Andrew Rostan game 4.
Bill Wilson — a business manager from Clifton Park, New York
Carol Gerber — a legal technology manager from Red Bank, New Jersey
Andrew Rostan — a student originally from Boardman, Ohio (whose 3-day cash winnings total $81,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | $1,500 | $3,900 | $22,300 |
$19,600
4-day champion: $101,500 |
$21,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Carol | $2,000 | $7,800 | $7,800 |
$300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,800
21 R, 4 W |
| Bill | $1,800 | $1,600 | $7,800 |
$800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,800
15 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| GETTING AROUND THE CITY | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY CHARACTERS | CHOP-A-HOLICS | RELIGIOUS MATTERS | YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED | TIME IS "SHORT" |
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$200
[23]
If you're in Barra da Tijuca, you can head right along the coast to Ipanema
Rio de Janeiro
Carol
|
$200
[1]
Tevye, Golde, Yente
Fiddler on the Roof
Bill
|
$200
[7]
Around 1800 Parson Weems wrote of this man's unauthorized juvenile lumberjacking
George Washington
Andrew
|
$200
[11]
Part of this religion's Manu Smriti, or Code of Manu, sets forth the basis of the caste system
Hindu
Andrew
|
$200
[6]
Number of months with only 30 days
four
Carol
Bill
|
$200
[17]
One of the railroads in the board game Monopoly
Short Line
Bill
|
|
$400
[24]
Hurry up Via Mazzini so you can bear right on Santa Margherita in time to make it for the curtain at La Scala
Milan
Carol
|
$400
[2]
Fantine, Javert, Jean Valjean
Les Miserables
Carol
|
$400
[8]
The name of this light axe is from the Algonquian for "cutting utensil"
tomahawk
Carol
Bill
|
$400
[22]
"Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam", "To The Greater Glory Of God", is the motto of this Catholic teaching order
the Jesuits
Carol
|
$400
[13]
Years that read the same upside down & right side up include 1881, 6009 & this year of the 1960s
1961
Carol
|
$400
[18]
Assume this baseball position
shortstop
Bill
|
|
$600
[25]
Just learn the alphabet--heading down Beacon St., it's Arlington, Berkeley, Clarendon, then Dartmouth
Boston, Massachusetts
Andrew
|
$600
[3]
Mrs. Potts, Belle, Gaston
Beauty and the Beast
Bill
|
$600
[9]
This legendary timber toppler was said to have dug Puget Sound to float huge logs to the mill
Paul Bunyan
Carol
|
$600
[28]
Jews from many nations come to Jerusalem to pray at this, all that remains of the Holy Temple
the Wailing Wall (or Western Wall)
Carol
|
$600
[14]
Title of the 1965 Beatles No. 1 hit song that is a calendrical impossiblity
"Eight Days A Week"
Andrew
|
$600
[19]
To the IRS, the 1040EZ is one of these
a short form
Carol
|
|
$800
[26]
From the Scott Monument, take a wee walk up to St. David Street to get to St. Andrew Square
Edinburgh
Carol
Bill
|
$800
[4]
Bustopher Jones, Old Deuteronomy, Mistoffelees
Cats
Bill
|
$800
[10]
In 1893 this Massachusetts woman was acquitted of giving her parents the axe
Lizzie Borden
Carol
|
$800
[29]
In 1644 his "History of the Reformation in Scotland" was published posthumously
John Knox
Andrew
|
$1,000
[16]
In the DD/MM/YYYY format, it was the most recent date in which all 3 were even numbers
December 30, 2006
Andrew
|
$800
[20]
Briefly, it's butter or lard used to make pastry
shortening
Carol
|
|
$1,000
[27]
Head down Front Street & not far from the corner of John Street is the CN Tower--you can't miss it, you really can't
Toronto
Carol
|
$1,000
[5]
Velma Von Tussle, Tracy Turnblad, Corny Collins
Hairspray
Andrew
|
$1,000
[12]
The short-bladed type of this 7-letter South American item is used to cut sugar cane
machete
Andrew
|
$1,000
[30]
This "colorful" house of worship in Istanbul was designed to compete with the Hagia Sophia opposite it
the Blue Mosque
|
DD
$1,500
[15]
Dies Martis is the Latin name for this day of the week
Tuesday
Andrew
|
$1,000
[21]
Pitman & Gregg developed modern versions of this technique used in dictation
shorthand
Carol
|
| 19th CENTURY PEOPLE | OSCAR NOMINEES | SEALS | CHINA PATTERNS | NOVELIST RHYME TIME | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[6]
Robert E. Lee's eldest son, George Washington Custis Lee, was an aide-de-camp to this president
(Jefferson) Davis
Andrew
Carol
Bill
|
$400
[1]
At the nominees luncheon in 2006, he didn't just "Walk the Line", he stumbled into an Oscar statue & did a pratfall
Joaquin Phoenix
Bill
|
$400
[21]
In winter, this may account for 30% of a harbor seal's body weight; it provides energy, buoyancy in water & insulation
blubber
Carol
|
$400
[25]
Immensely popular in China, this paddle sport is known as the "national game"
ping pong
Bill
|
$400
[11]
Turow's parcels of land
Scott's plots
Carol
|
$400
[16]
The wrestler who played Fezzik in "The Princess Bride" is the huge cephalopod menace in Peter Benchley's "Beast"
Andre the Giant Squid
Andrew
|
|
$800
[7]
I wonder if this railroad sleeping car maker was asleep when he was hit by a strike in 1894
(George) Pullman
Bill
|
$800
[2]
(Hi, I'm Sam Waterston) I earned an Oscar nomination for playing NY Times reporter Sydney Schanberg in this film set in war-torn Cambodia
The Killing Fields
Carol
|
$800
[22]
It's the musical name for the creature seen here
harp
Bill
|
$800
[26]
In 2004, a rare porcelain bowl from the time of this dynasty sold for almost $6 million
Ming
Andrew
|
$800
[12]
Cussler's honeybee homes
Clive's hives
Bill
|
$800
[17]
Gastronomic 1973 Charlton Heston film extolling the virtues of Ralph Nader's 2000 ticket
Soylent Green Party
Andrew
|
|
$1,200
[8]
The Decembrist Revolution of 1825 failed to wrest power from the first Romanov czar to bear this name
Nicholas
Andrew
|
$1,200
[3]
Dolly Parton created this 1980 Oscar-nominated song by tapping it out with her nails while she was on the film's set
"9 To 5"
Carol
|
$1,200
[23]
This largest seal, which may weigh more than 4 tons, is the largest sea mammal, after whales
elephant seal
Bill
|
$1,200
[27]
"Colorful" nickname of Mao Zedong's book, of which 720 million copies were published between 1964 & '67
The Little Red Book
Carol
|
$1,200
[13]
Amy's handheld cooling devices
Tan's fans
Andrew
|
$1,200
[18]
2 MTV cartoon teens join Howard Heh-Heh-Hesseman's honors program on '80's TV
Beavis & Butt-Head of the Class
Bill
|
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1868 he became the editor of the Overland Monthly; its second issue introduced his story "The Luck of Roaring Camp"
Bret Harte
Andrew
Carol
|
$1,600
[4]
Acting nominees for 1980 included Eileen Brennan for "Private Benjamin" & this other "E.B." for "Resurrection"
Ellen Burstyn
Andrew
|
$1,600
[24]
Seals belong to a group of animals called this, Latin for "fin-footed"
pinniped
Carol
|
$1,600
[28]
Begun in the 2nd century B.C., this "road" of trade stretched 4,000 miles from China to the Mediterranean
the Silk Road
Andrew
|
$1,600
[14]
Bram's wild cards
Stoker's jokers
Andrew
|
$1,600
[19]
Shakespeare comedy with Oberon & Titania becomes a 1979 Cheap Trick album
A Midsummer Night's Dream Police
Andrew
|
|
DD
$4,000
[9]
A hero of the Battle of San Jacinto, Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was the second president of this republic
the Republic of Texas
Andrew
|
$2,000
[5]
In 1995 we said "au revoir" to this man nominated for writing "Au Revoir, Les Enfants" & for directing "Atlantic City"
Louis Malle
Bill
|
DD
$3,000
[30]
Sea lions are a member of the family Otariidae, which means they have these
ears
Bill
|
$2,000
[29]
The red & yellow flag of China was adopted in this year, the same year the People's Republic was founded
1949
Andrew
Carol
Bill
|
$2,000
[15]
Erica's arias
Jong's songs
Andrew
|
$2,000
[20]
Dean Wormer is always trying to shut down this 435-member institution
Animal House of Representatives
Andrew
Carol
|
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue while aboard the Orient Express.) Today, the Orient Express' Paris-Istanbul run crosses 5 countries between France & Turkey; these are 3 of them
(3 of) Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Romania & Bulgaria