Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.
Lucy Sweeney — an apprentice baker from San Bruno, California
Kurt Arthur — a quality specialist from St. Louis, Missouri
Marji Hanson — a salesperson from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marji | $-100 | $1,500 | $3,000 |
$300
3rd place |
$3,900
18 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Kurt | $1,300 | $2,400 | $3,000 |
$6,000
2nd place |
$3,000
14 R, 3 W |
| Lucy | $300 | $1,100 | $7,300 |
$7,000
New champion: $7,000 |
$7,300
14 R, 0 W |
| 1979 | BY THE NUMBERS | PEANUTS | POETIC QUOTES | GOOD & BAD "GUY"s | ROADSIDE AMERICA |
|
$100
[8]
On July 17th, he arrived in Miami after fleeing Nicaragua
Somoza
Kurt
|
$100
[23]
Number most associated with Col. Steve Austin
$6,000,000
Marji
Lucy
|
$100
[2]
Schroeder never forgets to celebrate this historic December 16th birthday
Beethoven's birthday
Marji
|
$100
[5]
William Hickson said, "'Tis a lesson you should heed, if at first you don't succeed"
"try, try again"
Kurt
|
$100
[13]
Selling 400 million records from 1937-77, this bandleader never earned less than a million dollars a year
Guy Lombardo
Marji
|
$100
[1]
In Minnesota, competition is fierce in displaying statues of this woodsman & his ox
Paul Bunyan
Kurt
|
|
$200
[9]
Lane Kirkland became head of the AFL-CIO upon this man's retirement
George Meany
Marji
|
$200
[24]
Dave Clark's 1960s rock group had this many members
5
Marji
|
$200
[3]
When referring to Heather, the phrase Charlie Brown uses instead of her name
the little red-haired girl
Kurt
|
$200
[15]
Even though it has 30, Lowell asked, "What is so rare as a day in this month?"
June
Marji
|
$200
[14]
Way back in 1605, he tried to blow up the British Parliament
Guy Fawkes
Lucy
|
$200
[19]
Stanton, Iowa, Mrs. Olson's hometown, proudly spouts off about the world's largest of these
a coffee pot
Marji
|
|
DD
$400
[10]
Queen of the discotheques, she had her biggest hit with thefollowing:"Go on now, go, walk out the door / Just turn around now, 'cause you're not welcome anymore / Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye? / Did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die?"
Gloria Gaynor
Marji
|
$300
[25]
"M*A*S*H" dealt with the adventures of this mobile army hospital unit
the 4077
Marji
|
$300
[4]
Character in "Happy New Year, Charlie Brown," who shares name with product of sponsor Peter Paul Cadbury
Peppermint Patty
Lucy
|
$300
[28]
Marlowe called hers "the face that launched a thousand ships"
Helen of Troy
Marji
|
$300
[16]
It's said he was the only actor to audition for the 1957 Zorro role who could actually fence
Guy Williams
|
$300
[20]
In Cawker City, Kansas, traffic could get tied up as drivers gawk at an 8,953-lb. ball of this
ball of string (or twine)
Kurt
|
|
$400
[11]
Though President Carter signed this treaty in June, the Senate never ratified it
SALT II
Kurt
|
$400
[26]
Orator Wendell Phillips said that on God's side, this number is a majority
1
Kurt
|
$400
[6]
Type of biplane from which the great WWI flying ace dogfights with the Red Baron
a Sopwith Camel
Kurt
|
— |
$400
[17]
On TV's "Sesame Street", he hosts the game show "Name That Sound"
Guy Smiley
Kurt
|
$400
[21]
Oxford, Maine, displays the world's largest trap for this culinary prize
a lobster
Marji
|
|
$500
[12]
The year's number one selling nonfiction work was her "Cope" book
(Erma) Bombeck
Kurt
|
$500
[27]
This line said to divide North & South Korea is the approximate, not the actual boundary
the 38th parallel
Marji
Kurt
|
$500
[7]
Character known in German as "die Kratzburste"
Lucy
|
— |
$500
[18]
His version of Marty Robbins' "Singin' the Blues" was number one for 10 weeks in a row in 1957
Guy Mitchell
Lucy
|
$500
[22]
Neilsville, Wisconsin, displays a 17-ton fake hunk of this to replace the real one devoured in 1965
cheese
Marji
|
| RUSSIA | TIME | ANIMAL RECORDS | FIRST LADIES | COUNTRY MUSIC | FRENCH PHRASES |
|
$200
[26]
Of 2-3%, 5-6%, or 8-9%, the amount of interest paid on savings accounts by Soviet banks
2-3%
Kurt
|
$200
[12]
Only top 10 TV show with time in the title
60 Minutes
|
$200
[6]
Tiniest of all pony breeds, they're named for the Scottish islands where they originated
Shetlands
Marji
|
$200
[7]
She was a Whittier, California high school teacher when she met the future president
Pat Nixon
Marji
|
$200
[17]
Born Seth Ward, he's famed for "Big John" & pork sausage
Jimmy Dean
Kurt
|
$200
[1]
In French, this term for a dead-end street means "the bottom of the bag"
a cul-de-sac
Lucy
|
|
$400
[27]
Portrayed as a symbol of peace, this American girl's picture now adorns a Soviet postage stamp
Samantha Smith
Marji
|
$400
[13]
Month named for the Roman war god, since that was the month Romans prepared for war
March
Lucy
|
$400
[19]
The longest known snake isn't the anaconda, but the reticulated variety of this
a python
Marji
Kurt
|
$400
[8]
Though no president had this common last name, it was the maiden name of three First Ladies
Smith
Lucy
|
$400
[18]
2-term Louisiana governor Jimmy Davis' fame came in part from his song "You Are My" this
"Sunshine"
Lucy
|
$400
[2]
Used in English to mean "awkward" or "clumsy", it's French for "left-handed"
gauche
Marji
|
|
$600
[28]
Besides regular service, this news agency has a confidential service for editors & party officials only
TASS
Lucy
|
DD
$500
[15]
Total time in titles of Kim Basinger/Mickey Rourke film, & Mary Tyler Moore/Dudley Moore film
15 1/2 weeks
Marji
|
$600
[23]
The world's longest-living vertebrates are tortoises found on these islands
the Galapagos
Marji
|
$600
[9]
When George Washington married Martha, he became stepfather to this many children
2
|
$600
[20]
"Urban Cowboy" was filmed at his Pasadena, Texas club
Mickey Gilley
Kurt
|
$600
[3]
French for spirit of feeling as one body, the U.S. Marines have it
esprit de corps
Lucy
|
| — |
$600
[14]
According to Irving Berlin, this is when "you've got to get up, you've got to get up"
in the morning
Marji
|
$800
[24]
It's the largest animal ever known to have lived on our planet
the blue whale
Marji
Kurt
|
$800
[10]
A bachelor when elected president, he married Frances Folsom, 27 years his junior, in 1886
Cleveland
Lucy
|
$800
[21]
The Tennessee Plowboy
Eddie Arnold
Kurt
|
$800
[4]
This phrase for "let do" or "let us alone" is often aimed at the government by business & economists
laissez-faire
Lucy
|
| — |
$1,000
[16]
Bud Collier, Jack Nars, & Monty Hall all yelled this when the players completed the stunt
"Stop the clock!"
|
$1,000
[25]
Largest species of this Afr. animal is named for 19th c. Fr. president Francois Paul Jules Grevy
a zebra
Marji
Lucy
|
$1,000
[11]
Last president to marry in office, he wed Mrs. Edith Bolling Galt, 16 months after his first wife died
Woodrow Wilson
|
$1,000
[22]
In '72, she became the first woman elected Country Music Assn.'s "Entertainer of the Year"
Loretta Lynn
Marji
|
$1,000
[5]
French for "lark", It's what Canada named its first communications satellite
Alouette
Lucy
|
President who signed the bill which created NASA
Dwight Eisenhower