Partially missing introductions.
Chuck Cavender — an advertising executive from Miami, Florida
Kathleen O'Reilly — a market researcher from Ardsley, New York
Cliff Miles Katskee — an actor from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff | $1,600 | $3,900 | $8,300 |
$8,001
2-day champion: $18,001 |
$7,900
26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Kathleen | $1,200 | $2,000 | $4,000 |
$2,000
2nd place: trip to Palm Springs + Skyway luggage |
$4,000
13 R, 3 W |
| Chuck | $600 | $800 | $800 |
$0
3rd place: Jules Jurgensen his & hers watches |
$4,600
11 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| LANGUAGES | AGRICULTURE | MONEY RAISERS | "BLACK" & "BLUE" SONGS | TRANSPORTATION | GAME SHOWS |
|
$100
[16]
Native language of Ingrid Bergman
Swedish
Cliff
|
$100
[26]
USA Today said "it'd be simpler to fire the cows" as House comm. voted to pay farmers not to produce this
milk
Cliff
|
$100
[21]
In 1984 money raiser, this group's national sales equaled 15 cookies per capita in the U.S.
Girl Scouts
Kathleen
|
$100
[3]
Song that kept Bobby Rydell, Sammy Davis Jr., & Louis Prima & Keely Smith "in its spell"
"That Old Black Magic"
Cliff
|
$100
[11]
As "Ben Hur", Charlton Heston was "on track" in one of these
a chariot
Kathleen
|
$100
[1]
On a new version of the game, Gene Rayburn has couples trying to "break" this
Break the Bank
Chuck
|
|
$200
[17]
This computer language is short for "formula translation"
Fortran
Cliff
|
$200
[27]
The Indians taught the Pilgrims to plant herring for fertilizer along with seeds of this crop
corn
Cliff
|
$200
[22]
Every Labor Day since 1966, he's been hosting a TV telethon
Jerry Lewis
Cliff
|
$200
[4]
"When whippoorwills call & evening is nigh, I hurry" here
"My Blue Heaven"
Cliff
|
$200
[12]
Famous entry feature of a 1957 Mercedes 300SL or a 1981 DeLorean
gull-wing doors
Cliff
|
$200
[2]
In 1961, Bill Cullen hosted this, the last game show to hit the prime time top-10-of-the-year list
The Price is Right
Cliff
|
|
$300
[18]
For the 2nd TV movie, an Ewok named Wicket learned a lot more of this language
English
Chuck
|
$300
[28]
Since 1960, U.S. production of this hog fat has been almost twice the rate of consumption
lard
Cliff
|
$300
[23]
Religiously giving 10% of your earnings to the church
tithing
Cliff
|
$300
[5]
Though by 1979 Neil Diamond could afford Gabardine pants, he was "forever in" these
blue jeans
Kathleen
|
$300
[13]
On TV, how West got around the "Wild, Wild West" or guests got to "The Shady Rest"
by train
Cliff
Kathleen
Chuck
|
$300
[8]
This former TV "Tarzan" turned game show host for 1980's "Face the Music"
Ron Ely
Cliff
|
|
$400
[19]
Original language responsible for giving us the letter "Y" as a vowel as in "psychology"
Greek
Cliff
Chuck
|
— |
$400
[24]
On federal tax return, amount of contribution to pres. election to which you agree by checking a box
$1 ($2 if it's a couple filing jointly)
Kathleen
|
$400
[6]
1975 tribute to the Mississippi River by the Doobie Brothers, who sure did "play some funky Dixieland"
"Black Water"
Kathleen
|
$400
[14]
In 1922, Mack trucks adopted this trademark
a bulldog
Cliff
|
$500
[10]
1 of 2 TV game shows of the '50s that featured child panelists answering home viewers' questions
Juvenile Jury (or The Quiz Kids )
Chuck
|
|
$500
[20]
From language used by teachers & students there in the 12th c., the Sorbonne area of Paris is called this
the Latin quarter
Cliff
|
— |
$500
[25]
For years, red tape kept monies tied up from this, George Harrison's 1971 rock benefit
the Concert for Bangladesh
Cliff
|
$500
[7]
Jim Croce had a bad case of these in 1974
"Workin’ At The Car Wash Blues"
Kathleen
|
$500
[15]
Possibly from French "jeton" for token, this slang word for nickel came to mean autobus
jitney
Kathleen
|
DD
$800
[9]
'60s show whose theme was thefollowing; a clue would be Johnny the Arsonist likes to play blank[Instrumental music plays]
The Match Game
Cliff
|
| PHYSICAL SCIENCE | AUTOBIOGRAPHIES | MASSACHUSETTS | THE '60s | MYTHOLOGICAL MONSTERS | 9-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[29]
Developed in the 18th century, the Leyden jar stores this
electricity
|
$200
[8]
In his "I Never Played the Game", he takes pot shots at Gifford, Meredith & Simpson
Howard Cosell
Cliff
|
$200
[30]
John Hancock, Calvin Coolidge, & currently, Michael Dukakis
governors of Massachusetts
Cliff
|
$200
[1]
The Tonkin Resolution, passed Aug. 7, 1964, allowed Presidential action in this country
Vietnam
Cliff
|
$200
[13]
Most of these half-men half-horses were wild & lawless
a centaur
Cliff
Chuck
|
$200
[6]
Imprint loved on fine paper, but hated on a silk dress
a watermark
|
|
$400
[28]
Of 3 oz., 3 lbs., or 3 kg, approximate weight or pressure exerted per square mile of sunlight
3 lbs
Kathleen
Chuck
|
$400
[9]
Published in 1956, it was the autobiography of singer Billie Holiday
Lady Sings the Blues
Kathleen
|
$400
[23]
1½ story house with deeply slanting roof named for easternmost part of Massachusetts
a Cape Cod
Chuck
|
$400
[2]
It was recently revealed that this top hit of 1968 wasn't about a saint, but Julian Lennon
"Hey Jude"
Cliff
|
$400
[14]
This monster needed more than a steak on his eye after Odysseus drove a stake into his eye
a cyclops (Polyphemus)
Kathleen
|
$400
[7]
Without it, a Shirley Temple just wouldn't be a Shirley Temple
grenadine
Cliff
Chuck
|
|
$600
[27]
An emulsion is a colloidal system formed by dispersing 1 of these into another
a liquid
Chuck
|
$600
[10]
Her autobiography's title is her nickname "Bubbles"
Beverly Sills
Cliff
|
$600
[19]
These 2 Mass. patriots & founding fathers were 2nd cousins sharing the same last name
John and Samuel Adams
Chuck
|
$600
[3]
In 1967, this "Red Wing" became the 1st hockey player to score 700 goals
Gordie Howe
Cliff
|
$600
[15]
Author John Gardner retold the epic of Beowulf from this monster's point of view
Grendel
Kathleen
|
$600
[22]
Oedipus unwittingly committed this when he killed his father
patricide
Chuck
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Atomic #24, this metal is used with iron to make stainless steel
chromium
|
$800
[11]
Title of 1959 autobiography of E.R. Braithwaite, a Black teacher in London's East End
To Sir, With Love
Cliff
|
$800
[20]
Site of annual summer music festival held in the Berkshires
Tanglewood
|
$800
[4]
In 1960, it became the 4th nation to explode an atomic bomb
France
Cliff
|
$800
[16]
If you cut off a head, the Hydra would do this
grow two back
Kathleen
Chuck
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
&
an ampersand
Chuck
|
|
DD
$4,000
[24]
Constantly breaking down chemically, uranium changes to radium & ultimately to this mineral
lead
Chuck
|
$1,000
[12]
26 years after his 1st autobiography, he wrote sequel, "Somebody Down Here Likes Me Too"
Rocky Graziano
Kathleen
|
$1,000
[21]
Mass. abolitionist who also worked for women's rights & wrote "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic"
Julia Ward Howe
Chuck
|
$1,000
[5]
In 1965, after only 2 years, Singapore withdrew from federation with this Southeast Asian nation
Malaysia
Kathleen
|
$1,000
[26]
Name of this creature w/lion's head, goat's body & dragon's tail has come to mean anything fantastic
a chimera
Kathleen
|
$1,000
[17]
French for "petticoat", Southern belles wore them to this kind of dance
a cotillion
|
Star, who's played Queen Elizabeth twice, as well as empresses of Mexico and Russia
Bette Davis