Tom Morris game 5.
Mary Kay Schmidt — a housewife and volunteer from Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Michael Vanderbilt — a human resources administrator from New York, New York
Tom Morris — a retailer and student from Irvine, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $100,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | $1,200 | $4,200 | $11,200 |
$22,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,200
20 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Michael | $-1,000 | $400 | $6,400 |
$12,795
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,400
8 R, 2 W |
| Mary Kay | $1,600 | $4,800 | $14,000 |
$22,400
New champion: $22,400 |
$13,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| AMERICAN POETRY | THE 50th GRAMMYS | TECHNOLOGY | THE VEEP | HODGEPODGE | TIME TO "BEG" FOR IT |
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$200
[6]
"Howl", his first book of poetry, was published by City Lights, a bookstore owned by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Allen Ginsberg
Mary Kay
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$200
[11]
This duo won a Rock Performance Grammy for its "Icky Thump"
The White Stripes
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$200
[1]
As part of its salute to this decade, the Post Office created a stamp with a Mix Master on it
the 1930s
Tom
Michael
Mary Kay
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$200
[15]
He was Vice President under Dwight Eisenhower
Nixon
Michael
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$200
[22]
9 out of every 10 tomatoes grown in the U.S. come from this state
California
Mary Kay
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$200
[16]
2-word term for the initial good fortune that might come to someone starting a new pursuit or hobby
beginner's luck
Mary Kay
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$400
[7]
This poem on the base of the Statue of Liberty begins, "Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame"
"The New Colossus"
Mary Kay
|
$400
[12]
Before singing her hit "No One", she kicked off the telecast by duetting with Frank Sinatra
Alicia Keys
Mary Kay
|
$400
[2]
This engine innovation was introduced in 1940 by GM with the slogan "No gears to shift! No clutch to press!"
automatic transmission
Tom
|
$600
[29]
Once a pharmacist, he was serving in the U.S. Senate when elected Vice President in 1964
Humphrey
Tom
|
$400
[23]
Telemarketers must search this registry every 31 days & drop those who are on it
a do-not-call list
Mary Kay
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$400
[18]
American perennial seen here
a begonia
Michael
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|
$600
[8]
"One calm summer night", this title character "went home and put a bullet through his head
Richard Cory
Mary Kay
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$600
[13]
Kodo-inspired drummers backed this country songstress on her Grammy-winning hit "Before He Cheats"
Carrie Underwood
Tom
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$600
[3]
On Feb. 29, 2008 Blu-Ray emerged as the new video disc choice as this Japanese co. abandoned its HD-DVD format
Toshiba
Tom
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$800
[28]
He was Vice President of the U.S. from 1921 to 1923 before succeeding to the presidency
Coolidge
Tom
|
$600
[24]
Thin must be in for this country with the highest life expectancy in South America, nearly 77 years
Chile
Tom
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$600
[19]
To mislead by trickery or flattery
beguile
Mary Kay
|
|
$800
[9]
A poem by Poe purports to be the confession of this lame Asiatic conqueror, also a Christopher Marlowe subject
Tamburlaine or Tamerlane
Michael
Mary Kay
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
In a surprise, this jazz legend won Album of the Year for "River: The Joni Letters"
Herbie Hancock
Tom
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$800
[4]
Fingerprint ID devices are part of this security technology, from the Greek for "life" & "measure"
biometric
Tom
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$1,000
[27]
He was the eighth U.S. Vice President & the eighth U.S. President
Martin Van Buren
|
$800
[25]
In "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution", this literary character is treated by Sigmund Freud for drug addiction
Sherlock Holmes
Mary Kay
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$800
[20]
To envy or resent someone else's good fortune, like my friend Trudy winning that award instead of me
begrudge
Michael
|
|
$1,000
[10]
"For the Union Dead" is a 1964 book by this poet whose ancestors came over on the Mayflower
Robert Lowell
|
$1,000
[17]
This country singer cracked, "I just got an award given to me by a Beatle. Have you had that happen yet, Kanye?"
Vince Gill
|
$1,000
[5]
The engine control unit, a car's smartest computer, monitors systems like injection of this
fuel
Mary Kay
|
— |
$1,000
[26]
Originally from Asia, the "walking" variety of this fish was introduced into Florida in the 1960s
the catfish
Tom
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$1,000
[21]
This 1728 John Gay "opera" put satiric lyrics to the tunes of popular songs
The Beggar's Opera
Mary Kay
|
| 20th CENTURY AMERICAN ARTISTS | "M.J." | THE ELEMENTS | BOOZE-A-PALOOZA | INTERNATIONAL PARKS | "B" SHARP |
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$400
[16]
Among his many sculptures are "The Cowboy" & "Coming Through the Rye"
Remington
Mary Kay
|
$400
[11]
He led the Bulls to 6 NBA championships in the '90s
Michael Jordan
Tom
|
$400
[6]
Nearly all of this element in the body is found in the bones & teeth
calcium
Tom
|
$400
[1]
This adjective follows "whiskey" in the name of a whiskey & lemon juice cocktail
sour
Tom
|
$400
[27]
The Hohe Tauern National Park stretches across part of the Salzburg state of this nation
Austria
Tom
|
$400
[21]
Sepia & mahogany are tones of this color
brown
Tom
|
|
$800
[17]
Between 1971 & 1985 he depicted his neighbor Helga in over 240 of his works
(Andrew) Wyeth
Mary Kay
|
$800
[12]
She was the lead actress in "The Fifth Element" & "Resident Evil"
Milla Jovovich
Michael
|
$800
[7]
Although it's a poisonous gas, this element is used to purify drinking water & swimming pools
chlorine
Michael
|
$800
[2]
In 1830, rather than become a fourth-generation clergyman, Charles Tanqueray began making this
gin
Tom
|
$800
[28]
You can visit theruinsof an ancient Mayan city at Tikal National Park in this Central American country
Guatemala
Michael
|
$800
[22]
A joke says that when you play country music this way, your wife, your dog & your car return
backwards
Tom
|
|
$1,600
[19]
He modeled the male diners in his "Nighthawks" after himself & the female diner after his wife Jo
(Edward) Hopper
Michael
|
$1,200
[13]
In the 2000 Olympics, this American repeated as 400-meter champ but didn't break his Olympic record set in 1996
Michael Johnson
Tom
|
$1,200
[8]
This element, once widely used in plumbing is known in Latin as plumbum, hence its symbol Pb
lead
Tom
|
$1,200
[3]
This song that was a No. 1 hit for The Champs in 1958 always makes me want a Margarita
"Tequila"
Tom
|
$1,200
[29]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.) This diorama at the American Museum of Natural History depicts Virunga National Park in this African Democratic Republic
the Congo
Mary Kay
|
$1,200
[23]
From the Italian for "jest", it's a clown or a fool
a buffoon
Tom
|
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
The feminist artist Judy Cohen goes by this last name, the city of her birth
Chicago
Mary Kay
|
$1,600
[14]
A founder of the Industrial Workers of the World, she used the slogan "Join the union, boys"
Mother Jones
Mary Kay
|
$2,000
[10]
You're out of your element if you don't know that this element is also called wolfram
tungsten
Mary Kay
|
$1,600
[4]
The Sondheim song "Ladies Who Lunch" rhymes "another brilliant zinger" with "another vodka" one of these
a Stinger
Tom
|
$1,600
[26]
Abruzzo National Park is in this mountain range that forms the backbone of peninsular Italy
the Apennines
Mary Kay
|
$1,600
[24]
The Battle of Bunker Hill actually took place on this adjacent hill
Breed's Hill
Mary Kay
|
|
$2,000
[20]
This celebrated American photographer exhibited at the first Surrealist exhibition of 1925
Man Ray
Mary Kay
|
$2,000
[15]
He won Oscars for his scores for "Doctor Zhivago", "A Passage to India" & "Lawrence of Arabia"
Maurice Jarre
|
DD
$3,000
[9]
An 18-karat gold alloy consists of this percentage of gold
75
Tom
|
$2,000
[5]
Double-talk name for a Piña Colada made with vodka instead of rum
Chi-Chi
|
$2,000
[30]
Fundy National Park is on the Bay of Fundy in this Canadian Province
New Brunswick
|
$2,000
[25]
"Diglot" is a synonym for this adjective that describes a certain ability
bilingual
Michael
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A famous scene from this 1976 film was completely ad-libbed; the script simply read, "Travis looks in the mirror"
Taxi Driver