Babu Srinivasan game 1.
Babu Srinivasan — a graduate student and history teacher from Houston, Texas
Hope Jasper — an antiques and collectibles dealer from New York City, New York
Travis Brazil — a waiter and actor from North Hollywood, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $14,599)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis | $1,100 | $2,600 | $5,800 |
$100
3rd place: Pinseeker Golf Clubs |
$5,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Hope | $1,200 | $2,600 | $5,650 |
$9,300
2nd place: Trip to Vienna, courtesy of Priceline.com |
$6,300
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Babu | $600 | $1,900 | $5,700 |
$11,300
New champion: $11,300 |
$5,700
16 R, 2 W |
| MUSIC APPRECIATION | GOOD EATS | PRESIDENTIAL ALMA MATERS | N.E.W.S. | JACKIE GLEASON | HOMINA HOMINA HOMONYMS |
|
$100
[6]
Of the 3 main voice classifications for male singers, this one is the highest
Tenor
Hope
|
$100
[11]
The main ingredient of this German food, a traditional hot dog topping, is cabbage
Sauerkraut
Babu
|
$100
[1]
U.S. Military Academy,1843
Ulysses S. Grant
Babu
|
$100
[12]
Of north, east, west & south, the 2 in a famous Kipling "ballad"
East & west
Babu
|
$100
[17]
In 1960 Jackie won this award named for Antoinette Perry for the musical comedy "Take Me Along"
Tony Award
Hope
|
$100
[21]
Sound a dog makes, or the part of a tree that doesn't appreciate a dog's company
Bark
Travis
|
|
$200
[7]
Dating from the 1800s, it's the simple piano piece heard here
"Chopsticks"
Hope
|
$300
[29]
At Thanksgiving, many families enjoy a side dish of these veggies baked with marshmallows & brown sugar
sweet potatoes
Travis
|
$200
[2]
Whittier,1934; Duke Law School,1937
Richard Nixon
Travis
|
$200
[13]
Of North Park, East Park, West Park or South Park, it's where Kenny is killed...& killed, & killed
South Park
Hope
|
$200
[18]
Jackie Gleason was born Feb. 26, 1916 in this NYC borough that was also the setting for "The Honeymooners"
Brooklyn
Hope
|
$200
[23]
People do this for marlin or for compliments, or for compliments on their marlin
fish
Travis
|
|
$300
[8]
French for "study", it's a musical piece intended to help students improve their technique
Etude
Hope
|
$400
[28]
Relax, this body part is not an ingredient of the small sandwich named for it
a finger
Hope
Babu
|
$300
[3]
Georgetown,1968; Yale Law School,1973
Bill Clinton
Babu
|
$300
[14]
Of north, east, west or south, the one that anagrams to a part of a rose
North (thorn)
Hope
|
$300
[19]
Jackie learned his cues well & was Oscar-nominated for this 1961 pool-playing film
The Hustler
Hope
|
$300
[27]
A type of vacation on a ship, or a type of missile
Cruise
Babu
|
|
DD
$500
[9]
Similar to Claude Monet & the art movement, Claude Debussy was a leader in this musical style
Impressionism
Hope
|
$500
[25]
The greengage, a sweet green type of this fruit, was named for the British botanist who imported it from France
Plum
|
$400
[4]
Michigan,1935; Yale Law School,1941
Gerald Ford
Travis
Hope
|
$400
[15]
Of Northon, Easton, Weston or Southon, the one that's the Pennsylvania hometown of Larry Holmes
Easton
Travis
|
$400
[20]
In '62 Jackie played a sleazy manager in "Requiem For A Heavyweight", written by this "Twilight Zone" creator
Rod Serling
Babu
|
$400
[26]
You can get admitted to it to practice law or non-sobriety
Bar
Hope
|
|
$500
[10]
This "happy" 1905 operetta by Franz Lehar features a famous waltz of the same name
"The Merry Widow"
|
— |
$500
[5]
William and Mary,1762
Thomas Jefferson
Travis
|
$500
[16]
Of Northanger, Easthanger, Westhanger or Southanger, an Austen abbey
"Northanger Abbey"
Travis
|
$500
[22]
As Sheriff Buford T. Justice, Gleason chased (& chased & chased) Burt Reynolds in this '77 hit
Smokey and the Bandit
Babu
|
$500
[24]
Term for not making it on time or for being recently deceased, which would be a good excuse
Late
Babu
|
| BLACK HISTORY MONTHS | A SLEEPY CATEGORY | AROUND THE WORLD | DIRECTED & STARRED IN | THE DICKENS, YOU SAY | WORDS FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE |
|
$200
[1]
In November 1934 Arthur Mitchell became the first black person elected to Congress from this party
Democratic
Babu
|
$200
[6]
A band from Athens, Georgia, or the dream stage of sleep
REM
Hope
|
$200
[14]
For shopping & entertainment, the Ginza district in this city is world-famous
Tokyo
Babu
|
$200
[11]
"The Prince of Tides"(1991)
Barbra Streisand
Travis
|
$200
[21]
Of his works, Dickens called this largely autobiographical book his own "favourite child"
"David Copperfield"
Travis
|
$200
[26]
Psalm 37 says "Mark the perfect man and behold" this one, the honest or just one, not the vertical piano
Upright
Hope
|
|
$400
[2]
Before Rosa Parks there was Irene Morgan, who wouldn't move on an interstate one of these in July 1944
Bus (Greyhound)
Babu
|
$400
[7]
He wrote, "The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep"
Robert Frost
Hope
|
$400
[15]
This desert in southern Africa has long been home to the San, or Bushmen
Kalahari Desert
Babu
|
$400
[12]
"Throw Momma From the Train"(1987)
Danny DeVito
Hope
|
$400
[22]
In April 1859 Dickens launched a new weekly with the 1st installation of this "tale" set in the French Revoution
"A Tale of Two Cities"
Travis
|
$400
[27]
After Jesus went through the Transfiguration, his raiment, or synonym for this, was white as light
Clothing
|
|
$600
[3]
Autherine Lucy, this Tuscaloosa school's first black student, was admitted & expelled in February 1956
University of Alabama
Travis
|
$600
[8]
Raymond Chandler is credited with coining this term for death in the title of a 1939 novel
"The Big Sleep"
Hope
|
$600
[16]
Every June Puerto Rico holds a music festival honoring this famed cellist
Pablo Casals
Travis
|
$600
[13]
"Mo' Better Blues"(1990)
Spike Lee
Babu
|
$600
[23]
"The Haunted Man" was the last of 5 books Dickens wrote about this holiday
Christmas
Hope
|
$600
[28]
To produce a bunch of kids is to be this "and multiply and replenish the Earth"
Fruitful
Hope
|
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
The 19th of this month is celebrated as the date Texas slaves learned of their freedom in 1865
June (Juneteenth)
Travis
|
$800
[9]
Play that includes the following:["Is sleep, perchance to dream; aye, there's the rub"]
"Hamlet"
Hope
|
$800
[17]
It's the continent where you'll find Queen Maud Land & the Queen Maud Mountains
Antarctica
Babu
|
$800
[19]
"Easy Rider"(1969)
Dennis Hopper
Travis
Babu
|
DD
$750
[24]
Editors suggested a club of hunters for a series, but Dickens changed the setting to this club of eccentrics
Pickwick Club ( Pickwick Papers )
Hope
|
$800
[29]
When this 10-letter word for plague is used, it usually means bubonic
pestilence
|
|
$1,000
[5]
In January 1955 this great contralto integrated the Metropolitan Opera
Marian Anderson
Hope
|
$1,000
[10]
If you are asleep, you are in the arms of this god
Morpheus
|
$1,000
[18]
Agana is the capital of this U.S. territory
Guam
Babu
|
$1,000
[20]
"Absolute Power"(1997)
Clint Eastwood
Babu
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1833 Dickens began using this 3-letter pseudonym which had been used as a nickname for his youngest brother
Boz
Travis
Hope
|
— |
Archaeologists have discovered a home entrance in ancient Pompeii with the words "cave canem", meaning this
beware of dog