J.J. Todor game 1.
Holly Hughes — an editor from New York City, New York
J.J. Todor — a law student from Pataskala, Ohio
Corey Burke — a stage carpenter originally from Goshen, Connecticut (whose 3-day cash winnings total $24,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey | $0 | $-100 | $3,900 |
$10
3rd place: Sears Gift Certificates |
$4,400
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| J.J. | $400 | $400 | $3,000 |
$2,089
New champion: $2,089 |
$5,000
16 R, 8 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Holly | $300 | $300 | $3,700 |
$100
2nd place: Sears Gift Certificates |
$3,700
8 R, 3 W |
| THE CHINESE THEATRE | FEMALE FIRSTS | U.S. CAPITALS OF THE WORLD | TV CAST CHANGES | ALL ABOUT CORN | HOMONYMS |
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$100
[16]
The imprints seenherebelong to a star of this 1977 film:
Star Wars
Corey
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$100
[6]
Bill Clinton thought of making Zoe Baird the first female attorney general but in the end it was this woman
Janet Reno
Corey
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$100
[4]
It's the "Camellia Capital Of The World", but it's better known as California's capital
Sacramento
J.J.
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$100
[1]
In 1983 6' 2" Christopher Hewitt replaced the 3' 10" Herve Villechaize on this series
Fantasy Island
J.J.
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$100
[2]
Derived from corn, it's used to thicken soups, puddings & sauces
corn starch
Corey
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$100
[21]
Where newlyweds might walk on their wedding day & on the day after
aisle/isle
Corey
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$200
[17]
When this star left his handprints on August 8, 1984 he wrote, "You made my day"
Clint Eastwood
J.J.
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$200
[10]
Kelly Flinn is better known for the way she left the Air Force than for being the 1st woman to fly this bomber
B-52
Corey
J.J.
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$200
[11]
Fans of these freshwater crustaceans know that Breaux Bridge, Louisiana is their capital
crayfish/crawfish
Holly
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$200
[3]
NBC revamped this series in 1997 by replacing Ron Eldard & Justine Bateman
Men Behaving Badly
J.J.
Holly
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$500
[22]
Copied on paper by memory
wrote/rote
Holly
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$300
[18]
Cartoon character whose footprints are seen here:
Donald Duck
J.J.
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$300
[12]
In 1932 Hattie Caraway planted the seed for Dianne Feinstein as the first woman elected to this body
the U.S. Senate
J.J.
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$300
[13]
Down-Easters know that Farmington in this state was once the "Earmuff Capital Of The World"
Maine
Corey
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$300
[5]
George Carlin replaced this ex-Beatle as Mr. Conductor on PBS' "Shining Time Station"
Ringo Starr
Holly
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$400
[19]
To make her imprint this partner of Fred Astaire wore her mother's size 4 1/2 shoes instead of her own 5 1/2s
Ginger Rogers
Corey
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$500
[9]
The first woman president of a major movie studio, Dawn Steel took over this one in 1987, before Sony did
Columbia TriStar
J.J.
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$400
[14]
Longville, Minn. is the capital for racing these reptiles, the slowest compete for the "Grand Slowpoke" title
turtles
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$400
[7]
Clayton Moore, who was replaced by John Hart as this hero, got his job back after the ratings went down
the Lone Ranger
J.J.
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— | — |
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DD
$500
[20]
Silent comedian who left the lasting impression seen here:
Harold Lloyd
Corey
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$500
[15]
Many telescopes around this 2nd-largest Ariz. city make it the "Astronomy Capital Of The World"
Tucson
Corey
J.J.
Holly
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$500
[8]
Dabney Coleman played Ann Marie's neighbor on this series before Bernie Kopell
That Girl
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| THE CHINESE THEATER | NOTABLE NAMES | AFRICAN HISTORY | AT RANDOM | FROM CLASSICAL TUNES | LATIN CLASS |
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$200
[11]
This metal musical instrument is called the lo & when struck its sound often is
Gong
J.J.
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$200
[14]
Coretta Scott King was among the speakers at the 1997 funeral of Betty Shabazz, this man's widow
Malcolm X
Corey
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$200
[1]
In 1899 Sudan came under a condominium, not an apartment but joint rule by this neighbor & Britain
Egypt
J.J.
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$200
[6]
It's a random sample "poll" to determine the public's opinion of hay... or anything else
a straw poll
Corey
J.J.
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$200
[19]
Hail, hail! The tune of Verdi's "Anvil Chorus" was used by Theodore Morse in 1917 for this tune
"Hail, Hail, The Gang's All Here"
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$200
[12]
A common regular verb is conjugated amo, "I love", amas, "You love" & this, "He loves"
Amat
Corey
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$800
[28]
Bertolt Brecht adapted the Yuan dynasty play "The Chalk Circle" & gave it this longer title
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
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$400
[15]
In 1946 the late Mother Cabrini became the first U.S. citizen to be designated this
Saint
J.J.
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$400
[2]
The main natural cause of famine, it struck the Sahel region from 1968 to 1985
Drought
Holly
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$400
[7]
Songs about people who move at random include this singer's "The Wanderer" & "Lovers Who Wander"
Dion
Corey
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$400
[20]
1977's "Night On Disco Mountain" was a reworking of this Mussorgsky hit
Night On Bald Mountain
J.J.
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$400
[13]
In carpentry it's "serra seco"; in a Caesar quote it's "Vidi"
"I saw"
J.J.
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$1,000
[27]
A master of female roles, Mei Lanfang was the most famous actor in this form developed in the capital
Peking opera
Holly
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$800
[17]
Chairman of the Bank of Sweden in the 1940's, in 1953 he became Secretary-General of the U.N.
Dag Hammarskjold
Holly
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$600
[3]
One of the few stimulants allowed in Islam, this soft drink "nut" was a cash cow for medieval Guinea
the kola nut
Corey
Holly
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$600
[8]
On Dec. 1, 1969 the first of these random drawings since 1942 took place
Draft
J.J.
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$800
[22]
Echoes of Mendelssohn's violin concerto haunt this song, Yvonne Elliman's hit from "Jesus Christ Superstar"
"I Don't Know How To Love Him"
Holly
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$600
[25]
Descartes thought therefore he knew this first person singular form of the verb "to be"
Sum
Corey
J.J.
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DD
$1,000
[16]
This French director's early films starred his wife, who also modeled for his father, Pierre
Jean Renoir
J.J.
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$800
[4]
In 1994 Rwanda's Hutu people carried out genocidal attacks on this minority
Tutsi
J.J.
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$800
[9]
This method of solving problems with a random number generator is named after the casino city of Monaco
Monte Carlo
Corey
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DD
$1,000
[21]
1963 novelty song that used the "Dance Of The Hours" from "La Gioconda", heard here:
"Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh (A Letter From Camp)"
J.J.
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$800
[24]
Gender of nouns Vir & Rex
Male
J.J.
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$1,000
[18]
This caustic critic & expert on "The American Language" was associated with The Baltimore Sun for over 40 years
H.L. Mencken
J.J.
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$1,000
[5]
Leaders in this movement to unite the continent included Kwame Nkrumah & W.E.B. Du Bois
Pan-Africanism
J.J.
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$1,000
[10]
Colorful name given the random movement of tiny particles suspended in a gas or liquid
Brownian motion
Corey
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$1,000
[26]
Songs from this musical, including "Stranger In Paradise", come from Borodin pieces
Kismet
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$1,000
[23]
Degrees of the word for "great" are "magnus", "maior" & this superlative applied to a circus
maximus
Holly
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Before this great chief died in 1877, he reportedly prophesied, "I will return to you in stone"
Crazy Horse