Dennis Owens — an attorney from Kansas City, Missouri
Gale Mackey — a measurement office supervisor originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Carl Brady — a U.S. Navy flight officer originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 3-day cash winnings total $22,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl | $400 | $1,600 | $2,400 |
$2,800
4-day champion: $24,900 |
$2,900
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Gale | $100 | $2,000 | $-600 |
$-600
3rd place: Casio CW-30 typewriter |
$-600
11 R, 7 W |
| Dennis | $100 | $1,100 | $1,400 |
$2,200
2nd place: trip on Western to Las Vegas & stay at Las Vegas Hilton |
$5,500
16 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| U.S. HISTORY | ROAD SONGS | GEESE | MOVIE TRIVIA | FOREIGN WORDS | DADDIES |
|
$100
[7]
The Senate membership increased to this number with Hawaii's 2 senators added in 1959
100
Dennis
|
$100
[24]
John Denver wanted these roads to "take me home"
country roads
Carl
|
$100
[21]
This holiday is coming when "the geese are getting fat"
Christmas
Carl
|
$100
[12]
Donald O'Connor complained about this co-star, "6 pictures & the mule still gets more fan mail"
Francis the Talking Mule
Gale
|
$100
[1]
Japanese war cry that actually means "ten thousand years"
banzai
Carl
|
$100
[5]
A sort of all-day sucker, or the rich old sucker who buys it for you
a Sugar Daddy
Carl
|
|
$200
[8]
He 1st flew from California to New York to test his plane in 1927
Charles Lindbergh
Gale
|
$200
[27]
It precedes "and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more"
Hit the road Jack
Dennis
|
$200
[22]
Win or lose, geese often fly in this "lettered" formation
a V formation
Carl
|
$200
[13]
This Charlton Heston film could have been called "The Decalogue"
The Ten Commandments
Carl
|
$200
[2]
In the Western U.S., chickpeas are often referred to by this, their Spanish name
garbanzo beans
Carl
|
$200
[9]
He & Orphan Annie make quite a pair; they both have white eyeballs, & he has no hair
Daddy Warbucks
Carl
|
|
$300
[11]
In the 1st air hijacking in U.S., May 1, 1961, Antulio Ramirez forced a plane to go to this country
Cuba
Gale
|
$300
[28]
In question posed by The Beatles, "Why don't we do" this "in the road?"
it
|
$300
[23]
East German soldiers start this movement from an extremely erect position
a goose step
Gale
|
$300
[15]
This film, the 1st with John Travolta in a starring role, came out in both "PG" & "R" rated versions
Saturday Night Fever
Gale
|
$300
[3]
Term often used for a national style of cooking, in French it simply means "kitchen"
cuisine
Carl
Gale
|
$400
[19]
Women's Wear Daily called this Turkish-born tycoon "Daddy O" when he was married to "Jackie O"
Aristotle Onassis
Gale
|
|
$400
[14]
It's said this religious leader's death paved the way for Utah Io become a state
Brigham Young
Gale
|
$400
[29]
If I take this, "I'll be in Scotland before ye"
the low road
Carl
Gale
|
$400
[25]
Sacred geese were kept on this city's Capitoline Hill
Rome
Dennis
|
$400
[16]
This '59 film about aftermath about nuclear war opened Dec. 17 in NYC, Moscow & Melbourne, where it was set
On the Beach
Dennis
|
$400
[4]
Hebrew for "order", it's the ceremonial dinner taken in order on 1st night of Passover
Seder
Gale
|
DD
$500
[10]
Cole Porter wrote this, Mary Martin made it famous, & Count Basie plays it here:["Instrumental music plays"]
"My Heart Belongs To Daddy"
Carl
|
|
$500
[18]
The unknown plot tn this Penn. city's Grandview Cemetery honors 777 victims of 1889 flood
the Great Johnstown Flood
Carl
|
$500
[30]
1853 version of this begins "Up & down the city road, in & out the eagle"
"Pop Goes The Weasel"
|
$500
[26]
Among the gaggle of stars in this action film were Richard Burton & Richard Harris
The Wild Geese
Carl
|
$500
[17]
Gertie used this toy to teach E.T. English
a Speak & Spell
Gale
|
$500
[6]
Famed poet Rabindranath Tagore 1st suggested calling Gandhi "Mahatma", meaning this
great soul
Gale
|
$500
[20]
Nursery rhyme "baby" whose "daddy's gone a-hunting"
Baby Bunting
Gale
|
| PLANTS | LITERATURE | THE SUPER BOWL | CENTRAL AMERICA | LAW | MUMMIES |
|
$200
[14]
Hydrophytes are plants that live tn this type of environment
water
Dennis
|
$200
[7]
Sex of Nathaniel West's advice columnist "Miss Lonelyhearts"
male
Carl
|
$200
[8]
Of the AFC & NFC, the won that's won more Super Bowls
the AFC
Carl
Gale
|
$200
[13]
Nicaraguan "Freedom Fighters" that Ronald Reagan has compared to our Founding Fathers
the Contras
Carl
|
$200
[1]
Latin term sometimes used for a plea of "no contest"
nolo contendere
Gale
|
$200
[2]
In his hit song, Steve Martin said this phamous pharoah "gave his life for tourism"
King Tut
Dennis
|
|
$800
[26]
Meaning "putting together in light", it's process by which plants manufacture food
photosynthesis
Carl
|
$600
[20]
Dickens' novel in which Little Nell's grandfather literally gives Daniel Quilp the business
The Old Curiosity Shop
Carl
Dennis
|
$400
[9]
Only Super Bowl at which attendance was far below stadium seating capacity
Super Bowl I
Dennis
|
$400
[15]
Of 5, 7, or 9, the number of countries that make up Central America
7
Dennis
|
$400
[3]
In 17th c. England, John Selden said this about ignorance of the law
it is no excuse
Dennis
|
$800
[25]
Believed to be the seat of intelligence, this was usually left in place in Egyptian mummification
the heart
Gale
Dennis
|
|
$1,000
[23]
This characteristic of marigolds makes them good natural insecticides, since it bugs bugs
their odor
|
$800
[21]
2-word title description of Thomas Hardy's Jude
the Obscure
Dennis
|
$600
[10]
City which has hosted the Super Bowl the most times--6
New Orleans
Dennis
|
$800
[17]
1 of 2 capital cities that have a saintly prefix in their names
(1 of) San Jose, Costa Rica or San Salvador, El Salvador
Gale
Dennis
|
$600
[4]
The Volstead Act introduced this unpopular law
Prohibition
Dennis
|
$1,000
[24]
Lacking a Michelin Guide, pharoahs were buried with this, their guidebook to the underworld
the Book of the Dead
Dennis
|
| — |
$1,000
[22]
In Rabelais' epic, he's the giant father of Pantagruel, not a big ape
Gargantua
Dennis
|
$800
[11]
1 of 3 quarterbacks to have been chosen Super Bowl MVP twice
(1 of) Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw or Bart Starr
Dennis
|
$1,000
[18]
Country with the largest population, largest city & the most universities in Central America
Guatemala
Gale
Dennis
|
$800
[5]
Meaning a small-scale version of 16th c. bankers, the Fuggers, it's now another word for shyster
pettifogger
|
— |
| — |
DD
$1,100
[19]
Pair of poets & lovers who couldn't "Barrett" when they were separated
Elizabeth Barrett Browning & Robert Browning
Dennis
|
$1,000
[12]
Credit for having first called it the "Super Bowl" goes to this Kansas City Chief's owner
Lamar Hunt
Dennis
|
DD
$3,000
[16]
The 2 Central American countries that border Mexico
Guatemala & Belize
Dennis
|
$1,000
[6]
Famed defense lawyer who titled one of his books "The Defense Never Rests"
F. Lee Bailey
Dennis
|
— |
Hero of World War II, last viceroy of India, & victim of the IRA
Lord Mountbatten