Catherine Ramen game 5.
Scott Davidson — an electrical engineer from Fremont, California
Karen Douglas — a librarian from Manassas, Virginia
Catherine Ramen — an assistant editor from New York, New York (whose 4-day cash winnings total $55,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine | $1,400 | $4,600 | $10,000 |
$5,500
5-day champion: $61,000 |
$10,000
33 R, 3 W |
| Karen | $0 | $-400 | $-2,400 |
$-2,400
3rd place: a Magnavox 25" color TV + a Maganov HiFi stereo VCR + Jeopardy! scorekeeper |
$-400
3 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Scott | $1,500 | $1,900 | $5,100 |
$50
2nd place: a trip to Quail Lodge Resort & Golf Club in Carmel, California + Jeopardy! scorekeeper |
$5,100
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| HOLLYWOOD 90028 | THE KOREAN WAR | FAMOUS FREDS | KNOW YOUR EARTH | ACTOR-DIRECTORS | "EASY" QUESTIONS |
|
$100
[6]
The Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Blvd. hosted the first of these ceremonies in 1929
the Oscars
Scott
|
$100
[16]
Between August 5 & Sept. 6, 1953 Operation Big Switch was the final exchange of these
prisoners (of war)
Catherine
|
$100
[1]
He's a dino operator at a quarry in Bedrock
Fred Flintstone
Catherine
|
$100
[21]
It's the length in hours of a mean solar day
24
Catherine
|
$100
[11]
2 years after a riding accident left him paralyzed, he directed the HBO drama "In the Gloaming"
Christopher Reeve
Catherine
|
$100
[26]
It "makes oven cleaning easier"
Easy-Off
Catherine
|
|
$200
[7]
This series of plaques lets you walk through Hollywood stepping on stars
the Hollywood Walk of Fame
|
$200
[17]
During the war the standard one of these for army use was the M-1
rifles
Catherine
|
$200
[2]
"Bronco Buster" in 1895 was his first bronze
Frederic Remington
Scott
|
$200
[22]
Follow this line & you'll travel almost exactly 24,900 miles to get back to your starting point
the equator
Catherine
|
$200
[12]
"Star Trek"'s Mr. Spock, he showed his comedy side with his direction of "Three Men and a Baby"
(Leonard) Nimoy
Catherine
|
$200
[30]
Avenue of affluence
Easy Street
Catherine
|
|
$300
[8]
Musso & Frank's, Hollywood's oldest restaurant, is renowned for this "dry" vermouth cocktail
a martini
Catherine
|
$300
[18]
The 8225th was a real one of these units; the 4077th was a fictional one
M*A*S*H units
Catherine
|
$300
[3]
Craven graven image played by Robert Englund
Freddy Krueger
Scott
|
$300
[23]
Filling this reservoir behind Hoover Dam caused earthquakes in the area until the land settled
Lake Mead
Catherine
|
$300
[13]
He cast Debbie Reynolds as his "mother" in a 1996 film
Albert Brooks
Catherine
|
$300
[27]
New Orleans
"The Big Easy"
Catherine
|
|
$400
[9]
The Alto Nido Apartments on Ivar were William Holden's home in this movie named for a nearby street
Sunset Boulevard
Catherine
|
$400
[19]
A monument called the Tower of Ten Human Bombs stands near this zone between North & South Korea
the Demilitarized Zone
Scott
|
DD
$400
[4]
Group that had thefollowinghit:"I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt, so sexy it hurts /I'm too sexy..."
Right Said Fred
Scott
|
$400
[24]
The book "The Earth" calls this the most potent geomorphological agent there is, causing the most damage
man
Karen
Scott
|
$400
[14]
In 1990 he directed himself in the title role of "Dick Tracy"
Warren Beatty
Scott
|
$400
[28]
One of the 2 "Easy" hits by The Eagles that flew into the Top 40
"Take It Easy" (or "Peaceful Easy Feeling")
Catherine
|
|
$500
[10]
A street & a "Gulch" are named for this rancher who came to town in 1869
John Gower
|
$500
[20]
On October 7, 1950 the U.N. approved the use of its troops north of this parallel
the 38th parallel
Catherine
|
$500
[5]
His Polonaise in A-Flat Major, Opus 53, is called "Heroic"
Frederic Chopin
Scott
|
$500
[25]
Just above the troposphere is this ozone-containing layer of the atmosphere
the stratosphere
Karen
Scott
|
$500
[15]
Forest Whitaker of "The Crying Game" made his directorial debut with this Whitney Houston film about 4 friends
Waiting to Exhale
Catherine
|
$500
[29]
In other words--"simple import, simple export"
easy come, easy go
Karen
Scott
|
| POETS & POETRY | SHELL GAMES | SHAKE YOUR BOOTY | MUSIC HONORS | BACK TO SCHOOL | "HARD" QUESTIONS |
|
$200
[11]
William Blake tells of this animal "burning bright in the forests of the night"
a tiger
Catherine
|
$200
[16]
Of giant clam, giant crab or giant cockroach, it's the one with the largest shell
a giant clam
Catherine
|
$200
[19]
This pirate whose name means "red beard" paid the sultan of Tunisia 1/5 of his booty to use Tunis as his headquarters
Barbarossa
Karen
|
$200
[20]
The RIAA certifies a record that has sold 500,000 or more copies as gold & 1,000,000 or more as this
platinum
Scott
|
$200
[6]
Noah Webster's studies at Yale were interrupted by this war, but he did go back to graduate
the Revolutionary War
Catherine
|
$200
[1]
The title of this first Beatles film may have come from a line in John Lennon's book "In His Own Write"
"A Hard Day's Night"
Catherine
|
|
$400
[12]
Odd thing, but she "heard a fly buzz when" she "died" & "felt a funeral in" her "brain"
Emily Dickinson
Catherine
|
$400
[17]
Of chestnuts, peanuts or walnuts, the one whose shell is actually a pod
peanuts
Catherine
|
$400
[24]
If you're going to plunder & pillage the Spanish Main, you'd better be in this sea
the Caribbean
Catherine
|
$400
[21]
1993's best alternative music album Grammy went to this group's "Zooropa"
U2
Catherine
|
$400
[7]
This Dallas running back went running back to Florida to get his degree in 1996
Emmitt Smith
Catherine
|
$400
[2]
Stubborn
hard-headed
Catherine
Scott
|
|
$600
[13]
His classic 1946 poem "Fern Hill" was inspired by a relative's farm in Wales
Dylan Thomas
Scott
|
$600
[18]
Of an oyster, a cockle or a snail, the one that sports a univalve shell
a snail
Scott
|
$600
[25]
The name of this "merry" pirate flag may have come from the title "Ali Raja", "King of the Sea"
the Jolly Roger
Karen
|
$600
[30]
Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1997 was this trio composed of Barry, Maurice & Robin
The Bee Gees
Scott
|
$600
[8]
Expelled from Harvard in 1913, he went back only to be thrown out on his geodesic dome again in 1915
R. Buckminster Fuller
Catherine
|
$600
[3]
This biscuit made with just flour & water was once used aboard ships & for army rations
hardtack
Catherine
|
|
$800
[14]
Katherine Anne Porter could tell you the title of the 1494 German poem "Das Narrenschiff" means this
"Ship of Fools"
Catherine
|
$800
[22]
Of ladybugs, house flies or yellow jackets, they're the ones with a shell covering their wings
Ladybugs
Catherine
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
His treasure on Gardiners Island was recovered & became part of the endowment of Greenwich Marine Hospital
Captain Kidd
Karen
|
$800
[29]
September 4, 1996 was a "Tonight, Tonight" to remember for this group; it won MTV's Video of the Year Award
Smashing Pumpkins
Catherine
|
$800
[9]
After leaving school to foment unrest, Castro returned to get a degree in this
law
Karen
|
$800
[4]
As he lay dying at the Battle of Trafalgar, Horatio Nelson made this command to the flag captain
"Kiss me, Hardy"
Scott
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Emma Lazarus is best known for this sonnet inscribed on the Statue of Liberty's base
"The New Colossus"
Catherine
|
$1,000
[23]
Of cetology, conchology or cacology, it's the study of shells
conchology
Catherine
|
$1,000
[27]
Jack Rackham, who sported this nickname due to the colorful clothes he wore, had 2 women among his crew
"Calico Jack"
|
DD
$1,000
[28]
Singer seen here, she was the CMA's Female Vocalist of the Year in 1989 & 1990:
Kathy Mattea
Karen
|
$1,000
[10]
He graduated from West Point in 1915 & returned to school in 1948 as president of Columbia University
Eisenhower
Catherine
|
$1,000
[5]
This squire in "She Stoops to Conquer" likes "Old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine"
Squire Hardcastle
|
A 1997 episode of this series guest-starred Philip Michael Thomas & Tommy Chong
Nash Bridges