Theresa Muir — a musicologist from Brooklyn, New York
Bill Barnett — an academic record keeper from Westminster, Maryland
Kathy Hennington — a banking vice president from Decatur, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy | $200 | $1,100 | $3,500 |
$6,500
2nd place: a trip to the Bahamas Princess Resort & Casino |
$3,300
8 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Bill | $2,000 | $5,100 | $10,400 |
$12,400
New champion: $12,400 |
$8,800
25 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Theresa | $1,300 | $2,200 | $3,200 |
$2,200
3rd place: a Jeep Electronics portable color TV/CD player/AM/FM radio |
$3,200
17 R, 4 W |
| MEN OF LETTERS | MUSIC POTPOURRI | SET 'EM UP, JOE | WILD GOOSE CHASES | WOMEN ON TELEVISION | WE THE "PEOPLE" |
|
$100
[7]
Jerome David
Salinger
Bill
|
$100
[2]
This composer of the Hallelulah Chorus also wrote the Hallelujah Concerto
Handel
Bill
|
$100
[16]
Joe's Flag Day special is a brandy & port cocktail named for this seamstress
Betsy Ross
Bill
|
$100
[26]
Ponce de Leon should have tried a facelift, as he never found this liquid rejuvenizer
the Fountain of Youth
Bill
|
$100
[13]
Kristen Johnston's Sally Solomon is an alien posing as a leggy woman on this hit sitcom
3rd Rock from the Sun
Kathy
|
$100
[1]
According to lyricist Bob Merrill, "People who need people are" this
the luckiest people in the world
Theresa
|
|
$200
[8]
Edward Estlin
Cummings
Theresa
|
$200
[3]
"Anatomical" term for the part of a string instrument where you'll find the fingerboard
the neck
Bill
|
$200
[17]
Trader Vic himself taught Joe how to make a "Wahine" with the light Puerto Rican type of this liquor
rum
Bill
|
$200
[27]
A lot of sleepless "knights" were spent questing for this chalice given to Joseph of Arimathea
the Holy Grail
Theresa
|
$200
[14]
Yvonne Zima is Anthony Edwards' daughter Rachel Greene on "ER"; this actress is Rachel Green on "Friends"
Jennifer Aniston
Bill
|
$200
[12]
In 1997 Bill Cosby won Favorite Male in a New Series, his 15th of these awards
the People's Choice Awards
Kathy
Bill
Theresa
|
|
$300
[9]
David Herbert
Lawrence
Bill
|
$300
[4]
On sheet music, ff stands for this Italian word that means "very loud"
fortissimo
Kathy
|
$400
[19]
Joe's customer Tex orders a tequini straight up, made with dry vermouth, this liquor & a twist of lemon
tequila
Kathy
|
$300
[28]
Some think the Bimini Road is evidence of this Lost Continent
Atlantis
Bill
|
$300
[15]
Caroline Rhea is this teenage witch's kooky Aunt Hilda
Sabrina
Theresa
|
$300
[21]
This phrase for the Jews refers to Exodus 19:6, "Ye shall be unto me... a holy nation"
the Chosen People
Theresa
|
|
$400
[10]
Wystan Hugh
Auden
Bill
|
$400
[5]
This famous group, heard here, was founded 500 years ago, in 1498:
the Vienna Boys' Choir
Bill
|
$500
[20]
Joe dreams of Vivien Leigh when he makes his Southern Comfort & cranberry juice cocktail
a Scarlett O'Hara
Bill
|
$400
[29]
Henry Hudson "passed" on while seeking this elusive route to Asia
the Northwest Passage
Bill
|
$400
[22]
Before replacing Farrah Fawcett on "Charlie's Angels", this actress sang on "Josie and the Pussycats"
Cheryl Ladd
Theresa
|
$400
[24]
A song from this international program's festival is heard here:"Everybody's everybody /And nobody is the same, no, no no no..."
Up with People
|
|
$500
[11]
John Ronald Reuel
Tolkien
Bill
|
$500
[6]
Beethoven called it "Sonata Quasi Una Fantasia", but we know it by this "lunar" name
the "Moonlight Sonata"
Theresa
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
On June 7, Joe celebrates Liam Neeson's birthday with this cocktail made of sweet vermouth & scotch
a Rob Roy
Bill
|
$500
[30]
He walked on the moon & walked up Ararat, searching in vain for Noah's Ark
James Irwin
|
$500
[23]
The Borg Seven of Nine & Captain Kathryn Janeway are 2 of the women aboard this Federation starship
Voyager
Kathy
|
$500
[25]
You can tour scenic downtown Detroit or Miami on this type of mass transit system
a people mover
Bill
|
| SCIENCE & NATURE | JOHN CUSACK MOVIES | FAMOUS FRENCHMEN | SNEEZING | HONSHU | BLESS YOU |
|
$200
[7]
Found in Eastern Australia & Tasmania, this mammal's scientific name means "bird-snout"
a platypus
Theresa
|
$200
[16]
Nicolas Cage & John Cusack team up when inmates hijack a plane in this 1997 thriller
Con Air
Bill
|
$200
[1]
This cardinal, "The Red Eminence", made his enemies see red, so he was banished in 1617
Richelieu
Theresa
|
$200
[6]
For the voice of Sneezy in this 1937 classic, Disney "achoo"sed Billy Gilbert
Snow White ( and the Seven Dwarfs )
Bill
|
$200
[26]
It's the largest city on the island of Honshu
Tokyo
Kathy
Theresa
|
$200
[21]
One form of this pre-meal prayer begins, "Bless us, O Lord, and these thy gifts"
grace
Theresa
|
|
$400
[8]
This metal used in storage batteries is refined mainly from a gray metallic ore called galena
lead
Kathy
Bill
Theresa
|
$400
[17]
Cusack was the voice of Dimitri & Meg Ryan was this Russian princess in a 1997 animated film
Anastasia
Kathy
|
$400
[2]
In 1619 this math whiz could have said, "I think, therefore I am joining the duke of Bavaria's army"
Descartes
Bill
|
$400
[12]
In 1997 the price of this spice went up to $2.70 a pound & that's something to sneeze at
pepper
Bill
|
$400
[27]
A national park on Honshu boasts lakes, hot springs, beaches & this tallest Japanese mountain
Fuji
Theresa
|
$400
[22]
He wore his brother Esau's clothes to finagle his father Isaac's blessing
Jacob
Theresa
|
|
$600
[9]
The retina has about 75 to 150 million rods & only about 7 million of these receptor cells
cones
Bill
|
$600
[18]
Cusack plays a journalist who's sent to Savannah, Georgia in this 1997 film based on a book of the same name
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Bill
|
$600
[3]
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin began using this 1-word stage name in the 1640s
Molière
Kathy
|
$800
[14]
This woman, seen here, says a doctor had to teach her how to sneeze--& laugh--properly
Celine Dion
|
— |
$600
[23]
Term for Jesus' 8 statements beginning with "Blessed are the poor in spirit..."
the Beatitudes
Theresa
|
|
$800
[10]
This inert gas symbolized Ar is used to fill light bulbs to prevent the tungsten filament from evaporating
argon
Theresa
|
$800
[19]
Cusack was third baseman Buck Weaver in this 1988 film about the Black Sox
Eight Men Out
Bill
Theresa
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
This Frenchman is most famous for inventing the device named for him, seen here:
Foucault
Kathy
|
$1,000
[15]
If you're "up to" this, you know it used to be kept in a "sneeze-box"
snuff
Kathy
|
— |
$800
[24]
"May His great name be blessed to all eternity" is the nucleus of this Jewish mourner's prayer
Kaddish
Theresa
|
|
$1,000
[11]
In digital watches, LCD stands for liquid crystal display; LED stands for this
light-emitting diode
|
$1,000
[20]
Cusack starred with Minnie Driver in this 1997 movie about a Michigan high school reunion
Grosse Pointe Blank
Bill
|
$1,000
[5]
This director of the "New Wave" film "Breathless" once wrote under the pseudonym Hans Lucas
Jean-Luc Godard
Theresa
|
DD
$1,500
[13]
A "photic" sneeze is caused by this
sunlight (light accepted)
Bill
|
— |
$1,000
[25]
The U.S. Constitution was established to "secure the blessings of" this
liberty
Theresa
|
The offices of N.M. Rothschild in London fix this twice every weekday, at 10:30 A.M. & 3 P.M.
the price of gold