Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.
Ginny Manuel — a radio station salesperson originally from New York City
Doug Smith — a casting assistant from Santa Barbara, California
Janet Stevenson — a housewife originally from Sioux City, Iowa (whose 2-day cash winnings total $9,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Janet | $300 | $1,700 | $5,700 |
$5,700
3-day champion: $15,100 |
$6,700
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Doug | $1,600 | $2,200 | $2,800 |
$0
3rd place |
$2,800
14 R, 1 W |
| Ginny | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,800 |
$800
2nd place |
$3,000
9 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| GLADIATORS | ADDRESSES | SCOTLAND | MOVIE TRIVIA | COOKING | "BACK" WORDS |
|
$100
[25]
The essedarii fought from these vehicles, Ben-Hur raced them
chariots
Doug
|
$100
[18]
Movie studio, located at 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, CA, 91608
Univeral Studios
Doug
|
$100
[3]
The Scottish island of Harris is famous for having given us this type of fabric
tweed
Ginny
|
$100
[7]
Being this kept both Greta Garbo in "Grand Hotel" & Anne Bancroft in "The Turning Point" on their toes
a ballerina
Doug
|
$100
[1]
Literally Italian for "sailor style", it's a style of spaghetti sauce without meat
marinara
Janet
|
$100
[9]
Muzak
background music
Doug
|
|
$200
[27]
Not a chewing gum for gladiators, it's a 3-pronged spear
a trident
Doug
|
$200
[19]
It's at 11 Wall St., New York, NY, 10005
the Stock Exchange
Doug
|
$200
[8]
Shakespeare notwithstanding, he was actually a wise king, & his 17-year reign a time of prosperity
Macbeth
Janet
|
$200
[16]
In this Hitchcock film full of bird imagery, Miss Crane from Phoenix is killed by a bird-stuffer
Psycho
Ginny
|
$200
[2]
"Esquire" says to open this brew 15 minutesbefore cooking with it to avoid too many bubbles
beer
Doug
|
$200
[10]
Though he may ride in the rear of a limousine, Muhammad Ali doesn't take this to anyone
a back seat
Janet
|
| — |
$300
[20]
The CIA keeps its eye on their embassyat 1125 16th St. NW, Washington, DC, 20036
the USSR
Janet
|
$300
[14]
Probably most famous Scottish phrase, it means "old long since" or "long ago"
auld lang syne
Janet
|
$300
[17]
When she played his mother in "Hamlet" in 1948, Eileen Hurley was 13 years younger than this star
Laurence Olivier
Janet
|
$300
[4]
From French "to jump", it's cooking food in a little fat while shaking or tossing the ingredients
sauté
Janet
|
$300
[11]
You do this to swim & stare at the stars at the same time
the backstroke
Doug
|
| — |
$400
[21]
The Blues Brothers registered their carto this ballpark address, 1060 West Addison, Chicago
Wrigley Field
Ginny
|
$400
[15]
Scottish highlander who gave us the story of a high-flying boy who won't grow up
James Barrie
Ginny
|
$400
[22]
Since this is now her profession, Dolores Hart doesn't go where the boys are anymore
Mother Superior
|
$400
[5]
To give it a round shape, Boston brown bread is traditionally baked in this
a can
Ginny
|
$400
[12]
Daniel Boone, for example
a backwoodsman
Doug
|
| — |
$500
[24]
Before you set a world record, contact them at 2 Sissel Court, London Road, Enfield, Middlesex, England
Guinness
Janet
|
$500
[26]
While Scottish valleys are called glens, specific Scottish mountain peaks are called this
bens
|
DD
$600
[23]
In both these Oscar-winning films of 1939 & 1965, when the heroines needed clothes, it was curtains
Gone with the Wind & The Sound of Music
Ginny
|
$500
[6]
James Beard's basic recipe for this is 1 cup of rice, 4 tbsps. butter,1 sliced onion, & 2 cups of broth
rice pilaf
Janet
Ginny
|
$500
[13]
Construction workers really dig this machine
a backhoe
Doug
|
| AMERICAN HISTORY | '60s SONGS | TRACK & FIELD | DRAMA | "FOR" WORDS |
|
$200
[20]
In 1942, when Congress last did this, it involved Bulgaria, Hungary, & Romania
declared war
|
$200
[1]
The subtitle of this song from "Man of La Mancha" is "The Quest"
"The Impossible Dream"
Janet
|
$200
[14]
Technically, this event is 42,195 meters long
a marathon
Doug
|
$200
[6]
After skipping her 1962 funeral, Arthur Miller exposed her fall in "After the Fall"
Marilyn Monroe
Doug
|
$200
[9]
In basketball, even polite players become offensive at this position
forward
Janet
|
|
$400
[21]
A century before the English settled in Jamestown, these Europeans founded a settlement in South Carolina
the Spaniards
|
$400
[2]
In 1968, this sticky songwas a sweet chart topper for Bobby Goldsboro
"Honey"
Janet
|
$400
[15]
Though always measured by length, the long jump used to be called this
the broad jump
Ginny
|
$400
[7]
"Fun & Games", "Walpurgisnacht" & "The Exorcism" are Edward Albee's names for this play's 3 acts
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Doug
|
$400
[10]
HCHO, or the wet stuff in which you preserve a dead frog
formaldehyde
Janet
|
|
$600
[22]
1930 Hawley-Smoot Act created the highest of these in American history
tariffs
Ginny
|
$600
[3]
In "Ode to Billie Joe", it's Billie Joe's last name
McAllister
Ginny
|
$600
[17]
Number of tries contestants are allowed to get over the bar in the high jump
3
Doug
|
$600
[8]
Title of a Jean Genet play set in a brothelor where in the theater you might sit to watch it
The Balcony
Janet
|
$600
[11]
You do this when changing the shape of metal or copying the shape of a signature
forge
Janet
|
|
DD
$600
[23]
From 1825 on, this made it possible for settlers moving west to avoid crossing the Appalachians
the Erie Canal
Ginny
|
$800
[4]
The Stone Ponies' only top 40 hit, this 1968 song is also considered Linda Ronstadt's first hit
"Different Drum"
Doug
Ginny
|
$800
[18]
One lap around the track; some call it a sprint & others call it a middle distance
the 440 (yards / 400 meters)
Janet
|
$800
[16]
Heroine of Schiller's romantic tragedy, "Die Jungfrau von Orleans"
Joan of Arc
Janet
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
Inthisspirited update of a familiar Lutheran hymn, what God is compared to:[Instrumental music plays]
a mighty fortress
Janet
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Commission investigating the Challenger tragedy was headed by this former Sec'y of State
William Rogers
|
$1,000
[5]
Simon & Garfunkel made a big noise on the music scene with this 1966 #1 hit
"The Sounds Of Silence"
Ginny
|
$1,000
[19]
Weight of the standard men's shot put
16 pounds
|
$1,000
[24]
Steve McQueen fought to have this Ibsen play filmed & starred in it himself
An Enemy of the People
|
$1,000
[13]
A thirsty baby scientist might concoct one of these
a formula
Janet
|
Highest mountain outside Asia is on this continent
South America