John Ryan game 2.Clues 20-28 of the Double Jeopardy! Round appear in Season 1, Episode 7 of of the Netflix seriesGLOW, set in 1985.
Elizabeth Souders — a student originally from Stanley, Kansas
Fran La Bruto — a chiropractor from Bayonne, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,800)
John Ryan — a student from Santa Barbara, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | $1,900 | $4,000 | $7,800 |
$15,300
2-day champion: $21,100 |
$7,200
22 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Fran | $700 | $1,400 | $3,800 |
$6,800
2nd place: Dresher brass bed, bed ensemble + drapes by Waverly |
$3,800
11 R, 2 W |
| Elizabeth | $300 | $1,100 | $6,100 |
$2,600
3rd place: Symphonic VHS cassette recorder |
$6,100
13 R, 1 W |
| BUSINESS BIGGIES | BOARD GAMES | BIRDS | 6-LETTER WORDS | SINGERS | ODDS & ENDS |
|
$100
[15]
In per-store gross, White Castle was #1 in 1984 fast food business, edging out this huge competitor
McDonald's
Fran
|
$100
[4]
The L.A. Times called this the "sport of kings, queens & pawns"
chess
John
|
$100
[26]
Incubation among these huge flightless birds is done by females during the day & males at night
ostriches
Fran
|
$100
[9]
A shelter for dogs, it's from the Latin "canis" meaning "dog"
kennel
Fran
|
$100
[14]
She convinced a judge to cut 10 years off her legal age - perhaps by saying "coochi-coochi"
Charo
John
|
$100
[21]
Experts say to avoid wrinkles around the eyes, stop smoking & wear a pair of these outside during day
sunglasses
Elizabeth
|
|
$200
[17]
One version says the name of this product was inspired by a picture of William Penn
Quaker Oats
John
|
$200
[5]
Guinness says Con McCarrick once played 154 games of this, also called draughts, simultaneously
checkers
Fran
|
$200
[27]
To display his gorgeous feathers, the blue bird of paradise hangs like this while courting
upside-down
John
|
$200
[10]
A hard or chewy candy made of brown sugar & butter
toffee
Fran
Elizabeth
|
$200
[16]
As a Future Farmer of America he raised blue-ribbon hogs, but his Farm Aid raised funds for farmers
Willie Nelson
John
|
$200
[22]
In August '86, the Air Force announced it had accidentally dropped one of these on New Mexico in '57
nuclear device
Fran
|
|
$300
[1]
This Texas department store's 1965 catalogue had a page "How to Spend $1 Million" there
Neiman Marcus
John
|
$300
[6]
Shape of the windowed piece that players - or spirits - move around the Ouija board
heart-shaped (triangular)
|
$300
[28]
To feed their newborn, a type of "milk" is produced by both parents of these common city birds
pigeons
Fran
|
$300
[11]
On July 25, 1986, Los Angeles saw it at 7:59 p.m. PDT
sunset
John
|
$300
[18]
Billed as "The Other Sheena", this singer's ex-husband impersonates her in nightclubs
Sheena Easton
Elizabeth
|
$300
[23]
Of 6%, 21%, or 53%, percentage of U.S. mail comprised of personal letters
6%
|
|
$400
[2]
Cincinnati-based company that makes largest selling toothpaste, detergent, & dandruff shampoo in U.S.
Procter & Gamble
John
|
$400
[7]
Mia Farrow used the letters in this game to decipher a witchy anagram in "Rosemary's Baby"
Scrabble
John
|
— |
$400
[12]
In Matthew, chapters 5-7, Jesus delivered one "on the mount"
sermon
John
|
$400
[19]
He not only wrote songs for Jim Henson's film "Labyrinth", but played the Goblin King
David Bowie
Elizabeth
|
$400
[24]
While she is judged in one, Miss America is forbidden to wear one in public after winning
swimsuit
John
|
|
$500
[3]
Big holes were 1st put in '45s to force buyers to use players "initially" made only by this company
RCA
Elizabeth
|
$500
[8]
In backgammon, each player starts out with this number of men on the board
15
Fran
|
— |
$500
[13]
This lighter-than-air element only rose to #2 on the periodic chart
helium
Fran
|
$500
[20]
Maybe "Monkee" business kept him away: he only joined the other Monkees once on their '86 tour
Michael Nesmith
John
|
$500
[25]
Among videos with this feature for hearing impaired are "Care Bears II" & "Playboy Centerfold 3"
closed captions
John
|
| STATE CAPITALS | FRENCH CUISINE | THE CIVIL WAR | BROADWAY | THE FAMILY JULES | ROCKS & MINERALS |
|
$200
[8]
The population of this capital city is about 2/3 Mormon
Salt Lake City, Utah
Elizabeth
|
$200
[19]
It sounds fancier in French, but "oeufs frits" are merely these
fried eggs
Fran
|
$200
[1]
At age 8, this Civil War era President was the only Protestant student in a Catholic school
Jefferson Davis
John
|
$200
[6]
According to Burns & Mantle's, "Best Plays" titles with this # of words were big during '82-83 season
one
Elizabeth
|
$200
[7]
Author who sent characters "Around the World", "Under the Sea", & "To the Center of the Earth"
Jules Verne
John
|
$600
[16]
Maternal name of the principal vein of silver or gold, or so we're told
mother lode
John
|
|
$400
[9]
Providence, R.I. & this large New England city are the two capitals closest to each other
Boston
John
|
$400
[20]
Often served a la vinaigrette, "tete de veau" is this part of a calf
head
Fran
|
$400
[2]
This arch-villain in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was a northerner
Simon Legree
Elizabeth
|
$400
[23]
In '84-'85 season, only 3 new shows recouped costs: Whoopi Goldberg, "Hurlyburly" & this classic set in Siam
The King and I
John
|
$400
[13]
Thousands of game show contestants have departed with this man's watches on their wrists
Jules Jurgensen
Elizabeth
|
DD
$1,000
[17]
Semiprecious stone colored deep blue by the mineral lazurite
lapis lazuli
John
|
|
$800
[11]
Dirt poor, riding a borrowed horse & carrying everything with him, Lincoln arrived here on April 15, 1837
Springfield, Illinois
Elizabeth
|
$600
[21]
If your "canard", or duck, is "sauvage", it's this- or was this, before you shot it
wild
John
|
$600
[3]
Preacher H. Ward Beecher is said to have sent Sharps rifles to John Brown in crates labeled as these
Bibles
Elizabeth
|
$600
[24]
"Big River", a musical with songs by singer Roger Miller, is based on this classic American novel
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Elizabeth
|
$600
[14]
Paul Mazursky's 1980 film "Willie & Phil" was based in part on this classic 1961 Truffaut film
Jules and Jim
John
|
$1,000
[18]
Chalk is a form of this sedimentary rock
limestone
John
|
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
Not surprisingly, the state capitol building in this city was designed by Thomas Jefferson
Richmond, Virginia
John
|
$800
[28]
Breakfast treat whose name may be derived from "briser", to break, & "hocher", to shake
brioche
John
|
$800
[4]
In 1858 S.C. Senator James "Mudsill" Hammond said, "You dare not make war on cotton. Cotton is" this
king
Elizabeth
|
$800
[25]
Musical about this red-haired doll reached Broadway in 1986 after playing Moscow 1st
Raggedy Ann
Fran
|
$800
[15]
French equivalent of Sherlock Holmes introduced in 1931 by Georges Simenon
Inspector Jules Maigret
|
— |
|
$1,000
[12]
In the late 19th c., a branch of the U.S. Mint was operated in this capital named for a famous frontiersman
Carson City, Nevada
John
|
$1,000
[27]
Some eat this "anguille" glazed with fish jelly & arranged in a coil
eel
|
$1,000
[5]
While Confederate General Jackson was nicknamed "Stonewall", his real 1st name was this
Thomas
Fran
|
$1,000
[26]
This husband-wife team starred in "Foxfire" onstage before going into a "Cocoon" onscreen
Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy
|
$1,000
[22]
This Village Voice cartoonist could have his black-leotarded dancer do a dance to Jeopardy!
Jules Feiffer
Elizabeth
|
— |
This Eng. king who saved his country from conquest & promoted learning is the only 1 called "the Great"
Alfred