J.C. Turner — a pharmacy student from Amelia, Virginia
Barbara Jackson — a sales support manager from Reseda, California
David Shear — a copy editor from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $24,402)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $400 | $1,500 | $2,700 |
$3,700
2nd place: Whirlpool washer & dryer + Zenith 9" color TV |
$4,700
14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Barbara | $600 | $800 | $1,800 |
$3,598
3rd place: Carrington House carpets |
$1,800
7 R, 1 W |
| J.C. | $400 | $1,500 | $8,500 |
$7,000
New champion: $7,000 |
$8,100
23 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| SCIENCE | VICE-PRESIDENTS | ITALY | HOUSEHOLD HINTS | QUESTIONABLE SONGS | STUPID ANSWERS |
|
$100
[15]
Term for the blood vessels which take the blood from the heart
arteries
J.C.
|
$100
[3]
Some unkindly called this vice president & successor "Nixon's revenge"
Ford
J.C.
|
$100
[25]
In 79 A.D., it destroyed the popular resort town of Herculaneum
Mount Vesuvius
David
J.C.
|
$100
[9]
To remove mildew from perma press fabric, Heloise says soak article in salt & this citrus juice & lay it in the sun
lemon juice
David
|
$100
[1]
It's what Patti Page asked about "the one with the waggly tail"
"(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window?"
David
|
$100
[10]
Bermuda Rolfe, daughter of John Rolfe of Va., was the 1st English girl born on this island
Bermuda
Barbara
|
|
$200
[16]
In the scientific categories, Americans have won 142, or 38%, of these awards 1st given in 1901
Nobel Prizes
David
|
$200
[4]
Reportedly, this "Rough Rider" once compared McKinley's backbone to a chocolate eclair
Teddy Roosevelt
David
|
$300
[23]
The ancient Greek city of Syracuse is found on this Italian island
Sicily
J.C.
|
$200
[22]
Lethal gases are released when you combine some toilet bowl cleansers with this common stain remover
bleach (or chlorine)
J.C.
|
$200
[2]
It followed Linda Ronstadt's lament "I've been cheated, been mistreated"
"When Will I Be Loved?"
J.C.
|
$200
[11]
Unlike during the 2nd, U.S. auto production didn't stop during this world war
the First World War
Barbara
|
|
$300
[19]
The Hubble constant tells how fast the universe is expanding since this "noisy" event occurred
the Big Bang
Barbara
|
$300
[7]
Later vice president, he 1st visited the capital while leading Boy Scouts from Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Barbara
|
$400
[24]
In 1936, he announced the Roman Empire was restored & the king was now Emperor of Ethiopia, too
Mussolini
David
|
— |
$300
[5]
The Shirelles said, "Tonight you're mine completely" but weren't sure about this
"Will You Love Me Tomorrow?"
J.C.
|
$300
[12]
Peanuts are not related to nuts, but to these
peas
J.C.
|
|
$400
[20]
Base 10 equivalent to the binary number "11"
3
Barbara
J.C.
|
$400
[13]
Jefferson's 1st vice president, he was officially divorced for adultery on the day he died
Aaron Burr
|
— | — |
$400
[6]
In this song, Anthony Newley said, "I'll throw off my sorrow, beg, steal or borrow my share of laughter"
"Who Can I Turn To?"
|
$400
[17]
Often seen in movies being chased by a train, it's a small open railroad car operated by hand
a hand car
David
|
|
$500
[21]
A metal that is "ductile" can be pulled into this while cold & under pressure
wire
|
DD
$500
[14]
Born in 1924, at 18 he became youngest naval pilot in WWII
George Bush
J.C.
|
— | — |
$500
[8]
In their biggest hit, the Poppy Family asked Billy this
"Which Way You Goin' Billy?"
J.C.
|
$500
[18]
Begun in 1829, it was the 1st encyclopedia published in America
the Encyclopedia Americana
Barbara
J.C.
|
| THE JUNGLE | PLAYWRIGHTS | 1886 | FAMOUS "JAMES"s | ASIA | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH |
|
$200
[26]
Manioc, a major crop of the jungle, is used to make this popular pudding dessert
tapioca
David
|
$200
[1]
Rex Reed claims he saw this Southern playwright almost hit by a bus named Desire
Tennessee Williams
J.C.
|
$200
[2]
A San Francisco law against this ethnic group's laundries didn't wash with the Supreme Court
the Chinese
J.C.
|
$200
[10]
"The Godfather of Soul", he went on TV to calm tensions after the assassination of Dr. King
James Brown
J.C.
|
$200
[12]
Responsible for about ½ of gross tonnage being built, this island country leads world in shipbuilding
Japan
David
|
$200
[13]
If you "hire" a TV set in London, you've done this with it
rent it
Barbara
J.C.
|
|
$400
[27]
Unlike a forest, marked by trees & shade, true jungle is marked by heavy vegetation at this level
ground level
|
$400
[6]
This "Blithe Spirit" roared at Claudette Colbert, "I'd wring your neck, if you had one!"
Noël Coward
J.C.
|
$400
[3]
John S. Pemberton's "brain tonic" 1st introduced that year at an Atlanta drugstore
Coca-Cola
J.C.
|
$400
[16]
Overcoming childhood stammering, he became the powerful voice of Othello & Darth Vader
James Earl Jones
J.C.
|
$400
[20]
Tho only the size of Wisc., this country, whose capital is Dhaka, is 9th most populous nation in world
Bangladesh
J.C.
|
$400
[14]
What we call "garters" the British call "suspenders", & what we call "suspenders" they call this
braces
|
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
Like most of us would, it's what Jethro Tull was doing"In The Jungle"in 1974:"Walking through forests of palm-tree apartments /Scoff at the monkeys who live in their dark tents /Down by the waterhole--drunk every Friday /Eating their nuts--saving their raisins..."
Bungle
David
|
$600
[7]
His epitaph calls him "rare", but his "Volpone" was well-done
Ben Jonson
David
|
$600
[4]
In a year when 610,000 workers struck, Samuel Gompers founded this
the AFL (American Federation of Labor)
J.C.
|
$600
[17]
He prefaced his famed cookbook with instructions for boiling water
James Beard
J.C.
|
$800
[22]
Until 1904, Europeans were unwelcome in this capital of Tibet, & from '62-'80, no foreigners were admitted
Lhasa
J.C.
|
$600
[15]
An elephant visiting London might make this, a long distance phone call, to the folks back home
a trunk call
David
|
| — |
$800
[8]
His 1881 play "Ghosts" was once banned for being "morally deranged"
(Henrik) Ibsen
David
J.C.
|
$800
[5]
The last major Indian war ended with this Chiricahua leader was captured
Geronimo
Barbara
|
$800
[18]
Novelist Henry's brother who, having given us "The Meaning of Truth" in 1909, in 1910, died
William James
J.C.
|
DD
$1,000
[21]
Asia borders on these 3 oceans
the Pacific, the Indian & the Arctic
J.C.
|
$800
[24]
At Ascot, if you do a "Heinz", you've made this many bets, involving 6 horses, in combination
57
David
|
| — |
$1,000
[9]
Lord Snowdon never studied at "The School for Scandal", but this ancestor of his wrote it
Richard Sheridan
|
$1,000
[11]
Griswold Lorillard wore a short black coat with satin lapels to the Autumn Ball in this N.Y. town
Tuxedo
J.C.
|
$1,000
[19]
On early TV wrestling shows he broke dog biscuits into mike to sound like bones crunching
Dennis James
J.C.
|
$1,000
[23]
Negotiations over a hijacked plane in May '86 were 1st reported talks between these 2 countries since 1949
Mainland China & Taiwan
David
|
$1,000
[25]
A Japanese Z-car is a Nissan, while a British Z-car is this type of vehicle
a policecar
David
|
The two 4-letter words found on a U.S. penny, one in English, one not
cent & unum