Jim Flowers — a computer scientist originally from Boston, Massachusetts
Jonathan Oren — a pedicab operator originally from Honolulu, Hawaii
Tom Rutledge — a freelance journalist originally from Columbus, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | $1,100 | $3,600 | $4,800 |
$2,800
2nd place: trip on Western Airlines to Oakland & stay at Embassy Suites in Napa Valley |
$4,800
21 R, 3 W |
| Jonathan | $-400 | $100 | $5,513 |
$9,613
New champion: $9,613 |
$5,300
14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jim | $-700 | $300 | $1,300 |
$0
3rd place: Bozof dinette with table & chairs |
$1,800
11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| GEMS | INITIALS | BASEBALL NICKNAMES | POTENT POTABLES | PATRIOTIC SONGS | TOYS OF THE '60s |
|
$100
[25]
Kenny Rogers & The 1st Edition beseeched this rarest of gems, "don't take your love to town"
Ruby
Tom
|
$100
[6]
It's the Russian counterpart of the CIA
the KGB
Tom
|
$100
[18]
Nickname of Lloyd Waner, whose older brother & Pirate teammate Paul was called "Big Poison"
"Little Poison"
Tom
|
$100
[23]
Both curacao & cointreau are flavored with this fruit
orange
Jonathan
|
$100
[1]
"America" or "My Country, 'Tis Of Thee" is sung to the same tune as this European country's anthem
England
Tom
|
$100
[12]
This game claimed it would tie you up in knots
Twister
Tom
|
|
$200
[26]
The U.S.S.R. has surpassed South Africa in production of these, a capitalist's "best friend"
diamonds
Jonathan
|
$200
[7]
Originally the Bavarian Aircraft Works, this automaker still uses a stylized propeller as its logo
BMW
Jonathan
|
$200
[19]
It's said stubble-faced Sal Maglie got this nickname since his curve gave batters close shaves
(Sal) "the Barber"
Tom
|
$200
[17]
Term for the year of the grape crop used in a wine
vintage
Tom
|
$200
[2]
According to Julia Ward- Howe, "Mine eyes have seen the glory of" this
the coming of the Lord
Tom
|
$200
[13]
Battery powered game seemingly designed for pre-med students
Operation
Tom
|
|
$300
[8]
Type of stone romanced in "Romancing the Stone"
an emerald
Jonathan
Jim
|
$300
[9]
9 of the 10 films Astaire & Rogers made together were made at this studio
RKO
Jonathan
|
$300
[20]
Bill Skowron's nickname, given him as a baby for resembling a famous fascist, not a large elk
"Moose"
Jim
|
$300
[24]
Drink made with brandy, rum, hot milk, beaten egg, nutmeg & sugar; or an MGM cartoon team
Tom & Jerry
Tom
Jonathan
|
$300
[3]
1st written for the Army-Navy football game of 1906, it's the "theme song" of the U.S. Navy
"Anchors Aweigh"
Tom
|
$300
[14]
This game consisted of a vibrator, a piece of sheet metal, and 22 plastic men
Electric Football
Jim
|
|
$400
[27]
Elliptical with pointed ends, it's a type of gem cut that sounds like a movie theater's sign
a marquise
Jim
|
DD
$500
[10]
Airline whose theme was thefollowing:[Instrumental theme plays]
KLM
Jim
|
$400
[21]
Poor fielder Dick Stuart had this nickname based on a Peter Sellers title role in a '63 film
"Dr. Strangeglove"
Tom
|
— |
$400
[4]
This food item was slang for "a dandy" when "Yankee Doodle" was written
macaroni
Tom
|
$400
[15]
"Cheesy" game that could have been designed by Rube Goldberg
Mouse Trap
Tom
|
|
$500
[28]
The Lightning Ridge deposit in Australia has largest source of this iridescent "black" stone
the opal
|
$500
[11]
Deciding in 1849 to set up board "to analyze quack remedies & nostrums", it finally did so in 1905
the AMA
Tom
Jim
|
$500
[22]
Nicknamed "Mahatma", this Dodger owner broke baseball's color line by hiring Jackie Robinson
Branch Rickey
Tom
|
— |
$500
[5]
It's said the view from Pike's Peak inspired Katharine Lee Bates to write this
"America The Beautiful"
Tom
|
$500
[16]
Because of this Kenner toy, some girls grew up thinking they could cook with a light bulb
the Easy-Bake Oven
Jonathan
|
| GEOGRAPHY | 19th CENTURY | FAMOUS QUOTES | IOWA | NOVEL PLOTS | "SPRING" IS HERE |
|
$200
[4]
Sitka, former capital of Russian-America, sits in this state
Alaska
Jonathan
|
DD
$187
[17]
In 1881, he merged his company with one owned by James B. Cooper, James L. Hutchinson, & James A. Bailey
P.T. Barnum
Jonathan
|
$200
[9]
Jonathan Swift said both promises & pie crust are made to be this
broken
Jonathan
|
$200
[10]
Called the single most watched person in history, this TV host was born in Iowa, not Nebraska
Johnny Carson
Jonathan
|
$200
[25]
Missouri boy who uses friends to whitewash part of his story
Tom Sawyer
Jim
|
$200
[12]
13 of his songs, recorded by other artists, were released in an album called "Cover Me"
Bruce Springsteen
Jim
|
|
$400
[5]
Reclaimed areas from this country's Zuider Zee are called polders
Netherlands
Jim
|
$200
[8]
In 1892, it replaced Castle Garden as New York's immigration depot
Ellis Island
Tom
|
$400
[20]
In 1967, this "High Priest of LSD" said, "Turn on, tune in, drop out"
Timothy Leary
Tom
|
$400
[11]
Born in Scott County, this showman & Indian scout wrote a few dime novels but was a hero in 575 of them
Buffalo Bill (Cody)
Jim
|
$1,000
[26]
A Dublin pub keeper one night dreams everything that has ever happened
Finnegans Wake
Tom
|
$400
[13]
Term used to describe someone's children or descendants
offspring
Jim
|
|
$800
[6]
Much of the copper used in the Bronze Age came from this island which gave its name to "copper"
Cyprus
Jonathan
|
$400
[18]
With the case of Marbury v. Madison in 1803, they overturned their 1st national law
the Supreme Court
Jim
|
$600
[3]
Bartlett's attributes "Don't get mad, get even" to this father of a president
Joseph Kennedy
Tom
|
$600
[15]
Woolstock, Iowa, not Krypton, was birthplace of this TV "Superman"
George Reeves
Jim
|
— |
$600
[14]
Musical play produced by Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder in "The Producers"
Springtime for Hitler
Jonathan
|
|
DD
$1,000
[1]
3rd largest producer of coconuts, & to judge by population, 2nd largest producer of people
India
Jonathan
|
$600
[2]
At the 1876 Expo in Philadelphia, the emperor of Brazil was amazed when this new invention talked to him
the telephone
Jonathan
|
$800
[21]
He said, "If my theory succeeds, Germany will say I am a German;.. if (it) fails, (they will) call me a Jew"
Albert Einstein
Tom
Jonathan
Jim
|
$800
[23]
"I knew... Richard Nixon as well as I wanted to," wrote this former "60 Minutes" newsman
Harry Reasoner
Tom
Jim
|
— |
$800
[16]
A kind of gazelle, or a brand of jigsaw puzzle
a springbok
Jonathan
|
|
$1,000
[7]
East Germany's 2nd largest city, it's where Bach is buried & the St. Thomas' Boys Choir sings
Leipzig
|
$1,000
[19]
The 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty settled the boundary dispute between these 2 countries
Canada & United States
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[22]
G.B. Shaw said when one knows nothing but thinks he knows everything, it points to a career in this
politics
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[27]
Wife of 34th president & 1 of 2 first ladies whose birthplace is a historic site
Mamie Eisenhower
Tom
|
— |
$1,000
[24]
She was star of TV's "December Bride"
Spring Byington
|
This mini-series & its sequel featured Ed Asner, Lorne Greene, Henry Fonda & Marlon Brando
Roots