Eric Balaban — a student from Silver Spring, Maryland
Maria Lasalvia-Seliga — a teacher from Metuchen, New Jersey
Phyllis McDonald — a homemaker from Kentfield, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,799)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phyllis | $1,400 | $3,400 | $6,300 |
$4,500
2-day champion: $7,299 |
$6,800
16 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Maria | $300 | $400 | $1,800 |
$3,590
3rd place: Speed Queen washer & dryer |
$1,800
16 R, 7 W |
| Eric | $200 | $300 | $2,200 |
$4,400
2nd place: a trip to New Orleans |
$2,900
12 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| BIOLOGY | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | CELEBRITY SECRETS | DRAGONS | FOREIGN DINING | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST |
|
$100
[17]
Animals in the class "Aves" are commonly called this
birds
Eric
|
$100
[25]
From "grossus", Latin for great, this term has been used since the 15th C. for a trader of foodstuffs
a grocer
Maria
|
$100
[10]
Like Mary Pickford's, some of these Shirley Temple trademarks were stuck-on fakes
curls
Phyllis
|
$100
[12]
Like leprechauns, dragons supposedly hoard this
gold
Maria
|
$100
[1]
A German complaining "Das essen ist kalt!" is saying this about the food
cold
Maria
|
$100
[2]
The 1st of Disney's 7 Dwarfs alphabetically, though he'd be too shy to tell you so
Bashful
Maria
|
|
$200
[18]
Mutagens are agents that can cause this
mutations
Maria
|
$200
[26]
Cheesebrough-Pond's is #1 in cold cream, nail polish remover, & this pasta topping
spaghetti sauce
Maria
Eric
|
$200
[11]
Shelley WInters said this "Bus Stop" star secretly lusted after Albert Einstein
Marilyn Monroe
Eric
|
$200
[16]
In Babylonian myth, the dragon Tiamat's upper half becomes Heaven; the lower half, this
the earth
Maria
Eric
|
$200
[4]
Say "Kunnen we een biefstuk hebben," & you've asked for this in a Dutch restaurant
May we have steak?
Maria
|
$200
[3]
Going by their stage names, he's alphabetically 1st among the Marx Brothers
Chico
Phyllis
|
|
$300
[19]
In a turtle, this is supported by the fusion of the backbone & ribs
the shell
Phyllis
|
— |
$300
[14]
Heavy makeup and retouched photos hid this "Mildred Pierce" star's freckles from the world
Joan Crawford
Maria
|
$300
[22]
Last name of King Arthur's father Uther, derives from the Welsh, meaning "head" or chief"
Pendragon
Maria
|
$300
[6]
To get this for breakfast, a Japanese visitor might ask for Quaker "karasumugi"
oatmeal
Maria
|
$300
[5]
1st among baseball players, both alphabetically & in career home runs
Hank Aaron
Phyllis
|
|
$400
[21]
Of a watermelon, jellyfish, or infant human, the one whose weight has the highest percentage of water
a jellyfish
Phyllis
Maria
Eric
|
— |
DD
$300
[20]
Even his extramarital children didn't tear them apart; their mailbox still says "Torn Page"
Rip Torn & Geraldine Page
Phyllis
|
$400
[23]
Peter Dickinson wrote that dragons could fly because their bodies were filled with this
gas (hydrogen)
Maria
|
$400
[8]
"Calamares en su tinta" is squid prepared this way
in its own ink
Phyllis
|
$400
[7]
1st among nations, though 1 of the last places a Russian soldier wants to be sent
Afghanistan
Phyllis
|
| — | — |
$400
[15]
While under contract to Olivier, this "Network" star romanced Sir Larry's wife Vivian Leigh
Peter Finch
Eric
|
$500
[24]
Victorian game in which children snatched flaming raisins from a bowl of brandy, or a flower
snapdragon
Phyllis
|
$500
[9]
Feel sorry for someone saying "Sono a regime devo dimagrire" meaning this, in an Italian restaurant
I'm on a diet, I have to lose weight
Maria
|
$500
[13]
Of films directed by Costa-Gavras released in the U.S. in 1969, this is alphabetically first
Z
Phyllis
|
| PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES | VACATION SPOTS | SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN | SITCOMS | RELIGION | "BACK" WORDS |
|
$200
[1]
"With malice toward none, with charity for all"
Abraham Lincoln
Phyllis
|
$200
[2]
French call this part of Paris "La Rive Gauche"
the Left Bank
Eric
|
$200
[13]
A doctor sat up 3 nights in Dunsinane Castle to observe her sleepwalking
Lady Macbeth
Eric
|
$200
[11]
Sherman Hemsley's job was cleanliness in this series & is now Godliness in "Amen"
The Jeffersons
Eric
|
$200
[27]
He's the monk who heads the abbey
the abbot
Maria
|
$200
[20]
The side of a racecourse opposite the homestretch
the backstretch
Maria
|
|
$400
[3]
"If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen"
Harry Truman
Maria
|
DD
$300
[6]
Popular resort mentioned in the title of the following:"If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air /Quaint little villages..."
Cape Cod
Phyllis
|
$400
[18]
Of 5, 8, or 11, the # of Shakespeare's 37 plays in which a woman's role is the longest
5
Maria
|
$400
[12]
He was at the bottom of "A Year at the Top" before becoming bandleader for David Letterman
(Paul) Shaffer
Phyllis
|
$400
[28]
Though a Christian music group, Stryper plays in this rock style
heavy metal
Eric
|
$400
[21]
Spinal pluck
backbone
Eric
|
|
$600
[5]
"This nation should commit itself to... before this decade is out... landing a man on the Moon..."
John F. Kennedy
Phyllis
|
$400
[4]
Dixieland Music has been well preserved in this city's "Preservation Hall"
New Orleans
Eric
|
$600
[19]
She told her father "I love your majesty according to my bond, no more nor less"
Cordelia
Phyllis
|
DD
$700
[14]
Though ABC made 2 pilots for it in '69, CBS bought this biggest hit of the '70s
All in the Family
Eric
|
$800
[26]
Jamaican sect that believes Blacks are superior & should all consider Africa home
Rastafarian
Maria
|
$600
[23]
Consecutive, or a way adults measure 2 children
back-to-back
Eric
|
|
$800
[9]
"In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor"
FDR
Maria
Eric
|
$800
[7]
You can view lions dining on wildebeest on your safari to this country's Masai Mara game reserve
Kenya
Phyllis
|
$800
[17]
While hanging flower garlands on a willow tree, she fell into the brook & drowned
Ophelia
Maria
|
$800
[15]
On October 4th of this year, "Leave It to Beaver" & Sputnik were both launched
1957
Maria
|
$1,000
[25]
Chinese religion that teaches happiness & immortality, it has more deities than almost any other
Taoism
|
$800
[24]
A snarl on a fishing line, or sharling against socio-political changes
backlash
|
|
$1,000
[10]
"My hat's in the ring! The fight is on & I am stripped to the buff!"
Teddy Roosevelt
|
$1,000
[8]
State where you'd go to ride the Narrow Gauge Railroad between Silverton & Durango
Colorado
Eric
|
— |
$1,000
[16]
Lucille Ball's first choice to play Fred Mertz, he had to wait till "The Lucy Show" to co-star with her
Gale Gordon
|
— |
$1,000
[22]
It's the wood at the rear of a hearth, or, more commonly, all those unperformed tasks
a backlog
Maria
|
It's only month that can start on the same day of the week as the month before it
March