Gary Tish — an appliance technician from Decatur, Illinois
Georgia Routsis Savas — a writer from Topsail Island, North Carolina
John Zorn — a teacher from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | $800 | $2,000 | $8,800 |
$2,000
2nd place: Trip to Atlantis Hotel & Casino, Paradise Island, Bahamas |
$7,800
20 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Georgia | $300 | $1,000 | $3,000 |
$1,999
3rd place: $2,500 Versatel/Bank of America Check Card |
$3,000
8 R, 1 W |
| Gary | $3,100 | $4,800 | $6,800 |
$13,600
New champion: $13,600 |
$6,100
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| WESTWARD HO! | TREATS | THE NFL | GOING FOR BAROQUE | I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER | ON THE CHESSBOARD |
|
$100
[16]
Going due west from Stockholm, you'll next make your way into this country
Norway
John
|
$100
[5]
A year's supply of this is a year's supply of "The San Francisco Treat"
Rice-A-Roni
Gary
|
$100
[1]
In 1998 John Elway & this team sent the Green Bay Packers packing to win its first Super Bowl
Denver Broncos
Gary
|
$100
[20]
Baroque composers developed monody, vocal music with this many melodies & supported by harmony
1
Georgia
|
$100
[23]
From the Latin for "thanks", it's a short prayer of thanks said before or after a meal
Grace
Gary
|
$100
[2]
The one-eyed man, in the country of the blind
King
Gary
|
|
$200
[17]
This river you cross going west from Arizona to California bears the name of another state
Colorado River
Gary
|
$200
[8]
This actor's credits include "Hair" & "Prince of the City"
Treat Williams
John
|
$200
[9]
A little birdie told us, in 1998, this Arizona team is celebrating its 100th anniversary
Arizona Cardinals
John
|
$200
[21]
Oratorios & passions were vocal dramatizations of stories from this source
The Bible
Georgia
Gary
|
$200
[24]
It includes the line "Give us this day our daily bread"
The Lord's Prayer (Our Father)
Gary
|
$200
[3]
Their armorers might have told them, "You have mail"
Knights
John
|
|
$300
[18]
Climb out of the Caspian Sea, towel off, march due west through Georgia & you can take a dip in this sea
Black Sea
John
|
$400
[14]
To make this sweet treat, boil a sugar mixture, add peanuts & cool on a sheet until easily broken
Peanut brittle
Gary
|
$300
[10]
It's the team whose logo is seen here (the pewter flag)
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
John
|
$300
[28]
This composer whose work is heard here was also a renowned keyboard virtuoso
Johann Sebastian Bach ( Toccata & Fugue in D Minor )
|
$300
[25]
Among the 5 pillars of this religion is Salat, ritual prayers said 5 times daily
Islam
John
|
$300
[4]
It's what you do with Grandma's watch under the sign of the three gold balls
Pawn
Georgia
|
|
$400
[19]
If you're wheeling west from Wheeling, West Virginia, you're entering this state
Ohio
Georgia
|
$500
[15]
It was Pat Benatar's next Top 40 hit after "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
Treat Me Right
Gary
|
$400
[11]
During the '70s this team's lineup included Terry Bradshaw, Lynn Swann & Mean Joe Greene
Pittsburgh Steelers
John
|
$400
[29]
Of the almost 500 concertos written by this "Four Seasons" composer, about half feature the violin
Antonio Vivaldi
Georgia
|
$400
[26]
Aramaic for "holy", it's the prayer said in Judaism on the anniversary of a loved one's death
Kaddish
|
$400
[6]
Chessboard name for the creature seen here (black bird)
Rook
Gary
|
|
$500
[22]
From this second-largest Aussie state, it's a 500-mile walkabout to the largest: Western Australia
Queensland
John
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
(Hi, I'm Chuck Woolery.) Going on a date where both people pay is known as this type of treat
Dutch treat
Gary
|
$500
[12]
1 of 2 expansion teams that played their first games in 1995
Carolina Panthers or Jacksonville Jaguars
Gary
|
$500
[30]
In 1749 he composed "Music for the Royal Fireworks" to celebrate the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
Georg Frideric Handel
|
$500
[27]
The Serenity Prayer talks of accepting things we cannot change, courage to change the things we can & this
The wisdom to know the difference
Gary
|
$500
[7]
Comedian & Sinatra pal born Joseph Gottlieb
Joey Bishop
John
Gary
|
| AUTHORS | YOUNG LOVE IN SONG | THE BILL OF RIGHTS | YALIES | VOODOO IQ | SAY, "WHAT"? |
|
$200
[2]
Among this author's bestsellers are "Misery" & "The Tommyknockers"
Stephen King
John
|
$200
[26]
This Beatles song says, "She was just seventeen, you know what I mean"
"I Saw Her Standing There"
Gary
|
$200
[16]
17 amendments were passed by the house, but only this many became part of the Constitution in 1790
10
Gary
|
$200
[7]
She spent 3 miserable years at Yale Drama School before starring in 4 "Alien" movies
Sigourney Weaver
Georgia
|
$200
[1]
It can be a reanimated voodoo automaton, or a drink that might turn you into one
a zombie
John
|
$200
[17]
Steve Allen created the question "Is it bigger than a breadbox?" on this long-running game show
What's My Line?
Georgia
|
|
$600
[4]
Her first published novel was "Scruples" in 1978
Judith Krantz
Georgia
Gary
|
$400
[27]
In "I Love Rock 'N Roll", she sang, "Saw him dancin' there by the record machine... knew he musta been about 17"
Joan Jett
Gary
|
$400
[22]
This state's Declaration of Rights was most influential in the creation of our Bill of Rights
Virginia
|
DD
$300
[13]
After cartooning for the Yale Daily News, this man launched his satirical comic strip in 1970 at age 22
Garry Trudeau ( Doonesbury )
John
|
$400
[9]
Voodoo blends west African religious traditions with beliefs & practices of this Christian denomination
Catholicism
Gary
|
$400
[18]
During her almost 40-year career, Tina Turner has topped the pop charts only once, with this song
"What's Love Got To Do With It"
John
|
|
$800
[5]
A jockey who raced in the Grand National, his mysteries usually have a horse-racing theme
Dick Francis
John
|
— |
$600
[23]
When ratified in 1791, the Bill of Rights was proclaimed to be in full force by this secretary of state
Thomas Jefferson
John
Gary
|
$400
[8]
He wrote songs like "Eli" while at Yale & "Begin The Beguine" & "Night And Day" later
Cole Porter
Gary
|
$600
[10]
In 1980 this future president labeled some of Ronald Reagan's policies as "Voodoo Economics"
George H.W. Bush
Gary
|
$600
[19]
Question preceding, "That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
What's in a name?
John
|
|
$1,000
[6]
1996 bestsellers by this author include "Vampire Breath" & "Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns"
R.L. Stine
John
|
— |
$800
[24]
The Supreme Court ruled that this right may be limited only when it creates a "clear and present danger"
freedom of speech
|
$800
[14]
A Yale law grad, this Republican from Pennsylvania sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee
Arlen Specter
|
$800
[11]
Zakes Mokae scared the bejeebies out of us in this Haitian voodoo movie based on a Wade Davis book
The Serpent & The Rainbow
John
Gary
|
$800
[20]
Leonardo DiCaprio received an Oscar nomination for playing the mentally-disabled Arnie in this 1993 Johnny Depp film
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
John
Gary
|
|
DD
$1,700
[3]
When she met President Lincoln, he said, "So this is the little lady who made this big war"
Harriet Beecher Stowe ( Uncle Tom's Cabin )
John
|
— |
$1,000
[25]
On April 19, 1939, this "Nutmeg State" became the last of the original 13 states to ratify the Bill of Rights
Connecticut
Georgia
|
$1,000
[15]
This Swedish-born sculptor erected a giant lipstick at his alma mater in 1969
Claes Oldenburg
|
$1,000
[12]
Similar to voodoo, this other Afro-Caribbean religion is based on west African Yoruba culture
Santeria
John
|
$1,000
[21]
Catchphrase often used by Russian-American comedian Yakov Smirnoff
"What a country!"
Gary
|
By September 1985 "A.M. Chicago" had been expanded to an hour & became this show; it's still on
The Oprah Winfrey Show