John Lamb — a savings and loan executive originally from New York
Tom Gray — a journalist from Van Nuys, California
Beth Phillips — a photographer from Santa Fe, New Mexico (whose 2-day cash winnings total $7,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beth | $1,100 | $3,100 | $5,500 |
$4,500
3rd place |
$5,500
19 R, 3 W |
| Tom | $1,000 | $2,200 | $5,000 |
$10,000
2nd place |
$5,000
13 R, 0 W |
| John | $400 | $-400 | $8,200 |
$11,001
New champion: $11,001 |
$6,600
18 R (including 2 DDs), 9 W (including 1 DD) |
| U.S. STATES | BIRD SONGS | TV TRIVIA | THE HUMAN BODY | AMY VANDERBILT SAYS | "A.C." |
|
$100
[1]
The lowest point of elevation in Louisiana is 5 feet below sea level in this port city
New Orleans
Tom
|
$100
[22]
"If happy little bluebirds fly beyond" this, "why, oh why can't I?"
the rainbow
Tom
|
$100
[14]
On "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", Hitchcock bricked up this "jolly old elf in a fireplace
Santa Claus
Beth
|
$100
[6]
This not only carries oxygen & food to tissue but removes waste products as well
blood
Beth
|
$100
[21]
This type of letter shouldn't be written at the office--except during lunch
a personal letter
Beth
|
$100
[9]
The Church of England
the Anglican Church
John
|
|
$200
[2]
Some say Secretary of State William H. Seward selected the name for this state
Alaska
John
|
$200
[23]
"There were birds in the sky, but I never saw them winging, no I never saw them at all, till" this
"Till There Was You"
Beth
John
|
$200
[15]
Writing about its stars' "sour grapes", TV Guide called this series "Whine Country"
Falcon Crest
Tom
|
$200
[7]
Exercise usually increases the size, not the number, of cells in these
muscles
John
|
$200
[26]
At an informal lunch, the two basic utensils always used for a place setting
a knife & a fork
Tom
|
$200
[10]
On February 4, 1987, Dennis Conner became only skipper to have lost, then recaptured this
America's Cup
John
|
|
$300
[3]
It's known as "The land where the tall corn grows"
Iowa
Beth
|
$300
[24]
Broadway show in which the muleteers sang "Little Bird, Little Bird" to Aldonza
Man of La Mancha
|
$300
[16]
The "Mary Tyler Moore Show" character whose wife's name was Edie
Lou Grant
Beth
Tom
|
DD
$400
[8]
In these organs, the right one is divided into 3 lobes but the left one into only 2
the lungs
John
|
$300
[27]
"Mssrs." should only be used on letters used for these male relatives
brothers
|
$300
[11]
You'll find this chilly ring at latitude 66°, 33' north, just above Iceland
the Arctic Circle
Beth
|
|
$400
[4]
It leads the world in producing sardine cans, but it's called the Pine Tree State
Maine
Beth
John
|
$400
[25]
"As we kiss'd & said good-night'", this "sang in Berk'ley Square"
a nightingale
John
|
$400
[17]
When he narrated "The Fugitive", his voice boomed like a "cannon"
William Conrad
Beth
Tom
|
$400
[19]
No digestion, just mineral & water absorption, takes place in this organ far along the alimentary canal
the large intestine
Beth
|
$400
[28]
If you can't remember this, just smile pleasantly & tell him or her "Nice to see you"
someone's name
Beth
|
$400
[12]
Due to controversial comments on "Nightline", he's no longer VP of the L.A. Dodgers
Al Campanis
Tom
|
|
$500
[5]
Congress gave this state the option to divide itself into 5 other states, but it never has
Texas
John
|
$500
[29]
"Since her beauty was sold for an old man's gold," she's only this
"A Bird In A Gilded Cage"
Beth
|
$500
[18]
Newsweek called this detective romp, at $1.6 million, TV's most expensive 1-hour drama
Moonlighting
Beth
John
|
$500
[20]
Part of the body where you would find the frontal, parietal & occipital bones
the skull
Beth
|
$500
[30]
Though Amy says to put ashtrays in guest bedrooms, she also says to "put your foot down" about smoking here
in bed
John
|
$500
[13]
1 of the longest running series on radio was his "Letter from America", on BBC
Alistair Cooke
Tom
|
| WOMEN IN HISTORY | OLYMPICS | FRENCH CUISINE | WORLD WAR II | "D.C." | DRAMA |
|
$200
[7]
It's said she married an Indian chief when she was 14, years before she married John Rolfe
Pocahontas
Tom
|
$200
[24]
It's the shortest distance for races in both track & swimming
100 meters
Beth
|
$200
[1]
Vegetable featured in "soup a l'oignon"
onion
Tom
|
$200
[6]
On the Russian front near Moscow, mud helped slow this aggressor country's offensive
Germany
Beth
John
|
$200
[16]
Painters use this sheet as protection against spills & drips
a drop cloth
John
|
$600
[21]
Moliere was influenced by this stylized form of Italian farce
commedia dell'arte
John
|
|
$400
[8]
Shakespeare spells this historic figure's last name "Bullen", but most of us know her by this name
Anne Boleyn
John
|
$400
[25]
It took Joan Benoit 2:24:52 to do this in the 1984 Olympics
complete the marathon
Beth
|
$400
[2]
One French cook book's recipe mixing romaine, vinaigrette, & this fungus is labeled "salade fi-fi"
mushrooms
Beth
|
$400
[9]
"Little Boy" was the code name for the atom bomb dropped on this city
Hiroshima
Beth
John
|
$600
[18]
It's pressing molten metals into molds under pressure, or throwing a cube in gambling, often under pressure
die casting
|
$800
[22]
Following a suggestion by Jonathan Swift, John Gay wrote this "opera"
The Beggar's Opera
Tom
|
|
$600
[10]
She originated the term "birth control" which formerly had been called "voluntary motherhood"
Margaret Sanger
Beth
|
$600
[26]
In 1984, Carl Lewis won the gold in the same 4 events as this star did in the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Jesse Owens
Tom
|
$600
[3]
"Pate de pommes a l'angleise" is a fancy French name for this all-American dessert
apple pie
John
|
$600
[13]
Early in 1942, the U.S. government gave this group free mail privileges
servicemen
Beth
John
|
$800
[19]
A section of seats in an opera house, usually the tier above the orchestra
the dress circle
John
|
$1,000
[23]
The literary hero of Eugene O'Neill was this Swedish playwright who wrote "Miss Julie"
Strindberg
Tom
|
|
$800
[11]
Marat's murderer
Charlotte Corday
Beth
John
|
— |
$800
[4]
A chef might dole out "tarte a l'ananas", a dessert made with this tropical fruit
a pineapple
John
|
$1,000
[15]
Control of Guadalcanal was critical, since Japan was building an air base that would threaten this ally
Australia
John
|
$1,000
[20]
In these, the chemical producing the current is made into a paste so the contents will not spill
a dry cell battery
John
|
— |
|
$1,000
[12]
Queen of this Scandinavian country at 18, Christina abdicated under pressure at 27
Sweden
John
|
— |
$1,000
[5]
The 2 types of fish in "salade nicoise"
tuna & anchovy
John
|
DD
$1,400
[14]
The last European capital "liberated", was this city on the Moldau, freed by the Russians in May 1945
Prague
John
|
DD
$1,800
[17]
He sang the lead on the followingTV theme & co-starred on the series with his stepmother:"Hello world, here's a song that we're singin' /Come on, get happy /A whole lotta lovin' is what we'll be bringin' /We'll make you happy..."
David Cassidy
John
|
— |
Term for marker passed around to designate who is dealer in poker, Truman is associated with one
a buck