Fern Cogar — a registered nurse from Pasadena, California
Elliot Smith — an attorney from Berkeley, California
Blair Pethel — a journalist from Greensboro, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blair | $1,000 | $1,800 | $4,800 |
$550
3rd place: Ventura luggage set |
$5,400
14 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Elliot | $-100 | $3,100 | $3,100 |
$2,600
2nd place: WhiteWestinghouse washer & dryer set + Pepperell carpets |
$3,000
10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Fern | $1,400 | $2,100 | $4,500 |
$8,900
New champion: $8,900 |
$4,500
18 R, 3 W |
| STATE CAPITALS | KISSING SONGS | MONEY | BASEBALL | ROYALTY | RHYME TIME |
|
$100
[10]
Of Concord, Montpelier or Bennington, the one that's capital of Vermont
Montpelier
Elliot
|
$100
[3]
In 1981, Hall & Oates were #1 on the charts "'cause your kiss" was on this
my list
Fern
|
$100
[20]
Basic monetary unit of Italy & also Turkey
the lira
Elliot
|
$100
[11]
Though their name's the same as the Civil War's Blues, on the road this team wears gray
the Yankees
Blair
|
$100
[23]
You won't find this Egyptian queen's "needles" in a haystack, but in London or New York
Cleopatra
Fern
|
$100
[1]
A large porker
a big pig
Fern
|
|
$200
[12]
Featuring the 45 most famous accountants, the ever-popular Accounting Hall of Fame is in this Ohio capital
Columbus
Blair
|
$200
[4]
In song, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling", phrase that follows "You never close your eyes anymore..."
"when I kiss your lips"
Fern
|
$200
[21]
Of 1 1/2 2 1/2, or 4 years, approximate "life-span" of an average $1 bill
1 1/2 years
|
$200
[16]
When Minnie Minoso, age 53, got a hit for the White Sox on September 12, 1976, he became this
the oldest player to get a hit
Elliot
Fern
|
$200
[24]
This woman was forced to make Marie Antoinette's death mask; now it's in her wax museum
Madame Tussaud
Elliot
|
$200
[2]
Pallid beer
pale ale
Elliot
|
|
$300
[13]
This city followed Chester, Philadelphia, & Lancaster as its state's capital
Harrisburg
Blair
|
$300
[5]
Number of times the word "kiss" is mentioned in the 1st line of "It's Been a Long, Long Time"
3
Fern
|
$300
[22]
The 1st U.S. mint, dies for all coins are made there
Philadelphia
Fern
|
$300
[17]
Baltimore slugger John Powell was better known by this name
Boog
Elliot
|
$300
[27]
According to The Book of Lists, this country's Queen Christina killed fleas with a tiny cannon
Sweden
|
$300
[8]
2000 lbs.
one ton
Fern
|
|
$400
[14]
You can buy anything from hand-knit socks to handwritten invitations at Nevada State Prison store here
Carson City
Blair
|
$400
[6]
From "The King & I", it's the only Rodgers & Hammerstein Broadway song with "kiss" in the title
"We Kiss In A Shadow"
Fern
|
$400
[25]
The 2 types of paper money in the U.S. are Federal Reserve notes & notes issued by this department
the Treasury Department
Elliot
|
DD
$500
[18]
3 of 4 states that have hosted all the games of a single World Series
(3 of) Missouri, New York, California, Illinois
Elliot
|
$400
[28]
This Falklands veteran signed on for 12 years with the Navy & a lifetime with Sarah Ferguson
Prince Andrew
Blair
|
$400
[9]
A former hostage who's going back home to Stockholm
a freed Swede
Blair
|
|
$500
[15]
West Virginians claim to have the world's longest block, about 1/2 mile long, in this city
Charleston
Elliot
|
$500
[7]
Though he's had 29 #1 hits on the country charts, this was Charley Pride's only Billboard Top 40 hit
"Kiss An Angel Good Mornin'"
|
$500
[26]
In 1971, Great Britain issued the "new pence" converting to this type of currency system
the decimal system
Elliot
|
$500
[19]
Players' salaries rose sharply after this Cardinals outfielder's suit over the reserve clause
Curt Flood
Elliot
|
$500
[30]
In 1948, the queen of this country abdicated in favor of her eldest daughter, who, in 1980, did the same
the Netherlands
Fern
|
$500
[29]
A micro-computer part that thinks it's "cool"
a hip chip
|
| LITERATURE | JIMMY CAGNEY | SOUTH AMERICA | THE CIVIL WAR | TRAINS | PEOPLE |
|
$200
[19]
His "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was an adaptation of a German legend
Washington Irving
Fern
|
$200
[2]
Silent film star Cagney portrayed in "Man of a Thousand Faces"
Lon Chaney
Blair
|
$200
[24]
The favelas, or slums of this Brazilian city, were the setting for the film classic "Black Orpheus"
Rio de Janeiro
Blair
|
$200
[1]
Winfield Scott, Geo. McClellan & Henry Halleck all served as as top union commander before him
Grant
Fern
|
$200
[6]
Name of the main railroad station in Washington, D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles & many other cities
Union Station
Fern
|
$200
[12]
This perennial cowgirl sings "Happy Trails" with religious lyrics on her TV talk show
Dale Evans
Fern
|
|
$400
[20]
Spanish novelist who died on the same day in 1616 as Shakespeare did
Cervantes
Blair
|
$400
[7]
Cagney called this town "nothing exciting, just a place to be & a place to do the job"
Hollywood
Blair
|
— |
$400
[3]
"The men will cheer, the boys will shout, the ladies they will all turn out" when this happens
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
Blair
|
$400
[8]
With about 240 trains a day, it provides nearly all U.S. intercity passenger rail service
Amtrak
Fern
|
$400
[13]
Sean Penn said of her, "no whale, no nuclear war, no starving country is more important"
Madonna
Blair
|
|
$600
[21]
Written during his father's terminal illness, Dylan Thomas' poem warns "Do not go gentle into" this
that good night
Fern
|
$600
[9]
Cagney said he hated this word: "you don't hear them call Michelangelo a 'super painter'"
a superstar
Blair
|
— |
$600
[4]
Some 1000 people were killed or wounded in 1863 anti-draft riots in this city
New York City
|
DD
$600
[10]
This 1880 Italian song commemorates opening of a railway up Mount Vesuvius:[Instrumental music plays]
"Funiculì, Funiculà"
Blair
|
$600
[14]
13 years after writing "Marilyn", he starred his own daughter as Monroe in his play "Strawhead"
Norman Mailer
Fern
|
|
$800
[22]
John Hersey's tale of survivors of 1st atom bomb, this book filled a whole issue of The New Yorker
Hiroshima
Fern
|
$800
[17]
Cagney said he picked up this move used in "Angels with Dirty Faces" from watching a pimp in N.Y.
the shoulder move
Fern
|
— |
$800
[5]
Position held by Jefferson Davis in President Pierce's cabinet
Secretary of War
|
— |
$800
[15]
"Vanity Fair" called this "Lucky" novelist "about as madcap as a bathtub stopper"
Jackie Collins
|
|
$1,000
[23]
"In token for my admiration of his genius", Melville dedicated "Moby Dick" to this New England author
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Fern
|
$1,000
[18]
Film in which he said "Nobody's going to stand between me & this hat"
Mister Roberts
|
— |
$1,000
[11]
1/5 of entire Confederate Army was from this Upper South state which was next to last to secede
North Carolina
Blair
|
— |
$1,000
[16]
This ex-NATO head said of himself: "under this... arrogant demeanor is a heart as big as all outdoors"
Alexander Haig
Fern
|
# of numbers from 1-100 where 5 is used as at least 1 digit
19