Les Kalman — a physician from Glendale, California
Bill Fleming — a police sergeant from Mission Viejo, California
Sherrie Ballard — a legal secretary from Van Nuys, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherrie! | $800 | $2,000 | $8,200 |
$9,000
2nd place: a cruise to the Bahamas |
$8,400
23 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Bill | $500 | $1,700 | $5,700 |
$11,400
New champion: $11,400 |
$5,500
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Les | $700 | $1,200 | $-600 |
$-600
3rd place: Casablanca ceiling fan |
$-600
9 R, 6 W |
| ATHLETIC SONGS | HODGEPODGE | TECHNOLOGY | ANNIVERSARY SYMBOLS | THE BIBLE | "BEAVER"s |
|
$100
[15]
"He floats through the air with the greatest of ease"
the daring young man on the flying trapeze
Les
|
$100
[1]
It's said an Arizona law still exists making it illegal to hunt these "ships of the desert"
camels
Sherrie!
|
$100
[10]
Company which gave us the Walkman & the Watchman
Sony
Sherrie!
|
$100
[17]
Gold
the 50th anniversary
Sherrie!
|
$100
[26]
After saving all the animals, the 1st thing he did was perform a burnt offering with some of them
Noah
Sherrie!
|
$100
[5]
Jerry Mathers starred as the you-know-what in this classic sitcom
Leave It to Beaver
Sherrie!
|
|
$200
[16]
If you wanted the Pointer Sisters' love in 1984, you had to do this
"Jump!"
Bill
Les
|
$200
[2]
A "logic bomb" is a saboteur's tool designed to destroy or rearrange information stored in these
a computer
Sherrie!
|
$200
[11]
Because he bought the rights to the invention, you vacuum with this, not a "Spangler"
(William) Hoover
Bill
Les
|
$200
[18]
Silver
25
Les
|
$200
[27]
Both Testaments warn against the attitude "Eat & drink now, for tomorrow this will happen"
tomorrow you will die
Sherrie!
|
$200
[6]
Person who is overzealous & pushy, but not necessarily buck toothed
an eager beaver
Bill
|
|
DD
$200
[23]
Title of the following 1969songby Simon & Garfunkel:"I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told / I have squandered my resistance..."
"The Boxer"
Sherrie!
|
$300
[3]
Though English is the major language, this is Ireland's "official" language
Gaelic
Sherrie!
|
$300
[12]
It was 1st introduced in 1904: please give your question at the beep; Beep!
the telephone answering machine
Sherrie!
Bill
|
$300
[19]
Diamond
75th wedding anniversary
Sherrie!
|
— |
$300
[7]
Building material used for walls and ceilings, but not dams
beaver board
Sherrie!
|
|
$300
[22]
First sung by the mother abbess to Maria, it's reprised in final scene of "The Sound of Music"
"Climb Every Mountain"
Sherrie!
|
$400
[4]
In 7/78, McCall's magazine picked this "fever"ish actor to be the 1st lone male on cover in its 100 year history
John Travolta
Bill
|
$400
[13]
Bakers' innovation introduced in '30s, it's claimed to be the greatest invention since itself
sliced bread
Bill
|
$400
[20]
Paper
the 1st anniversary
Les
|
— |
$400
[8]
Walt Disney's Oscar-winning true-life adventure from 1950
Beaver Valley
Bill
|
|
$500
[24]
In 1957, Ricky Nelson ambled to his 1st hit, and Fats Domino his 7th with the same song
"I'm Walkin'"
Bill
|
$500
[14]
Alphabetically the last element on the periodic chart, its symbol is Zr
zirconium
|
$500
[25]
It was the Titanic sinking that inspired the invention of this iceberg & sub detector
sonar
Bill
|
$500
[21]
Wood
5 years
|
— |
$500
[9]
Veteran character actress who played "Beulah" in 50's sitcom
Louise Beavers
Les
|
| U.S. HISTORY | 15-LETTER WORDS | NOTORIOUS | FOOD & DRINK | MOVIE LAST LINES | GEMS |
|
$200
[1]
When America adopted this country's secret ballot system, people called it "kangaroo voting"
Australia
Bill
|
$200
[7]
Having no consequences
inconsequential
Les
|
$200
[16]
"Colorfully" hirsute killer who lured women w/this ad: "Single gentleman... desires to marry homely lady"
Bluebeard
Bill
|
$200
[12]
Meat from calves less than a year old is called this
veal
Bill
|
$200
[2]
After being asked, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" she replies, "I am, George, I am"
Martha (or Elizabeth Taylor)
Sherrie!
|
$1,000
[19]
Since Iran has been "mined out" of this stone, the finest varieties now come primarily from western U.S.
a turquoise
Sherrie!
Les
|
|
$400
[8]
On Jan. 20, 1887 the U.S. leased this Hawaiian port to be a naval station
Pearl Harbor
Sherrie!
|
$400
[23]
This insolent behavior toward your military superiors can get you a bad conduct discharge
insubordination
Bill
|
$400
[18]
According to "Book of Lists", Anne Frank called this Auschwitz Dr. "the angel of extermination"
Josef Mengele
Les
|
$400
[13]
This catch-all name squeezes in a variety of small fish
sardines
Sherrie!
|
$400
[3]
In ceremony ending this musical, the minister says, "I now pronounce you men & wives"
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Sherrie!
Les
|
— |
|
$600
[9]
It was in this city's harbor that we "remember the Maine" blowing up
Havana
Les
|
$600
[24]
Quality a person has if she's totally without pity, like "Hannah, the vamp of Savannah"
hardheartedness
|
DD
$600
[22]
"Morte alla Francia Italia anela," meaning "Death to the French is Italy's cry--" becomes this name
the mafia
Sherrie!
|
$600
[14]
Originally, the long necks on this condiment's bottle were designed to deter discoloration
ketchup
Les
|
$600
[4]
He ended both "Tea House of the August Moon" & "Sayonara" saying the word "sayonara"
Marlon Brando
Sherrie!
|
— |
|
$800
[10]
He suggested discontinuance of "internal taxes" in his 2nd inaugural address in 1805
Thomas Jefferson
Les
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
What people are apt to say to you if you win this game
congratulations
Bill
|
$800
[21]
King Charles II was so intrigued by Col. Blood's attempt to steal these that he commuted his life sentence
the crown jewels
Sherrie!
|
$800
[15]
From Italian for "little worms", it's a thin spaghetti
vermicelli
Sherrie!
Les
|
$800
[5]
"Rain!" rejoices Burt Lancaster at the end
The Rainmaker
Sherrie!
|
— |
|
$1,000
[11]
Evidence from a Pinkerton spy in this secret society of Irish coal workers broke it up in 1877
the Molly Maguires
Sherrie!
|
$1,000
[26]
From Latin "to snatch away secretly", it's how kids in the '50s read "Peyton Place"
surreptitiously
Bill
Les
|
$1,000
[20]
In 1973, he was sentenced to 25 consecutive life terms for murdering 25 migrant farm workers
Juan Corona
Sherrie!
|
$1,000
[17]
Arachibutyrophobia is an actual fear of having this food stick to the roof of the mouth
peanut butter
Bill
|
$1,000
[6]
His last film words ever were 1967's "...when the hell are we going to get some dinner?"
Spencer Tracy
Sherrie!
|
— |
In U.S., by $ value, the most popular type of goods purchased through mail order sales
clothing