Matthew Lee — a graduate student from Los Angeles, California
Betsey Kay — an alcohol and drug abuse counselor from Carson City, Nevada
Linda Shewey — a housewife from Richmond, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $14,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda | $500 | $2,200 | $4,400 |
$4,400
2nd place: Vitamaster Monitor 500M exercise cycle + Zenith 9" color TV |
$4,400
11 R, 1 W |
| Betsey | $600 | $1,600 | $3,600 |
$7,200
New champion: $7,200 |
$3,800
10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Matthew | $1,400 | $1,900 | $2,900 |
$0
3rd place: Waverly bed ensemble |
$4,200
15 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs) |
| BEST SELLERS | MYTHOLOGY | WASHINGTON, D.C. | LEADING MEN | "V" WORDS | STOP THE PRESSES!!! |
|
$100
[1]
Of all the celebrity fitness books in 1984, only hers was a best seller of the year
Jane Fonda
Linda
|
$100
[3]
To the Crow Indians, "Coyote" was the god who created all creatures & this planet
the Earth
Linda
|
$100
[4]
Of larger or smaller, area of D.C. now as compared to when it was first established
smaller
|
$100
[26]
Among items in the Cowboy Hall of Fame are kachina dolls this "Duke" collected
John Wayne
Matthew
|
$100
[7]
From Latin for "vow", these small candles are used in private devotions
votive candles
Matthew
|
$100
[16]
In Dorpstratt, Belgium, a bull charged one of these bright-red municipal vehicles, causing $7000 in damage
a fire engine
Linda
|
|
$200
[2]
Books, on this subject took 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 7th place on 1945's non-fiction bestseller list
World War II
Matthew
|
$200
[10]
Romulus & Remus were sired by this Roman god of war
Mars
Matthew
|
$200
[19]
The 2 individuals honored in the name Washington, D.C.
George Washington & Christopher Columbus
Matthew
|
$200
[27]
Of a sea captain, a thief or a corpse, what Errol Flynn played in his 1st American film
a corpse
Matthew
|
$200
[8]
A hobo's "crime" of having no permanent address or visible means of support
vagrancy
Betsey
|
$200
[17]
In November 1986, one of these bars was installed in a Kroger supermarket in Atlanta--just for the halibut
a sushi bar
Betsey
|
|
$300
[5]
According to title of Robert Ringer's 1977 best seller, it's whom you should be "Looking Out for"
#1
Matthew
|
$300
[11]
Though closely associated with Troy, she was actually queen of Sparta
Helen
Linda
|
$300
[20]
Washington's famed cherry trees were a gift from this country
Japan
Matthew
|
DD
$300
[28]
He played Elvis in a TV movie and later hit the charts himself singingthe following:"I'm back on the street baby / I'm downbeat / You know it's you I see in every girl I meet..."
Don Johnson
Matthew
|
$300
[9]
Subtitle of this 1958 hit was "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu"
"Volare"
Matthew
|
$300
[23]
When a statue of him was stolen in Toms River, N.J., the ransom demand was 8991 chicken McNuggets
Ronald McDonald
Betsey
|
|
$400
[6]
Since "Once Is Not Enough", this author's books made "Best Sellers of the Year" lists 3 times
Jacqueline Susann
Betsey
|
$400
[13]
The fire he stole for mankind came from the hearth of Zeus
Prometheus
Matthew
|
$400
[21]
Both original score of Bway's "Oklahoma!" & a perfect vellum edition of a Gutenberg Bible are found here
the Library of Congress
Linda
|
— |
$400
[15]
British noble rank that is above a baron & below an earl
a viscount
Linda
|
$400
[24]
Private taxis in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe charge these people double for taking up too much room
obese people (fat people)
Matthew
|
|
$500
[12]
In 60 seconds you should manage to figure out this 1983 business best seller by Blanchard & Johnson
The One Minute Manager
Matthew
|
$500
[14]
Myth comes from Greek "mythos" meaning this
story (tale)
|
$500
[22]
You can visit Petersen House, which still appears as it did when this president died there
Abraham Lincoln
Betsey
|
— |
$500
[18]
The fabric or wooden hanging that covers top of a drape, or Gene Pitney's "Liberty"
valance
Linda
|
$500
[25]
The Treasury Department has named an award after this late singer known for "God Bless America"
Kate Smith
Linda
|
| SPORTS NICKNAMES | AFRICA | FRUIT | ARMED FORCES | PREACHERS | QUESTIONABLE SONGS |
|
$200
[6]
"The Stilt"
Wilt Chamberlain
Betsey
|
$200
[2]
It's the only African nation generally classified as "economically developed"
the Republic of South Africa
Betsey
Matthew
|
$200
[1]
Most famous target for William Tell's crossbow skills
an apple
Matthew
|
$200
[19]
On Dec. 27, 1982, the New Jersey was the 1st of these to be recommissoned into service
battleships
Linda
|
$200
[16]
He's gone from faith healing at tent meetings to operating a medical school as part of his university
Oral Roberts
Matthew
|
$200
[9]
In their 1st #1 hit, The Supremes addressed this question to "Baby, baby, baby"
"Where Did Our Love Go?"
|
|
$400
[8]
Early in her career, British fans referred to this tennis star as "Little Miss Moffitt"
Billie Jean King
|
$400
[14]
The Ashanti, called makers of African gold jewelry, live in Ghana, formerly called this
the Gold Coast
Matthew
|
$400
[3]
Hanna-Barbera didn't use this fruit's nickname so we don't call the character "Dangleberry Dog"
Huckleberry
Betsey
|
$400
[22]
In summer of 1986, this became last of the 5 U.S. armed forces to ban beards
the Coast Guard
Betsey
Matthew
|
$400
[20]
In the '50's, he was on TV Tuesday nights, opposite Milton Berle
Bishop Fulton Sheen
|
$400
[10]
This song also asks, "Who put the ram in the ram-a-lam a-ding-dong"
"Who Put The Bomp (In The Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)"
|
|
$600
[11]
1st in NHL history to score 500 goals, Maurice Richard was nicknamed this
"The Rocket"
Linda
|
$600
[15]
Covering very little of Africa, jungle on the continent is found primarily along this river basin
the Congo
Linda
|
DD
$400
[4]
One annual event each June in Luling, Texas is thumping this fruit
watermelon
Betsey
|
$600
[23]
"40 miles a day on beans & hay" was the boast of these enlisted troopers
the calvalry
|
$600
[21]
When Black Muslim founder W.D. Farad disappeared in 1934, this man became their leader
Elijah Muhammad
|
— |
|
$800
[12]
It was turn of the century pitcher Joe McGinnity, no Lou Gehrig, who was nicknamed this
the "Iron Man"
Betsey
|
DD
$1,000
[17]
3 of 4 official European languages that are official languages in Africa
(3 of) English, French, Spanish or Portuguese
Matthew
|
$800
[5]
Its varieties include VF145, big boy, & cherry
a tomato
Linda
|
$800
[24]
During WWI, the 1st of these serving in the Navy were designated "Yeoman (F)"s
women
Matthew
|
— | — |
|
$1,000
[13]
While "Slammin' Sam" is golfer Snead, "Slingin' Sam" was this great Redskin quarterback
Sammy Baugh
|
$1,000
[18]
Of Africa's 51 countries, it's the only one that begins with "R"
Rwanda
Matthew
|
$1,000
[7]
The name tangelo comes from combining tangerine & this old name for grapefruit
pomelo
|
— | — | — |
In its ads it claims to be the first airline to fly to all 50 states
United