Donald Burgo game 2.
Sheila Balch — an international dog show judge from Monterey, Massachusetts
Larry Toppman — a journalist from Charlotte, South Carolina
Donald Burgo — a teacher from St. Louis, Missouri (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald | $200 | $800 | $6,400 |
$380
2-day champion: $7,380 |
$4,000
14 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Larry | $600 | $1,400 | $6,200 |
$0
2nd place: trip on Delta Hollywood, Florida & stay at the Diplomat |
$6,500
21 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sheila | $2,000 | $2,500 | $4,300 |
$0
3rd place: Hitachi stereo system |
$4,300
10 R, 1 W |
| WORLD LITERATURE | SOAP OPERAS | FOOD & DRINK | BIOLOGY | DOLLS | POTPOURRI |
|
$100
[1]
Not only "a bear who had no hair", but Kipling's poem about a bushy-haired "1st class fightin' man"
"Fuzzy-Wuzzy"
Larry
|
$100
[26]
Most of the action in this prime-time soap takes place 1 mile above sea level
Dynasty
|
$100
[7]
Both apples & milk are about 85% this
water
Sheila
|
$100
[17]
Female silkworms that engage in this live longer than their celibate sisters
sex
Larry
|
$100
[6]
This Asian country is one of few that played with dolls before contact with Western world
Japan
Donald
Sheila
|
$100
[13]
Here it is, the #1 source of college scholarship money for women
the Miss America Pageant
Larry
|
|
$200
[2]
People's Almanac says this Nobel-Prize winning author is only 2nd citizen expelled by Soviets
Solzhenitsyn
Donald
|
DD
$300
[27]
Show responsible for more hit singles than any other daytime soap, including thefollowing:"Kissing you is not what I had planned / And now I'm not so sure just where I stand / I wasn't looking for true love / But now you're looking at me / You're the only..."
General Hospital
Larry
|
$200
[8]
Of chicken, beef, or pork, the one highest in percentage of protein
chicken
Larry
|
$200
[19]
It's what Anton van Leeuwenhoek saw his "little animals" under
a microscope
Larry
|
$200
[12]
Cartoonist John Gruelle introduced this popular doll in 1918, & her twin brother in 1920
Raggedy Ann
Larry
|
$200
[14]
The IRS now charges $4.25 for a copy of this you gave them for free
your tax return
Larry
|
|
$300
[3]
In Marlowe & Goethe, Mephistopheles turned his head & stole his soul
Faust
Larry
|
— |
$300
[9]
The essential ingredient in sushi isn't raw fish but vinegar & this
rice
Sheila
|
$300
[20]
Of amoebas, bacteria or viruses, the smallest
viruses
Donald
|
$300
[23]
The word doll probably came from "dolly", diminutive for this name
Dorothy
Larry
|
$300
[15]
After a python escaped from its owner, Wilmington, Del. passed a law requiring this
a leash on a snake
Sheila
|
|
$400
[4]
In "The Odyssey", the magic food of these "flower munchers" makes Ulysses' men forget their homeland
the Lotus Eaters
Donald
|
— |
$400
[10]
You could call this food Yiddish won ton
kreplach
Sheila
|
$400
[21]
When man is called "Homo Sapiens", "Sapiens" represents this level of classification
species
Donald
|
$400
[24]
In ancient Egypt, dolls were buried with adult males to serve as these in the afterlife
concubines (their spouse or sex partners)
Donald
|
$400
[16]
In Sept. 1985, Jersey City, N.J said they'd auction off this landmark if $1 mil. water bill wasn't paid
the Statue of Liberty
|
|
$500
[5]
His "The Lady of the Lake" wasn't about the life of King Arthur but life in the Scottish Highlands
Sir Walter Scott
Larry
Sheila
|
— |
$500
[11]
A basic recipe for this gravy-like mixture is 3 c. milk, 2/3 c. flour, & 1/4 c. melted butter
a cream sauce (white sauce)
Donald
Sheila
|
$500
[22]
Seed plants are classified as angiosperms, producing fruit & flowers, or gymnosperms, producing these
cones
|
$500
[25]
1922's By-Lo Baby sold so well & was copied so widely, it earned this "valuable" nickname
"The Million Dollar Baby"
Larry
|
$500
[18]
China has recently limited their heights to a maximum 1 1/2" for men & 2 1/2" for women
the heels of shoes
Donald
Sheila
|
| EARLY AMERICA | BASEBALL RECORDS | TRANSPORTATION | GEOGRAPHY | RELIGION | THE "PITS" |
|
$200
[12]
1st European settler in what is now this Midwest state was French-Canadian was Julien Dubuque
Iowa
Larry
|
$200
[2]
A Major League pitcher who was 6'9" holds this record
the tallest player to play Major League ball
Larry
|
$200
[21]
Ironically, William Eno, "The Father of Traffic Safety", never learned to do this
to drive
Donald
|
$200
[18]
Canada's highest peak, Mt. Logan, is located in this, Sergeant Preston's stomping grounds
the Yukon
Larry
|
$200
[1]
This term for the 3 Wise Men comes from the same source as magician
Magi
Larry
|
$200
[5]
From Old French for a monk's food allotment, it's come to mean a small amount
a pittance
Larry
|
|
$400
[13]
It's been called "The Second War of American Independence"
the War of 1812
Donald
|
$400
[3]
It was played on 9/28/19, when the Giants beat the Phillies in only 51 minutes
the shortest game in history
Larry
|
— |
$400
[22]
Ireland's 2nd largest city, it helps keep country's economy afloat
Cork
Larry
|
$400
[14]
The Arabs claim to be descended from his son Ishmael
Abraham
Donald
|
$400
[8]
Telephone calls to this island must be booked in advance through New Zealand operators
Pitcairn Island
Sheila
|
|
$600
[19]
The Wilderness Road was the pioneers' route into Kentucky through this mountain pass
the Cumberland Gap
Donald
Larry
|
$600
[4]
He still holds the lifetime records for bases on ball & home run percentage
Babe Ruth
Sheila
|
— |
$600
[24]
Repulse Bay is found in this British crown colony
Hong Kong
Donald
|
$600
[15]
From Greek word meaning "a garden", it came to mean "heaven" much later
paradise
Donald
|
$600
[9]
The bushmaster, fer-de-lance, or rattlesnake, for example
pit vipers
Larry
|
|
$800
[20]
In 1831 in Virginia, Nat Turner led the most famous of these
a slave revolt
Sheila
|
$800
[6]
In 1983, Dan Quisenberry posted a record 45 of them
saves
Larry
|
— |
$1,000
[26]
This country of islands has largest number of active volcanoes in the world
Indonesia
Donald
|
$1,000
[17]
The pope only uses it as a seal of approval on papal briefs
the Fisherman's Ring
Donald
|
$800
[10]
In this video game you try to keep a guy named Harry out of traps & danger
Pitfall!
|
|
$1,000
[23]
In the 1780s, part of Tennessee was a self-proclaimed state named for this patriot
Benjamin Franklin
|
$1,000
[7]
Joe DiMaggio's consecutive-game hitting streak record
56 games
Larry
|
— |
DD
$2,000
[25]
Germany's Kiel Canal has in effect made this country an island
Denmark
Donald
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
Published in 1549, the "Prayer Book of Edward VI" is called this today
the Book of Common Prayer
Donald
|
$1,000
[11]
"Ban"ned & "tickle"d, common name of the oxter
the arm pit
|
1 of the only 2 films whose entire casts were nominated for Oscars, they were both based on plays
(1 of) Sleuth or Give 'em Hell, Harry!