Colleen Yarnell — a homemaker originally from Minnesota
Sherman Allen — an actor originally from Dallas, Texas
Brad Geagley — a writer and game designer from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad | $1,500 | $1,500 | $5,500 |
$5,400
2nd place: Trip to Spa Hotel & Mineral Springs, Palm Springs, California & Donvier Ice Cream Freezers |
$5,500
17 R, 3 W |
| Sherman | $1,200 | $3,100 | $5,700 |
$11,200
New champion: $11,200 |
$5,700
15 R, 1 W |
| Colleen | $100 | $400 | $4,000 |
$0
3rd place: Whirlpool refrigerator/freezer |
$3,800
12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| FITNESS | BIRDS | BRITISH TV | HISTORY | DOUBLE TALK | TOYS & GAMES |
|
$100
[21]
Experts say to pick a breakfast cereal that's low in sugar but high in this roughage
fiber
Sherman
Colleen
|
$100
[16]
Storks, pelicans & some vultures couldn't win a warbling contest since these species lack this
voice box
Sherman
|
$100
[11]
"Steptoe & Son", a series about a rag & bone man & his exasperating old dad, became this in the U.S.
Sanford and Son
Sherman
|
$100
[1]
The last married man to hold this job was Adrian II in the 9th century
Pope
Brad
|
$100
[3]
A black sheep's bleat
baa baa
Brad
|
$500
[26]
Aptly, this toy got 4 write-in votes in Boise, Idaho's 1985 mayoral election
Mr. Potato Head
Sherman
|
|
$200
[22]
To have a proper workout, one should break into this before the steam room
a sweat
Colleen
|
$200
[17]
In many birds, the powerful muscles for this task account for up to 40% of body weight
flying
Sherman
|
$200
[12]
In the Avengers episode "The Forget-Me Knot", she was replaced by Tara King
Emma Peel
Sherman
|
$200
[2]
It's said he angered Sioux by letting cavalry trample sacred cannabis field on way to Little Big Horn
General Custer
Sherman
|
$200
[5]
Completes the lyric of 1957 Frankie Lymon hit "So you met someone who set you back on your heels..."
goody goody
Colleen
|
— |
|
$300
[23]
Those into pumping iron love to query competitors about their quads, muscles located here
thighs
Brad
|
$300
[18]
Around Oct. 22, the swallows leave Capistrano to winter in this country, so don't cry for them
Argentina
Sherman
|
$300
[13]
In this 1971 series, Glenda Jackson ruled England & the TV screen
Elizabeth R
Brad
|
$300
[4]
In 1763 he battled the English for Detroit--where his name still builds excitement
Pontiac
Sherman
|
$300
[6]
TV show which began with Dody Goodman yelling the name of Louise Lasser's character
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Brad
|
— |
|
$400
[24]
You can't be a "master" runner until passing this age hurdle
40
|
$400
[19]
Since 1972, almost all U.S. uses of this insecticide have been banned to protect endangered birds
DDT
Colleen
|
$400
[14]
"Life is hard, then you die", is the motto of this NYC cop paired with Harriet Makepeace in London
(James) Dempsey
Sherman
|
$400
[7]
When Dr. Pauling won his 2nd Nobel Prize in '62, he was 1st 2-time winner since this woman 51 years earlier
Marie Curie
Sherman
|
$400
[8]
This group's "Broken Wings" broke them into the Top 10 in 1986
Mr. Mister
Colleen
|
— |
|
$500
[25]
Having muscles & veins clearly visible, it's what body builders strive for, if you get my meaning
definition
|
DD
$400
[20]
Bird mentioned in the title song of the musical "Oklahoma!"
hawk
Colleen
|
$500
[15]
Its 1982 sequel was "Smiley's People"
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Sherman
|
$500
[10]
This country reported in 1923 that U.S. famine relief efforts there had saved 10 million lives in 2 years
Soviet Union
Brad
Colleen
|
$500
[9]
Descriptive of the "better thing" Sidney Carton did
"A far, far better thing"
Brad
|
— |
| BODIES OF WATER | FASHION DESIGNERS | THE GREAT DEPRESSION | BASEBALL | THE SUN | TOUGH TRIVIA |
|
$200
[19]
Lake Erie & Lake Ontario are separated by this river, not just the falls
Niagara
Colleen
|
$200
[6]
When Joan Collins wears clothes on this series, they're Nolan Miller's
Dynasty
Brad
|
$200
[1]
Derisive term for shack communities that reflected people's anger at Pres. Hoover
"Hooverville"
Colleen
|
$200
[26]
While "America's Team" has meant the Cowboys in football, Ted Turner wants it to refer to this baseball team
Atlanta Braves
Brad
|
$200
[14]
Cycles of these dark patches that regularly appear & disappear usually consist of two 11-year periods
sunspots
Brad
|
$200
[9]
Reportedly this term for overstated acting comes from lard minstrels used to remove blackface make-up
ham
Brad
|
|
$400
[20]
In March of 1986, U.S. ships crossed Libya's "Line of Death" in this Mediterranean gulf
Gulf of Sidra
Sherman
|
$400
[7]
In "Back to the Future", this designer's name was on Michael J. Fox's briefs
Calvin Klein
Colleen
|
$600
[3]
Of 100, 500 or 1000%, the percentage of increase in unemployment from 1925-1932
1000
Colleen
|
— |
$400
[15]
The sun keeps its size & shape because the expansive energy of the gases balances this force
gravitation
Brad
|
$400
[10]
83 reports say 11,667 people in NYC were bitten by dogs, while 1,588 were bitten by these primates
man
Brad
|
|
$600
[21]
The smallest of the 4 generally recognized oceans
Arctic
Brad
Colleen
|
$600
[8]
This Frenchman won us over with his "New Look", but lost an Oscar in 1955 to Edith Head
Christian Dior
Brad
Sherman
|
$800
[4]
"The CCC" stood for this program that hired young men to plant trees, build dams & fight forest fires
Civilian Conservation Corps
Colleen
|
— |
$600
[16]
It takes the sun about 225 million years to make 1 revolution around the center of this
Milky Way
Sherman
|
$600
[11]
With 81 million items & 535 miles of shelves, it's the largest single library in the world
Library of Congress
Brad
|
|
$800
[22]
North of Spain & west of France lies this starry bay named for the Basques
Bay of Biscay
Brad
|
$800
[24]
This son of a countess wed Gene Tierney & a cough drop heiress, but turned down Barbara Hutton
Oleg Cassini
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
Ironically, this song was introduced about the same time that the stock market crashed
"Happy Days Are Here Again"
Colleen
|
— |
$800
[17]
Discovered on the sun before it was found on Earth, this gas makes up about 1/4 of the sun's mass
helium
Brad
|
$800
[12]
It's been said "John Scarne is to" this field "what Dr. Einstein was to advanced physics"
gambling
Brad
|
|
$1,000
[23]
This 4 mile-long strait connects the Pacific Ocean & the San Francisco Bay
Golden Gate Strait
Brad
|
$1,000
[25]
He's not afraid to grow old because "ponytails look good with white hair"
Karl Lagerfeld
|
$1,000
[5]
2nd stage of the New Deal focused on helping this "man at the bottom of the economic pyramid"
the forgotten man
|
— |
$1,000
[18]
It's a continuous stream of charged particles moving away from the sun at about 310 miles/second
solar wind
Sherman
|
$1,000
[13]
Reason why world attention was drawn to Dayton, Tennessee in 1925
the Scopes Trial
Colleen
|
Last vice president who was not elected, but nominated by the president & confirmed by Congress
Nelson Rockefeller