Ilsa Kahn — a housewife and teacher's aide from Encino, California
Louis Gladman — a stress engineer from Los Angeles, California
Kurt Weldon — a comedian and a writer from Beverly Hills, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt | $1,100 | $2,000 | $7,000 |
$6,000
2-day champion: $14,200 |
$7,000
16 R, 0 W |
| Louis | $200 | $800 | $-1,200 |
$-1,200
3rd place: Hero Jr. personal robot from Heath/Zenith |
$2,100
11 R, 8 W (including 3 DDs) |
| Ilsa | $300 | $1,700 | $1,500 |
$0
2nd place: trip to Diplomat Resort, Hollywood, Florida |
$1,500
12 R, 4 W |
| STATE CAPITALS | FAMOUS QUOTES | ECCLESIASTIC NAMES | COOKING | SPORTS | ALL EARS |
|
$100
[9]
In 1820, though its population was less than 20, it was chosen as territorial capital of Arkansas
Little Rock
Louis
|
$100
[1]
Emerson said that "a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of" these
little minds
Kurt
|
$100
[16]
In October of 1985 the Kansas City Royals beat them 4 games to 3
the Cardinals
Louis
Ilsa
|
$100
[11]
Using heavy cream, Eleanor Roosevelt traditionally made this type of eggs for Sunday supper
scrambled eggs
|
$100
[23]
The 1st one in baseball happened in 1846 & was 6 cents for cussing
a fine
Louis
|
$100
[6]
The groups from which Mark Antony wanted to borrow ears
friends, Romans & countrymen
Ilsa
|
|
$200
[10]
Originally built around Ft. Peachtree, this Georgia city was renamed in honor of a railroad
Atlanta
Ilsa
|
$200
[2]
According to Al Capone, you can get "farther with a kind word" & this "than with a kind word alone"
a gun
Louis
|
$200
[21]
On "TV's Bloopers & Practical Jokes" this psychologist pulled a practical joke on Merv Griffin
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Ilsa
|
$200
[12]
Not just good for "curing" colds, it can be used instead of oil to stir-fry foods
chicken soup
Kurt
|
$200
[27]
Only heavyweight boxer to win titles under two different names
Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay)
Louis
|
$200
[7]
When a cockney says "'ear", he means this related word
hear
Kurt
|
|
$300
[13]
Capital of the smallest state, it houses the widest bridge in U.S.
Providence
Louis
|
$300
[3]
In Hamlet, Polonius goes on & on about how this is "the soul of wit"
brevity
Kurt
|
$300
[24]
Dee Snider is the lead singer of this rock group
Twisted Sister
Kurt
|
$300
[19]
Of starting with hot, tepid, or cold water, the way to prevent lumps when cooking hot cereal
cold
Louis
Ilsa
|
$300
[28]
In 1984, it was the team sport with the most high-school girl participants
basketball
Ilsa
|
$300
[8]
In films Kirstie Alley has worn Vulcan ears as Savik & bunny ears playing this feminist
Gloria Steinem
Louis
|
|
$400
[14]
From 1945 to 1980, this southwest capital jumped from 99th to 9th in size among U.S. cities
Phoenix, Arizona
Ilsa
|
$400
[4]
The poet Suckling felt "tis not the meat, but" this that "makes eating a delight"
the appetite
|
$400
[25]
He claimed he wrote the 1st version of "The Rape of the Lock" in less than 2 weeks
Alexander Pope
Kurt
|
$400
[20]
Due to war shortages, "The Confederate Recipe Book" used crackers for fruit in this all-Amer. dessert
apple pie
Louis
|
— |
$400
[17]
In other words, "smile really big"
to grin from ear to ear
Ilsa
|
|
DD
$500
[15]
Capital of a state in the South named for a President from the South
Jackson, Mississippi
Louis
|
$500
[5]
On May 1, 1898, it was said to the captain of the Olympia, Charles Vernon Gridley
"You may fire when (you are) ready, Gridley"
Kurt
|
$500
[26]
He played Mel Cooley, producer of "The Alan Brady Show"
Richard Deacon
Ilsa
|
$500
[22]
Mary Ellen says fudge won't sugar if you add a dash of this, C4H5KO6
cream of tartar
|
— |
$500
[18]
Orson Bean said it's the only thing you should stick in your ear
your elbow
Louis
|
| ANCIENT HISTORY | ANIMALS | CAPTAINS | LITERARY ADAPTATIONS | HOMOPHONES | COUNTRY MUSIC |
|
$200
[1]
For beauty & protection from heat, wealthy Egyptians wore wigs of human hair or this fleece
wool
Louis
|
$200
[16]
Though in the wild it's usually green, a shade of yellow is named for this bird
canary
Kurt
|
$200
[15]
Captain Merrill Stubing captains this ship
The Love Boat
Louis
Ilsa
|
$200
[5]
Even before ABC aired this John Jakes mini-series in November 1985, filming began on the sequel
North & South
Kurt
|
$200
[4]
That guy, or the church song he's singing
him (hymn)
Kurt
|
$800
[27]
When he gave a concert at San Quentin on New Year's Day, 1960, Merle Haggard was in the audience
Johnny Cash
Louis
|
|
$400
[2]
Concrete was invented & 1st widely used by this Mediterranean civilization
Rome
Louis
|
$400
[22]
Both the white whale & Russian sturgeon share this name
beluga
|
$400
[17]
Walt Whitman's poem, "O Captain, My Captain", is a tribute to this slain president
Abraham Lincoln
Kurt
|
$400
[6]
Though Gershwin opera was named for the couple, original DuBose Hayward novel was just named this
Porgy
Ilsa
|
$400
[8]
A deep voice, or home plate
bass (base)
Ilsa
|
DD
$1,000
[28]
In 1957, Alabaman Sonny James hit No. 1 on both country & pop charts with this song:"Just one kiss from your sweet lips / Will tell me that your love is real / And I can feel that it's true"
"Young Love"
Louis
|
|
$600
[3]
One of the earliest indoor bathrooms has been found on this Greek island
Crete
Ilsa
|
$600
[23]
The "acorn" variety attach themselves to whales as well as whaling boats
barnacles
Louis
|
$600
[18]
On a $25/week prop budget, he was TV's "guardian of the safety of the world" for 5 years
Captain Video
|
$600
[7]
Phil Stong novel about an annual event in Iowa, it's been filmed 3 times
State Fair
Ilsa
|
$600
[9]
It can be fishing, Virginia, or genuine
reel (real)
Kurt
|
$1,000
[26]
Kitty Wells reminds men "It Wasn't God Who Made" these
honky-tonk angels
|
|
$800
[14]
Mayan mathematics was based on this number, possibly because it was all they could count on
20
Ilsa
|
$1,000
[25]
Joan Embery says that after man, this creature kills more people in Africa than any other
crocodiles
Louis
|
$800
[19]
Top U.S. air ace in WWI, he later owned the Indianapolis speedway & was president of Eastern Airlines
Eddie Rickenbacker
Kurt
|
$800
[10]
He wrote the novelization of his own Oscar-winning screenplay of "The Human Comedy"
William Saroyan
Kurt
Ilsa
|
$800
[12]
To put on the payroll, or a man on a mountaintop in relation to one in the valley
hire (higher)
Kurt
|
— |
|
$1,000
[21]
Sumer, home of world's earliest civilization, was located in what is now this modern country
Iraq
|
DD
$1,800
[24]
2 of 3 breeds best suited to be guide dogs for the blind
(2 of) German shepherds, golden retrievers, or Labrador retrievers
Louis
|
$1,000
[20]
A Navy captain proudly wears this many stripes
four stripes
|
$1,000
[11]
William Windom starred in this TV series based on the life & writings of James Thurber
My World... and Welcome to It
Kurt
|
$1,000
[13]
With an "A" it's an ecclesiastic, with an "E" an employee at Colonel Sanders
friar (frier)
|
— |
Total number of former vice presidents still living today
4 (Nixon, Agnew, Ford, Mondale)