Eric Berman game 3.
Mary Ellis — a senior information center consultant from Randolph, Massachusetts
Vaughn West — a merchandising specialist from New York City
Eric Berman — a journalist from Crown Point, Indiana (whose 2-day cash winnings total $23,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $1,800 | $3,100 | $6,900 |
$10,800
3-day champion: $34,100 |
$7,500
20 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Vaughn | $-400 | $600 | $5,400 |
$10,400
2nd place: Homelite Jacobsen 8 hp mower + Pannill sweats |
$5,700
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mary | $1,000 | $1,200 | $2,600 |
$5,198
3rd place: Fedders whisper-quiet room air conditioner |
$2,600
10 R, 2 W |
| FRUITS & VEGETABLES | WARS | TV DETECTIVES | N. AMERICAN ANIMALS | TRIVIAL WORLD RECORDS | "G" WHIZ |
|
$100
[9]
Cultivating potatoes is thought to have originated in South America with this Indian culture
the Incas
Mary
|
$100
[15]
2 of his brothers, his brother-in-law & his nephew were also killed at the Little Big Horn
Custer
Eric
|
$100
[1]
Jack Klugman starred as this crusading coroner with no apparent 1st name
Quincy
Eric
|
$100
[14]
Very small for a monster, the Gila monster is actually a venomous species of this
a lizard
Vaughn
|
$100
[20]
Tsotomu Ishii wrote the names of 44 countries on a single grain of this
rice
Vaughn
|
$100
[6]
From French "to dance", Richard Gere was an American one in 1980
a gigolo
Eric
|
|
$200
[10]
Broccoli, cauliflower, & Brussels sprouts are all related to this "heady" vegetable
cabbage
Mary
|
$200
[16]
After backing Napoleon, Denmark was forced to cede this Scandinavian country to Sweden
Norway
Eric
|
$200
[2]
Sales of these increased when Kojak started using them to stop smoking
lollipops
Eric
|
$200
[25]
Long famed for its mules, this state & Tennessee both claim to lead nation in mule production
Missouri
Mary
|
$200
[21]
Used for stitching on mattress buttons lengthwise, the longest one of these ever made was 6'1"
a sewing needle
Vaughn
|
$200
[7]
An immature cucumber, it makes a popular pickle
a gherkin
Eric
|
|
$300
[11]
1 of 2 vegetables listed in the World Book that begin with "E"
eggplant (or endive)
Mary
|
$300
[17]
Observance of what is now Veterans Day dates back to this war's end, which occurred on November 11
World War I
Eric
|
$300
[3]
This series featuring a trio of detectives was once described as "a skin & hair show"
Charlie's Angels
Eric
|
$300
[26]
It's said the mammal that can jump the highest isn't a kangaroo but this member of the cat family
the mountain lion (the cougar, the puma)
Vaughn
|
$300
[23]
In less than a minute, Tony Dowdswell ate almost 3½ lbs. of this before it melted
ice cream
Eric
|
$300
[8]
From Japanese for "art person", she's trained in the art of entertaining men
geisha
Mary
|
|
$400
[12]
Despite the name, you don't have to be a rabbi to get into one of these easy peeling oranges
temple oranges
Vaughn
Mary
|
$400
[18]
War in which the U.S. Army was also called "the Grand Army of the Republic"
the Civil War
Vaughn
|
$400
[4]
Lt. Columbo was inspired by the characteristics of Petrovich, the policeman in this Dostoevski novel
Crime and Punishment
Eric
|
$400
[27]
Its name is from the Algonquian "skekawa", meaning "mammal who urinates"
a skunk
Eric
|
— |
DD
$500
[22]
Bandleader who recorded over 800 songs for Decca, includingthe following:
Guy Lombardo
Vaughn
|
|
$500
[13]
Other tropical fruit mentioned in 1st line of Rosemary Clooney's 1957 hit "Mangos"
papayas
Mary
|
$500
[19]
The Soviets use troops from this country to promote their aims in Angola & Ethiopia
Cuba
Vaughn
|
$500
[5]
Occupation of Fenton Hardy, father of "The Hardy Boys"
a private detective
Eric
|
— | — |
$500
[24]
In a 1960s ad jingle, Mr. Clean was supposed to get rid of these 2 "G"s in just a minute
grease & grime
Vaughn
|
| COUNTRY MUSIC | INVENTIONS | GEOGRAPHIC AKA's | SOUTHERN AUTHORS | MOVIE PAIRS | KINGS NAMED ED |
|
$200
[10]
Jeannie C. Riley hit #1 singing about "The day my mama socked it to" them
the Harper Valley PTA
Vaughn
|
$200
[6]
Inspired by wooden versions made in Ancient Egypt, Cyrus Yale made 1st cylinder type of this in 1848
a lock
Eric
|
$200
[15]
Peiping
Peking (Beijing)
Mary
|
$200
[7]
She died tragically in 1949 after being struck by an automobile in her hometown, Atlanta
Margaret Mitchell
Eric
|
$200
[1]
Linda Kozlowski spent much of this 1986 film interviewing the title character, played by Paul Hogan
Crocodile Dundee
Vaughn
|
$200
[19]
Churchill suffered a political setback by opposing this king's 1936 abdication
Edward VIII
Eric
Vaughn
Mary
|
|
$400
[11]
Johnny Cash sang, "I keep a close watch on this heart of mine" in this song
"I Walk The Line"
Vaughn
|
$400
[21]
Joseph Swan invented this in England about the same time Edison invented it here
the lightbulb
Mary
|
$400
[16]
Located just east of the Ivory Coast, present-day Ghana used to be called this coast
the Gold Coast
Eric
|
$400
[8]
Before he was expelled from West Point, this macabre author was forced to leave the U. of Virginia, too
Edgar Allan Poe
Mary
|
$400
[2]
This "Saturday Night Live" duo were "Neighbors" on the big screen
Belushi & Aykroyd
Eric
|
DD
$600
[20]
Edward III's famous son, Prince Edward, got this nickname from the color of his armor
the Black Prince
Eric
|
|
$600
[12]
Song in which Hank Williams asked, "...What-cha got cookin'? How's about cookin' somethin' up with me"
"Hey, Good Lookin'"
Vaughn
|
$600
[22]
Invention of this is attributed to Igor Sikorsky in 1939
the helicopter
Eric
|
$1,000
[25]
Gdansk, Poland, birthplace of Solidarity, was, before WWII, a free city called this
Danzig
Eric
|
$600
[9]
Thomas Wolfe subtitled this "seraphic" novel "A Story of the Buried Life"
Look Homeward, Angel
Mary
|
$600
[3]
One critic called this "City Heat" duo "the hard-boiled equivalent of Laurel & Hardy"
Clint Eastwood & Burt Reynolds
Vaughn
|
$1,000
[24]
Edward VI was the son of Henry VIII and this queen
Jane Seymour
Eric
|
|
$800
[13]
In 1980 Shelly West & David Frizzell told each other, "You're the reason God made..." this state
Oklahoma
|
$800
[26]
President who invented the dumbwaiter
Jefferson
Eric
|
— |
$800
[17]
His 2nd wife, Margaret Bourke-White, took the photos for some of his books, but not "Tobacco Road"
Erskine Caldwell
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
This sensual dancing pair danced in a pair of movies, "Singin' in the Rain" & "Brigadoon"
Gene Kelly & Cyd Charisse
Vaughn
|
— |
|
$1,000
[14]
Bobby Bare's 1976 musical request was "dropkick me, Jesus, through" these
the goalposts of life
Vaughn
|
$1,000
[23]
At least 20 companies turned down this Chester Carlson invention, finally sold to Haloid of Rochester, N.Y.
xerography (or photocopying)
|
— |
$1,000
[18]
This Tennessee-born film critic's novel "A Death in the Family" wasn't published until after his death
James Agee
|
$1,000
[5]
He was McCabe & she was Mrs. Miller
Warren Beatty & Julie Christie
Vaughn
|
— |
The 2 contenders in the closest U.S. presidential popular vote in the 20th century
John Kennedy & Richard Nixon