Pat Hanrahan — an actor from Stanton, California
Mary Jane Weidenkeller — a cost accountant from Santa Ana, California
Phyllis Grinell — a housewife from New York City, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phyllis | $800 | $1,600 | $3,600 |
$3,100
2nd place: trip to San Francisco |
$3,600
14 R, 3 W |
| Mary Jane | $300 | $1,100 | $1,500 |
$2,900
3rd place: Helbros his & hers watch collection |
$2,300
10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Pat | $1,900 | $3,600 | $9,000 |
$8,000
New champion: $8,000 |
$7,500
21 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| SAN FRANCISCO | FAMOUS QUOTES | THE CIRCUS | FORMS OF ADDRESS | STARTS WITH "D" | BOND... JAMES BOND |
|
$100
[18]
Telegraph, Russian, or Nob, for example
hills
Pat
|
$100
[13]
In "The Three Musketeers", line preceding "that is our device"
"one for all, all for one"
|
$100
[10]
He was also 1st president to attend a circus, no lie
George Washington
Phyllis
|
$100
[1]
In French, it's abbreviated "Mlle."
Mademoiselle
Phyllis
|
$100
[5]
Faced with a tough choice, people often find themselves on the horns of one
a dilemma
Mary Jane
|
$100
[3]
So far Moore & Connery have each done this appropriate number of Bond films
7
Mary Jane
|
|
$200
[20]
It's the reason the Argonauts headed to San Francisco in 1849
gold
Mary Jane
|
$200
[14]
It was Francis Edward Smedley who said "all's fair" in these pursuits
love & war
Pat
|
$200
[24]
Name for place to buy tickets, it comes from railroad car from which they were originally sold
box office
|
$200
[2]
Relatively speaking, it's the form of address for a nun
Sister
Pat
|
$200
[6]
Unless playing for Cleveland, an Indian shouldn't stand up in this kind of canoe
a dugout
Phyllis
|
$200
[19]
Secretary to M, it's in her office Bond tosses his hat onto the rack
(Miss) Moneypenny
Mary Jane
|
|
$300
[21]
Attendance is so low in this stadium, it's said each Giant fan has his own private vendor
Candlestick Park
Phyllis
|
$300
[15]
The 1861 "Book of Household Management" calls for "a place for everything &" this
everything in its place
Phyllis
|
$300
[25]
Animals called "bulls" by circus workers
elephants
Pat
|
$300
[4]
Swahili for "master" or "boss", it's what native bearers call safari leaders in old movies
bwana
Phyllis
Pat
|
$300
[7]
Push a button or lower someone's spirit
depress
Pat
|
$500
[29]
In the film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", he was the only Bond to marry
George Lazenby
Phyllis
|
|
$400
[22]
She served out assassinated mayor Moscone's term &, in 1979, was 1st woman elected mayor
Dianne Feinstein
Pat
|
$400
[16]
Benjamin Disraeli wrote in 1847, "everything comes if a man will only" do this
wait
Mary Jane
|
$400
[26]
One of its 1985 host ringmasters was Merv Griffin
Circus of the Stars
Pat
|
$400
[11]
Hebrew for "my master" & originally applied to masters of law, even Jesus was called this
rabbi
Phyllis
|
$400
[8]
Southern belles might do it at customs
declare
Mary Jane
Pat
|
DD
$1,000
[28]
Thiswas 1 of only 2 Bond films with a 2 word title:[Instrumental music plays]
Casino Royale
Pat
|
|
$500
[23]
The Hetch Hetchy project in this national park supplies water & electrical power to San Francisco
Yosemite
Pat
|
$500
[17]
In 1818, Victor Cousin remarked "we need religion for religion's sake, morality for morality's sake", & this
art for art's sake
|
$500
[27]
If they're sent into the arena all at once, it's called a "bust out"
clowns
|
$500
[12]
Ecclesiastical title of 1982 Christopher Reeve film in which he's the Pope's business manager
Monsignor
Mary Jane
|
$500
[9]
Once it's cast, change is impossible
the die
Pat
|
— |
| HEADLINES | DANCE | WORD ORIGINS | SUPREME COURT | SPORTS | PSYCH 101 |
|
$200
[1]
September 30, 1938 papers read "4-Power Peace Pact Signed, Sudetenland Given To" him
Adolf Hitler
Phyllis
|
$200
[20]
A Spanish dancer's instrument or how to catch a fish
a castanet
Phyllis
|
$200
[2]
The word "bus", referring to the passenger vehicle, is a shortened form of this word
omnibus
Phyllis
|
$200
[17]
In the official 1982 Supreme Court picture, though 5 are seated, she's standing in the back
Sandra Day O'Connor
Pat
|
$200
[6]
Total number of balls on the table at the start of a game of pool
16
Mary Jane
|
$200
[16]
In "The Seven Percent Solution", this Austrian neurologist treated Sherlock Holmes
Sigmund Freud
Pat
|
|
$400
[5]
On Aug. 24, 1964, the L.A. Times read "18,700 Shriek for" them "at Show in Bowl"
the Beatles
Pat
|
$1,000
[21]
Some of its steps are cramp roll, ball change, & shuffle
tap (dance)
Phyllis
|
$400
[3]
From "Joachims-Thaler", a village in Bohemia, comes the name of this money standard
the dollar
|
$400
[18]
Since 1869, the bench has regularly held this total number of justices
9
Phyllis
|
$400
[10]
In a 1985 controversy, Wimbledon officials made Anne White take it off
body suit
Pat
|
$400
[22]
Portion of the personality concerned with basic bodily urges, or the land of a comic strip wizard
id
Pat
|
|
$600
[7]
October 1, 1955: "Film Star Dies in Auto Crash"
James Dean
Mary Jane
|
— |
$600
[4]
Modern office job which began as a "secret" confidential officer in the Middle Ages
secretary
Mary Jane
|
$600
[19]
"The Great Dissenter", he was son & namesake of poet who wrote "Old Ironsides"
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Pat
|
$800
[12]
With the shakehand grip both sides are used; with the penholder only the front hits the ball
ping-pong
Pat
|
$600
[23]
A tense emotional state characterized by fear, people claim "attacks" of it
anxiety
Phyllis
Pat
|
|
DD
$800
[8]
Headlines of both Nov. 4, 1948, & Nov. 6, 1980 had them explaining why they erred
the pollsters
Mary Jane
|
— |
$800
[14]
East Belgium town known for its baths & mineral springs, it's become a generic name
a spa
Phyllis
|
$800
[26]
Name in common to the last 2 Chief Justices
Warren
Phyllis
|
$1,000
[13]
It's made from kapok covered with yarn, enclosed in a leather cover sewn with smooth seams
a softball
Phyllis
Mary Jane
|
$800
[24]
Term for reference group to which experiment results of the treated group are compared
the control group
Mary Jane
|
|
$1,000
[9]
Along with coronation in June 1953, papers read "Britons Conquer" this "as a 'Gift' for Queen"
Mount Everest
|
— |
$1,000
[15]
Fragmentation shell invented in 1784 & named for its inventor
shrapnel
|
$1,000
[27]
As Chief Justice & President, he is only person in U.S. history to head 2 federal government branches
Taft
Pat
|
DD
$1,400
[11]
3 of the 4 items thrown in Olympic track & field events
(3 of) a discus, a javelin, a hammer & the shot
Pat
|
$1,000
[25]
1982 sitcom about "fitting in" in high school, its title is from a prop in a visual motor intel. test
Square Pegs
Pat
|
Abbreviations of the 2 radio frequency ranks falling between high frequency & super high frequency
VHF & UHF