Ron Tropsic — a marketing representative originally from Chicago, Illinois
Penny DeMille — a homemaker originally from Dayton, Ohio
Michael Backes — a puzzle designer originally from Tucson, Arizona (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $300 | $2,600 | $11,800 |
$13,600
2-day champion: $24,300 |
$11,500
26 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Penny | $300 | $-400 | $1,800 |
$1
2nd place: Swintec typewriter + World Book encyclopedia |
$1,800
10 R, 3 W |
| Ron | $-400 | $-1,100 | $-1,100 |
$-1,100
3rd place: Audiobahn AM/FM stereo |
$-1,100
5 R, 7 W |
| U.S. STATES | FAIRY TALES | POLITICAL QUOTES | PLAYWRIGHTS | USED-UP CARS |
|
$100
[6]
Where we crown Miss America
New Jersey
Penny
|
$100
[9]
She couldn't "bear" certain bowls, beds & chairs
Goldilocks
Ron
|
$100
[17]
His tearful '62 prediction, "This is my last press conference", didn't prove true
Richard Nixon
Mike
|
$100
[1]
Known for his comedies, his "Chapter Two" told of his remarriage after his wife's death
Neil Simon
Mike
|
$100
[12]
Ford's '50s flop with a family name
an Edsel
Mike
|
|
$200
[7]
In 1844 this 1st telegraph line was strung across this state from Baltimore to D.C.
Maryland
Penny
|
$200
[11]
Unknown author of the story of Aladdin
Anonymous
Mike
|
$200
[18]
German who inspired the Russians to revolt by urging, "Workers of the world, unite"
Karl Marx
Mike
|
$200
[2]
Dustin Hoffman reincarnated his "Salesman" on Broadway in 1984
Arthur Miller
Mike
|
$200
[13]
Fans howled at Mel Blanc's imitation of this, Jack Benny's junker
a Maxwell
Mike
Penny
Ron
|
|
$300
[8]
Local religion condoned human sacrifice here until abolished by king in 1819
Hawaii
|
$300
[22]
Rumpelstiltskin's spinning substance
straw into gold
Ron
|
$300
[19]
Ironically, Lincoln said this "is stronger than the bullet"
the ballot
Mike
|
$400
[4]
Wrote "The Man in the Glass Booth" but acted in "Jaws" and "The Deep"
Robert Shaw
Ron
|
$300
[14]
Among the victims of the Depression was this company's Bearcat
a Stutz
Mike
|
|
$400
[10]
Oribi, a Hopi village in the S.W., is probably oldest continuous settlement in U.S.
Arizona
Mike
|
— |
$400
[20]
Truman said it's a recession when your neighbor loses his job, but thisis a depression
when you lose your job
|
DD
$500
[3]
Though Irish, he is considered, after Shakespeare, to be Britain's greatest playwright
George Bernard Shaw
Mike
|
$400
[15]
When production stopped in 1960, this Chrysler car had reached "de Endo"
a DeSoto
Mike
Ron
|
| — | — |
$500
[21]
The rattlesnake's warning on Revolutionary War flags
Don't Tread on Me
Mike
|
$500
[5]
Won Tonys for "Torch Song Trilogy" & "La Cage aux Folles"
Harvey Fierstein
Mike
|
$500
[16]
In '55, this steelmaker gave up making his namesake cars
Henry J. Kaiser
Penny
Ron
|
| SCIENCE | THE '30S | $ IN THE NEWS | POETRY | PSYCHOLOGY | GERMAN |
|
$200
[3]
It's the study of weather, not meteors
meteorology
Penny
|
$200
[1]
In theater, Kaufman & Ferber's "Dinner" time
Eight o'clock
Penny
|
$200
[14]
Up through the convention, Mondale spent $18,644,878.39 trying to get this job
the presidency
Mike
|
$200
[5]
Sandburg's weather phenomenon that "comes in on little cat feet"
"Fog"
Penny
Ron
|
$200
[12]
A bad one is biting your fingernails, a good one is calling mom once a week
a habit
Mike
|
$200
[10]
Au revoir in German
auf wiedersehen
Penny
|
|
$400
[4]
In 1911, Casimir Funk discovered the 1st of what some people take "1-a-Day"
vitamins
Penny
|
$400
[2]
'37 dance rage or an appetizing name for New York
the Big Apple
Mike
|
$400
[24]
This actor's spaghetti sauce & salad dressing should raise $2.5 mil. for charity this year
Paul Newman
Ron
|
$400
[6]
New England "swinger of birches" who read his poetry for JFK's inauguration
Robert Frost
Mike
|
$400
[13]
The opposite of a dominant trait
recessive
Penny
|
$400
[11]
Hitler began building these 4-laned highways in the '30s
the Autobahns
Mike
|
|
$600
[7]
Electricity that "doesn't go anywhere"
static electricity
Mike
|
— |
$600
[25]
This gov't group has been buying 3¢ transistors for $110
Defense Department (Pentagon accepted)
Ron
|
$800
[22]
Poetic device illustrated by "a peck of pickled peppers"
alliteration
Mike
Penny
Ron
|
$600
[15]
1 who suffers from periods of depression alternating with periods of excitement
manic depression
Mike
|
$600
[18]
General time of day for a greeting of "Guten tag"
good afternoon
Mike
Penny
|
|
$800
[8]
C8H10N4O2; Coke, Pepsi & Sanka found things go better without it
caffeine
Ron
|
— | — |
$1,000
[23]
He said his poem "Kubla Khan" was inspired by an opium dream
(Samuel Taylor) Coleridge
Mike
|
$800
[16]
The common name for somnambulism
sleepwalking
Mike
|
$800
[19]
German word meaning destroyed, ruined or all finished
kaput
Penny
Ron
|
|
$1,000
[9]
Edward G. Robinson played this bacteriologist whose "magic bullet" cured syphilis
Dr. (Paul) Ehrlich
Mike
|
— | — |
DD
$1,400
[21]
Scottish poet who wrote the poem on which this song is based:
Rabbie Burns
Mike
|
$1,000
[17]
The ego resolves conflicts between this & the superego
the id
Mike
|
$1,000
[20]
What you'd get in a restaurant asking for "Herr ober"
the waiter
Mike
|
Either of 2 current pro baseball team names that don't end in "S"
(1 of) Chicago White Sox & Boston Red Sox