Super Jeopardy!quarterfinal game 9.
Zeke Sevilla Jr. — a lawyer from Vienna, Virginia
Bruce Fauman — an administrator and professor from Vancouver, British Columbia
Jeff Richmond — a law student from West Hollywood, California
Sandy Gore — a corporate consultant from Los Angeles, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy | $1,200 | $4,000 | $20,000 |
$11,799
2nd place: $5,000 |
$20,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jeff | $1,000 | $3,200 | $9,700 |
$14,101
Semifinalist |
$9,700
11 R, 2 W |
| Bruce | $2,000 | $2,600 | $2,600 |
$5
4th place: $5,000 |
$2,600
7 R, 2 W |
| Zeke | $3,000 | $7,600 | $14,100 |
$10,100
3rd place: $5,000 |
$11,900
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| GEOGRAPHY | ACTORS & THEIR ROLES | AMERICAN LITERATURE | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | PHOTOGRAPHY | SPELLING |
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$200
[5]
The Sahel is a zone of sparse, grassy vegetation on the edge of this desert
Sahara
Zeke
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$200
[25]
G. Depardieu was named best actor at Cannes for playing this swordsman; you might say he won by a nose
Cyrano de Bergerac
Zeke
|
$200
[21]
In “Moby Dick” the narrator begins by telling the reader to call him this
Ismael
Sandy
|
$200
[12]
On the 2nd Saturday in May this country observes National Windmill Day
Holland (or The Netherlands)
Zeke
|
$200
[2]
Light regulator that comes in leaf, rotary & focal-plane types
a shutter
Sandy
|
$200
[18]
A creamy salad dressing made with raw egg yolk, oil, vinegar or lemon juice & seasonings
M-A-Y-O-N-N-A-I-S-E
Jeff
Bruce
|
|
$400
[6]
Among principal mountain ranges in this country are the Wicklow & MacGillicuddy's Reeks
Ireland
Sandy
|
$400
[1]
Clint Eastwood's role in “White Hunter, Black Heart” was inspired by this director of “The African Queen”
John Huston
Sandy
|
$400
[22]
C. Auguste Dupin is an amateur detective who appears in 3 of his short stories
(Edgar Allan) Poe
Sandy
|
$400
[13]
This N.Y. congresswoman, known for her hats, introduced the bill creating Women's Equality Day
Bella Abzug
Zeke
|
$400
[11]
Film is coated with light sensitive halides of this metal suspended in gelatin
silver
Jeff
|
$400
[19]
In German it means “lightning war”
B-L-I-T-Z-K-R-I-E-G
Sandy
|
|
$600
[8]
Associated with Jesus' childhood, this city in lower Galilee is the largest Arab city in Israel
Nazareth
Jeff
|
$600
[3]
2-time Oscar winner who made her feature film debut in “Julia” & played W. Allen's ex in “Manhattan”
Meryl Streep
Sandy
|
$600
[20]
Nick Adams is the protagonist in many of the short stories in this author's “In Our Time”
Hemingway
Zeke
|
$600
[14]
The earliest date on which this holiday can fall is October 8th
Columbus Day
Sandy
|
$600
[15]
This letter is used to designate the aperture of a lens
f
Zeke
|
$600
[28]
From the Greek, it's a fictitious name used by an author
P-S-E-U-D-O-N-Y-M
Jeff
Bruce
|
|
$800
[9]
Bishop Albert of Livonia & his crusaders founded this capital of Latvia in 1201
Riga
Zeke
|
$800
[4]
Errol Flynn's last film with this frequent leading lady was “They Died With Their Boots On”
Olivia De Havilland
Zeke
|
$800
[23]
Edith Wharton's tragic tale of a New England farmer who falls in love with his wife's cousin Mattie
Ethan Frome
Sandy
|
$800
[26]
Public law 99-54 recognizes “pause for the pledge” as part of this holiday
Flag Day
Zeke
|
$1,000
[17]
Photographer of “Moonrise, Hernandez, N.M.”, he was a director of The Sierra Club 1934-71
Ansel Adams
Jeff
|
$800
[29]
The ancient Roman Pont du Gard is an example of this type of bridge built to carry water
A-Q-U-E-D-U-C-T
Jeff
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Henry Bessemer set up shop in this English town, & it has since become famous for its steel
Sheffield
Bruce
|
$1,000
[7]
The first film she starred in after her brief marriage to a prince was 1952's “Affair In Trinidad”
Rita Hayworth
Sandy
Bruce
|
$1,000
[24]
Father of Pearl! He's the minister in Hawthorne's “The Scarlet Letter”
(Arthur) Dimmesdale
Sandy
|
$1,000
[27]
This Jewish holiday begun in 165 B.C. celebrates the purification of the temple of Jerusalem
Hanukkah
Sandy
Bruce
|
DD
$3,000
[16]
In 1839 he was given an annuity of 6,000 francs for revealing his photographic process
(Louis) Daguerre
Zeke
|
$1,000
[30]
The city in New York that's home to Vassar College
P-O-U-G-H-K-E-E-P-S-I-E
Sandy
|
| U.S. HISTORY | BIBLICAL WOMEN | PHYSICAL SCIENCE | ARTISTS | SHAKESPEARE | INTERNATIONAL PARKS |
|
$500
[2]
Legend says this October 8, 1871 event began in a stable at Jefferson & DeKoven Streets in Chicago
Great Chicago Fire
Jeff
|
$500
[29]
She was asked to “entice” Samson “and see wherein his great strength lieth”
Delilah
Bruce
|
$500
[19]
Unlike glaciers, pack ice forms from this type of water
salt (seawater)
Jeff
Zeke
|
$500
[16]
He moved back to France from Tahiti in 1893 but returned to the South Seas permanently 2 years later
Gauguin
Bruce
|
$500
[20]
Alas, you don't need an actor to play this character in “Hamlet”; all you need is a skull
Yorick
Zeke
|
$500
[3]
Among the animals you'll find in this country's Kruger National Park are zebras, lions & giraffes
South Africa
Zeke
|
|
$1,000
[4]
Andrew Jackson was fighting against 50 ships commanded by Edw. Packenham when he won this 1815 battle
Battle of New Orleans
Jeff
|
$1,000
[30]
To the devout, this wife of King Ahab represented evil
Jezebel
Sandy
|
$1,000
[18]
Greek for whom a theorem about right triangles is named, he was 1 of the 1st to think the Earth is round
Pythagoras
Zeke
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1505 he was recalled to Rome to make a tomb for the Renaissance Pope Julius II
Michelangelo
Jeff
|
$1,000
[21]
This historical play dramatizes the events which led to England's break with the Roman Catholic church
Henry VIII
Zeke
|
$1,000
[9]
This Kenyan capital contains a 44-square-mile national park & game preserve
Nairobi
Jeff
|
|
$1,500
[5]
In 1831 the Anti-Masonic Party held the first of these ever, to prepare for the 1832 election
(nominating) convention
Jeff
|
$1,500
[28]
Though in love with Rachel, Jacob was tricked into marrying this sister first
Leah
Zeke
|
$1,500
[17]
The quantum theory of electrodynamics explains some phenomena in terms of these, not waves
particles
Bruce
|
$2,000
[23]
He painted “The Transfiguration” & for 6 years directed the construction of St. Peter's Church in Rome
Raphael
Quadruple Stumper
|
$1,500
[22]
In this play's first scene, dastardly deeds are done at the tomb of the Andronici
Titus Andronicus
Sandy
|
$1,500
[10]
Teide National Park in this Spanish archipelago is located on Tenerife Island
Canary Islands
Zeke
|
|
$2,000
[6]
The Platt Amendment of 1901 provided for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from this country
Cuba
Sandy
|
$2,000
[27]
A patron saint of cooks, she was the sister of Lazarus & Mary of Bethany
Martha
Sandy
Zeke
|
$2,000
[7]
Any process by which neutral atoms become electrically charged is called this
ionizations
Zeke
|
$2,500
[14]
This ancient Greek's only surviving original sculpture is “Hermes & Dionysus”
Praxiteles
Sandy
|
$2,500
[13]
The renouncing of magic in this play is believed to be the bard's symbolic farewell to the stage
The Tempest
Quadruple Stumper
|
$2,000
[11]
1 of 2 South American countries each having a park on its side of Iguacu Falls
Brazil (or Argentina)
Jeff
|
|
$2,500
[8]
William Jennings Bryan was elected to his first public office in this state
Nebraska
Bruce
Zeke
Quadruple Stumper
|
$2,500
[26]
While in the land of Midian, he married Zipporah, a daughter of Jethro
Moses
Sandy
|
$2,500
[1]
2 of the 6 planetary probes launched by the U.S.
Mariner & Voyager (Ranger, Surveyor, Pioneer & Viking)
Zeke
|
DD
$7,000
[24]
Rockefeller Ctr. destroyed his “Man At The Crossroads” because of a Lenin look-alike in the mural
Diego Rivera
Sandy
|
DD
$9,000
[15]
He has 3 sons-in-law: the Duke of Albany, the Duke of Cornwall & the king of France
Lear
Sandy
|
$2,500
[12]
This Mexico City park, which antedates Columbus is believed to be the oldest in the Americas
Chapultepec
Sandy
|
This month was formerly called Quintilis
July