Lara Robillard game 5.
Lorin Burte — a regional financial officer from Homewood, Illinois
Mel Banashek — a freelance writer from New York City, New York
Lara Robillard — a director of health policy from Arlington, Virginia (whose 4-day cash winnings total $49,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lara | $1,350 | $2,050 | $10,450 |
$10,400
5-day champion: $59,500 |
$9,200
23 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W |
| Mel | $-700 | $800 | $4,000 |
$3,999
3rd place: Trip on Amtrak's Coast Starlight between Los Angeles & Seattle |
$4,000
12 R, 2 W |
| Lorin | $2,800 | $4,600 | $10,400 |
$8,100
2nd place: Trip to Hotel Melia Victoria, Palma de Majorca, Spain |
$10,400
24 R, 2 W |
| STATE CAPITALS | THE MOVIES | IMPORTS | ANIMALS | WHIPS & CHAINS | "C" OF LOVE |
|
$100
[11]
This New York capital was once known as Beverwyck
Albany
Lara
|
$100
[1]
It's the 1997 sequel to 1981's "An American Werewolf in London"
An American Werewolf in Paris
Mel
|
$100
[16]
On April 14, 1927 this company's first car came off its Gothenburg, Sweden assembly line
Volvo
Lara
|
$100
[21]
The monkey-eating species of this bird lives in the Philippines; the bald species lives in the U.S.
the eagle
Lorin
|
$100
[6]
It's a group of convicts linked together for outdoor labor
a chain gang
Mel
|
$100
[22]
The title of a 1958 Connie Francis song calls this love god "stupid"
Cupid
Lorin
|
|
$200
[12]
In 1982 Alaskans rejected a proposal that would have made Willow the capital instead of this city
Juneau
Lorin
|
$200
[2]
His 1997 film "Jackie Brown" was the first full feature film he's directed since "Pulp Fiction"
Quentin Tarantino
Lara
|
$200
[17]
This brand of water comes from a natural spring in Vergeze
Perrier
Mel
Lorin
|
$200
[27]
These birds range in size from the 1-foot blue to the 4-foot emperor
the penguin
Mel
|
$200
[7]
Used for flogging, it's a whip with 9 knotted cords fastened to a handle
Cat o' Nine Tails
Lorin
|
$200
[23]
If you didn't show up for a blind date, you have these kind of "feet"
cold feet
Lorin
|
|
$300
[13]
In hopes that Germany would help finance its railroad, North Dakota named its capital this
Bismarck
Lorin
|
DD
$250
[4]
(Hi, I'm Jane Curtin.) For this 1993 film I reprised my role as parental unit Prymaat
Coneheads
Lara
|
$300
[18]
In 1900, this Japanese company began production of its upright pianos; in 1954, its motorcycles
Yamaha
Lara
Mel
|
$300
[28]
Group of mammals seen here:
meerkats
Mel
|
$300
[8]
The group who sang the 1980 hit heard here:["Whip It"]
Devo
Lorin
|
$300
[24]
From an old word for "cape", it's an older person who, for propriety's sake, accompanies young unmarrieds
a chaperone
Lorin
|
|
$400
[14]
Built in 1610, the Spanish Palace of Governors in this Southwest capital is now a museum
Santa Fe
Lorin
|
$300
[3]
2 of the 3 James Bond movies with "Gold" in the title
(2 of) GoldenEye , Goldfinger & The Man with the Golden Gun
Lara
|
$400
[19]
For 177 years, until 1936, Guinness brewed all of its stout in this city
Dublin
Lara
|
$400
[29]
It has webbed, padded toes & can drink over 20 gallons of water in a single drink
the camel
Lorin
|
$400
[9]
House leadership position held by Republican congressman Tom DeLay at the start of 1997
majority whip
Mel
Lorin
|
$400
[25]
The youngest daughter of King Lear; the only one who really loved him
Cordelia
Lorin
|
|
$500
[15]
It's "The Birthplace of Dixie"
Montgomery, Alabama
Lorin
|
$500
[5]
He played the absent-minded professor who invented Flubber in the original 1961 film
Fred MacMurray
Lara
|
$500
[20]
Guiliana & Luciano's United Colors Company
Benetton
Mel
|
$500
[30]
This land animal can weigh more than 8,000 pounds & can open its immense jaws 150 degrees
the hippopotamus
Lorin
|
$500
[10]
Flexible armor composed of small, overlapping metal rings
chain mail
Mel
Lorin
|
$500
[26]
Italian for "with love", it's the musical direction to play or sing lovingly
con amore
Lara
|
| GENESIS | "X"ODUS | JUDGES | PROVERBS | ACTS | REVELATION |
|
$200
[3]
It's the theoretical cosmic explosion that marked the origin of the universe
The Big Bang Theory
Lara
|
$200
[11]
A brand name, it's become a synonym for a photocopy
Xerox
Lara
|
$200
[16]
A swimsuit wasn't required during a call-in vote to this pageant in 1996 when viewers were the "8th Judge"
Miss America
Lara
|
$200
[1]
It "Catches the worm"
The early bird
Lara
|
$200
[21]
Act 2 of this farce finds Algernon Moncrieff earnestly pretending to be Ernest Worthing
The Importance of Being Earnest
Mel
|
$200
[26]
Make way! Modern science has revealed that this planet travels around the Sun at about 68,000 mph
Earth
Lorin
|
|
$400
[7]
It was a party when Lenin & his followers formed this "majority" party in 1903
Bolsheviks
Lorin
|
$400
[12]
Second name of St. Francis, known as the "Apostle of the Indies"
Xavier
Lara
|
$400
[17]
Paul Newman played this folk hero who was the only law "West of the Pecos"
Judge Roy Bean
Lorin
|
$400
[2]
There's not only one "to every rule", it also "proves the rule"
Exception
Lorin
|
$400
[22]
Act 1 of this play introduces Juror No. 8, the man who convinces the other 11 to re-examine the evidence
12 Angry Men
Lorin
|
$400
[27]
In 1962 Rachel Carson revealed the dangers of toxic pollution to a mass audience in this book
Silent Spring
Lara
|
|
$600
[8]
He went "Big Time" & was replaced by Phil Collins as lead singer of Genesis
Peter Gabriel
Lara
|
$600
[13]
It's the 4-letter spelling of the shortened form of Christmas; many Christians frown on it
Xmas
Lara
|
$600
[18]
She was the first Olympic gymnast to receive a perfect 10 from the judges
Nadia Comaneci
Lara
Lorin
|
$600
[4]
A variation of this pony proverb says "You may force a man to shut his eyes, but you can't make him sleep"
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink"
Lara
|
$600
[23]
In Act 1 of this play, Happy complains to Biff about their father's driving
Death Of A Salesman
Mel
|
$600
[28]
Using one of these test strips will reveal the acidity & alkalinity of a solution on a scale from 1 to 14
Litmus paper
Mel
|
|
$800
[9]
The daughter of Eleanor & Ananias, she was the first English child born in the New World
Virginia Dare
Lara
|
$1,000
[15]
It's the alphabetical name for the troubling 1790s incident involving French agents
XYZ Affair
Lorin
|
$800
[19]
The 15 judges of this court are the main judicial body of the U.N.
World Court
Lorin
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
George Bernard Shaw was the first to observe that "He who can does; he who cannot" does this
Teach
Lara
|
$800
[24]
In act 3 of this Ionesco work, Berenger's ladylove Daisy runs off to join a pack of horned pachyderms
Rhinoceros
Lara
|
$800
[29]
This German's excavations of Troy in the 1870s revealed the Homeric legends were not completely a myth
Heinrich Schliemann
Mel
|
|
$1,000
[10]
His 12-volume "A Study Of History" probed the genesis, growth & decline of the world's great civilizations
Arnold Toynbee
Lara
Lorin
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
Back Off! I've got this irrational fear of strangers
Xenophobia
Lara
|
$1,000
[20]
Judges give out the Golden Lion Award at this European film festival; hope it can swim
Venice
Lara
|
$1,000
[6]
The saying "There is nothing new under the sun" is a variation of a proverb in this Old Testament book
Ecclesiastes
Lorin
|
$1,000
[25]
Finally in act 2, Dr. Dysart solves the riddle of the blinded horses in this Peter Shaffer masterpiece
Equus
Lara
|
$1,000
[30]
Greek for "heat writing", this technique reveals abnormal tissue growth by studying temperature
Thermography
Mel
|
It was refloated, towed to Matauri Bay & sunk there Dec. 12, 1987, with full Maori ceremony
The Rainbow Warrior (of Greenpeace)