Missing challenger introductions.
Maryellen Cyr — a registered nurse from Boston, Massachusetts
Mikel Borg — a firefighter from Austin, Texas
Meg Shreve — an attorney from Bolinas, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meg | $1,100 | $3,900 | $8,800 |
$8,400
2-day champion: $19,800 |
$10,100
23 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mikel | $0 | $1,000 | $800 |
$0
3rd place: Fedders air conditioner |
$800
10 R, 4 W |
| Maryellen | $200 | $800 | $4,000 |
$0
2nd place: tappan electric range with microwave on top & Regal stainless steel cookware |
$4,000
11 R, 1 W |
| NATURE | CIVICS | SICKNESS & HEALTH | FASHION | NAME CHANGES | SPORTS SHIFTS |
|
$100
[11]
In the Rub-al-Khali Desert, these windblown embankments reach heights up to 300 feet
sand dunes
Mikel
|
$100
[1]
Highest court that can interpret U.S. constitutional law
the U.S. Supreme Court
Mikel
|
$100
[6]
Unlike most other vaccines, the Sabin polio vaccine is taken this way
orally
Maryellen
|
$100
[16]
In the '20s, women often wore a "flattener" to play down this
their bosom
Mikel
|
$100
[5]
Of Tammette, Wynette, or Spraynette, Tammy Wynette's original middle name
Wynette
Mikel
Maryellen
|
$100
[2]
In 1968, pro basketball's Hawks flew their coop in St. Louis & landed in this city
Atlanta
Meg
|
|
$200
[19]
Some crab spiders lie in wait on yellow or white flowers since they can do this to avoid being seen
they can change their color to match those flowers
|
$200
[3]
The original staff of this gov't dept. created in 1862 included a gardener & department head Isaac Newton
the Department of Agriculture
Maryellen
|
$200
[7]
Of an osteopath, podiatrist or chiropractor, the 1 who can't write you a prescription
a chiropractor
Maryellen
|
$200
[17]
At a Hollywood benefit last year, Teddy Ruxpin was seen wearing this type of formalwear
a tuxedo
Meg
|
$200
[25]
Name under which Stefanie Federkiewicz took "Hart"
Stefanie Powers
Maryellen
|
$200
[12]
Formerly the Kansas City Scouts, then the Colorado Rockies, they're now this N.J. NHL entry
the New Jersey Devils
Mikel
|
|
$300
[22]
About 11,500 feet in the Rockies, it's the point beyond which full-sized trees cannot grow
the timber line
Meg
|
$300
[4]
Attempts to end the spoils system were made after this president was killed by a disappointed office seeker
James Garfield
|
$300
[8]
Called the "kissing sickness", it especially afflicts teenagers
mononucleosis
Meg
|
$300
[18]
Some types of these are leg-of-mutton, parachute, & raglan
sleeves
Mikel
|
$300
[28]
Of Roger Moore, Garry Moore or Sir Thomas More, the 1 whose real name was Thomas Garrison Morfit
Garry Moore
|
$300
[13]
Though now in St. Louis, until 1960 the football Cardinals of the NFL played for this city
Chicago
Mikel
|
|
$400
[23]
Time-Life says before 1600, American Indians used to do this to forests to flush out game
burn them (set forest fires)
Meg
|
$400
[20]
Term for number of legislative members needed to conduct business
a quorum
Meg
|
DD
$300
[10]
Illness you can catch that's mentioned in thefollowingsong:"What do you get when you fall in love?A guy with a pin to burst your bubble / That's what you get for all your trouble..."
pneumonia
Meg
|
$400
[26]
In 1966, Dior introduced long coats inspired by this Omar Sharif film
Doctor Zhivago
Maryellen
|
$400
[29]
Charlie Chaplin married this "Modern Times" co-star, whose real name was Marion Levy
Paulette Goddard
|
$400
[14]
When Wilt Chamberlain first joined the Warriors, they played in this city
Philadelphia
|
|
$500
[24]
In wetlands, these simple plants form the base of all food chains
algae
Mikel
|
$500
[21]
In 1976, they became the 1st VP candidates to debate on TV
Mondale & (Senator Robert) Dole
Meg
Mikel
|
$400
[9]
This narcotic has been widely used as a cough suppressant
codeine
Meg
|
$500
[27]
The length of this Spanish head covering used to depend on, whether a woman was married, single or a widow
a mantia
Meg
|
— |
$500
[15]
While the Mariners are the present Seattle A.L. baseball club, the original one there was this
the Pilots
Meg
|
| THE CONFEDERACY | THE SOVIET UNION | STARTS WITH "L" | ASTRONOMY | QUOTABLE WRITERS | QUESTIONABLE SONGS |
|
$200
[26]
Officially, he was general-in-chief of all Confederate forces for only 9 weeks
Lee
Meg
|
$200
[16]
"When there is freedom, there will be no state," said this founder of the Soviet state
Lenin
Meg
|
$200
[6]
An emergency could be a matter of this
life & death
Meg
|
$200
[8]
Term for the moment when the Sun's "upper limb" disappears below the horizon
sunset
Mikel
|
$200
[21]
Daphne du Maurier reportedly said, "Writers should be read, but neither seen nor" this
heard
Mikel
|
$200
[1]
Disney's 1st hit song, it helped make "The 3 Little Pigs" 1 of the most popular animated short subjects ever
"Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?"
Meg
|
|
$400
[27]
The unusual relationship of Private Keith Blalock to his messmate, alias Private "Sam" Blalock
husband & wife
Mikel
|
$400
[17]
It was at the 20th Communist Party Congress in 1956 that 1st party secretary Khrushchev denounced him
Stalin
Meg
|
$400
[7]
From Greek for "word", it's a dictionary full of words
a lexicon
Meg
|
$400
[9]
To Moon voyagers, Earth appears to be this color
blue
Maryellen
|
$400
[22]
Max Shulman's advice to aspiring authors is:"Seek truth & marry" this
wealth (money)
Maryellen
|
$400
[2]
The Elegants' 1958 #1 hit, "Little Star" begins with this question
"Where Are You (Little Star)?"
Maryellen
|
|
$600
[28]
This state was the original "Dixieland", reportedly named for French word "Dix" on its $10 bills
Louisiana
Meg
|
$600
[18]
In Russia it can mean either a grandmother or the headscarf she wears
a babushka
Meg
|
$600
[10]
In Bartlett's quotations, there are more citings under this word than any other starting with "L"
love
Maryellen
|
DD
$500
[15]
The 6 "Superior" planets
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune & Pluto
Meg
|
$600
[23]
Herman Wouk said these "returns are the most imaginative fictions being written today"
tax returns
Mikel
|
$600
[3]
Showing persistence, it's what "each night", Dion asked "the stars up above"
"Why Must I Be A Teenager In Love?"
Maryellen
|
| — |
DD
$600
[20]
Meaning "fellow traveler", this Russian word appeared in late '50s headlines
Sputnik
Meg
|
$800
[11]
Used as a watchdog because of its acute hearing, this breed started in Tibet over 800 yrs. ago
the Lhasa apso
Meg
|
$600
[13]
This constellation's 7 main stars are called "The Plough" in Britain & "the Big Dipper" in U.S.
Ursa Major (the Great Bear)
Meg
|
$800
[24]
Oscar Wilde felt this author of "Turn of the Screw" wrote fiction "as if it were a painful duty"
Henry James
|
$800
[4]
Consisting only of questions, this song asks, "Do you miss me tonight, are you sorry we drifted apart?"
"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
Maryellen
|
| — |
$800
[19]
Author who won 1958 Nobel Prize for literature but was compelled to reject it
Boris Pasternak
Mikel
|
$1,000
[12]
From Old German for "coarse cloth", this color is often a grayish green
loden green
|
$800
[14]
Consisting of an umbra & a penumbra, these disturbances can cluster to become 200,000km across
sunspots
Meg
|
$1,000
[25]
Author of "Self-Reliance" who advised "Never read a book that is not a year old"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
|
$1,000
[5]
Title of song which also asks, "Now that you left me, how can I live through another day?"
"What Now My Love"
|
Monthly, over 3 boxcars of ponderosa pine become this toy invented in 1916 by F.L. Wright's son John
Lincoln Logs