Michael Tanner — a piano tuner from New York, New York
Marji Hanson — a salesperson from San Diego, California
Janet Stevenson — a housewife originally from Sioux City, Iowa (whose 3-day cash winnings total $15,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet | $300 | $700 | $1,300 |
$100
2nd place: Whirlpool refrigerator + Zenith 9" color TV |
$1,300
10 R, 2 W |
| Marji | $400 | $3,500 | $6,100 |
$5,300
New champion: $5,300 |
$6,100
20 R, 3 W |
| Michael | $600 | $800 | $5,200 |
$0
3rd place: Tumi garment bag |
$5,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| OLD WEST | OFFICIAL LANGUAGES | DAVID LETTERMAN | FACTS & FIGURES | ADVERTISING | PIGS |
|
$100
[26]
In the cowboy song they were urged "Whoopee ti yi yo, get along..."
little dogies
Janet
|
$100
[1]
S.I. Hayakawa wants to make English the official language of this country
the United States
Marji
|
$100
[14]
Early in his career, David could be found in Indianapolis doing this on the local weekend news
the weather
Janet
|
$100
[6]
14 year-old Elizabeth Brinton set a record in 1985 by selling 11,281 boxes of these
Girl Scout cookies
Marji
|
$100
[11]
Restaurant chain which declared "We do it all for you"
McDonald's
Janet
|
$100
[13]
Distinctive pattern found on young wild boars' backs or the U.S. flag
stripes
Marji
Michael
|
|
$200
[27]
Of sage rat, scalawag, sidewinder, & sodbuster, the one that's a real snake
a sidewinder
Marji
|
$200
[2]
The 2 official languages of the Republic of Ireland
Gaelic & English
Janet
|
$200
[22]
It's the lifelong dream, decided on in a high school speech class, that David has now fulfilled
to be a talk show host
Marji
|
$200
[7]
A survey says 75% of women wear wrong size of these, lifting & separating them from the other 25%
brassieres
Marji
|
$200
[12]
Since he's their product spokesman, when Bill Cosby speaks, Jell-O, Coke, & now this Wall St. firm listen
E.F. Hutton
Michael
|
$200
[15]
This Guinness record was set in 1983 when a man named Bud bought a pig named Bud for $56,000
the most expensive pig ever bought
Janet
|
|
$300
[28]
He set up his factory in Philadelphia in 1865, and turned out hats ten gallons at a time
Stetson
Marji
|
$300
[3]
This country has 3: Macedonian, Slovenian & Serbo-Croatian
Yugoslavia
Michael
|
$300
[23]
A spin-off of this semi-regular segment was "Stupid Human Tricks"
Stupid Pet Tricks
Marji
|
$300
[8]
Reason 1,500 tons of garbage had to be collected from New Orleans streets February 12, 1986
Mardi Gras
Michael
|
$300
[19]
Back in 1984, this brew's label started proclaiming it was "the beer that made Milwaukee famous"
Schlitz
Marji
|
$300
[16]
Similar to a human's, the valves of this pig organ are used in transplant operations
a heart
Michael
|
| — |
$400
[4]
This country's 4 official languages are Italian, French, German & Romansch
Switzerland
Michael
|
$400
[24]
David asked this boxing promoter "What's the deal with your hair?"
Don King
Marji
|
$400
[9]
Of 3, 13, or 36, % of all bills Congress passed in '85 that est. commemorative days, weeks or months
36%
|
$400
[20]
30-sheet posters are usually called this, which is actually what they're mounted on
a billboard
Marji
|
$400
[17]
Dr. Spock said "A child needs hugging, tussling and" this mode of transport
piggyback rides
Marji
|
| — |
$500
[5]
Its 6 official languages are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian & Spanish
the United Nations
|
$500
[25]
It qualifies David for membership in the Diastematic Club of America headquartered in Union Gap, Wash.
the gap between his two front teeth
|
DD
$600
[10]
The highest toll it ever charged was $89,154.62 for the QE2 in '70, the lowest 36¢ for a swimmer in 1928
the Panama Canal
Michael
|
$500
[21]
Term for all the written material in an ad
copy
Marji
|
$500
[18]
Cruel "sport" in which players on horseback hunt wild boar with spears
pigsticking
|
| ILLINOIS | WEATHER | MOVIE PAIRS | LAKES & RIVERS | CHEMISTRY | ANGELIC SONGS |
|
$200
[1]
In 1967, this Chicago mayor reportedly said, "Together we must rise to ever higher & higher platitudes"
Daley
Janet
|
$200
[16]
This storm's name combines the Chinese words "ta", meaning "great", & "fung", meaning "wind"
typhoon
Marji
|
$200
[18]
13 years after going "Barefoot in the Park" together, she chased him as "The Electric Horseman"
Jane Fonda & Robert Redford
Michael
|
$200
[12]
Toronto, the only state or provincial capital on a Great Lake, is on N.W. shore of this lake
Lake Ontario
Michael
|
$200
[4]
Forerunner of chemistry that mixed science, religion & magic
alchemy
Janet
|
$200
[11]
1968 Judy Collins hit that begins, "Bows & flows and angel hair & ice cream castles in the air"
"Both Sides Now"
Janet
|
|
$400
[2]
Once an Illinois legislator, this lawyer defended Leopold & Loeb in 1924, then John Scopes a year later
Clarence Darrow
Janet
|
$400
[17]
They should reach at least 2' above the structure's highest part & be well grounded
a lightning rod
Janet
Michael
|
$400
[19]
W. Beery shared an Oscar win with F. March after sharing the billing with J. Cooper in this classic
The Champ
Marji
|
$400
[13]
Among the world's freshwater lakes, this E. African is 2nd in size only to Lake Superior
Lake Victoria
Marji
|
$400
[7]
When cane sugar is dissolved in water, this drops below 32°
the freezing point
Janet
|
$400
[15]
In 1961, Curtis Lee described these as "Pretty Little"
"Angel Eyes"
Janet
|
|
$600
[3]
Born in Evanston, he was a "Second City" comic before he was a "Saturday Night Live" nerd
Bill Murray
Marji
Michael
|
$600
[25]
On Feb. 2nd, while Roman Catholics are blessing candles, the rest of us are out "shadowing" these
groundhogs
Marji
|
DD
$600
[20]
In '49 film w/same title asfollowing, this mother & daughter 1st appeared onscreen together:
Judy Garland & Liza Minnelli
Michael
|
$600
[14]
Almost every river in Northern Italy is a branch of this largest Italian waterway
the Po
Michael
|
$600
[8]
In 1814, Berzelius suggested using these, not pictographs, to stand for the elements
letter abbreviations
Michael
|
$600
[21]
In her only #1 hit, Shelley Fabares exclaimed, "How I Love Him!"
"Johnny Angel"
Marji
|
|
$800
[5]
This noted journalist could aptly have written "Inside Illinois", since he was born & raised there
John Gunther
Marji
Michael
|
$800
[26]
Latin for "heap", it's a type of cloud that looks like it's been heaped
cumulus
Marji
|
$800
[23]
1st of this comedy team's 17 films was "My Friend Irma"
(Dean) Martin & (Jerry) Lewis
Marji
|
— |
$800
[9]
Octane, C8H18, is an example of these organic compounds containing only hydrogen & carbon
hydrocarbons
|
$800
[22]
According to Elvis, though "You look like an angel" you're really this
the "Devil In Disguise"
|
|
$1,000
[6]
Though born in Kansas, this writer went to school in Lewiston, Illinois, near the Spoon River
(Edgar Lee) Masters
Michael
|
— |
$1,000
[24]
Movie tough guys who became an unlikely duo singing in 1969's "Paint Your Wagon"
Eastwood & Lee Marvin
Marji
|
— |
$1,000
[10]
What the particles in a suspension will do over time that they won't do in a solution
settle
Michael
|
— |
Its 25th anniversary, Aug. 13, 1986, was celebrated with parades to the east & mourning to the west
the Berlin Wall