Super Jeopardy!quarterfinal game 7.
Yael Sofaer — a programmer and analyst originally from Israel
Ron Black — an attorney from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Dave Traini — a high school administrator from Medford Lakes, New Jersey
Chuck Forrest — a foreign service officer originally from Grand Blanc, Michigan
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck | $800 | $1,600 | $11,600 |
$20,901
2nd place: $5,000 |
$11,600
10 R, 1 W |
| Dave | $1,200 | $3,000 | $20,000 |
$24,000
Semifinalist |
$10,500
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Ron | $2,800 | $7,000 | $10,450 |
$20,900
3rd place: $5,000 |
$10,500
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Yael | $2,600 | $4,400 | $10,400 |
$16,801
4th place: $5,000 |
$10,400
15 R, 1 W |
| CURRENT EVENTS | NON-POTENT POTABLES | SPORTS | PROVERBS | WORLD CAPITALS | ODDS & ENDS |
|
$200
[4]
Animal-rights activists have accused the navy of using these mammals as underwater “hit men”
dolphins
Chuck
|
$200
[20]
To make lemon juice into lemonade, these 2 ingredients must be added
sugar and water
Ron
|
$200
[8]
In May 1990 this Lakers player became the first guard in NBA history to win 3 MVP awards
Magic Johnson
Dave
|
$200
[11]
“East, west”, this “is best”
home
Yael
|
$200
[1]
King Christian IV built the Round Tower in this Danish capital as an astronomical observatory
Copenhagen
Dave
|
$200
[5]
The huge African goliath frogs entered in this May 1990 event in Angels Camp, CA. lost big
Calaveras County frog jumping contest
Dave
|
|
$400
[15]
After Lithuania & Estonia, it became the final Baltic republic to proclaim its independence
Latvia
Yael
|
$400
[23]
This powder mixed with milk is made from ground, kiln-dried, sprouted barley
malt
Quadruple Stumper
|
$400
[14]
In 1978 he won the heavyweight boxing title; 7 years later, his brother Michael did the same
Leon Spinks
Yael
|
$400
[18]
“The nearer” this, “the sweeter the flesh”
the bone
Chuck
Quadruple Stumper
|
$400
[2]
Yarralumla House in this Australian capital is the residence of the governor-general
Canberra
Yael
|
$400
[9]
The pluribus, or many, in our motto “E Pluribus Unum” originally referred to this number
13
Yael
|
|
$600
[16]
In March, for the first time, it reached $3 trillion
national debt
Ron
|
$600
[24]
The color of this coffee drink reminded Italians of the color of a monk's habit, hence its name
cappuccino
Chuck
|
$600
[17]
1 of 3 jockeys who have won the Kentucky Derby 4 or more times
(1 of) Willie Shoemaker, Bill Hartack or Eddie Arcaro
Dave
|
$600
[19]
Alexander Pope's “Essay on Criticism” gave us this proverb on the recklessness of fools
fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Chuck
|
$600
[3]
The name of Martinque's capital includes the name of this country which colonized it
Fort-de-France
Chuck
|
$600
[10]
Though she stopped wearing those pantaloons in 1859 her name is still synonymous with them
(Amelia) Bloomer
Dave
|
|
$800
[21]
For health reasons, she stepped down as head of the Missionaries of Charity
Mother Teresa
Ron
|
$800
[29]
Introduced into Spain by Cortes, in the 17th century it became a fashionable drink
chocolate
Dave
Yael
|
$800
[26]
This Oakland A's pitcher was the only man with 3 20-win seasons in the 1980s
Dave Stewart
Ron
|
$800
[25]
One of these “is never known till needed” & one “to all is” one “to none”
friend
Ron
|
$800
[6]
The churches & convents in this capital of Ecuador are renowned for their art treasures
Quito
Ron
|
$800
[12]
On May 5, 1960 the U.S. claimed it was a weather plane
U2
Yael
|
|
$1,000
[22]
In an upset victory, she was voted in as Nicaragua's new president
(Violeta) Chamorro
Dave
|
$1,000
[30]
Named for the peer it was created for, this black tea is often flavored with oil of bergamot
Earl Grey
Yael
|
$1,000
[27]
Randy Barnes, world record holder in this event, has licensed plates that read “80 feet”
shot put
Ron
|
$1,000
[28]
“No man is” one of these “to his valet”
hero
Dave
|
DD
$1,000
[7]
The mausoleum of Kemal Attaturk in this city wasn't completed until 1953, 15 years after his death
Ankara
Ron
|
$1,000
[13]
After digging about 76 million cubic yards of earth to build a Panama canal, his firm went bankrupt in 1889
Ferdinand de Lesseps
Ron
|
| PSYCH 103 | ANCIENT HISTORY | AUTHORS | ROCKS & MINERALS | PRESIDENTS | SAMMY DAVIS JR. |
|
$500
[7]
In 1938 this biologist was asked to teach a course on sex & marriage at Indiana Univ.
Kinsey
Ron
|
$500
[3]
By 221 B.C. the Ch'in state had defeated the Ch'u to form this country's 1st unified empire
China
Ron
|
$500
[22]
Ellis Weiner is listed as the co-author of her “Mayflower Manners”
Sydney Biddle Barrows
Chuck
|
$500
[10]
Originally these were quartz pebbles found in the Rhine River
rhinestones
Dave
|
$500
[23]
A month after taking office, he granted former president Nixon a full pardon
Ford
Dave
|
DD
$50
[8]
This song, a hit for Sammy in 1969, was played at his memorial service: [Audio]Whether I'm right or whether I'm wrong..
"I've Gotta Be Me"
Ron
|
|
$1,000
[14]
The digit-span test doesn't measure the width of your hand but how many of these you can recall
numbers
Yael
|
$1,000
[6]
Linus, the second to hold this office, reigned circa 69-79 A.D.
pope
Yael
|
$1,000
[21]
This marine biologist also wrote “The Sea Around Us”, but she's better known for “Silent Spring”
(Rachel) Carson
Yael
|
$1,000
[26]
There are deposits of this type of coal under half of West Virginia
bituminous
Chuck
Dave
|
$1,000
[25]
His sudden death in 1923 led some to believe that he had been poisoned by his wife
Harding
Ron
|
$500
[29]
3-letter title of Sammy's last film, or a type of dancing at which he excelled
tap
Yael
|
|
$1,500
[15]
Swiss psychiatrist who said there is a “collective unconscious” shared by all manking
(Carl Gustav) Jung
Chuck
|
$1,500
[5]
The Seleucid Kingdom which once stretched from Thrace to India was a fragment of his empire
Alexander the Great
Dave
|
$1,500
[20]
His reporting job in D.C. provided him with material for his novel “Advise and Consent”
(Allen) Drury
Yael
|
$1,500
[12]
Some of these fine-grained laminated sedimentary rocks are a source of oil
shales
Ron
|
$1,500
[11]
After his son Willie died, he participated in several seances to try to contact him
Abraham Lincoln
Dave
|
$1,000
[30]
After he nearly died in an auto accident, Sammy converted to this religion
Judaism
Yael
|
|
$2,500
[19]
John B. Watson founded this school of psychology that studies human actions and reactions
behaviorism
Chuck
|
$2,000
[4]
Almost all of the Roman supply of this metal came from Cyprus, so they named it for the island
copper
Chuck
|
$2,000
[9]
He grew up in Hollywood & his first novel, “What Makes Sammy Run?”, was about an amoral studio exec
(Budd) Schulberg
Dave
Yael
|
$2,000
[13]
Connemara, Ireland is famous for the green-streaked variety of this stone
marble
Yael
|
$2,000
[16]
His wife, M.W. Skelton, died 18 years before he took office, making him the 1st widower president
Thomas Jefferson
Quadruple Stumper
|
$2,000
[28]
The 1956 musical that Sammy starred in wasn't “Mr. Entertainment” but “Mr.” this
Wonderful
Dave
Quadruple Stumper
|
|
DD
$11,500
[24]
In this type of study, first done at McGill Univ., students were paid to feel, see, hear & touch nothing
sense deprivation
Dave
|
$2,500
[1]
Cambyses II of this country ruled Egypt during its 27th dynasty
Persia
Chuck
|
$2,500
[2]
When he won his Nobel Prize this author of “100 Years of Solitude” said Faulkner influenced him
(Gabriel Garcia) Marquez
Dave
|
$2,500
[18]
Now under the Coronation Chair, this stone came to England from Scotland
Stone of Scone
Dave
|
$2,500
[17]
He's nicknamed the “Era of Good Feeling President”
Monroe
Dave
Ron
|
$2,500
[27]
Sammy performed in vaudeville with his father & his “adopted uncle” in this trio
Will Mastin
Ron
Quadruple Stumper
|
Re-admitted to the Union under Andrew Johnson, this Confederate state avoided Reconstruction
Tennessee