Dave Atkins — a word processor from Los Angeles, California
Paul Spangler — a psychologist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jim Terry — a non-profit executive from New York City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim | $900 | $1,200 | $2,400 |
$0
3rd place: Magnavox VideoWriter word processor |
$2,400
8 R, 1 W |
| Paul | $500 | $2,000 | $7,800 |
$5,900
New champion: $5,900 |
$7,800
19 R, 0 W |
| Dave | $1,200 | $1,900 | $4,800 |
$100
2nd place: trip on Eastern to Tampa & stay at Pickett Suite Hotel |
$7,900
19 R, 6 W (including 3 DDs) |
| GOVERNMENT | MAMMALS | NOISEMAKERS | DOUBLE LETTERS | NEW ZEALAND |
|
$100
[5]
In both 1923 & 1929, governors of Oklahoma were removed from office via this process
impeachment
Paul
|
$100
[1]
The reebok isn't a sneaker, but, like the impala, one of-these swift African animals
an antelope
Paul
|
$100
[7]
This set of horny rings may vibrate to make a hissing sound before a diamondback attacks
a rattle
Jim
|
$100
[12]
Meaning to goof off or dawdle, it often follows "dilly"
dally
Paul
|
$100
[14]
In 1893, New Zealand became 1st nation to give women this right
suffrage (the vote)
Paul
|
|
$200
[6]
Passage of the 1973 "War Powers Act" limited, for the 1st time, this official's power to conduct war
the president
Jim
|
$200
[2]
Black & white, & found in all oceans, it's the largest species of dolphin
the killer whale
Jim
|
$200
[8]
His Jabberwock "came whiffling through the Tulgey Wood, and burbled as it came!"
Lewis Carroll
Paul
|
$200
[19]
In March 1987, he took the reins of the PTL ministry
Jerry Falwell
Paul
|
$200
[15]
This name can be applied to all humans living in New Zealand, but only 3 species of birds
Kiwi
Paul
|
|
$300
[10]
Minimum age required to become a senator
30
Dave
|
$300
[3]
Thought extinct since 1952, the thin-spined variety of this animal was recently seen in Brazil
the porcupine
|
$300
[23]
Known for his huge mouth & alarm-like shriek, he was Jack Lemmon's fiance in "Some Like It Hot"
Joe E. Brown
|
$300
[20]
It was the gift brought by 1 of the Wisemen
myrrh
Jim
|
$300
[16]
This livestock outnumbers people in New Zealand 20-to-1
sheep
Dave
|
|
$400
[11]
Helping the floor leader, this "crack" member of Congress works to organize party voting
the whip
Jim
|
$400
[4]
The largest living feline is this types of tiger found in the Soviet Far East
the Siberian tiger
Dave
|
$500
[25]
Some of these high C-hitters think they're goddesses, which is what the name means in Latin
divas
Dave
|
$400
[21]
2 capitals of Canadian provinces fit this category:Charlottetown,& this capital of Manitoba
Winnipeg
|
$400
[17]
U.S. suspended its defense agreement with New Zealand in '86, after these were denied docking rights
nuclear ships
Dave
|
|
$500
[13]
This Cabinet post, created in 1947, has been filled by Harold Brown, Donald Rumsfeld & James Schlesinger
the Department of Defense (Secretary of Defense)
Paul
|
$500
[9]
The rhino tolerates the bird known as the oxpecker because it performs this function for it
cleans its hide (removes parasites, insects)
Dave
|
DD
$1,000
[24]
Noisy bovine name for this toy:[Alex whips the toy around to demonstrate]
a bullroarer
Dave
|
$500
[22]
From Old English "wose", meaning juice, it means to slowly seep out like sap from a tree
to ooze
Dave
|
$500
[18]
Though he "discovered" New Zealand, the famous island named for this Dutchman is off Australia
(Abel) Tasman
Paul
|
| PICASSO | POETRY | MAE WEST | COLONIAL AMERICA | TECHNOLOGY | ANCIENT "E"s |
|
DD
$100
[18]
The 2 colors that marked periods of Picasso's artistic life from 1901-1906
blue & (rose) pink
Dave
|
$200
[7]
According to William Cowper, he "moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform"
God
Paul
|
$200
[26]
In this 1940 film, Mae West & W.C. Fields wrote their own dialogue
My Little Chickadee
Paul
|
$200
[6]
The Carolinas & Georgia were founded as military buffers against this country which ruled Florida
Spain
Dave
|
$200
[21]
On stereo decks, & now VCRs too, it's what "hi-fi" stands for
high-fidelity
Dave
|
$200
[1]
The first book of the Old Testament whose title fits the category
Exodus
Jim
Dave
|
|
$200
[17]
Though Picasso was born in Spain, he lived most of his adult life in this neighboring country
France
Dave
|
$400
[9]
Sandburg wrote, "It sits looking over the harbor & city on silent haunches & then moves on"
the fog
Paul
|
$400
[27]
She did Cary Grant right by insisting on him as her co-star in this 1933 classic
She Done Him Wrong
Jim
Paul
|
$400
[8]
He founded America's 1st scientific society
Benjamin Franklin
Dave
|
$400
[22]
In the fall of 1988, A.T.&E. & Seiko plan to introduce a beeper built into one of these objects
a (wrist)watch
Jim
Dave
|
$400
[2]
In some vase paintings, this Greek of love smites lovers with an axe or a whip, not an arrow
Eros
Paul
|
|
$400
[16]
In 1949, his lithograph of this bird was adopted as the symbol of the World Peace Congress
the dove
Dave
|
$800
[12]
Robert Herrick's ode to this poet begins, "Ah, Ben! Say how or when..."
Ben Jonson
Paul
|
$600
[28]
"I've been in 'Who's Who' & I know what's what, but it's 1st time I've made the dictionary" refers to this
her entry as a life preserver (the Mae West life jacket)
Dave
|
$600
[10]
Increase & Cotton Mather favored inoculation against this disease when most Drs. didn't
smallpox
Dave
|
$600
[24]
WWII shelter named for Rhode Island naval air station where one was 1st built
a Quonset hut
Dave
|
$600
[3]
She pined away for Narcissus until nothing was left but her voice
Echo
Dave
|
|
$800
[19]
Picasso's will specified that this 1937 work stay in NYC's MoMA until democracy returned to Spain
Guernica
Dave
|
$1,000
[15]
American poetess who wrote "I heard a fly buzz--when I died"
Emily Dickinson
Jim
|
— |
$800
[13]
Before the revolution, the Penn family also governed this small colony neighboring Pennsylvania
Delaware
Paul
|
$800
[23]
In 1882, he opened America's 1st commercial power plant
Thomas Edison
Paul
|
$800
[4]
An ancient rumor says this "Medea" playwright was torn to pieces by royal hounds
Euripides
Paul
|
|
$1,000
[20]
His "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", portrayed in angular array, marked beginning of this movement
the Cubist movement
Dave
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
The title of a Kipling poem, it's "more deadly than the male"
"The Female of the Species"
Dave
|
— |
$1,000
[14]
In 1619, 1st Blacks were brought to Jamestown in a ship flying the flag of this trading nation
the Netherlands
Dave
|
$1,000
[25]
Miles the beagle, named after Woody Allen's character in "Sleeper" has survived this process
being frozen (and then coming back to life)
Dave
|
$1,000
[5]
You may think her relationship with Zeus was a lot of bull, but she did bear his son, King Minos
Europa
Paul
|
Most populous island in the U.S., it has more people than 41 of the 50 states
Long Island