Margaret Schwind — a housewife from Rockville, Maryland
Mary Brody — an architect from Walnut Creek, California
Carole Denton — an administrative assistant from New Carrollton, Maryland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $16,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carole | $2,000 | $3,400 | $6,000 |
$4,499
3-day champion: $20,799 |
$8,600
26 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Mary | $1,400 | $2,700 | $7,500 |
$2,999
2nd place: Gibson 3-piece kitchen & Imperial wall coverings + Jeopardy! Sports Edition & home game |
$7,500
18 R, 0 W |
| Margaret | $700 | $1,800 | $3,000 |
$500
3rd place: Michael C. Fina 5-piece buffet service + Jeopardy! Sports Edition & home game |
$2,700
8 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| THE NEW TESTAMENT | FAMOUS ANIMALS | TRANSPORTATION | SEE THE U.S.A. | FOOD | "M" TV |
|
$100
[26]
The epistle to Philemon was the shortest of the letters he wrote while in prison
St. Paul
Margaret
|
$100
[1]
Scannon, a Newfoundland, accompanied this pair on their exploration of the Louisiana Purchase
Lewis & Clark
Carole
|
$100
[11]
Though it was called unsinkable, it went down in under 3 hours April 14-15, 1912
Titanic
Mary
|
$100
[17]
The region called Michiana covers an area in Indiana & this state
Michigan
Carole
|
$100
[12]
This nut produced by oak trees was eaten by American Indians
acorn
Carole
|
$100
[6]
This James Garner western once broadcast a satire of "Gunsmoke" titled "Gunshy"
Maverick
Mary
|
|
$200
[27]
He referred to Jesus as "He that cometh after me...whose shoes I am not worthy to bear"
John the Baptist
Carole
|
$200
[2]
This general's horse Traveller was called Jeff Davis when he bought him
Robert E. Lee
Margaret
|
$200
[22]
Most of the world's 120,000 miles of electrified train track are on this continent
Europe
Mary
|
$200
[18]
You can visit Edgar Allan Poe's home on North Amity Street in this Maryland city
Baltimore
Mary
|
$200
[13]
This term for deer meat comes from the Latin venatio, meaning "hunt" or "chase"
venison
Carole
|
$200
[7]
This series' theme began, "Who can turn the world on with her smile..."
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Carole
|
|
$300
[28]
The night before his crucifixion, Jesus prayed at this garden on the slopes of the Mount of Olives
Gethsemane
Margaret
|
$300
[3]
In 1961 Soviet Premier Khrushchev sent this first family a puppy named Pushinka
Kennedys
Mary
|
$300
[23]
Built over 2,200 years ago as the main road from Rome to Greece, it's still used today
Appian Way
Carole
|
$300
[19]
Fayetteville, Arkansas was named in honor of this Frenchman
(Marquis de) Lafayette
Carole
|
$300
[14]
Shabu shabu, a fondue-like dish of this country, is named for the sound it makes while cooking
Japan
Carole
|
$300
[8]
The creators of this Fox sitcom named the Bundys after their favorite wrestler, King Kong Bundy
Married... with Children
Carole
|
|
$500
[30]
The last phrase in the Bible attributed to Jesus, "Surely I come quickly", appears in this book
Revelation
|
$400
[4]
A groundhog named Phil resides at Gobbler's Knob in this Pennsylvania town
Punxsutawney
Carole
|
$400
[24]
One theory says that the name jeep came from the initials "g.p.", which stood for this
general purpose
|
$400
[20]
If you live in this western state, it's better than 50-50 you live in Clark County
Nevada
Mary
|
$400
[15]
It takes 30-50 gallons of sap from the acer saccharum tree to make 1 gallon of this sweetener
maple syrup
Carole
|
$400
[9]
In the 1968-69 season of this sitcom, Katie Douglas gave birth to triplets Steve, Charley & Robbie
My Three Sons
Mary
|
|
DD
$700
[29]
Although Jesus was born in Bethlehem, his mother was from this Galilean city
Nazareth
Margaret
|
$500
[5]
This canine who became a movie star was discovered by Lee Duncan in a WWI trench
Rin Tin Tin
Margaret
|
$500
[25]
This new Dodge subcompact sold so well in 1994 that Chrysler had only a 20-day supply of them; normal is 60
Neon
|
$500
[21]
Alexander Hamilton died in this city & is buried in its Trinity Church cemetery
New York City
Carole
|
$500
[16]
To make hominy, this grain's hull & germ are removed with lye or by crushing & sifting
corn
Mary
|
$500
[10]
This 1960s sitcom was inspired by the 1964 Beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night"
The Monkees
Mary
|
| HISTORY | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | ART & ARTISTS | INVENTORS | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | ENGLISH LITERATURE |
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$200
[21]
In 1805 this captain of the Bounty became governor of New South Wales
Bligh
Carole
|
$200
[11]
The way the lacing is arranged on this type of instrument adds tension to the head
drum
Carole
|
$200
[16]
Born in the West Indies, Camille Pissarro went to this city in 1855 where he studied with Corot
Paris
Carole
|
$200
[26]
In 1803 this American launched a steam-driven paddle-wheel boat on the Seine River
Fulton
Mary
|
$200
[6]
The emirate of Qatar lies on a peninsula bordered by the Gulf of Bahrain & this gulf
Persian Gulf
Mary
|
$200
[1]
The fortune recovered in this Robert Louis Stevenson tale belonged to the long-dead Captain Flint
Treasure Island
Carole
|
|
$400
[22]
In the Tet Offensive of Jan. 30, 1968, communists attacked this capital of South Vietnam
Saigon
Carole
Mary
|
$400
[12]
The helicon, a type of this large instrument, has circular coiling
tuba
Carole
|
$400
[17]
This pop artist created such movies as the 6-hour-long "Sleep" & the 8-hour-long "Empire"
Andy Warhol
Mary
|
$400
[27]
In 1884 this man invented paper-backed photographic film
(George) Eastman
Carole
Margaret
|
$400
[7]
2 of France's 95 departments lie on this Mediterranean island
Corsica
Carole
|
$400
[2]
He came up with the idea for "Goodbye Mr. Chips" while taking a bike ride & wrote it in 4 days
(James) Hilton
Carole
|
|
$600
[23]
On June 13, 323 B.C., Alexander the Great died in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar in this city
Babylon
Carole
|
$600
[13]
The double reed of this bass woodwind is on the end of a curved metal tube set into the tenor joint
bassoon
Mary
|
$600
[18]
He painted 3 types of a portraits of George Washington called Vaughan, Athenaeum & Lansdowne
Gilbert Stuart
Carole
|
$600
[28]
While in debtor's prison, he began his experiments which led to vulcanized rubber
Goodyear
Mary
|
$600
[8]
The name of this island group 740 miles west of Portugal is from the Portuguese for "hawks"
Azores
Mary
|
$600
[3]
This British author modeled Adam Bede on her own father
George Eliot
Carole
|
|
DD
$1,000
[24]
In the 1880s he helped found the British South Africa Co. & the De Beers Diamond Co.
Cecil Rhodes
Carole
|
$800
[14]
In 1829 Sir Charles Wheatstone invented this hexagonal accordion-like instrument
concertina
Margaret
|
$800
[19]
Jacopo Robusti was nicknamed this because his father was a dyer or "tintore"
Tintoretto
Margaret
|
$800
[29]
The "V" in the name of the VS-300 helicopter stood for Vought; the "S" stood for this man
Sikorsky
Carole
|
$800
[9]
By far, this lake is Peru's largest
Titicaca
Mary
|
$1,000
[5]
The alternate title of this Izaak Walton work is "The Contemplative Man's Recreation"
The Compleat Angler
Carole
|
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1833 he was chosen president of Mexico; later, he became dictator
Santa Anna
Margaret
|
$1,000
[15]
It's a xylophone-like instrument having metal bars with tubular chambers beneath them
vibe (vibraphone/vibraharp)
Carole
Mary
|
$1,000
[20]
This American painted his famous portrait of a crippled neighbor, "Christina's World", in 1948
Andrew Wyeth
Carole
|
$1,000
[30]
For almost a year this coil inventor redesigned dynamos for Edison
Nikola Tesla
|
$1,000
[10]
The Shaba region in the south of this African country was called Katanga until 1972
Zaire
Margaret
|
DD
$1,600
[4]
As stated in Book 1, the theme of this epic poem is the fall of man through disobedience
Paradise Lost
Carole
|
He said, "If you have not chosen me by secret ballot, neither have I gained office by any secret promises"
Gerald Ford