Ron Marriott — a student originally from Cupertino, California
Jon Lindsey — an attorney from New York City
Denise Nielsen — a teacher from Thousand Oaks, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denise | $200 | $1,000 | $4,400 |
$1
3rd place: Panasonic compact disc player |
$3,000
9 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Jon | $1,500 | $2,500 | $6,900 |
$2,900
2nd place: trip on Eastern to San Francisco & stay at the Holiday Lodge |
$6,900
19 R, 1 W |
| Ron | $1,800 | $2,400 | $5,400 |
$8,801
New champion: $8,801 |
$3,800
14 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| THE '50s | THREESOMES | GUINNESS RECORDS | ANIMALS | SUPERSTITIONS | STARTS WITH "REC" |
|
$100
[2]
You wore them to watch the "deepies"
3-D glasses
Jon
|
$100
[11]
At railroad crossings we should stop, look, & do this
listen
Ron
|
$100
[18]
Steven Petrosino drank a liter of this brew in 1.3 seconds
beer
Ron
|
$100
[26]
This kind of bear is actually yellowish, not pure white
a polar bear
Ron
|
$100
[16]
In England, this color cat walking toward you isgoodluck
black
Jon
|
$100
[1]
1 cup flour,2 eggs, &1 stick butter
a recipe
Ron
|
|
$300
[8]
Famous mountain climber who spent '57 & '58 crossing Antarctica
(Edmund) Hillary
Jon
|
$200
[12]
Joe De Rita, Joe Besser, Jerome Howard,& Shemp Howard all were 3rd member of this group
The Three Stooges
Jon
|
$200
[19]
Aaron Marshall took one of these for 336 hours
a shower
Denise
|
$200
[27]
The only great ape that hunts is the smallest of the great apes
chimpanzees
Ron
|
$200
[17]
Before an opening, it's bad luck to wish an actor this
good luck
Ron
|
$200
[3]
This job entails answering phones, greeting clients, & shielding the boss from pushy salesmen
a receptionist
Denise
|
|
$400
[9]
Clergyman who rose to fame by pushing "The Power of Positive Thinking" in '52
Norman Vincent Peale
Jon
|
$300
[13]
"Tom Dooley" was their only #1 hit
The Kingston Trio
Denise
|
$300
[20]
Waiter Roger Bourban ran a marathon in less than 3 hours carrying this
a tray with a wine bottle
Denise
Ron
|
$300
[28]
Animal that introduced the word "jumbo" to the English language
an elephant
Jon
|
$300
[23]
A ladder with an even number of these will cause climbers to trip or fall
rungs
Ron
|
$300
[4]
Howard Hughes or Greta Garbo, for example
a recluse
Jon
|
|
$500
[10]
In the '50s it became the 1st atomic sub launched & 1st to sail under the North Pole
the Nautilus
Ron
|
$400
[14]
TV's Superman fought "a never ending battle" for these
truth, justice & the American way
Ron
|
$400
[21]
Jim "The Mouth" Purol smoked 40 of these all at once
cigar
Jon
|
— |
$400
[24]
Biting the head off the 1st of these insects fluttering about in spring makes for a lucky year
a butterfly
Denise
|
$400
[5]
This show is little Gary's big chance to show off his singing lessons to Auntie Barbara
a recital
Jon
|
|
DD
$600
[7]
Series introduced by this Gounod piece:[Instrument music plays.]
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ron
|
$500
[15]
Largest American maker of "quality" men's suits
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Jon
|
$500
[22]
Thomas Hunt "ran" 50 meters in 18.4 seconds this way
on his hands
Jon
|
— |
$500
[25]
If you carry the heart of this amphibian in your pocket, you can steal & not get caught
a toad
|
$500
[6]
The house in which an Episcopal minister lives
a rectory
Ron
|
| THE ROMAN EMPIRE | BASEBALL | MUSIC | FASHION DESIGNERS | PROVERBS | UNREAL ESTATE |
|
$200
[26]
Caesar said "The die is cast", upon crossing this river
the Rubicon
Jon
|
$200
[1]
He played for the Chicago Cubs & Brooklyn Dodgers before becoming TV's "Rifleman"
Chuck Connors
Denise
|
$200
[8]
Style abbreviated "R&B"
rhythm & blues
Jon
|
$200
[17]
In TV commercials, Brooke Shields claimed nothing came between her & his jeans
Calvin Klein
Denise
|
$200
[6]
A variation of this is "4 eyes see more than 2"
two heads are better than one
Jon
|
$200
[9]
Plato placed this "lost continent" in the ocean west of Gibraltar
Atlantis
Jon
|
| — |
$400
[2]
He's chairman of American Ship Building as well as N.Y. Yankees' owner
George Steinbrenner
Denise
|
$400
[12]
This composer's 2-movement symphony is always performed in its "Unfinished" state
Schubert
Jon
|
$400
[18]
This American designer went from pillbox hat in '60s to Penney's ready-to-wear in '80s
Halston
Denise
|
$400
[7]
A modern proverb says, "The opera isn't over till" she sings
the fat lady
Ron
|
$400
[10]
Antoine de Saint-Exupery hero who watered the only rose on asteroid B-612
the Little Prince
Jon
|
| — |
$600
[3]
With earnings est. at $2,130,000, this Phillies' slugger was highest paid player for '85 season
Mike Schmidt
Ron
|
$600
[22]
The human voice, the bagpipe, & the clarinet are part of this instrument family
the reeds
Ron
|
$600
[19]
Schiaparelli's perfume was "shocking", her autobiography "Shocking Life", & her color trademark, this
shocking pink
|
$600
[14]
Proverbially, "silence is golden", but this "is silver"
speech
|
$600
[11]
Legendary city of gold described by Voltaire in "Candide"
El Dorado
Ron
|
| — |
$1,000
[5]
Announcer who applied word "rhubarb" from name of fictional cat to a disturbance on the field
Red Barber
Jon
|
$1,000
[24]
U. of Rochester's school of music, it's named after photography giant who originally funded it
the Eastman
Jon
|
$800
[20]
The theme song for this '80s "Omo" designer could be "Put Your Head On My Shoulder Pad"
Norma Kamali
|
$800
[15]
Every hill has its valley, every tide has this
ebb
Jon
|
$800
[13]
Term for wild uproar, it's the capital of hell in "Paradise Lost"
pandemonium
|
| — |
DD
$2,000
[4]
2 of 5 original members of Baseball Hall of Fame
(2 of) Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb (Honus Wagner, Walter Johnson or Christy Mathewson)
Ron
|
DD
$2,200
[23]
1886 hit whose title came from remark by minstrel seeing kids setting fire in Old Town, La.
"A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight"
Denise
|
$1,000
[21]
Double F signature of this female family firm is featured on finest in Italian furs & bags
Fendi
|
$1,000
[16]
This proverb refers to a former penalty for sheep stealing
one might as well be hanged for stealing a sheep as a lamb
|
$1,000
[25]
C.S. Lewis' magical land, sometimes reached thru an opening behind old coats hung in a wardrobe
Narnia
|
Total number of men who have been U.S. President during the current British monarch's rule
8