Bob Harrenga — an informational specialist originally from South Dakota
Ingrid Nuernberg — an associate consultant originally from Augsburg, West Germany
Elizabeth Holloway — a writer from New York City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | $1,400 | $2,700 | $4,000 |
$4,500
3rd place: Capel handwoven wool rug + Jeopardy! computerized version or box game |
$7,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ingrid | $400 | $700 | $3,300 |
$6,600
2nd place: Harrison Furniture oak entertainment center & Emerson VCR + Jeopardy! computerized version or box game |
$3,300
10 R, 3 W |
| Bob | $600 | $3,300 | $12,000 |
$14,000
New champion: $14,000 |
$10,700
24 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| SPACE & AVIATION | PROVERBS | HENRYs | 1955 | CLOTHING | KIDDIE LIT |
|
$100
[7]
On June 11, 1927, he became the 1st recipient of the American Distinguished Flying Cross
Charles Lindbergh
Bob
|
$100
[6]
They can never "be bankrupt" or "be choosers"
beggars
Bob
|
$100
[10]
Candy bar that fits this category
Oh! Henry
Elizabeth
|
$100
[17]
This nation walked out of the U.N. on November 9, 1955 over the issue of Apartheid
South Africa
Elizabeth
|
$100
[18]
A layette is clothing for a person at this time in life
baby
Ingrid
|
$100
[1]
The princess felt one of these "all the way through 20 mattresses & 20 more feather beds"
pea
Bob
|
|
$200
[8]
Experts now dispute Adm. Byrd's claim that he was 1st to fly over this point in 1926
North Pole
Elizabeth
Ingrid
|
$200
[13]
Completes the proverb, "Set a thief..."
to catch a thief
Bob
|
$200
[11]
He taught Eliza that "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain"
Henry Higgins
Elizabeth
|
$200
[19]
U.S. government doctors claimed in November they had a "promising" vaccine for this "common" ailment
common cold
Ingrid
|
$200
[24]
3-word phrase referring to the clothing passed on to you by your older sibling
hand-me-down
Elizabeth
|
$200
[2]
1 of 2 sequels Louisa May Alcott wrote to "Little Women"
(1 of) Little Men (or Jo's Boys )
Ingrid
|
|
$300
[9]
You're eligible to join the Caterpillar Club if you've used this safety device to save your life
parachute
Bob
|
$300
[14]
Jesus advised "When thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know..." this
what your right hand is doing
Ingrid
|
$300
[12]
A self-taught lawyer, this fiery patriot handled over 1100 cases in his 1st 3 years of practice
Patrick Henry
Ingrid
Bob
|
$300
[20]
This borough of NYC, then known for its Navy yard, was among the 27% of the U.S. closed in '55 to Soviet visitors
Brooklyn
Bob
|
$300
[25]
From Late Latin "camisia", meaning shirt, it's the other half of a half-slip
camisole
Elizabeth
|
$300
[3]
Squirrel Nutkin can get his tail bitten off in "Peter Rabbit's Race Game", based on tales by this author
Beatrix Potter
Elizabeth
|
|
$400
[23]
He was at the controls inside the capsule Friendship 7
John Glenn
Elizabeth
|
$400
[28]
Devout cowards live by the proverb "He that fights & runs away, may..." do this
fight again another day (live to fight again another day)
Elizabeth
|
$400
[15]
In 1609, this explorer was given maps & advice by his friend John Smith
Henry Hudson
Elizabeth
|
$400
[21]
Lee Meriwether
Miss America for that year
Ingrid
|
$400
[26]
This process of preshrinking fabric was named for its inventor, Sanford L. Cluett
Sanforizing
Ingrid
Bob
|
DD
$500
[4]
A. A. Milne based his play "Toad of Toad Hall" on this classic by Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows
Elizabeth
|
|
$500
[27]
The orbit of a space station circling Earth should be above our atmosphere but below this "Belt"
Van Allen Belt
Bob
|
— |
$500
[16]
He & Richard Nixon formed the Republican ticket in 1960
Henry Cabot Lodge
Bob
|
$500
[22]
In December, Martin Luther King Jr. led a boycott of this city's bus system
Montgomery, Alabama
Elizabeth
Bob
|
— |
$500
[5]
Among the operas based on this tale is Rossini's "La Cenerentola"
Cinderella
Elizabeth
|
| GEOGRAPHY | MATHEMATICS | MAGAZINES | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS | EPITAPHS | ROCK SUBTITLES |
|
$200
[1]
This German river & its tributaries carry more traffic than any other European river system
Rhine
Bob
|
$200
[6]
The horizontal axis on a graph is usually labeled X & the vertical axis this
Y
Elizabeth
|
$200
[4]
He's listed on the masthead of Muppet Magazine as "Frog-in-Chief"
Kermit
Elizabeth
|
$200
[15]
"Safire's Political Dictionary" emphasizes that "the wife of the Vice President is never called" this
Second Lady
Elizabeth
|
$200
[18]
"Quoth the Raven Nevermore"
Edgar Allan Poe
Bob
|
$200
[17]
1954 hit by the Chords subtitled "Life Would be a Dream"
"Sh-Boom"
Elizabeth
|
|
$400
[2]
A 1959 treaty forbids war, nuclear explosions, & disposal of atomic wastes on this continent
Antarctica
Ingrid
|
$400
[9]
To divide a fraction by a fraction, invert the divisor, then do this
multiply
Bob
|
$400
[5]
You don't buy Parade Magazine separately--it comes with one of these
newspaper
Bob
|
$400
[19]
Because best known man to head this agency served 48 years, a 1976 law put a 10 year limit on terms
FBI
Bob
|
$400
[24]
"Workers of the World Unite."
Karl Marx
Elizabeth
|
$400
[22]
Its subtitle was "Theme from 'Rocky'"
"Gonna Fly Now"
Elizabeth
Ingrid
|
|
$600
[3]
Examples of this type of narrow passage are the Tartar, Malacca, & those of Magellan
Straits
Elizabeth
|
$600
[10]
Solid geometry takes this kind of geometry one dimension further
plane geometry
Bob
|
$600
[7]
Targeted to a large group of dieters, this magazine boasts a circulation over 850,000
Weight Watchers
Ingrid
|
$800
[21]
Treasury Sec'y James Baker said he was on vacation when the IRS approved the revision of this form
W-4
Elizabeth
|
$800
[27]
"Subject fo the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1857..."
Dred Scott
Elizabeth
Bob
|
$600
[23]
1 of the 2 terms of endearment in the subtitle of the 4 Tops "I Can't Help Myself"
(1 of) Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch
|
|
$800
[13]
Of Canada's 10 provinces, it's the only one entirely unattached to the mainland
Prince Edward Island
Bob
|
$800
[11]
Any number raised to the power of 0 (n°) is equal to this
1
Bob
|
$800
[8]
2 of the 3 U.S. magazines with circulations over 750,000 that have "Popular" in their names
(2 of) Popular Science , Popular Mechanics ( Popular Photography )
Bob
|
$1,000
[26]
Freshman who replaced Sandra Day O'Connor as last in line from robing room to courtroom
(Antonin) Scalia
Elizabeth
|
$1,000
[28]
"Truth & History. 21 men... The Boy Bandit King--He died as he had lived"
Billy the Kid
Ingrid
|
$800
[29]
Buffalo Springfield classic subtitled "Stop, Hey What's That Sound"
"For What It's Worth"
|
|
$1,000
[14]
The 2 countries that own Little Diomede & Big Diomede Islands
United States & Soviet Union
Bob
|
$1,000
[12]
This branch of math was invented to solve problems with quantities that change or vary
calculus
Bob
|
$1,000
[16]
Called "The Magazine of Western Living", it publishes gardening, travel & cookbooks, too
Sunset
Ingrid
|
DD
$1,900
[20]
Of Secretaries of Agriculture, Labor, or Energy, the one highest in order of presidential succession
Secretary of Agriculture
Bob
|
DD
$3,500
[25]
Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare / To dig the dust enclosed here / Blessed be the man that spares these stones / And cursed be he that movesmybones
William Shakespeare
Elizabeth
|
$1,000
[30]
"Exordium & Terminus" was the subtitle for this apocalyptic 1969 #1 Zagar & Evans hit
"In the Year 2525"
Bob
|
Amusement complex with highest paid attendance of any in U.S. in 1986
Disney World, Epcot