Kate Weiss — a finance supervisor from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Guy Pugh — a medical student from Canton, Massachusetts
Paula Massengale — a bookkeeper from San Antonio, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paula | $1,400 | $1,000 | $8,600 |
$11,600
2-day champion: $21,400 |
$6,600
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Guy | $600 | $2,000 | $2,400 |
$4,799
3rd place: Maytag Jetclean dishwasher |
$5,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kate | $1,100 | $1,100 | $2,700 |
$5,399
2nd place: Bassett bedroom set |
$2,700
9 R, 4 W |
| 1980 | SINGERS | 4-LETTER WORDS | BODIES OF WATER | WEIGHTS & MEASURES | THINK TWICE |
|
$100
[8]
In "Swanson On Swanson", Gloria claimed she had a love affair with this father of a president
Joseph Kennedy
Paula
|
$100
[1]
"One More Try" was this singer's third No. 1 hit from his "Faith" album
George Michael
Paula
|
$100
[3]
This word can stand alone or follow gun; either way, it's a gangster's girlfriend
Moll
Paula
|
$100
[16]
The water in this large Utah lake is saltier than ocean water
The Great Salt Lake
Paula
|
$100
[19]
4 pearl grains equal 1 of these units also used for diamonds
Carats
Paula
|
$100
[22]
The month in which the USSR celebrates the anniversary of the October Revolution
November
Guy
|
|
$200
[9]
Pres. Carter signed a bill granting $1.5 billion in loan guarantees to this company
Chrysler
Paula
|
$200
[2]
In Sept. 1989 this English rock group introduced its own line of clothes
The Rolling Stones
Kate
|
$200
[4]
To descend to the bottom of anything, even a lavatory
Sink
Paula
|
$200
[17]
Winter ocean air west of Norway is over 40 degrees warmer than average for that latitude because of this current
The Gulf Stream
Guy
|
$500
[28]
If you're a half pint, you're equal to this many cups
1
Kate
|
$200
[23]
Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" takes place during this season
Spring
Paula
|
|
$300
[7]
United Artists withdrew this Michael Cimino film from theaters for re-editing
"Heaven's Gate"
Paula
|
$300
[6]
24 years after "I Want To Hold Your Hand", this ex-Beatle had a No. 1 hit with "Got My Mind Set On You"
George Harrison
Guy
|
$300
[5]
A roll of cloth, or a flash of lightning
Bolt
Guy
|
$300
[18]
This ocean has the greatest length of coastline because of its irregular shape
Atlantic
Guy
|
DD
$600
[27]
You're not wet behind the ears if you know this international unit equals 6,076.11549 feet
Nautical Mile
Guy
|
$300
[24]
Catgut comes from these animals
Sheep
Paula
|
|
$400
[10]
FBI agents posed as foreign businessmen in this investigation that implicated 8 congressmen
ABSCAM
Kate
|
$400
[12]
"Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car" was this singer's third No. 1 single with 8 words in the title
Billy Ocean
|
$400
[14]
To flow forth suddenly & violently, or to make an excessive display of sentiment
Gush
Paula
|
$400
[20]
Changing monsoon winds cause seasonal reverses of surface water movement in this Indian Ocean bay
Bay of Bengal
Guy
|
— |
$400
[25]
The Canary Islands were named after these animals
Dogs
Guy
|
|
$500
[11]
In January its price reached an all-time high of $50.35 per ounce
Silver
Guy
|
$500
[13]
Carrying on the reggae tradition of his father, this singer has released 5 albums
Ziggy Marley
Guy
|
$500
[15]
Ironically, it can mean to dance with light, quick steps or to stumble like a clumsy ox
Trip
Kate
|
$500
[21]
Once part of the Gulf of California, it's now the largest natural lake entirely within the state
Salton Sea
|
— |
$500
[26]
Most Chinese gooseberries are grown in this country
New Zealand (AKA the Kiwi Fruit)
Paula
Kate
|
| LITERARY CLASSICS | AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN | HISTORY | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES | EASTERN EUROPE | SIR ISAAC NEWTON |
|
$200
[6]
The home Lassie went back to in the 1940 novel "Lassie Come Home" was in this country
England
Paula
Kate
|
$200
[22]
Accoridng to Forbes Magazine, Steven Spielberg made $70 million or so on this one videotape
"E.T."
Guy
|
$200
[24]
After James I granted Derry, Ireland to the citizens of London, it became known as this
Londonderry
Kate
|
$200
[1]
Olympic ice skater Carol Heiss played Snow White in a 1961 film starring this wacky trio
The Three Stooges
Paula
|
$200
[15]
This country's name is from the Turkish word "on-ogur", signifying 10 tribes
Hungary
Paula
|
$200
[11]
Newton used one of these to spread out white light into a colored band
Prism
Paula
|
|
$400
[7]
He wrote his "Georgics" in praise of the agricultural life before he wrote a Roman epic
Virgil
Paula
|
$600
[28]
The 8 richest people in Delaware all belong to this family
DuPont
Guy
|
$400
[18]
Marino Faliero, who was the doge of this, led a plot to kill the nobles & was executed in 1355
Venice
Guy
|
$400
[2]
Amy Irving's mom, Priscilla Pointer, played Pam's mom on this prime time TV soap
"Dallas"
Paula
|
$400
[16]
In 1989 this country's leader, Egon Krenz, opened its borders to halt population loss
East Germany
Kate
|
$400
[12]
A body at rest stays at rest, F=ma & reaction is always equal & opposite in action
Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
Paula
|
|
$800
[9]
This Greek historian's "Parallel Lives" analyzes the character of well-known Greeks & Romans
Plutarch
Paula
|
$800
[23]
In 1887 this man replaced Levi Abt as a partner with Max & Harry Hart & Marcus Marx
Joseph Schaffner
Kate
|
$800
[20]
The outbreak of this war in 431 B.C. put an end to Athens' Golden Age of Pericles
The Peloponnesian War
Guy
|
$600
[3]
He played a crime king in his last film, 1964's "The Killers"
Ronald Reagan
Paula
|
$600
[17]
This capital's name 1st appeared in a document of Vlad the Impaler, the prototype of Dracula
Bucharest (Romania)
Guy
|
$600
[13]
This noted astronomer paid to have Newton's "Principia" published
Sir Edmond Halley
Kate
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Britannica calls this John McCrae poem the only important Canadian verse related to WWI
"In Flanders Fields"
|
$1,000
[27]
In 1963 this Texas hobby store chain owner bought the Boston-based Radio Shack chain
Charles Tandy
Kate
|
$1,000
[21]
Atahualpa was the unlucky 13th emperor of these people
Incas
Paula
|
$800
[4]
He spent some "Happy Days" playing Fiorello LaGuardia, & won a Tony too
Tom Bosley
Paula
|
$800
[25]
The Jadranska Magistrala, or Adriatic Highway, runs along this country's coast
Yugoslavia
Paula
|
$800
[14]
Newton said, "If I have seen further than other men, it is because I stood on" these
The Shoulders of Giants
Guy
|
|
DD
$2,600
[8]
The Indian sage Vatsyayana wrote this erotic how-to manual whose name is Sanskrit for "Love Science"
Kama Sutra
Paula
|
— |
DD
$3,000
[19]
This czar established a parliament called the Duma
Nicholas II
Guy
|
$1,000
[5]
In 1989 this Oscar winner starred in HBO's "Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story"
Ben Kingsley (won Oscar for "Gandhi" in 1982)
Paula
Kate
|
$1,000
[26]
In November 1989 hard liner Todor Zhivkov resigned after leading this country for 35 years
Bulgaria
Kate
|
— |
The only U.S. state that borders 4 Great Lakes
Michigan (borders Huron, Michigan, Erie & Superior)