Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.
John Noble — a bank manager originally from Hershey, Pennsylvania
Mary Landra — a former naval officer from Calabasas, California
Peter Lalos — a fundraiser from San Francisco, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter | $1,000 | $2,400 | $7,900 |
$11,805
3-day champion: $32,605 |
$8,000
18 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mary | $500 | $1,000 | $2,600 |
$5,200
3rd place |
$2,600
14 R, 3 W |
| John | $600 | $1,900 | $5,900 |
$11,800
2nd place |
$5,900
18 R, 4 W |
| SWITZERLAND | SPORTS | TAX FACTS | NOTORIOUS | TV TRIVIA | POTENT POTABLES |
|
$100
[23]
Swiss national hero known for shooting apple off his son's head
William Tell
Mary
|
$100
[5]
When James Naismith invented it in 1891 he used peach baskets
basketball
John
|
$100
[17]
Will Rogers said it has made more liars out of the American people than golf
income tax
Peter
|
$100
[22]
Fairy tale animal usually referred to as big & bad
the wolf
Mary
|
$100
[6]
He's smarter than the average bear
Yogi Bear
Peter
|
$100
[8]
The Irish kind has an E, the Scottish doesn't
whiskey
Mary
|
|
$200
[24]
Johanna Spyri's children's classic about a mountain girl
Heidi
Mary
|
$200
[4]
In a perfect game in this sport you score 300
bowling
John
|
$200
[18]
You pay it when buying a yacht or playing Monopoly
a luxury tax
Mary
John
|
$200
[21]
Nosferatu, Dracula & Barnabas
vampires
Peter
|
$200
[7]
He was Samantha's Uncle Arthur & "Hollywood Squares" center
Paul Lynde
Mary
|
$200
[9]
From "voda", meaning water in Russian
vodka
Mary
|
|
$300
[25]
2 of its 4 national languages
(2 of) German & French (Italian or Romansh)
Mary
|
$300
[1]
Joan Benoit's road race
the marathon
John
|
$300
[19]
American colonists insisted on having this with their taxation
representation
John
|
$300
[11]
Family name of the kings who ruled Palestine at the time of Jesus
Herod
Peter
|
$300
[14]
Call letters aired by Venus Flytrap & Dr. Johnny Fever
WKRP
John
|
$300
[10]
Slaves, molasses & this liquor made up the colonial triangular trade
rum
Peter
|
|
$400
[26]
The gnomes of Zurich
bankers
Peter
|
$400
[2]
The Smurfs catch passes while the Hogs block for this NFL team
the Washington Redskins
Peter
|
$400
[20]
What the taxing IRS examination of your returns is called
an audit
Peter
|
$400
[12]
He shot the man who shot JFK
Jack Ruby
John
|
$400
[15]
Primates played by Nesmith, Jones, Tork & Dolenz in a '60s series
The Monkees
John
|
— |
| — |
$500
[3]
After surviving car wreck this former Dodger catcher wrote, "It's Good to Be Alive"
Roy Campanella
Peter
|
— |
$500
[13]
The accused in these trials included von Ribbentrop, Goering & Hess
the Nuremberg trials
Peter
|
$500
[16]
City that was the original home of American Bandstand
Philadelphia
John
|
— |
| U.S. HISTORY | THE NEWS | GEOGRAPHY | BUSINESS | FOUR SEASONS | CAPTAINS |
|
$200
[9]
What early 19th c. abolitionists wanted to abolish
slavery
Mary
|
$200
[13]
Time of day one can see newswomen Sawyer, London & Pauley
the morning
Mary
|
$200
[1]
Capital city 60 miles from Mt. Fuji
Tokyo
Mary
|
DD
$100
[26]
Word said to be derived from the practice of trimming coins held in trust with a bezel
embezzlement
Peter
|
$200
[24]
'50s kid show featuring Princess Summerfall Winterspring
Howdy Doody
John
|
$200
[21]
Captain of the Jolly Roger & enemy of Peter Pan
Captain Hook
Peter
John
|
|
$400
[8]
War fought by the Doughboys
World War I
Peter
|
$400
[5]
They ended their newscast with "Goodnight, Dave. Goodnight, Chet".
Huntley & Brinkley
Mary
|
$400
[2]
It's the largest river of the Sahara Desert
the Nile
Peter
John
|
$200
[11]
Color of ink used for negative entries in an account ledger
red
Mary
|
$400
[27]
The four seasons of "Scarborough Fair"
parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme
John
|
$400
[20]
Christopher Plummer played this "Sound of Music" patriarch
the (Captain) Baron von Trapp
Peter
|
|
$600
[3]
They were released the day Carter left office
the hostages in Iran
Peter
|
$600
[14]
He was and you weren't
Chevy Chase
Mary
John
|
$600
[6]
2 of its states are Victoria & Queensland
Australia
John
|
$400
[22]
Their goods go under the hammer
at an auction
John
|
$1,000
[28]
Alan Alda's film "The Four Seasons" used this composer's "Four Seasons"
Vivaldi
Mary
John
|
$600
[17]
Some believe this legendary English pirate's treasure is yet to be found
Captain Kidd
Peter
Mary
John
|
|
$800
[4]
Most historians consider this backwoodsman, not Jefferson, the 1st Democratic president
Andrew Jackson
John
|
$800
[15]
Correspondent we go "On the Road" with Sunday morning
Charles Kuralt
Peter
|
$800
[10]
The continent Israel is on
Asia
John
|
$600
[23]
Check cashing term meaning to sign on the back
to endorse
Mary
|
— |
$800
[18]
He discovered Australia, New Zealand & Hawaii
Captain Cook
Peter
|
|
$1,000
[7]
In 1767 all Townshend Act taxes were repealed except the one on this
tea
John
|
$1,000
[16]
He began his shows with, "Good evening Mr. & Mrs. North America and all the ships at sea"
Walter Winchell
Peter
|
$1,000
[12]
Only North American country to touch South America
Panama
Peter
John
|
$800
[25]
The practice of hiring more workers than a job needs, or furnishing grandma's sleeping quarters
featherbedding
Peter
|
— |
$1,000
[19]
Walt Whitman poem lamenting Lincoln's death
"O Captain! My Captain!"
Peter
|
Members of this acting family starred in "Grand Hotel", the Dr. Kildare films & "E.T."
the Barrymores