Beryl Arbit game 1.
Lee Newlight — a chef from Monroe, North Carolina
Beryl Arbit — a legal assistant from Encino, California
Bob Danielson — a financial analyst from Miami Springs, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,950)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob | $1,800 | $3,900 | $12,100 |
$4,200
2nd place: Broyhill bedroom set + Bates bedspread |
$11,700
28 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Beryl | $700 | $3,000 | $9,900 |
$12,201
New champion: $12,201 |
$8,000
17 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Lee | $1,100 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
$3,998
3rd place: General Electric VCR |
$2,000
7 R, 1 W |
| MEDALS & DECORATIONS | BEAUTY SHOP | BIRDS | SPORTS | 4-LETTER WORDS | STUPID ANSWERS |
|
$100
[8]
The Order of Lenin is this country's highest decoration
the Soviet Union
Lee
|
$100
[7]
Once worn mostly for cosmetic reasons, it was common to take them out before meals
false teeth
Bob
|
$100
[26]
From Spanish "bobo", meaning dunce, a clumsy bird or the prize it might win
booby
Bob
Lee
|
$100
[13]
Vast majority of National Hockey League players are from this country
Canada
Bob
|
$100
[21]
"Man of red earth" in Hebrew, since it's said God used red clay for the 1st man
Adam
Bob
|
$100
[5]
Middle East country whose capital is Kuwait
Kuwait
Lee
|
|
$200
[4]
From 1813 through WWII, it was Germany's highest military decoration
the Iron Cross
Lee
|
$200
[12]
A former book seller began this cosmetics company in 1886, later naming it after the Bard's river
Avon
Bob
|
$200
[27]
2 toes at the back act as braces to help them hold on as they peck at trees
a woodpecker
Bob
|
$200
[14]
Though it's the world's most popular sport, it hasn't succeeded on professional level in the U.S.
soccer
Bob
|
$200
[22]
In polite society, you can do it with a basketball but not with a doughnut
dunk
Beryl
|
$200
[6]
NBC's "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" was 1st broadcast this way in 1961
in color
Beryl
|
|
$300
[1]
This country awards the Order of St. Olaf
Norway
Bob
|
$400
[17]
The 2nd century Greek, Galen, was 1st to give a skin care product this "cool" name
cold cream
Bob
|
— |
$300
[15]
As a boy, this baseball great earned money carrying satchels at the Mobile railroad depot
Satchel Paige
Beryl
|
$300
[23]
Some men do it reading "Playboy"; dogs do it to cool off
pant
Beryl
|
$300
[9]
The radio show "Hear It Now" became this when adapted for television
See It Now
Lee
|
|
$400
[2]
A Briton who displays initials "V.C." after his name has received this medal
the Victoria Cross
Bob
|
DD
$500
[16]
Before this was developed, people relied on perfumes, talcum powder, & bicarbonate of soda
deodorant
Beryl
|
— |
$400
[18]
Basketball's former Baltimore Bullets now represent this city
Washington
Bob
|
$400
[24]
In "The Mikado", Ko-Ko had a little one of these
a list
Bob
|
$400
[10]
Of a pound of bricks, a pound of feathers, or a pound of iron, the 1 which weighs the most
none of them (they all weigh exactly the same)
Lee
|
|
$500
[3]
This country grants the Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysan themum, but only to men
Japan
Bob
|
$500
[20]
Romans used to shadow their eyelids gold with this, the world's most expensive spice
saffron
Bob
|
— |
$500
[19]
Of the 4 "major" pro tournaments, it's the only 1 Sam Snead never won
the U.S. Open
Beryl
|
$500
[25]
A watery way to rest tired feet
soak
Beryl
|
$500
[11]
Until beaten by United 25 years ago, this airline was #1 in America
American Airlines
Beryl
|
| ENGLISH LITERATURE | ANCIENT WORLDS | MOVIE PAIRS | COMPOSERS | "TABLE" TALK | TRANSPORTATION |
|
$200
[1]
In Mallory, it seated 150, the siege perilous reserved for the most pure & perfect knight
the Round Table
Bob
|
$200
[10]
Pliny the Younger was not his son but his nephew
Pliny the Elder
Bob
|
$200
[13]
Their movie partnership started in 1976 as a couple of "Silver Streakers"
Gene Wilder & Richard Pryor
Beryl
|
$200
[11]
Since his sons were musicians, this greatest Baroque composer could have written a family fugue
J.S. Bach
Bob
|
$200
[19]
Where you'd hope to roll a 7 or 11 on the 1st throw in Las Vegas
at the craps table
Lee
|
$600
[3]
For the ride on this, the French test pilot brought pate, the Saudi prince, a few dates for snacks
the Space Shuttle
Bob
|
|
$400
[26]
"It vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail & ending with the grin"
the Cheshire Cat
Beryl
|
$400
[6]
Construction of this longest structure ever built began in 5th century B.C.
the Great Wall of China
Bob
|
$400
[14]
In 1985, they were the "Perfect" couple
John Travolta & Jamie Curtis
Beryl
|
$400
[12]
Composer & conductor of official Olympic fanfare for 1984 Summer Games
John Williams
Beryl
|
$400
[20]
From 1x1 to 9x9, for example
the multiplication table
Bob
|
DD
$800
[2]
In 1969, Crosby, Stills, & Nash rode high on this North African train
the Marrakesh Express
Bob
|
|
$600
[27]
Robert Burns called this creature a "wee, sleekit, cow'rin tim'rous beastie"
a mouse
Bob
|
$600
[7]
The Medes were allied in a dual empire with these people
the Persians
Bob
|
$600
[15]
The "reunion" of these Oscar winners in "Falling in Love" was labeled by one critic "falling asleep"
Meryl Streep & Robert De Niro
Beryl
|
$600
[17]
He did film scores for "Our Town" & "The Red Pony", as well as the ballet "Rodeo"
Aaron Copland
Bob
|
$600
[21]
In this 1958 film, Lancaster & Hayworth were at 1, David Niven at another, & Wendy Hiller at a 3rd
Separate Tables
Beryl
|
$800
[4]
It's what Reuter used to send the news between his German & Belgian telegraph stations
pigeons
Lee
|
| — |
$800
[8]
Its earliest recorded name was Albion
Britain
Bob
|
$800
[16]
Newlyweds in "The Quiet Man", they split up 21 years later in "McLintock"
John Wayne & Maureen O'Hara
Bob
|
$800
[18]
This Hungarian pianist helped many younger composers such as Wagner, Dvorak & Grieg
Liszt
Beryl
|
$1,000
[23]
Unlike "a la carte", with each course charged separately, this meal comes complete at a fixed price
table d'hôte
Beryl
|
$1,000
[5]
John Ford tried to drive it to an Academy Award, but "Gone with the Wind" won
Stagecoach
Bob
|
| — |
$1,000
[9]
This Jewish "Roman" was only historian to provide contemporary account of Masada
Josephus
Bob
|
$1,000
[24]
In 1930, she was "Min" & he was "Bill"
Marie Dressler & Wallace Beery
|
$1,000
[25]
Composer of the "London" & "Drum Roll" symphonies, he was an enthusiastic hunter & fisherman
Joseph Haydn
|
DD
$2,500
[22]
The 1st line of "The Wiffenpoof Song"
"To the tables down at Mory's"
Beryl
|
— |
In the 16th & 17th centuries it replaced Latin as the language of diplomacy & official documents
French