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| Show # | Air | Red (Solo Player) | White (Family Pair) | Results, Gold Runs, and Notes |
| 47 | 1/2/81 | Lesley | John & Kathy (brother/sister) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Kathy & John d. Lesley 2-0; John wins $5,000 in :27 |
| 48 | 1/5/81 | Joe | Kathy & John | Kathy & John lead 1-0; show starts with game 2 Kathy & John d. Joe 2-0; Kathy wins $5,000 in :35 Kathy & John retire as 10-time champions with $51,200 New solo player Leland previously appeared on Password Plus After Leland calls for F, Bill reads a B question Leland wins G1 in a sweep |
| 49 | 1/6/81 | Leland | Ann & Nancy (sisters-in-law) | Leland leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of G2 Leland d. Ann & Nancy 2-0; wins $400 after blocking himself out |
| 50 | 1/7/81 | Leland | Linnea & Kari (sisters) | Linnea later appeared on Press Your Luck in 1985 Leland wins 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Leland wins G2 on a dual-implication to defeat Kari & Linnea 2-0; wins $5,000 in :19 (!) Leland d. Patti & Sylvia (sisters-in-law) 2-0 |
| 51 | 1/8/81 | Leland | - | Show starts with Gold Rush (actually, Bill threw to commercial right after introducing Leland); Leland wins $5,000 in :41 Leland d. Dee & Curt (mother/son) 2-0 |
| 52 | 1/9/81 | Leland | - | Show starts with Gold Rush; Leland wins $5,000 in :33 Leland d. Claudette & Paulette (twins) 2-0; wins $5,000 in :25 |
| 53 | 1/12/81 | Leland | Keith & Robyn (brother/sister) | New match begins Leland d. Keith & Robyn 2-1; wins $5,000 in :35 |
| 54 | 1/13/81 | Leland | Carla & Sandy (sisters) | New match begins |
| 55 | 1/14/81 | Leland | Sandy & Carla | Match tied 1-1; show starts in the middle of game 3 Leland d. Sandy & Carla 2-1 on a dual-implication; wins $600 after completely blocking himself in |
| 56 | 1/15/81 | Leland | Jack & Marilyn (son/mother) | Leland leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Leland d. Marilyn & Jack 2-0, winning G2 on a dual-implication; wins $5,000 in :34 Leland d. Holly & Corey (sisters) 2-0, winning G2 in a sweep |
| 57 | 1/16/81 | Leland | - | Show starts with Gold Rush; Leland wins $5,000 in :32 Bill inadvertently gives away an answer in game 1 Barry: "I'll take a P, Bill." Leland d. Barry & Jerry (brothers) 2-0 |
| 58 | 1/19/81 | Leland | - | At the start of the show, Bill recaps the four top money winners, three solo players and one family pair Show starts with Leland's tenth Gold Rush; Leland wins $5,000 in :24 without missing a question and retires with $51,000 Kandi d. Vince & Gail (grandfather/granddaughter) 2-0; wins $5,000 in :36 Bob Hilton: Because neither side answered correctly, two questions were discarded and the program edited. |
| 59 | 1/21/81 | Kandi | Agnes & Freda (mother/daughter) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Kandi d. Agnes & Freda 2-0; wins $5,000 in :38 without missing a question, but needed :10 for the last one Kandi d. Tina & Sharon (sisters-in-law) 2-0 |
| 60 | 1/22/81 | Kandi | - | Show starts at Gold Rush; Kandi wins $5,000 in :36 Kandi d. Kate & Jean (sisters-in-law) 2-0; wins $5,000 in :37 Bill mentions this show was taped Dec. 30, 1980, leading to an inaccuracy in a question of game 2 |
| 61 | 1/23/81 | Kandi | Betty & Mary (sisters) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Bill after L was captured after three questions: "I'm glad we got the L out of there." Mary & Betty win G1 on a dual-implication, but Kandi win the match 2-1, then wins $5,000 in :29 Year on copyright byline is now 1981 |
| 62 | 1/26/81 | Kandi | Joe & Ed (brothers) | New match begins Kandi sweeps G2 to d. Ed & Joe 2-0; wins $300 Show's air date was Kandi's 7th wedding anniversary |
| 63 | 1/27/81 | Kandi | Joyce & Gary (mother/son) | Kandi leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Kandi d. Joyce & Gary 2-1; wins $5,000 in :28 without missing a question |
| 64 | 1/28/81 | Kandi | Rob & Nick (cousins) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Kandi d. Rob & Nick 2-0; wins $5,000 in :36 despite missing the first two questions |
| 65 | 1/29/81 | Kandi | Jenny & Bruce (cousins) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Kandi d. Bruce & Jenny 2-0; wins $500 |
| 66 | 1/30/81 | Kandi | Ilene & Michael (niece/uncle) | Kandi leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Kandi d. Michael & Ilene 2-0; wins $5,000 in :23 in five straight questions and retires as a 10-time champion with $50,800 |
| 67 | 2/2/81 | Dennis | Joel & Shari (father/daughter) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Joel & Shari d. Dennis 2-0; Shari ties for the fastest Gold Rush win, answering five questions in :19 Joel & Shari d. Kelly 2-0 |
| 68 | 2/3/81 | - | Shari & Joel | Show starts with Gold Rush (after a commercial break); Shari wins $5,000 in :20 in five straight questions |
| 69 | 2/4/81 | Sharlyne | Joel & Shari | Match tied 1-1; show starts in the middle of game 3 Sharlyne d. Joel & Shari ($12,500) 2-1; wins $400 New family pair Alexi & Ann (mother/daughter) win game 1 on a dual-implication |
| 70 | 2/5/81 | Sharlyne | Ann & Alexi | Alexi & Ann lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Sharlyne d. Alexi & Ann 2-1; wins $500 after blocking herself out |
| 71 | 2/6/81 | Sharlyne | Gay & Tom (siblings-in-law) | Sharlyne leads 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 Sharlyne is asked an A question for her alone because an answer was called from the audience Sharlyne d. Tom & Gay 2-0; wins $600 |
| 72 | 2/9/81 | Sharlyne | Lee Ann & Patti (sisters-in-law) | Show starts in the middle of game 1; Sharlyne wins on the first question of the day Sharlyne d. Lee Ann & Patti 2-0; wins $600 |
| 73 | 2/10/81 | Sharlyne | Rollie & Mike (mother/son) | Sharlyne leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 All but three blocks are chosen in game 2, won by Rollie & Mike on a dual-implication Rollie & Mike d. Sharlyne ($6,600) 2-1; Rollie wins $5,000 in :56 |
| 74 | 2/11/81 | Glenn | Mike & Rollie | New match begins Rollie & Mike sweeps G2 to d. Glenn 2-0; Rollie wins $5,000 in :27 |
| 75 | 2/12/81 | Craig | Rollie & Mike | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Rollie & Mike d. Craig 2-1; Rollie wins $5,000 in :35 |
| 76 | 2/13/81 | Irene | Mike & Rollie | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Rollie & Mike d. Irene 2-0; Rollie wins $5,000 in :29 Rollie's first block in Gold Rush turned black, even though she answered correctly; she was credited with a win |
| 77 | 2/16/81 | Sherry | Mike & Rollie | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Sherry wins G1 on the first question of the day, then sweeps G2 to d. Rollie & Mike ($24,000) 2-0; wins $5,000 in :33 Sherry again sweeps G2 to d. Candy & Penny (twins) 2-0 |
| 78 | 2/17/81 | Sherry | Show starts with Gold Rush; Sherry wins $5,000 in :30 Sherry d. Lee Roy & Harold (cousins) 2-0 | |
| 79 | 2/18/81 | Sherry | Show starts with Gold Rush; Sherry wins $5,000 in :22 without missing a question Sherry d. Bob & Claudia (siblings-in-law) 2-0, winning G1 in a sweep; again wins $5,000 in :22 on five questions | |
| 80 | 2/19/81 | Sherry | Dave & Ed (nephew/uncle) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Sherry wins G1 on a dual-implication, then sweeps G2 to d. Ed & Dave 2-0; wins $5,000 in :53 The first question in the next match coincidentally pertains to Sherry's employer; she steals the block after the family pair misses |
| 81 | 2/20/81 | Sherry | Gilda & Ralph (sister/brother) | Sherry leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Sherry d. Ralph & Gilda 2-0; wins $5,000 in :48 |
| 82 | 2/23/81 | Sherry | Glenice & Sandi (sisters) | Match tied 1-1; show begins with the start of game 3 Sherry d. Glenice & Sandi 2-1; wins $5,000 in :26 Sherry d. Geoff & Anne (son/mother) 2-0 |
| 83 | 2/24/81 | Sherry | - | Show starts at Gold Rush; Sherry answers five straight questions without a miss in :24 to win $5,000 A question in G2 was disregarded after Bill called on the wrong player |
| 84 | 2/25/81 | Sherry | Barbara & Susan (sisters) | Match tied 1-1; show begins with the start of game 3 Sherry d. Susan & Barbara 2-1; wins $5,000 in :32 |
| 85 | 2/26/81 | Sherry | Stuart & Leonard (brothers-in-law) | Sherry leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Sherry d. Stuart & Leonard 2-0; wins $5,000 in :31 and retires as a ten-time champion with $60,000, making her the second player to win the most money possible |
| 86 | 2/27/81 | Barb | David & Jolene (brother/sister) | Barb leads 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 Jolene & David d. Barb 2-1; Jolene wins $5,000 in :44 |
| 87 | 3/2/81 | Bob | Jolene & David | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Jolene & David sweep G3 to d. Bob 2-1; David wins $500 New solo player Randy sweeps game 1 |
| 88 | 3/3/81 | Randy | David & Jolene | Randy leads 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 Three straight C questions in G2 went unanswered Randy d. Jolene & David ($7,500) 2-0; wins $5,000 in 29 seconds without missing a question |
| 89 | 3/4/81 | Randy | Arch & Michael (father/son) | Randy leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Randy d. Arch & Michael 2-0 on the first question of the show; wins $5,000 in :35 Randy d. Martha & Barbara (sisters-in-law) 2-0; wins $5,000 in :23 without missing a question |
| 90 | 3/5/81 | Randy | Lisa & Stan (daughter/father) | New match begins An answer in game 1 was heard from the audience |
| 91 | 3/6/81 | Randy | Stan & Lisa | Randy brings his pet cockateal Match tied 1-1; show starts a dual-implication in game 3 Randy d. Stan & Lisa 2-1; wins $5,000 in :47 Bill calls the end game "Gold Run" for the first time Randy d. Karen & Shirley (sisters-in-law) 2-0; wins $600 |
| 92 | 3/9/81 | Randy | Jackie & Wendy (sisters) | New match begins Randy d. Jackie & Wendy 2-0, winning G2 on the third C question; wins $5,000 in :35 |
| 93 | 3/10/81 | Randy | Alan & Jeff (twins) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Alan & Jeff d. Randy ($31,600) 2-0; wins $5,000 in :47 Bob Hilton: Because neither team answered a K question, it was discarded and the program edited. |
| 94 | 3/11/81 | Iris | Jeff & Alan | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Alan & Jeff d. Iris 2-1; Jeff wins $5,000 in :41 Three questions during this show pertained to M*A*S*H, prompting Bill to explain the questions are picked at random |
| 95 | 3/12/81 | Karen | Alan & Jeff | New match begins Alan & Jeff d. Karen 2-1; Jeff wins $5,000 in :34 |
| 96 | 3/13/81 | Nicole | Jeff & Alan | New match begins Nicole wins G1 on a dual-implication At the start of G3, the O hexagon was off-center |
| 97 | 3/16/81 | Nicole | Alan & Jeff | Match tied 1-1; show starts in the middle of game 3 Jeff & Alan d. Nicole 2-1; Jeff wins $5,000 in :28 |
| 98 | 3/17/81 | Pam | Jeff & Alan | Jeff & Alan lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Jeff & Alan d. Pam 2-0; Jeff wins $5,000 in :38 |
| 99 | 3/18/81 | David | Alan & Jeff | Jeff & Alan lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Jeff & Alan d. David 2-0 after a total of 16 white hexagons in the two games and a dual-implication in G2; Jeff wins $500 after completely blocking himself out |
| 100 | 3/19/81 | Bob | Jeff & Alan | Jeff d. Alan lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Jeff & Alan d. Bob 2-0; Alan blocks himself out in his first Gold Run but wins $500 Jeff & Alan d. Yolanda 2-0, sweeping G2 Jeff blocks himself out again, winning $600 in the show's last act |
| 101 | 3/20/81 | Pomphylia | Alan & Jeff | New match begins Alan & Jeff d. Pomphylia 2-0; Alan wins $700 |
| 102 | 3/23/81 | Brad | Jeff & Alan | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Brad wins G1 on a dual-implication, but Jeff & Alan come back to d. Brad 2-1 |
| 103 | 3/24/81 | - | Jeff & Alan | Show starts with Gold Run; Jeff gets blocked out again, but wins $400 Jeff & Alan retire as 10-time champions with $37,700 New solo player Jill wins G1, where 15 hexagons were picked |
| 104 | 3/25/81 | Jill | Juanita & Katie (sisters) | Jill leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Katie & Juanita d. Jill sweep G3 to d. Jill 2-1; Juanita wins $300 after blocking herself out |
| 105 | 3/26/81 | Dale | Katie & Juanita | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Juanita & Katie ($1,800) win G1 on a dual-implication, but Dale wins games 2 and 3 without any white hexagons on the board in either game; wins $5,000 in :39 |
| 106 | 3/27/81 | Dale | Robin & Vaughna (daughter/mother) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 A B question in G1 is thrown out after Bill inadvertently accepts an incorrect answer Vaughna & Robin sweep G2 to d. Dale ($6,000) 2-0; Vaughna wins $5,000 in :31 on five straight questions |
| 107 | 3/30/81 | Jeanie | Vaughna & Robin | Robin has a replica Gold Run board on her fingernail Show starts in the middle of game 1 All but four hexagons were called in G1, won by Vaughna & Robin on a dual-implication; the board was perfectly symmetrical at the end of the game Vaughna & Robin d. Jeannie 2-0; Vaughna wins $5,000 in :28, once again whitout missing a question |
| 108 | 3/31/81 | Paula | Robin & Vaughna | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Paula d. Vaughna & Robin ($12,500) 2-1; wins $500 after running out of time on the potential winner |
| 109 | 4/1/81 | Paula | Jerry & Judy (brother/sister) | New match begins Jerry & Judy sweep G2--despite the appearance of a black block--to d. Paula ($1,500) 2-0; Jerry wins $5,000 in :46 despite missing his first two questions New solo player Fran sweeps G1 |
| 110 | 4/2/81 | Fran | Judy & Jerry | Fran leads 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 Jerry & Judy d. Fran 2-1; Jerry goes 5-for-5 in :22 for $5,000 |
| 111 | 4/3/81 | Robin (male) | Jerry & Judy | Show starts in the middle of game 1 After Jerry & Judy win G1, Bill thought they had won the match and said goodbye to Robin, only to bring him back after the break Jerry & Judy sweep G2 to send Robin home for real, 2-0; Jerry wins $5,000 in :36 after missing his first two questions |
| 112 | 4/6/81 | Jim | Judy & Jerry | Bill mentions Jim's resemblance to comedian George Carlin Jim leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Jim d. Judy & Jerry ($18,500) 2-1; wins $5,000 in :29 New family pair Ruth and Sue are aunt and niece who are married to brothers, making them also sisters-in-law Bill mentions he is Tom Kennedy and Jack Narz's brother-in-law |
| 113 | 4/7/81 | Jim | Ruth & Sue (aunt/niece; sisters-in-law) | Ruth & Sue lead 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 The first question of the day is thrown out because an answer was heard from the audience Ruth & Sue d. Jim ($6,000) 2-0; Sue wins $5,000 in :21 without missing a question |
| 114 | 4/8/81 | Angie | Sue & Ruth | Angie leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Angie d. Ruth & Sue ($6,500) 2-1 (although she could have won the match on the day's first question); wins $5,000 in :38 |
| 115 | 4/9/81 | Angie | Brenda & Bonnie (sisters) | New match begins Fifteen hexagons were selected in game 1, won by Bonnie & Brenda on a dual-implication (Bill: "This is a big H.") Bonnie & Brenda win G2, also on a dual-implication, to d. Angie ($6,000) 2-0 |
| 116 | 4/10/81 | - | Bonnie & Brenda | Show starts at Gold Run; Bonnie wins $5,000 in :24 on five straight questions Bonnie & Brenda d. Bob 2-0, allowing only one red hexagon total in the two games; Bonnie wins again $5,000 in :24 in five straight, even before Bill finished them |
| 117 | 4/13/81 | Carol | Brenda & Bonnie | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Bonnie & Brenda win G1 on the first question of the day, but a tape edit was needed because Bill didn't catch it Bonnie & Brenda d. Carol 2-0 before the first commercial; Bonnie wins $700 after blocking herself out New solo player Renee previously appeared on Card Sharks in 1978 and Match Game PM in 1980; this time her name is pronounced REE-nee instead of Re-NAY on the other shows A C question in G1 was thrown out because an answer was heard from the audience |
| 118 | 4/14/81 | Renee | Bonnie & Brenda | Bonnie & Brenda lead 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 Bonnie & Brenda sweep G2, in which Bonnie answers all five questions, to d. Renee 2-0; Bonnie wins $5,000 in :36 New solo player Evelyn's last name is also Evelyn Bonnie & Brenda d. Evelyn 2-0; Bonnie wins $600 after running out of time on the last column |
| 119 | 4/15/81 | Wayne | Brenda & Bonnie | New match begins A K question in G2 in thrown out after Bonnie adds a syllable that made her answer wrong |
| 120 | 4/16/81 | Wayne | Bonnie & Brenda | Bonnie & Brenda lead 1-0; show starts with a dual-implication situation in G2, won by Wayne Wayne d. Bonnie & Brenda ($21,800) 2-1; wins $300 |
| 121 | 4/17/81 | Wayne | Shay & Betty (daughter-in-law/ mother-in-law) | Betty & Shay lead 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 Betty & Shay shut out Wayne ($1,300) in G2 to win 2-0; Shay wins $400 Betty & Shay win G1 on a dual-implication |
| 122 | 4/20/81 | Barbara | Betty & Shay | Betty & Shay lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of G2 Betty & Shay d. Barbara 2-0 on the show's first question; Shay wins $5,000 in :30 The first letter played in G1 is X Betty & Shay d. Stan 2-0, allowing one one red hexagon in the two games, that in G2 |
| 123 | 4/21/81 | - | Shay & Betty | Show starts at Gold Run; Shay connects top-to- bottom--but not left-to-right--to win $500 New solo player Marie wins G2 on a dual-implication |
| 124 | 4/22/81 | Marie | Betty & Shay | Match tied 1-1; show begins with the start of game 3 Marie d. Betty & Shay ($9,400) 2-1 on a dual-implication; wins $400 |
| 125 | 4/23/81 | Marie | Pat & Russ (sister/brother) | Marie leads 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 Pat & Russ d. Marie ($1,900) 2-1; Pat wins $5,000 in :56 despite having to start over with :25 left With not enough time left to start a new game, new solo player Joe does a hog call |
| 126 | 4/24/81 | Joe | Russ & Pat | New match begins Pat & Russ d. Joe 2-0, allowing one one red hexagon in the two games, that in G1; Pat goes 5-for-5 in :20 for $5,000 |
| 127 | 4/27/81 | Terry | Pat & Russ | Pat & Russ lead 1-0; show begins with the start with game 2 Pat & Russ d. Terry 2-0; Pat wins $5,000 in :38 |
| 128 | 4/28/81 | Mary | Russ & Pat | Pat & Russ lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Pat & Russ d. Mary 2-0; Pat wins $5,000 in :37 Pat & Russ d. Marie 2-0 |
| 129 | 4/29/81 | - | Pat & Russ | Show starts at Gold Run; Pat wins $5,000 in :46 Pat & Russ sweep G2 to tie the match |
| 130 | 4/30/81 | Carla | Russ & Pat | Match tied 1-1; show starts in the middle of game 3 Carla d. Pat & Russ ($30,500) 2-1; wins $200 Carla wins G1 on a dual-implication |
| 131 | 5/1/81 | Carla | Diana & Valoree (sisters) | Carla leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Carla d. Valoree & Diana 2-0 on the show's first question; wins $5,000 in :21 without a miss Bill: "Three things babble, actually, brooks, idiots and masters of ceremonies." Carla wins G1 on a dual-implication, then sweeps G2 to d. Frankie & Vicki (sisters-in-law) 2-0; wins $5,000 in :22 without a miss |
| 132 | 5/4/81 | Carla | Jill & Gail (cousins) | New match begins Bill throws to commercial after the first question Carla d. Gail & Jill 2-0; wins $5,000 in :37 |
| 133 | 5/5/81 | Carla | Jan & Mark (mother/son) | Mark & Jan lead 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 Mark & Jan win d. Carla ($19,700) 2-1, winning G3 on the 16th hexagon; Mark wins $5,000 in :45 |
| 134 | 5/6/81 | Glenda | Mark & Jan | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Bob Hilton is shown on camera after an H question in G3 referred to him Mark & Jan d. Glenda 2-1 |
| 135 | 5/7/81 | - | Jan & Mark | Show starts with Gold Run; Mark wins $5,000 in :30 New solo player Pam's buzzer had to be adjusted in G1 Mark & Jan d. Pam 2-0; Mark wins $400 when a deformed buzzer sounds on a potential winning question |
| 136 | 5/8/81 | Diane | Mark & Jan | New match begins Diane wins G2 after Mark gives the correct answer to the potential winner after the buzzer |
| 137 | 5/11/81 | Diane | Jan & Mark | Match tied 1-1; show starts in the middle of game 3 Diane d. Mark & Jan ($13,900) 2-1; blocks herself out and was given a few extra seconds to let Bill catch up, but wins just $300 Bob Hilton: Because a question in the first game had already been used with the same contestants, the question was discarded and the program edited. |
| 138 | 5/12/81 | Diane | Sharon & Kevin (sister/brother) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Diane wins G1 on a dual-implication, but Kevin & Sharon recover to win G2 in a sweep, then d. Diane ($1,800) 2-1 on another dual-implication in G3 |
| 139 | 5/13/81 | - | Kevin & Sharon | Show starts with Gold Run; Kevin wins $700 Kevin & Sharon d. Jim 2-0 |
| 140 | 5/14/81 | - | Sharon & Kevin | Show starts with Gold Run; Kevin wins $500 after blocking himself out Kevin & Sharon win G1 on a dual-implication |
| 141 | 5/15/81 | Kathy | Kevin & Sharon | Kevin & Sharon lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Kevin & Sharon d. Kathy 2-0 after nailing the first 2 questions; Kevin blocks himself out again, winning $500 |
| 142 | 5/18/81 | Forrest | Sharon & Kevin | Kevin & Sharon lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Kevin & Sharon d. Forrest 2-0; Kevin wins $5,000 in :45 |
| 143 | 5/19/81 | June | Kevin & Sharon | Kevin & Sharon lead 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 Kevin & Sharon d. June 2-1; Kevins wins $5,000 in :50 |
| 144 | 5/20/81 | Jim | Sharon & Kevin | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Jim wins G2 on a dual-implication |
| 145 | 5/21/81 | Jim | Kevin & Sharon | Match tied 1-1; show starts in the middle of game 3 Jim answers the show's first three questions to defeat Kevin & Sharon ($17,200) 2-1; wins $5,000 in :30 Doris & Les (mother/son) sweep G1 and go on to d. Jim ($6,000) 2-0 |
| 146 | 5/22/81 | - | Les & Doris | Show starts at Gold Run; Les wins $5,000 in :55 despite missing the first three questions Les & Doris win game 2 on a dual-implication to d. Tim 2-0; Les wins $5,000 in :46 |
| 147 | 5/25/81 | Christina | Doris & Les | New match begins Les & Doris d. Christina 2-0; Les wins $5,000 in :28 Game 2 of the first match started with Q; the first letter in the first game of the new match is Z |
| 148 | 5/26/81 | Bruce | Les & Doris | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Les & Doris d. Bruce 2-0; Les wins $5,000 in :32 |
| 149 | 5/27/81 | Andrew | Doris & Les | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Les & Doris win G1 on the 15th hexagon, then go on to d. Andrew 2-0; Les wins $5,000 in :36 |
| 150 | 5/28/81 | Jere | Les & Doris | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Jere d. Les & Doris ($30,000) 2-0, winning both games on dual-implications; wins $400 |
| 151 | 5/29/81 | Jere | Geoff & Diane (brother/sister) | New match begins Jere d. Diane & Geoff 2-1; wins $400 |
| 152 | 6/1/81 | Jere | Michael & Cindylee (brother/sister) | New match begins Michael & Cindylee win G1 on a dual-implication After a commercial break, Bill admits he gave the incorrect call letters to the NBC station in Pittsburgh, PA--his home town-- when he plugged it at the top of the show After the next commercial, Bill forgets to ask Michael for his letter selection, and picks a letter himself |
| 153 | 6/2/81 | Jere | Cindylee & Michael | Match tied 1-1; show begins with the start of game 3 Michael & Cindylee answer three elimination questions, then d. Jere ($3,300) 2-1; Michael wins $400 after completely blocking himself out Game 3 of the first match started with Q; the first letter in the second game of the new match is Z |
| 154 | 6/3/81 | Eva | Michael & Cindylee | Michael & Cindylee lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Michael & Cindylee d. Eva 2-0; Cindylee wins $300 New solo player Harry wins G1 on a dual-implication |
| 155 | 6/4/81 | Harry | Cindylee & Michael | Match tied 1-1; show begins with the start of game 3 Harry d. Michael & Cindylee ($3,200) 2-1; misses the entire first column and goes on to win $400 New player Chris gets an F question in G1 on just the fourth word |
| 156 | 6/5/81 | Harry | Ray & Chris (brothers-in-law) | Harry leads 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 Harry d. Ray & Chris 2-0; misses the first two questions but gets the next five to win $5,000 in :37 Jinny, from the new family pair, answers all five questions in G2 to win it in a sweep |
| 157 | 6/8/81 | Harry | Jinny & Ginger (mother/daughter) | Match tied 1-1; show begins with the start of game 3 Harry d. Jinny & Ginger 2-1, winning G3 on a dual-implication; wins $5,000 in :33 Game 2 of the new match starts with Q |
| 158 | 6/9/81 | Harry | Ron & Robyn (brother/sister) | Harry leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Harry d. Ron & Robyn 2-0; wins $400 after getting blocked out |
| 159 | 6/10/81 | Harry | Bill & Eve (father-in-law/ daughter-in-law) | Harry leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Harry wins G2 on a dual-implication to d. Bill & Eve 2-0; wins $500 after running out of time on the winning question At the end of the show, new family pair Tom & Dan (father/son) sketch caricatures of Bill |
| 160 | 6/11/81 | Harry | Tom & Dan | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Tom & Dan d. Harry ($16,800) 2-1; Dan wins $5,000 in :50 |
| 161 | 6/12/81 | Jeanne | Dan & Tom | New match begins Tom & Dan sweep G2 to d. Jeanne 2-0; Tom wins $5,000 in :39 New solo player Mary sweeps game 1 |
| 162 | 6/15/81 | Mary | Tom & Dan | Mary leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Tom & Dan d. Mary 2-1; Dan wins $5,000 in :37 |
| 163 | 6/16/81 | Jamie | Dan & Tom | Jamie leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Jamie wins game 2 on a dual-implication to d. Tom & Dan ($18,000) 2-0; wins $5,000 in :44 |
| 164 | 6/17/81 | Jamie | Melissa & Jan (daughter/mother) | Jamie leads 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 Jamie d. Jan & Melissa 2-1; wins $400 |
| 165 | 6/18/81 | Jamie | Betty & Shirley (sisters) | New match begins Jamie d. Betty & Shirley 2-0; blocks herself out and wins $400 |
| 166 | 6/19/81 | Jamie | Angela & Leon (daughter/father) | In the opening, the word "battlefield" is changed to "battleground" Show starts in the middle of game 1 Jamie d. Angela & Leon 2-0; wins $5,000 in :34 |
| 167 | 6/22/81 | Jamie | Michele & Scott (sister/brother) | Jamie leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Jamie connects both top-to-bottom and side-to-side in G2 to d. Scott & Michele 2-0; wins $5,000 in :32 Jamie d. Bruce & Marsha (brother/sister) 2-0 |
| 168 | 6/23/81 | Jamie | - | The word "battlefield" is back in the opening spiel Show starts at Gold Run; Jamie wins $5,000 in :43 Warren & Lee (father/son) d. Jamie ($26,800) 2-0, winning both games on dual-implications |
| 169 | 6/24/81 | - | Lee & Warren | Show starts with Gold Run; Lee wins $300 after blocking himself out Warren & Lee win game 1 in a sweep |
| 170 | 6/25/81 | John | Warren & Lee | Match tied 1-1; show starts in the middle of game 3 Warren & Lee d. John 2-1; Warren misses his first five questions, including the whole left-hand column, and wins $100 Bob wins G1 on a dual-implication |
| 171 | 6/26/81 | Bob | Lee & Warren | When introducing Bob, Bill inadvertently calls him the champion Bob leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of G2 Bob d. Warren & Lee ($2,400) 2-0 to become champion for real; wins $700 after blocking himself out |
| 172 | 6/29/81 | Bob | Diane & Vicki (sisters) | Vicki's husband was (at the time) the mayor of her home town
Bob leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Bob d. Diane & Vicki 2-0; wins $5,000 in :34 after missing the first three questions |
| 173 | 6/30/81 | Bob | Bob & Shari (father/daughter) | Bob (solo player) leds 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Bob (solo player) d. Bob & Shari 2-0; wins $600 |
| 174 | 7/1/81 | Bob | Becky & Connie (sisters) | Connie & Becky lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Bob d. Connie & Becky 2-1; passes on three potential winners and runs out of time on the fourth but wins $700 |
| 175 | 7/2/81 | Bob | Barbara & Patti (mother/daughter) | New match begins; the first letter of game 1 is Q Bob d. Barbara & Patti 2-0; wins $400 The first letter in game 1 of the new match in Z |
| 176 | 7/3/81 | Bob | Jamie & Jayne (sisters-in-law) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Bob d. Jamie & Jayne 2-0; wins $5,000 in :33 Bob Hilton: A question in the second game which was answered by the wrong contestant was discarded and the program edited. |
| 177 | 7/6/81 | Bob | Karen & Ione (daughter/mother) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Bob d. Ione & Karen 2-0; wins $400 after getting blocked out |
| 178 | 7/7/81 | Bob | Lisa & Wanda (daughter/mother) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Bob d. Wanda & Lisa 2-1; wins $5,000 in :22 without missing a question |
| 179 | 7/8/81 | Bob | Alpha & Kim (mother/daughter) | Alpha later appeared on Press Your Luck in 1984 New match begins Bob ($28,300) comes within one hexagon of a 2-0 win, but Alpha & Kim rally to win 2-1; Alpha wins $5,000 in :39 New solo player Gene (female) is introduced before show's end |
| 180 | 7/9/81 | Gene | Kim & Alpha | New match begins Three H questions are asked in game 1, which Gene wins on a dual-implication G2 question: What F is an apartment is London or what Dolly Parton isn't? (A: Flat) Gene d. Alpha & Kim ($6,000) 2-0; wins $600 |
| 181 | 7/10/81 | Gene | Monica & Maggi (daughter/mother) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 |
| 182 | 7/13/81 | Gene | Maggi & Monica | Monica is the sister-in-law of boxer Rocky Marciano Match tied 1-1; show starts in the middle of game 3 All but three hexagons are selected in G3, won by Gene on a dual-implication to d. Maggi & Monica 2-1 Gene wins $5,000 in :38 Three O questions are asked in G1; the first one is thrown out after Bill mishears Gene's answer |
| 183 | 7/14/81 | Gene | Don & Bob (brothers) | Gene leads 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 Just like in G1, Don & Bob answer the first four questions but Gene gets the next four, including the last on a dual-implication, to win 2-0; wins $5,000 in :32 Two Q questions are asked to begin G2 to end the show |
| 184 | 7/15/81 | Gene | Judy & Joyce (sisters) | Gene leads 1-0; show start in the middle of game 2 Gene d. Judy & Joyce 2-0; wins $5,000 in :49 G1 of the new match starts with Z Gene d. Roxanne & Andrea (sisters) 2-0 |
| 185 | 7/16/81 | Gene | - | Show starts with Gold Run; Gene wins $600 All but four hexagons are called in G1, won by new family pair Dianna and Johnna (sisters) after both sides connect side-to-side In G1, Bill misreads Johnna's name as "Joanna" |
| 186 | 7/17/81 | Gene | Johnna & Dianna | Dianna & Johnna lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of G2 Gene d. Dianna & Johnna 2-1 on another 16- hexagon dual-implication, win $5,000 in :38 |
| 187 | 7/20/81 | Gene | Wilma & Debi (mother/daughter) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Gene d. Wilma & Debi 2-0; wins $5,000 in :33 |
| 188 | 7/21/81 | Gene | Hank & Joe (brothers-in-law) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Joe & Hank connect two opposite corners to win G1 G2 starts with the letter Z Gene d. Joe & Hank 2-1; wins $5,000 in :50 New family pair is introduced, but couldn't start a game |
| 189 | 7/22/81 | Gene | Debbie & Donna (sisters) | New match begins Gene d. Debbie & Donna 2-1; wins $5,000 in :44 |
| 190 | 7/23/81 | Gene | Joday & Anne (daughter/mother) | New match begins Gene d. Anne & Jody 2-0; gets blocked out but wins $500 and retires as a 10-time champion with $46,700 |
| 191 | 7/24/81 | David | Kim & Robyn (cousins) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Kim & Robyn win G1 on the show's first question; David responds by winning G2 on a dual-implication Game 3 starts with the letter Q David d. Kim & Robyn 2-1; wins $500 The first question of the new match is thrown out because Bill inadvertantly gives away the answer |
| 192 | 7/27/81 | David | Barry & Marcia (son/mother) | Show starts in the middle of G1 Game 2 starts with the letter Z, and 3 Z questions are asked For the second show in a row, Bill prematurely gives an answer Marcia & Barry win G1 on a dual-implication; David responds with a dual-implication win in G2 |
| 193 | 7/28/81 | David | Marcia & Barry | Match tied 1-1; show starts in the middle of game 3 David d. Marcia & Barry 2-1; wins $500 |
| 194 | 7/30/81 | David | Robyn & Suzanne (sisters) | Match tied 1-1; show begins with the start of game 3 David d. Robyn & Suzanne 2-1 on a dual-implication; misses the entire fourth column and wins $500 |
| 195 | 7/31/81 | David | Jim & Bill (son-in-law/ father-in-law) | Bill & Jim lead 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 David d. Bill & Jim 2-1; wins $5,000 in :26 without a miss, altough the clock nearly started prematurely |
| 196 | 8/3/81 | David | Bonita & Mary (daughter/mother) | David leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 David d. Mary & Bonita 2-1; wins $5,000 in :30, again answering five questions without a miss |
| 197 | 8/4/81 | David | - | - |
| 198 | 8/5/81 | David | Mary & Shirley (daughter-in-law/ mother-in-law) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Game 2 starts with the letter Q David d. Shirley & Mary 2-1 |
| 199 | 8/6/81 | David | - | Show starts with Gold Run; David gets five questions without a miss in :20 to win $5,000 Game 1 of the new match starts with the letter Z Three L questions are asked in G1, the first of which was thrown out because David answered prematurely Pat & Bob (sister/brother) d. David ($28,500) 2-0; Bob wins $5,000 in :24 without a miss |
| 200 | 8/7/81 | Trisha | Bob & Pat | New match begins At the start of the third act, Bill acknowledges the show was taped on Bob Hilton's birthday, and Bob is shown on camera |
| 201 | 8/10/81 | Trisha | Pat & Bob | Bob & Pat lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Bob & Pat d. Trisha on the third P question of G2; Bob passes on two potential game-winners and runs out of time on a third but wins $500 |
| 202 | 8/11/81 | Carolyn | Bob & Pat | Show starts in the middle of game 1 All but four hexagons are chosen in G1, won by Bob & Pat Bob & Pat d. Carolyn 2-0; Bob wins $700 after running out of time on a potential game-winner New solo player's name, V, is short for Veronica |
| 203 | 8/12/81 | V | Pat & Bob | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Game 2 starts with the letter Q Three P questions are asked in G2 |
| 204 | 8/13/81 | V | Bob & Pat | Match tied 1-1; show starts in the middle of game 3 Bob & Pat d. V 2-1; Bob wins $600 |
| 205 | 8/14/81 | Brian | Pat & Bob | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Three L questions are asked in G1, which ends in a dual-implication won by Bob & Pat Bill acknowledges his uncle Bob in the audience |
| 206 | 8/17/81 | Brian | Bob & Pat | Match tied 1-1; show begins at the tensest moment possible--a dual-implication in game 3 Bob & Pat d. Brian 2-1; Bob wins $5,000 in :40, even though an incorrect answer was inadvertantly accepted New solo player Linda wins G1 on a dual-implication |
| 207 | 8/18/81 | Linda | Pat & Bob | Match tied 1-1; show begins with the start of game 3 Linda d. Pat & Bob ($17,300) 2-1; wins $5,000 in :49 |
| 208 | 8/19/81 | Linda | Stephenne & Sandy (daughter/mother) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Linda d. Sandy & Stephenne 2-0; wins $5,000 in :42 |
| 209 | 8/20/81 | Linda | Barbara & Brad (sister/brother) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Linda wins G1 on a dual-implication; Brad & Barbara win G2, also on a dual-implication |
| 210 | 8/21/81 | Linda | Brad & Barbara | Match tied 1-1; show starts in the middle of game 3 Linda wins G3 on the third dual-implication of the match to d. Brad & Barbara 2-1; wins $5,000 in :45 Linda d. Frank & Phil (twins) 2-0 |
| 211 | 8/24/81 | Linda | - | Show starts with Gold Run; Linda wins $5,000 in :31 The same block is selected to start the first two games of the next match New family pair Kevin & Mary Lou (grandmother/grandson) win game 1 on a dual-implication, then d. Linda ($24,000) 2-0 |
| 212 | 8/25/81 | - | Mary Lou & Kevin | Show starts at Gold Run; Mary Lou wins $5,000 in :28 without a miss--the last three were one-letter blocks New solo player Joe's last name is Cullen Kevin & Mary Lou win G1 on a dual-implication |
| 213 | 8/26/81 | Joe | Kevin & Mary Lou | Match tied 1-1; show begins with the start of game 3 Kevin & Mary Lou sweep G3 to d. Joe 2-1 Mary Lou tries to give a second answer to a missed question; she eventually blocks herself out and wins $400 |
| 214 | 8/27/81 | Mary Ann | Mary Lou & Kevin | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Mary Ann wins G1 on the first question of the show Game 3 comes down to a dual-implication, and Kevin answers the third H question to give him and Mary Lou a 2-1 win over Mary Ann; Mary Lou wins $5,000 in :46 |
| 215 | 8/28/81 | Tom | Kevin & Mary Lou | New match begins In game 1, both sides miss possible wins, three D questions are asked, and Mary Lou & Kevin win in a dual-implication |
| 216 | 8/31/81 | Tom | Mary Lou & Kevin | Kevin & Mary Lou lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Kevin & Mary Lou d. Tom 2-1; Mary Lou misses the entire lefthand column and wins $200 After the Gold Run, Bill announces that the limit has been increased from 10 to 20 Gold Runs, and selected retired champions will be invited back to increase their winnings New solo player Kandi is the first of these |
| 217 | 9/1/81 | Kandi | Kevin & Mary Lou | New match begins Kandi sweeps G2 to d. Kevin & Mary Lou ($14,600) 2-0; wins $5,000 in :35 In G1 of the new match, a D question was thrown out because the answer was heard from the audience |
| 218 | 9/2/81 | Kandi | Velda & Colin (sister/brother) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Velda & Colin win G1 on the 15th hexagon |
| 219 | 9/3/81 | Kandi | Colin & Velda | Match tied 1-1; show starts in the middle of game 3 Kandi d. Velda & Colin 2-1; wins $5,000 in :28 |
| 220 | 9/4/81 | Kandi | Alice & Ruth (daughter/mother) | Alice & Ruth lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Alice & Ruth d. Kandi ($62,800) 2-0; Alice wins $5,000 in :31 without missing a question; her only miscue was misreading the initials on her first block |
| 221 | 9/7/81 | Karen | Ruth & Alice | Karen leads 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 Karen d. Alice & Ruth ($6,500) 2-1; misses the first two questions but wins $5,000 in :40 |
| 222 | 9/8/81 | Karen | Liz & Pat (daughter/mother) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Game 2 starts with the letter Q Pat & Liz d. Karen ($6,000) 2-0; Pat wins $5,000 in :34 Game 1 of the new match starts with Z |
| 223 | 9/9/81 | Roberta | Pat & Liz | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Pat & Liz d. Roberta 2-0, connecting along the top of the board both times; Liz wins $5,000 in :44 |
| 224 | 9/10/81 | Mike | Liz & Pat | Show starts in the middle of game 1 |
| 225 | 9/11/81 | Vicki | Pat & Liz | Pat & Liz lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of G2 Pat & Liz d. Vicki 2-0; Liz wins $5,000 in :31 |
| 226 | 9/14/81 | Joe | Liz & Pat | Pat & Liz lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of G2 Pat & Liz sweep G2 to d. Joe 2-0; Pat wins $5,000 in :26, answering five straight questions without a miss Pat & Liz d. Temma 2-0; Liz wins $5,000 in :29 |
| 227 | 9/15/81 | Julio | Pat & Liz | New match begins Game 2 starts with the letter Z Pat & Liz d. Julio (pronounced with a J sound) 2-0; Pat wins $5,000 in :20 without missing a question |
| 228 | 9/16/81 | Mary | Liz & Pat | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Pat & Liz finish a sweep of G1 with the first question of the day In G2, Mary gets a question where the answer is Pat and Liz's last name Pat & Liz d. Mary 2-0, leaving the board with a symmetrical pattern at the end of G2; Liz wins $5,000 in :33 |
| 229 | 9/17/81 | Mike | Pat & Liz | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Fifteen hexagons are called in G2, won by Mike--the first game ever won by a solo player against Pat & Liz Pat & Liz respond by sweeping G3 to d. Mike 2-1 |
| 230 | 9/18/81 | - | Liz & Pat | Show starts with Gold Run; Pat wins $5,000 in :21, getting the five hexagons across the top without a miss Pat & Liz d. Christianne 2-0 without allowing a red hexagon on the board in either game; Liz wins $5,000 in :21 without a miss |
| 231 | 9/21/81 | Barbara | Pat & Liz | Show starts in the middle of game 1 At the show's start, there were four white hexagons and no reds, but Barbara comes back to win G1 on a dual-implication Pat answers an elimination question in G2, then Liz answers a dual-implication question on the 17th hexagon to tie the match |
| 232 | 9/22/81 | Barbara | Liz & Pat | Match tied 1-1; show begins with the start of game 3 Pat & Liz answer two more elimination questions in G3, including the third dual-implication of the match, to d. Barbara 2-1 Pat wins $5,000 in :35 to take over first place on the show's all-time money list |
| 233 | 9/23/81 | Kirk | Pat & Liz | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Game 2 starts with the letter Q Pat & Liz sweep G2 to d. Kirk 2-0; Liz wins $5,000 in :55 despite having to start over with :24 left G1 of the new match starts with the letter Z |
| 234 | 9/24/81 | Joyce | Liz & Pat | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Pat & Liz d. Joyce 2-0. leaving the board with a completely symmetrical design in G2; Pat wins $5,000 in :41 |
| 235 | 9/25/81 | Judith | Pat & Liz | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Pat & Liz d. Judith 2-0, winning G2 on the second question of the show (the first was unanswered); Liz wins $5,000 in :28 Pat & Liz win G1 in a five-hexagon sweep |
| 236 | 9/28/81 | Kathy | Liz & Pat | Pat & Liz lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Pat & Liz d. Kathy 2-0; Pat wins $5,000 in :38 |
| 237 | 9/29/81 | Greg | Pat & Liz | Pat & Liz lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Pat & Liz sweep G2 to d. Greg 2-0; Liz wins $5,000 in :20 on five questions without a miss Pat & Liz win G1 of the new match in a sweep |
| 238 | 9/30/81 | Jayne | Liz & Pat | Pat & Liz lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Pat & Liz d. Jayne 2-0; Pat wins $5,000 in :20 on five questions to exceed $100,000 in winnings Pat & Liz sweep G2 to d. Beau 2-0; Liz wins $5,000 in :33 |
| 239 | 10/1/81 | Monica | Pat & Liz | New match begins Monica gets the game's first two questions, but Pat & Liz then get five straight to win G1 G2 starts with the letter Q Pat & Liz d. Monica 2-0; Pat wins $5,000 in :25 Game 1 of the new match start with the letter Z |
| 240 | 10/2/81 | Melinda | Liz & Pat | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Pat & Liz d. Melinda 2-0; Liz wins $5,000 in :22 without a miss Pat & Liz retire as 20-time champions with the highest total possible, $120,000 |
| 241 | 10/5/81 | Sharon | Michael & Allen (brothers) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Three P questions and three A questions are asked in G1, won by Sharon on the fifteenth hexagon |
| 242 | 10/6/81 | Sharon | Allen & Michael | Sharon leads 1-0; show starts with a dual-implication in game 2, won by Michael & Allen In G3, Bill reads an M question after L was called Sharon d. Michael & Allen 2-1; wins $400, ending a 25-game winning streak in Gold Run |
| 243 | 10/7/81 | Sharon | Kim & Don (daughter/father) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Kim & Don sweep G2 to d. Sharon ($1,400) 2-0; Don wins $5,000 in :31 without a miss New solo player LaRae is a returning undefeated champion, the only one from the original Super Gold Rush format Bill starts the match by reading a B question after C was picked |
| 244 | 10/8/81 | LaRae | Don & Kim | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Kim & Don win G2 in a dual-implication, but LaRae sweeps G3 to d. Kim & Don ($6,500) 2-1 |
| 245 | 10/9/81 | LaRae | - | Show starts with Gold Run; LaRae misses the first three questions but then gets five in a row to win $5,000 in :45 LaRae d. Chris(?) & Olga (son/mother) 2-0 |
| 246 | 10/12/81 | LaRae | - | Show starts with Gold Run; LaRae wins $5,000 in :32 Three J questions are asked in G1, won by LaRae in a sweep LaRae d. Scott & ? (brother/sister-in-law) 2-0; passes on the first two questions but wins $5,000 in :58 |
| 247 | 10/13/81 | LaRae | Kitty & Elinor (sisters) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 A potential match-winning N question in G2 was thrown out when an answer was heard from the audience Elinor & Kitty get the replacement question to d. LaRae ($65,000) 2-0; Kitty wins $400 after blocking herself out |
| 248 | 10/14/81 | Kenny | Elinor & Kitty | New match begins Elinor & Kitty d. Kenny 2-0; Elinor wins $5,000 in :36 |
| 249 | 10/15/81 | Helen | Kitty & Elinor | New match begins Helen wins G1 on a dual-implication Helen d. Elinor & Kitty ($7,400) 2-0 |
| 250 | 10/16/81 | Helen | - | Tom Kennedy appears in the gameboard to plug Password Plus, which is moving to a new time slot Show starts at Gold Run; Helen wins $5,000 in :32 Helen d. Pat & Deni (sisters) 2-1, allowing one white hexagon in G1 and none in G2; wins $5,000 in :49 |
| 251 | 10/19/81 | Helen | Roger & Jan (father/daughter) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Jan & Roger win G1 on the first question of the show, then d. Helen ($12,500) 2-1; Roger passes on the entire left column but still wins $500 |
| 252 | 10/20/81 | Barbara | Jan & Roger | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Jan & Roger d. Barbara 2-1; Jan passes on her first three questions (including one whose answer was Mark Goodson) but wins $5,000 in :51 |
| 253 | 10/21/81 | Dewey | Jan & Roger | New match begins Game 1 starts with three Z questions Jan & Roger sweep G2 to d. Dewey 2-0; Roger wins $5,000 in :29 without a miss |
| 254 | 10/22/81 | Sharon | Roger & Jan | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Jan & Roger d. Sharon 2-0; Jan wins $100 after completely blocking herself out New challenger J.C. sweeps game 1 |
| 255 | 10/23/81 | J.C. | Jan & Roger | Show begins with the start of game 2 J.C. d. Jan & Roger ($14,600) 2-0, allowing just one white hexagon in G2; wins $5,000 in :33 The first question in G2 of the new match is thrown out because the buzzers weren't working |
| 256 | 10/26/81 | J.C. | Roberta & Debra (sisters) | J.C. leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Debra & Robert tie the match with the show's first question, but J.C. sweeps G3 down the center column to d. Debra & Roberta 2-1; wins $600 after missing all four potential game-winners J.C. answers the first question of the new match correctly, but Bill mishears it for another answer; he is awarded the block |
| 257 | 10/27/81 | J.C. | Bob & Gary (brothers) | J.C. leads 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 J.C. d. Bob & Gary 2-0; wins $5,000 in :25 on the minimum five questions, the last four of which were single-letter blocks |
| 258 | 10/28/81 | J.C. | Marcia & Emily (mother/daughter) | Show starts with a dual-implication in game 1, won by J.C. G2 starts with the letter Z J.C. d. Marcia & Emily 2-0; wins $5,000 in :35 |
| 259 | 10/29/81 | J.C. | Yoli & Marci (cousins) | Yoli & Marci lead 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 J.C. d. Yoli & Marci 2-1 J.C. misses the entire second column and wins $400 |
| 260 | 10/30/81 | J.C. | B.J. & Debbie (sisters) | Show stars in the middle of G1 J.C. sweeps G2 down the center of the board to d. B.J. & Debbie 2-0, allowing only one white hex in the two games J.C. wins $500 after passing on two game-winning questions and running out of time on a third New family pair Sharon & Sue (mother/daughter) answer the first four questions of the new match, but J.C. gets the next four to win G1, then d. Sharon & Sue 2-0 |
| 261 | 11/2/81 | J.C. | - | Show starts with Gold Run; J.C. wins $5,000 in :26, completing the bottom row of the board without a miss J.C. d. Libby & Steve (daughter/father) 2-0; wins $5,000 in :43 New family pair introduced before show's end |
| 262 | 11/3/81 | J.C. | Cinthianne & Terri (mother/daughter) | New match begins Game 2 starts with the letter Q Terri & Cinthianne d. J.C. ($35,000) 2-1; Terri wins $5,000 in :25 |
| 263 | 11/4/81 | Pat | Terri & Cinthianne | New match begins; first letter of the game is Z Terri & Cinthianne d. Pat 2-0, connecting bottom-right- to-top-left in G1; Terri wins $400 New solo player Evon (pronounced Yvonne) sweeps G1 |
| 264 | 11/5/81 | Evon | Cinthianne & Terri | Evon leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Evon d. Terri & Cinthianne ($7,400) 2-0; wins $5,000 in :39 Bob Hilton appears on camera while Bill introduces the new family pair Sandy & Bev (father-in-law/daughter-in-law) sweep G1 |
| 265 | 11/6/81 | Evon | Bev & Sandy | Bev & Sandy lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Bev & Sandy d. Evon ($6,000--even though Bill said $16,000 at the top of the show) 2-0; Bev wins $5,000 in :40 |
| 266 | 11/9/81 | Bonnie | Sandy & Bev | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Bonnie could have won G1 on the show's first question, but Bev & Sandy get three in a row to win G1 Bev & Sandy d. Bonnie 2-0; Bev wins $5,000 in :35 |
| 267 | 11/10/81 | Nelda | Bev & Sandy | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Bev & Sandy win G1 on a dual-implication, and go on to d. Nelda 2-0; Bev gets blocked out and wins $400-- later changed to $500 due to a discrepancy in an answer Before Gold Run, Bill tells a bad joke and gets the "loss" horns |
| 268 | 11/11/81 | Alfred | Sandy & Bev | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Alfred d. Bev & Sandy ($13,500) 2-0; wins $5,000 in :26 New family pair introduced before show's end |
| 269 | 11/12/81 | Alfred | John & Clyde (father-in-law/ son-in-law) | New match begins John & Clyde win G1 on a dual-implication G1 and G3 both start with the same letter, P |
| 270 | 11/13/81 | Alfred | Clyde & John | Match tied 1-1; show starts in the middle of game 3 John & Clyde d. Alfred ($6,500) 2-1 on the 16th hexagon of G3; John wins $300 after blocking himself out |
| 271 | 11/16/81 | Musetta | John & Clyde | Musetta leads 1-0; show begins with the start with game 2 Musetta sweeps G2 to d. John & Clyde ($1,300) 2-0, then wins $200 after blocking herself out After the day's final question (the 12th of G1), Bill tells another bad joke (and blows the delivery) and gets the horns again |
| 272 | 11/17/81 | Musetta | Janet & Nancy (fraternal twins) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Musetta wins G1 on ther show's first question--the ninth red hexagon on the board to just four white hexagons Musetta d. Janet & Nancy 2-0; wins $5,000 in :48 despite passing on her first three questions New family pair Val & Patty (brother and sister, respectively) have the same last name, but both pronounce it differently |
| 273 | 11/18/81 | Musetta | Patty & Val | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Val & Patty need 9 white hexagons to win G1 After Musetta ties the match, the Gold Run "loss" horns respond to Bill's jokes both before and after the commercial break |
| 274 | 11/19/81 | Musetta | Val & Patty | Match tied at 1-1; show starts in the middle of game 3 Musetta d. Val & Patty 2-1 on the first question of the show, then wins $5,000 in :29 Just before the new family pair is introduced, Bob delivers a bad joke and the Gold Run horns play again |
| 275 | 11/20/81 | Musetta | Shannon & Valerie (daughter/mother) | Musetta leads 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Musetta d. Valerie & Shannon 2-0; wins $5,000 in :42 |
| 276 | 11/23/81 | Musetta | Josie & Len (sisters-in-law) | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Musetta wins G1 on a dual-implication and goes on to d. Len & Josie 2-0 and wins $5,000 in :36 New family pair Jeff & Alan (twins), returning 10-time champions, are introduced, but the game doesn't start |
| 277 | 11/24/81 | Musetta | Alan & Jeff | New match begins Jeff & Alan d. Musetta ($25,200) 2-0; Jeff gets blocked out completely and wins $300 The first letter of the new match is Z |
| 278 | 11/25/81 | Robyn | Jeff & Alan | Show starts in the middle of game 1 Jeff & Alan sweep G1 and allow only one red hexagon in G2 to d. Robyn 2-0 Jeff wins $600, with five of the six correct answers coming after he blocks himself out |
| 279 | 11/25/81 | Dick | Alan & Jeff | Dick leads 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 Dick d. Jeff & Alan ($40,600) 2-0; wins $600 |
| 280 | 11/27/81 | Dick | Jeff & Peggy (son/mother) | Show starts of the middle of game 1 An S question is thrown out in G2 because the answer was heard from the audience Dick d. Peggy & Jeff 2-0; passes on the entire third column and wins $700--plus another $100 due to a discrepancy |
| 281 | 11/30/81 | Dick | Ginny & Ray (daughter/father) | New match begins Dick sweeps G2 in four straight |
| 282 | 12/1/81 | Dick | Ray & Ginny | Match tied 1-1; show starts in the middle of game 3 Ray & Ginny d. Dick ($3,900) 2-1 on the 15th hexagon of G3 Ray blocks himself out and wins $400 |
| 283 | 12/2/81 | Karen | Ginny & Ray | Bill mistakenly introduces Ginny & Ray as mother and son Karen leads 1-0; show begins with the start of game 2 Ray & Ginny d. Karen 2-1 |
| 284 | 12/3/81 | - | Ray & Ginny | Show starts with Gold Run; Ray wins $300 Mike d. Ray & Ginny ($2,700) 2-0 |
| 285 | 12/21/81 | Mike | - | Show starts with Gold Run; Mike wins $5,000 in :27, breaking a six-game losing streak in Gold Run New family pair Kathy & Karen win G1 on their third attempt |
| 286 | 12/22/81 | Mike | Kathy & Karen (sisters) | Kathy & Karen lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Karen & Kathy d. Mike ($6,000) 2-0; Kathy blocks herself out and wins $400 Kathy & Karen sweep G1 of the new match |
| 287 | 12/23/81 | Terrie | Karen & Kathy | Kathy & Karen lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 Kathy & Karen d. Terrie 2-0, allowing only one red hexagon in the two games; Kathy wins $5,000 in :37 |
| 288 | 12/24/81 | Jim | Kathy & Karen | Show starts in the middle of game 1; won by Kathy & Karen on the show's first question G2 starts with the letter Z and had four M questions Kathy & Karen d. Jim 2-0; Kathy misses the entire third column and wins $400 Bill explains that the show is airing on Christmas Eve, and the board displays the "Christmas tree" like last year |
| 289 | 12/28/81 | Connie | Karen & Kathy | Bill mentions his 26th wedding anniversary just passed (as of the date of airing) New match begins Kathy & Karen win G1 on a dual-implication |
| 290 | 12/29/81 | Connie | Kathy & Karen | Kathy & Karen lead 1-0; show starts in the middle of game 2 G3 starts with the letter Q Connie d. Kathy & Karen ($9,300) 2-1; wins $600 Before Gold Run, Bill shows the Blockbusters home game for the first time; all contestants receive a copy |
| 291 | 12/30/81 | Connie | Kathie & Robert (sister/brother) | Show starts in the middle of game 1, won by Connie on the first question of the show G2 starts with the letter Z |
| 292 | 12/31/82 | Connie | Robert & Kathie | Match tied 1-1; show starts in the middle of game 3 Kathie & Robert d. Connie win G3 on a dual-implication on the 16th hexagon to d. Connie ($2,100) 2-1 Kathie wins $5,000 in :29 Kathie & Robert d. Bill 2-1 Bill says at the end of the show, "We're at the end of our rope, in more ways than one." |
