Returning champions were placed at the far right lectern.Numerous scorekeeping errors made throughout the game.
Susan Blum — an attorney from Fairfield, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,000)
David Sang — a law clerk from San Francisco, California
Sara Trautner — a publisher's assistant originally from New Ulm, Minnesota
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sara | $500 | $2,500 | $6,100 |
$9,100
New champion: $7,800 (because of scorekeeping errors) |
$5,900
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Dave | $1,300 | $600 | $3,800 |
$7,500
2nd place: Buck wood-burning stove + Knight of New Zealand four-lambskin rug |
$3,800
11 R, 2 W |
| Susan | $300 | $1,200 | $1,600 |
$4,498
3rd place: Skyway luggage |
$2,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| HAMLET | MOVIE MAMMALS | UTILITIES | VITAMINS & MINERALS | WORD ORIGINS | FAIRIES |
|
$100
[6]
A gravedigger hands Hamlet this person's skull
Yorick
Sara
|
$100
[1]
Though a she, on screen this collie was always played by a he
Lassie
Sara
|
$100
[28]
Both the U.S. & Canada draw electricity by harnessing this natural wonder on their border
Niagara Falls
Dave
|
$100
[13]
The livers of chickens & these gilled animals are good sources of vitamin A
fish
Dave
|
$100
[8]
It means "dancing" in Hawaiian
hula
Sara
|
$100
[10]
Fairies like privacy & respect people who can keep one of these
a secret
Sara
|
|
$200
[7]
Hamlet says, "Let Hercules himself do what he may, the cat will mew & the dog will have" this
his day
Susan
|
$200
[2]
This dolphin was played by Mitzi, the 1st one trained to work in water with people
Flipper
Susan
|
DD
$500
[26]
The 2 utilities in "Monopoly"
the Electric Company & Water Works
Susan
|
$200
[14]
Parsley, turnip greens, & guava have a much higher content of this vitamin than oranges do
vitamin C
Susan
|
$200
[15]
Because they were taken down in small fast writing, notes of a meeting were called this
minutes
Susan
|
$200
[19]
Brownies wear brown but pixies wear this color
green
Susan
|
|
$300
[9]
He won Best Actor Oscar for 1948 film version of "Hamlet", which also won Best Picture
Laurence Olivier
Dave
|
$300
[3]
Cowboy actor Chill Wills made sort of a jackass of himself doing this voice
Francis the Talking Mule
Sara
Susan
|
$500
[27]
World's largest landfill, receiving 10,000 tons of new garbage daily, is in this NYC borough
Staten Island
Sara
Dave
Susan
|
$300
[23]
A sunscreen when applied externally, B vit. para-amino benzoic-acid is better known as this
PABA
Sara
|
$300
[16]
From Spanish "juzgado", meaning courtroom, comes this nickname for jail
the hoosegow
Susan
|
$300
[20]
According to Elwood P. Dowd, this 6 ft. rabbit is a pooka
Harvey
Sara
|
|
$400
[11]
Tom Stoppard wrote a version of Hamlet in which these 2 minor characters are central & "Dead"
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
Sara
|
$400
[4]
Borrowing him for "Our Gang", they did this to Pete the pup to change his looks
painted a ring around his eye
Susan
|
— |
$400
[24]
A lack of protein & this mineral contribute to anemia
iron
Susan
|
$400
[17]
Meaning "cord fit for a king", it's now a fabric for us commoners
corduroy
Sara
|
$400
[21]
Leprechauns supposedly make these items for fairies to wear
shoes
Dave
Susan
|
|
$500
[12]
He advises his son Laertes, "Neither a borrower nor a lender be"
Polonius
Dave
|
$500
[5]
This 1965 film starred a big cat with an ocular oddity
Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion
Dave
|
— |
$500
[25]
Lack or this B vitamin causes pellagra in humans & black-tongue in dogs
niacin
|
$500
[18]
Scottish "twill" pronounced "tweel", was misread by a London cloth merchant & became this
tweed
Sara
|
$500
[22]
Some fairies don't like this common expression of gratitude
saying "thank you"
|
| ANCIENT HISTORY | FAMOUS QUOTES | TV NOSTALGIA | DANCE | U.S. STATES | ODDS & ENDS |
|
$200
[23]
Pharaoh Ikhnaton caused an uproar by allowing the worship of only this many gods
1
Susan
|
$200
[9]
St. Ambrose advised St. Augustine to live this way "when in Rome"
to do as the Romans
Susan
|
$200
[6]
Until 1964, only this network offered a regular schedule of programs in color
NBC
Sara
|
$200
[1]
Its popular calls include "promenade" & "swing your partner"
square dancing
Dave
|
$200
[10]
Both South Dakota & Florida have this same nickname
"The Sunshine State"
Susan
|
$600
[19]
This paraphrased line from "The Star Spangled Banner" 1st appeared on coins in 1864
"In God we trust"
|
|
$1,000
[24]
His riches didn't prevent this last king of Lydia from being subjugated by the Persians
Croesus
Susan
|
$400
[13]
According to Noel Coward, they "go out in the midday sun"
mad dogs & Englishmen
Sara
|
$400
[7]
Long before Muhammad Ali claimed the title, she was "The Greatest" to Jackie Gleason
Alice (Kramden)
Susan
|
$400
[2]
Nationality of Nijinsky & Pavlova
Russian
Sara
|
$400
[15]
State usually called 1st at presidential conventions because it's 1st in alphabetical order
Alabama
Dave
|
$800
[20]
The Bessemer method is the oldest modern process for making this
steel
Sara
|
| — |
$600
[14]
"There is no substitute for hard work", said this inventor
Thomas Edison
Dave
|
$600
[8]
Wo Fat was this Hawaiian policeman's archenemy
McGarrett (on Hawaii Five-O )
Dave
|
$600
[3]
Originally called the "weller" or "spinner", this dominated 19th c. ballroom dancing
the waltz
Dave
|
$600
[16]
With NYC & Philadelphia in mind, Ben Franklin called this state "a rum keg tapped at both ends"
New Jersey
Susan
|
— |
| — |
DD
$1,000
[21]
Phrase 1st used in 1461 to proclaim death of French king & arrival of his successor
the king is dead, long live the king
Sara
|
$800
[11]
Crime show which ran 21 yrs. on radio, but only 1 year on TV, failing to "come on like" its name
Gang Busters
Sara
|
$800
[4]
Musical for which Agnes DeMille created a dream sequence danced by doubles of Curly & Laurey
Oklahoma!
Dave
|
$800
[17]
State with highest average wage, $9,000 higher than 2nd-highest state
Alaska
Susan
|
— |
| — |
$1,000
[22]
The first 7 words ever spoken over a telephone
"Mr. Watson, come here, I want you"
Sara
|
$1,000
[12]
Nickname of Dr. Tom Reynolds, as played by Jon Hall
Ramar (of the Jungle)
|
$1,000
[5]
He designed decor for ballet "The 3-Cornered Hat" in 1919, before painting the "3 Musicians" in 1921
Picasso
Sara
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
State in which this songtakes place:"And I dreamed about them cottonfields 'n' home /I dreamed about my mother /Dear old sister and papa and brother /Dreamed about that sweetheart who's been waitin' for so long /I wanna go home..."
Michigan
Susan
|
— |
His daughter & grandson have also served as India's prime minister
Jawaharlal Nehru