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Host
Alex Trebek
Contestants
see below
Announcer
Johnny Gilbert
Broadcast
1987Champions
November 6~17, 1989
Packager
Sony Pictures Television

Contestants[]

Rank Season Name Wins TW Results WC
Te 5 Eric Newhouse A $28,100
C Tom Cubbage $26,600 Wild Card
S Ouida Rellstab $25,000 Wild Card
1 Brian Wangsgard ($ S5) 5 $62,398
2 Jeff Richmond $58,302
3 Cathy Boggs $43,200
4 Mark McDermott $42,880
5 Cigus Vanni $40,400
6 Joel Sacks 4 $50,652
7 Yael Sofaer $47,401
8 Bruce Cox $44,900 Wild Card
9 Jim Tompkins-MacLaine $41,002
10 Rich Lerner $40,790
11 Peggi Malys $36,800 Wild Card
12 Chris Shea $35,202

Game Summary[]

Game Air Date Name Score Name Score Name Score Detail
QF #1 November 6, 1989 Mark McDermott $3,800 Jim Tompkins-MacLaine $1 Peggi Malys $3,600 #
QF #2 November 7, 1989 Cigus Vanni $7,000 Bruce Cox $2,400 Ouida Rellstab $1,399 #
QF #3 November 8, 1989 Jeff Richmond $1,000 Joel Sacks $0
($1,900)
Eric Newhouse $10,000 #
QF #4 November 9, 1989 Brian Wangsgard $9,800 Yael Sofaer $989 Tom Cubbage $8,199 #
QF #5 November 10, 1989 Cathy Boggs $0
($3,000)
Rich Lerner $10,500 Chris Shea $0
($3,400)
#
SF #1 November 13, 1989 Tom Cubbage $11,801 Cigus Vanni $0 Peggi Malys $0 #
SF #2 November 14, 1989 Rich Lerner $3,399 Eric Newhouse $2,199 Bruce Cox $0 #
SF #3 November 15, 1989 Brian Wangsgard $5,697 Mark McDermott $25 Ouida Rellstab $0 #
Final November 16, 1989 Tom Cubbage $8,100 Brian Wangsgard $3,000 Rich Lerner $4,100 #
November 17, 1989 $9,100 $2 $11,400 #
Total $17,200 $3,002 $15,500

Note[]

  • Tom Cubbage is the first and only College Championship winner to win the ToC, This is the first among winners of other tournaments.
  • This is the only ToC where the Teen Tournament, College Championship, and Seniors Tournament winners all advanced to the semifinals.

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