Kevin Cummins — a computer operator from Los Angeles, California
Blair Pethel — a journalist from Greensboro, North Carolina
Susan Sackett — a writer from Studio City, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan | $700 | $1,400 | $5,100 |
$1,001
2nd place: trip on Western to Honolulu & stay at Pacific Beach Hotel |
$4,300
16 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Blair | $1,200 | $2,600 | $7,000 |
$3,700
New champion: $3,700 |
$7,000
19 R, 2 W |
| Kevin | $900 | $1,100 | $500 |
$1,000
3rd place: Olympia Carrera typewriter |
$500
10 R, 5 W |
| AUTOMOBILES | EXPLORERS | WOMEN | BIBLICAL QUOTES | TOUCHDOWN TOPICS | STUPID ANSWERS |
|
$100
[11]
A "glow plug" is used for cold starts in this engine that doesn't use spark plugs
a diesel
Blair
|
$100
[2]
He died in Spain May 20, 1506, still believing he had reached the East Indies
Christopher Columbus
Susan
|
$100
[1]
For axing her stepdaughter, in 1899 Martha Place was 1st woman in U.S. executed in one of these
an electric chair
Blair
|
$100
[18]
According to Romans 6:23 "The wages of sin is..." this
death
Susan
|
$100
[26]
During actual playing time, pros replace it about every 6 minutes
a football
Kevin
|
$100
[3]
Extremely small tropical fish discovered in 1866 by the Rev. R.J. Lechmere Guppy
a guppy
Susan
|
|
$200
[16]
To conserve gas & rubber, this was the natl. speed limit for much of WWII, 20 miles lower than 1974
35
Susan
|
$200
[8]
To win a bet, mountain man Jim Bridger rode dangerous rapids to discover this Utah lake
the Great Salt Lake
Blair
|
$300
[14]
Sense that becomes more sensitive during pregnancy
smell
Susan
Blair
Kevin
|
$200
[19]
Moses' 4 word message to the pharaoh
Let my people go
Blair
|
$200
[27]
Now retired with his pet gator, Ted "Mad Stork" Hendricks backed up this L.A. team at linebacker
the Raiders
|
$200
[4]
On Sverdlov Square in Moscow, it's the home theater of the Bolshoi Ballet
the Bolshoi Theatre
Kevin
|
|
$300
[17]
French company that's the world's oldest continuous car manufacturer
Peugeot
Susan
Blair
|
$300
[9]
English explorer who apparently made up the story about Pocahontas saving his life
John Smith
Kevin
|
$400
[15]
This European-born Indian citizen won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize
Mother Teresa
Susan
Blair
|
$300
[20]
According to Matthew 28:19, Jesus commanded his disciples to baptize in the name of these
the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit
Blair
|
— |
$300
[5]
Largest city & capital of Luxembourg
Luxembourg City
Blair
|
|
$400
[23]
In a tune from 1905, this car was "merry"
an Olsmobile
Susan
|
$400
[10]
In 1508, he searched for the Northwest Passage, not Cissy, Buffy & Jody
Sebastian Cabot
|
DD
$500
[13]
# of Oscar categories won every year exclusively by women
2
Susan
|
$400
[21]
One of these biblical brothers was "a keeper of sheep", the other, "a tiller of ground"
Cain & Abel
Kevin
|
— |
$400
[6]
Word in the title of "Flashdance... What A Feeling" not used in the song lyrics
Flashdance
Kevin
|
|
$500
[24]
In 1932, it became the 1st company to sell a low-priced car with a V-8 engine
Ford
Susan
|
$500
[12]
In 1776, the infamous Capt. Bligh was sailing master for this South Seas explorer
Captain Cook
Susan
|
$500
[25]
On her 1st try for political office, she became 1st woman governor of Washington
Dixy Lee Ray
|
$500
[22]
God answered this sufferer's complaints: "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundations?"
Job
Blair
|
— |
$500
[7]
After careful research, the magazine "Monthly Detroit" has changed its name to this
Detroit Monthly
Blair
|
| RIVERS | THE CALENDAR | SHOW BIZ BUSINESS | ASIA | "S.S." | BIOLOGY |
|
$200
[25]
Among the big cities on this "Big River" is big El Paso, Texas
the Rio Grande
Kevin
|
$200
[17]
Month in which "Here we go gathering nuts"
May
Susan
Blair
|
$200
[1]
Although Paul McCartney owns "Tomorrow", as of Aug. 15, '85, this singer has "Yesterday" in the palm of his glove
Michael Jackson
Blair
|
$200
[2]
Country which ruled the Philippines for over 300 years, until 1898
Spain
Susan
|
$200
[3]
He misspelled his name in cement at Grauman's Chinese, but spelled "Rocky" right in 4 screenplays
Sylvester Stallone
Susan
|
$400
[16]
When treated with iodine, a food containing this substance, like a potato, will turn purple
starch
Blair
|
|
$400
[26]
World's longest continuous truss bridge spans this river at Astoria, Ore.
the Columbia
Blair
|
$400
[18]
This civilization's calendar from 4000 B.C. was used by Copernicus in the 16th century
Egypt
Blair
|
$400
[8]
Studio formed by 1916 Famous Players-Lasky merger, merged w/Desilu in 1967, & now owned by Gulf & Western
Paramount
Kevin
|
$400
[10]
This fanatically religious Mideast country has "God is great" written 22 times on its flag
Iran
Blair
|
$400
[4]
For Frank & Nancy Sinatra in 1967, saying "I love you" was this
something stupid
Kevin
|
$600
[24]
At 3 lbs., the human brain weighs 5 times less than this land mammal's
an elephant
Kevin
|
| — |
$600
[19]
Adding a bissextile, or a second February 24th, was the Romans' way of handling this
a leap year
Susan
|
$600
[9]
2 of the 3 record labels that make up "WEA"
(2 of) Elektra(/Asylum), Warner's (or Atlantic)
Susan
Kevin
|
$600
[11]
About half of all Chinese exports pass through this port
Shanghai
Blair
Kevin
|
$600
[5]
Composer & lyricist of "A Funny Thing... Forum", "Follies", & "Sweeney Todd"
Stephen Sondheim
Blair
|
$800
[23]
Process following mating where 2 gametes fuse to form a zygote
fertilization
|
| — |
$800
[20]
Unlike historians, astronomers include a year numbered this in their calculations
0
Blair
|
$800
[14]
A planned water-thrill park at Disney World will be named this, reflecting 1984 film hit
Splash
Susan
|
$800
[12]
This wild cat is found in Israel, Korea, Malaysia & Java, as well as Africa
the leopard
Susan
|
$800
[6]
An '85 satellite conference between children in U.S. & U.S.S.R. was dedicated to her, "The Littlest Envoy"
Samantha Smith
Blair
|
$1,000
[22]
The term for this branch of biology was coined in the 1860s & is Greek for "study of the home"
ecology
|
| — |
$1,000
[21]
When Pope Gregory made calendar change, the date after Thurs. Oct. 4, 1582, Oct. 15, 1582, fell on this day
Friday
Susan
Kevin
|
DD
$1,500
[15]
MGM announced new merchandising for these 2 films celebrating 50th anniversaries in 1989
Gone with the Wind & The Wizard of Oz
Susan
|
$1,000
[13]
Forming most of Vietnam's northwestern border, it's the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia
Laos
Susan
Kevin
|
$1,000
[7]
George McGovern's 2nd 1972 running mate
Sargent Shriver
Kevin
|
— |
Despite govt. predictions to the contrary, in 1985 this became the least populated U.S. state
Wyoming