Lionel Goldbart game 5.Barbara Lowe game 1.
Barbara Lowe — a writer and a researcher from Anaheim, California
Bruce Burlan — a treasury manager from New York City
Lionel Goldbart — a retired schoolteacher originally from Brooklyn, New York (whose 4-day cash winnings total $34,997)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel | $500 | $1,700 | $4,300 |
$8,599
2nd place: a La-Z-Boy sofa & J.T.'s General Store gift certificate |
$4,300
11 R, 2 W |
| Bruce | $300 | $900 | $3,300 |
$6,600
3rd place: Frigidaire electric range |
$3,300
13 R, 3 W |
| Barbara | $1,000 | $2,700 | $10,400 |
$10,401
New champion: $10,401 |
$10,700
26 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| HOLIDAYS | COINS | ASTRONOMICAL SONGS | BOTANY | WINTER SPORTS | ALL THAT JAZZ |
|
$100
[2]
It was 1st celebrated in the U.S. on the 300th anniversary in 1792
Columbus Day
Barbara
|
$100
[10]
National coins & currency weren't established until 1850 in this neutral nation
Switzerland
Barbara
|
$100
[17]
Planet named for a goddess whom Jimmy Clanton described "In Blue Jeans"
Venus
Lionel
|
$100
[21]
Originally from China, this fragrant evergreen was named for Dr. Alexander Garden
gardenia
Lionel
|
$100
[8]
In the 18th C., iceboating originated on the frozen canals of this north European country
Holland (the Netherlands)
Barbara
|
$100
[1]
A musical instrument or Paul Bunyan's tool
an axe
Barbara
|
|
$200
[3]
It's the occasion in America on which the highest percentage of families eat out
Mother's Day
Barbara
|
$200
[13]
Due to its lightness, coins made from this metal are difficult to use in vending machines
aluminum
Bruce
|
$200
[18]
In 1970, the 5th Dimension won a Grammy singing about this sign of the Zodiac
Aquarius
Barbara
|
$200
[27]
Belonging to the genus Helianthus, these yellow flowers actually turn to follow the sun's path
sunflowers
Lionel
|
$200
[9]
They were 1st held at Chamonix, France in 1924
the Winter Olympics
Bruce
|
$200
[7]
To the hip, John Coltrane's nickname, but to squares, just a choo-choo
Train
Barbara
|
|
$300
[4]
In China, it's celebrated on the day of the 2nd new moon after the Winter solstice
the Chinese New Year
Barbara
|
$300
[14]
U.S. coin with the Presidential Seal on its flip side
the Kennedy half-dollar
Bruce
|
$300
[20]
When you do this, it "makes no difference who you are"
"When You Wish Upon A Star"
Barbara
|
$300
[28]
The cob is actually the female flower of this cereal plant
corn
Barbara
|
$300
[11]
2 of the 3 Alpine skiing events
slalom, giant slalom, downhill
Bruce
Barbara
|
$300
[24]
Improvised crooning of nonsense syllables, "Cats" dig it despite its name
scatting
Lionel
|
|
DD
$400
[5]
Saying this month had none, Games Magazine ran a contest to find it a holiday
August
Barbara
|
$400
[15]
In 1935, Canada started making these coins on a regular basis but the U.S. stopped
silver dollars
Bruce
|
$400
[22]
Title of the song that begins, "Is this the little girl I carried?"
"Sunrise, Sunset"
Barbara
|
— |
$400
[12]
Described as shuffleboard on ice, the goal is to get a 44 lb. stone closest to a target
curling
Bruce
|
$400
[25]
"Bird"
Charlie Parker
Lionel
|
|
$500
[6]
The Sabbath is observed by Jews on Saturdays, Christians on Sundays, & Muslims on this day
Friday
Lionel
|
$500
[16]
Payments of tribute made some medieval English coins more plentiful in this Scandinavian country
Denmark
|
$500
[23]
In the 1st line of the Dean Martin song, "that's amore"
"When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie"
Barbara
|
— |
$500
[19]
Regulations say it has to be 200 ft. long & 85 ft. wide
a hockey rink
Lionel
|
$500
[26]
A jazz job
a gig
Bruce
|
| WORLD CAPITALS | POLITICIANS | FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT | FIREFIGHTING | 1879 | "NUT"S TO YOU |
|
$200
[4]
This capital's inhabitants are known as Damascenes
Damascus
Barbara
|
$200
[1]
He stunned subway riders when he got on yelling "It's me, the mayor. Coffee, tea or milk?"
Ed Koch
Bruce
|
$200
[18]
Persona non grata at this film festival in 1957, Truffaut won "Best Director" there in 1959
Cannes
Bruce
|
$200
[22]
Dinner guests, or an "engine" or "ladder" unit
company
Bruce
|
$200
[14]
In Lancaster, PA, he opened his 1st successful dime store
Woolworth
Barbara
|
$200
[9]
Spice often the garnish on a Brandy Alexander & always found in pumpkin pie
nutmeg
Barbara
|
|
DD
$500
[5]
Country whose capital is mentioned in this song:"Down at the market you can hear /Ladies cry out while on their heads they bear /Ackee, rice, saltfish are nice /And the rum is fine any time of year"
Jamaica
Barbara
|
$400
[2]
Sen. John Chaffee said "It took 189 years for" this "to hit $1 trillion, 5 years for the 2nd"
the national debt
Bruce
|
$400
[23]
Steven Spielberg hired Truffaut to act in this 1977 blockbuster
"Close Encounters Of The Third Kind"
Bruce
|
$400
[27]
Ironically, an Oct. 8. 1871 ins. ad reading "Fire-Fire, Prepare Now" appeared in this city's newspaper
Chicago
Bruce
|
$400
[15]
Warning: this sweetener that has been found to cause cancer in rats was discovered in 1879
saccharine
Lionel
|
$400
[10]
An old, over-heard, & often stale joke or story
a chestnut
Lionel
|
|
$600
[6]
Named for Arthur Wellesley, it's the capital of New Zealand
Wellington
Barbara
|
$600
[3]
Sentenced to prison, former Sec'y of Interior Albert Fall became "fall guy" in this oil scandal
Teapot Dome scandal
Barbara
|
$600
[24]
In 1966 Truffaut conducted a book-length interview with this English-born "master of suspense"
Alfred Hitchcock
Barbara
|
$600
[28]
In 1974, it took Paul Newman, Steve McQueen & 2 studios to put out this fire
"The Towering Inferno"
Barbara
|
$600
[16]
Though unable to vote, women lawyers could finally argue cases before it
the Supreme Court
Bruce
|
$600
[11]
A very difficult task
a hard nut to crack (or a tough nut to crack)
Barbara
|
|
$800
[7]
There are more than 2,000 Hindu & Buddhist shrines in this capital of Nepal
Kathmandu
Barbara
|
$800
[17]
Sen. Byrd wants them in the Senate chamber, but Sen. Long says they'll be a distraction
cameras
Barbara
|
$800
[25]
This 1973 film about movie-making won a Best Foreign Film Oscar
"Day For Night"
Bruce
|
— |
$800
[20]
This "sister school" of Harvard was established in Cambridge, Mass.
Radcliffe
Lionel
Bruce
|
$800
[12]
Everythin' that was owned by Porgy in the Gershwin classic
"I Got Plenty O' Nuttin"
|
|
$1,000
[8]
Sucre is this South American country's official, though not its functioning, capital
Bolivia
Barbara
|
$1,000
[19]
The only defeated Presidential candidate to become Ambassador to the U.N.
Adlai Stevenson
Lionel
|
$1,000
[26]
In 1958, this, his first feature, established him & the French New Wave
"The 400 Blows"
Lionel
|
— |
$1,000
[21]
The Soviet leaders born in 1879 who were destined to clash after Lenin died
Trotsky & Stalin
Lionel
|
$1,000
[13]
Humphrey Bogart won Oscar for portrayal of this "African Queen" character
Charlie Allnut
Barbara
|
Highest birth rate in the U.S. is in this state, where almost 70% of the population has same religion
Utah