Dave Drew — a tax preparer from Fresno, California
Rob Pold — a graduate student from Downers Grove, IL
Blaze Newman — a teacher from Encinitas, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaze | $1,300 | $1,100 | $4,700 |
$4,700
2nd place: Hotpoint cooking center & Capri Lighting spotlighting + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version |
$4,700
17 R, 4 W |
| Rob | $900 | $2,100 | $6,250 |
$9,450
New champion: $9,450 |
$5,700
16 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Dave | $900 | $2,500 | $4,600 |
$0
3rd place: Colortyme VCR + Jeopardy! box game or computerized version |
$5,900
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| RELIGION | MOVIE TITLE ROLES | PROVERBS | 1974 | RACQUET SPORTS | NUTMEGGERS |
|
$100
[6]
To Christians it's part of the Bible, but to Jews, it's the entire Bible
Old Testament
Dave
|
$100
[5]
"The Incredible Shrinking Woman"
Lily Tomlin
Blaze
|
$100
[12]
"Live not to eat, but..." do this instead
eat to live
Rob
Dave
|
$100
[7]
This book by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward was released in 1974
All the President's Men
Rob
|
$100
[26]
In racquetball, the ball must strike the front wall before hitting this
floor
Rob
|
$100
[19]
This Connecticut Yankee invented the revolver in 1836, not ".45"
(Samuel) Colt
Rob
|
|
$200
[15]
Religious group incorporated as the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania
Jehovah's Witnesses
Rob
|
$200
[1]
"Marty"
Ernest Borgnine
Blaze
|
$200
[13]
We found one source that said these "make the man" & one that said they "do not make the man"
clothes
Dave
|
$200
[8]
Reportedly, "How I Love To Carry Fertilizer Up the Mountainside for the Commune" was a hit song in this country
People's Republic of China
Rob
|
$200
[27]
Tho strokes in tennis & paddle tennis are very similar, paddle tennis serves are only done this way
underhand
Dave
|
$200
[22]
This showman, famed for saying "There's a sucker born every minute, was elected mayor of Bridgeport
(P.T.) Barnum
Blaze
|
|
$300
[21]
The Battle of the Camel in 656 A.D. set off the major division in this religion
Muslim (Islam)
Dave
|
$300
[2]
"Brubaker"
Robert Redford
Blaze
|
$300
[14]
"Gold goes in at any gate except" this one, as Michael Cimino probably knows, now
heaven's
Blaze
|
DD
$300
[9]
Of all the records about this 1974 fad, thefollowingwas the biggest hit:"Boogity, boogity /He likes to turn the other cheek..."
"The Streak" (streakers)
Rob
|
$300
[16]
In ping pong, "shakehands" & "penholder" refer to these
grips
Dave
|
$300
[23]
In a film, Spencer Tracy said of this actress, "Not much meat on her, but what's there is choice"
Katharine Hepburn
Rob
|
| — |
$400
[3]
"Marnie"
Tippi Hedren
Blaze
|
$400
[17]
"He that will thrive must rise at five, he that's thriven may lie till" this time
seven
Dave
|
$400
[10]
Encyclopedia Britannica says this "Liberation Army" probably never had more than 11 or 12 members
Symbionese Liberation Army
Rob
|
$400
[20]
Sport in which a player loses the point if he hits the telltale
squash
Blaze
|
$400
[24]
After he died, the part of Plymouth Hollow where he had his clock factory was renamed Thomaston
Seth Thomas
Dave
|
| — |
$500
[4]
"Bathing Beauty"
Esther Williams
|
$500
[18]
It's the bough you're not supposed to cut
the one you're standing on
|
$500
[11]
Amid charges his writings were "concocted to serve the forces of imperialist reaction", he was exiled from USSR
Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
Dave
|
— |
$500
[25]
To safeguard his "Blue-Backed Speller" in the 1780s, he was a staunch advocate of copyright laws
(Noah) Webster
Rob
|
| CAPITAL CITIES | HORSES | TECHNOLOGY | POP MUSIC | BRITISH POETRY | "P"S & "Q"S |
|
$200
[19]
1 of 2 Central American countries whose capitals bear the name of the country
Guatemala (or Panama)
Blaze
Rob
|
$200
[26]
The Boulonnais, Comtois, & Percheron were draft breeds developed in this country
France
Blaze
|
$200
[12]
In 1961, this company introduced a "type ball" in place of the bars on some of its typewriters
IBM
Rob
|
$200
[2]
In June 1987, Chris de Burgh & U2, both from this Gaelic country, had top 5 hits in the U.S.
Ireland
Blaze
|
$200
[1]
"Beauty is truth, truth beatuty" wrote Keats in his "Ode on" this vase
Grecian Urn
Rob
|
$200
[9]
This highly contagious conjunctivitis is found not only in man but some domestic animals as well
pink eye
Blaze
|
|
$400
[20]
Of Port-au-Prince, Port-of-Spain, or Porto-Novo, the 1 that's not a capital of a Caribbean island
Porto Novo
Blaze
|
$400
[27]
Guinness says for a domestic horse, it's 62 years
record age
Dave
|
$400
[13]
Experts recommend you choose electrical equipment that has their mark
Underwriters Laboratories
Dave
|
$400
[5]
Composer of 1965's "Sunshine, Lollipops & Rainbows", he won a Grammy for performing "The Entertainer"
Marvin Hamlisch
Rob
|
$400
[3]
John Donne wrote, "Death, be not" this, "though some have called thee mighty & dreadful"
proud
Blaze
|
$400
[10]
A paprika pepper
pimento
|
|
$600
[21]
By winning a contest, American architect W.B. Griffin got to design this Aussie capital
Canberra
Blaze
|
$600
[28]
The Hackamore is a type of bridle that controls a horse without using one of these
a bit
Dave
|
$600
[14]
Earliest Kodak cameras came loaded with film for 100 pictures, all in this odd shape when developed
circular or round
Blaze
|
$600
[6]
In group names, number of "Stairsteps", "Satins", or men in the "Electrical Band"
5
Rob
|
$600
[4]
The golden flowers that danced in Wordworth's poem "I wandered lonely as a cloud"
daffodils
Rob
|
$600
[11]
An 18th century furniture style with a royal name
Queen Anne
Blaze
Dave
|
|
$800
[22]
The name of this Rumanian capital was 1st recorded in a document signed by Vlad the Impaler
Bucharest
Blaze
|
$800
[29]
In "dressage" a rider guides the horse primarily by shifts in weight & use of this part of the body
knees (legs)
Dave
|
$800
[15]
In your office, it's where you're most likely to find a selenium-coated drum
copy machine (photocopier)
Dave
|
$1,000
[8]
Vanilla Fudge's version didn't make it, but both Kim Wilde & The Supremes took this song to #1
"You Keep Me Hangin' On"
Rob
|
$800
[24]
"Do not go gentle into that good night" was written during his father's fatal illness
Dylan Thomas
Blaze
|
$800
[17]
Planck's "Theory" involving radiant energy, it can be applied to electronics, mechanics, etc.
Quantum Theory
|
|
$1,000
[23]
This Moroccan city was once a base for the dreaded Barbary pirates
Rabat
Blaze
|
— |
$1,000
[16]
Ottmar Mergenthaler invented this in Baltimore in 1884, causing rapid growth in the publishing field
Linotype
Blaze
Dave
|
DD
$1,350
[7]
It took a duet with this artist to get Stevie Wonder his 1st #1 hit in England
Paul McCartney
Rob
|
$1,000
[25]
Robert Browning wrote, "Oh, to be in England now that" this month's "there"
April
Blaze
|
DD
$1,300
[18]
Past tense of the Middle English "quethen", it's an archaic word for "said"
quoth
Dave
|
It's the only traditional sign of the zodiac with a total of 4 legs & no tail
Gemini