1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 3.
John Hnat — a chemical lab technician from Cleveland, Ohio
Paul Boymel — an attorney from Potomac, Maryland
Paul Croshier — a United States Marine staff sergeant from Camp Pendleton, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSGT Paul | $-300 | $0 | $-800 |
$-800
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$-800
7 R, 6 W |
| Paul | $1,200 | $800 | $6,000 |
$7,601
Automatic semifinalist |
$7,100
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| John | $400 | $1,000 | $3,800 |
$4,800
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$3,200
9 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| ROCKS & MINERALS | DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS | SHAKESPEARE | MS. | SODA POP QUIZ | HOLLYWOOD DOGS |
|
$100
[1]
Term for the minerals from which metals are extracted
ore
Paul
|
$100
[14]
He raises & tends the honey kind
beekeeper
John
|
$100
[7]
“Sweets to the sweet: Farewell!” were Hamlet's mother's words at this woman's funeral
Ophelia
Paul
|
$100
[11]
Nancy Ross, Angela Davis, & Geraldine Ferraro all sought this office in 1984
vice president (of the United States)
Paul
|
$100
[6]
It's what gives soda pop the bubbles
carbon dioxide
Paul
|
$200
[18]
Higgins played the title role of this 1974 film
Benji
SSGT Paul
|
|
$200
[16]
Single-letter chemical designation of a diamond
C
SSGT Paul
|
$200
[12]
On a sailor's chest it might say “Mother”; on Cher it's a butterfly
tattoo
Paul
|
$200
[5]
Part of Cassius' anatomy Brutus calls “itching” when accusing him of greed
palm
John
|
$200
[8]
Joan Benoit was 1st to win this Olympic event, finally offered for women in '84
marathon
John
|
$200
[9]
Caleb Bradham named his elixir this because it was supposed to relieve dyspepsia
Pepsi Cola
SSGT Paul
|
— |
|
$300
[17]
Largest block ever found of it in U.S., 56 tons, was used for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
marble
SSGT Paul
Paul
|
$400
[15]
Quality of ice, eels, & banana peels
slipperiness
Paul
|
$300
[2]
“Other women cloy the appetites they feed, but she makes hungry where most she satisfies”
Cleopatra
|
$300
[23]
Kristine Holderied was 1st to graduate top in her class from 1 of these
service academy
SSGT Paul
|
$300
[10]
They spent $250,000 to develop a can so the shuttle crew could drink their new formula in space
Coke
Paul
|
— |
|
$400
[19]
Mark Twain defined it as a hole in the groud with a liar standing at the top
mine
|
DD
$500
[13]
1984 film which featuredthe following:
Footloose
Paul
|
$400
[3]
Susanna & the twins, Hamnet & Judith
Shakespeare's children
|
— |
$400
[21]
Fenton & Fowler's calls this elite Detroit ginger ale the best soft drink in the world
Vernor's
|
— |
|
$500
[20]
Fizzing when acid is applied, this mineral is the base of the Portland cement industry
limestone
|
$500
[24]
A tenant under lease
lessee
SSGT Paul
|
$500
[4]
The lines "And thereby hangs a tale" & "All the world's a stage" come from this comedy
As You Like It
SSGT Paul
Paul
|
— |
$500
[22]
It was originally called bib-label lithiated lemon-lime soda
7 Up
John
|
— |
| POLITICAL SLOGANS | TREES | RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN | BRITISH HISTORY | HOLIDAYS | "SAINTS" |
|
$200
[18]
“Hell no, we won't go” was a chant often heard at rallies against this war
Vietnam War
John
|
$200
[3]
Arboreal symbol of strength
oak
Paul
|
$200
[8]
The pair's lyricist
Hammerstein
Paul
|
$200
[11]
They've been guarding British royalty since 1485 & gin bottles since 1820
Beefeaters
Paul
|
$200
[27]
October holiday which Mexicans call Dia de la Raza is celebrated in the U.S. as this
Columbus Day
Paul
|
$200
[1]
A patron saint of Russia, he was probably skinny & never wore a red suit
St. Nicholas
John
|
|
$400
[17]
In the early 1930s Americans were told that it was “just around the corner”
prosperity
John
|
DD
$200
[25]
Continent on which the densest, tallest & most valuable stand of timber is found
North America
Paul
|
$400
[7]
The “Times’” Brooks Atkinson called it “an original & beautiful excursion into... the Far East
The King and I
Paul
|
$400
[10]
Founder of the nursing profession, she was named after the city in which she was born
Florence Nightingale
SSGT Paul
|
$400
[26]
Meaning “removal of meat”, it's Rio's 4-day pre-Lenten festival
Carnival
SSGT Paul
|
$400
[2]
At 5th & 50th, its Lady Chapel is the place to get married, if you're in NYC - & Catholic
St. Patrick's Cathedral
|
|
$600
[14]
He railed against the “do-nothing 80th congress” during his whistle-stop campaign
Truman
Paul
|
$400
[19]
Of the Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge, or the Tree of Righteousness, the 1 forbidden to Adam
Knowledge
Paul
|
$600
[6]
Their 1st professional collaboration was this 1943 landmark musical
Oklahoma!
Paul
|
$600
[9]
First Roman army to invade Britain was led by this general
Caesar
SSGT Paul
|
$600
[20]
O. Henry called it the most “purely American” holiday
Thanksgiving
SSGT Paul
|
$600
[21]
“St. Elsewhere” is the nickname for this TV hospital
St. Eligius
Paul
|
|
$800
[15]
“Four more years of the full dinner pail” symbolized this president's re-election campaign in 1900
McKinley
Paul
|
$600
[28]
The cry “sap's a runnin’” refers to this tree
maple tree
John
|
$800
[5]
Character who is “corny as Kansas in August”
Nellie Forbush
|
$800
[12]
The penultimate Anglo-Saxon king, Edward was known by this pious title
Edward the Confessor
|
$800
[22]
Muslims fast during daylight hours for this entire month
Ramadan
Paul
|
DD
$1,400
[29]
Chorea, as in choreographer, is a condition associated with rheumatic fever formerly called this
St. Vitus (Dance)
John
|
|
$1,000
[16]
In 1912, this pres. candidate declared, “We stand at Armageddon, & we battle for the Lord”
Teddy Roosevelt
SSGT Paul
|
$1,000
[24]
Hindu for “trader” this unusual tree whose branches grow down can look like a mini-forest
Banyan
SSGT Paul
|
$1,000
[4]
Stuart Damon & Lesley Ann Warren starred in this only R & H musical written for TV
Cinderella
|
$1,000
[13]
Though it sounds like a grim volume, it's just William the Conqueror's survey of the British kingdom
The Domesday Book
|
$1,000
[23]
Until 1752, the 13 colonies observed Annunciation Day, the 25th of this month, as New Year's
March
|
— |
Of the 4, blood group of the universal recipient
AB