Ric Moser game 3.
Hal Ackerman — a freelance writer originally from Brooklyn, New York
Dale Barnes — a physician originally from the Bahamas
Ric Moser — a printing broker from Raymore, Missouri (whose 2-day cash winnings total $13,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ric | $1,500 | $4,400 | $10,400 |
$12,399
3-day champion: $25,399 |
$10,000
25 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Dale | $600 | $1,300 | $-300 |
$-300
3rd place: a balans chair |
$-300
5 R, 4 W |
| Hal | $300 | $600 | $4,200 |
$200
2nd place: china and a range |
$5,000
14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| LANDMARKS | COMEDIANS | ANIMALS | AWARDS | MOVIE TRIVIA |
|
$100
[10]
World's largest office building, named for its geometric shape
The Pentagon
Ric
|
$100
[15]
Comic whose "trial by fire" fueled his comedy routines
Richard Pryor
Ric
|
$100
[2]
"Sly" creature sought by sportsmen riding to hounds
a fox
Dale
|
$100
[20]
British decoration named for former queen
Victoria Cross
Ric
|
$100
[1]
What Paul Newman's "Hustler" hustled
pool
Hal
|
|
$200
[11]
De"faced" by sand & invading armies, it crouches near the Great Pyramids
the Sphinx
Ric
|
$200
[16]
Master of the pause followed by "Now cut that out!"
Jack Benny
Ric
|
$200
[3]
The "ship of the desert"
a camel
Ric
|
$200
[21]
Since '32 the U.S. Badge of Military Merit has had this colorful name
the Purple Heart
Ric
Hal
|
$200
[4]
Subtitled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Bomb"
Dr. Strangelove
Hal
|
|
$300
[12]
His statue is atop Philadelphia's City Hall
William Penn
Dale
Hal
|
$300
[17]
Pat Paulsen ran for president on their controversial "Comedy Hour"
the Smothers Brothers
Ric
|
$300
[5]
The children are poults, the mothers, hens & the fathers, toms
turkeys
Ric
|
$300
[23]
This prize did not have an economics category until '69
the Nobel Prize
Ric
|
$300
[6]
1949's Best Picture, its title came from "Humpty Dumpty"
All the King's Men
Ric
|
|
$400
[13]
France's Unknown Soldier lies beneath this Champs-Elysees landmark
the Arc de Triomphe
Ric
|
$400
[18]
After playing the nightclub circuit, he broke into movies with "What's New, Pussycat?"
Woody Allen
Ric
|
$400
[9]
Name of the sport of hunting birds with other birds
falconry
Ric
|
$400
[24]
26 years after writing it for the stage, he won Oscar for the screenplay "Pygmalion"
George Bernard Shaw
Hal
|
$500
[8]
Ironically, he spoke the only word in Mel Brooks' "Silent Movie"
Marcel Marceau
Ric
Dale
|
|
$500
[14]
The date on the tablet held by the Statue of Liberty
July 4, 1776
Ric
|
$500
[19]
Though originally a comic, he was 1st black regular on a U.S. dramatic TV series
Bill Cosby
Ric
|
$500
[22]
Floating sea creature named by sailors for the Iberian fighting ship it resembles
the Portuguese man-of-war
Dale
|
$500
[25]
He may disagree with Gene Siskel, but he won '75 Pulitzer Prize for Film Criticism
Roger Ebert
Dale
|
DD
$800
[7]
Hesanghis way to an Oscar in "Cabaret":
Joel Grey
Ric
|
| ENGLISH HISTORY | SCIENCE | ALPHABET SOUP | U.S. SENATE | GEOGRAPHY |
|
$200
[7]
"Working" party that 1st came to power in 1924
the Labor party
Dale
|
$200
[1]
Land animal with the largest teeth
the elephant
Ric
Hal
|
$200
[21]
NBC sci-fi series about alien lizards invading Earth
V
Ric
|
$200
[8]
Number of Senators from each state
2
Hal
|
$200
[16]
Located in Alaska, it's North America's highest peak
Mt. McKinley
Hal
|
|
$400
[10]
Heavy winds sank more of this famed Spanish fleet than the English did
the Armada
Ric
|
$400
[2]
"Diffraction" refers to the way it bends
light
Hal
|
$400
[22]
On TV, letter on Miss DeFazio's blouses
L
Ric
Dale
|
$400
[15]
Elected office held by president of the Senate
Vice President
Hal
|
$400
[17]
It's across the Danube from Pest
Buda
Hal
|
|
$600
[11]
In 1707, the Act of Union united these 3 countries to form Great Britain
England, Scotland, and Wales
Hal
|
$600
[3]
The 2 primary ferrous metals
iron and steel
Dale
|
$600
[12]
Letter reversed in the name of what a giraffe calls "The World's Biggest Toystore"
R
Ric
|
$600
[23]
State once represented by James Buckley & Jacob Javits
New York
Hal
|
$600
[18]
New Zealand, Midway & Hawaii are all a part of this "many islands" group
Polynesia
Hal
|
|
$800
[13]
In 1881, this punishment took a beating & was abolished by the British Navy
flogging
Ric
Dale
|
DD
$800
[4]
Natural vanilla flavoring comes from this tropical flower
the orchid
Hal
|
$800
[9]
1930 film where Peter Lorre plays a child murderer
M
Ric
|
— |
$800
[19]
2 of the 3 countries that make up the Benelux Economic Union
(2 of) Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg
Hal
|
|
$1,000
[14]
Last monarch of the House of Tudor
Elizabeth I
Ric
|
$1,000
[5]
Stratigraphy is a branch of this science
geology
|
$1,000
[6]
In music, the seventh tone in the diatonic scale of C
B (or ti)
Ric
|
— |
$1,000
[20]
Abu Dhabi & Dubai are 2 of the 7 states that make up this Middle Eastern federation
the United Arab Emirates
Ric
|
Arrested for voting in 1872 election, she died 14 years before the 19th Amendment
Susan B. Anthony