Louis Seitchik — a computer programmer and acting student originally from San Antonio, Texas
Gerri Miller — a magazine editor from New York City
Clint Swett — a newspaper copy editor from Sacramento, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $17,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint | $600 | $2,000 | $6,400 |
$99
3rd place: Hardwick stove |
$6,700
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Gerri | $900 | $500 | $6,300 |
$4,199
New champion: $4,199 |
$5,900
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Louis | $900 | $2,300 | $2,100 |
$100
2nd place: Dresher brass bed & Dakotah bedroom ensemble |
$2,100
17 R, 7 W |
| LITERATURE | TENNIS | DOUBLE TALK | MOVIES | GEOGRAPHY | COMIC STRIP DOGS |
|
$100
[10]
"The Scarlet Letter" was this letter of the alphabet
A
Louis
|
$100
[2]
An approach shot is any shot that enables the player to do this
approach the net
Clint
|
$100
[16]
In his hit song, "Spanish Eyes", what Al Martino wanted the girl to say
Please say "si, si"
|
$100
[6]
In "North by Northwest", Cary Grant was a real "cliff hanger" on this South Dakota landmark
Mount Rushmore
Gerri
|
$100
[1]
This country's name means "land of the Huns", not a grumbling stomach
Hungary
Louis
|
$100
[23]
The model for him was a black & white dog given to 13-year-old Charles Schulz
Snoopy
Louis
|
|
$200
[11]
Tolstoy novel set against the Napoleonic invasion of Russia
War and Peace
Clint
|
$200
[3]
John Newcombe, Ken Rosewall, & Rod Laver are all from this country
Australia
Louis
|
$200
[17]
He said, "If Robert Kennedy were alive today, he would support my petition for parole"
Sirhan Sirhan
Louis
|
$200
[7]
1984 film starring Kevin Bacon that was male answer to "Flashdance"
Footloose
Gerri
|
$200
[12]
Free land has been offered to those willing to settle in this part of Brazil
the Amazon jungle
Gerri
|
$200
[24]
Dagwood's dog
Daisy
Louis
|
|
$300
[15]
While living in VT., he wrote "The 7 Seas", "Captains Courageous", & the 2 "Jungle Books"
Rudyard Kipling
Clint
|
$300
[4]
Formed in 1974 but forced to disband in 1978 was this inter-city league, the WTT
World Team Tennis
Clint
|
$300
[20]
1 of the only 2 pandas currently living in the U.S.
(1 of) Ling-Ling (or Hsing-Hsing)
Clint
|
$300
[8]
1980 movie of Brooke Shields stranded on the sand
The Blue Lagoon
Louis
|
$300
[28]
2nd highest mountain in Africa & highest in Kenya
Mount Kenya
Clint
|
$300
[25]
His dog is "Ruff" but not tough
Dennis the Menace
Louis
|
|
$400
[18]
Middle name of "Quaker poet" John Whittier
Greenleaf
|
$400
[5]
In 1979, at age 16, she was youngest woman ever to win the U.S. Open
Tracy Austin
Gerri
Louis
|
DD
$500
[21]
Title of this song which fits the category:"Does he love me? / I wanna know / How can I tell if he loves me so? / (Is it in his eyes?) / Oh, no..."
"The Shoop Shoop Song"
Clint
|
$400
[13]
Helen Hayes starred with Gary Cooper in this Hemingway war classic
A Farewell to Arms
Louis
|
$400
[29]
Omsk & Tomsk & Minsk & Pinsk are cities in this country
the Soviet Union
Louis
|
$400
[26]
"Holy hot dogs!" This pooch wears a mask
the Bat-Hound
Gerri
Louis
|
|
$500
[19]
Praised for his use of English, this Polish-born author of "Typhoon" knew no English before age 20
Joseph Conrad
Louis
|
$500
[9]
Title of person who sits in the chair & officiates at a tennis match
the umpire
Louis
|
$500
[22]
Spas in this German town in the Black Forest date back to Roman times
Baden-Baden
Louis
|
$500
[14]
Dickens' tale of John mills with high hopes
Great Expectations
Louis
|
— |
$500
[27]
He always tried to keep Ignatz Mouse from heaving a brick at Krazy Kat's head
Officer Bull Pupp
|
| ART | NEWSPAPERS | SCIENCE | ROME | WINE | IN OTHER WORDS... |
|
$200
[21]
There are 2 folks flying in & a wardrobe lady on hand at her birth in Botticelli painting
Venus
Clint
|
$200
[8]
A single dip at Baskin-Robbins, or an exclusive at the Denver Post
a scoop
Louis
|
$200
[6]
It's the opposite effect to an action
a reaction
Gerri
|
$200
[13]
The major River that flows through Rome
the Tiber
Clint
|
$200
[30]
The vines in this French province famed for sparkling white wines are among Europe's oldest
Champagne
Louis
|
$200
[1]
Allow snoozing schnauzers to go undisturbed
Let sleeping dogs lie (allowing sleeping dogs to lie, letting sleeping dogs lie)
Clint
|
|
$400
[22]
Ear van Gogh has bandaged in 1888 self-portrait
the right
Clint
Louis
|
$400
[11]
The Washington Post uses almost 4,500 tons of it per week
newsprint
Gerri
|
$400
[7]
When "She Loves You" was #1 on the music charts, this was #1 on the periodic chart
hydrogen
Louis
|
$400
[17]
Quirinal, Viminal, Esquiline, Caelian, Aventine, Capitoline, &Palatine
the hills of Rome
Gerri
|
$400
[29]
9 out of 10 bottles of wine sold in U.S. originate in this country
the United States
Louis
|
$400
[2]
Despondency adores companionship
Misery loves company
Gerri
|
|
$600
[23]
Seurat depicted the island of La Grande Jatte on the afternoon of this day of the week
Sunday
Clint
|
$600
[14]
US magazine, aimed at the same readers as People, was started by this prestigious paper
the New York Times
Clint
|
DD
$400
[10]
When measuring a gas at "S.T.P.", it's at standard values of these 2 variables
temperature & pressure
Clint
|
$800
[19]
The 2 major English poets buried in Rome's Protestant cemetery
Keats & Shelley
|
$600
[26]
When weather is sunny, the content of this in the grapes is higher
sugar
Louis
|
$600
[3]
A newsweekly is sent airmail at the moment one experiences amusement
Time flies when you're having fun
Louis
|
|
$800
[24]
Born in 1746, this Spanish artist is known for his "Clothed Maja" & its sequel "The Naked Maja"
Goya
Gerri
|
$800
[15]
In 1980, Columbus Dispatch became 1st electronic newspaper sending material to these in homes
computer terminals
Gerri
|
$600
[9]
Type of water which when mixed with soap, forms a scum 1st & a lather later
hard water
Clint
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
Suburban Cinechta is the center of this industry in Rome
the film industry
Gerri
|
$800
[28]
In 1818, the 1st successful commercial wine growing in the U.S. began in this Mid-Atlantic state
Pennsylvania
|
$800
[4]
One that takes a pause becomes unfindable
He who hesitates is lost
Gerri
|
|
$1,000
[25]
"Official" painter of the French Revolution, he painted "The Death of Marat"
David
|
$1,000
[16]
"Covers Dixie like the Dew" is the motto of this large southern city's "Journal"
Atlanta
Clint
|
$1,000
[12]
Normal number of pairs of chromosomes humans have in every cell in their body, except sex cells
23
Gerri
Louis
|
$1,000
[20]
He designed the interior of St. Peter's including the spiraled bronze columns around the altar
Bernini
|
$1,000
[27]
This country has the most vineyard acreage in Europe
Spain
|
$1,000
[5]
Labor with your digits leaving just skeletal remains
working your fingers to the bone
Clint
|
1 year after winning an Oscar, she was honored on a postage stamp, but not for her acting
Grace Kelly