1986 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.
Gary Palmer — a physician from Palm Springs, California
Marvin Shinkman — a stamp dealer from Sherman Oaks, California
Donald Burgo — a college teacher from St. Louis, Missouri
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald | $1,000 | $400 | $2,800 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$2,800
10 R, 3 W |
| Marvin | $100 | $1,200 | $6,000 |
$4,199
Finalist |
$6,200
16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Gary | $700 | $1,400 | $3,900 |
$0
2nd place: $5,000 |
$4,500
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| STATE FLOWERS | THEATER | THE BATHROOM | SOUTH AMERICA | FAIRIES | CAESAREAN SECTION |
|
$100
[15]
Everything's better with this state flower of Texas on it
blue bonnet
Donald
|
$100
[12]
Eugene O'Neill's father toured "count"less times in this Dumas romance
The Count of Monte Cristo
Gary
|
$100
[10]
"Splish Splash" he "was takin' a bath, long about" March 1958
Bobby Darin
|
$100
[1]
Named for its discoverer, an American pilot, it's the world's highest waterfall
Angel Falls
Donald
|
$100
[11]
Despite its name, you shouldn't eat this sprite; it won't sell you Girl Scout cookies either
brownie
|
$100
[3]
Caesar weed fiber is used in making these; you might roll out a red one for Julius to step on
carpet
Gary
|
|
$200
[16]
You'll find this flower of Oklahoma hanging around at Christmas
mistletoe
Marvin
|
$200
[17]
The lizard in the title also appears on stage in this T. Williams play set in Mexico
The Night of the Iguana
Gary
|
$200
[13]
This picture magazine's special May '86 edition on the movies included a section on stars in bathtubs
Life
Gary
|
$200
[2]
Country that's more than 10 times as long as it is wide
Chile
Marvin
|
$200
[20]
Australia's fairy wren & Pinocchio's fairy friend are this color
blue
|
$200
[7]
Edward G. Robinson played Enrico Bandello in this 1930 gangster flick
Little Caesar
Donald
|
|
$300
[18]
To protect this state's flower, they might post signs reading "Keep your tarheels off the dogwood"
North Carolina
Gary
|
$300
[22]
In Harold Pinter's "Betrayal", the scene that kicks off the story appears at this point in the play
end of the play
Gary
|
$300
[21]
A w.c. or water closet, was subject of the censored joke that caused him to walk off his show Feb. 11, 1960
Jack Paar
Donald
|
$300
[4]
It's the only remaining European territory on the South American mainland
French Guiana
Donald
|
$300
[26]
Good fairies Flora, Fauna & Merryweather defended this Disney damsel
Sleeping Beauty
|
$300
[8]
As far as we know, he's the only Caesar for whom Woody Allen wrote punch lines
Sid Caesar
Gary
|
|
$400
[19]
Since it's about 500 miles away from any other state, no wonder its flower is the forget-me-not
Alaska
Marvin
|
— |
$400
[24]
He says he keeps an upright Baldwin piano in his bathroom "in case he wants to tinkle"
Liberace
Gary
|
$400
[5]
Besides those of Spanish origin, they're Argentina's largest ethnic group
Italians
Donald
|
— |
$400
[9]
They used to sing as Caesar & Cleo, but unlike the originals, were famous for their "Chastity"
Sonny and Cher
Marvin
|
|
DD
$500
[23]
The flowers of this pair of states are the wild prairie rose & the pasqueflower
North and South Dakota
Gary
|
— |
$500
[25]
1st telecast on PBS May 4, 1973, this B. J. Friedman play featured Valerie Perrine - nude
Steambath
Donald
Marvin
|
$500
[6]
Because this smallest relative of the llama produces world's finest wool, it's now endangered
vicuna
Marvin
|
— |
$500
[14]
His character's death was focal point of "A Soldier's Story"; his own tragic death came a year later
Adolph Caesar
Donald
|
| HISTORY | INVENTIONS | LEADING MEN | GEOMETRY | SINGING DUOS | 11-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[1]
Tho this country was given independence in 1922 under King Fuad I, British troops remained
Egypt
Donald
Marvin
|
$200
[7]
After seeing employees filch stamps, Arthur Pitney developed this type of machine
postage meter
Marvin
|
$200
[15]
Kirk Douglas said of this dimpled feature, "I have the biggest... in the world"
(his) chin
Gary
|
$200
[5]
Term for the boundary of a circle
circumference
Marvin
|
$200
[24]
John Oates' blond partner
Hall
Marvin
|
$200
[13]
Chief steward of a nobleman's household, or the real surname of TVs Dr. Kildare
chamberlain
Marvin
|
|
$400
[2]
Finland was never an independent country until 1917, when it broke away from this country
Russia, U.S.S.R.
Donald
|
$400
[8]
Erroneously called the "Clermont", his ship is also often erroneously called the 1st steamboat
Robert Fulton
Gary
|
$400
[18]
Joan Crawford's daughter said this "GWTW" star was 1 of 2 men Joan "really, really" loved"
Clark Gable
Marvin
|
$400
[9]
Regular polyhedrons with 6 congruent square faces, over which bartenders may pour scotch
ice cubes
Marvin
Gary
|
DD
$200
[25]
2 of 3 artists with whom Barbra Streisand teamed up to have top 10 hits
(2 of) Barry Gibb, Neil Diamond, & Donna Summer
Marvin
|
$400
[14]
You can "see them tumbling down, pledging their love to the ground"
tumbleweeds
Marvin
|
|
$600
[3]
After being King of Naples & Spain, Joseph, this man's brother, moved to N.J.
Napoleon
Donald
|
$600
[22]
In 1946, Percy LeBaron Spencer of Raytheon Corp. accidentally found you can cook with these
microwaves
Marvin
|
$600
[19]
He won the 1937 South American freestyle swimming championship & later married Esther Williams
Fernando Lamas
Marvin
Gary
|
$600
[10]
This branch of geometry deals with 2-dimensional objects, not 747s
plane geometry
Gary
|
$600
[26]
Because members left, by last 3 albums this "group" was only D. Fagen, W. Becker, & session players
Steely Dan
|
DD
$500
[16]
Part of historic Germany in title of the following composition, 1 of 6 so titled:
Brandenburg
Gary
|
|
$800
[4]
Dual monarchy founded in 1867 in which Franz Josef was king of 1 country & emperor of the other
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Gary
|
$800
[23]
In 1808, the first crude typewriter was built for an Italian countess afflicted with this
blindness
Gary
|
$800
[20]
Playing her dad in "A Bill of Divorcement", he tried to seduce Kate Hepburn in his dressing room
John Barrymore
Marvin
|
$800
[11]
His theorem says the square of the hypotenuse of a right triangle equals sum of the squares of the other sides
Pythagoras
Donald
|
$800
[27]
Wynonna & Naomi
The Judds
|
$800
[17]
From French for "bare the neck", this low neckline is a favorite amoung romantic paperback heroines
décolletage
Donald
|
|
$1,000
[6]
As a result of the 1929 Lateran Treaty with Italy, it became an independent nation
Vatican City
Marvin
|
— |
$1,000
[21]
He won an Oscar playing Gauguin & says now, "I make more on my paintings than I do as an actor"
Anthony Quinn
Marvin
|
$1,000
[12]
The sum of all the interior angles in a pair of isosceles triangles
360 degrees
Gary
|
$1,000
[28]
In 1984, their career took off again "on the wings of a nightingale"
Everly Brothers
|
— |
Of the more than 80 U.S. peaks over 14,000' that have names, most are in this state
Colorado