Jill Bunzendahl Chimka game 5.
Marc Beebe — an education evaluator from Highland Park, New Jersey
Shari Flynn — an elementary school teacher from Mount Rainier, Maryland
Jill Bunzendahl Chimka — a speech and language pathologist from Washington, D.C. (whose 4-day cash winnings total $85,099)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jill | $400 | $-600 | $2,200 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,800
7 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Shari | $3,800 | $6,400 | $16,400 |
$27,400
New champion: $27,400 |
$16,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Marc | $4,200 | $9,600 | $18,000 |
$3,100
2nd place: $2,000 |
$18,000
27 R, 3 W |
| THE ELEMENTS | AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS | THE DAMON RUNYON STORY | H.R. | PUFFIN | STUFF |
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$200
[2]
Nearly all of this element in the body is found in the bones & teeth
calcium
Shari
|
$200
[1]
His face is seen on salad dressing & she's been seen in "The Three Faces of Eve"
Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward
Marc
|
$200
[26]
Based on a Runyon story, 1934's "Little Miss Marker" starred her as a little imp left as an IOU for a debt
Shirley Temple
Marc
|
$200
[17]
In baseball a four-bagger is slang for this
home run
Marc
|
$200
[12]
The puffin's number one enemy is the great black-backed variety of this "sea" bird
seagulls
|
$200
[7]
The name of these sleeping clothes comes from the Urdu for "leg garments"
pajamas
Marc
|
|
$400
[3]
The brimstone of biblical times was really this smelly element
sulfur
Shari
|
$400
[22]
The Happy Trails online gift shop sells memorabilia featuring this married couple
Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
Marc
|
$400
[27]
During this 1898 war, Damon Runyon wrote for the Manila Freedom & The Soldier's Letter in the Philippines
Spanish-American War
Marc
|
$400
[18]
The horses used in this sport are known as trotters & pacers
harness racing
Marc
|
$400
[13]
This easternmost U.S. state is home to puffin breeding grounds that were once almost wiped out
Maine
Marc
|
$400
[8]
These transports can be in-line or roller
skates
Jill
|
|
$800
[5]
1 of only 3 naturally occurring strongly magnetic elements
iron (nickel & cobalt)
Shari
|
$600
[23]
In the hit song "Key Largo" Bertie Higgins sang, "We had it all, just like" this couple
Bogie and Bacall
Marc
|
$600
[28]
Shortly after this man won the world heavyweight boxing crown, Damon Runyon dubbed him the "Manassa Mauler"
Jack Dempsey
Marc
|
$600
[19]
A term for big-time dice gamblers it was also the name of a '70s TV game show
high rollers
Marc
|
$600
[14]
Usually boiled & served with a variety of sauces, puffins are eaten in this northernmost U.K. country
Scotland
Shari
|
$600
[9]
[Jimmy] I've made this dish with chicken, sausage and vegetables but instead of okra we use filé powder to thicken and flavor it
gumbo
Marc
|
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
Its symbol Hg comes from the Latin term hydrargyrum, meaning "watery silver"
mercury
Shari
|
$800
[24]
Clark Gable's third wife, she's entombed beside him in Forest Lawn
Carole Lombard
|
$800
[29]
Read by millions, Runyon's feature "As I See It" was syndicated nationwide in this publisher's newspapers
Hearst
Shari
|
$800
[20]
Named this emperor in 1084, Henry IV deposed Pope Gregory VII
Holy Roman Emperor
Shari
|
$800
[15]
Of the 15 million puffins in the world, about 8 million can be found on or near this island nation of the N. Atlantic
Iceland
Marc
|
$800
[10]
It's a partial denture that permanently "spans" over your natural teeth
bridge
Shari
|
|
$1,000
[6]
This element used to galvanize steel is also used in lozenges to treat a cold--go figure!
zinc
Marc
|
$1,000
[25]
The only film they starred in together was 1929's "The Taming of the Shrew"
Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
Jill
Marc
|
$1,000
[30]
This World War I air ace seenherescattered Damon Runyon's ashes over Broadway from the air
Eddie Rickenbacker
|
$1,000
[21]
This Virginia waterway was the site of the Civil War battle between the Monitor & the Merrimack
Hampton Roads
Marc
|
$1,000
[16]
From the puffin's black-&-white look, its scientific name, Fratercula arctica, means "little" this "of the north"
brother (friar)
Shari
|
$1,000
[11]
They're the units of stock that represent ownership in a corporation
shares
Marc
|
| STATES OF THE UNION | CLASSIC FILMS IN OTHER WORDS | G.I. KNOW | DOWN FOR THE LESSER-KNOWN COUNT | DANCES | "O" YES! |
|
$400
[1]
In 1998 this state produced over 13 billion pounds of potatoes; that's a lot of fries!
Idaho
Jill
|
$400
[16]
1951:"One Trolley Called Passion"
A Streetcar Named Desire
Marc
|
$400
[24]
It was the last year in which Congress made an official declaration of war
1941
Marc
|
$400
[21]
Egmont, Count of Lamoral was the subject of a Goethe tragedy with music by this great German composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Marc
|
$400
[11]
This U.S. state's "Two-Step" is basically the same as the international fox trot
Texas
Marc
|
$400
[6]
A mythological hunter killed by Artemis
Orion
Shari
|
|
$800
[2]
Of the 7 states with only 3 electoral votes, the one that's largest in area
Alaska
Marc
|
$800
[17]
1997:"Immense"
Titanic
Marc
|
$800
[25]
Under these 1949 agreements, taking prisoners is okay, taking hostages is not
Geneva Convention
Jill
Shari
|
$800
[22]
Count Sergey Witte had the wit to put this country on the gold standard in the late 1800s
Russia
|
$800
[12]
A word meaning "to stagger", or a dance in a circular pattern that may leave you staggering
reel
|
$800
[7]
From the French for "high wood", it's the noisemaker heard here
oboe
Shari
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Wells Fargo banking services came to this state in 1860 when offices opened in Carson City & Virginia City
Nevada
Marc
|
$1,200
[18]
1980:"Regular Folks"
Ordinary People
Jill
|
$1,200
[26]
"Open ranks" is an order in this drill
close order drill
|
$1,200
[23]
With Queen Caroline Matilda's help, Count Struensee took over this country from Christian VII in 1770
Denmark
Jill
Shari
Marc
|
$1,200
[13]
Composer Amilcare Ponchielli's "Dance of" these is featured in "Fantasia"
the Hours
Marc
|
$1,200
[8]
A stone pillar, usually monolithic & having a pyramidal apex
obelisk
Shari
|
|
DD
$1,400
[5]
This southern state has more than 3,000 named lakes including one about 700 square miles in area
Florida
Jill
|
$1,600
[19]
1993:"Oskar's Registry"
Schindler's List
Marc
|
$1,600
[27]
Abbreviated RDF, it's a group prepared to fight at a moment's notice
rapid deployment force
Marc
|
$1,600
[28]
In 1921 Count Andrassy tried to place Austria's ex-emperor Charles I on this country's throne
Hungary
Shari
|
$1,600
[14]
(Our Clue Crew demonstrates a well-known country dance.) You got your sloppy Joe, your ordinary Joe & this Joe, the name of this country dance
Cotton-Eyed Joe
Jill
|
$1,600
[9]
In James Merrill's poem "The Changing Light at Sandover", this device assists in dialogues with spirits
ouija board
Jill
|
|
$1,600
[4]
2 of the only 4 states whose capital cities begin with the same letter as the state
Indiana, Oklahoma (Delaware & Hawaii)
Jill
|
$2,000
[20]
1995:"Exiting the Gambling Mecca"
Leaving Las Vegas
Shari
|
$2,000
[30]
Famous study guide from the 4th century B.C. by Sun-Tzu
The Art of War
Marc
|
$2,000
[29]
In 1060 Count Conrad ruled this country that's now a grand duchy
Luxembourg
Shari
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
Bizet & Debussy wrote music for this dance named for Cuba's capital
Habanera
Jill
|
$2,000
[10]
To swing back & forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm
oscillate
Marc
|
Of France's 22 official regions, this one extends the farthest west
Brittany