Mike Carter — an attorney from Norman, Oklahoma
Nancy Miller — a homemaker from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Robert Baker — a pediatrician from Atlantic City, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert | $1,200 | $1,300 | $3,400 |
$101
3rd place: Maytag washer & dryer + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version |
$4,700
16 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nancy | $600 | $3,200 | $4,600 |
$9,200
2nd place: trip on Continental to Tampa, Florida & stay at Guest Quarters Suite Hotel + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version |
$4,600
12 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Mike | $2,700 | $2,000 | $6,000 |
$9,500
New champion: $9,500 |
$6,000
20 R, 3 W |
| STARTS WITH "B" | THE 1980s | ASTROLOGY | TV LANDLORDS | CITIES | HUMPTY DUMPTY |
|
$100
[4]
Medieval folk thought some geese hatched from these clinging crustaceans
barnacles
Nancy
|
$100
[3]
January 8, 1987 was the 1st time in its history that it closed at over 2,000
Dow Jones
Nancy
|
$100
[19]
Every sign of the zodiac is named for one of these
constellation
Robert
|
$100
[16]
They were Ricky & Lucy Ricardo's best friends, as well as their landlords
Fred & Ethel Mertz
Mike
|
$100
[1]
This city designed by Pierre L'Enfant was the world's 1st planned federal capital
Washington, D.C.
Robert
|
$100
[23]
In addition to Humpty, the poem also mentions men, including a king & these creatures
horses
Mike
|
|
$200
[5]
Despite its name, this lettuce shouldn't be tied under a baby's chin
bib
Mike
|
$200
[6]
In 1982 congress passed a law forcing states to allow trucks with these on interstate highways
two trailers (double trailers)
Mike
|
$200
[20]
In astrological lingo, the sun & the moon are called these, just like Mars, Jupiter, etc.
planets
Nancy
|
$200
[17]
Don Knotts replaced Norman Fell as the resident landlord in this ABC sitcom
Three's Company
Robert
|
$200
[2]
As in Great Britain, the town of Newcastle in Australia is known for mining this fuel
coal
Mike
|
$200
[24]
Number of times Humpty is mentioned in the poem
3
Nancy
|
|
$300
[13]
Tauromachy is the art of doing this
bullfighting
Robert
|
$300
[7]
In 1982, after an 8-year antitrust suit, this monopoly agreed to give up its 22 operating systems
AT&T
Mike
|
$300
[27]
This sign is represented by an arachnid that may have been the 1st land animal
Scorpio
Robert
|
$300
[18]
During the 1975-76 season of "Happy Days", Fonzie rented an apartment above his garage
Howard Cunningham
Robert
|
$300
[10]
Mexican resort noted for performers who dive from the Quebrada cliffs into 12 ft. of water
Acapulco
Mike
|
$300
[25]
Humpty Dumpty's & Jack & Jill are titles of these from The Children's Better Health Institute
magazines
Nancy
|
|
$400
[14]
It's a flat, baked roll covered with onion flakes & named for a city in Poland
bialy
Robert
|
$400
[8]
This 16-hour rock concert for African relief was broadcast worldwide from London & Philadelphia
Live Aid
Nancy
|
$400
[29]
The sign of the zodiac that's alphabetically 1st
Aquarius
Nancy
Mike
|
$400
[21]
Sidney Fields played this comic pair's landlord named Sid Fields
Abbott & Costello
|
$400
[11]
Now the home of beer hall festivals, it was the site of the Beer Hall Putsch, or revolt, in 1923
Munich
Robert
|
$400
[26]
Humpty told her, "When I use a word it means just what I choose it to mean--neither more nor less"
Alice
Robert
|
|
$500
[15]
Badminton players often use this name for the shuttlecock
birdie
Mike
|
$500
[9]
Their long-standing dispute over the Shatt al-Arab waterway became open warfare in 1980
Iran & Iraq
Mike
|
DD
$500
[30]
The only sign of the zodiac that isn't represented by a living thing
Libra
Nancy
|
$500
[22]
For 5 years she played Phyllis Lindstrom, Mary Richards' landlady in "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
Cloris Leachman
Nancy
|
$500
[12]
When the British invaded Montego Bay on this island, the Spanish settlers destroyed most of the old city
Jamaica
Mike
|
$500
[28]
Webster's defines Humpty Dumpty as something you can't do this to
put it back together
Nancy
Mike
|
| AMERICAN WOMEN | ROYALTY | FAMOUS PAIRS | POTENT POTABLES | THE SOUTH | MUSICAL BIOGRAPHIES |
|
$200
[18]
This Pulitzer Prize-winning poet was known as Vincent to her family & friends
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Mike
|
$200
[13]
Dying in 1908, this country's dowager empress T'zu Hsi ordered the death of her adopted son
China
Robert
|
$200
[6]
They ran away together at the end of "Hey Diddle Diddle"
dish & spoon
|
$200
[8]
Supposedly it was named for a fellow who drank several & then banged into a wall
Harvey Wallbanger
Mike
|
$200
[1]
This country music show has an "official candy bar", the Goo Goo Cluster
Grand Ole Opry
Mike
|
$200
[20]
In the 1971 film "The Music Lovers" Richard Chamberlain played this Russian composer
Tchaikovsky
Robert
|
|
$400
[19]
Oveta Culp Hobby became Colonel Hobby when this organization she headed became part of the Army
WACs
|
$400
[14]
This royal pair is buried in Granada, where their armies conquered the Moors in 1492
Ferdinand & Isabella
Robert
|
$400
[7]
"The Son of that Ephramite of Bethlehem Judah" & "The Philistine of Gath"
David & Goliath
Mike
|
$400
[9]
Falstaff called this wine "sack"; in its native Spain it's "Jerez"
sherry
Robert
|
$400
[2]
Daughters of Confederate soldiers live in the home for Confederate women near this Virginia capital
Richmond
Nancy
|
$400
[21]
Noted accordianist Jimmy Stewart played a famous trombonist in this 1954 biopic
The Glenn Miller Story
Robert
Mike
|
| — |
$600
[15]
The man who founded this ancient Egyptian dynasty was a Macedonian general
Ptolemy
Robert
|
$600
[25]
Colloquially, a tall person & a short person, named for characters created by Bud Fisher
Mutt & Jeff
Robert
|
$600
[10]
Referring perhaps to the tall masts, this tall beer glass is named for a kind of ship
schooner
Robert
|
$600
[3]
You can ride a streetcar on this city's St. Charles line, but the Desire line is no longer running
New Orleans
Mike
|
$600
[22]
Nat "King" Cole portrayed this "Father of the Blues" in "St. Louis Blues"
W.C. Handy
Mike
|
| — |
$800
[16]
King Mongkut, who fathered dozens of children before he died at age 63, inspired this musical
The King and I
Mike
|
$1,000
[27]
He was 9 & she was 8 when they met in 1274; later he wrote about their relationship in "La Vita Nuova"
Dante & Beatrice
|
$800
[11]
Originally made with Rhine wine & seltzer or club soda, it's from the German word for "squirt"
spritzer
Robert
|
$800
[4]
Edenton, N.C. was named for Gov. Chas. Eden, believed to be a secret partner of this hirsute pirate
Blackbeard
Mike
|
$800
[23]
He kicked Elvis in the shins in "It Happened at the World's Fair" & portrayed him 16 years later in TV's "Elvis"
Kurt Russell
Mike
|
| — |
$1,000
[17]
This ruling family 1st seized power in Monaco in 1297
Grimaldis
Robert
Mike
|
DD
$1,300
[26]
Twosome singing the 1st Lennon-McCartneysongnot recorded by The Beatles to hit No. 1:"Please lock me away /And don't allow the day /Here inside, where I hide with my loneliness..."
Peter and Gordon
Robert
|
$1,000
[12]
The best of this brandy made in the Charente district, is called "Grande Champagne"
Cognac
Robert
|
$1,000
[5]
"Dixie" was played in Montgomery, Alabama on February 18, 1861 at this ceremony
inauguration of Jefferson Davis
Nancy
|
$1,000
[24]
This lyricist was portrayed by Mickey Rooney in "Words & Music"
Lorenz (Larry) Hart
|
Surprisingly, it was not made a legal U.S. holiday until 1941, over 150 yrs. after it was 1st celebrated
July 4th (Independence Day)