Ron Black game 3.
Jay Wernikoff — a computer salesman from Scottsdale, Arizona
Dorian Flanders — a tour designer originally from Aurora, Illinois
Ron Black — an attorney from Raleigh, North Carolina (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron | $2,200 | $4,000 | $4,800 |
$6,201
3-day champion: $20,701 |
$5,700
26 R (including 1 DD), 9 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dorian | $0 | $500 | $3,100 |
$6,195
2nd place: Frigidaire range + Vitamaster exercise bikes |
$3,100
6 R, 1 W |
| Jay | $300 | $2,000 | $-1,200 |
$-1,200
3rd place: Berkline recliner |
$-1,200
11 R, 8 W |
| THE EMMYS | FOREIGN PHRASES | BASEBALL | DEMOCRATS | "BLUE" SONGS | ROARING '20S |
|
$100
[19]
Though Judd Hirsch & Carol Kane both won Emmys for this show in '83, it was canceled that year
Taxi
Ron
|
$100
[8]
This soars when "tempus fugit"
time flies
Ron
|
$100
[9]
In Abbott and Costello's "Who's on first?" routine, he's on second
What
Jay
|
$100
[1]
This Speaker of the House plans to retire in 1987
Tip O'Neill
Ron
|
$100
[6]
How Elvis saw the red & green holiday in '64
"Blue Christmas"
Ron
|
$300
[11]
Camel cigarettes ad slogan first used in '21
"I'd walk a mile for a Camel"
Jay
|
|
$200
[20]
Would you believe this series won Best Comedy Emmy in '68? Would you believe '69?
Get Smart
Ron
Dorian
|
$200
[10]
Hebrew term for "hello" or "goodbye" that literally means "peace"
shalom
Dorian
|
$200
[15]
His brothers Vince & Dom were also Major Leaguers
Joe DiMaggio
Ron
|
$200
[2]
This son of Huey Long has represented Louisiana in the U.S. Senate since 1948
Russell Long
Ron
|
$200
[7]
What both Vic Dana and Wayne Newton ordered the florist to send in '65
"Red Roses For A Blue Lady"
Jay
|
— |
|
$300
[21]
Long before winning an Emmy for his sci-fi anthology, this writer won for "Requiem for a Heavyweight"
Rod Serling
Ron
|
$300
[12]
Hindu word believed to contain all sounds, often used as a mantra
om
Ron
Jay
|
$300
[16]
During 1945, this team hit only 1 home run in its D.C. stadium
the Washington Senators
Ron
|
$300
[3]
He's Chicago's 1st Black mayor
Harold Washington
Ron
|
$300
[24]
In 1926, they "gave out the news that the Southland" had done this
they gave birth to the blues
Jay
|
— |
|
$400
[22]
It won an Emmy & No. 1 ratings for '55-'56 season before falling in the quiz show scandals of 1958
The $64,000 Question
Ron
|
$400
[13]
French term that describes the feeling that something happening has happened before
deja vu
Jay
|
$400
[17]
Pirates' star whose plane crashed on mission to aid Nicaraguan earthquake victims
Roberto Clemente
Jay
|
$400
[4]
This former Kentucky gov. is married to Phyllis George
(John Y.) Brown
Ron
|
$400
[25]
In his '84 tour, Bruce Springsteen sang a '66 Mitch Ryder hit about this "evil" woman
"Devil With The Blue Dress On"
Ron
|
— |
|
$500
[23]
A special on this character's trip to China won Best Children's Show Emmy in '83
Big Bird (from Sesame Street )
Ron
|
$500
[14]
Irish nationalistic slogan meaning "Ireland, go free"
Erin go Bragh
Ron
|
$500
[18]
Last player to win Major League Triple Crown was this Boston slugger, in 1967
Carl Yastrzemski
Ron
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
Though later elected President, he was unsuccessful candidate for VP in 1920
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ron
|
$500
[26]
Conclusion Elton John came to in '84 when he couldn't be "rollin' like thunder under the covers"
"I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues"
Ron
Dorian
|
— |
| MAMMALS | SWEETS | AMERICAN INDIANS | LANDMARKS | WOMEN WRITERS | CONTESTS |
|
$200
[4]
Sheep provide this "wool grease" used in cosmetics
lanolin
Ron
Jay
|
$200
[13]
Chewy chocolate candy named for manufacturer's daughter, not a Dustin Hoffman movie "roll"
Tootsie
Ron
|
$200
[3]
Iroquoian tribe for whom a punk hairstyle is named
a Mohawk
Jay
|
$200
[11]
Kronborg Castle in this country was the scene of Shakespeare's "Hamlet"
Denmark
Dorian
Jay
|
$600
[1]
Related by marriage to Princess Diana, she's the queen of the romance novel
Barbara Cartland
Ron
Dorian
Jay
|
$1,000
[22]
The 2 things you have to know to win on "Dialing for Dollars"
the count and the amount
Ron
Jay
|
|
$400
[14]
The only mammals that lay eggs are the spiny anteater and this
the duck-billed platypus
Ron
Jay
|
$600
[21]
You put this colored sweet on oatmeal, but in '71, the Rolling Stones put it on the charts
"Brown Sugar"
Ron
Jay
|
$600
[6]
Cochise, whose name means "firewood", led Chiricahua band of this tribe
the Apache
Ron
|
$400
[17]
In the middle of the John Connally loop in San Antonio is this former Spanish mission
the Alamo
Jay
|
$800
[2]
Her collected stories won her '66 Pulitzer Prize, but her only novel, "Ship of Fools" won her fame
Katherine Anne Porter
Ron
|
— |
|
$600
[15]
If a man ate proportionately as much as this smallest mammal, he would consume over 500 lbs. a day
the shrew
Ron
|
$800
[20]
From Italian for "fine box of confections," it's almond paste in fruit shapes
marzipan
Jay
|
$800
[7]
"Sorrowful" term for long forced march of the Cherokee to Oklahoma, on which many died
the Trail of Tears
Dorian
|
$600
[9]
Its base spans the width of the promenade of the park of the Champ de Mars
the Eiffel Tower
Ron
|
$1,000
[8]
Short, dark creator of "Big Blonde", she was more famous for her wit around the Algonquin Round Table
Dorothy Parker
Ron
Dorian
|
— |
|
$800
[16]
The mammals with the least amount of body hair live in this type of environment
the water
Ron
Jay
|
$1,000
[19]
From old German meaning "sacrificial cake", it's a Spanish cream custard
flan
Jay
|
$1,000
[10]
Allies of the Kiowa, they eluded bullets & arrows by hanging on side or under horses
the Comanche
Ron
|
$800
[12]
A tour of this big "ditch" might start at the Miraflores locks
the Panama Canal
Ron
|
— | — |
|
$1,000
[18]
From bulldogs to giraffes, almost all mammals have this number of bones in their necks
7
Jay
|
— |
DD
$1,400
[5]
Title of this song protesting the treatment of the Indians:"Well I was a red man / I was proud, I was strong / You were the white man / And you stole away my home...the way you bring me down / Make me wish that I was dead"
"Wooden Indian"
Ron
|
$1,000
[23]
At 1 First St. N.E., Washington. D.C. is this building where landmark decisions are made
the Supreme Court building
Ron
|
— | — |
Number of stars on the U.S. flag which served the longest
48