Kerrie Henson — a government clerk from Columbia, Maryland
Tomio Nishimura — a major in the United States Air Force from Highland, California
Ron Cohen — a physician and actor from New York City (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron | $300 | $2,100 | $5,700 |
$7,199
2-day champion: $14,199 |
$5,700
21 R, 4 W |
| Tomio | $1,100 | $900 | $2,100 |
$600
3rd place: Vitamaster exercise bike |
$3,900
14 R, 5 W (including 3 DDs) |
| Kerrie | $0 | $100 | $1,700 |
$3,400
2nd place: trip to Diplomat Resort, Hollywood, Florida |
$1,700
8 R, 4 W |
| ALPHABETICALLY FIRST | POETRY | ANIMALS | MOVIE PAIRS | INVENTIONS | THE LAST WOOD |
|
$100
[1]
The 1st TV network when the Big 3 are put in alphabetical order
ABC
Ron
|
$100
[11]
In poetry, the three chief types are syllabic, stress, & foot-verse, not parking, electric, & postage
meter
Tomio
|
$100
[6]
A female peacock
a peahen
Ron
|
$100
[17]
Until the movie ended, they didn't share a "pillow", only "talk"
Rock Hudson & Doris Day
Tomio
|
$100
[12]
Specializing in sunglasses & filters, this company turned to instant photography in 1948
Polaroid
Ron
|
$100
[24]
Wood found in the 1st line of nursery rhyme featuring a clock-running rodent
hickory
Ron
|
|
$200
[2]
The 1st month alphabetically
April
Ron
|
$200
[20]
Of haiku, a limerick, or a sonnet, the one with the most lines
a sonnet
Ron
|
$200
[7]
In mid 19th c., the U.S. government tried to use these desert animals to carry mail in Tex., Ariz., & N.Y.
a camel
Tomio
|
$200
[18]
Bozo the Clown spearheaded a drive to get this classic comedy team on a postage stamp
Laurel & Hardy
Ron
|
$200
[13]
In a contest launched by Napoleon III, Hippolyte Megemouries invented this butter substitute
margarine
Ron
|
$200
[25]
To baffle, make political speeches, or what's left standing of a felled tree
a stump
Ron
|
|
$300
[3]
Alphabetically 1st of the 9 baseball positions, if you get my signals
catcher
Ron
|
$300
[21]
According to Byron, "she walks in beauty like" this
the night
Ron
|
DD
$400
[8]
The family of fish with the greatest # of species, including the boat on "Gilligan's Island"
the minnow
Tomio
|
$300
[19]
Before searching for "The Jewel of the Nile", Michael Douglas & Kathleen Turner were doing this on screen
Romancing the Stone
Kerrie
|
$300
[14]
When Luther C. Crowell patented this in 1872, he "got the sack"
a paper bag
Tomio
Kerrie
|
$300
[26]
State tree for Massachusetts & nightmare street in 2 films
elm
Tomio
|
|
$400
[4]
Of the numbers from one to ten, the one which is alphabetically first
eight
Tomio
|
$400
[22]
Hedda's actor husband DeWolf Hopper was famous for popularizing this sports poem
"Casey at the Bat"
Ron
|
$400
[9]
Common name of the Egyptian cobra
an asp
Ron
Tomio
|
— |
$400
[15]
The original 1972 model of this company's 1st electronic pocket calculator is in the Smithsonian
Texas Instruments
Ron
Kerrie
|
$400
[27]
Wood in Carpenters' song preceding "4-5789"
Beechwood
|
|
$500
[5]
By first name or last, he's alphabetically the 1st of the "Fab 4"
George (Harrison)
Ron
Tomio
|
$500
[23]
This poet dropped the capital letters in both his name & poetry
E.E. Cummings
Ron
|
$500
[10]
The only living representatives of the Proboscidea
the elephant
Ron
|
— |
$500
[16]
It's what the 1874 "literary piano" developed into
the typewriter
Tomio
Kerrie
|
$500
[28]
A black gum, this tree shares its name with Elvis' birthplace
Tupelo
Tomio
|
| WORLD HISTORY | FOLK MUSIC | THE BIBLE | AUTO RACING | SOUTH DAKOTA | TRIVIA |
|
$200
[4]
Neither Blacks nor Whites but Bushmen & Hottentots were the 1st to live in this troubled country
South Africa
Ron
|
$200
[7]
Yarrow, Stookey, &Travers
Pater, Paul & Mary
Ron
|
$200
[1]
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus said just looking at a woman lustfully is committing this
adultery
Kerrie
|
$200
[26]
The record for this is Bobby Unser’s 4 second refuelingduring the 1976 Indy 500
pit stops
Tomio
|
$200
[9]
After leaving the Today Show, this South Dakotan became anchor for NBC's Evening News
Tom Brokaw
Kerrie
|
$200
[12]
Upon 1st entering college, George Washington Carver studied this keyboard instrument
the piano
Kerrie
|
|
$400
[5]
Born Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov in 1870, but the name on his much-visited tomb is this
Lenin
Tomio
|
$400
[8]
This famous Stephen Foster song was originally published as "Gwine to Run All Night"
"Camptown Races"
Ron
|
$400
[2]
Disputed strip of land, it's where Samson brought down the house
the Gaza Strip
Kerrie
|
$400
[27]
This rear deck air deflector helps improve tire traction
a spoiler
Tomio
|
$400
[20]
Semi-desert region that's been described as "Hell with the fires put out"
the Badlands of South Dakota
|
$400
[13]
Of 50, 100, or 200 gallons, the amount of water used daily in the average U.S. household
200
Ron
Tomio
Kerrie
|
|
DD
$400
[6]
Now surrounded by the countries w/largest area & pop., this country once had the largest land empire ever
Mongolia
Tomio
|
$600
[16]
His "Funny Way of Laughin'" got him a Grammy in 1962
Burl Ives
Kerrie
|
$600
[3]
Not in the Bible but in a Strauss opera did Salome perform this
the Dance of the (Seven) Veils
Ron
|
— |
$600
[21]
In 1973 American Indian movement, militants occupied this S.D. village & battle site for 70 days
Wounded Knee
Tomio
|
$600
[14]
Month WWI began & WWII ended
August
Tomio
|
|
$800
[10]
U.N. Secretary-General killed in 1961 plane crash while dealing with Congo crisis
Dag Hammarskjöld
Ron
|
$800
[17]
In 1974, she was "a free man in Paris"
Joni Mitchell
Kerrie
|
$800
[18]
Following the Gospels, it's the 5th book of the New Testament
Acts
Kerrie
|
— |
$800
[24]
It's how the United States acquired South Dakota
the Louisiana Purchase
|
$800
[15]
On the message plate attached to Pioneer 10, the naked man is doing this with his right hand
waving
Ron
|
|
$1,000
[11]
130 years ago Tennessean Wm. Walker took over & became pres. of this strife-torn Cent. Amer. country
Nicaragua
Ron
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
River mentioned in thefollowingfolk chantey:"Oh, Shenandoah, / I love your daughter / Away, you rolling river"
Missouri
Tomio
|
$1,000
[19]
Moses' sister & brother
Miriam & Aaron
|
— |
$1,000
[25]
Though S.D. tends to vote Repub., only major party nominee for president representing S.D. was this Dem.
George McGovern
|
$1,000
[22]
She was Mrs. Dick Tracy
Tess Trueheart
|
Although Mt. St. Helens provided the big bang that year, everyone asked, "Who shot J.R.?"
1980