Dennis Brent — a teacher from Huntington Beach, California
Steve Barto — a field marketing representative originally from Niagara Falls, New York
Mike Harris — a physician from Mill Valley, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $2,200 | $3,600 | $10,700 |
$12,200
2-day champion: $23,000 |
$9,900
27 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Steve | $-800 | $-600 | $4,000 |
$300
2nd place: trip on United to Colorado & stay at Crestwood Lodge |
$4,000
9 R, 5 W |
| Dennis | $600 | $400 | $3,400 |
$0
3rd place: Frigidaire laundry center |
$3,400
14 R, 4 W |
| RUSSIAN HISTORY | ROCK RECORDS | SICKNESS & HEALTH | WHITE HOUSE TRIVIA | "B" THERE | PERFUME |
|
$100
[25]
When he tired of his 1st wife, this "Great" czar banished her to a monastery
Peter the Great
Mike
|
$100
[11]
At 8 minutes & 32 seconds, this 2-sided single by Don McLean is longest-playing single to reach #1
"American Pie"
Dennis
|
$100
[1]
"Flu" is short for this
influenza
Dennis
|
$100
[16]
At this president's request, there was an inaugural concert instead of a ball in 1941
FDR
Mike
|
$100
[27]
Pronounced one way, it's a table from which guests serve themselves, the other, it means to hit
buffet
Dennis
|
$200
[29]
Ads for Tabu show a man holding a woman while a woman touches this instrument
piano
|
|
$200
[24]
The novel "1 Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" was set in a prison camp during this man's regime
Stalin
Mike
|
$200
[7]
Of Woodstock, US Festival '83, or Live Aid, the one that holds U.S. attendance record
US Festival
Mike
Steve
|
$200
[3]
In his new book, Dr. Altman says researchers should ideally try out new drugs on these subjects 1st
themselves
Mike
Steve
|
$200
[15]
Pat Nixon co-designed the famous rug featuring the Presidential Seal for this room
Oval Room (Oval Office)
Dennis
|
$200
[26]
A built-in bed on a train, or a place for a boat to park
berth
Mike
|
$300
[10]
For those who find Charlie too heavy, this company also makes Charlie Go Lightly
Revlon
Mike
|
|
$300
[17]
Meaning "adventurers", troops of them were used for pogroms & suppressing 20th c. uprisings
Cossacks
Mike
|
$300
[2]
Lennon-McCartney composition that's been recorded most by other performers
"Yesterday"
Mike
|
$300
[4]
Occuring many times more often in men than in women, this uric acid disorder can get you by the toes
gout
Mike
|
$300
[12]
Martin Van Buren's daughter-in-law & Chester Arthur's sister both served as this
First Lady
Dennis
|
$300
[21]
The L.A. Times reported Michael Jackson had 46 of these on the outfit he wore in the "Bad" video
buckles
Steve
|
$400
[20]
Once the spokeswoman for Chanel No. 5, she now pushes a perfume named for herself
Catherine Deneuve
Dennis
|
|
$400
[18]
Siberian svengali often blamed for the downfall on Nicholas II
Rasputin
Dennis
|
$400
[8]
Only American group to have 5 consecutive singles, all in the '60s, go to #1
The Supremes
Steve
Dennis
|
DD
$500
[5]
Newly identified depression, "SAD" comes on mainly in this season, & is treated with special lights
wintertime
Mike
|
$400
[13]
The emperor of China gave Julia Dent, this general's wife, the brocade for her 2nd inaugural gown
(Ulysses) Grant
Mike
|
$400
[22]
It means impudent or bold, or simply something made of brass
brassy (brazen)
Steve
|
$500
[28]
1 of the 4 Christian Dior perfumes which has "Dior" in its name
(1 of) Miss Dior, Diorissimo, Dioressence or Diorling
|
|
$500
[19]
In 1914, St. Petersburg's name was changed to this, which sounded more Russian
Petrograd
Steve
Dennis
|
$500
[9]
For his role in "Captain Newman, M.D.", he became 1st rock star to be nominated for an Oscar
Bobby Darin
Mike
Dennis
|
$500
[6]
Acting in the liver, Lovastatin, a new drug, can reduce this in your blood up to 39%
cholesterol
Mike
|
$500
[14]
"First son" who married Doria Palmieri
Ron Reagan
|
$500
[23]
In 1907, Gelett Burgess coined this word for a brief commendatory notice like on a book jacket
blurb
Mike
|
— |
| PENINSULAS | STAGE NAMES | CLOTHING | ARKANSANS | ULYSSES | "C" HERE |
|
$200
[2]
Its the ancient name of the peninsula occupied by Spain & Portugal
Iberian
Dennis
|
$200
[1]
Her real name was Fannie Borach, as Streisand could tell you
Fanny Brice
Mike
|
$200
[25]
It was this war that gave us the trenchcoat, a raincoat for the men in the trenches
World War I
Mike
|
$200
[14]
Federal judge at Fort Smith in the late 1800s, Isaac Parker had this "swinging" nickname
The Hanging Judge
Dennis
|
$200
[24]
This author's 1922 "Ulysses" parallels Bloom's 1-day pilgrimage with Ulysses' years of wandering
James Joyce
Mike
|
$200
[19]
At the golf club, it's someone who carries the golf clubs
caddy
Mike
|
|
$400
[4]
Covering about 1 million square miles, this Mid-East peninsula is the world's largest
Arabian
Mike
|
$400
[8]
Natasha Gurdin, who found "Love with the Proper Stranger"
Natalie Wood
Dennis
|
$400
[26]
Meaning "attached to the front", it's a sort of apron or a Gilbert & Sullivan boat
pinafore
Steve
|
DD
$200
[18]
Cotton planter Sanford Faulkner is thought to have written this famous fiddle tune: [instrumental music plays]
"Arkansas Traveler"
Mike
|
$400
[13]
Relation of Ulysses to Telemachus
father
Mike
Dennis
|
$400
[20]
w/2 "R"s, it means an overseas reporter, but with 1 "R" it means an adulterer in a divorce case
correspondent
Mike
|
|
$800
[6]
It's the only state that's virtually all peninsula--2 in fact
Michigan
Steve
|
$600
[9]
Yewell Tompkins who watched Marilyn Monroe's skirt blow up in "The Seven Year Itch"
Tom Ewell
Dennis
|
$600
[15]
The original forms of the words "pants" & "knickers"
pantaloons & knickerbockers
Steve
|
$400
[16]
His father won the Medal of of Honor in the Civil War & he won it for WWII defense of the Philippines
General Douglas MacArthur
Dennis
|
$600
[3]
Sowing his field with salt, Ulysses tried to get out of this war with an ancient section 8
Trojan War
Mike
|
$600
[21]
Derived from Latin diminutive for "book", in legal terms it's an amendment to a will
codicil
Dennis
|
|
$1,000
[7]
The Isthmus of Kra lies between Thailand & this famed peninsula
Malay
Steve
|
$800
[10]
Game show host Pierre LaCock, who starred on Broadway in "La Cage aux Folles
Peter Marshall
Steve
|
$1,000
[28]
An illustration of the current style in dress, or a person who always wears the latest style
fashion plate
Steve
|
$600
[17]
Senator who, in '46 sponsored an "Act" to provide funds for exchange students program
Fulbright
Mike
|
$800
[12]
Ulysses is the English version of "Ulixes", the Latin version of this Greek name
Odysseus
Mike
|
$800
[22]
A Chinese city that's now Kuangchou, or a Swiss state
Canton
Mike
|
|
DD
$1,500
[5]
2 of the 3 countries occupying parts of the Yucatan Peninsula
(2 of) Mexico, Belize (or Guatemala)
Mike
|
$1,000
[11]
Born Walter Cox, he played half of "Harold & Maude"
Bud Cort
Steve
Dennis
|
— |
$1,000
[29]
Only Arkansas gov. to serve 6 terms, in 1957 he sent Nat'l Guard to block integration in schools
Orville Faubus
Mike
|
$1,000
[27]
Homerian epic which could be subtitled "Ulysses: The War Years"
The Iliad
Steve
|
$1,000
[23]
Origin of this 3-syllable synonym for a crusty, crabby old man is unknown, so go away
curmudgeon
|
While the U.S. has the most telephones by far, this country is 2nd
Japan