Denise Nielsen — a teacher from Thousand Oaks, California
Ron Jones — a writer from San Francisco, California
Louis Lang — a trial lawyer from Skokie, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $8,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou | $200 | $100 | $4,100 |
$199
2nd place: Merillat modular shelving system |
$4,600
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ron | $800 | $3,800 | $2,000 |
$100
3rd place: Frigidaire refrigerator & Robot Coupe food processor |
$6,000
17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Denise | $0 | $400 | $4,200 |
$8,399
New champion: $8,399 |
$4,800
11 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| POLITICAL TRIVIA | PIRATES | COLORS | TV COMEDY | HISTORY | COMMON BONDS |
|
$100
[7]
"Don't swap horses crossing a stream" was his re-election slogan in 1864
Lincoln
Lou
|
$100
[2]
Term for pirate from W. Indies "boucan", a grill they used to roast pigs
a buccaneer
Lou
|
$100
[19]
Color of an off-color film
blue
Lou
|
$100
[1]
106 "New" episodes of this Jackie Gleason series were recently offered to TV stations
The Honeymooners
Ron
|
$100
[16]
Julius Caesar called England this, long before it "ruled the waves"
Brittania
Ron
|
$100
[26]
Pipe, bowl, fiddlers
what did Old King Cole call for
Lou
|
|
$200
[8]
Longest U.N. speech, 4 hrs. & 29 mins., was made by this Caribbean dictator
Fidel Castro
Ron
|
$200
[9]
North African coastline where corsairs menaced shipping for over 300 years
the Barbary Coast
Ron
|
$200
[20]
Of Kermit, Oscar the Grouch, & Grover, the one that isn't green
Grover
Lou
|
$200
[3]
1965 sitcom in which Jerry Van Dyke co-starred with a 1928 Porter auto
My Mother the Car
Lou
|
$200
[17]
Peasant-cavalrymen who fought against the Bolsheviks in Russian Revolution
the Cossacks
Ron
|
— |
|
$300
[11]
3,500-member, legislative assembly, world's largest, belongs to this most populous world nation
the People's Republic of China
Ron
|
$300
[10]
These Spanish gold pieces were worth 8 escudos or 16 pieces of eight
doubloons
Lou
|
$300
[21]
A good quality India or Ceylon tea
orange pekoe
Ron
|
$300
[4]
English comedy show once called "Owl Stretching Time"
Monty Python's Flying Circus
|
$300
[18]
The forced 15th c. exodus of this religious & ethnic group greatly weakened Portugal
Jews
Ron
|
— |
|
$400
[14]
Members of this country's Diet are most highly paid legislators in the world
Japan
Ron
|
$400
[12]
Cave-in-Rock, Illinois, home to riverboat pirates, is on this Mississippi River tributary
the Ohio River
Ron
|
$400
[22]
Shade of "oldies" & "agers"
golden
Denise
|
DD
$500
[5]
Pioneering TV comedian who used this these song:[Instrumental theme plays.]
Ernie Kovacs
Lou
|
$400
[23]
Harsh terms of this WWI settlement helped create climate that brought Hitler to power
the Versailles Treaty
Ron
|
— |
|
$500
[15]
It's estimated that since 1825, this largest landlocked South American country has had 189 coups
Bolivia
Ron
|
$500
[13]
Starring as this pirate in his 1st American swashbuckler, Errol Flynn shot to fame in 1935
Captain Blood
Lou
Ron
|
$500
[25]
Seawater discolored by presence of many dinoflagellates
a red tide
|
$500
[6]
Only 6 episodes were made of this 1982 Leslie Nielsen cop spoof
Police Squad!
|
$500
[24]
Though neither knew the other had it, both Japan & Europe used this medieval social system
feudalism
Ron
|
— |
| CELEBRITIES | CLASSICAL MUSIC | MAMMALS | ELECTRONICS | GEOGRAPHY | HOMOPHONES |
|
$200
[1]
In 1984, "People" magazine ran 5 covers, 73 photos & 33,205 words on him
Michael Jackson
Lou
Denise
|
$200
[11]
A Stravinsky ballet, or a "hot" Pontiac
Firebird
Denise
|
$200
[16]
Of light with dark stripes or dark with light stripes, the one that truly describes a zebra
light with dark stripes
Lou
|
$200
[27]
This 4-channel sound system was a fad in the '70s
quadraphonic
Lou
Ron
Denise
|
$200
[12]
The U.S.S.R.'s 3rd largest city, or a stuffed chicken dish
Kiev
Ron
|
$200
[2]
A survey, or Lech Walesa
a poll (Pole)
Lou
|
|
$400
[3]
Princess Margaret said this rock star looked like "an over-made-up tart"
Boy George
Denise
|
$400
[20]
This composer of "The Nutcracker" was addicted to card playing
Tchaikovsky
Lou
|
$400
[17]
Jack rabbits are not really rabbits but they are these
hares
|
$1,000
[26]
Technician's term for locating & repairing faults in equipment after they occur
troubleshooting
|
$400
[13]
Sanskrit for "abode of the snows", this mountain range is also abode of the Yeti
the Himalayas
Denise
|
$400
[6]
Complain childishly about the Chablis, or the Chablis itself
whine (wine)
Denise
|
|
$600
[4]
CBS "Morning News" anchor who asked Cathy Webb & her accused rapist Gary Dotson to hug
Phyllis George
Denise
|
$600
[21]
His first compositions, Kochel #1-5, were written when he was only 5
Mozart
Ron
|
$600
[18]
The secretions of skunk scent glands are used as a base in making this
perfume
Ron
|
— |
$600
[14]
Among the bridges crossing this river are the Rip Van Winkle, the Tappan Zee, & Geo. Washington
the Hudson
Denise
|
$600
[7]
Grasp, looks at, or "7" bodies of water
seize (sees, seas)
Denise
|
|
DD
$600
[5]
2 of 3 actresses who played farmers' wives in 1984 & told Congress of farmers' plight in 1985
(2 of) Jane Fonda, Jessica Lange & Sissy Spacek
Denise
|
$800
[22]
After a polio attack at 4, this great Israeli-born violinist lost the use of his legs
Itzhak Perlman
Lou
|
$800
[25]
It's forbidden to import these into the U.S. because they're voracious & don't eat just snakes
Mongooses
|
— |
$800
[15]
U.S. state bordered by two oceans
Alaska
Lou
|
$800
[8]
It can be everything or just a leather working tool
all (awl)
Denise
|
|
$1,000
[10]
This Australian is willing to become a U.S. citizen to finalize his takeover of 6 U.S. TV stations
Rupert Murdoch
Lou
|
$1,000
[23]
Most of this Polish composer is buried in Paris, but his heart is entombed in Poland
Chopin
Ron
|
$1,000
[24]
The largest of all cats
the tiger
|
— |
DD
$4,000
[19]
The 3 countries which rule parts of the Iberian Peninsula
Portugal, Spain & Great Britain (England)
Ron
|
$1,000
[9]
A pledge, or to have put clothes in a suitcase
pact (packed)
Lou
|
Besides X, Y, & Z, 3 other letters that do not begin the name of an American state
(3 of) B, E, J & Q