Doug Miller — an assignment editor from Houston, Texas
Dorian Ellis — a chef from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Bruce Rhodewalt — a musician from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,050)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce | $1,400 | $1,200 | $-800 |
$-800
3rd place: La-Z-Boy recliner rocker chair |
$200
16 R, 11 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dorian | $100 | $400 | $1,400 |
$1
2nd place: Pinseeker golf clubs & Wimbledon tennis rackets |
$1,400
11 R, 6 W |
| Doug | $700 | $1,200 | $1,600 |
$2,900
New champion: $2,900 |
$1,500
16 R (including 1 DD), 11 W |
| WEATHER | TV TRIVIA | 50THANNIVERSARIES | MOVIE COMPOSERS | "T" TIME |
|
$100
[1]
While a cannon shot may be heard 50 or more miles away, this rarely heard beyond 20
thunder
Bruce
|
$100
[16]
The "Hollywood Squares" board symbol for the male contestant
an X
Bruce
Dorian
|
$100
[17]
Oct. 10, 1985 marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of this Gershwin opera
Porgy and Bess
Dorian
Doug
|
$100
[5]
This Beatle gave his music & regards to Broad Street
Paul McCartney
Bruce
|
$100
[11]
The covering of a mattress, or the sound of a clock
ticking
Dorian
Doug
|
|
$200
[2]
Direction of spin of a cyclone in the Northern Hemisphere
anticlockwise (counterclockwise)
Dorian
Doug
|
$200
[20]
On "Captain Video", the imaginatively named "Tobor" was this
a robot
Doug
|
$200
[18]
Founded in 1935, it's concerned with helping people achieve & maintain sobriety
Alcoholics Anonymous
Bruce
|
$200
[7]
There's something fishy about John Williams' score for this 1975 film
Jaws
Bruce
Doug
|
$200
[12]
In football or pulleys, it pairs with block
tackle
Bruce
Doug
|
|
$300
[3]
Term for frozen dew
frost
Dorian
|
$300
[21]
Knighted by the queen, this familiar PBS host can't be called "Sir" because he's now a U.S. citizen
Alistair Cooke
Doug
|
$300
[19]
If you were working when this gov't prog. was started 50 years ago, you're probably on it now
Social Security
Bruce
Doug
|
$300
[8]
Bernard Hermann scored 1st with "Citizen Kane" & last with this '76 De Niro film about a cabbie
Taxi Driver
Doug
|
$300
[13]
Completes "All the little birdies on Jaybird Street, love to hear the robin go..."
tweet, tweet, tweet
Dorian
|
|
$400
[4]
This Italian's invention of the wind vane about 1500 changed the direction of forecasting
Leonardo da Vinci
Dorian
Doug
|
DD
$500
[22]
Tom Lehrer songs were a feature of this mid-'60s news satire nicknamed TW3
That Was the Week That Was
Doug
|
$400
[24]
Founded by John L. Lewis, 1985 is the 50th anniversary of this association of labor groups
the CIO
Bruce
Doug
|
$400
[9]
Appropriately, this diminutive singer wrote the score for "Bugsy Malone", an all-kids musical
Paul Williams
Bruce
|
$400
[14]
Headaches & hearts do it
a throb
Dorian
|
|
$500
[6]
It happened to W.C. Fields when he opened his door & said, "It ain't a fit night out for man nor beast"
snow getting in his face
Bruce
|
$500
[23]
He was fired from Abbott & Costello show after biting Costello
Bingo the Chimp
Dorian
Doug
|
— |
$500
[10]
His uncle Alfred won an Oscar for "Alexander's Ragtime Band" while he was nominated for "Ragtime"
Randy Newman
Bruce
|
$500
[15]
In British rhyming slang, a "tea-leaf" is one; on television, Alexander Mundy is one
a thief
Doug
|
| MONEY | RUSSIA | BEST SELLERS | PRESIDENTS | SUPERSTITIONS | WOMEN IN HISTORY |
|
$200
[21]
According to 1 Timothy, it's "theloveof money" that is this
the root of all evil
Bruce
|
$200
[13]
St. Basil's church towers over this Moscow plaza
Red Square
Bruce
Doug
|
$200
[2]
Studs Terkel calls it "The Good War" in his recent best-seller
World War II
Bruce
|
$200
[3]
Benjamin Harrison was this relation to William Henry Harrison
the grandson
Dorian
Doug
|
$200
[15]
What you traditionally place in your loafer for luck
a penny
Doug
|
$400
[20]
Nickname given South Vietnam's Madame Nhu, derived from a character in "Terry & the Pirates"
the Dragon Lady
Bruce
|
|
$400
[22]
Used as money in Canada from 1685 to 1755, they were as valuable as diamonds, hearts clubs & spades
playing cards
Doug
|
$400
[14]
Russian for "union", it's also the name of their space program
Soyuz
Bruce
|
$400
[12]
After spinning his "Wheels", this author now prescribes "Strong Medicine"
Arthur Hailey
Doug
|
$400
[4]
Only president to be impeached
Andrew Johnson
Bruce
|
$400
[16]
When thrown instead of eaten, it ensures a couple will have many children
rice
Bruce
|
$600
[1]
First woman elected to both houses of Congress, she represented Maine in Senate for 24 years
Margaret Chase Smith
Bruce
Dorian
Doug
|
|
$600
[23]
England has announced during 1985 it will be replacing this with an equivalent coin
the pound note
Bruce
Doug
|
$600
[25]
In 1977, he became Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet & remained so until his death in 1982
Leonid Brezhnev
Bruce
Doug
|
$600
[11]
Alice Adams' new novel "Superior Women" does to Radcliffe grads what this Mary McCarthy book did to Vassar
The Group
Dorian
Doug
|
$600
[5]
Our 28th president's last, or President Reagan's middle name
Wilson
Doug
|
$600
[17]
It's never mentioned during a no-hitter
the fact that it is a no-hitter
Doug
|
$1,000
[8]
Indira Gandhi's aunt, Madame Pandit, was 1st woman president of this body
U.N. General Assembly
Dorian
|
|
$800
[24]
Amount of crooked money the crooked man found in children's rhyme
a sixpence
Bruce
|
$800
[26]
These mountains form the natural boundary between European Russia & Asian Siberia
the Urals
Bruce
|
$800
[10]
In this Mario Puzo #1 best-seller, the hero is an independent outlaw who bucks the Mafia
The Sicilian
Doug
|
$800
[6]
Only president elected to a Congress other than that of U.S., John Tyler was elected to this one
the Confederate Congress
Bruce
Dorian
|
$800
[18]
"Port Wine" or "Strawberry", some say these are caused by a pregnant woman eating the wrong things
a birthmark
Bruce
|
— |
| — |
DD
$1,000
[27]
Part of the Central Committee, it is the most powerful body in the Soviet Union
the Politburo
Bruce
|
$1,000
[9]
In the latest in a list of best-sellers, this humorist gives us "Pieces of My Mind"
Andy Rooney
Dorian
|
$1,000
[7]
First incumbent president ever to publicly debate his opponent
Gerald Ford
Bruce
Dorian
Doug
|
$1,000
[19]
As shown in "The Dresser", it's Shakespeare's not-to-be-quoted-from, bad luck play
Macbeth
Dorian
|
— |
The first university in the Western Hemisphere was founded in 1553 in this Latin American capital
Mexico City