Curtis Warren — an air traffic controller from Palm Springs, California
Steve Willis — a financial analyst from Lynwood, California
Barbara Griffith — a CPA and a controller from Huntington Beach, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara | $800 | $1,000 | $5,600 |
$10,600
3rd place: Glassfyre fire screen and fire set |
$5,000
12 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Steve | $2,300 | $3,800 | $7,000 |
$12,000
New champion: $12,000 |
$6,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Curtis | $1,200 | $2,400 | $5,400 |
$10,799
2nd place: trip on Eastern to New York & stay at the Milford Plaza |
$5,400
14 R, 1 W |
| GAMBLING | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | AUTOMOBILE TRIVIA | 20th CENTURY AMERICA | MUNCHY MOVIES | COMPLETE A PHRASE |
|
$100
[2]
Of a straight, a flush, & a full house--the winner
a full house
Curtis
|
$100
[12]
Francois Tourte was "the Stradivari" of this violin accessory
the bow
Steve
|
$100
[10]
Ransom Olds built his 1st car because he couldn't stand the smell of this animal
a horse
Steve
|
$100
[7]
Since 1904, when a woman was arrested in NYC for doing this, women have "come a long way"
smoking cigarettes
Curtis
|
$100
[1]
Woody Allen film with "a peel"
Bananas
Steve
|
$100
[26]
Taking a chance on a purchase is like buying "a pig in" this
a poke
Curtis
|
|
$200
[3]
More people attend these events than pro football, baseball & basketball combined
horse races
Barbara
|
$200
[13]
"Shaken idiophones" used for music, magical rites, & baby's entertainment
rattles
Steve
|
$200
[21]
The roofs of London taxicabs have extra height so gentlemen won't knock these off
tophats
Steve
|
$200
[18]
Around 1912, popular ones included "the fish walk", "the bunny hug", & "the turkey trot"
dances
Barbara
|
$200
[4]
1942 movie of a Steinbeck story that could be served with refried beans
Tortilla Flat
Barbara
|
$200
[27]
You can "keep it under" this or "talk through" it
your hat
Steve
|
|
$300
[6]
The British call them "fruit machines"
slot machines
Curtis
|
$300
[14]
The 1st version was called the "sackbut" long before Tommy Dorsey adopted it
the trombone
Steve
|
$300
[22]
Most automobile horns beep on this note, 4th of the C scale
F
Steve
Curtis
|
$300
[19]
In 1926, he declined a Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith"
Sinclair Lewis
Steve
|
$300
[5]
Since their 1978 "Attack", these man-eating veggies have been a staple at worst film festivals
the Killer Tomatoes
Curtis
|
$300
[28]
From ship's whip, not its mouser, comes problem of not having "enough room to swing" this
the cat
|
|
$400
[8]
Term for the player who holds the kitty
the bank
Barbara
|
$500
[16]
Circular horns are sounded to accompany this sport
fox hunting
Steve
|
$400
[23]
According to 1980 census, within 5%, the % of all cars in the world that are in the U.S.
37.9%
|
$400
[20]
Year of Senate Watergate hearings, V.P. Agnew's resignation & the Arab oil embargo
1973
Curtis
|
$400
[9]
2 of 3 Marx Brothers films with edible titles
(2 of) Animal Crackers & Duck Soup (or Coconuts )
Curtis
|
$400
[29]
Inscribed on Emile Coue's sanitarium in France, "Every day in every way, I'm..."
getting better and better
|
|
$500
[11]
Game in which patrons bet on 3 dice turned in an hourglass cage
chuck-a-luck
Steve
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
Largest family of instruments, it includes "membranophones" which means "skin sounds"
the drum family or percussion instruments
Steve
|
$500
[25]
At $500,000, most expensive custom car was this make & model, made in 1968 for Secret Service
Lincoln Continental
Curtis
|
$500
[24]
In 1901 J.P. Morgan formed the world's largest steel corporation, U.S. Steel, after buying him out
Andrew Carnegie
Curtis
|
$500
[17]
1982 satire in which 2 "bland" people spiced up their appetites with a bit of cannibalism
Eating Raoul
|
— |
| AFRICA | RELIGION | ODD SPORTS | DRAMA | WORLD HISTORY | (missing) |
|
$200
[22]
Country founded in 1821 as haven for liberated American slaves
Liberia
Steve
|
$200
[15]
Minarets, from which people are called to prayer, are features of these Islamic "churches"
mosques
Barbara
|
$200
[3]
Of running, swimming, & bicycling, the event that's traditionally 1st in triathlon
swimming
Steve
|
$200
[12]
During Chinese drama, this beverage is served & the audience chatters constantly
tea
Steve
|
$200
[9]
In office from 1944-46 & 1959-69, this French president served longer than any other
Charles de Gaulle
Steve
|
$200
[1]
Area east of Florida where ships & planes are said to disappear in large numbers
the Bermuda Triangle
Barbara
|
|
DD
$200
[26]
Group which had a No. 1 hit withthis1982 song:"It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you /There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do /I bless the rains down in Africa /Gonna take some time to do the things we never had..."
Toto
Steve
|
$600
[17]
Under Soviet law, it is illegal to teach religion to them
children
Barbara
|
$400
[5]
Medieval sport in which the bird must be "manned", "broken", & "trained to lure"
falconry
Barbara
|
$400
[13]
After becoming interested in drama, this 18th c. Russian empress supposedly wrote plays herself
Catherine the Great
Steve
|
$400
[10]
This German philosopher wrote of a "Superman" long before D.C. Comics
Fried Nietzsche
Steve
|
$400
[2]
Persistent rumor says this bank robber wan't killed outside Biograph Theater in 1934, but went to Mex.
John Dillinger
Curtis
|
| — |
$800
[18]
As late as early 1800s more than half of U.S. Catholics lived in this state started as refuge for them
Maryland
Barbara
|
$600
[7]
"Birling", which originated among North American lumberjacks about 1840, is also called this
logrolling
Curtis
|
$600
[14]
Musical where, before he's hung, Mrs. Peachum asks audience, "Hands up who want Macheath to be saved!"
The Threepenny Opera
Barbara
Steve
|
$600
[23]
"We'll blast them back in to the Stone Age," said this American commander in Vietnam
General Westmoreland
Steve
Curtis
|
$600
[4]
American dance band leader, known for "In The Mood" who disappeared during 1944 air journey
Glenn Miller
Curtis
|
| — |
DD
$1,000
[16]
Both Roman Catholics & Orthodox Jews object to funerals where this is done to the body
burning (cremation)
Barbara
|
$800
[8]
Indoor court game with a telltale board, designed to tattle if a striker's shot hits low
squash
|
$800
[20]
Author of "The Caretaker", this Englishman admits American gangster films influenced him
Harold Pinter
|
$800
[24]
Not a king, he ruled England as "Lord Protector"
Cromwell
Barbara
|
$800
[6]
Skyjacker D.B. Cooper parachuted over this far west state, late in 1971 & has not been seen since
Washington State
Curtis
|
| — |
$1,000
[19]
While most Egyptians are Arabs, these Christians claim descent directly from ancient Egyptians
Copts (the Coptic Orthodox)
Steve
|
— |
$1,000
[21]
For burying her brother, Creon orders the death of this title character
Antigone
|
$1,000
[25]
Teddy Roosevelt won Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating treaty ending this Asian war
the Russian-Japanese War
Steve
|
$1,000
[11]
This N.Y. Supreme Court Justice, a rising figure in Tammany Hall, disappeared on August 6, 1930
Judge (Joe) Crater
Steve
|
1st plant to use this lunar-related power opened in 1966 on French side of the English Channel
tidal power (wave generated energy, tides)