Lynne McGrath — a library technician from Pasadena, California
David Green — a law student from Buffalo Grove, Illinois
Steve Willis — a financial analyst from Lynwood, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $17,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $1,200 | $2,300 | $7,200 |
$13,200
3-day champion: $31,000 |
$7,800
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| David | $1,400 | $2,600 | $6,400 |
$500
2nd place: a vacation at Ingleside Inn in Palm Springs + Ventura luggage |
$6,800
22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Lynne | $100 | $400 | $200 |
$400
3rd place: Bookcassette unabridged bestsellers performed on tape |
$200
4 R, 1 W |
| GOLDEN OLDIES | ANIMALS | GAMES | ODDS & ENDS | COLORS | NAMES |
|
$100
[25]
Though Part 1 was not as popular, he had a #1 hit with "Fingertips Part 2"
Stevie Wonder
David
|
$100
[21]
If you let them, these insects "wood" eat your house
termites
David
|
$100
[4]
When a player asks for aces & his opponent has none, he's asked to "go" do this
fish
David
|
$100
[1]
When saying it, stand at attention or put right hand over heart, & men, please remove hats
the Pledge of Allegiance
Lynne
|
$100
[12]
The color of an apple blossom
white
Steve
David
|
$100
[2]
From Hebrew for "life", Adam's wife
Eve
Steve
|
|
$200
[27]
Reason "he ain't heavy"
he's my brother
David
|
$200
[22]
The double-crested basilisk, this type of reptile, can run across water
a lizard
Steve
|
$200
[5]
They were pyramidal, pentahedral, & octahedral before being standardized as cubes
dice
Steve
|
$200
[17]
The polonaise is the national dance of this country
Poland
Steve
|
$200
[13]
Willie Nelson, Elton John, & Steve Lawrence all had hit songs with this color eyes in the title
blue
|
$200
[3]
Anglo-Saxon meaning "happy warrior", it precedes Rice Burroughs & Allan Poe
Edgar
David
|
|
$300
[28]
Duo whose biggest hit was "Hey Paula"
Paul & Paula
|
$300
[23]
Animal that's a spiny "ocean waif"
a (sea) urchin
Lynne
|
$300
[6]
American Indians made them by dipping gourds into latex & curing them with smoke
balls
|
$300
[18]
The L.A. Times ran an apology for depicting this alien as a coke-snorting Hollywood mogul
E.T.
Steve
|
$300
[14]
The tallest known trees in the world
redwoods
David
|
$300
[8]
Hebrew for "dove", he thought traveling by whale was strictly for the birds
Jonah
Steve
|
|
$400
[29]
Paul Anka told her, "I'm so young & you're so old" when he was 15, while she was 20
Diana
|
$400
[24]
Appropriate name for bird species that sews leaves together to make a nest
tailorbirds
David
|
$400
[10]
Common card game named for 2 common kinds of alcoholic beverages
gin rummy
Steve
|
$400
[19]
This governor of New York was picked by Playgirl magazine as one of the USA's sexiest men
Mario Cuomo
David
|
$400
[15]
The color of the sand on Kaimu Beach on the Island of Hawaii
black
Steve
|
DD
$300
[7]
International variations include Ian, Ivan, Sean, & Giovanni
John
Steve
|
|
$500
[30]
'60s British group led by this drummer was called "London's answer to the Mersey Sound"
Dave Clark
|
$500
[26]
Synonymous with tiny, some of these smallest arachnids live in the air tubes of honey bees' bodies
mites
Steve
David
|
$500
[11]
Some ancient Chinese battles were halted & played out with this complex board game
go
David
|
$500
[20]
Revived in 19th century USA, king Darius used it in Persian Empire for message delivery
the pony express
Steve
David
|
$500
[16]
Vermont's nickname
the Green Mountain State
David
|
$500
[9]
Meaning "from the fortress", this Rod fortifies 1st base for the Angels
Carew
David
|
| EUROPE | ’60s CINEMA | DOUBLE “P”s | SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA | ARCHITECTURE | SEWING |
|
$200
[6]
In a bullfight, killing the bull is banned in this Iberian country
Portugal
David
|
$200
[21]
Telly Savalas playing murderous "Maggot" was scummiest of this "filthy 12"
the Dirty Dozen
Lynne
|
$200
[7]
Cinderella's was glass
a slipper
Steve
|
$200
[1]
Pail-of-water fetchers referred to in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Jack & Jill
|
$200
[16]
Because the only building material available was mud, Sumerians began baking these
bricks
Steve
|
$200
[26]
Department you'd go to when you get "ideas" to buy buttons, zippers, & pins
notions
David
|
|
$400
[8]
Per capita, Germany leads for consuming beer, Portugal for wine, & this country for total alcohol
France
David
|
$400
[22]
Scary star of Roger Corman Poe series, including "The House of Usher" & "Pendulum"
Vincent Price
Steve
|
$400
[12]
Spruced up & stylish, like Dan, for instance
dapper
David
|
$400
[2]
The only dog who actually appears in Shakespeare is "Crab" in this play about a couple of Italian guys
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Lynne
|
$400
[17]
Albert Speer was his chief architect
Adolf Hitler
Steve
|
$400
[27]
These scissors cut edges of fabrics in small scallop or zigzag patterns
pinking shears
David
|
|
$600
[9]
Dieters should throw caution to the wind when entering one of these Austrian "Konditoreien"
a pastry shop
Steve
|
$600
[23]
Ads asked "How did they evermake a movie out of" this May-December Nabokov romance
Lolita
Steve
|
DD
$400
[14]
The group singing in the following:"Do you remember when we met /That's the day I knew..."
The Honeydrippers
David
|
DD
$500
[5]
3 of 4 Shakespearean roles for which Olivier won Oscar nominations
(3 of) Hamlet, Richard III, Henry V, & Othello
Steve
|
$600
[18]
Features of one often include a nave, transept, & apse
a church
Steve
David
|
— |
|
$800
[10]
Country that's 600 mi. long with average width of only 90 mi. coast to coast
Italy
David
Lynne
|
$800
[24]
Not an animal, but a gem with an animal-shaped flaw stolen in this 1st of the series
The Pink Panther
David
|
$600
[13]
Breed of horse marked by dappled white area on the rear end
Appaloosa
David
|
$600
[3]
He played Capt. Bligh, but not Falstaff, saying, "I threw his kind out of our hotel when I was 16"
Charles Laughton
Steve
|
$800
[19]
Reburial of this architect's remains, from Taliesin to Arizona, touched off stormy debate
Frank Lloyd Wright
David
|
— |
|
$1,000
[11]
In 1967, gov't of this tiny country closed all churches & proclaimed it 1st truly atheist state in world
Albania
David
|
$1,000
[25]
His last screen role was as Nevada Smith in "The Carpetbaggers"
Alan Ladd
|
$1,000
[15]
Besides Upper Volta, this island nation is the only other country to fit this category
the Philippines
|
$800
[4]
Italian great whose last 2 operas were based on Shakespeare plays
Giuseppe Verdi
Steve
|
$1,000
[20]
This Roman site, Latin for "large circle" sat 250,000 people
the Circus Maximus
Steve
|
— |
McLean House in Virginia was site of this event
the Confederate surrender