jaws" and cried
Peter Benchley
Jack
|
|
$200
[7]
The Arch of Hadrian is in Athens & Hadrian's Wall is in this country
England
Ann
|
$200
[19]
This Jewish holiday begins with a special meal called a seder
Passover
Jack
|
$200
[18]
This is blue even in low-class spiders because it contains hemocyanin instead of hemoglobin
blood
Al
|
$200
[2]
This TV wife of Bill Cosby made her Las Vegas debut in 1990 as his opening act
Phylicia Rashad
Ann
|
$200
[27]
An image that's worshipped, or to run a motor out of gear
idol/idle
Jack
|
$200
[12]
A hotel was named for O. Henry in his hometown, Greensboro, in this state
North Carolina
Ann
|
|
$300
[8]
This Italian city is known for its chocolates & vermouth as well as its shroud
Turin
Jack
|
$300
[20]
St. Joseph's Day, March 19, marks the return of the swallows to this California mission
San Juan Capistrano
Jack
|
$300
[23]
The poisonous Loxosceles reclusa spider is more commonly called by this colorful name
a brown recluse
Jack
|
$300
[3]
This TV "Golden Girl" told TV Guide, "I think that I was 5'7" when I was 5 years old"
Bea Arthur
Al
Jack
|
$300
[28]
The estate of a medieval lord, or his way of behaving
manor/manner
Ann
|
$300
[13]
His "Remembrance of Things Past" might have included his birth in Paris in 1871
(Marcel) Proust
Ann
|
|
$400
[9]
The capital of this country was named for 1 of its landmarks, the Church of St. Sofia
Bulgaria
Jack
|
DD
$500
[21]
In Roman Catholicism, Holy Thursday commemorates this event in Jesus' life
the Last Supper
Jack
|
$400
[24]
Though some have 6, most spiders have 8 of these organs arranged in 4 pairs
eyes
Ann
Jack
|
$400
[4]
He said people in India treated him like an icon & carried him through the streets after he played Gandhi
Ben Kingsley
Ann
|
— |
$400
[14]
Alex Haley's roots go back to this city, the home of Cornell University
Ithaca
Ann
|
|
$500
[10]
It's the largest university in Austria
the University of Vienna
Al
|
$500
[22]
Meaning "50th day", it's the end of the full ecclesiastical observance of Easter
Pentecost
Al
|
$500
[25]
A spider's body has 2 principal parts: a cephalothorax & this
an abdomen
Ann
|
$500
[5]
This star of "L.A. Story" is a trustee of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Steve Martin
|
— |
$500
[15]
This native of Hartford, Connecticut is married to Sacramento-born Joan Didion
John Gregory Dunne
Ann
|
| SCIENCE | POT LUCK | MOUNTAINS | SHIPS | QUOTES | NORSE MYTHOLOGY |
|
$200
[2]
Galvanizing iron or steel helps prevent it from doing this
rusting
Jack
|
$200
[12]
Expo 67, this city's World's Fair, was held on 2 islands in the St. Lawrence River
Montreal
Jack
|
$200
[1]
There is no permanent snow on this continent, including its highest peak, Mt. Kosciusko
Australia
Ann
|
$200
[4]
The names of U.S. naval ships are preceded by U.S.S., the names of British naval ships by these 3 letters
H.M.S
Ann
|
$200
[19]
Dan Aykroyd said that "being with him was electric, really electric"
John Belushi
Al
|
$200
[26]
2 ravens named "Thought" & "Memory" are messengers of this chief god
Woden (Odin)
Jack
|
|
$400
[3]
These retinal cells are more sensitive than cones but provide no color information
rods
Jack
|
$400
[13]
The Japanese conquered this Chinese region in 1931 & renamed it Manchukuo
Manchuria
Jack
|
$400
[8]
New York's highest point, Mount Marcy, is located in these mountains in the northeast
the Adirondacks
Ann
Jack
|
$400
[6]
After the Titanic Disaster an international patrol to look for these was set up in 1914
icebergs
Ann
|
$400
[20]
Called "Old Blood and Guts", he wrote, "A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood"
Patton
Jack
|
$400
[27]
Mead from the she-goat Heidrun was 1 of the taste treats at this hall of the slain
Valhalla
Al
|
|
$600
[5]
The computer language "Formula Translation" is better known by this shortened name
Fortran
Jack
|
$600
[14]
Bought by Elvis in 1957, it's now claimed to be the 2nd most recognized house in the U.S.
Graceland
Al
|
$600
[16]
The wine made from grapes grown on the slopes of this Italian volcano is known as Lacrima Christi
Vesuvius
Jack
|
$600
[7]
It's a 2-masted square- rigged ship or the jail aboard it
a brig
Ann
|
$600
[21]
In the 17th century Thomas Fuller noted, "He was a very valiant man who first adventured on eating of" these
oysters
|
$600
[28]
Of Asgard, Midgard or Rightgard, the one that's the Earth in Norse mythology
Midgard
Ann
Al
|
|
$800
[9]
The resistance of a fluid to flow; syrup has a greater degree of it than water
viscosity
Jack
|
$800
[24]
In 1950 he was named the greatest race horse of the first half of the 20th century
Man o' War
Al
|
DD
$1,000
[17]
The name of this mountain in the Bernese Alps is German for maiden or virgin
the Jungfrau
Jack
|
$800
[10]
In 1819 it became the 1st steamship to cross the Atlantic, though most of the trip was by sail
the Savannah
|
$800
[22]
Daniel Webster said God grants this "only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it"
liberty
Al
|
DD
$1,100
[29]
Thor had one of these called Mjolnir that returned to his hand like a boomerang after he threw it
a hammer
Al
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Einstein used this theory, introduced by Max Planck in 1900, to help explain the photoelectric effect
the quantum theory
Ann
|
$1,000
[25]
This Jay Anson book told of supernatural occurrences at 112 Ocean Avenue in a town on Long Island
The Amityville Horror
Jack
|
$1,000
[18]
The world's tallest mountain, measured from base to peak, is located on this island
Hawaii
Ann
|
$1,000
[11]
Columbus' Santa Maria was this type of seagoing vessel whose name begins with "C"
a caravel
Ann
|
$1,000
[23]
"Will you love me in December as you do in May" asked this NYC mayor in the 1920s
(Jimmy) Walker
Ann
Jack
|
— |
With 10 letters, his middle name was the longest of any U.S. president
(John Fitzgerald) Kennedy