Gene Visich — a homemaker from Washington Township, New Jersey
Alan Friedenthal — a loan officer from Tarzana, California
Lorrie Farrely — an elementary school teacher from Orange, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,250)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorrie | $1,600 | $2,900 | $7,300 |
$7,550
3-day champion: $27,800 |
$5,900
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Alan | $0 | $-500 | $700 |
$1,400
2nd place: Sunray deluxe range + Bernardaud de Limoges dinnerware |
$700
6 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Gene | $600 | $2,500 | $3,500 |
$1,100
3rd place: Excel exercise equipment |
$3,500
19 R, 7 W |
| PRESIDENTS | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE | JUST NAMES | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | "UPS" & "DOWNS" | LITERARY QUOTES |
|
$100
[10]
Only president born in California
Richard Nixon
Lorrie
|
$100
[1]
Aesop character that won by a "hare"
turtle (or tortoise)
Gene
|
$100
[7]
Man's name, bird's beak, or a restaurant's check
Bill
Lorrie
|
$100
[20]
Utica, NY was the site of his first 5 & 10¢ store
Woolworth
Gene
|
$100
[18]
Where Petula Clark would go when she was feeling low
"Downtown"
Lorrie
|
$100
[6]
Literary "quoth" of Poe's raven
Nevermore
Gene
|
|
$200
[17]
In '24, we "kept cool" with him
Calvin Coolidge
Gene
|
$200
[2]
Crusoe named him for the day they met
Friday
Lorrie
|
$200
[9]
What you stick your pimento in
an Olive
Gene
|
$200
[21]
Atlanta-based firm that owns Minute Maid, Hi-C & Columbia Pictures
Coca-Cola
Alan
|
— |
$200
[8]
He was a "better man" than Rudyard Kipling
Gunga Din
Gene
|
|
$300
[15]
All presidents from 1960-80 had served in this branch of the military
the Navy
Gene
|
$300
[3]
They called Robin Hood's companion this, though he was over 7' tall
Little John
Lorrie
|
$300
[11]
A single serving of butter for Mrs. Nixon
Pat
Gene
|
$300
[22]
U.S. company that builds Renault cars
American Motors
Alan
Gene
|
— |
$300
[19]
Milne's "bear of very little brain"
Winnie-the-Pooh
Gene
|
|
$400
[14]
Alaska & Hawaii became states under this president
Eisenhower
Gene
|
$400
[4]
Gulliver's tiny people
the Lilliputians
Lorrie
|
$400
[12]
A fast rabbit or used to lift one
a Jack
Lorrie
Gene
|
$400
[23]
A "rock" solid reputation has made them #1 in life insurance
Prudential
Lorrie
|
— |
$400
[24]
In cable from Europe he said, "The report of my death was an exaggeration"
Mark Twain
Lorrie
|
|
$500
[16]
President who was born Leslie L. King
Gerald Ford
Gene
|
$500
[5]
In one Grimm tale, she's Rose Red's sister
Snow White
Lorrie
|
$500
[13]
A completely honest hot dog
a Frank
Gene
|
$500
[26]
In 1950, they offered 1st all-purpose credit card
Diners Club
Lorrie
Alan
|
— |
$500
[25]
It completes: "Theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why..."
Theirs but to do and die
Lorrie
Alan
|
| ART | U.S. LANDMARKS | SPORTS | RAILROADS | BOTANY |
|
$200
[5]
Pope Julius II ordered him to paint the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
Lorrie
|
$200
[9]
For her 100th birthday, she'll get her torch back
the Statue of Liberty
Gene
|
$200
[1]
It's the Run for the Roses in the Bluegrass State
the Kentucky Derby
Gene
|
$200
[16]
Office for conductor & living quarters for crew, it is often red
a caboose
Lorrie
|
$200
[17]
Celebrated botanist, or civic subject of Carson monologues
(Luther) Burbank
Alan
Gene
|
|
$400
[6]
Name for the Virgin Mary in many paintings
the Madonna
Lorrie
|
$400
[10]
There were no known successful escapes from this "Rock" in S.F. bay
Alcatraz
Lorrie
|
$400
[2]
In Japan its name is sumo, in nightclubs its name is mud
wrestling
Alan
Gene
|
DD
$400
[18]
Where Glenn Miller was headed on this choo choo:Instrumental music plays
Chattanooga
Alan
|
$400
[20]
Longfellow's "spreading" tree, now battling extinction by blight
the chestnut tree
Gene
|
|
$800
[8]
Rodin's sculptured tribute to eggheads
The Thinker
Gene
|
$600
[12]
Last Memorial Day, a Vietnam casualty was interred at this Arlington shrine
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Alan
Gene
|
$600
[3]
Legendary site of first baseball game
Cooperstown
Gene
|
$1,000
[19]
It met the Union Pacific at Promontory, Utah, in 1869
the Central Pacific
Lorrie
|
$600
[21]
Favorite food of pandas, it's the world's largest grass
bamboo
Lorrie
|
|
$1,000
[11]
It's combined with pigment to make tempera paint
egg yolk
Lorrie
Gene
|
$800
[13]
Plays are still performed at this site of Lincoln's assassination
Ford's Theater
Alan
|
$800
[4]
Her hairstyle & style on the ice made her famous in the '76 Olympics
Dorothy Hamill
Lorrie
|
— |
$800
[22]
This "tree's" branches pointed way out of desert, so Mormons named it for Biblical leader
the Joshua tree
Lorrie
|
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
Born on Crete, Domenicos Theotocopoulos was called "The Greek" by Spaniards
El Greco
Lorrie
|
$1,000
[15]
At 555' 5", this 100-year-old all-stone structure is world's tallest
the Washington Monument
Gene
|
$1,000
[14]
Great-Grandson of Chief Black Hawk & 1 of 1st in NFL Hall of Fame
Jim Thorpe
Gene
|
— |
$1,000
[23]
Largest specimen of this tree has 350 large trunks & over 3,000 small ones
the banyan tree
Lorrie
Gene
|
Country where Napoleon met his "Waterloo"
Belgium