Clint Swett — a newspaper copy editor from Sacramento, California
Davina Rubin — a teacher originally from New York City
Jean Youngerman — an analytical chemist from San Diego, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean | $800 | $800 | $4,600 |
$3,550
2nd place: trip on Air Cal to San Francisco & stay at Holiday Lodge |
$4,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Davina | $600 | $1,400 | $2,800 |
$2,099
3rd place: Unknown |
$3,200
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Clint | $600 | $1,900 | $2,300 |
$4,600
New champion: $4,600 |
$2,700
12 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| 1984 | TAX FACTS | LANGUAGE | RIVER SONGS | MILITARY MEN | CHICKENS |
|
$100
[4]
In September, he canon!zed 103 19th-century martyrs in a ceremony in Seoul, South Korea
John Paul II
Jean
|
$100
[24]
From 1935-49, no worker ever paid more than $30 per year for this tax
Social Security
Davina
Clint
|
$100
[6]
Dose who tawk like dis all de time prob'ly come from dis boro of New Yawk City
Brooklyn
Davina
|
$100
[3]
In 1961 Bobby Darin wanted to go "up" this kind of river
a lazy river
Clint
|
$100
[14]
This service academy's 1st superintendent was Franklin Buchanan, later the Confederate navy's 1st admiral
Annapolis (the Naval Academy)
Jean
|
$100
[1]
American breed named for a Pilgrim "parking place"
a Plymouth Rock
Davina
|
|
$200
[5]
Coming to Olympics despite Soviet boycott, their athletes won 20 gold medals, 2nd only to U.S.
Romania
Davina
|
$300
[23]
In 1985, the IRS sent out about 70 million of these
tax rebates (refunds)
Jean
Davina
|
$200
[7]
The capitals are of Roman origin, but the small ones were designed by Alcuin in the 8th century
letters
Jean
|
$200
[22]
The middle of the river was where he & Little White Dove finally met
Running Bear
Clint
|
$200
[15]
WWII pilot famous for shooting planes down has this Chicago airport named for him
(Edward) O'Hare
Davina
|
$200
[2]
Most chickens today are hatched in these machines
an incubator
Davina
|
|
$300
[11]
Liz & Liza both went through this Rancho Mirage rehab clinic in 1984
the Betty Ford Clinic
Jean
|
— |
$300
[16]
Portuguese, Romansh, French, Italian, & Spanish all belong to this "love"ly language group
romance language
Clint
|
DD
$400
[25]
In England many say this Phil Spector song written for T. Turner is greatest pop record ever: "When I was a little girl, I had a rag doll / It was the only doll that I've ever owned..."
"River Deep, Mountain High"
Davina
|
$300
[17]
In 1947, Milt Caniff created this comic strip about an Air Force officer
Steve Canyon
Clint
|
$300
[8]
Of 7, 23, or 69 billion, approximate # of eggs laid in U.S. each year
69 billion
Jean
|
|
$400
[12]
He explained "It's hard to write a song where your main objective is to use the word Ghostbusters"
Ray Parker Jr.
|
— |
$400
[19]
At medieval European universities all classes were conducted in this language
Latin
Davina
|
$400
[26]
It's where "I ain't gonna study war no more"
"Down By The Riverside"
Jean
Davina
Clint
|
$400
[18]
British/American flight instructor in WWI, but best known for wife Irene & introducing turkey trot
(Vernon) Castle
Davina
|
$400
[9]
Religion where a hen & rooster traditionally preceded bridal couple, who could then make chicken soup
Jewish
Jean
|
|
$500
[13]
A popular TV commercial for this featured a dog named Alex-mostly offscreen
Stroh's beer
Clint
|
— |
$500
[20]
The science of language, including phonology, morphology, syntax & semantics
linguistics
Clint
|
— |
$500
[21]
Air Force officer & astronaut who became president of Eastern Airlines in 1975
Frank Borman
Clint
|
$500
[10]
Chickens were probably 1st domesticated on this continent
Asia
Jean
|
| AMERICAN HISTORY | NEW TESTAMENT NICKNAMES | SKIN | SITCOMS | NATIONAL ANTHEMS | "CLARK"s |
|
$200
[2]
Our flag bore this number of stars only in 1959
49
Jean
Clint
|
$200
[26]
His favorite title, he refers to himself as "Son of man" more than 60 times
Jesus
Jean
|
$200
[16]
The skin layer below the epidermis
the dermis
Davina
|
$200
[11]
Though Carl Reiner played Rob in the pilot, he settled for playing Alan Brady in this series
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Davina
|
$200
[12]
In voting for a national anthem for this country, "Waltzing Matilda" lost out
Australia
Jean
|
$200
[1]
Both his auto-biography & syndicated radio show are called "Rock, Roll & Remember"
Dick Clark
Clint
|
|
$400
[3]
The Indians called this "Long Knife""Long Hair"
George Custer
Jean
|
— |
$400
[17]
Tegrin's ads promised relief from "the heartbreak of " this skin disease
psoriasis
Clint
|
$400
[22]
Spinoff from "Barney Miller" named for the "salty" character played by Abe Vigoda
Fish
Jean
|
$400
[13]
It's believed Mozart wrote music of this country's national anthem
Austria
Jean
|
$400
[5]
As a child during WWII, this singer played in over 500 shows for British troops
Petula Clark
Jean
|
|
$600
[4]
Plattsburg, Mo. statue honoring 19th c. senator David Atchison indicates he held this office for 1 day
president (of the United States)
Davina
|
— |
DD
$400
[21]
From Greek for equal, an isograft is a skin graft where donor & recipient are these
identical twins
Clint
|
$600
[23]
The 1st sitcom filmed so that it could be rerun
I Love Lucy
Davina
|
DD
$400
[14]
Name of national anthem besides "Star Spangled Banner" most often played at U.S. sporting events
"O Canada"
Jean
|
$600
[6]
Revolutionary War hero George Rogers Clark was this explorer's older brother
William Clark
Clint
|
|
$800
[9]
1st Blacks were brought to America not as slaves, but these
indentured servants
|
— |
$600
[19]
Most apparent permanent effect of the amount of melanin in the skin
the color
Jean
|
$800
[24]
She was "enterprising, socializing, everything but compromising"
Maude
Jean
|
$800
[15]
This country's anthem begins, "Unbreakable union of freeborn republics"
the Soviet Union
Davina
|
$800
[7]
He led WWII Allied invasion of Italy, & was last U.N. commander during Korean War
Mark Clark
Clint
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Though this group disappeared from the scene in 1870s, a new version surfaced some 40 years later
the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Jean
|
— |
$800
[20]
Common name for the horny plates on dorsal surface of fingers & toes
nails
Clint
|
$1,000
[25]
After her dad was in the 1959 film "Operation Petticoat", she was in the 1977 series
Jamie Lee Curtis
|
$1,000
[18]
1st 5 words of final stanza of the Star Spangled Banner
"O thus be it ever"
Davina
Clint
|
$1,000
[8]
Though he served for only 9 months in 1979-80, he was Canada's youngest P.M. ever
Joe Clark
|
Established in 1911, this yearly event has largest single day attendance in sports
the Indy 500