Barry Molitch — a retired stagehand from Incline Village, Nevada
Donna Grant — a model from Brooklyn, New York
Barbara Skolaut — a maintenance planner from Richmond, Virginia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara | $0 | $1,900 | $7,300 |
$9,900
2nd place: Trip to Miami & Caribbean Cruise |
$6,300
19 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Donna | $900 | $2,300 | $4,900 |
$100
3rd place: Maple Leaf boullion investment coins |
$4,900
16 R, 0 W |
| Barry | $-600 | $1,500 | $7,700 |
$14,700
New champion: $14,700 |
$8,200
16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| '89 ANNIVERSARIES | FAMOUS QUOTES | INVENTIONS | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES | ZOOLOGY | "BABY" SONGS |
|
$100
[11]
July 20, 1989 was the 20th anniversary of his "Giant Leap for Mankind" onto the moon
Neil Armstrong
Donna
|
$100
[17]
Margaret Wolfe Hungerford wrote in "Molly Bawn", "Beauty is in the eye of" this person
The Beholder
Donna
|
$100
[9]
The 1st electric version had only red & green lights & had to be worked by hand
Stop Light/Traffic Signal
Donna
|
$100
[21]
She called her book "Yvonne", not "Lily Munster"
Yvonne DeCarlo
Barbara
|
$100
[1]
Despite its name, it can have anywhere from 14 to 177 pairs of legs
a centipede
Donna
|
$100
[2]
Completes the line from "My Blue Heaven", "Just Molly and me..."
"And Baby makes three"
Barbara
|
|
$200
[12]
This "pony" car celebrated its 25th anniversary at the site of the 1964 World's Fair, where it was introduced
Ford Mustang
Donna
|
$200
[16]
Vice President Thos. R. Marshall was the man who said, "What this country needs is a good five cent one of these"
Cigar
Barbara
|
$200
[10]
Usually credited to Galileo, it originally contained water or alcohol, not mercury
Thermometer
Donna
|
$200
[22]
He's "the billionaire" in Terry Moore's book "The Beauty & The Billionaire"
Howard Hughes
Barbara
|
$200
[3]
This relative of the llama & the alpaca was hunted to near extinction for its wool
Vicuna
Barbara
|
$200
[5]
In a 1965 hit by Herman's Hermits, it's the line that follows "Every time I see you lookin' my way"
"Ooh, baby, baby can't you hear my heart beat"
Donna
|
|
$300
[13]
1989 marks the 150th anniversary of baseball & the 50th of its Hall of Fame in this village
Cooperstown, New York
Donna
|
$300
[18]
"Socrates is a doer of evil, who corrupts the youth...such is the charge", he reported in "Apology"
Plato
Donna
|
$300
[23]
He marketed the 1st mass-produced camera
George Eastman
Barry
|
$300
[25]
Of Monique Van Vooren, Mamie Van Doren or Margo Adams, the one who wrote "Playing The Field"
Mamie Van Doren
|
$300
[4]
This behavior in gorillas can express exuberance or intimidate
Chest-beating
Donna
|
$300
[6]
Al Jolson urged doing this "with a Dixie melody"
"Rock-a-bye your baby"
Barbara
Barry
|
|
$400
[14]
To open his Paris landmark in 1889, this engineer walked up its 1,671 steps & unfurled a French flag
Gustave Eiffel
Donna
|
$400
[19]
It was an R. Crumb cartoon character who used the slogan "Keep On" doing this
Truckin'
Barry
|
$400
[27]
A Swiss engineer got the idea for this from the burrs that stuck to his clothes
Velcro
Barbara
|
$400
[24]
Her book "On The Other Hand" opens with an open letter to King Kong
Fay Wray
Barry
|
$400
[28]
South American Indians use the jaws of these fish as scissors
Piranhas
Barbara
|
$400
[7]
It precedes, "I've found a new place to dwell, down at the end of Lonely St. at Heartbreak Hotel"
"Since my baby left me"
Barry
|
|
$500
[15]
In April 1889 the Indian Territory was opened up & Sooners rushed into what is now this state
Oklahoma
Barry
|
$500
[20]
In "The Picture of Dorian Gray" this author claimed, "All art is quite useless"
Oscar Wilde
Barbara
|
$500
[30]
In 1908 this government department offered the Wright Brothers $25,000 for one of their airplanes
The War Department
|
$500
[26]
"The Three Musketeers" star who penned "Reed All About Me"
Oliver Reed
Barry
|
$500
[29]
This animal family includes the largest of the carnivores
Bear
Barbara
|
DD
$500
[8]
A No. 12 hit in 1976, itreached No. 1 in 1988 as part of a melody:"Shadows grow so long before my eyes, and they're moving, across the stage, suddenly, the day turns into night..."
"Baby, I Love Your Way"
Barry
|
| FIRST LADIES | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES | ITALIAN HISTORY | ISLANDS | POETRY | SUPERSTITIONS |
|
$200
[25]
At the 1989 inaugural parade, she ran over to Willard Scott & gave him a great big kiss
Barbara Bush
Barbara
|
$200
[1]
Fred Dryer spent 13 seasons as a defensive end before starring as this TV detective
Hunter
Barbara
|
$200
[21]
To complete the kingdom that is now modern Italy, Victor Emmanuel seized this city from Pope Pius IX in 1870
Rome
Barbara
|
$200
[2]
Unalaska is the largest in this island group that extends westward from Alaska for about 1,000 miles
Aleutians
Donna
|
$200
[7]
A 19th century rhyme says, "He who does not love wine, women & " this "remains a fool his whole life long"
Song
Barbara
|
$200
[14]
Breaking one is bad luck because not only is your image destroyed but possibly your soul too
Mirror
Barry
|
|
$400
[26]
She made a surprise appearance on Bob Hope's 85th birthday special & sang "Thanks For The Memory"
Nancy Reagan
Barbara
|
$400
[3]
Audrey Hepburn, not Leslie Caron, was the 1st to play this Colette heroine on Broadway
Gigi
Donna
|
$400
[22]
5 weeks after surrendering to the Allies in 1943, Italy declared war on this country
Germany
Barbara
|
$400
[8]
Wm. Wrigley Jr. bought this island near L.A. in 1919 & then built a 22-room summer cottage there
Santa Catalina Island
Barry
|
$400
[9]
Poem that includes the line, "Instead of the cross, the albatross about my neck was hung"
'"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Barry
|
$400
[15]
Good fortune goes to the person who gets the larger half of this object from a turkey's remains
Wishbone
Barbara
|
| — |
$600
[4]
Arnold Schwarzenegger played muscular Mickey Hargitay in the 1980 TV movie about this sex symbol
Jayne Mansfield
Donna
|
$600
[23]
Machiavelli was tortured on the rack for suspicion of trying to overthrow this Florentine family
The Medicis
Barbara
Donna
|
$600
[11]
This island stopped being an island when a sandbar formed, linking it to Brooklyn
Coney Island
Barbara
Barry
|
$600
[10]
Poe wrote that this maiden "lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me"
"Annabel Lee"
Barbara
|
$600
[17]
A dog doing this means someone's death is near
Howling
Barry
|
| — |
$800
[5]
Oscar-winners Dustin Hoffman & Geena Davis both played soap opera actresses in this film
"Tootsie"
Barry
|
$800
[24]
This ancient civilization once occupied present-day Tuscany, Umbria & Latium
Etruscans
Barry
|
$800
[12]
A large "bounty" to the residents of this island is the money they receive from the sale of stamps
Pitcairn Island
Barry
|
$800
[13]
Carl Sandburg wrote, "The fog comes on" these
little cat feet
Donna
|
$800
[18]
It defies the natural order of things to open it indoors, & it acts as a screen against good fortune
Umbrella
Barry
|
| — |
$1,000
[6]
Edward James Olmos gained 40 lbs. for the weighty role of a math teacher in this '88 release
"Stand And Deliver"
Barry
|
$1,000
[27]
As he crossed the Rubicon, Julius Caesar said, "Iacta alea est", which means this
"The die is cast"
Barry
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
Pele is the Hawaiian goddess of volcanoes, but volcanic Mt. Pelee is on this French West Indian island
Martinique
Barbara
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
The man who wrote, "I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference"
Robert Frost
Barbara
|
$1,000
[19]
Soldiers who were smoking on the front at night may have been the source of this unlucky act
lighting three on a match
Barbara
|
The front of the state seal of Texas has 1 star & the back of the seal has 6 of these
Flags (Six flags over Texas)