Debbie Howe — an education administrator from Rochester, New York
Rob Lasker — a humanities student from Detroit, Michigan
Ray Baxter — a lawyer from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray | $1,300 | $2,900 | $5,500 |
$10,900
2nd place: Trip to Puerto Rico & St. Kitts |
$5,500
19 R, 1 W |
| Rob | $700 | $1,000 | $6,300 |
$11,000
New champion: $11,000 |
$6,200
17 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Debbie | $400 | $2,400 | $5,400 |
$10,700
3rd place: Pinseeker Golf Clubs |
$5,400
13 R, 1 W |
| "G" WHIZ | CITY NICKNAMES | PEOPLE | SONGS OF THE '60S | POLITICAL TERMS & SLOGANS | AMUSEMENT PARKS |
|
$100
[16]
This work shift begins late at night & it doesn't have to start in a cemetery
the graveyard shift
Ray
|
$100
[21]
"The Golden Gate City"
San Francisco
Ray
|
$100
[7]
Ginger Alden, Miss Memphis Traffic Safety, was this rock star's fiancee at the time of his death in 1977
Elvis Presley
Ray
|
$100
[6]
He's "In the swing, he ain't too hip about the new breed babe, he ain't no drag (he's) got a brand new bag"
Papa
Ray
|
$100
[1]
One of the symbols used in his campaign was "AuH2O"
Barry Goldwater
Ray
|
$100
[26]
People who rode on the earliest flume rides complained when this didn't happen--so now it usually does
they get wet
Debbie
|
|
$200
[17]
The kind of knot you'd expect your mother's mother to tie
a granny knot
Ray
Rob
|
$200
[22]
"Big D"
Dallas
Debbie
|
$200
[8]
In 1975 Mr. Blackwell called this "Cuchi Cuchi" girl "Carmen Miranda with cleavage"
Charo
Ray
|
$200
[12]
In 1967 Ed Ames said his "cup runneth over" with this, not "red, red wine"
love
Rob
|
$200
[2]
Richard Nixon used this term to describe the people who quietly supported his Vietnam policy
"The Silent Majority"
Ray
|
$200
[27]
The part of Florida's Walt Disney World that's similar to California's Disneyland is called this
The Magic Kingdom
Rob
|
|
$300
[18]
It was the nickname of Admiral Edward Vernon, who had the rum ration watered down
"Grog"
|
$300
[23]
"The Mile-High City"
Denver
Rob
|
$300
[9]
When Paramount asked him to tone down the ending of "Do The Right Thing", this director took it to Universal
Spike Lee
Ray
|
$400
[14]
In 1964 the Ventures had a hit with "Walk, Don't Run" & she hit the charts with "Walk On By"
Dionne Warwick
Debbie
|
$300
[3]
French for "reduction in pressure", it described Henry Kissinger's policy toward the Soviet Union
detente
Ray
|
$300
[28]
No matter how many hills a roller coaster has, this one is always the highest
the first one
Ray
|
|
$400
[19]
Figuratively speaking, to prepare for action you do this to your loins
gird
Ray
|
$400
[24]
"The Eternal City"
Rome
Debbie
|
$400
[10]
This chief foreign correspondent for ABC was recently married for the 4th time
Pierre Salinger
|
DD
$500
[13]
Group heardherewho had their 1st No. 1 hit a year before the Beach Boys:"Two girls for every boy... I've got a '34 wagon..."
Jan & Dean ("Surf City")
Rob
|
$400
[4]
In 1936 Republicans said, "Let's get another deck" in response to this program
The New Deal
Debbie
|
$400
[29]
This company's Great America Park in Gurnee, Ill. has the world's fastest steel roller coaster
Six Flags
Debbie
|
|
$500
[20]
As a noun, it's a game bird; as a verb, it means to grumble or complain
grouse
Ray
|
$500
[25]
"The City of Light"
Paris
Debbie
|
$500
[11]
Michelle Pfeiffer & Jeff Goldblum starred in his '89 Central Park production of "Twelfth Night"
Joseph Papp
Rob
|
$500
[15]
In 1965 the appropriately named Seekers sang, "I Know I'll Never Find" this
Another You
Rob
|
$500
[5]
Opponents of this 1807 act directed at France & Britain called it "o grab me"
The Embargo ("O Grab Me") Act
Rob
|
$500
[30]
This park's theme is Pennsylvania's, German, Dutch & English heritage as well as chocolate
Hersheypark
Rob
|
| 1987 | MYTHOLOGY | WORD ORIGINS | MEDICAL HISTORY | THEATER | MUSHROOMS |
|
$200
[8]
This flashy pianist who cut out the dull parts & played the "Minute Waltz" in 37 seconds, died
Liberace
Ray
|
$200
[1]
This Greek god controlled the thunderbolt, signifying his irresistible power over gods & men
Zeus
Rob
|
$200
[16]
This word for a cantankerous personality is a variation of "ordinary"
ornery
Rob
|
$200
[21]
It was used as a medicine from 600 B.C. until 2nd century A.D., when people began to wash with it
soap
Rob
|
$200
[6]
Kate Hepburn's troublesome grandson in "A Matter of Gravity"; he later played Superman on film
Christopher Reeve
Rob
|
$200
[26]
A mushroom, when it's ready to reproduce, releases millions of these
spores
Debbie
|
|
$400
[9]
On Jan. 1, 1987 Chinese students staged a major demonstraion in Tian An Men Square in favor of this leader
Deng Xiaoping
Rob
|
$400
[2]
All the girls loved Narcissus, but this is who Narcissus loved
himself
Debbie
|
$400
[17]
Mussolini coined this word from the bundles of sticks that were a symbol of every Roman authority
fascism
Rob
|
$400
[22]
Carl Wunderlich introduced the use of this instrument to modern medicine in the 1850s, not 1898.6
thermometer
Rob
|
$400
[7]
Tho the N.Y. Times called this erotic revue a "silly little diversion", it lasted over 5,000 shows
Oh! Calcutta!
Ray
|
$400
[27]
It's orange, it glows in the dark & it's a mushroom, as well as the name of a Halloween prop
a Jack-O'-Lantern
Rob
|
|
$600
[10]
After the Senate rejected Bork, Reagan nominated this man--didn't work
Douglas Ginsberg
Ray
|
$600
[3]
In ancient Egypt the god called "Khepera" at dawn & "Atum" in the evening was known by this name at noon
Ra
|
$800
[19]
This popular slang expression of the early 20th century is probably just a shortened form of magnificent
nifty
|
$600
[23]
The Greeks thought a man's body had 4 humors: phlegm, yellow bile, black bile & this fluid
blood
|
$800
[14]
It's what Sheba is in "Come Back, Little Sheba"
dog
Ray
|
$600
[28]
There is no simple test to distinguish between these, so leave it to the pros
whether poisonous or edible
Ray
|
|
$800
[11]
This baby was awarded to her biological father, William Stern
Baby "M"
Debbie
|
$800
[4]
Venus drove a flying chariot pulled by these elegant white birds
swans
Rob
|
$1,000
[20]
Irritable or peevish, from the Latin "petere", to attack
petulant
Ray
Debbie
|
$800
[24]
In the 18th C. about 60 million people died from this disease for which a vaccine was found in 1796
smallpox
Debbie
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
"Hello, Dolly!" was based on his play, "The Matchmaker"
Thornton Wilder
Rob
|
$800
[29]
A disused one of these in Pennsylvania now contains the largest mushroom farm in the world
mine
Debbie
|
|
$1,000
[12]
In May, 1987, 2 Iraqi missiles hit this U.S. Navy frigate
U.S.S. Stark
Rob
|
$1,000
[5]
Greek goddess of marriage, she was fiercely jealous of her husband's frequent infidelities
Hera
Debbie
|
DD
$1,500
[18]
Asked if he were a wise man, Pythagoras supposedly said, "No, I'm a lover of wisdom", giving us this word
philosopher
Rob
|
$1,000
[25]
The family of this "Father of Anatomy" was from Wesel, from which he took his name
Andreas Vesalius
Rob
|
$1,000
[15]
Langdon Mitchell based this 4-act comedy on William Makepeace Thackeray's "Vanity Fair"
"Becky Sharp"
|
$1,000
[30]
A circle of mushrooms in a grassy area named for the belief it's where magic beings danced
fairy ring
Ray
|
He died at age 28, just 5 years after his Civil War novel was published
Stephen Crane ( The Red Badge of Courage )