Taffy Sandow — an artist from Los Angeles, California
Dane Garrett — a lawyer from Collinsville, Illinois
Rob Lai — an insurance investigator from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob | $1,000 | $1,600 | $3,600 |
$7,200
2-day co-champion: $13,599 |
$3,600
12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Dane | $700 | $3,300 | $5,900 |
$7,200
New co-champion: $7,200 |
$5,100
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Taffy | $400 | $500 | $2,000 |
$3,900
2nd place: Buck Stove heating system + his & hers Jules Jurgensen watches |
$2,500
10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| POP MUSIC | BIRDS | DOLLS | MISSOURI | SPORTS | GOBBLEDYGOOK |
|
$100
[1]
In "Desperately Seeking Susan", she was "Into the Groove"
Madonna
Taffy
|
$100
[21]
The sex of the best avian singers
male
Rob
|
$100
[18]
This inventor put a mini-phonograph in a doll to make it sing, but it didn't sell
Thomas Edison
Rob
|
$100
[6]
The state's nickname, it's what a doubting Missourian is prone to say
"Show Me"
Dane
|
$100
[9]
To do this, you fly to a drop zone & fall free
skydiving
Dane
|
$100
[12]
The Pentagon has described it as a "wood interdental stimulator"
a toothpick
Rob
|
|
$200
[2]
He went from writing McDonald's jingles to breaking record in 1983 for fastest sell-out
Barry Manilow
Rob
|
$200
[25]
It's "bill will hold more than its belican"
a pelican
Taffy
|
$200
[19]
Popular prize on circus midways, artist Rose O'Neill modeled it on her baby brother
Kewpie doll
Taffy
|
$200
[7]
Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic was financed by businessmen from this city
St. Louis
Dane
|
$200
[14]
Ohio State running back Archie Griffin has been only player to win this trophy twice
the Heisman Trophy
Dane
|
$200
[13]
The government describes these as "human resources"
people
Dane
|
|
$300
[3]
In 1985, this Chicago hit proved "addictive"
"You're A Hard Habit To Break"
Taffy
|
— |
$300
[20]
In 1851, this company introduced the 1st American-patented vulcanized rubber doll
Goodyear
Dane
Taffy
|
$300
[8]
Statues of Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn grace this river town where Mark Twain grew up
Hannibal
Dane
|
$400
[16]
Separating the men from the boys, it's what marathoners "hit" at about 20 miles
the wall
Rob
|
$300
[24]
"Predawn vertical insertion" referred to Grenada landing using this type of soldier
a paratrooper
Dane
|
|
$400
[4]
She was 1st Canadian female to earn a gold record in the U.S.
Anne Murray
Rob
|
— |
$400
[22]
1968 Charlton Heston film where a human doll proved man came first
Planet of the Apes
|
$400
[10]
City that's home to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library
Independence
Rob
|
$500
[17]
He's the only golfer ever to win all 5 "major" tournaments, including the U.S. Amateur
Jack Nicklaus
Dane
|
$400
[26]
"Learning Resource Centers" on college campuses were formerly known as this
libraries
Rob
|
|
$500
[5]
She recorded, then performed at 1980 Oscars 2 themes up for Best Song, "Ice Castles" & "The Promise"
Melissa Manchester
|
— |
$500
[23]
Included in this Hasbro action figure line is "Zartan", who has a multiple personality disorder
the G.I. Joe series
Rob
|
$500
[11]
Name shared by early Missouri senator & an artist famed for murals of rural America
Thomas Hart Benton
|
DD
$1,100
[15]
For years on ABC's "Wide World of Sports", Vienko Bogatej been seen doing this
falling
Dane
|
— |
| U.S. HISTORY | STARTS WITH "A" | WEATHER | THE MIDDLE AGES | THE LIBRARY | MOVIE DIRECTORS |
|
$200
[5]
President who signed Social Security Act in 1935
Franklin Roosevelt
Taffy
|
$200
[1]
Term for earliest known inhabitants of a country, like Australian tribesmen
Aborigine
Taffy
|
$200
[8]
This term comes from the Greek "kyklon", meaning the "coil of a snake"
cyclone
Dane
|
$200
[9]
Founded in the 12th century, it's the oldest university in England
Oxford
Rob
Dane
|
$200
[16]
It's literally a "library on wheels"
Bookmobile
Rob
|
$200
[14]
"2,000-Year-Old Man" who spawned a "Young Frankenstein"
Mel Brooks
Rob
Taffy
|
|
$400
[6]
The oldest existing major political party
the Democrats
Dane
Taffy
|
$400
[2]
Not the perpetrator of a crime, but someone who helped, or a scarf, for example
accessory
Dane
Taffy
|
$400
[10]
Not Jack, but air condensing against a very cold surface causes this phenomenon
frost
Taffy
|
$400
[21]
This enemy of Robin Hood was forced to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede
King John
Dane
|
$400
[23]
The number of main headings books are divided into for the Dewey decimal system
10
|
$400
[15]
He perfected the "art" of grisly slo-mo deaths in "Straw Dogs" & "The Wild Bunch"
(Sam) Peckinpah
Dane
|
|
$600
[7]
In 1876, an amendment prohibiting this was 1st introduced in congress
alcohol
|
DD
$500
[13]
Of 4 U.S states beginning with "A", the last alphabetically
Arkansas
Taffy
|
$600
[24]
"Angelic" accompaniment to moon or sun caused by cirriform clouds in the troposphere
a halo
Rob
|
$600
[22]
Louis the Sluggard, Louis the Quarreler, & Louis the Fat were kings of this country
France
|
$600
[20]
It is for man who started library, not one who founded school, that this Mass. university is named
Harvard
Dane
|
$600
[17]
He knew Judy Garland as a "Babe on Broadway" when he was Busby Berkeley's apprentice
Vincente Minnelli
|
|
$800
[11]
In 1959, Gov. Earl Long of this state was committed to a mental institution
Louisiana
Taffy
|
$600
[3]
Fruit of the genus "malus", or the fruit of Steve Wozniak's imagination
the apple
Rob
|
— | — | — |
$800
[18]
He was the conductor of "A Streetcar Named Desire" on stage & screen
Elia Kazan
|
|
$1,000
[12]
After Span./Amer. War, uniforms became olive drab since this color proved too good a target
blue
|
$800
[4]
Enlarged ones make you snore
adenoids
Dane
|
— | — | — |
DD
$1,000
[19]
He wrote the music for many of his films, including thefollowing"Smile, though your heart is aching / Smile, even though it’s breaking / When there are clouds in the sky / you’ll get by"
Charlie Chaplin
Rob
|
A mid-August 1980 strike in the Lenin Shipyard led to the formation of this now famous group
Solidarity