Kevin Cox — a librarian from Austin, Texas
Natalie Hall — a senior administrative partner from Sunnyvale, California
Evelyn Marcus — a museum curator from Norwich, Vermont (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evelyn | $1,000 | $1,600 | $6,900 |
$4,001
2nd place: Broyhill bedroom set + Burlington House comforter ensemble + Jeopardy! home game |
$6,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Natalie | $1,100 | $1,800 | $2,000 |
$1,500
3rd place: Aiwa digital mini system + Jeopardy! home game |
$2,900
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kevin | $100 | $2,200 | $9,000 |
$4,190
New champion: $4,190 |
$8,800
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| WORLD GEOGRAPHY | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | ACTORS FROM TEXAS | GAMBLING | ANIMALS | THE 3 Rs |
|
$100
[16]
This ocean is the greatest source of water for the Mediterranean
the Atlantic
Kevin
|
$100
[26]
2 college dropouts, Steven Jobs & Stephen Wozniak, founded this company in 1976
Apple Computer
Natalie
|
$100
[2]
He was inspired by his brother Randy Quaid, who was born in Houston 4 years before he was
Dennis Quaid
Natalie
|
$100
[7]
This marshal was part owner of the Oriental Saloon & Gambling House in Tombstone, Arizona
Wyatt Earp
Natalie
|
$100
[14]
The Charolais is one of the most important cattle breeds in this country where it originated
France
Evelyn
Natalie
|
$100
[1]
One book that schools tried to "censor" in the 1990-91 school year was this girl & wolf tale
Little Red Riding Hood
Kevin
|
|
$200
[17]
The dam on the South Fork, a branch of the Conemaugh River, broke in 1889 & this U.S. city was flooded
Johnstown
Natalie
|
$200
[27]
In 1990 United Brands was renamed for this brand of bananas it markets
Chiquita
Natalie
|
$200
[3]
He & his mother, Mary Martin, were both born in Weatherford, Texas
Larry Hagman
Evelyn
|
$200
[8]
Color of the 00 on U.S. roulette wheels
green
Evelyn
|
$200
[21]
It's the usual color of a giant panda's ears
black
Natalie
Kevin
|
$200
[10]
John Robert Gregg's system of this is now used in 20 languages
shorthand
Evelyn
Natalie
|
|
$300
[18]
Standing on this cape, looking south, you see the Drake Passage
Cape Horn
Evelyn
|
$300
[28]
This direct-sale cosmetics company owns the prestigious Giorgio perfume line
Avon
Evelyn
|
$300
[4]
This movie "Jerk" was born in Waco — though perhaps "Wacko" would have been more appropriate
Steve Martin
Evelyn
|
$300
[9]
2 of the 3 losing numbers on a first roll in craps
(2 of) 2, 3 & 12
Evelyn
Natalie
|
$300
[22]
Of a bat, a cat or a rat, what a margay is
a cat
|
$300
[11]
The math symbol that looks like an upside-down "T" means this
perpendicular
|
|
$400
[19]
Big cities on this major river include Vientiane in Laos & Phnom Penh in Cambodia
the Mekong
Kevin
|
$400
[29]
This third-largest U.S. automaker owns Dollar, Snappy & Thrifty car rental companies
Chrysler
Kevin
|
$400
[5]
This singer from Brownsville, Texas was Barbra Streisand's leading man in "A Star is Born"
Kris Kristofferson
Evelyn
|
$400
[15]
Mechanic Charles Fey invented this device in the 1890s, called it the Liberty Bell & rented it to a S.F. saloon
a slot machine
Kevin
|
$400
[23]
The most common species of monkey on this continent is probably the vervet
Africa
Natalie
|
$400
[12]
Frederick Watts holds the record for writing this prayer 34 times in a space the size of a stamp
the Lord's Prayer
Natalie
|
|
$500
[20]
The W.J. van Blommestein Lake is the largest lake in this former Dutch colony in South America
Suriname
Kevin
|
$500
[30]
"We run the tightest ship in the shipping business" is this company's slogan
UPS (United Parcel Service)
Kevin
|
$500
[6]
This Corpus Christi native was the 1st of the original "Charlie's Angels" to leave the show
Farrah Fawcett
Natalie
|
$500
[25]
In 1987 this American jockey rode Reference Point to win the Derby in England
Steve Cauthen
Natalie
|
DD
$900
[24]
The second-largest rodents in the world, they were once widely hunted in North America
beavers
Natalie
|
$500
[13]
This American author of "A Moveable Feast" called writing "At best... a lonely life"
Ernest Hemingway
Evelyn
|
| U.S. PRESIDENTS | SCIENCE & NATURE | PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE | POETRY | SOCIAL STUDIES | FAMOUS FAMILIES |
|
$200
[3]
Among those listed under this Guinness record are John F. Kennedy & John Moschitta
fast-speaking people
Natalie
|
$200
[21]
An animal is said to be carnivorous if it eats meat & this if it feeds on plants & animals
omnivorous
Kevin
|
$200
[26]
This officer's duties include handling correspondence & keeping the minutes of the meetings
recording secretary
Evelyn
|
$200
[1]
Carl Sandburg said of this city, "They tell me you are wicked and I believe them"
Chicago
Evelyn
|
$200
[13]
This term for Australian native people once meant the ancient people of Central Italy
Aborigine
Evelyn
Kevin
|
$200
[8]
Niccolo, Maffeo & Marco "sport"ed this family name
Polo
Kevin
|
|
$400
[4]
He was the only ex-president alive during the Ford administration
Nixon
Evelyn
|
$400
[22]
This coloring matter obtained from lichens indicates a base or acid by turning blue or red
litmus paper (litmus)
Evelyn
|
$400
[27]
This brief statement of a proposed action can be made only when a member has the floor
a motion
Kevin
|
$400
[2]
Edna St. Vincent Millay said in "First Fig", hers "burns at both ends; it will not last the night"
a candle
Kevin
|
$400
[14]
In Sept. 1991 the Huntington Library said it would give any scholar access to copies of these books
the Dead Sea Scrolls
Kevin
|
$400
[9]
The Taglioni family was famous in this field; Marie created the title role in "La Sylphide"
ballet
Natalie
|
|
$600
[5]
In 1921 he became the first U.S. senator to move directly to the presidency
Harding
Evelyn
Kevin
|
$600
[23]
Selenography is the study of the surface & physical features of this body
the Moon
Evelyn
|
$600
[28]
In 1797 this vice president began writing "A Manual of Parliamentary Practice", which is still used in Congress
Jefferson
Kevin
|
$600
[18]
The title of a Kipling poem, it's "more deadly than the male"
"The Female of the Species"
|
$600
[15]
The French word for the people who exploit the proletariat
the bourgeois
Kevin
|
$600
[10]
The best-known member of the Borghese family was probably Camillo, who was elected to this office in 1605
the pope
Kevin
|
|
$800
[6]
When he took office in 1829 he had tuberculosis as well as a few bullets in his body
(Andrew) Jackson
Kevin
|
$800
[24]
Hubble classified galaxies as being irregular, elliptical or this shape
spiral
Kevin
|
$800
[29]
In 1876 this U.S. Army major published his popular book on "Rules of Order"
(Major Henry) Robert
Evelyn
Kevin
|
$1,000
[20]
In "Invictus", William Henley said, "I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of" this
my soul
Evelyn
Kevin
|
$800
[16]
Its 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights specifically prohibited slavery
the United Nations
Kevin
|
$800
[11]
"Commodore" Vanderbilt's first name, it was passed on to several of his descendants
Cornelius
Kevin
|
|
$1,000
[7]
The only pres. who served a full term with no cabinet changes was this man who came after Fillmore
(Franklin) Pierce
Natalie
|
DD
$1,200
[25]
By definition, inorganic chemistry deals with all elements except this one
carbon
Kevin
|
— |
DD
$1,500
[19]
In Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken", it's the color of the wood "two roads diverged in"
yellow
Evelyn
|
$1,000
[17]
This civilization in Mesopotamia was the earliest known user of cuneiform
Sumerians
Evelyn
|
$1,000
[12]
This Wyeth family patriarch illustrated many children's books, including "Treasure Island"
N.C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
Natalie
|
Some believe the "suicide" of this man on August 17, 1987 in West Berlin was murder
Rudolf Hess