Mary Matthews — a writer and editor from Washington, D.C.
Michael Moffett — a United States Marine Corps officer from Manchester, New Hampshire
Rocky Schmidt — an attorney originally from Edmore, North Dakota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky | $2,100 | $3,700 | $4,800 |
$8,300
2-day champion: $12,000 |
$4,700
19 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Mike | $900 | $1,500 | $4,100 |
$8,100
2nd place: Hitachi stereo system + Action Recliners by Lane recliner |
$4,300
13 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Mary | $100 | $900 | $3,900 |
$3,800
3rd place: Helbros his & hers watches |
$3,900
12 R, 3 W |
| CHILDREN'S LITERATURE | VIRGIN ISLANDS | ANGELS | BUSINESS ETIQUETTE | 12-LETTER WORDS | FAMOUS NAMES |
|
$100
[15]
A Rudyard Kipling series of "Stories" is "Just" this
Just So
Mary
|
$100
[11]
Explorer believed to have landed at Salt River Bay, St. Croix in 1493
Columbus
Mike
|
$100
[20]
Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett,& Jaclyn Smith
(the original) Charlie's Angels
Mike
|
$100
[13]
"Good afternoon", whether it is or not, is the proper greeting until this time
6 p.m.
Mike
Mary
|
$100
[1]
The Americana or the World Book, for example
encyclopedia
Rocky
|
$100
[6]
Grandson named after 2 term Boston mayor, John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
John Kennedy
Mike
|
|
$200
[16]
Named for the type of lettuce in the witch's garden , we'd climb her hair if she'd let us
Rapunzel
Rocky
|
$200
[12]
October holiday which celebrates end of the hurricane season, not the Plymouth Pilgrims
Thanksgiving
Rocky
|
$200
[21]
Spun glass strands used to decorate Christmas trees
angel's hair
Rocky
|
$200
[14]
Of a male secretary, female office mgr., or male V.P., the one who should go thru a door 1st
the male vice president
Mike
Mary
|
$200
[2]
Medically speaking, it's what the "P" in "GP" stands for
practitioner
Rocky
|
$200
[7]
This Nobel Prize winning Soviet emigre author now lives in Vermont
Solzhenitsyn
Mary
|
|
$300
[17]
In the British version their sizes are "little, small, wee", "middle--sized", & "great, huge"
the Three Bears
Rocky
|
$300
[26]
Entire U.S.V.I. is 30 times smaller than largest single island of this U.S. island group
Hawaii
Mary
|
$300
[22]
In "She Done Him Wrong" & this other 1933 movie, Mae West got her 1st star billings
I'm No Angel
Mary
|
— |
$300
[3]
What the U.S. celebrated for the 1st time July 4, 1976
bicentennial
Rocky
|
$300
[8]
Since this famed scientist was in Calif. when Nazis took power, they stole his house & sailboat
Einstein
Mike
|
|
$400
[18]
Mr. & Mrs, Brown adopted this bear, named for the Railway station where they met him
Paddington Bear
Rocky
|
$500
[25]
While the "3 Saints" belong to the U.S., Tortola & Virgin Gorda belong to this country
Great Britain
Rocky
|
DD
$300
[24]
According to religious tradition, these are 3 of the 9 choirs of angels
3 of Cherubim, Seraphim, Archangel (Thrones, Domination, Power, Principality or Angels)
Mike
|
— |
$400
[4]
Colorless preservative that evokes memories of dissections in 7th grade biology class
formaldehyde
Rocky
|
$400
[9]
President Nixon's secretary who claimed responsibility for gap in White House tapes
Rose Mary Woods
Rocky
|
|
$500
[19]
Edith Fellows played Polly in the films about this family's 5 kids & how they grew
The Five Little Peppers
Mary
|
— |
$400
[23]
In 1980, Juice Newton remade this 1968 Merilee Rush hit
"Angel Of The Morning"
Mike
|
— |
$500
[5]
At exam time, students wish their memory was this kind, able to recall things in precise detail
photographic
Rocky
|
$500
[10]
It's believed she spoke to Peter Lawford right before she died
Marilyn Monroe
Mike
|
| THE CIVIL WAR | "DOWN" SONGS | MEDICINE | MOVIE TRIVIA | AMPHIBIANS | GOLF |
|
$200
[3]
Blond long-haired general who assisted in Lee's surrender to Grant
General Custer
Mary
|
$200
[1]
It's "where I first met you, with your eyes so blue"
"Down By The Old Mill Stream"
Rocky
Mike
|
$200
[17]
A brain bruise
a concussion
Rocky
|
$200
[2]
Stowe, Vermont is now home to this family portrayed in "The Sound of Music"
the von Trapp Family
Mike
|
$200
[11]
Categories of them include gopher, barking mink, & green tree
frogs
Mike
|
$200
[22]
Clubs were carried under the arm until this was developed in the 1870s
the golf bag
Mary
|
|
$400
[12]
1st Jew to hold a Cabinet post, Judah P. Benjamin served under this president
Jefferson Davis
Rocky
|
$600
[9]
One of the year's Top 40 songs, it's where "poor" B.J. Royal was in 1965
"Down In The Boondocks"
Rocky
|
$400
[18]
Common name for chronic disease involving lack of insulin
diabetes
Rocky
|
$400
[4]
In "National Velvet", Velvet was this
the girl who rode the horse
Rocky
Mary
|
$400
[16]
Stage of an amphibian's life when it has a tail & gills
a polliwog (tadpole, larval)
Mary
|
$400
[23]
Once called a "feathery", since it was a leather bag stuffed with feathers
the golf ball
|
|
$600
[13]
After a 47-day siege, this "Gibraltar of the Confederacy" on the Mississippi fell
Vicksburg
Mike
|
DD
$700
[8]
Title of thefollowing Elton John song:"I can't find..."
"Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me"
Rocky
|
$600
[19]
U.S. mass production of this drug became possible by discovery of a mold on cantaloupe
penicillin
Mike
|
$600
[5]
Both as director and on the sound track he was "voice of God" for 1964's "The Bible"
(John) Huston
Rocky
|
$600
[25]
This "mud eel" doesn't look at all like the sailor-snaring singing nymphs that share its name
a siren
Mary
|
$600
[24]
Of the Walker, Curtis, & Ryder Cups, the 1 played for by U.S. & British women
the Curtis Cup
Rocky
Mike
Mary
|
|
$800
[14]
Last state to secede & 1st to be readmitted to the Union
Tennessee
Mike
|
$800
[10]
The story of impending divorce, it's what Cher told the children to do in 1967
"You Better Sit Down Kids"
|
$800
[20]
About 1 in 5 U.S. doctors received all or part of education in this Midwest city
Chicago
Rocky
Mary
|
DD
$600
[6]
Possession of the Wicked Witch of the West that Dorothy brings back to the Wizard of Oz
her broom
Rocky
|
— | — |
|
$1,000
[15]
On Oct.19,1864, 22 Confederates in uniform raided town of St. Albans in this New England state
Vermont
Mike
|
— |
$1,000
[21]
In 1600s, his book on blood circulation started modern physiology
(William) Harvey
Mary
|
$1,000
[7]
Before becoming a comedian, Lou Costello had this movie job
a stunt man
|
— | — |
Year when 1st test-tube baby was born, Oscar turned 50, & John Paul II became pope
1978