Sal Manna — a freelance journalist originally from New York City
Kathleen Ragunas — a budget analyst originally from Newport News, Virginia
Dan Staub — a retail manager originally from Highland Park, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $17,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan | $-100 | $1,100 | $2,300 |
$2,300
2nd place: Action Recliner + Benchmark carpeting |
$2,100
15 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Kathleen | $500 | $200 | $2,400 |
$0
3rd place: Kelvinator range |
$3,200
19 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sal | $800 | $300 | $3,200 |
$4,800
New champion: $4,800 |
$4,700
8 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| COLORS | POP MUSIC | EXPLORERS | TRIOS | WARNINGS |
|
$100
[10]
Donovan found it "mellow"
yellow
Kathleen
|
$100
[1]
Of Simon & Garfunkel, the one known as a songwriter
Paul Simon
Dan
|
$100
[4]
Danish captain hired by Russia who made a "strait" line to Alaska
(Vitus) Bering
Dan
|
$100
[7]
According to Christian dogma, the unity of the father, son & Holy Spirit
a trinity
Dan
|
$100
[14]
Warning found on all mattresses, pillows and cushions sold in the U.S.
"do not remove under penalty of law"
Kathleen
|
|
$200
[11]
The 5th or little finger
the pinky
Kathleen
|
$200
[2]
Though of Irish-Italian ancestry, this New Jersey boy was indeed "Born in the U.S.A."
Bruce Springsteen
Dan
|
— |
$200
[8]
"That's what little girls are made of"
sugar and spice and everything nice
Dan
|
$200
[16]
Follows "Be sure brain is engaged before..."
putting your mouth in gear
Dan
Kathleen
|
|
$300
[12]
This "is the color of my true love's hair"
black
Kathleen
|
$300
[3]
Title tune of his new album, "L.A. Is My Lady" is contender for that city's song
Frank Sinatra
Sal
|
— |
$300
[9]
"One night" they "sailed off in a wooden shoe"
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Dan
|
$300
[17]
When you remove your money from a 30 year IRA account after 2 years, you incur this
a penalty (for early withdrawal)
Kathleen
|
|
$400
[13]
Hand color of someone caught "in flagrante delicto"
red-handed
Dan
|
$400
[5]
Sexy soul singer who asks #1 musical question, "What's Love Got To Do With it?"
Tina Turner
Kathleen
|
— |
$400
[18]
Gaspar, Melchior & Balthasar
three kings of the Orient (three wise men, three magi)
Kathleen
|
$400
[20]
Warning on the handling of IBM cards
"do not fold, spindle, or mutilate"
Kathleen
|
|
$500
[15]
Tie color at the most formal affairs
white
Dan
|
$500
[6]
Elvis' rank at the time of his discharge
a sergeant
Dan
Kathleen
Sal
|
— |
DD
$800
[19]
The 3 warnings on the care & feeding of Gremlins
do not get them wet, do not feed after midnight, and keep out of bright light
Kathleen
|
$500
[21]
Contest rule meaning you can't play it in certain places
void where prohibited by law
Dan
Kathleen
Sal
|
| POLITICAL QUOTES | MEDICINE | DRAMA | AFRICA | GEOMETRY | "BREAK" IT UP |
|
$200
[9]
President about whom Mort Sahl supposedly asked "would you buy a used car from this man?"
Richard Nixon
Kathleen
|
$200
[22]
2-letter "factor" inherited in red blood cells
the Rh factor
Kathleen
|
$200
[2]
Kind of play where "Oliver" sings for his supper
a musical
Kathleen
|
$200
[7]
Africa's only permanently frozen peak, Hemingway wrote of its snows
Mount Kilimanjaro
Dan
|
$200
[10]
Any flat, level surface, like a runway or a carrier deck
a plane
Kathleen
|
$200
[1]
Bad luck for a skier, good luck for an actor
"break a leg"
Dan
|
|
$400
[19]
Karl Marx said it's "the opium of the people"
religion
Sal
|
$400
[23]
The Frenchman Laennec invented this instrument to listen for sounds inside a body
the stethoscope
Kathleen
|
$400
[5]
Eugene O'Neill's "Strange Interlude" is divided into 9 of these
acts
Kathleen
|
$400
[14]
For over 50 yrs. he operated a jungle hospital in Lambarene, Gabon
Dr. (Albert) Schweitzer
Kathleen
Sal
|
$400
[11]
Schoolchild's instrument used for measuring & constructing angles
a protractor
Kathleen
|
$400
[3]
In legal terms, forcing unauthorized entry into another's home
breaking and entering
Kathleen
|
|
$600
[20]
He said, "I took the Canal Zone & let Congress debate & while the debate goes on, the canal does too"
Teddy Roosevelt
Dan
|
$600
[24]
Muslims use a red crescent, Israel a red star of David to symbolize their versions of this health org.
the Red Cross
Dan
|
$600
[8]
Civic location of Ireland's Abbey Theatre
Dublin
Kathleen
|
$600
[15]
In 1822, freed American slaves named this country's capital Monrovia, after U.S. pres.
Liberia
Dan
|
$600
[12]
A closed curve in which every point is equidistant from the center
a circle
Kathleen
|
$600
[4]
A Bert Parks game show, or what you want to do in Monte Carlo
Break the Bank
Dan
|
|
$800
[26]
In 1939, he called Russia "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"
Winston Churchill
Kathleen
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
The "sunshine vitamin"
vitamin D
Dan
|
$800
[16]
The women in "Lysistrata" swear to be celibate until this is brought to an end
the Peloponnesian Wars
Dan
|
DD
$1,500
[18]
The celebrated South African folksinger who is probably best known for this song:"Igqirhha lendlela nguqo ngqothwane / Igqirhha lendlela kuthwa nguqo ngqothwane / Igqirha lendlela kuthwa nguqo ngqothwane"
Miriam Makeba
Sal
|
$800
[13]
An equilateral, equiangular tetrahedron
a square
Dan
Kathleen
Sal
|
$800
[6]
A '79 Best Film nominee about a biking boy who wanted to be Italian
Breaking Away
Sal
|
| — | — |
$1,000
[17]
He wrote "Private Lives" in just 2 weeks
Noel Coward
Sal
|
— |
$1,000
[27]
His "Elements" is the basis for the modern science of geometry
Euclid
Dan
Sal
|
$1,000
[21]
Flatt & Scruggs' blue grass theme song for the film "Bonnie & Clyde"
"Foggy Mountain Breakdown"
Kathleen
|
Only Olympic events in which women compete directly with men
equestrian