Single-player Final Jeopardy!
Tom Smith — a marketing manager from Palo Alto, California
Matthew Hubbard — a computer game designer from Palo Alto, California
Marilyn Campbell — a technical writer originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marilyn | $200 | $700 | $-500 |
$-500
2nd place: trip to Palm Springs + Crown Luggage luggage set |
$-500
3 R, 2 W |
| Matt | $500 | $2,700 | $7,100 |
$12,100
New champion: $12,100 |
$6,700
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Tom | $1,300 | $1,300 | $-1,900 |
$-1,900
3rd place: Frigidaire refrigerator/freezer |
$-900
16 R, 12 W (including 1 DD) |
| SINGERS & DANCERS | LANGUAGES | NOSTALGIA | POLITICAL QUOTES | AUSTRALIA | GAME SHOWS |
|
$100
[21]
They waltzed through "Swing Time" & "Carefree"
Astaire & Rogers
Matt
|
$100
[1]
"Ciao" can be either hello or goodbye in this language
Italian
Tom
|
$100
[6]
A popular teen style of the '50s was skirts with a silhouette of this dog
a poodle
Tom
|
$100
[16]
After he first met Hitler, this Italian called him "a silly clown"
Mussolini
Tom
|
$100
[11]
Airline originally called "Queensland & Northern Territory Aerial Services, Ltd."
Qantas
Tom
|
$500
[23]
Completes the slogan, "it's not what you say that counts..."
"it's what you don't say"
Matt
Tom
|
|
$500
[22]
This famous Russian ballerina's last words were "Get my swan costume ready"
(Anna) Pavlova
Matt
|
$200
[2]
COBOL, Fortran & BASIC
computer language
Marilyn
|
$200
[7]
You always sent one of these along with a quarter to Battle Creek, MI
a box top
Matt
|
$200
[17]
The "Daily News" said this president in effect told New York City to "drop dead" in 1975
President Ford
Matt
|
$200
[12]
Australian site of '56 Olympic games
Melbourne
Matt
|
— |
| — |
$300
[3]
Two countries besides Germany where German is an official language
(2 of) Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Austria
Tom
|
$300
[8]
Thomas Sperry began giving one of these for every 10¢ spent by a customer in 1896
green stamps (trading stamps)
Tom
|
$300
[18]
He was quoting from the Bible when he said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand"
Abraham Lincoln
Tom
|
$400
[14]
What the swagman sat by when he sat beside a billabong
a lake (or a pond)
Tom
|
— |
| — |
$400
[4]
Word "boondocks" comes from Tagalog, spoken in this Asian island nation
the Philippines
Matt
|
$400
[9]
He was the conductor of the "Royal Canadians"
Guy Lombardo
Matt
|
$400
[19]
"A silent majority & government by the people is incompatible" said this husband of Jane Fonda
(Tom) Hayden
Tom
|
$500
[15]
It is by far the largest city on Australia's West Coast
Perth
Tom
|
— |
| — |
$500
[5]
These people of northern Spain speak a language not clearly related to any other
Basque
Tom
|
$500
[10]
Their baby chick still "hasn't scratched yet"
Bon Ami
Matt
|
$500
[20]
"No one can terrorize a whole nation unless we're all his accomplices," said Edward R. Murrow of him
(Joe) McCarthy
Marilyn
Tom
|
DD
$700
[13]
Thissongby Rolf Harris was popular in the summer of '63:"There's an old Australian stockman lying, dying. / And he gets himself up onto one elbow, / And he turns to his mates who are gathered around, / And he says, 'Watch me wallabies feed, mate / Watch me wallabies feed...'"
"Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport"
Matt
|
— |
| THE BIBLE | FAMILIAR PHRASES | WORLD HISTORY | U.S. CITIES | BEST PICTURES | 7 WONDERS |
|
$200
[13]
King Darius very reluctantly had him thrown into a lions' den
Daniel
Tom
|
$200
[1]
French author Alexandre Dumas said, "Nothing succeeds" like this
success
Tom
|
$200
[18]
In 1040, Macbeth defeated Duncan & seized this country's throne
Scotland
Matt
|
$200
[7]
Texas city on the Rio Grande whose name in Spanish means "the ford" or "the pass"
El Paso
Tom
|
$200
[6]
Jack Nicholson was crazy about this Best Picture of 1975
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Tom
|
$1,000
[24]
Ancient pictures show this statue astride the harbor's entrance, ships passing under its legs
the Colossus of Rhodes
Tom
|
|
$400
[16]
Kings of Israel were anointed with this substance
(olive) oil
Tom
|
$400
[2]
A bye-bye for Bill Haley, it preceded "after while, crocodile"
"See you later, alligator"
Marilyn
|
$400
[19]
Last fare-paying passengers ever to fly in a Zeppelin rode in this one
the Hindenburg
Matt
|
$400
[8]
It was here that Wyatt Earp was a lawman & Glen Campbell "a lineman"
Wichita, Kansas
Matt
|
$400
[9]
Though they never met, the writers won a screenplay Oscar for this 1970 WWII military biography
Patton
Matt
Tom
|
— |
|
$600
[17]
Of Protestant, Catholic & Jewish Bibles, books of 1st & 2nd Maccabees are only found here
the Catholic Bible
Marilyn
Matt
Tom
|
$600
[3]
In "The Muppet Movie", Kermit cleared the bar by yelling drinks were up there
on the house
Tom
|
$600
[20]
For 30 years, 1878 to 1908, this African country was Belgian king Leopold's personal colony
the Belgian Congo (Zaire)
Matt
Tom
|
$600
[14]
About1/3of all U.S. books are published in this city
New York City
Matt
|
$600
[10]
Woody Allen first wanted to call this '77 Best Picture "Anhedonia", the inability to feel joy
Annie Hall
Matt
Tom
|
— |
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
One of five prophetesses mentioned in the Bible
(1 of) Miriam, Deborah, Huldah, Noadiah & Anna
Tom
|
$800
[4]
"All hell broke loose" is a phrase appropriately found in this Milton work
Paradise Lost
Matt
|
$800
[21]
He made his brothers, Louis, Joseph & Jerome, kings of Holland, Spain & Westphalia, respectively
Napoleon
Matt
|
$800
[15]
The met. area of this East Coast city has the highest average cost for a home, over $160,000
Washington, D.C.
Tom
|
$800
[11]
With this Oscar winner of 1956, Michael Todd brought "cameo player" into show biz vocabulary
Around The World In 80 Days
Matt
|
— |
| — |
$1,000
[5]
From the practice of touching pieces of the Holy Cross, you say this so good luck will continue
knock on wood
Matt
|
$1,000
[22]
14th century "Babylonian captivity" of the papacy involved its being moved to this French city
Avignon
Tom
|
$1,000
[23]
First state university in U.S., the Univ. of No. Carolina, began classes in 1795 in this city
Chapel Hill
Marilyn
Matt
Tom
|
$1,000
[12]
In this 1935 film, Clark Gable starred in an Oscar winner for the 2nd consecutive year
Mutiny on the Bounty
Matt
|
— |
Upon completion of his "Answered Prayers", this late author would have received $1 million
Truman Capote