Randy Waite — a high school teacher from Salina, Kansas
Carol Reeve — a homemaker from Orinda, California
Rick Cook — a writer from Phoenix, Arizona (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick | $200 | $600 | $5,200 |
$10,200
2nd place: trip on Eastern and stay at Mullet Bay Resort on St. Martin + Jeopardy! box game |
$3,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Carol | $1,400 | $2,900 | $6,500 |
$10,500
New champion: $10,500 |
$6,500
16 R, 1 W |
| Randy | $1,200 | $3,300 | $8,300 |
$3,500
3rd place: Emerson 25" TV + Jeopardy! box game |
$5,600
19 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| NORTH DAKOTANS | SPORTS | MAMMALS | PROVERBS | ROCK TRIVIA | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES |
|
$100
[26]
In 1971, his autobiography, "Wunnerful, Wunnerful!" became an instant best seller
Lawrence Welk
Randy
|
$100
[21]
The book "Diamonds Are Forever" contains works by artists & writers dealing with this sport
baseball
Rick
|
$100
[2]
In 1978, the 1st giant panda conceived by artificial insemination was born in this Asian country
China
Randy
|
$100
[17]
"He that makes himself" one of these "shall be eaten by the wolf"
sheep
Randy
|
$100
[13]
John Lennon insisted "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was inspired by a painting by this boy, his son
Julian
Randy
|
$100
[7]
Mexicans observe November 2 as "Dia de Muertos", Day of this
Day of the Dead
Rick
|
|
$400
[28]
Prolific Western novelist whose great-grandfather was scalped by the Sioux
Louis L'Amour
Rick
Randy
|
$200
[20]
1 of the 2 people AP named greatest male & female athlete of the first half of this century
(1 of) Babe Didrikson (or Jim Thorpe)
Carol
|
$200
[6]
It takes the wool from as many as 40 of these Kashmir animals to make a cashmere overcoat
goats
Rick
|
$200
[22]
Do this "in haste & repent at leisure"
marry
Rick
Carol
|
$200
[10]
The original title of this Buddy Holly hit was "Cindy Lou"
"Peggy Sue"
Randy
|
$200
[8]
The Festival of Fast Breaking isn't an NBA holiday, but one of this religion
Muslim (Islam)
Carol
|
|
DD
$700
[27]
Growing up in N.D. she was Norma Delores Egstrom, but had thefollowinghit under this name:"Never know how much I love you / Never know how much I care..."
Peggy Lee
Randy
|
$300
[19]
Senator Bill Bradley played pro ball for this team
New York Knicks
Randy
|
$300
[1]
Largest of the anthropoid apes, they weren't discovered by Europeans until 1847
gorillas
Carol
|
$300
[23]
It's "not steel, yet it cuts"; it's "a woman's sword & she does not let it rust"
her tongue
Carol
|
$300
[3]
The Stone Poneys' hit "Different Drum" was written by Mike Nesmith before he joined this group
The Monkees
Rick
|
$300
[9]
The Greeting Card Assn. says members of this profession receive the most Valentine cards
teachers
Randy
|
| — |
$400
[14]
1 of 2 AFL teams for which Congressman Jack Kemp played pro ball
(1 of) Buffalo (Bills) or (Los Angeles Chargers)
Carol
|
$400
[5]
Red Sindhi, Red Danish & Red Poll are 3 types of this common farm animal
cows (cattle)
Rick
Carol
Randy
|
$400
[24]
According to the proverb on perserverance, it's how "the goose is plucked"
one feather at a time (feather by feather)
Rick
|
$400
[11]
In 1956, Elvis' initial 2-week run at this famous resort city was shortened due to poor audience response
Las Vegas
Randy
|
$400
[15]
The French call this holiday "Fete nationale du 14 Juillet"
Bastille Day
Carol
|
| — |
$500
[18]
This Redskins defensive tackle is a nephew of former Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz
Dave Butz
Randy
|
$500
[4]
"Musical" name of the adorable baby seals hunted near Newfoundland for their soft white coats
harp seals
Carol
|
$500
[25]
In the rhyming proverb "What can't be" this, "must be endured"
cured
Rick
|
$500
[12]
Their 1977 hit "We Are the Champions" was once the theme song of the N.Y. Cosmos soccer team
Queen
Randy
|
$500
[16]
Besides Lincoln & Washington, 1 of 2 other presidents whose birthdays fall in February
(1 of) Ronald Reagan or William Henry Harrison
|
| NEWSPAPERS | FASHION HISTORY | FAMOUS "CHASE"s | THE PLAYWRIGHT IN QUESTION | WARS | POTENT POTABLES |
|
$200
[23]
At about 11 million, this Russian newspaper has, it's claimed, the world's biggest daily circulation
Pravda
Rick
|
$200
[5]
In ancient times this country popularized a loose, flowing tunic called the "chiton"
Greece
Rick
|
$200
[13]
This category's coffee
Chase & Sanborn
Randy
|
$200
[11]
"The Wedding", "The Bear", "Uncle Vanya"
Anton Chekhov
Randy
|
$400
[2]
At one time, there were 48,000 South Koreans fighting in this other Asian country's "civil war"
Vietnam
Rick
|
$600
[24]
Originally a 16th c. medicine made by a monk, it's said only 3 people at a time know its complete formula
Benedictine
Carol
|
|
$800
[19]
Atlanta paper which the Encyclopedia of American Journalism calls "leading paper of the South"
The Constitution
Carol
|
$400
[6]
Hannibal wore these accessories as a disguise, but Dolly Parton just wears them to look pretty
wigs
Randy
|
$400
[12]
In 1973, this American financial institution was 1st to open an office in Russia in 50 years
Chase Manhattan Bank
Carol
|
$400
[10]
"The Dreamy Kid", "More Stately Mansions", "Strange Interlude"
(Eugene) O'Neill
Carol
Randy
|
$600
[1]
This Frankish king's war against Saxons was so brutal a court scholar politely complained
Charlemagne
Carol
|
$800
[25]
A light Bohemian beer with a strong hops flavor, or the tall glass it's served in
Pilsner
Rick
|
|
$1,000
[20]
A rider in the recent federal spending bill forced Rupert Murdoch to sell this paper
New York Post
Rick
Randy
|
$600
[15]
A 17th century woman wore her "commode", a silk-covered wired form 2 or 3 tiers high, on this
her head
Carol
|
$600
[14]
This TV series made money the old-fashioned way--it earned it
The Paper Chase
Rick
|
$600
[7]
"The Jealous Husband", "The Seductive Countess", "The Misanthrope"
Molière
Randy
|
$800
[3]
The Wars of the Roses ended when Richard III was "unhorsed" at the battle here
Bosworth Field
|
$1,000
[26]
It's said the heat from a ship's hold improved the taste of this Portuguese island dessert wine
Madeira
Carol
|
|
DD
$2,600
[18]
This city's "News" & "Free Press" are trying to get the Justice Dept. to okay joint operation
Detroit
Rick
|
$800
[16]
Though empire dresses of the 1800s had low necklines these features were especially high
waistline
Rick
|
$1,000
[22]
Pulitzer Prize playwright who made us all see a 6-foot invisible rabbit named "Harvey"
Mary Chase
|
$800
[8]
"Curse fo the Starving Class", "Buried Child", "A Lie of the Mind"
Sam Shepard
Carol
|
$1,000
[4]
During the Gurkha War in the early 19th century, Britain invaded this mountainous country
Nepal
Rick
|
— |
| — |
$1,000
[17]
A "chatelaine" was the mistress of a chateau or this, which she wore to hang keys on
chain
Rick
Randy
|
DD
$3,000
[21]
Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury, as Chief Justice he presided over Johnson's impeachment
Salmon P. Chase
Randy
|
$1,000
[9]
"American Buffalo", "Glengarry Glen Ross", "Sexusal Perversity in Chicago"
David Mamet
Randy
|
— | — |
The USA's 2 longest rivers meet just 10 miles north of this major city
St. Louis