Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.
Richard Healey — a deputy district attorney from Huntington Beach, California
Claire Ryder — a computer director from Sterling, Virginia
Gordon Nash — a teacher originally from New York City, New York (whose 3-day cash winnings total $41,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon | $1,500 | $1,900 | $4,900 |
$5,200
2nd place |
$5,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Claire | $0 | $1,600 | $2,600 |
$2,600
3rd place |
$2,600
10 R, 1 W |
| Richard | $1,900 | $4,200 | $14,500 |
$14,000
New champion: $14,000 |
$12,800
28 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| NURSERY RHYMES | "C" FOOD | WORLD CAPITALS | SPORTS | NUMBER, PLEASE | BEAR FACTS |
|
$100
[20]
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many of these, she didn't know what to do
children
Claire
|
$100
[16]
This deli meat is usually made from brisket cured in seasoned brine
corned beef
Claire
|
$100
[6]
The name of this Egyptian capital is Arabic, meaning "the victorious"
Cairo
Richard
|
$100
[1]
From 1895 to 1908 this Triple Crown race was run in Brooklyn, then it returned to Pimlico
the Preakness
Gordon
|
$100
[8]
A tithe can be this fraction of anything, although it usually refers to income
a tenth
Gordon
|
$100
[15]
Fossil records show bears may be an offshoot of this family, now popular house pets
dogs
Gordon
|
|
$200
[21]
First it's hot, then it's cold, then it's in the pot, nine days old
pease porridge
Richard
|
$200
[17]
Growers rate the hotness of these peppers on a scale of 1 to 120; the jalapeno is a 15
a chili pepper
Claire
Richard
|
$200
[7]
In 1782 the Thai capital was moved from Thonburi to this city across the Chao Phraya River
Bangkok
Gordon
|
$200
[2]
Some fans were angry that he broke Babe Ruth's record when he hit 61 home runs in 1961
Roger Maris
Richard
|
$200
[9]
Numerical term used to describe those who rushed to California after gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill
the 49ers
Richard
|
$200
[25]
In 1835 the British Parliament banned this sport
bear baiting
Richard
|
|
$300
[22]
Despite their unusual diets, they licked the platter clean
Jack Sprat & his wife
Claire
|
$300
[18]
On a restaurant menu, it's the Italian name for squid
calamari
Gordon
|
$300
[11]
This city's name, Serbian for White Castle, refers to an ancient citadel above the Sava & Danube Rivers
Belgrade
Richard
|
$300
[3]
This team won the first two Super Bowls, but hasn't been in it since
the Green Bay Packers
Richard
|
$300
[10]
In 1932, Walter Pitkin published a book that maintained "Life Begins at" this age
40
Richard
|
$300
[26]
This state, where grizzly bears have been extinct since early this century, has one on its flag
California
Richard
|
|
$400
[23]
Question that precedes, "I've been to London to look at the queen"
"Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been?"
Claire
|
$400
[29]
From the Dutch for "twisted cake", it's a long twisted donut topped with sugar or a glaze
cruller
Richard
|
$400
[12]
The homes of Haydn & Schubert have been set aside as national monuments in this capital
Vienna
Gordon
|
$400
[4]
This Olympic sport was once known as water ballet
synchronized swimming
Gordon
|
DD
$300
[13]
Number of the Beethoven symphony heard here
the 9th
Gordon
|
$400
[27]
In stalking prey, a polar bear may cover this with its paw to blend in better with the white background
its nose
Richard
|
|
$500
[24]
"Over the Hills & Far Away" was the only tune that he could play
Tom Tom, the piper's son
Richard
|
$500
[30]
It's a ball-shaped mixture of meat or vegetables coated with breadcrumbs & deep fried
croquette
|
$500
[14]
During the Dutch period, this Indonesian capital was called Batavia
Jakarta
Claire
|
$500
[5]
Celtics guard known as Houdini of the Hardwood whose 1-game record of 28 assists held from 1959-78
Bob Cousy
Richard
|
$500
[19]
The book of Proverbs says, "Wisdom hath builded her house; she hath hewn out" this many "pillars"
7
|
$500
[28]
The largest living land carnivore, the Alaskan brown bear, is also known by this name
Kodiak bear
Richard
|
| THE 1920s | SHIPS | FICTIONAL VILLAINS | FASHION | LATIN PHRASES | CHARACTERS IN FILM |
|
$200
[9]
The Australian parliament moved from Melbourne to this city in 1927
Canberra
Gordon
|
$200
[10]
In 1818, the "Walk in the Water" was the first ship to use this type of power on the Great Lakes
steam
Gordon
|
$200
[19]
In Lew Wallace's classic, Messala is the villain who squares off against this hero
Ben-Hur
Richard
|
$200
[1]
Originally worn on the bodice or waist, these tiny bouquets are now also worn on wrists & shoulders
corsages
Claire
|
$200
[4]
Sometimes used as a legal term, "non compos mentis" means this
not mentally competent
Richard
|
$200
[20]
Ratso Rizzo, Joe Buck &Cass
Midnight Cowboy
Claire
|
|
$400
[15]
In 1926, he was removed from the Politburo; in 1929, he was banished from the USSR
Trotsky
Richard
|
$400
[11]
The name of these 19th century slender hulled sailing ships comes from a word meaning to move swiftly
the clippers
Gordon
|
$400
[27]
He's the personification of evil who beats Uncle Tom to death in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel
Simon Legree
Richard
|
$400
[2]
Dictionaries are uncertain as to why a low-cut woman's shoe without fastenings is called this
a pump
Claire
|
$400
[5]
An irrelevant statement is sometimes called a non sequitur, which literally means this
(it) does not follow
Gordon
Richard
|
$400
[23]
Fast Eddie Felson, Sarah Packard &Minnesota Fats
The Hustler
Gordon
|
|
$600
[16]
The Graf Zeppelin began & ended its 1929 around-the-world trip in this New Jersey town & didn't blow up
Lakehurst
Richard
|
$600
[12]
When it caught fire & sank in Hong Kong Harbor in 1972, this liner was being prepared for use as a university
the Queen Elizabeth
Gordon
|
DD
$500
[30]
In "A Tale of Two Cities", she knits while she notes the daily executions
Madame Defarge
Richard
|
$600
[3]
The French call this cloth ribbed velvet, while our name for it is French for "the King's cloth"
corduroy
Gordon
|
$600
[6]
The papal blessing "Urbi et Orbi" is specifically for the city & this
the world
Richard
|
$600
[26]
Jett Rink, Uncle Bawley &Bick Benedict
Giant
|
|
$1,000
[18]
He demonstrated the first liquid fuel rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts in 1926
(Robert) Goddard
Gordon
|
$800
[13]
Oceanus Hopkins was born on this ship at sea, & Peregrine White was born after it dropped anchor
the Mayflower
Richard
|
$600
[28]
Tom Sawyer could tell you there's a cave named for him at Disneyland
Injun Joe
Richard
|
$800
[21]
American designer Victor Costa is best known for getting his designs from this source
(copying) other designers
Claire
|
$800
[7]
If Elvis were a Roman, he could have sung "It's nunc aut nunquam", which means this
it's now or never
|
$800
[25]
J.J. Gittes, Evelyn Mulwray &Noah Cross
Chinatown
Richard
|
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
With the slogan "2 Governors for the price of 1", Pa Ferguson helped elect his wife governor of this state in 1924
Texas
Richard
|
$1,000
[14]
Now permanently moored at Pier 1 in Baltimore Harbor, this frigate was the U.S. Navy's first warship
the U.S. Constellation
|
$800
[29]
Brom Bones is the rival who loses his head & scares this schoolmaster out of Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod Crane
Richard
|
$1,000
[22]
This Spaniard emerged from retirement in 1972 to design a wedding gown for Franco's granddaughter
Balenciaga
|
$1,000
[8]
Suetonius says "morituri te salutamus", which means this, was addressed to Claudius
we who are about to die salute you
Richard
|
$1,000
[24]
Steve Bolander, Big John Milner &Wolfman Jack
American Graffiti
Claire
|
3 of the 5 states which, along with part of Minnesota, were formed from the Northwest Territory
(3 of) Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Ohio