Chris Strom — an actuary from Greenville, South Carolina
Phyllis McDonald — a homemaker from Kentfield, California
Debbie Sherry — a nurse from Yuba City, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $16,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debbie | $500 | $1,700 | $3,500 |
$1,100
2nd place: Maytag washer & dryer + Donvier ice cream makers |
$3,500
17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Phyllis | $600 | $1,000 | $1,400 |
$2,799
New champion: $2,799 |
$1,400
9 R, 2 W |
| Chris | $1,400 | $2,700 | $2,900 |
$0
3rd place: Technics compact disc player |
$2,700
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| 20THC. AMERICANS | INSECTS | BOYS IN SONG | THE CALENDAR | HOLLYWOOD QUEENS | HOW TO... |
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$100
[1]
Though famous for his Fireside Chats, he was actually very afraid of fire
Franklin Roosevelt
Chris
|
$100
[2]
Poe's "Gold Bug", or the VW advertised with the slogan "Think Small"
the beetle
Phyllis
|
$100
[15]
In 1961, Ray Charles told him to "Hit The Road"
Jack
Chris
|
$100
[9]
Month, day & year which followed December 31, 999
January 1, 1000
Debbie
|
$100
[3]
Von Stroheim directed this star in "Queen Kelly", but she bossed him around in "Sunset Boulevard"
Gloria Swanson
Debbie
|
$100
[23]
Above the tongue, insert aglets through eyelets, draw tight & bow
How do you tie shoes?
Chris
|
|
$200
[4]
She was a social worker before being 1st woman to fly the Atlantic
Amelia Earhart
Phyllis
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$200
[21]
The chirping of male crickets is thought to be connected to this biological urge
reproduction (mating)
Debbie
|
$200
[16]
Joanie Sommers told him to "Get Angry" saying, "I want a brave man, I want a cave man"
Johnny
Debbie
|
$200
[11]
A month was originally calculated to be the time between these astronomical events
full moons
Chris
|
$200
[5]
When Gable was named King of the Movies, this "Thin Man" star was voted queen
Myrna Loy
Debbie
|
$200
[24]
Using a wood, impel a dimpled object from an inch-high stand towards a cup holding a pin
How do you drive a golf ball?
Chris
|
|
$300
[10]
Despite claims he did, Mort Sahl says he never asked "Would you buy a used car from" this V.P.
Richard Nixon
Chris
|
$400
[26]
Of the 3 classes of honeybees, the 1 whose name could describe the sound of a hive
drone
Chris
|
$300
[17]
Person whom Jimmy Dean described saying, "At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man"
Big John (Big Bad John)
Debbie
|
$300
[12]
The first month without an "a" in its name
June
Debbie
Chris
|
$300
[6]
This sheep queen of "The Thorn Birds" was "Cattle Queen of Montana" in the 1954 film
Barbara Stanwyck
Phyllis
|
— |
|
$400
[19]
In 1949 after resigning as the 1st secretary of this dept., James Forrestal committed suicide
Defence
Chris
|
DD
$500
[25]
Title of thefollowing:"You might wake up some morning, To the sound of something moving past your window in the wind, And if you're quick enough to rise..."
"The Elusive Butterfly Of Love"
Chris
|
$400
[18]
When "Her Nibs" Miss Georgia Gibbs asked him to "Dance With Me", he answered "All right baby
Henry
Phyllis
|
$400
[13]
On the ancient Roman calendar, it always fell 9 days after the nones
the ides
Chris
|
$400
[7]
This Oscar-winner had had 4 husbands by the time she starred in "The Virgin Queen"
Bette Davis
Debbie
|
— |
|
$500
[22]
After Prohibition, the Clydesdales delivered Bud's 1st case of beer to this ex-N.Y. governor
Al Smith
Chris
|
— |
$500
[20]
Del Shannon had a big hit exclaiming "Hat's Off To" him
Larry
Chris
|
$500
[14]
Their 1986 calendar featured very large pictures of Paulina, Kathy & Kim & very small dates
the Sports Illustrated calendar
Debbie
|
$500
[8]
Carol Channing was the White Queen & Ann Jillian the Red in the TV movie of this classic
Alice in Wonderland
Chris
|
— |
| THE BOSTON TEA PARTY | FOOTBALL | MATHEMATICS | AUTHORS | ORGANIZATIONS | AUSSIE ENGLISH |
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$200
[17]
Sam Adams apparently felt disguising the raiders as these would heighten the dramatic effect
Indians
Phyllis
|
$200
[22]
Pete Gogolak put the instep in football as the 1st to kick these 3-pointers soccer-style
field goals
Chris
|
$200
[7]
The value of "n" in n plus 6 equals 18
12
Debbie
|
$200
[1]
Though his novels were nearly out of print by 1945, Wm. Faulkner won this in 1949
the Nobel Prize
Debbie
Phyllis
|
$200
[6]
The Federation Internationale des Echecs governs this sport; ask Bobby Fischer, if you can find him
chess
Chris
|
$200
[9]
Australians call it their "Apple Isle", but we say the devil with it
Tasmania
|
|
$400
[18]
There is evidence that once the Patriots stormed aboard, the ships' crews helped them do this
dump tea (overboard)
Debbie
|
$400
[23]
Why Roy Riegels 79-yard run in 1929 Rose Bowl became infamous or famous
running the wrong way
Debbie
|
— |
$400
[2]
Before it appeared in 1954, this Wm. Golding novel was rejected 21 times by publishers
The Lord of the Flies
Debbie
|
$400
[8]
Founded in 1971, "GASP" is a group against pollution from people doing this
smoking
Phyllis
|
$400
[11]
It's what an Aussie carries in his tucker bag
food or meals
Debbie
|
|
$600
[19]
American opposition centered on the monopoly given to this trading company, not the Tea Tax
the (British) East India Company
Debbie
|
$600
[24]
In a naked reverse, the ball carrier runs without these
blockers
Chris
|
— |
$600
[3]
Author of "The 3rd Man", Robert Louis Stevenson was his 1st cousin once removed
Graham Greene
Phyllis
|
$600
[10]
Of Morehead City, N.C., Baldwin, N.Y. or Harrison, Ar., home to the Bald-Headed Men of America
Morehead City
|
$600
[14]
"The bush" is another term for this, Australia's interior regions
the Outback
Debbie
|
|
$800
[20]
Thousands met near this famed meeting house to support & spur on the raiders
Faneuil Hall
Phyllis
|
$800
[25]
A nickel defense uses 5 backs, a dime defense this number
6 (or 7)
Debbie
Chris
|
— |
$800
[4]
E. A. Robinson character who, "one calm summer night went home & put a bullet through his head"
Richard Cory
Debbie
|
$800
[12]
Full name of the organization which hands out the Oscars
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
Debbie
Phyllis
|
DD
$800
[15]
In Australia, it's not a lawless group of people but a lawless group of animals
a mob
Debbie
|
|
$1,000
[21]
Closing the port until all tea was paid for was part of the Coercive Acts, better known as these
the Intolerable Acts
Phyllis
|
$1,000
[26]
With reserves called up for the Berlin crisis, pros had to receive these to receive these in '61
weekend passes
Debbie
|
— |
$1,000
[5]
Published in 1783, his "Blue-Backed Speller" was still selling 1 million copies a year almost a century later
Noah Webster
|
$1,000
[13]
The California branch of this organization uses the slogan "Drive safely & carry a big club"
AAA
|
$1,000
[16]
Name of this famed highwayman has become synonymous with robbers and crooks
Ned Kelly
|
This western hemisphere country consists of 31 "United States" & a Federal District
Mexico