Theo Schiller — a school librarian originally from North Fork, California
Leslie Goodman-Malamuth — a freelance writer and housewife from Washington, D.C.
Lou Kaluza — a teacher from San Antonio, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou | $1,500 | $3,000 | $6,400 |
$12,400
2nd place: trip to Xanadu Beach Resort in the Bahamas |
$6,700
22 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W |
| Leslie | $500 | $1,300 | $7,600 |
$12,801
New champion: $12,801 |
$6,500
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Theo | $100 | $1,400 | $-400 |
$-400
3rd place: Yamaha PSR-90 portable keyboard |
$-400
8 R, 5 W |
| GEOGRAPHY | ANIMALS | THE 1987 EMMYS | COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC | OLD GLORY | "LAUGH" |
|
$100
[1]
What was once the kingdom of Sardinia is now part of this country
Italy
Lou
|
$100
[16]
These rodents can be classified as ground or flying, or, like Rocky, animated
squirrels
Theo
|
$100
[12]
The TV Academy acknowledged this awards show as the outstanding variety program
the 1987 Tony Awards
Lou
|
$100
[24]
Cowboy word that completes song titles "On the Old Spanish..." & "Along the Navajo..."
Trail
Lou
|
$100
[11]
Color of the stripes bordering the top & bottom edges of the American flag
red
Leslie
|
$100
[6]
This animal got its nickname from its weird, human-like cackle
the laughing hyena
Lou
Leslie
Theo
|
|
$200
[2]
It's the largest city in Ohio that's named for a Roman statesman
Cincinnati
Theo
|
$200
[17]
Scientists believe only the females of these spiders, Latrodectus mactans, bite humans
the Black Widow
Leslie
|
$200
[13]
Though he's now the loudmouthed Slap Maxwell, he won an Emmy for "Sworn to Silence"
Dabney Coleman
Leslie
|
DD
$300
[25]
Composer & singer of thefollowing, which could be Charles Kuralt's theme song:"On the road again / Just can't wait to get on the road again"
Willie Nelson
Lou
|
$200
[20]
Customary time period for our flag to be displayed on a daily basis
sunrise to sunset
Lou
|
$200
[7]
Nitrous oxide
laughing gas
Lou
|
|
$300
[3]
This island group some 5000 miles southwest of San Francisco is divided into "American" & "Western" parts
Samoa
Lou
|
$300
[19]
The European adder is the only snake you'll find slithering north of this line
the Arctic Circle
Lou
|
$300
[14]
This 3-time "Night Court" winner thanked the people who kept Michael J. Fox out of his category
John Larroquette
Lou
|
$300
[28]
Larry Gatlin sang, "She dropped me in" this city "so I know I had at least a mile to fall"
Denver
Lou
|
$300
[21]
The largest free-floating flag, 60' x 90', hangs from the NYC/NJ bridge on holidays
the George Washington Bridge
Lou
Theo
|
$300
[8]
In "Hey Diddle Diddle", it follows "the cow jumped over the moon"
"the little dog laughed to see such a sport"
Lou
|
|
$400
[4]
The Gulf of Guinea is part of this ocean
the Atlantic Ocean
Lou
|
$400
[22]
Of birds, mammals, or amphibians, the most likely to be monogamous
birds
Leslie
|
$400
[15]
Gena Rowlands won for her portrayal of this First Lady
Betty Ford
Theo
|
— |
$400
[26]
The gov't permits the flag to fly continuously, weather permitting, over F.S. Key's grave & over this fort
Fort McHenry in Baltimore
Lou
|
$400
[9]
According to the famous phrase, "laugh & the world" does this
laugh with you
Lou
|
|
$500
[5]
City that's capital of the Seychelles, or Australian state whose capital is Melbourne
Victoria
Leslie
|
$500
[23]
As adults, most barnacles, sea squirts & sponges are sessile, which means this
stationary (attached to a surface, not free-moving)
Theo
|
$500
[18]
1 of 2 married couples who were nominated for their roles on "St. Elsewhere"
Bill Daniels & Bonnie Bartlett or Steve Allen & Jayne Meadows
|
— |
$500
[27]
It was borrowed from "To Anacreon in Heaven"
the melody to "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Lou
|
$500
[10]
It's a figure of fun, not a corral of chuckling cows
a laughing stock
|
| THE MIDDLE AGES | MAGAZINES | TENNIS RECORDS | HEROES & HEROINES | WILDFLOWERS | "CRY" |
|
$200
[2]
In western Europe, those few who could read or write usually did so in this classic language
Latin
Lou
|
$200
[1]
In 1949, it began giving out its "Car of the Year" award
Motor Trend
Lou
|
$200
[7]
Known as "Big Bill", his serve has been clocked at 163.6 mph
Big Bill Tilden
Leslie
|
$200
[12]
In Oliver Goldsmith's novel. Dr. Charles Primrose is "The Vicar of" this
Wakefield
Leslie
|
$200
[22]
At 4,039 feet, Mt. Sunflower is the highest point in this Sunflower State
Kansas
Theo
|
$200
[17]
To worry in vain about that which cannot be undone
to cry over spilt milk
Theo
|
|
$400
[3]
The Germans began their famous "Drang nach Osten", expansion in this direction
East
Lou
|
$400
[8]
It describes its staff of writers & artists as "the usual gang of idiots"
Mad
Leslie
|
$400
[25]
Of 18½, 34½, or 51½ minutes, longest play time recorded for a single point
51½ minutes
Lou
|
$400
[13]
Last name shared by Amanda in Noel Coward's "Private Lives" & Hawthorne's scarlet woman
Prynne
Leslie
|
$400
[23]
Venus's-flytrap is listed in World Book both as a wildflower & this type of plant
a carnivorous plant
Leslie
|
$400
[18]
1983 movie about a scientist dropped off in the Arctic to study Canis lupus
Never Cry Wolf
Leslie
Theo
|
|
$600
[4]
After the empire of Charlemagne ended, hundreds of vassals ruled their own fiefs through this political system
the feudal system
Theo
|
$600
[9]
It's "The Journal of Professional Adventurers"
Soldier of Fortune
|
$600
[26]
In 1957, M.H. de Amorin began a Wimbledon round doing this 17 successive times while serving
double faulting
Lou
|
$600
[14]
Betty Buckley played this Dickens hero on Broadway, adding to his "mystery"
Edwin Drood
Leslie
|
$600
[24]
Named, like Cousteau's ship, for the Greek nymph, this orchid was John Muir's favorite flower
calypso
Lou
|
$600
[19]
Specifically, it's the process of freezing & storing a dead human body for later reanimation
cryonics
Theo
|
|
DD
$600
[6]
A treasure for its decoration & calligraphy, the medieval Irish Book of Kells contains these 4 biblical books
the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke & John)
Lou
|
$800
[10]
"Essence" is essentially aimed at these readers
Black women
Leslie
|
$800
[27]
This man from Down Under, the only player to win the Grand Slam in singles, did it twice, in 1962 & '69
Rod Laver
Lou
|
$1,000
[16]
He killed Guy of Gisborne
Robin Hood
Lou
Theo
|
— |
$800
[20]
Term which means in hot pursuit, as hounds after a fox
in full cry
Leslie
|
|
$800
[5]
Christian artists of eastern Europe painted in this style named for the religious center, now Istanbul
Byzantine
Lou
Theo
|
$1,000
[11]
This news weekly was originally founded by David Lawrence as 2 separate publications
U.S. News & World Report
Lou
|
$1,000
[28]
From 1926-33, she won 229 straight matches, the longest winning streak ever in tennis
Helen Wills Moody
Leslie
|
DD
$1,900
[15]
2 of the 3 Shakespearean plays which have the name of a female character in the title
(2 of) Antony and Cleopatra , Romeo and Juliet & Troilus and Cressida
Leslie
|
— |
$1,000
[21]
This actor said, "I'm not sure if I'm the ultimate nerd... or front man for the Brat Pack"
Jon Cryer
|
This 8th president was the last to be elected president while serving as vice president
Martin Van Buren