Janet Weymouth — a professional mother from Newport News, Virginia
Mark Winburne — a copywriter from Memphis, Tennessee
Sharon Miyasato — an attorney from Oakland, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon | $100 | $1,300 | $8,100 |
$2,999
2-day champion: $16,998 |
$8,100
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Mark | $800 | $2,000 | $6,600 |
$2,500
2nd place: Windjammer Bahamas Barefoot cruise |
$8,200
20 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Janet | $500 | $-200 | $1,200 |
$2
3rd place: Panasonic color monitor receiver |
$1,200
4 R, 2 W |
| TECHNOLOGY | POTENT POTABLES | CELEBRITY SECRETS | EASY OPERA | SPORTS TRIVIA | ACCORDING TO SPOCK |
|
$100
[17]
Originally intended for lab use, his burner advanced gas lighting technology
Robert Bunsen
Sharon
|
$100
[13]
It puts the kick in Welsh Rabbit
beer
|
$100
[1]
When this partner died in 1959, Bud Abbott was suing him for unpaid royalties
Lou Costello
Mark
|
$100
[7]
In Wagner's "Ring Cycle", a coveted ring made of this allows its owner to rule the world
gold
|
$100
[6]
L.A. Times says more NBA coaches were born in this N.Y. borough than any other U.S. city
Brooklyn
Sharon
|
$100
[2]
This traditional form of punishment may be a major reason for excessive violence in U.S.
spanking
Janet
|
|
$200
[18]
In 1877, to carry meat to France, the "Frigorifique" became 1st ship equipped with this
refrigeration
Mark
|
$200
[14]
Lying north of Burgundy & east of Paris, this region turns its black pinot noir grapes into sparkling wines
Champagne
Sharon
|
$200
[3]
Yoko Ono said it was these 4 who "broke up the Beatles"
The Beatles
|
$200
[8]
Of tragic, comic, or dramatic, the style of "Opera Buffa"
comic
Sharon
|
$200
[10]
Born in Panama, this former Angels 1st baseman considers himself Jewish
Rod Carew
Mark
|
$200
[5]
So that a playpen isn't regarded as a prison, a baby should get used to it before he learns to do this
crawl
Sharon
Mark
|
|
$300
[19]
Gasoline engines commonly use a fuel injector or this to mix fuel & air
carburetor
Mark
|
— |
$300
[4]
While stranded on an island, this "Baby Doll" bit the head off a lizard & drank its "juice"
Carroll Baker
|
$300
[9]
"La Sonnambula" is about a lady whose presence in the wrong man's bedroom is merely a case of this
sleepwalking
Mark
|
$300
[11]
Of calfskin, goatskin, or horsehide, covering used on jai alai balls
goatskin
|
$300
[25]
Of often, occasionally, or never, how often a child should be allowed to sleep with parents in their bed
never
Sharon
Janet
|
|
$400
[20]
This alloy was cast into tools even before 3000 B.C.
bronze
Sharon
|
— |
$400
[15]
His ex-wife Anna Kashfi wrote that this "Sayonara" star made her dress like a geisha & wait on him
Marlon Brando
Mark
|
$400
[21]
At the end of Mozart's opera of the same name, this famous lover is dragged into hell by a statue
Don Juan (Don Giovanni)
Sharon
Mark
|
$400
[12]
Surprisingly, Encyclopedia International says Aussies took up this sport 30 years before the Swiss
skiing
Janet
|
$400
[26]
When washing diapers, this shouldn't be used, as it leaves a coating which decreases absorbency
fabric softener
Sharon
Janet
|
|
DD
$600
[22]
To keep son from falling off his tricycle, veterinarian John Dunlop improved the tires this way
filling them with air (pneumatic tires)
Mark
|
— |
$500
[23]
In "Please Don't Shoot My Dog", this child star said he was 17 when Joan Crawford seduced him
Jackie Cooper
Sharon
|
$500
[24]
NBC's Italian maestro who, at age 19, replaced an unpopular conductor & did "Aida" from memory
Arturo Toscanini
Sharon
|
$500
[16]
Number worn by Sandy Koufax, O.J. Simpson, & Magic Johnson
32
Mark
|
— |
| NATURE | MOVIE ROYALTY | TRAVEL & TOURISM | WOMEN AUTHORS | REMEMBER DISCO? | "B.S." |
|
$200
[21]
While flora refers to the plants of a certain region or time, this word refers to the animals
fauna
Mark
|
$200
[2]
The evil queen in "Snow White" was obsessed with the beauty opinions of this household object
mirror
Sharon
|
$200
[7]
From atop the Danube Tower in this city, one can see the Spanish Riding School
Vienna
Sharon
|
$200
[16]
This "Little Chickadee" got thrown in jail for "Sex", a 1926 play she not only starred in, but wrote
Mae West
Sharon
|
$200
[11]
Alicia Bridges sang, "I love the nightlife, I've got to" do this
boogie
Mark
|
$200
[1]
The degree
Bachelor of Science
Sharon
|
|
$400
[22]
Mosquitoes will only lay their eggs in or near this
water
Mark
|
$400
[3]
He was Philip II of Spain in "Fire over England" but was more famous for playing Lincoln
Raymond Massey
Mark
|
DD
$400
[8]
Continent on which you'd find 2nd-largest French-speaking city in the world
North America (Montreal)
Sharon
|
$400
[17]
She wrote "Out of the Dark" & "Teacher: Anne Sullivan Macy" about the woman who led her out of the dark
Helen Keller
Sharon
|
$400
[12]
After this "Disco Queen" recorded "I Will Survive", she never had another hit
Gloria Gaynor
Mark
|
$400
[26]
Passage which connects the Pacific Ocean to the Arctic Ocean
Bering Strait
Janet
|
|
$600
[23]
If you see a gibbon brachiating, you're watching him do this
swinging through the trees
Mark
|
$600
[4]
The French or the Egyptian actor cast as Austrian Crown Prince Rudolf in '36 & '68 versions of "Mayerling"
Omar Sharif (or Charles Boyer)
Sharon
|
$600
[9]
Glass collectors might bring home some Kosta Boda or Orrefors crystal from this country
Sweden
Sharon
|
$600
[18]
Baroness Blixen never ran "out of" pen names using "Osceola" before & "Pierre Andrezel" after this one
Isak Dinesen
Mark
|
$600
[13]
Disco singer who traded in her childhood nickname, "Bubbles", for "Champagne"
Evelyn King
Mark
|
$600
[27]
Cary Grant & Shirley Temple were "The Bachelor & ..." her
the Bobby-Soxer
Sharon
|
|
$800
[24]
In "A Native Diary", this author of "Watership Down" recorded stories of his daily rambles
Richard Adams
Sharon
|
$800
[5]
Robert Morley tried to have his cake & eat it, too, as this king in "Marie Antoinette"
Louis XVI
Sharon
|
$800
[10]
If you want to retrace Andy & Fergie's honeymoon, hop on the "Britannia" & cruise these Port. islands
Azores
Mark
|
$800
[19]
"Life with Jackie" was Irving Mansfield's memoir of this best-selling wife
Jacqueline Susann
Sharon
|
$800
[14]
Some called it "Dueling Divas" when Summer & Streisand recorded this disco duet in 1979
"Enough is Enough"
Mark
|
$800
[28]
Noel Coward play about the haunting of a man by his 1st wife while he lives with his 2nd
"Blithe Spirit"
Mark
|
| — |
$1,000
[6]
Dressed in men's clothes, Garbo played not a drag queen but this Swedish queen
Queen Christina
Sharon
|
$1,000
[25]
What any of the 3 letters stand for in the French airline, UTA
Union de Transports Aeriens
|
$1,000
[20]
Feminist author of "The Female Eunuch", she married 1 of Cosmopolitan's 1st nude male centerfolds
Germaine Greer
Janet
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
Beethoven might well have rolled over hearing the music set to a disco beat on this album:
Hooked on Classics
Mark
|
$1,000
[29]
U.S. military decoration, instituted in 1944, awarded for heroism
Bronze Star
Mark
|
Of the 10 largest cities in population in the U.S., 3 are in this state
Texas (Dallas, Houston & San Antonio)