Jim Devlin — a computer programmer from Bakersfield, California
Bob Mahoney — a public affairs officer originally from Melrose, Massachusetts
Jeff Liebowitz — an attorney and writer from Marina del Rey, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff | $100 | $2,300 | $7,300 |
$6,599
2-day champion: $16,400 |
$7,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Bob | $1,400 | $900 | $4,000 |
$5
2nd place: Trip to Radisson Palm Springs Resort & Pinseeker golf clubs |
$5,500
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jim | $700 | $2,100 | $1,900 |
$1
3rd place: Bernardaud Limoges Rhapsody 4-piece place settings |
$1,900
11 R, 2 W |
| THE 1940s | HERBS & SPICES | SPORTS | SONG LYRICS | INSECTS | ONOMAPOETIC WORDS |
|
$100
[12]
In 1946 AT&T offered this service in St. Louis, but it wasn't cellular back then
mobile phones (car telephones)
Bob
|
$100
[18]
Larousse calls it the most widespread spice in the world, which is nothing to sneeze at
pepper
Jeff
|
$100
[3]
In soccer, he's the only player allowed to touch the ball with his hands or arms
a goalie
Jim
|
$100
[16]
A song from "Funny Girl" ends with "You are woman, I am" this, "let's kiss"
man
Jeff
Jim
|
$100
[6]
While moths are nocturnal, these close relatives are diurnal, or "day-flyers"
butterflies
Jim
|
$400
[26]
It's thought "whack" is a variant of this longer word that means "to strike with something flat"
thwack
Jeff
|
|
$200
[13]
One critic said this 1948 Mailer novel is "more concerned with the latter than the former"
The Naked and the Dead
Jeff
|
$200
[20]
It should be a snap to tell us this spice is used in a soda & a bread, man
ginger
Jim
|
$200
[4]
Fencers wear only one of these long white gloves, to protect the sword hand
a gauntlet
Bob
|
$200
[15]
"I don't want to set the world on fire, I just want to start a flame in" this
your heart
Jeff
|
$200
[7]
They contain tiny insect larvae that jump when exposed to heat
Mexican jumping beans
Jim
|
$500
[27]
This animal sound is also called a "low"
moo
Bob
|
|
$300
[19]
On Nov. 2, 1947 he piloted the Spruce Goose for the first & only time it flew
Howard Hughes
Jim
|
$300
[21]
The leaves of this pickling herb are called a weed
dill
Jim
|
$300
[5]
Since they sport black & white stripes, football officials are sometimes called these
zebras
Jim
|
$300
[1]
In song titles, this word precedes "of Washington Square" & "of Tralee"
rose
Jeff
|
$300
[8]
Stage of a bee's development that falls between larva & adult
pupa
Bob
|
— |
|
$400
[24]
In October 1941 he was appointed to replace premier Fumimaro Konoye
Tojo
Jeff
|
$400
[22]
Coffee can be used as a spice, & this name describes cakes made with it
mocha
|
$400
[10]
Piece of sports equipment that consists of a nock, a fletch, a shaft & a metal tip
arrow
Jeff
|
$400
[2]
"They're blood has wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution" is a seldom sung line from this nat'l anthem
the American national anthem ("The Star-Spangled Banner")
Bob
|
$400
[9]
The 2 insects in the title of an Aesop's fable, one hard-working & the other lazy
ant & grasshopper
Bob
|
— |
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
In a 1941 speech, Churchill made the name of this Norwegian prime minister synonymous with "traitor"
Vidkun Quisling
Jeff
|
$500
[23]
As its name suggests, in medieval Europe this herb was believed to promote wisdom
sage
Jeff
|
$500
[11]
This racquet sport, first played at Harrow School in England, was named for its soft ball
squash
|
$500
[14]
In "What's Love Got to Do with It?" Tina Turner sang, "What's love but a second hand" one of these
emotion
Jeff
|
$500
[17]
Also called the looper & measuring worm, it's actually the caterpillar of a moth
inchworm
Jim
|
— |
| U.S.A. | BRITISH ROYALTY | LITERARY QUOTES | FLAGS | MOVIE DIRECTORS | SIGMUND FREUD |
|
$200
[5]
Despite the weather, this huge state has the highest percentage of commuters who walk to work
Alaska
Jeff
|
$200
[12]
How time flies: Buckingham Palace announced their engagement on Feb. 24, 1981
Charles and Diana
Bob
|
$200
[25]
In "Lacon" Charles Caleb Colton wrote this "is the sincerest of flattery"
imitation
Jeff
|
$200
[13]
Canadian province whose flag is a white cross & 4 fleurs-de-lis on a blue field
Quebec
Bob
|
$200
[10]
Born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, this skinny half of a comedy team directed several of their films
Stan Laurel
Jeff
|
$400
[26]
Of the id, ego or superego, the one that Freud thought represented reason & common sense
ego
Bob
Jim
|
|
$400
[4]
It forms a "hook" south of Massachusetts Bay
Cape Cod
Bob
|
$400
[15]
Kaiser Wilhelm's mother was the eldest child of this queen, whose name she shared
Victoria
Jeff
|
$400
[11]
Tale that contains the line "But don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden"
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Jim
|
$400
[14]
This state's flag shows the sun symbol of the Zia Pueblo Indians & the colors of Queen Isabella
New Mexico
Jeff
|
$400
[7]
This director plays Cliff Stern, a documentary filmmaker in "Crimes & Misdemeanors"
Woody Allen
Jeff
|
$600
[27]
Early in his career Freud used this treatment method pioneered by Franz Mesmer
hypnosis
Jeff
|
|
$800
[1]
Pennsylvania produces almost all of America's supply of this kind of coal
anthracite (hard coal)
Bob
|
$600
[16]
Some say this "Confessor" was an albino
Edward
Jim
|
$600
[19]
J. Donne called this animal "Nature's great masterpiece...the only harmless great thing"
the elephant
|
$800
[23]
He designed the Italian flag after his own French flag but changed blue to green, his favorite color
Napoleon
Jim
|
$600
[6]
He directed "Body Heat", then changed temperatures with "The Big Chill"
Lawrence Kasdan
Bob
|
— |
|
$1,000
[2]
This river forms the boundary between Vermont & New Hampshire
Connecticut River
Bob
|
$800
[17]
"The Merry Monarch"'s father, he was beheaded in 1649
Charles I
Jeff
|
$800
[21]
In the 3-word poem "On the Antiquity of Microbes", it's the line that follows "Adam"
had 'em
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
This African flag's 11 red & white stripes stand for the 11 signers of its Declaration of Independence
Liberia
Jeff
|
$800
[8]
"Casualties of War" was an exploration of Vietnam's horror by this maker of horror films like "Carrie"
Brian De Palma
Jeff
|
— |
|
DD
$1,500
[3]
An easy way to remember their names is the mnemonic "H-O-M-E-S"
the Great Lakes
Bob
|
$1,000
[18]
If Prince William becomes King William, this number will follow his name
the 5th
Jeff
Bob
|
$1,000
[22]
"There is no such thing as natural law", he claimed in "Le Rouge et le Noir"
Stendhal (Henri Boyle)
Bob
|
$1,000
[24]
The black, red & gold of their flags date back to the Holy Roman Empire
Germany
Bob
|
$1,000
[9]
He directed "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" & won an Oscar for "The Sting"
George Roy Hill
Jeff
|
— |
Though he fought against the Philistines, his wife was one, & so was his paramour
Samson