1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 4.
Eric Schoeck — a radio talk show host from Santa Cruz, California
Harvey Becker — a writer from Venice, California
Gary Giardina — an opera singer from New York City, New York
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary | $2,000 | $2,400 | $2,200 |
$4,400
Automatic semifinalist |
$2,200
18 R, 5 W |
| Harvey | $500 | $1,000 | $3,200 |
$1,900
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$3,600
12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Eric | $100 | $100 | $2,000 |
$3,900
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$2,700
7 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| AGRICULTURE | GAME SHOWS | STARTS WITH "H" | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS | ROMAN EMPIRE | HAVE A CIGAR |
|
$100
[7]
In 1986, during the week before this, egg sales went up nearly 50% from weekly average
Easter
Gary
|
$100
[12]
Elaine Joyce is matching up bachelors & bachelorettes as the new host of this C. Barris game
The Dating Game
Gary
|
$100
[1]
Good pancakes will not only sell like these, they are these
hotcakes
Gary
|
$100
[19]
Longfellow's Indian heroine whose name means "laughing water"
Minnehaha
Gary
Harvey
|
$100
[6]
An entire Astrodome baseball crowd of 45,000 could be seated in this 4-story Roman arena
Colosseum
Gary
|
$100
[15]
Late 19th century cigar stores typically had one of these standing outside
wooden Indian
Gary
|
|
$200
[8]
It wasn't until about 1890 that this pest invaded the U.S. & ruined cotton crops
boll weevil
Gary
|
$200
[13]
Host of Nova's annual "Natural Science Test"
Art Fleming
Gary
|
$200
[2]
Polygamous potentates, place their pretty odalisques in these secluded hideaways
harems
Harvey
|
$200
[20]
Margaret Mitchell originally called this character "Pansy"
Scarlett O'Hara
|
$200
[24]
Built by the Romans in the 2nd cent., one of these still brings water to Segovia, Spain
aqueduct
Gary
|
$200
[16]
It's said white owls costing 7¢ each in 1918 led VP Thomas Marshall to tell the U.S. Senate this
What this country needs is a good 5-cent cigar
Harvey
|
|
$300
[9]
Asian country second only to U.S. in corn production
China
Harvey
|
$300
[14]
The point value of the bonus question on "The Newlywed Game"
25
|
$300
[3]
A covered 2-wheeled carriage, whether it's good-looking or not
hansom
Gary
|
$300
[21]
The grandmother of this Hans Christian Andersen heroine wore a dozen oysters on her tail
The Little Mermaid
|
$300
[25]
By the 4th century A.D., Rome had 28 public ones stacked with rolls of papyrus
libraries
Gary
Harvey
|
$300
[27]
Hawking Muriel cigars in the '60s, she said, "Why don't you pick one up & smoke it sometime?"
Edie Adams
Harvey
|
|
$400
[10]
Season in which winter barley is harvested
(following) summer
Eric
|
$400
[17]
Show which played its bonus round on a giant pinball game
Magnificent Marble Machine
|
$400
[4]
Only U.S. President whose first & last names fit this category
Herbert Hoover
Gary
|
$400
[22]
Rebecca Randall is better known by the title of this Kate Douglas Wiggin children's book
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
|
$400
[26]
When visiting one, a citizen might pass thru the frigidarium, the tepidaria & the calidarium
public bath
|
— |
|
$500
[11]
Dry farming, growing without irrigation on semi-arid land, gained 1st wide use in this Beehive State
Utah
Gary
|
$500
[18]
TV's "$64,000 Question" was based on this radio show whose name gave players this choice
Take It or Leave It
|
$500
[5]
Weapon used to fire projectiles in a high arc to reach targets hidden from view
howitzer
Eric
|
$500
[23]
In "A Midsummer Night's Dream", this was Tom Snout's occupation tho you may not give a "dam"
tinker
Gary
|
DD
$400
[28]
A 1962 B'way hit featuringthe followingwas based on the comedies of this Roman playwright:"Something familiar /Something peculiar /Something for everyone /A comedy tonight! /Something appealing /Something appalling /Something for everyone /A comedy tonight!"
Plautus
Harvey
|
— |
| FAMOUS FIRSTS | ISLANDS | ACTORS & ROLES | 20th CENTURY | UNIVERSITIES |
|
$200
[16]
Their first million-selling record was "Satisfaction" which, in fact, sold 4½ million
The Rolling Stones
Harvey
|
$200
[3]
While Hawaii is our only island state, Tasmania is this country's only island state
Australia
Gary
Eric
|
$200
[6]
In 1967, Telly Savalas, Jim Brown & Charles Bronson were 3 of these 12
The Dirty Dozen
Gary
|
$200
[1]
This city's Storyville district famed for jazz & vice, was closed in 1917 at the navy's insistence
New Orleans
Harvey
|
$200
[8]
At NYC's Yeshiva University the general curriculum is taught in both English & this language
Hebrew
Harvey
|
|
$400
[17]
In 1944, on 1st radio broadcast of this show, Tommy Bernard played David & Henry Blair played Ricky
Ozzie and Harriet Show
Gary
|
$400
[4]
By the year 1000, at least 25,000 Scandinavians had settled on this north Atlantic island
Iceland
Eric
|
$400
[7]
Though as Gonzo Gates he acted for everyone, his most memorable TV movie role was "For Ladies Only"
Gregory Harrison
Harvey
|
$400
[2]
There was talk in 1986 about repealing this amendment ratified February 26, 1951
22nd Amendment
Gary
|
$400
[9]
At most universities, number of foreign languages required for a Ph.D.
Two
Eric
|
|
DD
$500
[24]
In 1896, Thomas Sperry & Shelly Hutchinson started 1st independent Co. to provide these
trading stamps
Eric
|
$600
[18]
Massachusetts island whose county & county seat share its name
Nantucket
Gary
|
$600
[13]
"Quo Vadis" star, L.B. Mayer said "Her name rhymes with star"
Deborah Kerr
|
$600
[5]
It's where the U.S.S. Missouri was "parked" September 2, 1945
Tokyo harbor
Gary
|
$600
[10]
The Morrill Act of 1862 provided land grants to support colleges that emphasized these "A & M" fields
agriculture and mechanical (arts)
Gary
Harvey
|
|
$600
[23]
Dec. 31, 1981 was 1st time ball of lights ushering in the new year over NYC's Times Square was in this shape
apple
Eric
|
$800
[19]
It's the largest city on Canada's Vancouver Island
Victoria
Eric
|
$800
[14]
Her roles have included Trixie Delight, Lili von Shtupp, & Empress Nympho
Madeline Kahn
Harvey
|
$800
[21]
Our patience exhausted, the U.S. severed diplomatic relations with this country April 7, 1980
Iran
Eric
|
DD
$600
[11]
In lists in World Book & World Almanac, the only accredited colleges which begin with "X" share this name
Xavier
Eric
|
|
$1,000
[25]
1st & only president listed by "The Book of Lists" as having smoked marijuana in the White House
John F. Kennedy
|
$1,000
[20]
Italy became a single country when the kingdom named for this island annexed its various parts
Sardinia
|
$1,000
[15]
They played twins in "The Last Remake of Beau Geste"
Michael York & Marty Feldman
Gary
|
$1,000
[22]
3 U.S. presidents attended this politician's Texas funeral November 18, 1961
(Mr. Sam) Rayburn
Gary
Eric
|
$1,000
[12]
Site of top hotel management school, this Ivy League university owns its hotel
Cornell
Harvey
|
This company's figures show about 7% of present U.S. work force got its start working for them
McDonald's