First game of Season 4.
Ken Higgins — a woodworker from Anchorage, Alaska
Phyllis Rosenthal — a substitute teacher from Jamaica, New York
Michael Seiler — a marketing manager originally from Redwood City, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $10,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | $1,300 | $1,200 | $3,200 |
$0
3rd place: Magnavox Video Escort camcorder |
$3,000
12 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Phyllis | $900 | $2,100 | $5,100 |
$2,099
2nd place: Eastern Airlines fitness trip to Florida |
$5,100
21 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Ken | $400 | $1,050 | $4,050 |
$7,550
New champion: $7,550 |
$4,200
12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| FACTS & FIGURES | STARTS WITH "G" | COUNTRY MUSIC TRIVIA | U.S. MILITARY | POETRY | GEOGRAPHICAL "SAINT"S |
|
$100
[13]
Now over 3 million, the population of this west coast U.S. city in 1850 was only 1610
Los Angeles
Michael
Phyllis
|
$100
[8]
Avarice
greed
Michael
|
$100
[22]
Tho Loretta Lynn was a coal miner's daughter, she was named for this star of "The Farmer's Daughter"
Loretta Young
Phyllis
|
$100
[7]
Service branch now responsible for all major icebreaking for U.S. armed forces
the Coast Guard
Phyllis
|
$100
[1]
Robert Louis Stevenson said it "goes in & out with me"
his shadow
Michael
Ken
|
$100
[2]
The Twin Cities' saintly side
Saint Paul
Michael
|
|
$200
[14]
As of Feb. 1987, 355,691 people, down from 596,897, held this Pentagon security clearance rank
Top Secret
Ken
|
$200
[9]
An unsanitary cafe, or the soiled utensil they'd expect you to eat with
a greasy spoon
Michael
|
$200
[23]
The title of his 1985 autobiography is "Stuttering Boy"
Mel Tillis
Phyllis
|
$200
[15]
It's said at peak strength, U.S. Air Forces made up only about 10% of Allied air power in this war
the First World War
Phyllis
|
— |
$200
[3]
In Canada, it's the name of a river, a gulf & a seaway
Saint Lawrence
Michael
|
|
$300
[19]
USA Today says this ex-"GMA" host averaged 4.3 "Oh, goshes" per broadcast
David Hartman
Phyllis
|
$300
[10]
Avian term for the number zero
a goose egg
Phyllis
|
$300
[24]
In 1973, 10 years after her death, she became 1st female solo artist elected to Country Hall of Fame
Patsy Cline
Ken
|
$300
[16]
Until 1890 when these vessels came into prominence, the Navy had consisted mainly of cruisers
battleships
Ken
|
— |
$300
[4]
Columbus named this Virgin Island Santa Cruz, but it's now called this, which means the same thing
Saint Croix
Michael
Phyllis
|
|
$400
[20]
At 83%, it's the reason men & women gave most often when asked why they got married
because they were in love
Phyllis
|
$400
[11]
The inflammation of this firm connective tissue is called gingivitis
the gums
Phyllis
|
DD
$350
[26]
2 of the 3 female superstars featured on the 1987 album "Trio"
Linda Ronstadt & Dolly Parton (& Emmylou Harris)
Ken
|
$400
[17]
San Francisco headquarters of the 6th Army, it's been a military reservation since 1776
the Presidio
Phyllis
|
— |
$400
[5]
You might go to this resort in Cornwall to meet a man with 7 wives
Saint Ives
Phyllis
|
|
$500
[21]
In 1986, this kitchen appliance costing only 5 books was S&H Green Stamps' most popular item
an electric can opener
Phyllis
Ken
|
$500
[12]
Even bad wives' surnames were once preceded by this word, short for "goodwife"
goody
Michael
|
$400
[25]
In 1980, this singer found his 1st national hit while "Lookin' For Love"
Johnny Lee
|
$500
[18]
Used since 1806, its "Commandant's House" is oldest continuous official residence in Washington
the Marine Corps
|
— |
$500
[6]
This city was the site of the 1st trial of the Dred Scott case, in 1847
Saint Louis (Missouri)
Ken
|
| PRESIDENTS | INDIANS | SHAKESPEARE ON BROADWAY | BIOLOGY | ENGLAND | CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! |
|
$200
[17]
While no presidents have been named Smith, 2 have had this name, USA's 2nd-most-common surname
Johnson
Ken
|
$200
[1]
The name of this cooked mix of lima beans & corn is from the Narraganset "msickquatash", "ear of corn"
succotash
Ken
|
$200
[3]
Laurence Olivier & Vivien Leigh starred in 1951 as both Shaw's "Caesar & Cleopatra" & this duo
Anthony & Cleopatra
Phyllis
|
$200
[7]
Distinguishing color of chlorophyta, 1 of 3 major groups of algae
green
Michael
|
$200
[15]
This takes place at Buckingham Palace at 11:30 a.m., whether the Queen is in or out
changing of the guard
Phyllis
|
$200
[23]
I wrote for Will Rogers & 5 presidents but am best known as Buddy Sorrell on "Dick van Dyke"
Morey Amsterdam
Phyllis
|
|
DD
$400
[19]
While President Lincoln gave 1 in 1863, Pres. Eisenhower had 1 from 1951 until his death
a Gettysburg Address
Phyllis
|
$400
[2]
For Plains tribes this had a hard sole & soft upper, for eastern tribes, a soft sole & soft upper
a moccasin
Phyllis
|
$400
[4]
Cole Porter musical based on "The Taming of the Shrew"
Kiss Me, Kate
Ken
|
$400
[8]
A chromosome map identifies these units & what part of the organism they control
genes
Michael
|
$400
[18]
In 1802, she left France along with her 2 sons & collection of wax models
Madame Tussaud
Phyllis
|
$400
[24]
"Show of Shows" star, I started on TV in 1949 in the "Admiral Broadway Review"
Sid Caesar
Ken
|
|
$600
[20]
In 1919, FDR wrote "There could not be a better" president than this man whom FDR later defeated
(Herbert) Hoover
Michael
Phyllis
|
$600
[5]
Cheeshateaumuck was the only Indian graduate of this college in colonial times
Harvard
Phyllis
|
$600
[6]
In 1979, this "Godfather" star limped onto Broadway as "Richard III"
Al Pacino
Michael
Phyllis
|
$600
[9]
This book published in 1859 applied theory of natural selection to plant evolution, too
The Origin of the Species
Phyllis
|
$600
[25]
She was the only female in the 1976 Montreal Olympics who didn't have to undergo a sex test
Princess Anne
Michael
|
— |
|
$800
[21]
His last words were "I know that I am going where Lucy is"
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ken
|
$800
[13]
The 1825 census showed this "proud" nation owned 1277 Black slaves
the Cherokees
Ken
|
$800
[12]
She played Juliet on Broadway in 1951, 12 years after co-starring in "Gone with the Wind"
Olivia de Havilland
Phyllis
Ken
|
$800
[10]
Term for the "message" conducting along a nerve fiber, it's also a type of Isuzu
an impulse
Michael
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
English landmark the New Vaudeville Band had a gripe against in thefollowing No. 1 hit:
Winchester Cathedral
Michael
|
— |
|
$1,000
[22]
A relative said that he "wanted to be the bride at every wedding & the corpse at every funeral"
Teddy Roosevelt
|
$1,000
[14]
The Ojibwa or Ojibway tribe's name was garbled by Europeans into this, still used today
Chippewa
Ken
|
$1,000
[16]
"Your Own Thing" was a 1968 rock & roll update of this numerically titled play
Twelfth Night
Michael
Phyllis
|
$1,000
[11]
From New Latin for "in glass", it describes fertilization which took place in a test tube
in vitro
Phyllis
|
— | — |
Though Neil Armstrong says he uttered it, this word is missing from tapes of his famous quote
a