Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.
Curt Daniel — a chemistry teacher from Colorado Springs, Colorado
Chris Tully — a research assistant originally from Kearny, New Jersey
Gordon Nash — a teacher originally from New York City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon | $1,000 | $1,400 | $8,200 |
$6,800
2-day champion: $27,600 |
$6,400
16 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Chris | $-200 | $2,100 | $3,400 |
$1
3rd place |
$4,500
16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Curt | $300 | $1,300 | $2,900 |
$5,800
2nd place |
$2,900
14 R, 5 W |
| COOKING "P"s | LANGUAGES | GOULASH | TREATIES | AUTO AD LINES | CHRISTMAS SONGS |
|
$100
[26]
Suet pudding that contains currants & usually raisins, but never the fruit for which it's named
plum pudding
Curt
|
$100
[11]
Andean Equatorial is an Aborigine language family spoken on this continent
South America
Curt
|
$100
[16]
Archipelago off northern Scotland in which a famous pony & sheepdog originated
Shetland
Gordon
|
$100
[6]
In 1936, this country broke the Locarno Treaties by sending troops into the Rhineland
Germany
Gordon
|
$100
[1]
"Have you driven" one of these "lately"?
a Ford
Curt
|
$100
[21]
The Chipmunks sang "Christmas, Christmas time is near, time for toys and time for" this
cheer
Gordon
|
|
$200
[27]
If you want to prepare these vegetables Duchess style, don't forget the egg yolks & butter
potatoes
Gordon
Curt
|
$200
[12]
Over 100 million people in this country speak languages of the Dravidian group
India
Gordon
|
$200
[17]
When Ramsay & Travers discovered this gas in 1898, a red light went on over their heads
neon
Chris
|
$200
[7]
In the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, Denmark gave Norway to this country
Sweden
Gordon
|
$200
[2]
"We build excitement"
Pontiac
Curt
|
$200
[22]
According to the song title, they're "All I Want for Christmas"
my two front teeth
Chris
|
|
$300
[28]
Some people ferment this taro root dish for two or three days until it acquires a sour taste
poi
Curt
|
$400
[14]
It's the official language of Liberia, Sierra Leone & Papua New Guinea
English
Gordon
|
$300
[18]
During this century, the U.S. Constitution was amended just four times
the 19th century
Chris
|
$300
[8]
Of the Seven, 30 or 100 Years War, the one ended by the Peace of Westphalia
Thirty Years' War
Chris
Curt
|
$300
[3]
"The heartbeat of America"
Chevrolet
Curt
|
$300
[23]
Line that follows "Then how the reindeer loved him as they shouted out with glee"
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, you'll go down in history
Chris
|
|
$400
[29]
This dessert named for a ballerina has a meringue base & is usually topped with fruit
pavlova
Curt
|
DD
$500
[13]
Most of the Indian dialects spoken in Guatemala originated from this language
Mayan
Gordon
|
$400
[19]
In the 1960s, a new group of minstrels used the name of this man who put together a group in 1842
Christie's Minstrels
Chris
|
$400
[9]
This treaty ended World War I & set up the League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles
Curt
|
$400
[4]
"Built for the human race"
Nissan
|
$400
[24]
Burl Ives urged us to have this type of Christmas; "it's the best time of the year"
"A Holly Jolly Christmas"
Chris
|
|
$500
[30]
Some cooks add cheese to this cornmeal mush popular in Italy
polenta
|
$500
[15]
The angular katakana characters of this written language are used for foreign words
Japanese
|
$500
[20]
First name shared by Count Basie & Captain Kidd
William
Chris
|
$500
[10]
Named for the palace where it was signed, this treaty established Vatican City as an independent state
the Lateran Treaty
|
$500
[5]
"The ultimate driving machine"
BMW
Chris
Curt
|
$500
[25]
The first line of this Christmas carol appears in "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree"
"Deck The Halls"
|
| NAME THE AUTHOR | MEDICAL TERMS | MARRIAGE | U.S. CITIES | BIBLICAL ZOO | DWIGHT EISENHOWER |
|
$200
[22]
"Portnoy's Complaint"
Philip Roth
Curt
|
$200
[1]
Medically speaking, it's the opposite of malignant
benign
Curt
|
$200
[21]
In the wedding vow "to love, honor & cherish", it's the word "cherish" has replaced
obey
Gordon
|
$200
[11]
Britannica calls this Georgia capital the artistic center of the Southeast
Atlanta
Chris
|
$200
[6]
Solomon compared a fair woman without discretion to a jewel of gold in this animal's snout
pig (or swine)
Chris
Curt
|
$200
[16]
He switched this given first name with his middle name so he wouldn't be confused with his father
David
Chris
|
|
$400
[23]
"The Beautiful and Damned"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
|
$400
[2]
From the Latin for "I shall please", the doctor's dose for a hypochondriac
a placebo
Gordon
|
$400
[27]
In many states, living together a certain number of years constitutes this type of marriage
common-law
Gordon
|
$400
[12]
This largest Delaware city was founded by the Swedes who called it Fort Christina
Wilmington
Chris
|
$400
[7]
It's easier for this to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God
a camel
Gordon
|
$400
[17]
Once Ike's protege, this man delivered the eulogy at his funeral
Richard Nixon
Chris
Curt
|
|
$600
[24]
"Farewell, My Lovely"
Raymond Chandler
Chris
|
$600
[3]
Not a slow flight, but the common name for circadian dysrhythmia
jet lag
|
$600
[28]
This sex symbol said "Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet"
Mae West
Curt
|
$600
[13]
Now a ghost town, in the 1870s this Nevada locale had a population of 30,000
Virginia City
Gordon
|
$600
[8]
Proverbs calls it the "strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any"
a lion
Chris
Curt
|
$600
[18]
Ike's defense secretary is famous for saying "What's good for" this company "is good for America"
General Motors
Gordon
|
|
$800
[26]
"The Moon Is Down"
John Steinbeck
Chris
|
$800
[4]
More men than women suffer from Daltonism, commonly called this
colorblindness
Gordon
|
$800
[29]
This actor not only married Zsa Zsa Gabor, he married her sister Magda, too
George Sanders
Chris
|
$1,000
[15]
Alabama city on the Black Warrior River named for a Choctaw chief whose name meant "black warrior"
Tuscaloosa
|
$1,000
[10]
Samson caught 300 of them, tied torches to their tails & used them to burn the fields of the Philistines
foxes
|
$800
[19]
In 1955, this event caused the sharpest drop in the stock market since the Great Crash
Eisenhower's heart attack
Curt
|
|
$1,000
[25]
"Cakes and Ale"
Somerset Maugham
|
$1,000
[5]
It's also called "the royal disease" since European royal families were afflicted with it
hemophilia
Gordon
|
$1,000
[30]
Formerly, young English couples who wanted a quick marriage would elope to this Scottish village
Gretna Green
Chris
|
DD
$2,400
[14]
Texas city southeast of Dallas named for the 10th president of the United States
Tyler
Gordon
|
DD
$1,100
[9]
Noah sent this bird from the ark first, but it did not return
raven
Chris
|
$1,000
[20]
Though he was born in Denison, Texas, this Kansas town is home to his library
Abilene
Curt
|
The DuPont Company, which was founded in 1802, initially made only this product
gunpowder