| Host | |
| Alex Trebek | |
| Contestants | |
| see below | |
| Announcer | |
| Johnny Gilbert | |
| Broadcast | |
| November 3~14, 1986 | |
| Packager | |
| Sony Pictures Television | |
Contestants[]
| Rank | Season | Name | Wins | TW | Results | WC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Chuck Forrest ($ S2) | 5 | $72,800 | ★ | |
| 2 | Jay Rosenberg | $49,600 | ★ | |||
| 3 | Paul Rouffa | $46,100 | ★ | |||
| 4 | Gary Giardina | $32,330 | ★ | |||
| 5 | Donald Burgo | $26,180 | ★ | |||
| 6 | Harvey Becker | 4 | $55,400 | |||
| 7 | Mark Leinwand | $43,700 | ||||
| 8 | Beryl Arbit | $41,001 | ★ | 
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| 9 | Marvin Shinkman | $39,203 | ★ |
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| 10 | Lionel Goldbart | $34,997 | ★ |
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| 11 | Guy Tonti | $28,800 | ||||
| 12 | Jared Eisenstat | $26,098 | ||||
| 13 | Danny Green | $26,000 | ||||
| 14 | Eric Schoeck | $21,499 | ||||
| 15 | Gary Palmer | $18,400 | ★ |
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Game Summary[]
| Game | Air Date | Name | Score | Name | Score | Name | Score | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QF #1 | November 10, 1986 | Jay Rosenberg | $7,600 | Lionel Goldbart | $5,000 | Danny Green | $0 ($3,300) |
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| QF #2 | November 11, 1986 | Paul Rouffa | $7,801 | Marvin Shinkman | $7,800 | Jared Eisenstat | $2,400 | # |
| QF #3 | November 12, 1986 | Donald Burgo | $10,100 | Mark Leinwand | $1,000 | Beryl Arbit | $7,600 | # |
| QF #4 | November 13, 1986 | Gary Giardina | $4,400 | Harvey Becker | $1,900 | Eric Schoeck | $3,900 | # |
| QF #5 | November 14, 1986 | Chuck Forrest | $10,000 | Guy Tonti | $0 ($2,600) |
Gary Palmer | $6,000 | # |
| SF #1 | November 17, 1986 | Donald Burgo | $0 | Marvin Shinkman | $4,199 | Gary Palmer | $0 | # |
| SF #2 | November 18, 1986 | Chuck Forrest | $11,000 | Jay Rosenberg | $1,100 | Gary Giardina | $0 | # |
| SF #3 | November 19, 1986 | Paul Rouffa | $14,000 | Beryl Arbit | $12,100 | Lionel Goldbart | $0 | # |
| Final | November 20, 1986 | Paul Rouffa | $4,000 | Chuck Forrest | $6,600 | Marvin Shinkman | $1,600 | # |
| November 21, 1986 | $0 | $8,000 | $1,400 | # | ||||
| Total | $4,000 | $14,600 | $3,000 |
Notes[]
Contest Related[]
- First ToC with 4-time champions.
Contestat Related[]
- Beryl Arbit the only female participating in the 1986 ToC.
- Marvin Shinkman is the first to have made through the entire ToC round by not coming up with a single correct response in Final Jeopardy.
- Gary Palmer and Eric Schoeck are the first ToC participants to compete each other before in their original appearance.
- 5-time champion Barbara Lowe was excluded from the tournament completely due to being declared ineligible in regular-play for competing under an untrue identity and competing on another game show within the probationary period. 4-time champion Gary Palmer, the next eligible player, took her place.
- Gary is reported to have won $1,000 in a college series during the Art Fleming version of Jeopardy!
- Starting this season, the prize money for the 2nd and 3rd places has been changed to minimum $5,000 instead final 2-day total, the same amount as the semifinalists.
- In 2022, Barbara's airings were discovered by the National Archives of Game Show History and her airings were released. Those broadcasts are recorded in the J! Archive (#).
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