Douglas Goodman — a theatrical producer and manager from New York City, New York
Babette Heistand — a librarian from Shaker Heights, Ohio
Tom Bendycki — a copy editor originally from Cleveland, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $24,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | $300 | $2,800 | $11,000 |
$15,000
3-day champion: $39,400 |
$11,000
24 R, 1 W |
| Babette | $1,600 | $2,900 | $6,600 |
$11,600
2nd place: Lehigh bedroom furniture & Zenith 9" TV |
$5,800
14 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Douglas | $100 | $1,000 | $4,800 |
$9,595
3rd place: Service Merchandise gift certificate |
$3,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| BLACK AMERICA | FASHION | TV TRIVIA | ANIMALS | TREES | MUSIC PEOPLE |
|
$100
[2]
Jackie Mabley, who had 3 children by age 14, used this appropriate stage name
Moms (Mabley)
Tom
|
$100
[12]
Willi Smith's last designs included a webbed wedding gown for the bride of this comic book superhero
Spider-Man
Tom
|
$100
[1]
City in which "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies" is taped
Chicago
Douglas
|
$100
[17]
The 2-humped camel is native to this continent only
Asia
Tom
|
$100
[23]
This tree's name is from the Middle English for Prussia, "pruce"
the spruce
Babette
|
$100
[5]
This "Gambler" took a chance & recently published a book of his photos of America
Kenny Rogers
Douglas
|
|
$200
[6]
G. Washington named Black surveyor B. Banneker to commission that laid out this city's boundaries
Washington, D.C.
Douglas
|
$200
[22]
Firm whose ads stress, with an international flair, their "united colors"
Benetton
Douglas
|
$200
[3]
City in which "Sneak Previews" with Michael Medved & Jeffrey Lyons is taped
Chicago
Tom
|
$200
[18]
Ency. of Mammals says this rodent is probably responsible for more human deaths than all wars
the rat
Tom
|
$200
[24]
The variety of this tree called the "paper" or "canoe" has a white bark that peels off
the birch
Babette
|
$200
[8]
Still occasionally soloing for her father's choir, this Queen of Soul gets lots of "R-E-S-P-E-C-T"
Aretha Franklin
Babette
|
|
$300
[7]
It's said he also developed at least 75 products from the pecan
George Washington Carver
Babette
|
$300
[28]
The bodice or waist of a dress, or, more commonly, a flower bouquet worn on the bodice or waist
a corsage
|
$300
[4]
City in which "At the Movies" with Rex Reed & Bill Harris is taped
Chicago
Babette
Douglas
|
$300
[19]
If the booby prize you've just won is a real booby, you've won this type of animal
a bird
Tom
|
$300
[25]
Adjective to describe trees with thin, drooping branches, like the willow Salix babylonica
weeping
Douglas
|
$300
[9]
Her sister, Loretta Lynn, nicknamed her for a southern hamburger chain
Crystal Gayle
Babette
|
|
$400
[13]
By order of Pres. Reagan, boxer Joe Louis was buried in this cemetery in 1981
Arlington National Cemetery
Douglas
|
$400
[29]
In May 1987, a network TV ad taboo ended when a live model was shown wearing one of these on bare flesh
a brassiere
Tom
|
$400
[15]
"On Nov. 13", he "was asked to remove himself from his place of residence; that request came from his wife"
Felix Unger
Tom
|
$400
[20]
Lyndon, Maine was renamed for this North American reindeer once found in the area
caribou
Tom
|
$400
[26]
The most populous U.S. city named after a tree is this one near San Francisco
Oakland
Tom
|
DD
$500
[10]
Singer heard here, Alice Cooper called her "The Queen of Housewife Rock":"In the morning fun when no one will be drinking any more wine / I'll wake the sun..."
Helen Reddy
Babette
|
|
$500
[14]
He grew up in Harlem & used it as setting for his 1st novel, "Go Tell It on the Mountain"
James Baldwin
Tom
|
— |
$500
[16]
It's the role Jack Klugman played the longest on TV
Quincy
Tom
Douglas
|
$500
[21]
Because it can breathe air at the surface, this fish is able to live in polluted water
the catfish (walking catfish, lungfish)
Babette
|
$500
[27]
You're "bound" to find out that its state tree is the southern pine
Alabama
Douglas
|
$500
[11]
This singing "Handy Man" built his own house on Martha's Vineyard
James Taylor
Babette
|
| "A" IN LITERATURE | "B" IN HISTORY | "C" IN SPELLING | "D" IN SCIENCE | "F" IN GEOGRAPHY | "PASS" |
|
$200
[5]
This "Little Woman" wrote her 1st book at age 16 for Emerson's daughter
Louisa May Alcott
Douglas
|
$200
[21]
Surname of the Corsican brothers Joseph, Lucien, Louis, Jerome & Napoleon
Bonaparte
Douglas
|
$200
[26]
The last car on a freight train
C-A-B-O-O-S-E
Douglas
|
$200
[15]
An electric current that flows only one way
DC (direct current)
Douglas
|
$200
[11]
State capital nicknamed the "Bluegrass Capital"
Frankfort, Kentucky
Tom
|
$200
[2]
A system of grading sometimes used to replace traditional letter grades
pass/fail
Tom
|
|
$400
[8]
Orwell fable that stated "All animals are equal, but some... are more equal than others"
Animal Farm
Douglas
|
$400
[23]
Bligh's blighted boat
the Bounty
Tom
|
$400
[28]
An edible plant related to the cabbage & broccoli, or some boxers' ears
C-A-U-L-I-F-L-O-W-E-R
Douglas
|
$400
[16]
In 1825, at 16, this evolutionist-to-be left school & went to Edinburgh U. to study medicine
(Charles) Darwin
Babette
|
$400
[12]
You might sit in your sauna and sip Chablis in these 2 European countries that begin with "F"
Finland & France
Babette
Douglas
|
$400
[3]
Designated post offices will take your application for one
a passport
Tom
|
|
$600
[27]
His 1st play, "The Zoo Story", was written in just 3 weeks
Edward Albee
Tom
|
$600
[24]
Some say over 100 British prisoners suffocated in this Indian cell in 1756
the Black Hole of Calcutta
Tom
|
$600
[19]
High levels of this fatty substance found in all animal tissues can spell health risks for humans
C-H-O-L-E-S-T-E-R-O-L
Tom
|
$600
[20]
Term for the ratio of mass to volume for a material or object
density
Tom
|
$600
[7]
Off the coast of Nova Scotia, this bay has some of the highest tides on Earth, up to 70'
the Bay of Fundy
Babette
|
$600
[4]
This commemorates God's skipping the Israelites' homes & smiting only the Egyptian firstborn
Passover
Babette
|
| — |
$800
[25]
This colonial protest took place on December 16, 1773
the Boston Tea Party
Tom
|
$1,000
[17]
Apparel worn by troops during maneuvers bears this design for concealment from the enemy
C-A-M-O-U-F-L-A-G-E
Babette
|
$800
[10]
The elastic strength of your skin is provided by this, the inside layer of cells
the dermis
Tom
|
$800
[6]
It's most of Belgium's northern half
Flanders
Douglas
|
$1,000
[14]
Before its extinction, huge flocks of this American bird would literally darken the sky
the passenger pigeon
Tom
|
| — |
$1,000
[22]
The final battle of the Wars of the Roses was fought on this field
Bosworth Field
Tom
|
DD
$1,500
[18]
Light yellowish green, or a liqueur that has that color
C-H-A-R-T-R-E-U-S-E
Babette
|
$1,000
[9]
This word describes a molecule made up of just 2 atoms
diatomic
Douglas
|
$1,000
[1]
A Scottish estuary, the rivers Clyde & Forth each have one
a firth
Tom
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
This type of drama, popular in the Late Middle Ages featured scenes of the crucifixion
a passion play
Douglas
|
Located in New England, it's the only Ivy League school that is a college, not a university
Dartmouth