Liza Taylor — a novelist originally from Washington, D.C.
Masao Okazaki — a physician originally from Rochester, Minnesota
Greg Rombach — a salesman from Glendale, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg | $1,800 | $1,700 | $5,500 |
$100
3rd place: Landes 5-piece silver serving set + Nintendo Entertainment System featuring the Family & Junior Editions of Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune |
$5,500
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Masao | $1,700 | $4,100 | $6,500 |
$500
2nd place: Easy-Rest Inc. sofa & love-seat + Capri Lighting spotlights |
$6,500
19 R, 2 W |
| Liza | $900 | $2,500 | $8,000 |
$2,999
New champion: $2,999 |
$7,800
18 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| 4-LETTER WORDS | HISTORIC NAMES | STOCK SYMBOLS | THE FUNNIES | HATS | ACTOR-PLAYWRIGHTS |
|
$100
[22]
It means "Woe is me!", & when things get really bad, you can add "alack" to it
alas
Liza
|
$100
[12]
Before people referred to him as Lord Tennyson, they called him by this first name
Alfred
Liza
|
$100
[1]
While it may look plain to you, this company thinks its symbol is a special K
Kellogg's
Greg
|
$100
[9]
Comic strip in which Olaf, Snoopy's brother, won the "Ugly dog contest" in 1988
Peanuts
Masao
|
$100
[6]
The Glengarry, a woolen cap creased lengthwise, originated in this country
Scotland
Greg
|
$100
[19]
2 of his fellow actors compiled the 1st folio of his works, published in 1623, 7 years after his death
William Shakespeare
Liza
|
|
$200
[24]
The first word of Clement Moore's "A visit from St. Nicholas"
twas
Masao
|
$200
[13]
Swedish astronomer who invented the centigrade temperature scale
(Anders) Celsius
Masao
|
$200
[2]
You can easily duplicate its stock symbol, XRX, with one of its products
Xerox
Greg
|
$200
[10]
Created by Ernie Bushmiller, this 8-year-old will be in her 30s in a movie planned for release in 1990
Nancy
Masao
Liza
|
$200
[7]
Occupation most associated with wearing a sou'wester
a sailor
Liza
|
$200
[26]
Michael V. Gazzo, who wrote "A Hatful of Rain", played a gangster in this 1974 Robert De Niro sequel
Godfather II
Masao
|
|
$300
[23]
It's how a male deer who couldn't get a date would go to the big dance
stag
Masao
|
$300
[16]
This founder of the Franciscan Order is known for his love of animals
Saint Francis (of Assisi)
Liza
|
$300
[3]
You'd be in with the "inn" crowd if you bought HLT, which is this
Hilton Hotels
Greg
|
$300
[11]
This title doesn't refer to footwear but to a Jeff MacNelly strip
Shoe
Greg
|
$300
[8]
A ballad about U.S. soldiers with these hats was a No. 1 hit for 5 weeks in 1966
green berets
Masao
|
$300
[28]
This patriarch of the Redgrave family dramatized Henry James' story, "The Aspern Papers"
(Sir) Michael (Redgrave)
Masao
|
|
$400
[25]
A group of Cub Scouts. or a group of wolves
a pack
Greg
|
$400
[17]
From 1957-66 Willy Brandt was mayor of this city
West Berlin
Greg
|
$400
[4]
AXP; don't leave your broker without it
American Express
Greg
|
$400
[14]
In a recent strip, this member of the Doonesbury crew stripped for a S.I. swimsuit issue
Boopsie
Masao
|
$400
[20]
A long, conical knitted cap with a pompon at the tip, it sounds like it's worn on the leg
a stocking cap
Masao
|
$400
[29]
He acted in England under the name David Baron before writing plays like "The Birthday Party"
(Harold) Pinter
Liza
|
|
$500
[27]
Said 3 times, this sea bird's name sounds like a hit song sung by The Byrds
tern
Masao
|
$500
[18]
In 1974 Greek voters rejected the monarchy, dashing this kings hope of returning to the throne
King Constantine II
|
$500
[5]
OAT should lead you to this brand name, or bran name
Quaker Oats
Liza
|
$500
[15]
Last name of Leroy & Loretta, the bickering couple in the one-panel created by Bill Hoest
the Lockhorns
Masao
|
$500
[21]
A city near Wiesbaden, W. Germany lent its name to this men's felt hat with a soft dented top
a hamburg
Greg
Masao
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
Urbane Englishman heard here singing a song he wrote for one of his musicals:I believe that since my life began, the most I've had is just a talent to amuse
Noel Coward
Liza
|
| BLACK AMERICANS | SCIENCE & NATURE | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | U.S. GEOGRAPHY | MOVIE JUDGES | STARTS WITH "L" |
|
$200
[26]
To date, he's the only black tennis player to win the Wimbledon men's singles title
(Arthur) Ashe
Greg
|
$200
[1]
A gnat's might beat up to 1,000 times a second
a wing
Greg
Masao
|
$200
[8]
Its name comes from the Latin words "dulce melos" meaning sweet song
a dulcimer
Greg
|
$200
[11]
Gates of the Arctic National Park is in this U.S. state
Alaska
Greg
|
$200
[17]
Spencer Tracy received an Oscar nomination for his role as a judge in this 1961 film of Nazi war trials
Judgement at Nuremberg
Greg
|
$200
[16]
It used to be called the State House Bell, which really cracks us up
the Liberty Bell
Greg
|
|
$400
[27]
Matthew Henson, this explorer's assistant, was the 1st black American to reach the North Pole
(Robert) Peary
Liza
|
$400
[2]
When a plane moves faster than the speed of sound, one of these is heard
a sonic boom
Greg
|
$400
[6]
Invented in 1829, the same year as the harmonica, this "squeeze box" operates on the same principle
the accordion
Liza
|
$400
[12]
This valley is the driest spot in the U.S.
Death Valley
Masao
|
$400
[18]
In this 1947 film, Gene Lockhart as Judge Harper ruled that Edmund Gwenn was Santa Claus
Miracle on 34th Street
Liza
|
$400
[21]
Figuratively speaking, you can do this to your wounds or to your chops
to lick
Greg
|
|
DD
$500
[29]
The 1st black woman in Congress, she represented New York's 12th district from 1969-83
Shirley Chisholm
Liza
|
$600
[3]
NaNO2is sodium nitrite, NaNO3, this
sodium nitrate
Liza
|
$600
[9]
Herbie Mann could tell you the recorder is a type of this instrument
a flute
Greg
|
$600
[13]
Of 5,10 or 20, the number of U.S. states that touch the Mississippi River
10
Masao
|
$600
[19]
15 years before taking command of the 4077th, he was the Tennessee judge in "Inherit the Wind"
Harry Morgan
Greg
|
$600
[22]
This honorary order created by Napoleon Bonaparte is still awarded today
the Legion of Honor
Masao
Liza
|
|
$600
[28]
With $800 borrowed from his family, this songwriter founded Motown Records
Berry Gordy Jr.
|
$800
[4]
Each one of these thread-like bodies in your genes is made up of numerous genes
a chromosome
Masao
Liza
|
$800
[7]
55-gallon oil drums become these island instruments invented in Trinidad
a steel drum
Greg
|
$800
[14]
It's a small, natural pass near the meeting point of Kentucky, Tennessee & Virginia
the Cumberland Gap
Liza
|
$800
[20]
Lewis Stone was this kindly old judge in a series of films with Mickey Rooney
Judge Hardy
Greg
Masao
Liza
|
$800
[24]
In olden days it referred to a knave; in a British stable, a groom; in a 1919 novel, a dog
a lad
Masao
|
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1968 this Baptist minister succeeded Martin Luther King Jr. as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ralph Abernathy
Masao
|
$1,000
[5]
The watt is a unit of power, & the calorie is a unit of this type of energy
heat
Liza
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
Resembling a zither, the instrument seenhereis one of the easiest to master
an autoharp
Greg
|
$1,000
[15]
Mount Saint Helens, the well-known volcano, is in this mountain range
the Cascades
Liza
|
$1,000
[23]
In 1946's "Angel on My Shoulder", he played a dead convict who took over the body of a respected judge
Paul Muni
|
$1,000
[25]
A "big" word for liberal gift-giving, especially when done in a condescending way
a largesse
Liza
|
Created on the 3rd day, it was, according to Genesis, the 1st form of life on Earth
plant life