Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.
Steve Hayes — a writer from Washington, D.C.
Carolyn Fox — a student from Redondo Beach, California
Lucy Sweeney — an apprentice baker from San Bruno, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucy | $500 | $1,000 | $5,400 |
$4,199
2-day champion: $11,199 |
$5,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Carolyn | $-300 | $400 | $2,600 |
$1,600
2nd place |
$2,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Steve | $1,600 | $2,500 | $3,300 |
$1,150
3rd place |
$3,900
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| FAMOUS QUOTES | TIMELY MUSIC | PEOPLE ON THE MAP | COLONIAL AMERICA | SIGNS | ACTORS & ROLE |
|
$100
[11]
"It's made more liarsout of the American people than golf has"Will Rogers said, perhaps around 4/15
income tax
Steve
|
$100
[6]
For The Platters, "heavenly shades of night" were falling at this time
"Twilight Time"
Carolyn
|
$100
[16]
Writing in the now-defunct New York Sun, Francis Church told this girl, "Yes, there is a Santa Claus"
Virginia
Carolyn
|
$100
[26]
Almost 50 years before the Salem trials, Margaret James was executed for this crime
witchcraft
Lucy
|
$100
[21]
Body part used in street corner signs to symbolize "don't walk"
a hand
Carolyn
|
$100
[1]
British secret agentplayed by Barry Nelson, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, & Sean Connery
James Bond
Lucy
|
|
$200
[12]
In 1974, identifying herself as Tanya, she declared, "I am a soldier in The People's Army"
Patty Hearst
Carolyn
|
$200
[7]
In '59 hit by Dinah Washington, it's the line that follows the title,"What a difference a day makes"
"24 Little Hours"
Lucy
|
$200
[17]
A year after being stranded in a city whose name he shared, he came to fame with "The Call of the Wild"
Jack London
Carolyn
|
— |
$200
[22]
Term for two large ad placards hinged at the top with straps & worn over the shoulders
a sandwich board
Steve
|
$200
[2]
In '35, Clark Gable played this mutineer; in '62, it was Marlon Brando, & in '84, Mel Gibson
Mr. (Fletcher) Christian
Lucy
|
|
$300
[13]
Before going into battle, Crazy Horse would tell his followers, "Today is a good day to" do this
to die
Carolyn
|
$300
[8]
It's the time when "there's no one in the place except you" & Old Blue Eyes
a quarter to three
Steve
|
$300
[18]
Real-life name of Dobie Gillis' TV mom & TV name of Esther Rolle on "Good Times" put this state first
Florida
Steve
|
— |
$300
[23]
A 1986 stamp commemorating these featured a blue rectangular street sign with a white H
a hospital
Carolyn
|
$300
[3]
Flower girl, played by Wendy Hiller & Audrey Hepburn on film, & Julie Andrews on stage
Eliza Dolittle
Steve
|
|
$400
[14]
"New York mayor LaGuardia said, "When I make a mistake, it is" this
a beaut
Lucy
|
$400
[9]
How the Doobie Brothers were holding on in 1979
"Minute By Minute"
Carolyn
|
$500
[20]
This actress, Mrs. Charles Bronson, sometimes appears in hubby's films
Jill Ireland
Steve
|
— |
$400
[24]
Where you'd see a sign like, "In case of emergency, stay in car, use phone to call for help"
an elevator
|
$400
[4]
"Bewitched" character played by Dick York from '64-'69 & Dick Sargent from '69-'72
Darrin Stephens
Steve
|
|
$500
[15]
Following the assassination attempt, President Reagan told his doctors, "Please tell me you're" these
Republican
Steve
|
$500
[10]
Academy of Country Music Single of the Year, Don Williams set his watch back to it while living on it in 1978
"Tulsa Time"
Carolyn
|
DD
$600
[19]
Shelearned songwriting in a class taught by Paul Simon in New York, not New Hampshire:"I ain't tellin' tales, anybody else / Could repeat the things that I've heard / She's been talkin' sweet and it's on the street / How the girl's been spreadin' the word / Ahh, you should hurry, / You should let her know how you feel"
Melissa Manchester
Steve
|
— |
$500
[25]
For a week-long celebration in April of '86, a 45-by-45-foot Roman numeral II was added to this city's sign
Hollywood
|
$500
[5]
Pat O'Brien, Ross Russell, & Jack Lemmon all played Hildy Johnson in film versions of this classic play
The Front Page
Steve
|
| ASTRONOMY | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | STARTS WITH "J" | ELVIS | PRESIDENTS | CORN |
|
$200
[1]
A 17th century Danish astronomer 1st noted the speed of this by observing Jupiter & its satellites
the speed of light
Lucy
|
$200
[22]
Research dept. of this 85-year-old co. found the average man will spend 3,350 hrs. of his life shaving
Gilette
Steve
|
$200
[9]
Completes the title of Mickey Spillane's "I, the -"
"Jury"
Lucy
|
$200
[14]
He appeared on Steve Allen's TV show after this man on opposite Allen wouldn't have him
Ed Sullivan
Steve
|
$200
[16]
In the novel "1876"Gore Vidal's narratorcalls this president "Rutherfraud"
Rutherford B. Hayes
Lucy
Steve
|
$200
[3]
In 1492, members of his crew were the first Europeans to sample corn, which probably stuck in their teeth
Columbus
Lucy
|
|
$400
[2]
Of 6,000, 50,000, or 90,000, the approximate number of stars visible to the naked eye
6,000
|
$400
[24]
Last season, this company spent more money than any other to sponsor programs on PBS
Mobil
Steve
|
$400
[10]
A stool pigeon becomes one when sent to the Big House
a jailbird
Carolyn
|
$400
[15]
The single "Don't Be Cruel" featured this animal on its jacket
a hound dog
|
$400
[17]
Rough-riding author of the four volume work "The Winning of the West"
Teddy Roosevelt
Carolyn
|
$400
[4]
Because the heat causes steam pressure to build up & burst the outer shell
why does popcorn pop
Carolyn
|
|
$600
[5]
Stars & these vast collections of stars are called the building blocks of the universe
galaxies
Steve
|
— |
$600
[11]
Cut into thin long strips, you can do it to potatoes
julienne
Carolyn
|
$600
[19]
His hit "It's Now or Never" was adapted from this Italian song
"O Sole Mio"
Lucy
|
$600
[18]
Told by a lady she'd bet she could get him to say 3 words, he supposedly replied, "You lose"
Calvin Coolidge
Steve
|
$600
[6]
Generally, the leader in corn production, this state grows more corn than all but 1 country outside the U.S.
Iowa
Lucy
Steve
|
|
DD
$600
[20]
The 2 planets in our solar system with no moons
Mercury & Venus
Lucy
|
— |
DD
$600
[12]
It became the state capital January 3, 1959
Juneau
Carolyn
|
$800
[23]
City in which, as a present for his mother, Elvis cut his first record ever
Memphis
Lucy
|
$800
[25]
James Madison's picture decorates this denomination of U.S. currency
$5,000 bill
|
$800
[7]
From old English diminutive of corn, common term for the fruit of corn
a kernel
Carolyn
|
|
$1,000
[21]
It has the most eccentric orbit of the 9 major planets
Pluto
Lucy
|
— |
$1,000
[13]
It was killed in rhyme with the vorpal blade
the Jabberwock
Carolyn
|
$1,000
[27]
While in the Army, Elvis did his basic training at this Texas base
Fort Hood
Carolyn
|
$1,000
[26]
This Gen. was called "Sharp Knife" by the Indians, perhaps because he & his men killed so many of them
Andrew Jackson
|
$1,000
[8]
The largest of the cereals, corn is a member of Gramineae, this family of plants
the grass family
Carolyn
|
Largest city in population east of the Rockies & west of the Mississippi River
Houston