Gary Grant — a computer consultant from Los Angeles, California
Carol Tomeo — a librarian originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
Jim Breed — a mechanical engineer from Kansas City, Missouri (whose 2-day cash winnings total $30,498)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim | $600 | $1,400 | $5,200 |
$10,399
3-day champion: $40,897 |
$4,900
17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Carol | $-300 | $1,000 | $8,400 |
$6,399
2nd place: Easy-Rest sofa & love seat + Capri track lighting |
$7,200
18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Gary | $-500 | $100 | $100 |
$97
3rd place: Gibson electric range |
$100
7 R, 4 W |
| 1950 | NATIONAL FLAGS | TIME | FINE CHINA | TV ACT IT OUT |
|
$100
[6]
A VW cost $1,280, a "starter home" cost $7,990 & this was increased to $.75 an hour
the minimum wage
Carol
|
$100
[21]
The flags of Iran, Saudi Arabia & Bangladesh all contain this color representing Islam
green
Gary
|
$100
[16]
This country spans 11 time zones
the Soviet Union
Carol
|
$100
[7]
Collectors of limited edition plates can now buy one depicting him at the gates of Graceland
Elvis Presley
Jim
|
$100
[1]
It's the trademark gesture of the Fonz
[sticking both thumbs up and saying "Hey!"]
Jim
|
|
$200
[8]
Nationalists from this West Indies island tried to assassinate Pres. Truman
Puerto Rico
Gary
|
$200
[22]
Canada's flag shows a maple leaf while this country's features a whole tree, a cedar
Lebanon
Jim
|
$200
[17]
A.D., or anno Domini, is usually translated to this in English
in the year of Our Lord
Jim
|
$200
[12]
The 1st porcelain was developed on this continent in the 7th century
Asia
Carol
Gary
|
$300
[3]
What a split opinion would look like on "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies"
[one thumb up, one thumb down]
Jim
|
|
$300
[9]
This man claimed Johns Hopkins professor Owen J. Lattimore was the "top Russian agent" in the U.S.
Senator McCarthy
Jim
|
$500
[23]
This Mediterranean island's flag is the only one to feature a map of the country itself
Cyprus
|
$300
[18]
Traditionally, England doesn't have interregnums, which are intervals between these
kings (or sovereigns)
Carol
|
$300
[13]
In 1779 King Christian VII of Denmark acquired this china factory, which is still "Royal"
(Royal) Copenhagen
Carol
|
$400
[4]
When announcing on "Laugh-In", it's what Gary Owens did with the hand not holding the copy
[one hand cupped over his ear]
Jim
Carol
|
|
$400
[10]
This Rodgers & Hammerstein musical set during WWII won 9 Tonys & a Pulitzer Prize
South Pacific
Jim
|
— |
$400
[19]
"Asinine" equivalent to "a coon's age"
donkey's years
Jim
|
$400
[14]
It's the usual color of the raised neoclassical designs on jasper ware
white
Carol
|
DD
$500
[2]
It's what the cast did while thefollowingplayed:"Well now it's time to say good bye to Jed and all his kin. / And they would like to thank you folks fer kindly droppin in. / You're all invited back next week to this locality / To have a heapin' helpin' of their hospitality"
[smiling and waving]
Jim
|
|
$500
[11]
Now a sports commentator for ABC, in 1950 he was the reigning men's figure skating champ
Dick Button
Jim
|
— |
$500
[20]
The jet age began in 1939 over the skies of this country
Germany
Jim
Gary
|
$500
[15]
Royal Doulton offers a line of china for children featuring her famous rabbit illustrations
Beatrix Potter
Jim
|
$500
[5]
It's how Barbara Eden as Jeannie changed herself into smoke so she could get into her bottle
[put one arm over the other in front of her, elbows at right angles, and nodded]
Gary
|
| THE EARTH | LITERARY CHARACTERS | MOVIE DIRECTORS | MAINE | MIDDLE NAMES | THE VIKINGS |
|
$200
[2]
Of the Near East, Mideast or Far East, it's where you'd find Brunei
the Far East
Carol
Gary
|
$200
[25]
Thornton Wilder's "The Ides of March" ends with this man's assassination
Julius Caesar
Carol
|
$200
[12]
William Wyler lost most of his hearing while shooting documentary films during this war
World War II
Jim
|
$200
[7]
The L. L. in the name of this store in Freeport stands for Leon Leonwood
L.L. Bean
Jim
|
$200
[14]
Mark Twain's middle name before he became Mark Twain
Langhorne
Jim
|
$200
[26]
Leif Ericson called the new land he found this, after the many grapes growing there
Vinland
Gary
|
|
$400
[3]
1 of the 7 nations who have claimed land in Antarctica, unlike the U.S. & USSR, who haven't
(1 of) France, Argentina, Australia, Chile, New Zealand, Norway & the UK
Carol
|
$400
[1]
It's what's unusual about the characters in "Spoon River Anthology"
they are dead
Carol
|
$400
[13]
French film director Louis Malle is married to this star of "Murphy Brown"
Candice Bergen
Carol
|
$400
[8]
In terms of seafood, this is Maine's most profitable catch
lobster
Carol
|
$400
[18]
The middle name of the man who plays "MacGyver"
Dean
|
$400
[30]
When a rich Viking died he wasn't laid to rest in a coffin but buried in one of these
a ship
Carol
|
|
$600
[4]
This imaginary line runs about 23º north of the equator
the Tropic of Cancer
Jim
Carol
|
$600
[24]
In the Longfellow poem, she & her lover, Gabriel, find each other again just before his death
Evangeline
Carol
|
$600
[15]
She directed a 1987 film called "Heaven" about life after death before she became "The Good Mother"
Diane Keaton
Jim
|
$800
[10]
In 1860 Maine's Hannibal Hamlin became the 1st Republican elected this
vice president
Jim
|
$600
[19]
Hallelujah! No matter how you pronounce it, it was Handel's middle name
Frideric
Jim
|
$600
[29]
Fictional Vikings are often depicted wearing these, which real Vikings never wore on their helmets
horns
Carol
|
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
The new Robinson world map cuts the distortion of this island's size from +554% to +60%
Greenland
Carol
|
$800
[21]
Just before he was hanged, this "Foretopman" cried, "God bless Captain Vere!"
Billy Budd
Jim
|
$800
[16]
He was z director of "Z"
Costa-Gavras
Gary
|
$1,000
[11]
Town where George Bush has his summer home
Kennebunkport
Jim
|
$800
[23]
This 19th century British prime minister's middle name was Ewart
William Gladstone
|
$800
[27]
The world's oldest functional legislature, the Althing, was founded in this country in 930
Iceland
Gary
|
|
$1,000
[6]
Area bounded by the Atlas Mts., the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Sahel, & the Atlantic
the Sahara Desert
Carol
|
$1,000
[20]
His very 1st case was "The Case of the Velvet Claws"
Perry Mason
Gary
|
$1,000
[17]
Silent film director whose notorious 1922 murder was the subject of the best seller "A Cast of Killers"
William Desmond Taylor
|
DD
$1,600
[9]
Maine's largest immigrant population comes from this country
Canada
Carol
|
$1,000
[22]
Even Yankees should know this was Robert E. Lee's middle name
Edward
Gary
|
$1,000
[28]
In 886 this great Saxon king freed London from the Danish Vikings
Alfred the Great
|
The 1st book in David Saperstein's trilogy that continued into "Metamorphosis" & will end with "Butterfly"
Cocoon