Sarah Stegall — a writer from Austin, Texas
Ken Mitchell — a naval officer from The Philippines
Jamie Orenstein — an attorney from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie | $700 | $1,700 | $5,400 |
$3,399
2-day champion: $4,798 |
$4,900
20 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ken | $0 | $-100 | $-1,900 |
$-1,900
3rd place: Retronel Flatware service for 8 |
$-1,900
9 R, 8 W |
| Sarah | $500 | $1,400 | $3,700 |
$100
2nd place: Zenith Portable Computer & Magnavox Color TV |
$2,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| IT'S "MAGIC" | VOCABULARY | MONEY | THE CONSTITUTION | GAMES | SHOW BIZ BIOGRAPHIES |
|
$100
[14]
This trademarked felt-tip pen was the 1st of its kind when introduced in the 1920s
Magic Marker
Jamie
|
$100
[12]
From "casa", it once meant "little house", but now refers mostly to a gambling house
Casino
Sarah
|
$100
[9]
West African country in whose mountains you could spend leones
Sierra Leone
Jamie
|
$100
[1]
The 1st Amendment gives people the right to do this peacefully
Assemble
Jamie
|
$100
[6]
"Chicken Out" is a board game based on the riddle "Why did the chicken" do this
Cross the road
Sarah
|
$100
[23]
"Finch, Bloody Finch" is the life story of this "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" star
Peter Finch
Jamie
|
|
$200
[20]
A Lansing, Mich. sportswriter gave this future superstar his nickname when he was in high school
Earvin "Magic" Johnson
Jamie
|
$200
[13]
Once used as a formal title, it means "my lady" in Italian
Madonna
Jamie
Ken
Sarah
|
$200
[10]
Besides the Balboa, this currency is also legal tender in Panama
U.S. Dollar
Ken
|
$200
[2]
The final wording of the Constitution is due mostly to the literary skill of this Gouverneur
Gouverneur Morris
Jamie
|
$200
[7]
In "The Batman Game", you join Batman to fight crime in this city on a glow-in-the-dark board
Gotham City
Sarah
|
$200
[27]
She's the subject of "Billie's Blues"
Billie Holiday
Sarah
|
|
$300
[24]
Invented in the 17th c., it was a predecessor of the modern slide projector
the magic lantern
Ken
|
$300
[17]
To surrender, to give up all resistance, from the Latin word for "small head"
Capitulate
Jamie
Sarah
|
$300
[11]
In 1967 Marie Curie was honored on a 10 zlotych piece by this, her native country
Poland
Sarah
|
$300
[3]
John Dickinson of Delaware had George Read do this for him
Sign the Constitution
Jamie
|
$300
[8]
Milton Bradley calls its game of "Chutes &" these "an exciting up and down game for little people"
Ladders
Jamie
|
— |
|
$400
[25]
This song was a Top 10 hit for The Police in the fall of 1981
"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
Jamie
Ken
|
$400
[18]
Annuity plan in which the last survivor inherits all, named for Lorenzo Tonti, a Neopolitan banker
Tontine
Jamie
|
$400
[15]
In 1926 he became the only living president to appear on a U.S. coin, a sesquicentennial half dollar
Calvin Coolidge
|
$500
[5]
The 7th Amendment preserves a right to this in lawsuits with more than $20 in question
A Jury
Jamie
|
$400
[21]
The "apologetic" name of Parker Brothers' "Slide Pursuit Game"
Sorry!
Jamie
|
— |
|
$500
[26]
Thomas Mann's classic story of a young man's 7-year stay at a sanitarium
"The Magic Mountain"
Jamie
|
$500
[19]
A word used for any lighthouse, from the island where a famous ancient one was located
Pharos
Sarah
|
$500
[16]
Term for paper currency issued for temporary use in an emergency
Scrip
Ken
|
DD
$600
[4]
Title given the president in Article II Section 2 of the Constitution
Commander-In-Chief of the Army & the Navy
Jamie
|
$500
[22]
To win this game named for an avuncular rabbit, you have to be 1st to reach Dr. Possum's house
Uncle Wiggily
Ken
Sarah
|
— |
| 19THCENTURY AMERICANS | THE BODY HUMAN | RELIGION | PLAYWRIGHTS | POTPOURRI | NEW YORK CITY |
|
$200
[17]
This educator's "Compendious Dictionary of the English Language" was 1st published in 1806
Noah Webster
Sarah
|
$200
[19]
The endocardium is a thin membrane that lines the interior of this organ
Heart
Ken
|
$200
[8]
The most conservative of the 3 major branches of Judaism is not conservative, but this
Orthodox
Jamie
|
$200
[11]
In 1899 he reinterpreted the story of Caesar & Cleopatra using modern allusions
George Bernard Shaw
Sarah
|
$200
[1]
Students who don't want to dissect a real one of these can order a cloth one named "Ribbit"
Frog
Ken
|
$200
[5]
If you want to know who's buried in this president's tomb, you can find out in Riverside Park
Grant's Tomb
Jamie
|
|
$400
[18]
In 1850 this showman began promoting U.S. tours for opera singer Jenny Lind
P.T. Barnum
Jamie
|
$400
[20]
The parathyroid glands regulate the blood level of phosphates & this mineral necessary for bone growth
Calcium
Ken
|
$400
[13]
Members of this religion commonly touch their foreheads to the ground to acknowledge God's majesty
Islam
Sarah
|
$400
[12]
The 1961 comedy "Come Blow Your Horn" was his 1st Broadway play
Neil Simon
Ken
|
$400
[2]
In flowers, the anther is part of the stamen in which this is produced
Pollen
Sarah
|
$400
[6]
Luxury cruise lines depart from docks along this river on Manhattan's west side
Hudson River
Jamie
|
|
$600
[22]
Nicknamed "Gentleman Jim", this bank teller won the heavyweight boxing title from John L. Sullivan in 1892
Jim Corbett
|
$600
[21]
The rectus femoris & the biceps femoris muscles are located in this part of the body
the thigh
Ken
Sarah
|
$600
[14]
The Deseret News is the daily paper published by this church
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons)
Sarah
|
$600
[24]
She married fellow playwright Arthur Kober but never tied the knot with Dashiell Hammett
Lillian Hellman
Jamie
|
$600
[3]
The 12 divisions of a horoscope are known by this "homey" name
Houses
Ken
|
$600
[7]
The Promenade, The Sullivan Street Theatre & The Cherry Lane Theatre, among others
Off-Broadway
Ken
|
|
$800
[23]
He was in command of the U.S.S. Fulton, an early naval steamship, when he opened U.S. trade with Japan
Matthew Perry
Jamie
Ken
Sarah
|
$800
[25]
This purplish lymphatic organ is a major filtering element for the blood
Spleen
Ken
Sarah
|
$1,000
[16]
Brown & the University of Chicago were both established by members of this Protestant denomination
Baptists
Sarah
|
$800
[27]
His play "Winterset" is based on the case of Sacco & Vanzetti
Maxwell Anderson
|
$800
[4]
The Havana brown cat is so named because its coat resembles the color of these
Cigar
Jamie
|
$800
[9]
It parallels 5th & 7th Avenues, & long-time New Yorkers still call it 6th Avenue
The Avenue of the Americas
Jamie
|
| — |
$1,000
[26]
This carbohydrate is stored in the liver & provides the body with a reserve of energy
Glycogen
Sarah
|
DD
$2,500
[15]
The 3 great traditional religions of China
Buddhism, Confucianism & Taoism
Sarah
|
$1,000
[28]
Centenarian playwright known for the musicals "The Pajama Game" & "Fiorello!"
George Abbott
Ken
|
$1,000
[29]
It's the largest state entirely east of the Mississippi
Georgia
Jamie
Ken
Sarah
|
DD
$2,100
[10]
Travel writer Stephen Birnbaum calls this building"The Princess of the Skyline"
the Chrysler Building
Jamie
|
The only peace prize awarded posthumously went to this man in 1961
Dag Hammarskjold (the secretary-general of the UN who was killed in the plane crash in Africa)