Clip of this game shown in the 2009 documentaryWaking Sleeping Beauty.
Marjorie Kelly — a student from Santa Monica, California
Randy Jackson — a branch sales manager originally from Memphis, Tennessee
J.C. Turner — a pharmacy student from Amelia, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.C. | $1,400 | $3,200 | $8,400 |
$8,800
2-day champion: $15,800 |
$8,400
22 R, 2 W |
| Randy | $0 | $-500 | $-100 |
$-100
3rd place: a Smith-Corona typewriter |
$-100
8 R, 8 W |
| Marjorie | $200 | $-200 | $2,200 |
$4,200
2nd place: a trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands |
$3,200
10 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| WORLD LEADERS | NUTS | WOMEN IN SPORTS | MARCH | IN OTHER WORDS... | RIVER SONGS |
|
$100
[3]
Though he's no Benjamin Spock, this is Jean-Claude Duvalier's nickname
Baby Doc
Marjorie
|
$100
[13]
It's okay to eat this nut green - the proof is in the pudding or the ice cream
Pistachio
J.C.
|
$100
[1]
1st woman to play in a men's pro league, Nancy Lieberman is with the Springfield Fame in this sport
basketball
J.C.
|
$100
[16]
On the ides of March in 1919. this veterans' group was founded in Paris, not the U.S.
American Legion
Randy
Marjorie
|
$100
[9]
"Seven Little Men Help a Girl"
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
J.C.
|
$300
[26]
"Sweet" stream to which Robert Burns said, "flow gently"
Afton
Marjorie
|
|
$200
[4]
Close, but no cigar: this Communist leader did a promo for CNN, but it was canned
Castro
Randy
|
$200
[21]
The more familiar name for a filbert or cobnut
Hazelnut
J.C.
Randy
|
$200
[2]
Of 80, 90, or 190, age at which Lucille Thompson, oldest ever to do so, earned tae kwon do black belt
90
Randy
Marjorie
|
$200
[17]
The 1st U.S. patent for this household appliance came through the wringer on March 28, 1797
Washing machine
Randy
|
$200
[10]
"The Wooden Boy Who Became Real"
Pinocchio
J.C.
|
— |
|
$300
[5]
Alleged war criminal who condemned anti-Semitism at inauguration as Austria's president in 1986
Kurt Waldheim
J.C.
|
$300
[23]
The nutty frosting on German chocolate cake traditionally uses coconut & this real nut
Pecan
J.C.
Randy
|
$300
[6]
Sport in which Judy Wills bounced to the international championship 1st 5 years of competition
Trampoline
J.C.
|
$300
[19]
On March 4, 1861, the Confederacy adopted its flag, exactly 72 years after this document had gone into effect
Constitution
J.C.
|
$300
[11]
"The Girl with the See-Through Shoes"
Cinderella
Marjorie
|
— |
|
$400
[12]
The Reagans told Barbara Walters they do this "once or twice a week...on Friday or Saturday nights"
Watch a movie
J.C.
|
$400
[24]
The expression "tough nut to crack" holds fast, because a "true" nut's shell won't do this by itself
Open
|
$400
[7]
In 1986, she won her 7th French open, breaking the record for wins in women's singles
Chris Evert Lloyd
J.C.
Randy
|
$400
[20]
Almost 2 years older than Girl Scouts, this youth group was started in South Casco, Maine on March 17,1910
Campfire Girls
Randy
|
$400
[14]
"Puppies Taken Away"
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
J.C.
|
— |
|
$500
[18]
Once his aide-de-camp in exile, Rosario Murillo is now this Nicaraguan president's 1st lady
Daniel Ortega
|
$500
[25]
Squeeze a nut & you'll remove the flavor that's contained in this
Oil
|
$500
[8]
At 1980 Olympics for disabled in Holland, Trisha Zorn set world swimming records with this disability
Blindness
|
$500
[22]
On St. Patrick's Day in 1940, the Brooklyn kill-for-hire gang later nicknamed this was exposed
Murder Incorporated
Randy
|
$500
[15]
"The Amazing Flying Children"
Peter Pan
J.C.
|
— |
| BOOKS & AUTHORS | GEOGRAPHY | ACTORS & ROLES | AUTOMOBILES | MYTHS & LEGENDS | PAYCHECKS |
|
$200
[12]
In 1957, then-senator John F. Kennedy won a Pulitzer Prize for this book
Profiles in Courage
J.C.
|
$200
[7]
This Scandinavian country is made up of 482 islands & the peninsula of Jutland
Denmark
Randy
Marjorie
|
$200
[2]
Accepting her Oscar for "Tootsie", Jessica Lange called this star "my leading lady"
Dustin Hoffman
J.C.
|
$200
[25]
It's no bull; in May 1986 Ford introduced a car named for this zodiac sign
Taurus
Marjorie
|
$200
[1]
Because Lord Carnarvon financed the dig, some say this boy king's "curse" killed him
King Tut
J.C.
|
$200
[21]
At $18.7 million for some 15 minutes on screen, this "Superman" star got over $20,000 a second
Brando
Randy
|
|
$400
[13]
In Lewis Grizzard's book title, this singer "is dead, & I don't feel so good myself"
Elvis Presley
Marjorie
|
$400
[8]
Before 1949, Jordan was known by this name, meaning "the land across the Jordan River"
Transjordan
Marjorie
|
$400
[3]
This 1985 Best Actress nominee once played comedienne Moms Mabley in an acclaimed 1-woman show
Whoopi Goldberg
J.C.
|
$400
[28]
Back in the mid-'30s, the Cord featured headlights able to do this
Retract
Randy
|
$400
[17]
As the name implies, Argos built this famous ship
Argo
Randy
|
$400
[22]
Of $847, $1085, or $1436, the monthly salary of a first-year sergeant in the U.S. Army
$847
Randy
Marjorie
|
|
$600
[14]
"Gigi" author whose husband encouraged her to write, then published her books under his own name
Colette
|
$800
[10]
The area called "the roof of the world" is where Afghanistan, Pakistan & Russia all meet this country
China
J.C.
Marjorie
|
$600
[4]
"Gandhi" star whose real name is Krishna Bhanji
Ben Kingsley
J.C.
|
$1,000
[26]
In 1939, the Lincoln Zephyr started a design trend by eliminating these from car bodies
Running boards
Marjorie
|
$600
[18]
In some legends, this relative of King Arthur died on the same day Arthur was born
Uther Pendragon
|
$600
[23]
According to title 3, section 102 of the U.S. code, he gets paid $16,666.67 every month
The President
J.C.
|
|
$800
[15]
His pen name is Russian for "bitter"; his depressing plays include "The Lower Depths"
Gorky
Marjorie
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
2 of the 4 countries of South America that lie completely north of the Equator
Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname
Marjorie
|
$800
[5]
He said he fell in love with Rita Hayworth, "so what we did in 'Gilda'" was play truth"
Glenn Ford
Randy
Marjorie
|
— |
$800
[19]
Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, lost this garment to Hercules, who probably looked silly in it
Girdle
Randy
|
$800
[24]
In 1979, this chairman of the board agreed to work for $1 a year until his company was making money again
Lee Iacocca
J.C.
|
|
$1,000
[16]
Peter Shaffer called this long time best seller "a tribal record... full of rape, incest & murder"
the Bible
|
$1,000
[11]
Asia Minor, the westernmost Asian peninsula, is almost wholly occupied by this country
Turkey
J.C.
|
$1,000
[6]
She played Garbo in "Garbo Talks" but is better-known for writing musicals with Adolph Green
Betty Comden
J.C.
|
— |
$1,000
[20]
In medieval romances, Charlemagne's was called "Joyeuse"
Sword
|
$1,000
[27]
This piano virtuoso married to Toscanini's daughter earns a concert paycheck of 80% of the gross
Vladimir Horowitz
J.C.
|
America's largest reservation houses mainly members of this tribe
Navajo