Dave Boyd — a patient unit clerk from Galesburg, Illinois
Susan Baker — a sales manager originally from Illinois
Paul Mathless — an editor from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $28,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul | $-100 | $800 | $5,600 |
$5,600
3rd place: Berkline Super Motion Wall-Away sofa |
$5,600
13 R, 2 W |
| Susan | $800 | $2,500 | $7,300 |
$14,400
New champion: $14,400 |
$7,300
15 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Dave | $300 | $2,000 | $7,000 |
$11,200
2nd place: Keller dining room furniture + Cutco kitchen knives |
$7,000
22 R, 3 W |
| U.S. CITIES | REFERENCE BOOKS | WICKED WOMEN | SPORTS | ROCK 'N' ROLL FILMS | POTABLE ANAGRAMS |
|
$100
[17]
This city is situated at the junction of the Anacostia & Potomac Rivers
Washington, D.C.
Dave
|
$100
[4]
Latin for "treasure", it's a treasure-trove of related words for a writer to use
thesaurus
Dave
|
$100
[12]
She was an exotic dancer as well a German spy in World War I
Mata Hari
Dave
|
$100
[1]
During a fox hunt, the "whippers-in" keep these together
hounds
Paul
|
$100
[5]
1st of Frankie & Annette's "Beach" movies
Beach Party
Dave
|
$100
[7]
We doubt that anyone would refer to this fruity beverage as "demon ale"
lemonade
Susan
|
|
$200
[18]
City in which you'd see the Franklin Parkway, Franklin Bridge & Franklin Institute
Philadelphia
Paul
|
$200
[13]
Look up "goober" in the current Encyclopedia Britannica & you're referred to this entry
peanuts
Dave
|
$200
[22]
Her husband was serving 99 years in prison for murder when she met Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Paul
|
$200
[2]
A beginning karate student commonly wears a belt of this color
white
Paul
Dave
|
$200
[6]
Country-rock "Killer" who sang the title tune to "High School Confidential"
Jerry Lee Lewis
|
$200
[8]
Paul could tell you if the Ankas drink this at breakfast
Sanka
Dave
|
|
$300
[19]
It took 3 days to extinguish the 1906 fire that burned 512 blocks of this city
San Francisco
Dave
|
$300
[14]
The Press of this university publishes "Companions to" English Lit, Art & the Theatre
Oxford
Dave
|
$300
[25]
Historians now believe she was merely the tool of her brother Cesare & her father Pope Alexander VI
Lucrezia Borgia
Dave
|
$300
[3]
No well-dressed matador would be seen in the ring without this, his "traje de luces"
suit of lights
Susan
|
— |
$300
[9]
A bartender might serve this cocktail "in a trim" little glass
martini
Dave
|
|
$400
[21]
This Missouri city Harry Truman called home was named for one of Andrew Jackson's ideals
Independence
Susan
|
$400
[15]
"Beat the Odds", "Music Bingo" & "Fast Draw" are entries in an ency. of these by Schwartz, Ryan & Wostbrock
game shows
Dave
|
$400
[26]
Nickname of Lynette Fromme, who tried to assassinate President Ford in September 1975
"Squeaky"
Susan
|
$400
[20]
Curses! it's the only weapon women are allowed to use in fencing competitions
foil
Susan
|
— |
$400
[10]
"Quiet Al" gets noisy when he drinks too much of this
tequila
Paul
Susan
|
|
$500
[24]
McCormick Place, this city's convention center, has 162 million square feet of space on 4 levels
Chicago
Paul
|
$500
[16]
In the preface to his 1747 dict., this British lexicographaer apologized to critics if he missed any words
Samuel Johnson
Paul
|
DD
$500
[27]
Her gang included Herman, Lloyd, Arthur & Fred--her four sons
Ma Barker
Susan
|
$500
[23]
Scuba divers experience this "euphoria" when nitrogen enters their blood at high pressures
nitrogen narcosis (rapture of the deep)
Paul
|
— |
$500
[11]
The kind of brandy cocktails Cressida might serve
sidecars
|
| FAMOUS QUOTES | THE U.N. | MYTHOLOGY | THE CIVIL WAR | ENDS IN "ELLA" | STATE BIRDS |
|
$400
[9]
At Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941, Howell Forgy was 1st to say "Praise the Lord and pass" this
ammunition
Dave
|
$200
[3]
The U.N. flag consists of a map of the world & 2 olive branches on a background of this color
blue
Dave
|
$200
[21]
She loved Narcissus She loved Narcissus
Echo
Dave
|
$200
[1]
This general was born into an aristocratic VA. family & married M. Washington's great-granddaughter
Robert E. Lee
Paul
|
$200
[16]
It falls somewhere between a short story & a novel
novella
Dave
|
DD
$500
[28]
State bird of Mich., Wis. & Conn., it's a sign of spring throughout the northern U.S.
robin
Susan
|
|
DD
$500
[8]
His famous quote heardhereis from the 1932 film "The Fatal Glass of Beer":"It's not a fit night out for man nor beast."
W.C. Fields
Susan
|
$400
[4]
Now the mayor of Atlanta, in 1977 he became the 1st black to serve as U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
Andrew Young
Paul
|
$400
[20]
For her impiety toward the gods, Arachne the weaver was turned into this
spider
Dave
|
$400
[2]
The only state which seceded from the Union in 1860
South Carolina
Dave
|
$400
[26]
The most common pizza cheese
mozzarella
Dave
|
$600
[27]
Pennsylvania's state bird is this handsome "ruffled" relative of a turkey
grouse
Susan
|
|
$600
[13]
At his inauguration, President Hayes claimed "He serves his party best who serves" this "best"
his country
Dave
|
$600
[7]
The U.N. Library is named for this secretary-gen. who was killed in a 1961 plane crash in Africa
Dag Hammarskjöld
Susan
|
$600
[17]
Hercules slew Hippolyta, queen of these warrior people
Amazons
Dave
|
$600
[5]
MacKinlay Kantor's novel about this notorious prison won the '56 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Andersonville
Paul
|
$600
[22]
Jerry Lewis had a wicked stepmother & a fairy godfather in this 1960 film
Cinderfella
Susan
|
$1,000
[25]
This bright red member of the finch family represents 7 states, more than any other bird
cardinal
Dave
|
|
$800
[14]
Architect who said, "No house should ever be on any hill or on anything. It should be of the hill..."
Frank Lloyd Wright
Susan
|
$800
[10]
Although not a member of the U.N., the PLO was granted this type of status in 1974
observer status
Paul
|
$800
[18]
Paphos was the son of this sculptor & his statue-come-to-life wife
Pygmalion
Susan
Dave
|
$800
[6]
During the war, the Confederacy purchased some 19 warships in this country
Great Britain
Dave
|
$800
[23]
A Hollywood rivalry began when Hedda "scooped" her by announcing the divorce of FDR's son James
Louella Parsons
Paul
|
— |
|
$1,000
[15]
In 1876 this German archaeologist told the King of Greece, "I have gazed on the face of Agamemnon"
(Heinrich) Schliemann
Paul
|
$1,000
[11]
3 of the 6 major organs of the U.N.
(3 of) Secretariat, General Assembly, Security Council, International Court of Justice, Economic & Social Council, & Trusteeship Council
Dave
|
$1,000
[19]
The god of wine, he gave King Midas the golden touch as a reward for a kindness
Bacchus
Susan
|
$1,000
[12]
In August 1863 this guerrilla leader & his raiders burned Lawrence, Kan. & killed about 150 people
(William C.) Quantrill
Susan
|
$1,000
[24]
A yellow oil that's found in perfume, soap & insect repellent
citronella
Paul
|
— |
When Rip Van Winkle fell asleep, this ruler's portrait hung in front of the inn
King George III