Dave Maney — a student originally from Binghamton, New York
Nancy Zende — a homemaker from Greenville, South Carolina
Sherman Allen — an actor originally from Dallas, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman | $300 | $100 | $5,700 |
$1,700
2nd place: a trip to Freeport on Eastern Airlines |
$5,100
11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Nancy | $300 | $2,600 | $3,800 |
$2
3rd place: Emerson stereo system |
$4,300
17 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dave | $700 | $1,900 | $4,800 |
$9,400
New champion: $9,400 |
$4,100
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| ANIMALS | MUSIC | FOOD | TRANSPORTATION | CARTOONS | AMERICAN INDIANS |
|
$100
[12]
Of African killer bees or common honeybees, the ones who've killed more people in the U.S.
common honeybees
Dave
|
$100
[11]
Invented in the 1960s, this engineer's synthesizer was used for "Switched on Bach"
Moog
Nancy
|
$100
[2]
The name of this brand of coffee comes from the French "sans caffeine"
Sanka
Sherman
|
$100
[14]
For about $60 million you can buy one of their 767 jetliners
Boeing
Dave
|
$100
[1]
Bambi's friend "Flower" was this
a skunk
Nancy
|
$200
[26]
In reality, it was a dime novelist, not the Indians, who coined the term "Great White Father" for him
the President
Sherman
|
|
$200
[19]
The bedbug hunter is called "The Kissing Bug" because it bites its victims here
on the lips (or around the mouth)
Dave
|
$200
[13]
Of a clarinet, bagpipe, or oboe, the one which uses a double reed
an oboe
Sherman
|
$200
[7]
This state's official dish is chili, pardner
Texas
Nancy
|
$200
[15]
In World War II, U.S. troops called these vehicles "meat wagons"
ambulances
Nancy
|
$200
[3]
Gargamel
the enemy of The Smurfs
|
$300
[27]
In a 1971 #1 hit, Paul Revere & the Raiders said this tribe was "so proud to live, so proud to die"
the Cherokee
Nancy
|
|
$300
[23]
Australia's maned goose operates under an alias; it's really one of these "daffy" creatures
a duck
Dave
|
$300
[20]
Herman Hupfeld, who wrote "When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba" also penned this "Casablanca" hit
"As Time Goes By"
Nancy
|
$300
[8]
It's said Henry David Thoreau invented this loaf with dried fruit baked in
raisin bread
Dave
|
$300
[16]
From the French for "to carry" it's what Lewis & Clark had to do a lot of with their canoes
portage
Nancy
|
$300
[4]
Appropriately named ghost horse in Casper the Friendly Ghost cartoons
Nightmare
|
$500
[28]
The tribe called itself "Dakota" meaning "allies" while others called them "Sioux" meaning this
enemies
Dave
|
|
$400
[24]
Legend says a canis latrans, one of these raised Pecos Bill & taught him how to howl at the moon
a coyote
Nancy
|
$400
[21]
It refers to the key & meter signals at the beginning of the composition, not Beethoven's autograph
a signature
Nancy
|
$400
[9]
The only Woody Allen film named for a food
"Bananas"
Dave
|
$400
[17]
Up to 40 times cheaper than air, it's the least expensive way to ship bulk cargo
ship
Nancy
Dave
|
$400
[5]
Cartoon family originally seen in prime time that lived in the Skypad Apartments
the Jetsons
Nancy
|
— |
|
$500
[25]
New Zealanders used to raise red deer for these, which were ground & used as aphrodisiacs
their horns (or antlers)
Nancy
|
$500
[22]
African folk song sung in Zulu by Miriam Makeba & incorporated into "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
a "Wimba Way" or "Wimoweh"
Dave
|
$500
[10]
Sales of this mineral supplement have increased 7-fold since 1980
calcium
Nancy
Dave
|
DD
$500
[18]
Major world power that averages 1 car per 3,853 people
China
Nancy
|
$500
[6]
"Top Cat" was a take-off on this sitcom character
Sergeant Bilko
|
— |
| FIRST LINES | THE MIDDLE AGES | THE TODAY SHOW | NORTH AFRICA | PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED | -OLOGIES |
|
$200
[16]
"I wish I was in the land of cotton"
"Dixie"
Sherman
|
$200
[9]
Adjective specifically meaning belonging to or characteristic of the Middle Ages
Medieval
Nancy
|
$200
[1]
They are, today, the 2 "permanent" co-anchors of "Today", though she's taken maternity leave twice
Jane Pauley & Bryant Gumbel
Sherman
|
$200
[26]
It's the only major river to flow through Northern Africa
the Nile
Nancy
|
$200
[21]
Though paralyzed in both legs, he was elected Governor of N.Y. York as well as President
FDR
Sherman
|
$200
[6]
Of myology, urology, & ourology, the fake
ourology
Dave
|
|
$400
[17]
Completes Longfellow's opening line "Listen, my children, & you shall hear"
"of the midnight ride of Paul Revere"
Sherman
|
$400
[10]
In the early 8th century, a group of Berbers & Arabs conquered this European country
Spain
Nancy
Dave
|
$400
[2]
"Today" was the brainchild of Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, father of this "Alien" actress
Sigourney Weaver
Dave
|
— |
$600
[23]
He overcame polio as a child to become the dean of game show hosts
Bill Cullen
|
$400
[7]
"Lord of the Flies" isn't one of these, but "Lord of the Rings" is
a trilogy
Dave
|
|
$600
[18]
Its 1st 3 words are "We the People"
the U.S. Constution's preamble
Dave
|
$600
[13]
Historical epoch that evolved from & is said to have marked the end of the Middle Ages
the Renaissance
Dave
|
$800
[4]
He was to be Dave Garroway's 1959 summer replacement till confessing that "Twenty One" was fixed
Charles Van Doren
|
— |
$800
[24]
In 1933, this 1-eyed Texan became the 1st man to fly solo around the world
Wiley Post
Sherman
|
$600
[8]
Comparing us to the Russians, Sting notes, "We share the same biology regardless of" this
ideology
Nancy
|
|
$800
[19]
"When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods"
Walden
Sherman
|
$800
[14]
For 1,100 years this Italian city was a republic ruled by an elected official called the Doge
Venice
Nancy
|
$1,000
[5]
Estelle Parsons was the 1st of these, followed by Lee Ann Meriwether, Helen O'Connell, & Florence Henderson
"the Today girls" (or "weather girls")
Nancy
Dave
|
— |
DD
$1,000
[22]
He's gone through his mother's words, "You've lost your sight, not your mind":
Ray Charles
Sherman
|
$800
[11]
This science of involuntary reactions merits close study, but watch out for knee jerks
reflexology
Nancy
|
|
$1,000
[20]
"In the 2nd century of the Christian era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the Earth"
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
|
$1,000
[15]
Many Europeans were eagerly expecting this to occur at the millennium in the year 1000
the second coming of Christ
Sherman
|
DD
$1,300
[3]
After writing for "Today" for 3 years, Barbara Walters made her on-camera debut covering this 1963 event
the JFK assassination and funeral
Dave
|
— |
$1,000
[25]
Severely burned in a fire at age 8, he set a world record running the mile in 1934 despite a toeless foot
Glenn Cunningham
Sherman
|
$1,000
[12]
The study practiced by doctors who treat tumors, it sounds like the study of doctors who carry beepers
oncology
|
In the U.S., more money is spent advertising in this medium than any other
newspapers