Red podium signal LEDs replaced with white ones.
Eric Barela — an educational researcher from Los Angeles, California
Janet Marnane — a naval officer from Daytona Beach, Florida
Donna Deans — a freelance producer from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
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| Donna | $800 | $0 | $6,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,400
6 R, 1 W |
| Janet | $1,800 | $3,600 | $10,400 |
$7,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Eric | $2,800 | $7,800 | $23,100 |
$20,801
New champion: $20,801 |
$22,200
29 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| THEIR FIRST NOVELS | "I" TUNES | ORGANIZATIONS | REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS | THE REAL ESTATE SECTION | BEFORE & AFTER |
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$200
[1]
"The Hunt for Red October"(1984)
Tom Clancy
Janet
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$200
[3]
In this first No. 1 country hit of his, Johnny Cash kept a close watch on his heart & his "eyes wide open all the time"
"I Walk The Line"
Eric
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$200
[16]
Women 18 or older who can prove lineal descent from a patriot of this event can join a group founded Oct. 1890
the American Revolution
Eric
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$200
[21]
Smooth versus rough skin is one difference often given between frogs & these
toads
Eric
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$200
[10]
D.C.-you there!132 rooms on 18 acres.Boasts 140-guest dining room. Its main office is 1 of a kind!
the White House
Eric
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$200
[26]
Nutty candy bar-eating group of women in an Amy Tan novel
the Almond Joy Luck Club
Janet
Eric
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$400
[2]
"Carrie"(1974)
Stephen King
Eric
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$400
[4]
It begins, "Oh yeh, I'll tell you something, I think you'll understand..."
"I Want To Hold Your Hand"
Janet
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$400
[17]
The BPOE is the Benevolent & Protective Order of these
Elks
Eric
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$400
[22]
Of 1 year, 10 years or 20 years, the approximate age at which the tuatara starts breeding
20 years
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$400
[11]
Arlington County, Virginia: 3.7 mil. sq. ft. usable floor space here! Can hold approx. 25,000 ppl! 5 sides of fun!
the Pentagon
Eric
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$400
[27]
Southern California Spanish mission town that became a first lady & a first mom
Santa Barbara Bush
Eric
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$600
[7]
"The Naked and the Dead"(1948)
Norman Mailer
Janet
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$600
[5]
We first heard Helen Reddy roar a version of this No. 1 anthem in 1972
"I Am Woman"
Janet
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$600
[18]
Hebrew for "Sons of the Covenant", this service organization was founded in New York in 1843
B'nai B'rith
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$600
[23]
What's the matamata? An odd aquatic one of these that bends its neck instead of withdrawing it into the carapace
a tortoise or turtle
Janet
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$600
[12]
Memphis, Tenn.:23 rooms on approx. 14 acres. Bought in '57 for about 100K. Must keep family plot there intact
Graceland
Eric
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$600
[28]
Old cat & mouse team who throw chairs at each other on a daytime talk show
the Tom and Jerry Springer Show
Janet
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DD
$800
[8]
"A Time to Kill"(1989)
John Grisham
Janet
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$800
[6]
It's the Simon & Garfunkel hit that ends, "And an island never cries"
"I Am A Rock"
Donna
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$800
[19]
This group, MSF, was founded by French doctors & journalists--to bear witness as well as provide medical help
Doctors Without Borders
Donna
Eric
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$800
[24]
The amphibian order Caudata consists of newts & other of these moist, short-legged creatures
salamanders
Janet
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$800
[13]
Italy: Begun in 1173!About 300 steps to top of 180-ft. landmark! Full disclosure: it's 14-ft.-plus out of line
the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Janet
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$800
[29]
Famous tobacco heiress in a Gene Chandler hit song
Doris Duke of Earl
Eric
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$1,000
[9]
"Maggie: A Girl of the Streets"(1893)
Stephen Crane
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$1,000
[15]
In 1962 Ray Charles turned this country song into a No. 1 Pop & R&B hit
"I Can't Stop Loving You"
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$1,000
[20]
Thelogoof this international group that campaigns for human rights is seen here
Amnesty International
Eric
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$1,000
[25]
Instead of eating the Egyptian variety of this bird, a crocodile lets it into its mouth to clean the croc's teeth
plover
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$1,000
[14]
Egypt: 240-ft.-long, 66-ft.-high landmark! Its limestone stands test of time! No nose is good nose!
the Sphinx
Eric
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$1,000
[30]
Former "SNL" comedienne who is a musical about the demon barber of Fleet Street
Julia Sweeney Todd
Eric
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| 1950s MOVIES | ON THE WATERFRONT | ALL THE KING'S MEN | ALL ABOUT EVES | AN AMERICAN IN PARIS | "GG" |
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[1]
"Ah, but the strawberries... that's where I had them!" says Humphrey Bogart as Captain Queeg in this film
The Caine Mutiny
Janet
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$400
[3]
This port on the Tyrrhenian Sea is Sicily's capital & largest city
Palermo
Eric
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$400
[8]
Thomas Wolsey asked the pope to annul this king's marriage, but the pope said no & Tom got the ax (fired, not killed)
Henry VIII
Eric
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$400
[26]
In European tradition the 23rd of this month brings midsummer's eve frolic
June
Donna
Janet
Eric
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$400
[15]
In 1984 this Yank received the French Legion of Honor award for his work with muscular dystrophy
Jerry Lewis
Eric
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$400
[21]
Rocky Mountain NBA team
the Nuggets
Eric
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$800
[2]
3 years after "Sunset Boulevard", he won an Oscar for "Stalag 17"
William Holden
Eric
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$800
[4]
An anchor from Columbus' ship the Santa Maria is on display in a museum in this Haitian port
Port au Prince
Eric
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$800
[9]
A little birdie told me in 1669 Charles II gave him the important architectural job of Surveyor of the King's Works
Christopher Wren
Janet
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$800
[27]
My answer to the musical question "What are you doing" then is "sitting home, drinking, watching the ball drop"
New Year's Eve
Janet
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$800
[16]
His surname sounds French, but this Yank ended up in Paris by winning the Tour de France in 1986, 1989 & 1990
Greg LeMond
Janet
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$800
[22]
Wintry activityseen here
tobogganing
Eric
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$1,200
[13]
This Tony Curtis-Sidney Poitier film could have been called "We Are Two Fugitives from a Chain Gang"
The Defiant Ones
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$1,200
[5]
Until 1991 this sprawling port on the Gulf of Guinea was Nigeria's capital city
Lagos
Janet
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$1,200
[10]
This nephew of a king took on the Green Knight but in some tales was killed by Mordred
Sir Gawain
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$1,200
[28]
Detroit became notorious for "Devil's Night", a yearly arson spree on the eve of this day
Halloween
Donna
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$1,200
[17]
This first Chief Justice of the U.S. negotiated the Treaty of Paris in 1782
John Jay
Donna
Eric
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$1,200
[23]
What Harry Potter would consider me as a non-practitioner of magic
a muggle
Eric
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$1,600
[14]
James Dean starts an oil empire in this film
Giant
Eric
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$1,600
[6]
This Ukrainian Black Sea port was the site of a 1905 naval mutiny portrayed in the film "Battleship Potemkin"
Odessa
Janet
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$1,600
[11]
This Brit became Chancellor of the Exchequer at age 23 & Prime Minister at 24; was the Younger-est to hold either post
(William) Pitt the Younger
Janet
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$1,600
[29]
On this day, October 1, in 2006, Jews are encouraged to eat & drink
the day before Yom Kippur
Donna
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$2,000
[20]
This companion of Gertrude Stein raised some eyebrows with her 1954 cookbook
Alice B. Toklas
Eric
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$1,600
[24]
Some linguists claim this word can mean only "to make worse" & never "to irritate"
aggravate
Eric
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$2,000
[18]
People often cite this 1950 Japanese film when describing situations seen differently by different people
Rashômon
Eric
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DD
$2,000
[7]
In 1980 this port SW of Havana was the site of a mass "boatlift" of humans seeking freedom from Castro
Mariel
Janet
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$2,000
[12]
You should know to a "tea" that he was Prime Minister of England from 1830 to 1834
Earl Grey
Donna
Janet
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$2,000
[30]
On the eve of the feast day of this saint symbolized by a lamb, girls are supposed to dream of their future husbands
(Saint) Agnes
Eric
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DD
$2,500
[19]
Named for latitudinal lines, these 2 novels were penned by Henry Miller while he was in Paris
Tropic of Cancer & Tropic of Capricorn
Eric
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$2,000
[25]
"Worn out" surname of a "King Solomon's Mines" author
H. Rider Haggard
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Northumbria in the "Age of Bede" or Mercia in Offa's reign are guesses as to where & when this work was created
Beowulf