Jim Conway — a speech communications teacher from Cayucos, California
Dianne Burke — a maintenance clerk originally from New Orleans, Louisiana
Kirk Dottl — a bartender from West Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk | $1,100 | $3,000 | $7,800 |
$9,300
2-day champion: $15,600 |
$9,800
26 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dianne | $0 | $1,200 | $400 |
$800
3rd place: Oneida Silversmiths gift certificate |
$2,200
8 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jim | $-700 | $-800 | $800 |
$1,000
2nd place: Sunray range + Bernardaud dinnerware set |
$1,100
5 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| AUTHORS | BABY CARE | UNREAL ESTATE | CELEBRITY TRIVIA | "MY, MY" | GERMANY |
|
$100
[1]
President who won a Pulitzer for "Profiles in Courage"
JFK
Kirk
|
$100
[22]
It's not unusual for infants to do it 20 hours a day
sleep
Kirk
|
$100
[10]
"2nd to the right & then straight on til morning" it's Peter Pan's pad
never-never land
Jim
|
$100
[6]
While he was top in his class & later pres., his brother, Billy, was a high school drop-out
Jimmy Carter
Kirk
|
$100
[18]
1960's TV show, what Tim O'Hara called his uncle Martin
My Favorite Martian
Kirk
|
$200
[9]
It's what a woman does with her dirndl
put on (she wears it)
Dianne
|
|
$200
[2]
"Gone with the Wind" was the only book she ever wrote
Margaret Mitchell
|
— |
$200
[16]
Paradise where High Lama lived in James Hilton's "Lost Horizon"
Shangri-La
Kirk
|
$200
[7]
ABC interviewer, in '71 article she described Richard Nixon as "rather sexy"
Barbara Walters
Kirk
|
$200
[13]
What Mae West was to W.C. Fields
My Little Chickadee
Kirk
|
$300
[12]
He appointed Hitler Chancellor & had a Zeppelin named after him
Hindenburg
Kirk
|
|
$300
[3]
13 books of the New Testament are attributed to him
St. Paul
Kirk
|
— |
$300
[17]
'50s "Naughty Lady" cruised this street
Shady Lane
Jim
|
$300
[8]
Actor originally turned down by American-Negro Theater because of thick West Indian accent
Sidney Poitier
Dianne
Jim
|
DD
$300
[11]
Frankie Valli's look but don't touch hit:"Carried your books from school / Playin' make believe you're married to me..."
"My Eyes Adored You"
Jim
|
$400
[19]
Neither E. nor W. Germany joined this international organization until 1973
the United Nations
Jim
|
|
$400
[4]
Gave up NY dental practice to write 54 novels, mostly about the West
Zane Grey
Kirk
|
— |
$400
[24]
Played the aging movie queen who lived at 10086 Sunset Boulevard
Gloria Swanson
Dianne
|
$400
[21]
Welsh poet who sold 1st poem at age 12 which he had plagiarized from a newspaper
Dylan Thomas
Dianne
|
$400
[14]
Gale Storm
My Little Margie
Dianne
|
$500
[20]
German philosopher who created concept of "Superman" & said "God is dead"
Nietzsche
Kirk
|
|
$500
[5]
A founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, better known for "The Jungle"
Upton Sinclair
Dianne
Jim
|
— | — |
$500
[23]
A Univ. of Calif. engineering degree prepared this cartoonist for his way-out inventions
Rube Goldberg
Jim
|
$500
[15]
In Ireland, "the sweetest flow'r that grows"
"My Wild Irish Rose"
Kirk
|
— |
| EXPLORERS | BIOLOGY | ROCK OF THE 80'S | "I" LANDS | PARTNERS | WORD ORIGINS |
|
$200
[18]
Marco Polo's transportation from Palestine, to Kublai Khan's palace
a camel
|
$200
[6]
Greek philosopher Anaximander believed humans evolved from these aquatic creatures
fish
|
$200
[1]
4 years after his death, this ex-Beatle had a hit with "I'm Stepping Out"
John Lennon
Kirk
|
$200
[12]
Land of the Ganges & Gandhis
India
Kirk
|
$200
[8]
Oscar-winning comics known abroad as "Flip & Flop" or "Fat & Skinny"
Laurel & Hardy
Kirk
|
$400
[24]
From "G.P." for general purpose army vehicle
a Jeep
Dianne
|
| — |
$400
[7]
19th century French scientist who proved bacteria caused disease
Pasteur
Kirk
|
$400
[2]
Though now he's "Dancing in the Dark", in the '70s he was "Born to Run"
Bruce Springsteen
Kirk
|
$400
[13]
In its official language, French, its name is "Republique de la Cote d'Ivoire"
the Ivory Coast
Dianne
|
$400
[9]
Washington Post pair who spilled Watergate scandal
Woodward & Bernstein
Kirk
|
$600
[25]
In 1940, H.L. Mencken invented word "ecdysiast" meaning this
a stripper
|
| — |
$600
[19]
Biggest difference between a plant & a rock
a plant is alive
Kirk
|
$600
[3]
According to Huey Lewis, it's still beating
"The Heart Of Rock & Roll"
Kirk
|
$600
[14]
Despite its name, glaciers cover only 1/8 of its area
Iceland
Kirk
|
$600
[10]
'61 Yankees' Slugging "M & M" duo
Mantle & Maris
Kirk
|
$1,000
[23]
Adjective for independent contractor, originally a mercenary soldier with his own spear
freelance
|
| — |
$800
[20]
Study of relationships of living things to each other & their environment
ecology
Kirk
|
$800
[4]
They "blinded him with science"
Thomas Dolby
Kirk
|
$800
[15]
Its capital is Baghdad
Iraq
Jim
|
$800
[11]
Superhero stars of own individual comics who are currently in "World's Finest Comics"
Batman & Superman
Dianne
Jim
|
DD
$1,800
[22]
Teddy Roosevelt term for someone charging others with corruption
muckraker
Dianne
|
| — |
$1,000
[21]
Building blocks of proteins
amino acids
Kirk
Dianne
|
$1,000
[5]
These superstars are together in a "State of Shock"
Michael Jackson & Mick Jagger
Kirk
|
$1,000
[16]
In 1947, its independence was settled over 5000 miles from its shores
Israel
Kirk
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
The '64 Republican presidential ticket
Goldwater & Miller
Kirk
|
— |
Number of most recent year that reads the same when turned up-side down
1961