Steve Grubman — a pharmacist from North Hollywood, California
Mike Gayles — a technical manager from Liverpool, New York
Matthew Hubbard — a computer game designer from Palo Alto, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $19,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $600 | $2,200 | $9,000 |
$5,850
3-day champion: $25,550 |
$8,600
25 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Mike | $-500 | $-1,000 | $-2,600 |
$-2,600
3rd place: Jules Jurgensen his & hers watches |
$-2,600
7 R, 13 W |
| Steve | $700 | $900 | $2,900 |
$5,700
2nd place: Speed Queen washer & dryer + Vitamix breadmaker |
$2,800
10 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| LAKES & RIVERS | RADIO | POTENT POTABLES | 5-LETTER WORDS | COUNTRY MUSIC | ETIQUETTE |
|
$100
[1]
Only Great Lake with an outlet to the St. Lawrence River
Lake Ontario
Matt
Mike
|
$100
[14]
3-letter word which is the general topic of Dr. Ruth Westheimer's radio call-in show
sex
Matt
|
$100
[9]
The most common of these used today is Angostura
bitters
Mike
Steve
|
$100
[2]
The space on the paper to be filled in
blank
Mike
|
$100
[5]
His '64 film biography was called "Your Cheatin' Heart"
Hank Williams
Matt
Mike
|
$100
[17]
This etiquette expert is really Judith Martin
Miss Manners
Matt
Mike
|
|
$400
[20]
World leader whose summer home is at Castel Gandolfo on Lake Albano
Pope John Paul
Matt
|
$200
[15]
Comic strip heroine whose radio theme began, "Who's that little chatterbox..."
Little Orphan Annie
Matt
|
$200
[10]
This peach-flavored bourbon is popular on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line
Southern Comfort
Matt
Steve
|
$200
[3]
The "courage" to pull out a feather
pluck
Mike
|
$200
[6]
Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash & Elvis Presley all got their start with this Memphis recording co.
Sun Records
Matt
|
$500
[18]
In the U.S., an invitation to dinner here is akin to a command & other plans should be cancelled
the White House
Matt
|
|
$500
[21]
Continent whose major river system is the Murray
Australia
Matt
|
$300
[16]
Los Angeles D.J. who took over the hosting job this season on TV's "Solid Gold"
Rick Dees
Matt
Steve
|
DD
$400
[11]
Liquor that this song's about:"Jose Cuervo you are a friend of mine / I like to drink you with a little salt and lime / Did I kiss all the cowboys? / Did I shoot out the lights? / Did I dance on the bar? / Did I start a fight?"
tequila
Steve
|
$300
[4]
You do it to grapes, doorbells & ducks
press
Matt
Mike
|
$300
[7]
Guitarist who won "Cashbox's" best instrumentalist award 19 years straight
Chester (Chet) Atkins
Matt
|
— |
| — |
$500
[19]
Name under which Barry Hansen "doctors" up popular weird song radio show
Dr. Demento
Matt
|
$400
[12]
European country that produces the most wine
Italy
Matt
Mike
|
— |
$400
[8]
This former pro ballplayer is country's top Black star
Charley Pride
Steve
|
— |
| — | — |
$500
[13]
It's done to spiced wine to make it "mulled"
you heat it
Steve
|
— | — | — |
| MEDICAL HISTORY | THEATER | RELIGION | 1940 | FAMOUS FOLKS | LAST WORDS |
|
$200
[6]
French medical pioneer who developed rabies vaccine
Pasteur
Matt
|
$200
[11]
Muslin-covered, wooden-framed set piece, or how Joan Rivers refers to her chest
a flat
Matt
|
$200
[14]
In Catholicism, the dead make amends here for their sins before entering heaven
purgatory
Matt
|
$200
[4]
German saturation bombing of this courageous city was called "The Blitz"
London
Matt
|
$200
[1]
Vietnam commander Wm. Westmoreland sued CBS over remarks made on this show
60 Minutes
Mike
|
$200
[21]
Actor Robert Armstrong said of his demise, "twas beauty killed the beast"
King Kong
Matt
|
|
$400
[7]
Known as consumption in the 19th century, this disease, not a six-gun, killed Doc Holliday
tuberculosis
Matt
Steve
|
$400
[12]
In O'Neill play, a passionate stepmother & stepson found "Desire" there
Under The Elms
Matt
Mike
|
$400
[15]
Rastafarians worship this late Ethiopian emperor as God
Haile Selassie
Mike
Steve
|
$400
[5]
This industry became the 1st form of U.S. transport to pass a year without a fatality
aviation
Mike
Steve
|
$400
[2]
After starring with Gene Wilder in "Woman in Red", she married him
Gilda Radner
Mike
|
$400
[22]
She closed her '50s variety hour with a big "Mmmm-wah!" to the audience
Dinah Shore
Matt
Mike
|
|
$600
[8]
The 1st surgical anesthetic, it's been in use since 1842
ether
Matt
|
$600
[13]
Brother of the notorious John Wilkes, he played the finest Hamlet of his time
Edwin Booth
Matt
Steve
|
$600
[17]
They started publishing their "Watchtower" magazine in 1879, the year they were organized
the Jehovah's Witnesses
Matt
|
$600
[25]
This du Maurier story was Hitchcock's U.S. directing debut & 1940's Best Picture
Rebecca
Mike
|
$600
[3]
U.S. secretary of transportation who's married to the Senate majority leader
Elizabeth Dole
Mike
Steve
|
$600
[23]
In Shakespeare, Julius Caesar's accusatory adieu
"et tu, Brutus"
Mike
|
|
$800
[16]
Empowered by a 1938 act of Cong., this agency guards against snake oil cures & excess rat hairs in food
the Food and Drug Administration (the FDA)
Matt
|
$800
[20]
The stage is dressed but the actors aren't in this musical with sketches by Jules Feiffer & John Lennon
Oh, Calcutta!
Mike
|
$800
[18]
Daughter of this congressman murdered by Jonestown cult is member of Rajneesh cult in Oregon
(Leo) Ryan
Steve
|
— |
$1,000
[10]
Former Baptist preacher & LBJ White House press sec'y, now commentator on "CBS Evening News"
Bill Moyers
Mike
|
$800
[24]
As they both lay dying July 4, 1826, his last words were "Jefferson still survives"
John Adams
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[19]
Discovered in 1957, this antiviral protein is useful in treating some cancers
interferon
Matt
|
$1,000
[27]
"Learn the lines & don't bump into the furniture," advised this Brit. author of "Blithe Spirit"
Noel Coward
Matt
Mike
|
— | — |
DD
$1,200
[9]
Paralleling Westmoreland case, this Israeli general & former defense minister sued "Time"
Ariel Sharon
Matt
|
$1,000
[26]
This British Restoration king's last concern was for his mistress: "Let not poor Nelly starve"
Charles II
|
In 1972, it surpassed the Model T to become largest single car model ever sold
Volkswagen Beetle