John Szczepanski — a freelance painter from Buffalo, New York
Laura Munzer — an attorney originally from Oakland, New Jersey
Dave Maley — a public relations specialist from Ithaca, New York (whose 3-day cash winnings total $35,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave | $300 | $1,100 | $3,300 |
$6,600
2nd place: Broyhill bedroom set + Dakotah comforter |
$3,300
11 R, 2 W |
| Laura | $1,100 | $3,100 | $7,700 |
$0
3rd place: Magnavox VCR + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis |
$7,700
19 R, 1 W |
| John | $-100 | $1,800 | $9,200 |
$15,500
New champion: $15,500 |
$9,500
25 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE 1970s | THE MOVIES | HATS | AT THE SEASIDE | THE BIBLE | "SYN" |
|
$100
[13]
Rumors that he'd resign sent the Dow up 23 points Aug. 7, 1974; 2 days later the rumors proved true
Richard Nixon
John
|
$100
[1]
The first film appearance of this fictional lawyer was "The Case of the Howling Dog" in 1934
Perry Mason
John
|
$100
[26]
Catholic cardinals wear scarlet skullcaps; the Pope wears this color
white
John
|
$100
[21]
They can be 60 feet high & produce football-sized brown fruits
coconut palms
Laura
|
$100
[6]
1 Samuel 16 describes David as a cunning player of this instrument
the harp
John
|
$100
[7]
From the Greek for "bring together", it's a Jewish house of worship & religious instruction
a synagogue
Laura
|
|
$200
[14]
On Feb. 1, 1977 Marin County in this state began rationing water
California
Laura
|
$200
[2]
Actors who played this "Treasure Island" role include Wallace Beery, Robert Newton & Orson Welles
Long John Silver
John
|
$200
[27]
This cap with a pompon in the center is a part of the Scottish national dress
a tam o' shanter
Laura
|
$200
[22]
Sea lions have external ones; true seals don't
ears
John
|
$200
[8]
Sometime before his betrayal of Jesus, he was appointed treasurer of the disciples
Judas
Dave
|
$200
[12]
A brief statement of the content of a novel, play or movie
a synopsis
Dave
|
|
$300
[15]
In October 1977 this former PM of India was arrested & charged with corruption while in office
Indira Gandhi
Laura
|
$300
[3]
In 1968 Doris Day co-starred with Brian Keith in her last film, "With Six You Get" this
Egg Roll
Dave
|
$300
[28]
The shapka, a fur hat that can be up to 2 feet high, is usually identified with these Russian soldiers
Cossacks
John
|
$300
[23]
Erosion of granite or granite-type rocks is the source of the quartz type of this
sand
Dave
|
$300
[9]
James, talking about faith in his epistle, refers to "the patience of" this man
Job
John
|
$300
[18]
A group of symptoms & signs collectively indicating a disorder, such as Marfan's or Down's
a syndrome
Laura
|
|
$400
[16]
Vice President who succeeded to the presidency of Argentina in 1974 after her husband's death
Isabel Peron
John
|
$400
[4]
"Any Which Way You Can" was a sequel to this film
Every Which Way But Loose
Dave
John
|
$400
[29]
Makers of hats for men are called hatters; makers of hats for women are called this
milliners
John
|
$400
[24]
These birds may be herring or laughing
gulls
Laura
|
$400
[10]
Not only shall they "inherit the earth", but they "shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace"
the meek
John
|
$400
[19]
This type of agency buys articles, comic strips & columns for distribution to newspapers
a syndicate
John
|
|
$500
[17]
This ex-Treasury Secretary was indicted in 1974 for taking a bribe from milk producers but was later acquitted
John Connally
John
|
$500
[5]
In 1961 this "Meet John Doe" director released his last feature, "Pocketful of Miracles"
Frank Capra
Laura
|
$500
[30]
When introduced into the U.S. in the 1860s, this English hat named for its maker was renamed the Derby
the bowler
Laura
|
$500
[25]
They attach themselves to rocks by threads, create low-quality pearls & are cut up for bait
mussels
Laura
|
DD
$500
[11]
In the Old Testament, the first of the 2 books to bear this name lists genealogies from Adam to Saul
Chronicles
John
|
$500
[20]
In music it's shifting the accent to a beat that's not normally accented
syncopation
Dave
|
| HISTORIC AMERICA | WORLD COINS | ART & ARTISTS | EDUCATION | SICKNESS & HEALTH | BOOKS & AUTHORS |
|
$200
[1]
In Fort Myers, Florida you can visit "The Mangoes", the winter home that suited this car manufacturer to a "T"
Henry Ford
John
|
$200
[6]
This country mints its coins in Pretoria
South Africa
Laura
|
$200
[16]
Carel Fabritius was one of the finest painters trained in this Dutch artist's workshop
Rembrandt
John
|
$200
[11]
This college degree is abbreviated B.F.A.
a Bachelor of Fine Arts
John
|
$200
[26]
Still's disease is another name for the juvenile rheumatoid type of this disease
Arthritis
Laura
|
$200
[18]
This Scottish queen was the subject of Antonia Fraser's first biography
Mary (Queen of Scots)
John
|
|
$400
[2]
In 1981 Francois Mitterrand attended the 200th anniversary observance of Cornwallis' surrender here
Yorktown
Dave
|
$400
[7]
Some of the first coins issued by this Caribbean nation in 1807 pictured its president, Henri Christophe
Haiti
Laura
|
$400
[17]
The 1867 execution of this emperor of Mexico inspired one of Manet's few historical paintings
Maximilian
Dave
|
$400
[12]
In his "Republic", this philosopher advocated a curriculum based on the education of an elite class
Plato
Laura
|
$400
[27]
Prolonged exposure to asbestos often leads to asbestosis, a disease of these organs
the lungs
John
|
$400
[20]
"To Reach Eternity" is a collection of letters by this "From Here to Eternity" author
James Jones
Dave
|
|
$600
[3]
The village of Pleasant Hill, Ky., founded by this celibate sect in 1805, is now a living history museum
the Shakers
Laura
|
$600
[8]
This nation's coins of the 1820s were minted on Aegina with presses bought from the Knights of St. John
Greece
Dave
John
|
$600
[19]
In Renoir's 1872 painting of this oldest Parisian bridge, his brother Edmond appears in 2 places
the Pont Neuf
Dave
|
$600
[13]
This Supreme Court case held that separate facilities for black & white students were unconstitutional
Brown v. Board of Education ( of Topeka, Kansas )
John
|
$600
[28]
Eqvalan is a leading product for the treatment of parasite infections in these quadrupeds
horses
John
|
$600
[21]
In 1974 he published "Aunts Aren't Gentlemen: A Jeeves and Bertie Story"
Wodehouse
Dave
|
|
$800
[4]
This First Lady's birthplace is a tourist attraction in Weymouth, Massachusetts
Abigail Adams
John
|
$800
[9]
Gold sovereigns issued by this small European nation in 1982 depicted the Bishop of Seo de Urgel
Andorra
John
|
$800
[23]
This French Rococo painter was known as "Frago" for short
Fragonard
Laura
|
$800
[14]
This teachers' union affiliated with the AFL-CIO was founded in 1916
the American Federation of Teachers
Dave
Laura
|
$800
[29]
An endemic goiter, the most common type, is caused by a diet deficient in this
iodine
Laura
|
$800
[22]
He wrote about his people, the Kikuyu, in "facing Mount Kenya" before he became president of Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta
John
|
|
DD
$1,200
[5]
Now an inn, the Governor Calvert House that faces this city's state capitol was built for Chas. Calvert in the 1700s
Annapolis
John
|
$1,000
[10]
When this country revised its coinage system in 1967, all of its new coins were inscribed in Tagalog
the Philippines
Laura
|
$1,000
[24]
Time magazine nicknamed this abstract expressionist "Jack the Dripper"
Jackson Pollock
John
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
The first public version of these schools invented by Friedrich Froebel opened in St. Louis in 1873
a kindergarten
John
|
$1,000
[30]
The swelling of these salivary glands is the main symptom of the mumps
the parotid glands
|
$1,000
[25]
She wrote about Central America in the novel "A Book of Common Prayer" & the nonfiction book "Salvador"
(Joan) Didion
Laura
|
This term for one who exposes political corruption comes from a character in "The Pilgrim's Progress"
a muckraker