Linda Shrum — a mother from Las Vegas, Nevada
Joe Escarce — a physician originally from Miami, Florida
Bill Fleming — a police sergeant from Mission Viejo, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | $700 | $1,300 | $4,300 |
$8,600
2-day co-champion: $20,000 |
$4,300
16 R, 1 W |
| Joe | $300 | $1,700 | $3,700 |
$7,400
2nd place: Frigidaire refrigerator + Krupp kitchen products |
$5,100
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Linda | $600 | $3,100 | $4,600 |
$8,600
New co-champion: $8,600 |
$5,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| HOUSEHOLD HINTS | SPORTS QUOTES | VERMIN | MUSICAL MONTHS | YOUNG STARS | "UPPER"s |
|
$100
[21]
By trimming its ends periodically, you can keep it sweeping clean
a broom
Bill
|
$100
[4]
"I usually take a 2-hour nap, from 1 o'clock to 4" said this great Yankee catcher
Yogi Berra
Bill
|
$100
[16]
Plural of louse
lice
Linda
|
$100
[1]
According to George M, Cohan, the date on which "Yankee Doodle Dandy" was born
the 4th of July
Bill
|
$100
[10]
"Silver Spoons" star who sparred with "The Champ"
Ricky Schroder
Linda
|
$100
[22]
The top part of a pie, or the top part of a social class
the upper crust
Joe
|
|
$200
[27]
To soften hardened brown sugar get to the "core" of the matter by slicing this fruit into the box
an apple
Linda
|
$200
[7]
"If horses won't eat it, I don't want to play on it" said Dick Allen of this surface
Astroturf
Bill
|
$200
[17]
There are also granary, rice, & coffee bean types of these, besides the boll
a weevil
Joe
|
$200
[2]
In October of '57, Pat Boone released this springtime hit
"April Love"
Bill
|
DD
$300
[11]
This24-year-old has already made 17 films & had a baby
Nastassja Kinski
Linda
|
$200
[23]
College juniors or seniors, regardless of sex
upperclassmen
Bill
|
|
$300
[28]
Adding this to water of cut flowers will keep them fresher longer, not make them whiter
bleach
Linda
|
$300
[8]
This Dr. said, "No one would undergo a sex change for a reason as shallow as playing tennis"
Dr. Renée Richards
|
$300
[18]
The 1st animal to learn how to fly, they now flee when you turn on the kitchen light at night
a cockroach
Linda
|
$300
[3]
The month Billy Joe jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
June
Joe
|
$300
[12]
Henry Thomas & Drew Barrymore played brother & sister in this Spielberg film
E.T.
Linda
|
$300
[24]
Old Dr. Pepper ads called it "The Friendly..." this
"The Friendly Pepper-Upper"
Bill
Joe
|
| — |
$400
[9]
Probably the world's greatest female athlete, she said, "My goal was to be the greatest athlete ever"
Babe Didrikson
Linda
|
$400
[19]
At 3 a.m., June 21, 1985, Disney sent the exterminator into Fantasyland to rid it of these pests
mice
Linda
|
$400
[5]
Original title of Four Seasons "Oh What A Night" commemorates this month in 1963
December
Bill
Linda
|
$400
[13]
Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" & a spy in "Falcon & the Snowman"
Sean Penn
Linda
|
$400
[25]
What you don't want an opponent to get
the upper hand
Joe
|
| — |
$500
[15]
"Show me a good loser & I'll show you a loser" said this legendary Boston Celtics coach
Red Auerbach
Joe
|
$500
[20]
On "Barney Miller", this kid's show which also starred Hal Linden was once called "Vermin, Vermin, Vermin"
Animals, Animals, Animals
|
$500
[6]
One of Neil Diamond's top selling albums was this one, recorded live at L.A.'s Greek Theater in 1972
Hot August Night
Bill
|
$500
[14]
One of the 2 stars of "Sixteen Candles" who also appeared in "The Breakfast Club"
(1 of) Molly Ringwald (or Anthony Michael Hall)
Joe
|
$500
[26]
Because of uppercuts, Leon Spinks doesn't wear his in the ring
his upper plate
Linda
|
| NATIONAL HEROES | MONEY | BOOKS & AUTHORS | 1939 | STATE CAPITALS | LEFTOVERS |
|
$200
[20]
Ironically, this national hero of India was assassinated by a fellow Hindu
Mahatma Gandhi
Joe
|
$200
[22]
The Secret Service reports that in 1984 they seized almost $90 million worth of it
counterfeit money
Bill
|
$200
[15]
Actual identity of Richard Bachman, who wrote "Thinner"
Stephen King
|
$200
[9]
She lobbied for the theater with her father, Speaker of the House, & her uncle, Senator Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
Bill
|
$200
[2]
Appropriately, this capital's name means "Indiana city"
Indianapolis
Joe
|
$200
[1]
The depth of water a ship draws, or type of beer
draft
Joe
|
|
$400
[21]
"Light-Horse Harry" Lee was 1st to call G. Washington "1st in war, 1st in peace, & 1st" there
first in the hearts of his countrymen
Bill
|
$400
[23]
Main currency unit of India, Nepal, & Sri Lanka
the rupee
Linda
|
$400
[16]
Baseball manager who calls his autobiography "The Artful Dodger"
Tommy Lasorda
Bill
|
$400
[12]
Singer once billed as "Tiny Little", she persuaded Irving Berlin to write "God Bless America"
Kate Smith
Bill
|
$400
[3]
Of Dover, N.J.; Dover, Del.; & Dover, N.H.; the one that's a state capital
Dover, Delaware
Bill
|
$400
[4]
The 7th sign of the zodiac is symbolized by a pair of these
scales
Bill
Linda
|
|
DD
$500
[24]
2 of 5 South American countries for whom Simon Bolivar is national hero
(2 of) Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia & Venezuela
Linda
|
— |
$600
[17]
He couldn't tell filmmakers who killed one victim in his "The Big Sleep"
Raymond Chandler
Bill
|
$600
[13]
Because they kept Marian Anderson from performing, the 1st lady resigned from this women's club
the Daughters of the American Revolution
|
$600
[6]
Dome of Minnesota state capitol building in this city is patterned after St. Peter's in Rome
St. Paul
Joe
|
$600
[5]
In photography, it's technique to condense into seconds a drawn-out event such as a flower opening
time-lapse photography
Joe
|
|
$800
[25]
Early 20th c. Chinese revolutionary revered by both Nationalists & Communists
Sun Yat-sen
Linda
|
— |
$800
[19]
Born Salvatore Lombino, he writes serious novels as Evan Hunter & 87th Precinct novels under this name
Ed McBain
|
$800
[14]
After serving 7 1/2 years for tax evasion, he was released from prison in November
Al Capone
Linda
|
$800
[7]
"Bare mountain" is the meaning of name of this Vermont capital
Montpelier
Joe
|
$800
[10]
French for "silver" or "money", it symbolizes faith & purity in heraldry
argent
Joe
|
|
$1,000
[26]
His Muslim enemies referred to Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar of Spain by this name, meaning "Lord"
El Cid
Linda
|
— | — |
$1,000
[18]
On September 3, this U.S. ambassador to Britain sent news that England declared war on Germany
Joseph Kennedy Sr.
Linda
|
DD
$1,400
[8]
Guthrie, which was founded & became populous in just 1 day, was its 1st capital
Oklahoma
Joe
|
$1,000
[11]
In 1889, Jane Addams opened this famous settlement house in Chicago to help immigrants
Hull House
Linda
|
It ran on CBS for 20 years, longer than any other U.S. prime-time series with continuing characters
Gunsmoke