Jill Bunzendahl Chimka game 4.
Steven Carpenter — an actor and director from Washington, D.C.
Mala Bhattacharjee — a writer from Oxford, Ohio
Jill Bunzendahl Chimka — a speech and language pathologist from Washington, D.C. (whose 3-day cash winnings total $66,899)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jill | $1,000 | $4,000 | $11,200 |
$18,200
4-day champion: $85,099 |
$11,200
19 R, 2 W |
| Mala | $2,200 | $4,400 | $8,800 |
$13,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,400
14 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Steven | $-400 | $1,600 | $4,600 |
$9,190
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,600
11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT | POTPOURRI | FIRST LADIES | TAKE A SHOT | TOM WHO... | WORD ORIGINS |
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$200
[21]
In 1908 Wright designed the USA's first house known by this hyphenated term, with floors separated by half a story
split-level
Jill
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$200
[1]
What you do to an envelope, or the mammal that could balance an envelope on its nose
seal
Mala
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$200
[22]
This first lady's hairstyle, including the famous "Mamie's bangs", became one of her trademarks
Mamie Eisenhower
Jill
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$200
[16]
Sport covered in the film "Slap Shot"
hockey
Jill
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$200
[6]
...was the voice of Woody in "Toy Story"
Tom Hanks
Jill
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$200
[11]
Once a carnival performer who bit the heads off chickens, today it often refers to a computer nerd
geek
Jill
|
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$400
[27]
Wright designed a house for this author but said the architect hero of her "The Fountainhead" was not convincing
Ayn Rand
Jill
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$400
[2]
(Sofia delivers the clue from Salem, Massachusetts.) In the era of the witch trials a male witch was called this, a far cry from L. Frank Baum
wizard
Jill
Steven
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$400
[23]
She served as first lady both in New York City & Philadelphia
Martha Washington
Jill
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$400
[17]
Animal term for the shot seen here
bullseye
Steven
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$400
[7]
...guest-starred as Monica's boyfriend Richard on "Friends"
Tom Selleck
Mala
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$400
[12]
This snug-fitting one-piece garment used by dancers was invented by, & named for, a French aerialist
leotard
Jill
|
|
$600
[28]
The name of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin complexes means "shining brow" in this language of Wright's ancestry
Welsh
Mala
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$600
[3]
Before Jimmy Smits nailed perps on "NYPD Blue", he got killed by one as Don Johnson's partner in this '80s show's 1st episode
Miami Vice
Mala
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$600
[24]
In 1991 the National Law Journal cited her as "one of the 100 most influential lawyers in America"
Hillary Clinton
Steven
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$600
[18]
In pool this type of shot involves the cushions on the table
bank
Mala
|
DD
$600
[8]
...founded computer gaming company Red Storm Entertainment
Tom Clancy
Mala
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$600
[13]
This disease's name is from the Italian for "bad air"; it was first thought to be caused by foul swamp air, not mosquitoes
malaria
Mala
|
|
$800
[29]
Wright gave a famous 1901 talk on the use of machines in architecture at Hull House in this city
Chicago
Jill
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$800
[4]
[Jimmy] It's another name for the hourglass from the material it often contained
sandglass
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$800
[25]
At this first lady's 1962 death, JFK ordered all U.S. flags flown at half-staff
Eleanor Roosevelt
Jill
Steven
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$800
[19]
In volleyball, it's a hard smash close to the net almost straight down into the opponent's court
spike
Steven
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$800
[9]
...co-starred on "Newhart" & later married Suzanne Pleshette
Tom Poston
Jill
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$800
[14]
From a word meaning "gift" Yale's passed the $10 billion mark in 2000
endowment
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Wright loved architecture that was this, meaning unified; it also means pertaining to living things
organic
Steven
|
$1,000
[5]
"Most of those are probably not my vote and that may be enough to give the margin to Mr. Gore", said this "Reform"er
Pat Buchanan
Jill
|
$1,000
[26]
During her time in the White House--Nov. 1800 to March 1801--she hung the family wash to dry in the East Room
Abigail Adams
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$1,000
[20]
A piece of random criticism that's easily made, or firing at game for food, not for sport
potshot
Mala
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$1,000
[10]
Tom who created the character seen here
Tom Wilson
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$1,000
[15]
Self-examination; literally, "a looking into oneself"
introspection
Mala
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| JERUSALEM | '38 SPECIAL | NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS | STREET SMARTS | AVIARY | A TIME FOR "US" |
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$400
[16]
The Shrine of the Book houses these parchment & papyrus manuscripts discovered in caves in 1947
Dead Sea Scrolls
Steven
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$400
[18]
The Oct. 30, 1938 broadcast adaptation of this book scared the pants off some folk
The War of the Worlds
Steven
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$400
[1]
1974: "Gravity's Rainbow"
Thomas Pynchon
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$400
[6]
Drive south on this New York avenue & at 82nd Street you'll pass the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fifth Avenue
Mala
|
$400
[26]
Aquila chrysaetos is the golden, not the bald one of these majestic birds
eagle
Steven
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$400
[11]
The 2 books that follow Genesis in the Old Testament
Exodus and Leviticus
Jill
|
|
$800
[17]
Jews pray at the Wailing Wall, a part of the Second Temple renovated by this king & later destroyed
King Herod
Jill
Mala
Steven
|
$800
[19]
When this play opened on Broadway in 1938 it didn't have any scenery, just the way Thornton Wilder wanted it
Our Town
Steven
|
$800
[2]
1980: "Sophie's Choice"
William Styron
Mala
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$800
[7]
All 4 Beatles are crossing the street on the cover of this influential record album
Abbey Road
Jill
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$800
[30]
The hooded pitohui is one of the few birds with this quality, also possessed by rattlers & other snakes
poisonous
|
$800
[12]
In politics it's a meeting of leaders to pick candidates or to decide on policy
caucus
Jill
|
|
$1,200
[21]
In 168 B.C. Syrian Antiochus IV destroyed much of the city, causing a revolt under this man's leadership
Judah the Maccabee
|
$1,200
[20]
He starred on screen as that man in tights Robin Hood
Errol Flynn
Mala
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$1,200
[3]
1960: "Goodbye Columbus"
Philip Roth
Mala
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$1,200
[8]
The longest paved road in Peru is part of this transcontinental highway
Pan-Am Highway (Pan-American)
Jill
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$1,200
[27]
Colorful jays include the blue jay & this one with a rhyming name
gray jay
Steven
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$1,200
[13]
Latin for "pupil" or "foster son", it's a male graduate of a particular school
alumnus
Jill
|
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$1,600
[24]
A popular Christian shrine is this church where Jesus is said to have been entombed after his crucifixion
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Mala
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$1,600
[22]
In 1938 you could read something new about the Dark Continent, this Isak Dinesen work finished the year before
Out of Africa
Mala
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$1,600
[4]
1954: "The Adventures of Augie March"
Saul Bellow
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$1,600
[9]
Home to the P.M., this London street was named for the man who was M.P. for Morpeth in the 17th century
Downing Street
Jill
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$1,600
[28]
A shorebird, or a movie in which Taylor & Burton have a torrid affair by the sea
The Sandpiper
|
$1,600
[14]
A composer may label his work with this word & a number to indicate the order in which he wrote it
opus
Steven
|
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
It houses a massive gray stone believed to be the one on which Abraham was prepared to sacrifice Isaac
Dome of the Rock
Mala
|
$2,000
[23]
In 1938 he threw in the tutu as leader of the ballet at the Met
George Balanchine
Steven
|
$2,000
[5]
1992: "All the Pretty Horses"
Cormac McCarthy
|
$2,000
[10]
Camino real is Spanish for this type of "road"
royal
Jill
|
DD
$3,000
[29]
It can be a hawk, a hound or a VTOL fighter jet
harrier jets (harriers)
Steven
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$2,000
[15]
Talk about the hound from hell! This one who guarded Hades had 3 heads, a serpent's tail & a mane of snakes
Cerberus
Mala
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One face of the icosahedron, a 20-sided figure inside this, says "yes"
Magic 8-Ball