Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.
Lary Ohlson — a stage actor from Van Nuys, California
Vicki Rodabaugh — a homemaker from Northridge, California
Rick Rorapaugh — a customer service representative from Carlsbad, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick | $-200 | $900 | $1,900 |
$1
3rd place |
$2,400
19 R, 10 W (including 1 DD) |
| Vicki | $-400 | $-500 | $1,400 |
$1,400
2nd place |
$1,900
6 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lary | $1,600 | $2,200 | $3,200 |
$3,200
New champion: $3,200 |
$3,200
15 R, 3 W |
| HORSES | DEAR "JOHNS" | FOREIGN CUISINE | ACTORS & ROLES | ACRONYMS | FISHING |
|
$100
[17]
Until the 5th c. invention of stirrups, horses kneeled to be mounted, like these desert animals
camels
Rick
|
$100
[1]
"The Waltons" #1 son
John-Boy
Lary
|
$100
[24]
Country that gave us moussaka & feta cheese
Greece
Rick
|
$100
[2]
In 1942 as "Woman of the Year", she was 1st paired with Spencer Tracy
Katharine Hepburn
Lary
|
$100
[10]
If you put money in an IRA, you're putting it in this
an individual retirement account
Rick
|
$100
[16]
Bluegill & crappie are classified as freshwater panfish because they can fit in this
a frying pan
Lary
|
|
$200
[19]
Kumis, a fermented Mongolian beverage, is made from this horse byproduct
mare's milk
Rick
|
$200
[7]
Going to see the film "Manhattan Melodrama" was a fatal experience for this public enemy
John Dillinger
Rick
|
— |
$200
[3]
As Max Dugan, he returned in "Max Dugan Returns"
Jason Robards, Jr.
Rick
Lary
|
$200
[11]
The name of cookie maker Nabisco stands for this
the National Biscuit Company
Lary
|
$200
[18]
For freshwater fish, it can be cheese, marshmallow or even bread dough
bait
Vicki
|
|
$300
[20]
From the Spanish for "stray", these wild Western horses are direct descendants of conquistadors' mounts
the mustang
Vicki
Lary
|
$300
[8]
Name that "whenever I go out, the people always shout"
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Rick
|
— |
$300
[4]
He starred as "The Starman"
Jeff Bridges
Lary
|
$300
[13]
City whose name is derived from Texas, Arkansas & Louisiana
Texarkana
Rick
|
$300
[22]
You use hackle pliers & a vise to tie one, or a swatter to kill a real one
a fly
Rick
|
|
$400
[21]
Name of Robert E. Lee's spirited gray
Traveller
Rick
|
DD
$500
[9]
John Lennon made his last on-stage appearance with this other British John on Thanksgiving 1974
Elton John
Rick
|
— |
$400
[5]
As Mrs. Soffel, wife of a prison warden, she helps Mel Gibson escape
Diane Keaton
Vicki
Lary
|
$400
[14]
Al Capp's students wildly indignant about nearly everything
S.W.I.N.E
Rick
|
$400
[23]
Canvas, rattan, or willow containers used to carry fish
a creel
Rick
|
| — |
$500
[12]
Before forming an alliance with Nancy, Henry Kissinger negotiated with this red-headed actress
Jill St. John
Rick
|
— |
$500
[6]
Robert Morley played the title role in film about this witty 19th c. Irish playwright
Oscar Wilde
Lary
|
$500
[15]
UNESCO, from which America is withdrawing, is an acronym for this
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Rick
|
— |
| THE OLD WEST | GEOLOGY | THE '50s | STARTS WITH "D" | SPORTS SHIFTS | EUROPE |
|
$200
[1]
It had operated only a year & a half when put out of business by the telegraph
the Pony Express
Lary
|
$200
[22]
The U.S. corn belt is threatened by alarming runoff of this farmers' stratum
topsoil
Rick
|
$200
[5]
It became a sovereign state in May 1955 with Bonn its capital
West Germany
Lary
|
$200
[15]
This book by L. Ron Hubbard is considered the Bible of Scientology
Dianetics
Lary
|
$200
[3]
Though they're still known as the L.A. Rams, they now play their home games here
Anaheim
Rick
|
$200
[20]
1 of 2 tiny European countries which begins with "L"
Luxembourg (or Liechtenstein)
Rick
|
|
$400
[2]
Daniel Boone led settlers into Kentucky through this mountain pass
the Cumberland Gap
Rick
|
$800
[25]
Also called hard coal, it burns without smoke
anthracite
Rick
|
$400
[11]
Reaching the U.S. in 1957, this flu strain had killed 60,000 Americans by 1958
the Asian flu
Vicki
Lary
|
$400
[17]
From Greek meaning "the second law", it's the 5th book of the Bible
Deuteronomy
Vicki
|
$400
[4]
The former Syracuse Nationals are now this Philadelphia NBA team
the 76ers
Vicki
|
$1,000
[23]
Italian walled city within whose walls Galileo was born
Pisa
Rick
|
|
$600
[6]
Term for unbranded cattle comes from this Texas cowboy who didn't brand his
(Samuel) Maverick
Lary
|
$1,000
[24]
Theory that all continents once formed single landmass before breaking apart
continental drift
Rick
|
DD
$500
[12]
The 22nd Amendment, passed in 1951, put this limitation into effect
the two-term limit on the presidency
Vicki
|
$600
[18]
In 32 ÷ 8 = 4, what 32 is
the dividend
Rick
Lary
|
$600
[8]
When this baseball team played in Boston, they were often called the Boston Bees
the Boston Braves
Rick
Vicki
Lary
|
— |
|
$800
[7]
In 1837 Mandan Indians of N. Dakota were nearly wiped out by this white man's disease
smallpox
Rick
|
— |
$800
[13]
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to do this in Montgomery, Alabama
ride in the back of the bus (give up her seat)
Vicki
|
$800
[19]
The circumflex, the umlaut & the tilde are these kinds of marks
diacritical marks
Rick
|
$800
[9]
Formerly football's Dallas Texans, they now play for this Midwest city
Kansas City
Rick
Lary
|
— |
|
$1,000
[16]
It was said all red-headed kids along the Mississippi River were fathered by this "King of the Keelboatmen"
Mike Fink
Lary
|
— |
$1,000
[14]
1956 bestseller about the other life of Colorado housewife Virginia Tighe
The Search for Bridey Murphy
Rick
|
$1,000
[21]
A texture so fine, it's transparent
diaphanous
Vicki
|
$1,000
[10]
Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers began as the Pilots playing in this city
Seattle
Rick
|
— |
2 of the 3 "rivers" which surround Manhattan
(2 of) East River, Hudson River & Harlem River