Rick Knutsen game 5.
Matt Ginsburg — a government consultant from Washington, D.C.
Amy DeLisa — an attorney from Framingham, Massachusetts
Rick Knutsen — a musician from Brooklyn, New York (whose 4-day cash winnings total $45,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick | $1,500 | $2,700 | $10,600 |
$11,800
5-day champion: $57,300 |
$9,500
25 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Amy | $900 | $1,200 | $3,800 |
$0
3rd place |
$3,800
9 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Matt | $400 | $700 | $4,700 |
$8,500
2nd place |
$4,700
14 R, 1 W |
| THE PREZ SAYS | '90s OSCAR WINNERS | MONTHS | A WATERY GRAVE | IF I HAD A HAMMER... | IT TAKES "TOO" |
|
$100
[1]
In his debates with Stephen Douglas, Lincoln called it “A moral, social, and political evil”
slavery
Rick
|
$100
[3]
He won his first Oscar for directing “Unforgiven”
Clint Eastwood
Matt
|
$100
[21]
It “comes in like a lion & goes out like a lamb”
March
Matt
|
$100
[11]
The H.M.S. Titanic
Atlantic Ocean
Rick
|
$100
[26]
This legendary railroad worker boasted “gonna die with the hammer in my hand”
John Henry
Matt
|
$100
[16]
This parrot is known for its long, erectile crest
a cockatoo
Amy
Matt
|
|
$200
[2]
He was at the 1901 Minnesota state fair when he said, “There is a homely adage which runs, ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick’”
Teddy Roosevelt
Matt
|
$200
[4]
She won for not saying much as Ada McGrath in “The Piano”
Holly Hunter
Amy
|
$200
[22]
As relected by its name, it was the seventh month in the Roman calendar
September
Rick
|
$200
[12]
The U.S.S. Arizona
Pearl Harbor
Rick
|
$200
[27]
In 1986 Yuriy Syedikh set the world record in this track & field event at 284 feet 7 inches
hammer throw
Rick
|
$200
[17]
For most of his life, Larry Fine had a job as one of these
Stooge
Rick
|
|
$300
[6]
Before the Battle of Long Island, he told the Continental Army, “We have...to resolve to conquer or die”
George Washington
Amy
|
$300
[5]
Susan Sarandon won for “Dead Man Walking” & he won for “Leaving Las Vegas”, which could have had the same title
Nicolas Cage
Rick
|
$300
[23]
This month was likely named for a Roman goddess of spring & growth
May
|
$300
[13]
The U.S.S. Maine
Havana Harbor
Rick
|
$300
[28]
Leprechauns can be located by the sound of their little hammers as they make these items of apparel
shoes
Rick
|
$300
[18]
Lookin' like a beaver
buck-toothed
|
|
$400
[9]
In his 1964 State of the Union Address, LBJ declared an “unconditional war against” this
poverty
Rick
|
$400
[7]
Some didn't applaud the honorary Oscar to this “Streetcar” director & HUAC witness
(Elia) Kazan
Amy
|
$400
[24]
The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 occurred during this month
October
Rick
|
$400
[14]
The Russian submarine Kursk
Barents (or Arctic Ocean)
Rick
Matt
|
$400
[29]
This Norse god has a hammer named Mjollnir
Thor
Amy
|
$400
[19]
It's usually 2 or more sections of a company of troops & is headed by a lieutenant
platoon
|
|
$500
[10]
About him Truman said, “The general doesn't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday”
Eisenhower
Amy
Matt
|
DD
$500
[8]
His 12 nominations for movies of the decade produced 1 win, Best Original Score for “Schindler's List”
John Williams
Amy
|
$500
[25]
By presidential proclamation, this is American Heart Month
February
|
$500
[15]
The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald
Lake Superior
Rick
|
$500
[30]
William Wallace's nemesis, Edward I of England, was called the hammer of these people
Scots
|
$500
[20]
It's the word missing from the Oliver Sacks title “The Man Who ___ His Wife For A Hat”
Mistook
Rick
|
| NORTH KOREA | LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES “M” | FAMOUS FEMALES | 1980s MUSIC | ARCHITECTS | WORD PLAY |
|
$200
[26]
North Korea came into political being following the division of the Korean peninsula at the end of this war
World War II
Rick
|
$200
[6]
Robin Hood's maid(6)
Marian
Matt
|
$200
[11]
She's the courageous woman seen here
Mother Teresa
Rick
|
$200
[1]
In 1989 she released "Express Yourself" & got divorced from Sean Penn
Madonna
Rick
|
$200
[16]
In 1932 he founded the Taliesin Fellowship in which students paid to live & work with him
(Frank Lloyd) Wright
Matt
|
$200
[21]
It's the first palindrome name mentioned in the Bible
Eve
Amy
|
|
$400
[27]
The highest ranking U.S. official ever to visit, she made an historic journey to North Korea in October 2000
Madeleine Albright
Rick
Amy
|
$400
[7]
"Prince"ly Florentine author(11)
Machiavelli
Rick
|
$400
[12]
If you think dope is for kicks, you're out of your mind, once remarked this singer
Billie Holiday
Matt
|
$400
[2]
This singer heardherewas born in Kingston, Ontario in 1959:"When it get too much /I need to feel your touch /I'm gonna run to you..."
Bryan Adams
Matt
|
$400
[17]
He designed the geodesic dome for the United States Pavilion at Expo '67 in Montreal
Buckminster Fuller
Rick
|
$400
[22]
In 1962 Urundi became independent & changed its name by adding this letter
B (for Burndi)
Rick
|
|
$600
[28]
North Korea's official name in English is this, abbreviated DPRK
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Matt
|
$600
[8]
Playwright Christopher, or detective Philip(7)
Marlowe
Rick
|
$600
[13]
Depictedhereis this legendary saint holding her famous Biblical fabric
Saint Veronica
|
$600
[3]
Surprise! They're the Euro trio who recorded "Take On Me"
a -h a
Matt
|
$600
[18]
Andrea Palladio's Villa Rotunda near Vicenza, Italy was a major influence on his design for Monticello
Jefferson
Matt
|
$600
[23]
This color precedes berry, walnut & sheep
black
Rick
|
|
$800
[29]
In 1994 the U.S. agreed to help North Korea build the less threatening light-water type of these
nuclear reactors
Rick
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
Guerre, or Chuzzlewit(6)
Martin
Rick
|
$800
[14]
Seen here, she was the victim of one of the most controversial royal break-ups ever in 1533
Catherine of Aragon
|
$800
[4]
These 3 words, 2 English & 1 Russian, were the theme of an anti-drug concert in Moscow
Just Say Nyet
|
$800
[19]
This Finn won 2nd prize in the Chicago Tribune building contest in 1922 & moved to the U.S. the following year
Saarinen
Rick
|
$1,000
[25]
Alphabetically, the aardvark is the first animal listed in the American Heritage Dictionary; this mammal is second
aardwolf
|
|
$1,000
[30]
This man assumed his father's leadership of North Korea in 1994
Kim Jong-il
Rick
|
$1,000
[10]
Irish-born Iris(7)
Murdoch
Amy
|
$1,000
[15]
Spreading her winged arms, the Egyptian goddess seenhereis guarding the tomb of Seti I
Isis
Amy
|
$1,000
[5]
The first album by this band, including "Blister In The Sun", went platinum without making the Top 40
Violent Femmes
Matt
|
$1,000
[20]
From 1920 to 1925 he & French painter Amedee Ozenfant edited L'Esprit Nouveau, an avant-garde magazine
Le Corbusier
|
DD
$1,700
[24]
Insert a consonant in "round" & you get this word that also means round
rotund
Rick
|
Founded as Pacific Aero Products in 1916, today this company is America's largest exporter, in total revenue
Boeing