Ryan Moore game 5.
Pete Sekula — a stay-at-home dad from Brookfield, Wisconsin
Doug Kollasch — a college student from Colfax, Iowa
Ryan Moore — a dot-com start-up partner from Venice, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $29,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan | $900 | $2,700 | $7,400 |
$10,800
5-day champion: $39,800 |
$7,200
21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Doug | $1,400 | $2,200 | $5,400 |
$10,401
2nd place: a trip on a Sanyo Blimp in the U.S. |
$6,000
18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Pete | $1,300 | $2,600 | $5,200 |
$0
3rd place: a Meade EFX90 Autostar telescope |
$5,200
14 R, 2 W |
| CONVENTION-AL WISDOM | LA LA | REALLY BUSY AIRPORTS | ON THE FLY | THEY'VE BEEN IN YOUR DEN | TERMS OF ENDEARMENT |
|
$100
[18]
On Aug. 2, 2000 this nominee for VP said, "These have been years of prosperity...but little purpose in the White House"
Dick Cheney
Doug
|
$100
[1]
This hit song by Ritchie Valens was originally the B-side of "Donna"
"La Bamba"
Ryan
|
$100
[11]
You may have a lei-over there:HNL
Honolulu
Doug
|
$100
[16]
On the housefly, these are large, compound & composed of up to 4,000 individual lenses
eyes
Ryan
|
$100
[26]
Tylenol spokeswoman Susan Sullivan is now the uptight mother of this husband to Dharma
Greg
Pete
|
$100
[6]
It's made by bees & is an important food for bears & badgers
Honey
Doug
|
|
$200
[19]
Accepting his party's nomination, JFK said, "We stand today on the edge of a new" one of these
frontier
Pete
|
$200
[2]
This region in south-central Spain is the setting for Cervantes' "Don Quixote"
La Mancha
Doug
|
$200
[12]
An hour later you'll want to go back:PEK
Peking/Beijing
Doug
|
$200
[17]
Like most insects, all flies are divided into 3 parts: thorax, abdomen & this
head
Pete
|
$200
[27]
This former MTV personality seenherenow dispenses political comedy nightly
Jon Stewart
Doug
|
$200
[7]
In the titles of Top 40 hits, it precedes "I Need Your Loving" & "I Love Your Way"
Baby
Pete
|
|
$300
[20]
This phrase for a "room" where candidates are picked emerged from the 1920 convention that nominated Harding
smoke-filled room
Pete
|
$300
[3]
Bolivia's largest city, it was founded in 1548 on the site of an Inca village
La Paz
Ryan
|
$300
[13]
The cream of Bavaria:MUC
Munich
Doug
|
$300
[23]
Of major insect groups, flies are the only one with just one real pair of these
wings
Ryan
Doug
|
$300
[28]
In 2000 this "Seinfeld" co-star briefly returned to series TV playing a private eye
Michael Richards
Ryan
|
$300
[8]
In the book of Judges, this type of being tells Gideon, "The Lord is with thee"
Angel
Pete
|
|
$400
[21]
This 1988 nominee honored his immigrant father's "Abiding faith in the promise of America"
Michael Dukakis
Ryan
|
$400
[4]
George Hearn won a 1984 Tony for his role as Albin opposite Gene Barry's Georges in this Broadway musical
La Cage aux Folles
Doug
Pete
|
$400
[14]
Place for endive & sprouts:BRU
Brussels
Pete
|
$400
[24]
From the Spanish for "little fly", this fly variety has hypodermic mouth parts to pierce skin
mosquito
Doug
|
$400
[29]
She's been seen on "ET", hosted documentaries on "E!" & is now seen on "Extra":
Leeza Gibbons
Ryan
Doug
|
$400
[9]
The most popular endearment among members of the gourd family, beating out "melon" & "squash"
Pumpkin
Doug
|
|
DD
$600
[22]
Ford was "The first incumbent president since" this Republican who could say "'America is at peace'"
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ryan
|
$500
[5]
Before he was elected mayor of New York City in 1933, he served 14 years in the U.S. House of Representatives
Fiorello La Guardia
Ryan
|
$500
[15]
Same city:LHR or LGW
London
Doug
|
$500
[25]
These large, speedy biting flies with an animal name are also known as gadflies & greenheads
horseflies
Ryan
|
$500
[30]
This late Oscar winner's '50s show was originally titled "A Letter To Loretta"
Loretta Young
Pete
|
$500
[10]
Collusion between management & union officials may result in this type of "deal" or "contract"
Sweetheart
|
| MALTA BOUND | COUNTRY STARS | LOOK WHO'S TALKING | STATE PARKS | NOTORIOUS | GOIN' "PRO" |
|
$200
[6]
When a critter is said to be a Maltese, it's often a white one of these animals
a dog
Ryan
Doug
|
$200
[16]
Not surprisingly her website lists as one of her favorite actresses her sister Ashley
Wynonna Judd
Ryan
Pete
|
$200
[1]
Call Ishmael the narrator of this 19th century novel
Moby-Dick
Ryan
|
$200
[17]
Washington's Sacajawea State Park is located on the site where this expedition camped in 1805
Lewis & Clark
Ryan
|
$200
[19]
Lepke Buchalter of Murder, Inc. is credited with first using this 3-letter word for an arranged killing
hit
Ryan
|
$200
[11]
You can do this to present a toast or offer marriage
propose
Doug
|
|
$400
[7]
Charles V, who held this "Holy" title, granted Malta to the Knights of St. John in 1530
Holy Roman Emperor
Doug
|
$400
[22]
There must have been some "Achy Breaky Hearts" when his ponytail was auctioned off for charity
Billy Ray Cyrus
Pete
|
$400
[2]
Margaret has big questions for the big guy in this Judy Blume favorite
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Doug
|
$400
[18]
Custer State Park in South Dakota has one of the world's largest free-roaming herds of these
buffalo/bison
Ryan
|
$400
[21]
Profession of Mary Kay Letourneau, jailed in 1997 for an affair with a 13-year-old
schoolteacher
Ryan
|
$400
[12]
Your nose, from the Latin for "to feed"
proboscis
Ryan
|
|
$600
[8]
The whole island of Malta was awarded the George Cross for bravery & heroism during this war
World War II
Ryan
|
$600
[23]
This "Gambler" recently hit the jackpot with "Buy Me A Rose", his first chart-topper in 13 years
Kenny Rogers
Pete
|
$600
[3]
Meursault, whose mother might have died today, narrates this work
The Stranger
|
DD
$700
[20]
A New Mexico state park named for this bandit lies on the site of his raid into U.S. territory in 1916
Pancho Villa
Ryan
|
$600
[26]
This larcenous family that included brothers Ike & Billy went up against the Earps at the O.K. Corral
Clanton
|
$600
[13]
He had a happy homecoming in Luke 15: 11-32
the Prodigal Son
Ryan
|
|
$800
[9]
Pressure from this admiral drove Napoleon & his forces from Malta in 1800
Admiral Nelson
Doug
|
$800
[24]
In 2000 these 2 lovebirds sizzled on their "Soul2Soul" tour
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
Doug
|
DD
$600
[4]
William Styron opted for Stingo to narrate this novel
Sophie's Choice
Doug
|
$800
[29]
Visitors to Crater of Diamonds State Park in this state may keep any precious or semiprecious stones they find
Arkansas
Pete
|
$800
[27]
Real-life thief Henri Charriere was played by Steve McQueen in this film set on Devil's Island
Papillon
Pete
|
$800
[14]
Mel Brooks won a Best Screenplay Oscar for this 1968 comedy
The Producers
Pete
|
|
$1,000
[10]
In the first century A.D., this important Christian leader was shipwrecked on Malta for 3 months
Paul
Ryan
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1997 this singer seenheretook off with a CMA Award for her "455 Rocket" music video
Kathy Mattea
|
$1,000
[5]
Jim Burden reminisces about his Nebraska childhood & a certain Bohemian farm girl in this Cather classic
My Ántonia
Ryan
|
— |
$1,000
[28]
This 1930s radio personality seenherewas pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak, Michigan
Father Charles Coughlin
Ryan
Pete
|
$1,000
[15]
The trade name for the drug fluoxetine, or Elizabeth Wurtzel's "nation"
Prozac
Doug
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"The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T" in 1953 was the 1st live-action feature film from this author's works; a 2nd was released in 2000
Dr. Seuss