Brian Lipson — a student from Woodland Hills, California
Eileen Harrsch — a geologist from Denver, Colorado
Heywood Sobel — an engineer from Mar Vista, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heywood | $1,200 | $3,400 | $9,000 |
$9,900
2-day champion: $13,900 |
$8,800
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Eileen | $1,600 | $1,600 | $4,000 |
$50
3rd place: Silent Thunder Eyvind Earle seriograph + computerized or box version of Jeopardy! |
$4,000
12 R, 3 W |
| Brian | $1,100 | $1,700 | $3,500 |
$7,000
2nd place: a trip on Eastern to Caribbean & Windjammer Barefoot Cruises to Bahamas + computerized or box version of Jeopardy! |
$3,700
12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| U.S. CITIES | OXYMORONS | SURVEY SAYS | NETWORK BRASS | BIBLICAL QUOTES | "NU" WORDS |
|
$100
[6]
This group not only founded Salt Lake City, but also Mesa, Arizona
Mormons
Eileen
|
$100
[12]
In "Romeo & Juliet" Juliet delivers the famous oxymoron, "Parting is" this
such sweet sorrow
Heywood
|
$100
[17]
A 1986 Good Housekeeping survey showed this animal is the top U.S. pet
dog
Brian
|
$100
[22]
Of tinker, tailor, soldier, or spy, the one who headed NBC for 5 years, 1981-86
(Grant) Tinker
Heywood
|
$100
[4]
In the Lord's Prayer, item requested following "Give us this day..."
our daily bread
Heywood
|
$100
[1]
It can precede family, war, or energy
nuclear
Heywood
|
|
$200
[7]
It's been called "40 suburbs in search of a city", "Smogville", & "La-La Land"
Los Angeles
Heywood
|
$200
[13]
For a big appetite, you might order a seafood cocktail made with these large shellfish
giant shrimp (jumbo shrimp)
Brian
|
$200
[18]
A USA Today poll published in early May, 1987 said 3% of adults polled never see this relative
mom
|
$200
[23]
Kevin Wendle & Garth Ancier, responsible for this new 4th network's shows, are 28 & 29 yrs. old respectively
Fox
Eileen
|
$200
[24]
In the Psalms, David said "Yea, though I walk through" this valley, "I will fear no evil"
valley of the shadow of death
Heywood
Eileen
|
$200
[2]
Rubens was famous for painting full-bodied females in this state
nude
Heywood
|
|
$300
[8]
New England city in which about 1850, Ephraim W. Bull developed a popular table grape
Concord
Eileen
|
$300
[14]
A polyethylene water tumbler
plastic glass
Heywood
|
$300
[19]
Of Oreos, lamb chops, or popcorn, food judged in a survey for Korbel as going well with champagne
Oreos
Heywood
|
— |
$300
[25]
Some 20 times in the Bible, the land of Canaan is described as "flowing with" these
milk & honey
Heywood
|
$300
[3]
Something annoying, unpleasant, or obnoxious, such as your neighbor's kid, not yours
nuisance
Eileen
|
|
$400
[9]
State which includes a port city named for co-founder Henry M. Shreve
Louisiana
Heywood
Eileen
|
$500
[16]
From French, it's the term for a mentally disabled person who shows extraordinary talent in 1 area
idiot savant
Heywood
|
$400
[20]
45% of vice presidents & personnel directors surveyed said this was the worst day of the week
Monday
Heywood
|
— |
$400
[26]
The 1st thing God is quoted in the Bible as saying
Let there be light
Heywood
|
$400
[5]
While Mayan Indians used dots & lines for these, Romans used letters
numerals
Brian
|
|
$500
[10]
Oldest surviving tobacco shop in U.S. is in this city for which 2 brands of cigarettes were named
Winston-Salem
Eileen
|
DD
$600
[15]
Headlines of long ago
old news
Heywood
|
$500
[21]
In a survey of Calif. state university students, only 10% could identify this man on the $10 bill
Alexander Hamilton
Brian
|
— | — |
$500
[11]
A subtle distinction or variation, especially in color
nuance
Brian
|
| COMPOSERS | TENNIS | WORLD WAR II | STAMPS & COINS | BLACK AMERICA | FAMOUS LORENZOS |
|
$200
[22]
This, Beethoven's last symphony, was premiered after only 2 rehearsals
9th
Heywood
|
$200
[18]
The largest crowd ever for a tennis match assembled at this Texas stadium in 1973
Astrodome
Heywood
|
$200
[1]
Top Axis leader whose corpse was hung head down outside a garage at the end of the war
Mussolini
Eileen
|
$200
[6]
Records go back to the 4th cent. B.C. of people found guilty of dealing in this
counterfeiting
Brian
|
$400
[8]
Emmett Ashford was the first black man to be one of these in the major leagues
umpire
Heywood
Brian
|
$200
[12]
Arlene Dahl's famous son, his dad Fernando might have told him, "You look mahvelous"
Lorenzo Lamas
Heywood
|
|
$400
[23]
At 1st rejected by the French army as too small, Ravel later became a truck driver in this war
World War I
Heywood
|
$400
[19]
Term for a slow, lofted shot
lob
Brian
|
$400
[2]
In 1943, his partisan forces gave him the title "Marshal of Yugoslavia"
Tito
Brian
|
$400
[17]
Decade in which the price of 1st-class postage stamps in U.S. broke into double digits by going up to 10¢
1970s
Eileen
Brian
|
DD
$500
[7]
Heard here, he was 1st major black performer to host a prime time TV network variety series:"They tried to tell us we're too young..."
Nat King Cole
Brian
|
$400
[13]
This English author was called "Lorenzo" by his friends, & probably by "Women in Love" with him, too
D.H. Lawrence
Eileen
|
|
DD
$500
[25]
2 of 3 works by Respighi with "Rome" or "Roman" in the title
(2 of) "The Pines of Rome", "The Fountains of Rome" & "Roman Festivals"
Brian
|
$600
[20]
The 1st time an Eastern European nation won the Davis Cup was when this country beat Italy in 1980
Czechoslovakia
Eileen
Brian
|
$600
[3]
World War II broke out in Europe just 9 days after Germany signed a non-aggression pact with this country
Russia
Heywood
|
— |
$600
[9]
This trumpeter called his autobiography "to Be or not...to Bop"
Dizzy Gillespie
Eileen
|
$600
[14]
He not only co-produced "Rhoda", he played Carlton, her doorman
Lorenzo Music
Heywood
|
|
$600
[24]
Some experts believe Schumann, Mahler, & this composer of the "Messiah" were manic-depressives
Handel
Brian
|
$800
[21]
The net crosses this number of parallel lines on a standard tennis court
5
Heywood
Eileen
|
$800
[4]
Ordered by FDR from Philippines, MacArthur made his famous "I shall return" pledge from this S. Pacific ally
Australia
Brian
|
— |
$800
[10]
1st black congressman from a southern state, she was 1st black keynote speaker at a Dem. nat'l convention
Barbara Jordan
Heywood
|
$800
[15]
He dedicated his treatise "The Prince" to Lorenzo the Magnificent's grandson Lorenzo
Machiavelli
Eileen
|
| — |
$1,000
[26]
In 1953, this 18-year-old called "Little Mo" became 1st woman to win all 4 grand slam events in the same year
Marueen Connolly
Heywood
|
$1,000
[5]
"Anschluss" was the term for the 1938 forced union of these 2 countries
Germany & Austria
Heywood
|
— |
$1,000
[11]
Born a slave in N.Y., I. Van Wagener worked for both abolition & women's rights using this unusual name
Sojourner Truth
Heywood
|
$1,000
[16]
Renaissance family to which both "Lorenzo the Magnificent" & his grandson belonged
Medicis
Eileen
|
Last third-party presidential candidate to carry any state
George Wallace