Barbara Komansky — a teacher-in-training from New York City, New York
Ken DeBusk — a computer instructor from Coldwater, Michigan
Mickey Tennenbaum — a teacher originally from The Hague, Holland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mickey | $1,800 | $3,100 | $7,500 |
$500
3rd place: Killer Whale statue by Boehm Porcelain |
$7,500
19 R, 2 W |
| Ken | $300 | $1,700 | $8,900 |
$17,800
New champion: $17,800 |
$8,900
19 R, 2 W |
| Barbara | $200 | $2,400 | $8,200 |
$1,400
2nd place: a trip to Calgary, Canada |
$4,700
20 R (including 3 DDs), 5 W |
| GEOGRAPH"E" | TV NOSTALGIA | MOTHERHOOD | TECHNOLOGY | ANIMALS | EPONYMS |
|
$100
[5]
A castle built on top of Castle Rock dominates the central part of this Scottish city
Edinburgh
Barbara
|
$100
[1]
Of "Bewitched", "Bothered" or "Bewildered", the series that starred Elizabeth Montgomery
Bewitched
Mickey
|
$100
[3]
The 2-word phrase that describes a mother's natural desire to bear & care for children
mothering instinct
Barbara
|
$100
[16]
By the end of the 17th century the English upper crust were using the 3-prong type of these
forks
Barbara
|
$100
[10]
These 60 lb. rodents are known for their broad flat tails & their engineering feats
beavers
Barbara
|
$100
[22]
When upper Peru became an independent country, it took this name, after its liberator
Bolivia
Ken
|
|
$200
[6]
This Dutch city known for its cheese was an important port until its harbor silted up
Edam
Mickey
|
$200
[2]
When this TV family made yet another comeback in 1990, Leah Ayres took over the role of Marcia
The Brady Bunch
Barbara
|
$200
[4]
This kind of flower is traditionally worn to honor your mother on Mother's Day
carnation
Ken
|
$200
[26]
Antron & Cordura are 2 types of this synthetic fiber made by Du Pont
nylon
Ken
|
$200
[12]
Wolverines are members of this animal family, Pop
weasels
Ken
|
$200
[23]
This popular hairstyle of the 18th century was named for the mistress of King Louis XV
Pompadour
Barbara
|
|
$300
[19]
Jabal Katrinah, a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula, is the highest point in this country
Egypt
Ken
|
$300
[7]
J. Fred Muggs, who made his debut on this show in 1953, is alive & well & living in retirement
The Today Show
Mickey
|
$300
[11]
Indian super mom who set out to guide Lewis & Clark with an infant strapped to her back
Sacajawea
Mickey
Barbara
|
$300
[27]
General Electric introduced this form of office illumination in the 1930s
fluorescent lighting
Barbara
|
$300
[13]
Bull snakes have a small flap in front of the opening of the windpipe that lets them make this sound
hissing
|
$400
[25]
A French writer & statesman gave his name to this thick filet steak, often prepared for two
Chateaubriand
Ken
Barbara
|
|
$400
[20]
Portoferraio is the chief town on this island where Napoleon was exiled
Elba
Ken
|
$400
[8]
In the 1960s Jerry Van Dyke of "Coach" starred in this series about an automobile that talked
My Mother the Car
Mickey
|
$400
[17]
Bertolt Brecht's title character who symbolizes motherly suffering when her 3 children are killed
Mother Courage
Mickey
|
$400
[29]
Still used after 2,000 years, a quern is a set of 2 stones, one on the other, used to do this
milling
Mickey
|
$400
[14]
The only member of this order native to the New World is the opossum
marsupials
Ken
|
$500
[28]
Thermos is actually a trademark for this flask, named for the chemist who invented it
Dewar flask
Ken
|
|
$500
[21]
Cuenca is sometimes called the "Athens of" this South American country
Ecuador
Barbara
|
$500
[9]
"Brambly" nickname of Ozzie & Harriet's TV neighbor played by Don DeFore
Thorny
Mickey
|
$500
[18]
It finishes the quote from the book of Proverbs, "Despise not thy mother when she is..."
old
Ken
Barbara
|
$500
[30]
The vitascope patented by Thomas Armat in 1895 was an early one of these
motion picture projector
Mickey
|
$500
[15]
As a tom is a male turkey, this is a male duck
drake
Ken
|
DD
$1,000
[24]
A long-sleeved knitted sweater honors this earl who led the Charge of the Light Brigade
(the 7th Earl of) Cardigan
Barbara
|
| 1959 | POETS | BIBLICAL PEOPLE | PENNSYLVANIA | PLAYS | MONTHS |
|
$200
[9]
This VP engaged in the "Kitchen Debate" with Khrushchev at the U.S. exhibition in Moscow
Nixon
Mickey
|
$200
[22]
His wife, Aline Kilmer, was a poet, too
Joyce Kilmer
Barbara
|
$200
[1]
His sons, Ham, Shem & Japeth, were not born until he was over 500 years old
Noah
Ken
|
$200
[18]
You could call them Pennsylvania Dutch Masters as they grow $14 mil. worth of this crop yearly
tobacco
Mickey
|
$200
[15]
The setting for Tom Stoppard's "Night and Day" is Kambawe, a fictional country on this continent
Africa
Mickey
|
$200
[3]
England's Charles II, the merry monarch, was born in this merry, merry month
May
Barbara
|
|
$400
[10]
Chicago's city council raised this mayor's salary from $25,000 to $35,000 a year
(Richard J.) Daley
Mickey
|
$400
[23]
This title was bestowed on Edith Sitwell in 1954
Dame of the British Empire
Mickey
Barbara
|
$400
[2]
Before she was named Eve, Eve was called this, meaning "out of man"
woman
Barbara
|
$400
[27]
Landmarks in this city include Heinz Hall & the Monongahela Incline
Pittsburgh
Ken
|
$400
[16]
In "Golden Boy" a violinist gives up his musical dreams to compete in this sport
boxing
Barbara
|
$600
[5]
In Roman myth his blessing was asked for at the beginning of each month, not just the first
Janus
Ken
|
|
$600
[11]
On March 26, Elizabeth Taylor, who was raised as a Christian Scientist, converted to this religion
Judaism
Barbara
|
$600
[24]
Clarence Darrow was once a law partner of this poet, who wrote "The New Spoon River" in 1924
Edgar Lee Masters
Mickey
|
$600
[6]
His name means "one laughs" because Sarah laughed about giving birth to him at her advanced age
Isaac
Mickey
Ken
|
$600
[28]
About 50 miles of Pennsylvania's border is on this Great Lake
Lake Erie
Barbara
|
$600
[19]
"Funny Girl" is based on incidents in this woman's life shortly before & after WWI
Fanny Brice
Barbara
|
$800
[12]
In this month in 1917 U.S. papers first printed reports of the Bolshevik Revolution
November
Mickey
Ken
Barbara
|
|
$800
[13]
On Jan. 25 he announced plans to call an ecumenical council, the first in nearly a century
Pope John XXIII
Ken
|
$800
[25]
He wrote, "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter" in his "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
Keats
Mickey
Barbara
|
$800
[7]
The mother of John the Baptist, she greeted Mary, "Blessed art thou among women"
Elizabeth
Ken
|
$800
[29]
The state's name means Penn's these
woods (sylvania)
Barbara
|
$1,000
[21]
Robert E. Sherwood won his second Pulitzer Prize for this play about Lincoln
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Mickey
|
$1,000
[17]
Gerald Ford & Calvin Coolidge were the only 2 men to become president during this month
August
Ken
|
|
$1,000
[14]
He remained British prime minister when the Conservatives won their 3rd election in a row
(Harold) Macmillan
Mickey
|
$1,000
[26]
"Letters Home", a volume of her correspondence, was published in 1975, 12 years after her suicide
Sylvia Plath
Mickey
|
$1,000
[8]
The Roman official mentioned in the Bible who is also mentioned in the Apostles' Creed
Pontius Pilate
Ken
|
$1,000
[30]
If you consider the original 13 colonies as an arch, Pennsylvania is in this position
the keystone
Ken
|
DD
$2,500
[20]
This T. Williams play is set on the verandah of the Costa Verde, a "very Bohemian" hotel in Mexico
The Night of the Iguana
Barbara
|
DD
$1,500
[4]
The 2 animals mentioned in the proverb about the weather in the month in which spring begins
lion & lamb
Barbara
|
Nobel Laureate & Reagan advisor who titled 1 of his books "There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch"
Milton Friedman