Jeff Spoeri game 5.
Teresa Cahalan — a policy analyst from Washington, D.C.
Jacob Cytryn — a Jewish studies teacher from New York, New York
Jeff Spoeri — a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida (whose 4-day cash winnings total $77,302)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff | $3,800 | $6,600 | $19,800 |
$26,801
5-day champion: $104,103 |
$19,800
27 R, 3 W |
| jacob | $0 | $1,000 | $13,400 |
$17,408
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,800
11 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Teresa | $2,000 | $5,600 | $4,600 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,000
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICA | 10 MILLION ALBUMS! | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS | OSCAR WINNERS' RHYME TIME | DEDICATED TO… | THE ONE I LOVE |
|
$200
[11]
On Nov. 26, 1789 this was celebrated as a national holiday for the first time
Thanksgiving
Jeff
|
$200
[6]
This band didn't hit "The Wall" at 10 million; they're over 23, now
Pink Floyd
Jeff
|
$200
[1]
Theaters in the district named for this NYC road increased from about 20 in 1900 to an all-time high of 80 in 1925
Broadway
Teresa
|
$200
[22]
Eastwood's subtle verbal clues
Clint's hints
Jeff
|
$200
[21]
Melville inscribed this tome to Nathaniel Hawthorne "in token of… admiration for his genius"
Moby-Dick
jacob
|
$200
[16]
Shah Jahan built this complex in Agra, India to immortalize Mumtaz, his favorite wife
the Taj Mahal
Jeff
|
|
$400
[12]
In 1857 the first krewe, or society, sponsored decorative floats for this annual celebration
Mardi Gras
Jeff
|
$400
[7]
"Nevermind" the fact this Seattle band hit the 10 million mark
Nirvana
Jeff
|
$600
[3]
Chicago's street addresses emanate from Point Zero, the intersection of Madison Avenue & this street
State Street
Jeff
|
$400
[23]
Witherspoon's parts
Reese's pieces
jacob
|
$400
[27]
He dedicated "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" to Lucy Barfield, his goddaughter for whom he wrote the story
C.S. Lewis
jacob
|
$400
[17]
How modern--Queen Victoria proposed to him on Oct. 15, 1839
Prince Albert
Teresa
|
|
$600
[13]
On Dec. 5, 1776 this fraternity for students of academic distinction was founded at William & Mary
Phi Beta Kappa
Jeff
|
$600
[8]
This band had 19 million "Rumours" to share
Fleetwood Mac
Jeff
|
$800
[4]
This 3-mile route in Boston is marked by a line of red paint or red brick on the sidewalk
the Freedom Trail
Teresa
|
$600
[24]
Nicholson's trousers
Jack's slacks
Jeff
|
$600
[28]
A Steinbeck dedication:"To Carol who willed" this book; "To Tom who lived it"
The Grapes of Wrath
Teresa
|
$600
[18]
The first time Vivien Leigh saw him onstage, she said, "That's the man I'm going to marry" (she was right)
Laurence Olivier
Teresa
|
|
$800
[14]
In 1813, 2 years after defeating Tecumseh at Tippecanoe, this general fought & killed him at the Thames River
William Henry Harrison
Jeff
|
$800
[9]
This "Cracked" debut album from Hootie & the Blowfish has sold more than 16 million copies
Cracked Rear View
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
The Tour de France ends on this boulevard
the Champs-Élysées
Teresa
|
$800
[25]
Hilary's financial institutions
Swank's banks
Jeff
|
$800
[29]
His "Tom Jones" has a 4-page dedication, addressed to Lord Commissioner George Lyttleton
Henry Fielding
Teresa
|
$800
[19]
Even after 29 years of marriage, he still thought of wife Linda as "my girlfriend"
Paul McCartney
Teresa
|
|
$1,000
[15]
In 1687 Capt. Joseph Wadsworth hid this colony's charter from the colonial governor by placing it in a white oak tree
Connecticut
Jeff
|
$1,000
[10]
He's had 4 albums sell more than 10 million, including "Ropin' the Wind"
Garth Brooks
|
$1,000
[5]
The Bank of England is "The Old Lady of" this street; the London Stock Exchange was there until 2004
Threadneedle Street
Jeff
|
$1,000
[26]
Landau's milk boxes
Martin's cartons
Jeff
|
$1,000
[30]
Gunter Grass simply wrote that this 1959 novel was "For Anna Grass"
The Tin Drum
Teresa
|
$1,000
[20]
In 1925 this 3-named British economist married Lydia Lopakova, one of Diaghilev's ballerinas
John Maynard Keynes
Teresa
|
| GEOLOGY | BASEBALL MOVIE HAIKU | "M"USIC | NAME THE JAMES | A CAPITAL IDEA | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[30]
A placer is a deposit of sand containing metals such as this, which brought an influx to Placer County, California
gold
Jeff
|
$400
[11]
"Ease his pain", it said/ A voice that whispered through corn/ Doc Graham got to play
Field of Dreams
Jeff
|
$400
[6]
It's a 2-word alternate name for the harmonica
the mouth organ (or mouth harp)
Teresa
|
$400
[16]
...who first met Samuel Johnson May 16, 1763
James Boswell
Jeff
|
$400
[1]
The American University of this Lebanese capital opened in 1866
Beirut
Teresa
|
$400
[21]
A Grand Ole Opry star says "How-deeeee!" when she joins Eddie Vedder's band
Minnie Pearl Jam
Teresa
|
|
$800
[29]
A cauldron subsidence is when a mass of solid rock sinks into a pool of this subterranean molten rock
magma
Jeff
Teresa
|
$800
[12]
Jimmy once a pro/ Alas, war calls men away/ Nine gals beats no gals...
A League of Their Own
jacob
|
$800
[7]
Stravinsky wrote a "Symphony in Three" of these instead of the traditional four
movements
Jeff
|
$800
[17]
...who is credited with inventing basketball
Naismith
jacob
|
$800
[2]
Its metropolitan area straddles the Ontario-Quebec border
Ottawa
Jeff
|
$1,200
[25]
Garp's literary creator who goes into songwriting with "God Bless America"
John Irving Berlin
jacob
|
|
$1,200
[28]
In geology, BYO isn't on a faculty party invitation; it stands for this, as in Canada's Acasta gneiss, about 4 BYO
billion years old
jacob
|
$1,200
[13]
Cicotte, Waver, Joe/ The Black Sox accept their fate/ Gambling mars the game
Eight Men Out
Jeff
|
$1,200
[8]
The popular piece heardhereis in the style of this dance
a minuet
Jeff
|
$1,600
[19]
...who established a cooking school in New York in 1955
James Beard
Teresa
|
$1,200
[3]
Of Wellington, Canberra or Jakarta, the national capital that is the northernmost
Jakarta
Jeff
|
$1,600
[23]
"Schoolhouse Rock" song about the making of laws gets to become Senate Majority Leader... Oh yes!
"I'm Just A Bill" Frist
Jeff
|
|
$1,600
[27]
In the mountain type of this, rock projects above the frozen stuff
a glacier
|
$1,600
[14]
Lupus & Tanner/ Skilled not inside the diamond/ Buttermaker drinks
The Bad News Bears
Jeff
|
$1,600
[9]
A type of Medieval or Renaissance musician; Nanki-poo sang, "A wandering" one "I, a thing of shreds & patches"
a minstrel
jacob
|
$2,000
[20]
...who was President Reagan's Secretary of the Treasury & George H.W. Bush's Secretary of State
(James) Baker
jacob
|
$1,600
[4]
In May 1936 this capital fell to Italian forces & Haile Selassie fled into exile for the next 5 years
Addis Ababa
Jeff
|
$2,000
[24]
A separate price for each dish on the menu is granted another French term for unconditional authority
a la carte blanche
jacob
|
|
$2,000
[26]
William Smith's 1815 map "of England and Wales" showed these rock layers in different colors
strata
Jeff
|
$2,000
[15]
Pop Fisher gambles/ Hobbs spurs on the New York Knights/ Wonderboy--kaput
The Natural
Jeff
|
$2,000
[10]
Italian for "very", it may appear before "allegro" to tell players to really pick up the pace
molto
Jeff
|
DD
$2,800
[18]
...who warned that the Americas are "not to be considered as subjects for future colonization"
(James) Monroe
jacob
|
$2,000
[5]
Maputo is the capital of this former Portuguese colony, now a nation of southeast Africa
Mozambique
|
DD
$3,000
[22]
Toronto freaks when this 1,815' landmark becomes a Medieval fortress on the north bank of the Thames
the CN Tower of London
Teresa
|
Meaning to ascribe predetermined characteristics, this word comes from a printing process using metal plates
stereotype