Mary Jane Harris — from Dunwoody, Georgia
Arch Mott — a systems administrator from Aptos, California
Pat Grady — a computer analyst from Palatine, Illinois (whose 3-day cash winnings total $24,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat | $200 | $1,800 | $6,400 |
$5,300
2nd place: Vacation/cruise to Tahiti |
$8,400
22 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Arch | $2,800 | $3,500 | $6,500 |
$12,900
New champion: $12,900 |
$7,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mary Jane | $1,500 | $2,200 | $2,600 |
$300
3rd place: Pair of ebikes (electric bicycles) |
$2,600
11 R, 1 W |
| CLASSIC AMERICAN MUSIC | POT-POURRI | FIRST LADIES | COLORS | THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW | NUMBER, PLEASE |
|
$100
[17]
Jack Norworth, who wrote "Shine On Harvest Moon", also wrote the lyrics of this between-innings classic
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
Pat
|
$100
[8]
An unsporting hunter just looking for lunch is said to "take" these at game
Potshots
Pat
|
$100
[1]
She once said that of all her sorrows, the death of her son Tad, at 18, hurt the most
Mary Todd Lincoln
Arch
|
$100
[3]
Cowardly
Yellow
Mary Jane
|
$100
[26]
It was rumored that the crime rate dropped dramatically during their February 9, 1964 appearance
The Beatles
Pat
|
$100
[2]
Usually, to begin a long distance call from your home phone, it's the first number you must press
1
Mary Jane
|
|
$200
[18]
He got an Oscar for "White Christmas" & a Medal of Honor for songs like "God Bless America"
Irving Berlin
Mary Jane
|
$200
[10]
To make this beef dish named for its cooking vessel, keep it below a boil so the meat stays tender
Pot roast
Arch
|
$200
[22]
A widow when she wed the future president in 1759, she had been married to Daniel Parke Custis
Martha Washington
Mary Jane
|
$200
[4]
Sad or depressed
Blue
Pat
|
$200
[27]
Asked not to sing "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" in this song, Jim Morrison sang it anyway
"Light My Fire"
Arch
|
$200
[9]
In popular phrases it follows "gimme" & "take"
Five
Arch
|
|
$300
[19]
His first published work, 1872's "Moonlight on the Potomac", contained waltzes, not marches
John Philip Sousa
Mary Jane
|
$300
[11]
It's a mediocre book written just to keep food on the table
Potboiler
Arch
|
$300
[23]
In 1987 she & the former president published "Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life"
Rosalynn Carter
Pat
Arch
|
$300
[5]
New, inexperienced or envious
Green
Arch
|
$300
[28]
On his 3rd & final appearance--Jan. 6, 1957--he commented that fans had sent him 282 teddy bears for Christmas
Elvis Presley
Pat
|
$300
[14]
Years of bad luck associated with breaking a mirror
7
Pat
|
|
$400
[20]
He was 23 in 1849 when his "Oh! Susanna" became a hit
Stephen Foster
Arch
|
$400
[12]
The 3 main types of pottery are stoneware, porcelain & this most common "ware", seen here:
Earthenware
Mary Jane
|
$400
[24]
2 of the 3 first ladies seen in the photo here:
Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman &/or Edith Wilson
Pat
|
$400
[6]
Fry or saute
Brown
Arch
|
$400
[29]
This folk-rocker didn't do the show when CBS refused to let him sing "Talking John Birch Society Blues"
Bob Dylan
Arch
|
$400
[15]
Total number of royal flushes that can be dealt out of one deck of cards
4
Mary Jane
|
|
$500
[21]
He toured with the Texas Medley Quartette before going solo & becoming the king of ragtime
Scott Joplin
Pat
|
$500
[13]
This type of communal lunch or supper is also called a covered-dish meal
Pot luck
Mary Jane
|
$500
[25]
This first lady whose maiden name is Pierce is a distant relative of President Franklin Pierce
Barbara Bush (nee Barbara Pierce)
|
DD
$800
[7]
Abandon on a desert island
Maroon
Arch
|
$500
[30]
This group was "Groovin" on a Sunday evening, not afternoon, when they appeared in 1966
The Rascals
|
$500
[16]
The difference between a million & a billion in the U.S. is just this many zeros
3
Pat
Arch
|
| A DECEMBER TO REMEMBER | ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL? | AUTHORS | THE METRIC EQUIVALENT | WHERE THERE'S A HILL | THERE'S AN "A" |
|
$200
[15]
Patricia Harris, the first black woman in the cabinet, was named secretary of this "urban" department in December 1976
HUD (Housing and Urban Development)
Mary Jane
|
$200
[8]
(Hi, I'm Jason Sehorn of the New York Giants) If a referee calls a personal foul during a football game, the offending player's team is penalized this many yards
15
Mary Jane
|
$200
[1]
Author-filmmaker Sherman Alexie, who is part Spokane Indian, grew up on a reservation in this state
Washington
Arch
|
$200
[21]
0.621 miles
Kilometer
Pat
|
$200
[6]
It's the only national memorial found in South Dakota's Black Hills
Mount Rushmore
Pat
|
$200
[9]
In a German-speaking region, it's a motor expressway
Autobahn
Arch
|
|
$400
[19]
On December 15, 1961 an Israeli court sentenced this man to death for World War II atrocities
Adolf Eichmann
Pat
|
$400
[11]
(Hi, I'm Ed McCaffrey of the Denver Broncos) Before we won the Super Bowl in '98, the last AFC team to win was this team led by Jim Plunkett at QB in 1984
Los Angeles Raiders
Pat
|
$400
[2]
She dedicated "O Pioneers!" to her fellow novelist Sarah Orne Jewett
Willa Cather
Pat
|
$400
[24]
0.035 ounces
Gram
Arch
|
$400
[7]
The name of this hill on which Jesus was crucified means "skull"
Golgotha
Pat
|
$400
[10]
Taken from the name of Plato's institution, it's a school for special instruction
Academy
Pat
|
|
$600
[20]
In December 1967 the first successful heart transplant was performed by this doctor at a Cape Town hospital
Dr. Christiaan Barnard
Arch
|
$600
[12]
(Hi, I'm Darrell Green of the Washington Redskins.) In 1997, I was selected for the 7th time to the NFL Pro Bowl game, played each year in this state capital
Honolulu
Pat
|
$600
[3]
Iris Murdoch wrote "The Accidental Man" & she wrote "The Accidental Tourist"
Anne Tyler
Arch
|
$600
[25]
.3937 inches
Centimeter
Mary Jane
|
$600
[28]
In Oyster Bay, New York you can visit Sagamore Hill, this president's home
Theodore Roosevelt
Mary Jane
|
$600
[16]
It borders Slovenia, Hungary & Switzerland
Austria
Arch
|
|
$1,000
[23]
Ending the War of 1812, this treaty was signed by the U.S. & Great Britain in December 1814
Treaty of Ghent
Pat
|
$800
[13]
(Hi, I'm Kurt Warner of the St. Louis Rams) Before coming to the NFL, I played for 3 years with the Iowa Barnstormers of this football league
AFL (Arena Football League)
Pat
|
$800
[4]
Selma Lagerlof, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Lit., was also the first person from this country to win it
Sweden
Arch
|
$800
[26]
33.8 fluid ounces
Liter
Arch
|
$800
[29]
The first transatlantic wireless message was received in 1901 at Signal Hill near St. John's in this province
Newfoundland
Arch
|
$800
[17]
The first Jewish high priest
Aaron
Pat
|
|
DD
$2,000
[22]
In early December 1170 this man returned to Canterbury after exile in France: bad move
Thomas Becket
Pat
|
$1,000
[14]
(Hi, this is Dick Riordan, mayor of Los Angeles) Renovated in 1993, this 88,000-seat facility first opened in May of 1923
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Pat
|
$1,000
[5]
"Goblin Market" is one of the finest poems by this sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Christina Rossetti
Arch
|
$1,000
[27]
2,204.62 pounds
Metric ton
Pat
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
On February 23, 1945 U.S. Marines raised the American flag on this Iwo Jima hill
Mount Suribachi
Arch
|
$1,000
[18]
Yes, captain, it's the small Madagascan primate seen here:
Aye-aye
Pat
|
The entire action of this Eugene O'Neill play takes place in 1850 at a New England farmhouse flanked by massive trees
Desire Under the Elms