Adrienne Bell — a teacher from San Diego, California
Steve Baker — a professor of international politics from Pacific Grove, California
Debbie Sherry — a nurse from Yuba City, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debbie | $1,100 | $2,500 | $4,300 |
$6,900
2-day champion: $16,500 |
$4,300
16 R (including 1 DD), 7 W |
| Steve | $800 | $1,400 | $3,400 |
$0
3rd place: Carrington House Carpets from Horizon |
$3,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Adrienne | $600 | $400 | $2,400 |
$1
2nd place: La-Z-Boy sofa and chair + Krups kitchen products |
$2,400
12 R, 5 W |
| ANCIENT RUMORS | SPORTS | U.S.A. | FILM GEOGRAPHY | FEMALE SINGERS | NUMBER PLEASE |
|
$100
[4]
Though it contradicts the meaning of "B.C.", it's said he was born some time before 3 B.C.
Jesus Christ
Debbie
Steve
|
$100
[26]
Sport in which you can compete in the Nordic World Championships
skiing
Adrienne
|
$100
[3]
Total number of the heads carved on Mt. Rushmore that are wearing hats
zero
Steve
|
$100
[12]
"Mr. Smith" & "Billy Jack" both went there
Washington
Adrienne
|
$100
[1]
Sisters Ruth, Anita, June & once upon a time, Bonnie
The Pointer Sisters
Debbie
|
$100
[17]
In the U.S., the standard number of separate flavors in Neapolitan ice cream
3
Steve
|
|
$200
[5]
He not only "fiddled" while Rome burned, he sang, & may have set the fire himself
Nero
Adrienne
|
$200
[27]
"Gentleman" who was the 1st champion under Marquis of Queensbury rules
"Gentleman Jim" Corbett
Debbie
Adrienne
|
$200
[18]
Of J.C. Penney, the U.S. Coast Guard, & the L.A. Dodgers, one which doesn't ban beards
J.C. Penney
Debbie
Steve
Adrienne
|
$200
[13]
On film, this singer found "Paradise Hawaiian Style" & "Fun in Acapulco"
Elvis Presley
Debbie
|
$200
[2]
Inducting her into the Jazz Hall of Fame in 1985, they could have played "Thanks For The Memorex"
Ella Fitzgerald
Steve
|
$200
[22]
Card game, gun salute, or NYC restaurant
21
Steve
|
|
$300
[6]
Etruscan women supposedly built up their dowries by practicing this "oldest profession"
prostitution
Adrienne
|
$300
[28]
Of the Kentucky Derby, the Belmont, & the Preakness, the oldest race of the Triple Crown
the Belmont
Debbie
Steve
Adrienne
|
$300
[19]
It's what the Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association recommends in pamphlet titled "Get It On"
your seat belt
Steve
|
$300
[14]
Northern French city known in film for its "Umbrellas"
Cherbourg
Debbie
|
$300
[9]
The 2 female singers in Fleetwood Mac
Stevie Nicks & Christine McVie
Debbie
|
$300
[23]
Of 5, 7, or 9, the number of times Elizabeth Taylor has pledged eternal love at the altar
7
Debbie
|
|
$400
[7]
Mithridates VI reputedly drank these daily so he'd be immune from attempts to kill him with them
poison
Steve
|
$400
[29]
Sport in which before the game, you might get in the cage for some BP
baseball
Debbie
|
$400
[20]
100 years apart, Joseph Pulitzer & Lee Iacocca raised money for this
the Statue of Liberty
Steve
|
$400
[15]
1986 hit film based on Jean Renoir's 1932 film "Boudu Saved from Drowning"
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Debbie
|
$400
[10]
It's Martha Davis who sings lead for this group, not the Travelodge sleepy bear
The Motels
Debbie
|
$400
[24]
For killing his wife & kids while temporarily insane, Hercules was ordered to perform this many labors
12
|
|
$500
[8]
Besides Cleopatra, his "royal conquests" were said to include the King of Bithynia
Julius Caesar
Debbie
|
— |
$500
[21]
In 1986, this state celebrated 150th anniversary of its admittance to the union
Arkansas
Steve
|
$500
[16]
In '70s films, state which preceded "Split" & "Suite"
California
Debbie
|
$500
[11]
When asking this singer her name, she might respond, "I'm Not Lisa", I'm Mrs. Waylon Jennings
Jessi Colter
|
DD
$500
[25]
The sum of the ages of Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little" thing & when Janis Ian "learned the truth"
33
Debbie
|
| THE SOVIET UNION | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS | GAME SHOWS | HAIL TO THE CHIEF | PREACHERS | DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS |
|
$200
[1]
The Soviet Army is colloquially called this, even though its uniforms are dark green or khaki
Red
Steve
|
$200
[11]
In the 1958 sequel, this Dr. Seuss character "Comes Back"
The Cat in the Hat
Debbie
|
$200
[25]
Challenge which followed "I can name it in one note"
Name that tune.
Adrienne
|
$200
[6]
Texan who said, "For the 1st time in our history it is possible to conquer poverty"
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Adrienne
|
$200
[12]
Jean Simmons played preacher Sharon Falconer in '60 film version of this Sinclair Lewis novel
Elmer Gantry
Steve
|
$200
[21]
Some buzz, some sound the Westminster Chimes, while some are just "ding dong"s
doorbells
Adrienne
|
|
$400
[2]
Of some 14,000, 156, or none at all, number of religious Sunday schools publicly functioning in USSR
none (at all, publicly functioning)
Debbie
Steve
Adrienne
|
$400
[17]
He created the hobbits Frodo & Bilbo Baggins
J.R. Tolkein
Debbie
|
$400
[26]
Of Winter, Fall, Summer, or Spring, one you'd find introducing contestants on "Sale of the Century"
Summer Bartholomew
|
$400
[7]
He complained that while 1 "d" was enough to spell God, it took 2 "d's" for Todd
Abraham Lincoln
Adrienne
|
$400
[13]
Taking Sputnik passing overhead as a sign from heaven to give up rock 'n' roll, he joined the ministry
Little Richard
Steve
|
$400
[22]
Forms of this include "Your Holiness", the Right Honorable the Earl of", & "To Whom It May Concern"
addresses
Debbie
|
|
$600
[3]
Soviet citizens call it "The Great Patriotic War"
World War II
Steve
|
$600
[18]
Danny Kaye played this Thurber character in a 1947 film
Walter Mitty
Debbie
|
$600
[27]
1974-1977 game show whose theme began with a racetrack's call-to-post fanfare
Celebrity Sweepstakes
|
$600
[8]
He changed the name of the presidential retreat from "Shangri-La" to "Camp David"
President Dwight Eisenhower
Adrienne
|
$800
[15]
Foremost Catholic TV religious broadcaster today is this nun from Alabama
Mother Angelica
|
$600
[23]
In song, destination of the train "on Track 29"
Chattanooga
Debbie
|
|
$800
[4]
There are only 30 of these per thousand people in the USSR, compared with 522 per thousand in USA
automobiles
Debbie
Adrienne
|
$800
[19]
Profession of Donald E. Westlake's John Dortmunder
thief
|
— |
$800
[9]
During Prohibition, this president patronized a bootlegger to keep the White House stocked
Warren Harding
Debbie
Steve
Adrienne
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
2 preachers seeking a major party nomination for president in 1988
Jesse Jackson & Pat Robertson
Steve
|
$800
[24]
People marked by eccentric behavior or thinking, or the 1, 3, 5, 7, etc. on a pool table
oddballs
Steve
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Originally showing the czar on horseback & carrying a lance, this smallest money unit means "lance"
a kopek
Steve
|
$1,000
[20]
Character in "David Copperfield" who epitomizes the word "unctuous"
Uriah Heep
Steve
|
— |
$1,000
[10]
Asked what a minister had said in a sermon on sin, this man replied, "He said he was against it"
Calvin Coolidge
Adrienne
|
$1,000
[16]
Author of the book subtitled "A Practical Guide to Mastering the Problems of Everyday Living"
Norman Vincent Peale
Adrienne
|
— |
Condition whose name is Latin for "waterfall", because it's like looking through one
a cataract