Andrew Rostan game 5.
Jamil Muhammad — a marriage educator originally from Cincinnati, Ohio
Lenore Garon — a lawyer from Falls Church, Virginia
Andrew Rostan — a student originally from Boardman, Ohio (whose 4-day cash winnings total $101,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | $3,400 | $2,800 | $15,200 |
$23,000
5-day champion: $124,500 |
$16,400
19 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lenore | $1,400 | $6,200 | $11,400 |
$3,799
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,400
18 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Jamil | $1,800 | $3,400 | $9,000 |
$17,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,000
13 R, 4 W |
| BOTANY | FAMOUS NICKNAMES | RUSSIAN FOOD & DRINK | MAY 16, A DAY TO REMEMBER | THE BOY SCOUTS | "B" PREPARED |
|
$200
[21]
Auxin is a growth type of this substance; it regulates plant growth, especially in stems
hormone
|
$200
[1]
On early TV, it was Theodore Cleaver's nickname
Beaver
Andrew
|
$200
[16]
It's Russia's national alcoholic drink--Na zdorovia! To your health!
vodka
Jamil
|
$200
[11]
This composer's musical "Annie Get Your Gun" premieres on Broadway May 16, 1946
Irving Berlin
Andrew
|
$200
[26]
The Boy Scout slogan is "Do" one of these "daily"
a good turn
Lenore
Jamil
|
$200
[6]
It can be an area of a baseball stadium or people who use hydrogen peroxide on their heads
bleachers
Andrew
Jamil
|
|
$400
[22]
Canada wild rye isn't liquor from Yukon but this type of plant of the genus Elymus
a grass (grain accepted)
Lenore
|
$400
[2]
This star of "The Misfits" dismissed his nickname "The King" with "I eat and sleep and go to the bathroom" like anyone else
Clark Gable
Andrew
|
$400
[17]
Shashlik, which is meat & vegetables cooked on skewers, is the Russian version of this Turkish & Middle East dish
(shish) kebab
Andrew
|
$400
[12]
489 years after her death, this woman becomes a saint when Pope Benedict XV canonizes her May 16, 1920
Joan of Arc
Lenore
|
$400
[27]
Of 10, 21 or 25, the number of merit badges a scout needs to qualify for the rank of Eagle Scout
21
Andrew
Lenore
|
$400
[7]
For April, it's the diamond
birthstone
Lenore
Jamil
|
|
$600
[23]
Thisplant of the genus Ah-Ah-Ambrosia sheds pollen in great ah-ah-abundance
ragweed
Andrew
Lenore
|
$600
[3]
Jan. 12, 1976 news could say, "The Queen is dead!"--this mystery writer called the "Queen of Crime"
Agatha Christie
Jamil
|
$600
[18]
Named for a former Soviet city, this butter-filled fried chicken dish is often served in Russian cuisine
chicken Kiev
Jamil
|
$600
[13]
On May 16, 1991 Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to address this U.S. body
Congress (the House of Representatives accepted)
Jamil
|
— |
$600
[8]
Between-meals meal; can "linner" be far behind?
brunch
Lenore
|
|
$800
[24]
This small carpeting plant is also reputed to show up on the north sides of trees, but that's an alga
moss
Lenore
|
$800
[4]
The nickname of Detective Eagan, who inspired "The French Connection", & of Detective Doyle in the film
Popeye
Andrew
|
$800
[19]
Whatever kind of caviar you eat, it's traditionally served on one of these Russian buckwheat pancakes
blinis
Lenore
|
$800
[14]
These 2 royals marry in Paris May 16, 1770
Marie Antoinette & Louis XVI
|
— |
$800
[9]
This "colorful" variety of country music is played on unamplified stringed instruments
bluegrass
Jamil
|
|
$1,000
[25]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates a flower.) The color of a hydrangea's flowers can be determined by the level of this in the soil; above 6 forpink flowers, lower for blue
acid
Jamil
|
$1,000
[5]
This nickname of actor Bryan Ulrich is short for "mosquito"
Skeet
Andrew
|
DD
$1,600
[20]
A beef & sour cream dish bears the name of this noble family; it was created by their chef
Beef Stroganoff
Lenore
|
$1,000
[15]
On May 16, 1836 this American author marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe
Lenore
|
— |
$1,000
[10]
A device that regulates the flow of a liquid, or a synonym for confuse or stymie
baffle
Andrew
Lenore
|
| 2006 NEWS | THE DAN BAND | LINES FROM LITERATURE | POTPOURRI | NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL | THAT'S "ODD" |
|
$400
[21]
Lopez Obrador narrowly lost this country's presidency to Calderon--or vice versa, if you ask Lopez Obrador
Mexico
Lenore
|
$400
[1]
The Blues Brothers, the duo of John Belushi & him, hit the charts with "Soul Man"
Dan Aykroyd
Andrew
|
$400
[6]
In this novella, "Holly Golightly had been a tenant in the old brownstone"
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Lenore
|
$400
[11]
It's the country closest to the wreck of the Titanic
Canada
Lenore
Jamil
|
$400
[26]
Asmara, Addis Ababa, Aswan
Aswan
Andrew
|
$400
[16]
People considered as readily available & of little value; it usually follows "cannon"
fodder
Jamil
|
|
$800
[22]
(Jon of the Clue Crew indicates the monitor.) The Democrats gained 6 of these, including a win in Massachusettsby Deval Patrick, the second African-American ever elected to one
the gubernatorial seat
Andrew
|
$800
[2]
This jazz-rock group had hits with "Reeling in the Years" & "Rikki Don't Lose That Number"
Steely Dan
Andrew
|
$800
[7]
In this novel, one of the inhabitants of Brobdingnag is described as being "as tall as an ordinary spire-steeple"
Gulliver's Travels
Lenore
|
$800
[12]
The flat-topped table mountain overlooking Cape Town is often under its own cloud cover, aptly called this
Table Cloth
|
$800
[27]
Quito, Sao Paulo, Bogota
São Paulo
Lenore
|
$800
[17]
A Bond villain knows it means to work at a series of unrelated, low-paying positions
odd job
Jamil
|
|
DD
$1,200
[23]
On Nov. 23 a former Russian spy died in London, poisoned by the 210 isotope of this element
polonium
Andrew
|
$1,200
[3]
Danny Wood was one of the "kids" in this Boston band
the New Kids on the Block
Andrew
|
DD
$1,600
[8]
Sandburg wrote that it "sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on"
The Fog
Lenore
|
$1,200
[13]
In 2003 Portland coach Maurice Cheeks got an "assist" before the game when a 13-year-old girl forgot these
the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Andrew
|
$1,200
[28]
Lagos, Lilongwe, London
Lagos
Jamil
|
$1,200
[18]
Proceeded in a tediously slow manner, or walked heavily
plodded
Andrew
|
|
$1,600
[24]
IAU Resolution 5A defined this 2-word term as a body "that has not cleared the neighbourhood around its orbit"
a dwarf planet
|
$1,600
[4]
He was "Only a Lad" when he was the lead singer of Oingo Boingo; he went on to score films for Tim Burton
Danny Elfman
Andrew
|
$1,600
[9]
Chapter 1 of it begins, "'Camelot--Camelot,' said I to myself. 'I don't seem to remember hearing of it before'"
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Andrew
|
$1,600
[14]
Ronald Reagan was partly deaf in his right ear because this happened to close to it on a movie set
a gunshot
Lenore
Jamil
|
$1,600
[29]
Windhoek, Wellington, Wallis Futuna
Wallis Futuna
Andrew
Jamil
|
$1,600
[19]
It means soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated
sodden
Jamil
|
|
$2,000
[25]
This murderous leader of al Qaeda in Iraq was killed by an air strike in a house in June
Al-Zarqawi
Lenore
|
$2,000
[5]
This soft-rock singer/songwriter was the "Leader of the Band"
Dan Fogelberg
Andrew
|
$2,000
[10]
In his "Ode on" this, Keats writes, "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter"
a Grecian Urn
Lenore
|
$2,000
[15]
1950s Bulgarian leader Vulko Chervenkov, who followed the Soviet model, was known as "Little" this dictator
Stalin
Andrew
|
$2,000
[30]
Manama, Fez, Sana
Fez
Andrew
|
$2,000
[20]
It's a past particple of "tread"
trodden
Jamil
|
There were 5 living former presidents when this president was sworn in, none of whom was of his party
Abraham Lincoln