Myron West — a firefighter from Cheyenne, Wyoming
Jackie Bruno — a loan officer from Washington, D.C.
Don Wright — a Ph.D. candidate from New Orleans, Louisiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don | $3,100 | $4,600 | $8,400 |
$12,900
2-day champion: $25,300 |
$8,300
23 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Jackie | $-200 | $100 | $1,500 |
$3,000
3rd place: Panasonic's 13" color TV with built-in VCR |
$2,500
10 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Myron | $1,200 | $3,900 | $6,300 |
$8,400
2nd place: a trip to Portland, Oregon |
$8,300
20 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| LUCKY DUCKS | ABOARD THE SLOOP WITH SMEE | EUROPEAN VACATION | STATE FLAGS | "CU" | IN THE MOVIES |
|
$100
[22]
The Kingsmen were lucky to stay out of jail for performing this this song, their biggest hit
"Louie Louie"
Jackie
|
$100
[30]
Since Smee often confuses left & right, he also confuses port & this
starboard
Don
|
$100
[12]
In this Czech capital, you can visit a home where Mozart composed part of "Don Giovanni"
Prague
Jackie
|
$100
[1]
[flag]
Colorado
Don
|
$100
[7]
Proverbially speaking, it "killed the cat"
curiosity
Don
|
$100
[16]
In "In & Out", he plays a teacher outed by former student Matt Dillon
Kevin Kline
Don
|
|
$200
[20]
What a "card!" This Taj Mahal casino developer luckily avoided insolvency in the early 1990s
(Donald) Trump
Myron
|
$200
[29]
Smee has to swab these, the equivalent of floors, including the poop & orlop
decks
Myron
|
$200
[13]
While in Rome, it's possible to stand with one foot in each of these countries
Italy & Vatican City
Don
|
$200
[2]
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Alaska
Myron
|
$200
[8]
Latin for "with praise," this phrase may follow magna or summa
cum laude
Jackie
|
$200
[17]
In 1997's "Bean", Rowan Atkinson sneezes on & messes up the famous painting of this artist's mother
Whistler
Jackie
|
|
$300
[21]
Need to find a library book? Lucky thing he came along with his "decimal system"
Dewey
Don
|
$300
[19]
Smee "dropped" the fluke of this heavy item on his foot, not overboard, where the skipper wanted it
the anchor
Myron
|
$300
[11]
To see his "Night Watch", head to the top floor of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
Rembrandt
Don
|
$300
[3]
[flag]
New Mexico
Don
|
$300
[6]
Like Picasso & Braque, painter Juan Gris was an exponent of this art movement
Cubism
Don
|
$300
[18]
Adapted from Heinlein, young soldiers battle to save humans from extinction in this 1997 film seen here:
Starship Troopers
Myron
|
|
$400
[27]
This "Kingfish" was lucky enough to be governor & senator, but not president
(Huey) Long
Myron
|
$400
[24]
Smee cleans up the crew's "mess" here, the ship's kitchen
the galley
Myron
|
DD
$500
[14]
Landmark from which you can see the following views:[1][2][3][4]
the Eiffel Tower
Don
|
$400
[4]
[flag]
Texas
Don
|
$400
[9]
It slices! It chops! It blends! & in 1998 it's celebrating its 25th anniversary
the Cuisinart
Don
|
$400
[23]
Dustin Hoffman played Tom Cruise's autistic older brother in this 1988 film
Rain Man
Myron
|
|
$500
[28]
I'm a lucky guy because there's room for her on my "Bicycle Built For Two"
Daisy
Myron
|
$500
[26]
Smee heads "aft" to this part of the boat, like the angry look the skipper just gave him
the stern
Don
|
$500
[15]
While Mom's at Christiansborg Palace in this city, Dad may head down the street to the Erotic Museum
Copenhagen
Don
|
$500
[5]
[flag]
South Carolina
Jackie
Myron
|
$500
[10]
It's French for a dead-end street
a cul-de-sac
Myron
|
$500
[25]
Sylvester Stallone put on about 40 pounds to play Sheriff Heflin in this 1997 film
Cop Land
Don
|
| ASTRONOMY | WORLD LEADERS | WISCON-SIN | 1960s MUSIC | DEATH SENTENCES | HORATIO HORNBLOWER |
|
$200
[16]
The Crab Nebula, first observed in 1054 A.D., can be found in this constellation, & that's no bull
Taurus
Myron
|
$200
[1]
Elizabeth II has seen 10 different prime ministers com & go, from this man to Tony Blair
Winston Churchill
Don
|
$200
[21]
In 1970 peace activists blew up the Army Mathematics Research Center at this Madison institution
the University of Wisconsin
Don
|
$200
[12]
This 1966 hit begins, "Hello darkness my old friend"
"The Sound Of Silence"
Don
|
$200
[11]
Approaching another car near Paso Robles, Ca. in 1955, his last words were "That guy's gotta see us"
James Dean
Jackie
|
$600
[26]
He played Hornblower on film in 1951; 5 years later he was back afloat as Captain Ahab
Gregory Peck
Jackie
|
|
$400
[17]
The Milky Way is classified as this type of galaxy, due to its coiled arms, not a staircase
a spiral
Don
|
$400
[2]
Sir Muda Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzadin Waddaulah is the sultan of this country
Brunei
Myron
|
$400
[22]
On August 9, 1966 the Milwaukee HQ of this venerable civil rights organization was bombed
the NAACP
Myron
|
$400
[13]
In 1963 Jimmy Gilmer hit No. 1 with "Sugar Shack"; in 1969 this group hit No. 1 with "Sugar Sugar"
The Archies
Jackie
|
$400
[7]
He asked "Who is it?" just before Pat Garrett shot him
Billy the Kid
Myron
|
$800
[25]
Hornblower oversees the funeral procession of this actual sea-going Horatio
Nelson
Don
|
|
$600
[18]
Until 1974, the 200-inch Hale Telescope on this California mountain was the world's largest reflector
Mt. Palomar
Jackie
|
$600
[3]
Helmut Kohl has passed this man's record as the longest-serving chancellor of post-WWII Germany
(Konrad) Adenauer
Jackie
Myron
|
$800
[24]
In a 1912 assassination attempt, Teddy Roosevelt was saved when the bullet hit this case in his pocket
his eyeglass case
Don
Jackie
|
$600
[6]
This group's 1965 hit "Do You Believe In Magic" was used in 1990s TV commercials by McDonald's
The Lovin' Spoonful
Myron
|
$600
[8]
Just before the end, this Welsh poet boasted "I've had 18 straight whiskies; I think that's the record"
(Dylan) Thomas
Myron
|
$1,000
[27]
Hornblower's ship the Sutherland is a 74, meaning it has 74 of these
cannon (or guns)
Don
|
|
$800
[19]
This Italian spent his last 8 years under house arrest for teaching... shh! the Earth goes around the sun!
Galileo
Don
|
$1,000
[5]
This Peruvian president used to be a TV talk show host
(Alberto) Fujimori
Myron
|
$1,000
[23]
A bomb at campaign HQ in Madison didn't stop the 1994 reelection of Tommy Thompson to this office
governor
Myron
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
Famed disc jockey Alan Freed gave this singer, heard here, his stage name:
Johnny Rivers
Jackie
|
$800
[9]
Speaking of his mistress, this English king's last request was "Let not poor Nelly starve"
King Charles II
Myron
|
— |
|
$1,000
[20]
By the time this flow of gasses from the sun reaches Earth, its speed may be 1-2 million mph; what a blowhard!
solar wind
Don
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
(Hi, I'm Tracy Bingham.) When Mike Wallace interviewed this Iranian president in March 1997, the topic of "Baywatch" came up
Hashemi Rafsanjani
Myron
|
— |
$1,000
[15]
This 1963 hit by Kyu Sakamoto was released in Japan as "Ue O Muite Aruko", or "I Look Up When I Walk"
"Sukiyaki"
Jackie
|
$1,000
[10]
Just before "death kindly stopped for" her, this poet sighed, "I must go in; the fog is rising"
Emily Dickinson
Jackie
|
— |
Frustrated by department stores, Donald Fisher founded this chain in 1969 as a record & jeans store
The Gap