Richard Joseph — a teacher from Great Neck, New York
Bernie Shearon — an attorney from Dunwoody, Georgia
David Simpson — a Ph.D. candidate from Ventura, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,501)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $600 | $2,100 | $6,100 |
$12,200
2nd place: a trip on Delta Airlines to Tampa, Florida & stay at the Radisson Suite Resort on Sand Key + computerized version of Jeopardy! or the Jeopardy! home game |
$6,100
21 R, 4 W |
| Bernie | $900 | $2,300 | $8,500 |
$12,500
New champion: $12,500 |
$8,500
19 R, 2 W |
| Richard | $700 | $2,100 | $6,100 |
$0
3rd place: Bausch & Lomb Bushnell compact binoculars + computerized version of Jeopardy! or the Jeopardy! home game |
$6,500
18 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| ANCIENT TIMES | FLAGS | TV TRIVIA | GREENFIELD VILLAGE | THE HAND | COLORFUL PHRASES |
|
$100
[11]
The Mesopotamians had hundreds of these; the Israelites had just 1
a god
Richard
|
$100
[1]
This country's flag has had stars added to it over 25 times
the United States
David
|
$100
[26]
Her variety show's theme song began, "I'm so glad we had this time together"
Carol Burnett
Bernie
|
$100
[21]
Henry Ford made the Menlo Park laboratory of this inventor, his hero, the focal point of the village
Edison
David
|
$100
[12]
Hand part that precedes "down" & "under" & follows "brass"
the knuckles
David
|
$100
[4]
It's the Moscow location of Lenin's tomb & St. Basil's Cathedral
Red Square
David
|
|
$200
[13]
Around 500 B.C. Greek kids were playing with this toy popularized in the U.S. by Donald Duncan in the 1920s
a yo-yo
Bernie
|
$200
[2]
Its flag has "The Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven" on it
the Vatican
Bernie
|
$200
[27]
In this series William Daniels provided the voice of KITT, a customized black Pontiac Trans Am
Knight Rider
Bernie
|
$200
[22]
You don't have to "fly" from their bicycle shop to their 19th century home: it's next door
the Wright Brothers
David
|
$200
[17]
Term for the art of fortune telling by reading the lines & marks on the front of the hand
palmistry
David
|
$200
[7]
College examinations are sometimes written in this book
a blue book
Bernie
|
|
$300
[14]
The Aryans introduced these vehicles to the Indus Valley
the chariot
David
|
$300
[3]
The one on the Argentine flag has a face on it; the one on the Japanese flag doesn't
the sun
Richard
|
$300
[28]
According to Tonto, it means "trusty scout"
kemo sabe
David
|
$300
[23]
There's a memorial to this composer near the Suwanee Park restaurant
Stephen Foster
Bernie
|
$300
[18]
In Matthew 27:24 he washes his hands of the problem with Jesus
Pontius Pilate
Bernie
|
$300
[8]
The modern version of this military medal was established in 1932 for those wounded or killed in action
the Purple Heart
Richard
|
|
$400
[15]
Acrobatic leaping over charging bulls was popular in this civilization on Crete c. 1600 B.C.
the Minoan civilization
David
|
$400
[5]
Haiti used this country's tricolor as a model for its flag, but took off the center white stripe
France
Bernie
|
$400
[29]
When Louise Lasser left this series in 1977, it continued under the title "Forever Fernwood"
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
David
|
$400
[24]
The Connecticut home he lived in while compiling his American dictionary lies near a 17th cen. English cottage
Webster
David
|
$400
[19]
Nickname given the aces & eights once held by Wild Bill Hickok
the dead man's hand
Richard
|
$400
[9]
This cocktail is made by mixing 2 parts vodka with 1 part coffee liqueur
a black Russian
Bernie
|
|
$500
[16]
During the Zhou Dynasty in China, life was explained as a blend of these 2 opposing forces
yin & yang
David
Bernie
Richard
|
$500
[6]
1 of the several foodstuffs on the flag of Fiji
(1 of) bananas, sugar cane, coconuts, cocoa & olive
David
|
$500
[30]
Talent show on which you'd hear the line "Round and round she goes, and where she stops, nobody knows"
The Original Amateur Hour
Bernie
|
$500
[25]
The Ohio farmhouse where this tire magnate was born is a magnet for tourists
(Harvey) Firestone
Bernie
|
DD
$500
[20]
An oft-quoted koan of Zen Buddhism asks the meditator to imagine this sound
one hand clapping
Richard
|
$500
[10]
For this 1941 film, an entire Welsh village was constructed in the Ventura Hills near Los Angeles
How Green Was My Valley
David
Bernie
|
| WORLD CITIES | FRENCH MENU | 1970 | TREES | THEATRE | JUNIORS |
|
$200
[1]
This South American city was capital of the Portuguese Empire from 1808 to 1821
Rio de Janiero
David
|
$200
[3]
One recipe for the soup called potage aux grenouilles calls for 36 of these amphibian appendages
frogs' legs
Richard
|
$200
[13]
He resigned from the board of directors of the Kentucky Fried Chicken Corp. he'd founded
Colonel Sanders
Richard
|
$200
[11]
The wood from this tree is used to make black piano keys & knife handles
ebony
David
Bernie
|
$200
[14]
Originally one of the "Four Cohans", he wrote his first full-length musical in 1901
George M. Cohan
David
|
$200
[23]
In 1953 he married Coretta Scott & his first son is III
Martin Luther King Jr.
David
|
|
$400
[2]
Saskatoon in this Canadian province was named for a berry that grows near the river on which it lies
Saskatchewan
Richard
|
$400
[4]
In France this fishy food used in American sandwiches is salade de thon
tuna salad
Richard
|
$400
[15]
On December 1 Luis Echeverria Alvarez was sworn in as president of this country
Mexico
Richard
|
$400
[12]
The brown pods of this tree produce a sticky pulp which is used as a chocolate substitute
carob
David
|
$400
[16]
In 1984 Jack Klugman starred in a one-man show about this Texas-born president
LBJ
Richard
|
$400
[24]
In the 1912 Olympics, this future general had the blood & guts to place 5th in the pentathlon
(George) Patton
Richard
|
|
$600
[6]
Jaffa, now combined with this Israeli city, was founded by the ancient Phoenicians
Tel Aviv
David
|
$600
[5]
The pulp of this fruit goes into souffle aux pommes
apples
David
|
$600
[19]
This Ethiopian emperor visited Italy for the first time since it deposed him in 1936
Haile Selassie
Bernie
|
$600
[20]
This "bald" swamp tree has projections above the water called "knees" which supply air to the roots
the (bald) cypress
David
Bernie
|
$600
[17]
He appeared in the 1927 musical "Golden Dawn" under his real name, Archie Leach
Cary Grant
Richard
|
$600
[28]
He financed a major center in New York City & it was named for his family
(John D.) Rockefeller
Richard
|
|
$800
[7]
Dakar, the capital of this country, is the westernmost city on the African mainland
Senegal
Richard
|
$800
[8]
Aubergines a l'egyptienne are these prepared "Egyptian style" with onions & tomatoes
eggplant
David
Richard
|
$1,000
[27]
Henri Charriere, who wrote this book about his escape from Devil's Island, was pardoned
Papillon
Bernie
|
$800
[21]
Most turpentine is produced from the longleaf & slash species of this tree
pine trees
Bernie
|
$800
[18]
In 1946 this actress wrote a play called "Years Ago" & her husband Garson Kanin directed it
Ruth Gordon
David
|
$1,000
[30]
His first published novel was "Player Piano" in 1952
(Kurt) Vonnegut (Jr.)
David
|
|
$1,000
[9]
This city, the United Kingdom's second largest, was a center of the Industrial Revolution
Birmingham
Bernie
Richard
|
$1,000
[10]
Tarte aux abricots is an apricot tart, while tarte aux cerises contains this fruit
cherries
Bernie
|
DD
$2,400
[26]
This Nobel Prize-winning scientist said the common cold could be warded off with vitamin C
Linus Pauling
Richard
|
$1,000
[22]
The sap of the sapodilla tree of Central America provides this chewing gum ingredient
chicle
Bernie
|
$1,000
[25]
Argan, the title character in his 1673 comedy "The Imaginary Invalid", is a hypochondriac
Molière
Richard
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
He was the last U.S. president to fit the category
James Earl Carter Jr.
Richard
|
In this 1653 work, Piscator tries to convince Venator, a hunter, that fishing is the better sport
The Compleat Angler