Dan Melia game 4.
Wayne Weil — a management consultant from New York, New York
Beth Reardon — a school librarian from Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dan Melia — a professor from San Francisco, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $44,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan | $1,900 | $3,300 | $10,100 |
$7,100
4-day champion: $51,600 |
$9,900
23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Beth | $600 | $1,200 | $3,200 |
$6,200
2nd place: Trip to Mexico City/Ixtapa |
$3,200
11 R, 2 W |
| Wayne | $200 | $600 | $6,500 |
$2
3rd place: Motorola StarTac Cellular Phone |
$6,500
18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE '97 WORLD ALMANAC | POP ALBUMS | AROUND THE DUNGEON | THE MOON | CRITTERS | "BOTTOM"S UP |
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$100
[25]
In 1983 only 7% of U.S. homes had one of these; in 1996 40%, 18% with modems
Computers
Beth
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$100
[13]
He released "Earthling" in 1997, 25 years after telling us of Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie
Wayne
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$100
[1]
A prisoner doing a stretch in the dungeon may be stretched out on one of these
The Rack
Wayne
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$100
[7]
As the Moon changes from new to full, it's said to be doing this; then it wanes
waxing
Dan
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$100
[5]
The ringhals, or spitting type of this snake, can spit venom about 7 feet
Cobra
Dan
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$100
[12]
This type of boat lets you view undersea life while keeping your feet dry
Glass-Bottomed
Beth
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$200
[26]
This red planet will be visible in the sky all year long; keep an eye on it if you're worried about invasions
Mars
Beth
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$200
[14]
This guitarist came "Alive!" to millions of new fans in a 1976 No. 1 album
Peter Frampton
Dan
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$200
[2]
This small device puts a little pressure on yourhitchhiking digit
Thumbscrew
Wayne
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$200
[8]
41% of the Moon's surface, it was unseen by humans until the USSR's Luna 3 photographed it in 1959
the dark side of the Moon
Wayne
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$200
[22]
Like kangaroo, the young of the koala are referred to by this term
Joeys
Dan
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$200
[15]
It's your net profit or loss as shown on an income statement
Bottom Line
Dan
|
|
$300
[27]
Born Feb. 27, 1980, this White House resident is among the "Widely Known Americans of the Present"
Chelsea Clinton
Wayne
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$400
[20]
There's no doubt that this album title refers to the bandmembers' upbringing near Disneyland
Tragic Kingdom
|
$300
[3]
A flogging with this multi-colored whip may leave you with a different type of scratch fever
Cat O' Nine Tails
Dan
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$300
[9]
The second named lunar mission, it crashed its module to test lunar seismography
Apollo 12
Beth
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$300
[23]
Species of this hovering bird range in size from 2" to 8"
Hummingbird
Dan
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$300
[16]
This '60s TV series was set aboard the Seaview, an atomic sub built by Harriman Nelson
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Beth
Wayne
|
|
$400
[28]
According to the U.S. treasury, as of March 1996 there were 6,046,024,130 of these in circulation
U.S. Dollars
Dan
|
DD
$500
[19]
Self-titled album including the song heard here:"How will I know if he really loves me /I say a prayer with every heartbeat..."
Whitney Houston
Wayne
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$400
[4]
It's a hollow spike-filled statue or coffin in which a victim is enclosed
an iron maiden
Beth
Wayne
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$400
[10]
Term for a September full moon that rises soon after sunset, giving farmers more hours to work
Harvest Moon
Beth
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$400
[24]
A member of this family, although without a long neck, the okapi was discovered in the Congo rain forest
Giraffe
Beth
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$400
[17]
Miners first adapted this term for a hard place to mean as low as one can get
rock bottom
Beth
Wayne
|
|
$500
[30]
Among the top stories is the flare-up of violence over a tunnel entrance in this Mideast city
Jerusalem
Dan
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$500
[21]
This album by Sheryl Crow originated with weekly L.A. jam sessions
Tuesday Night Music Club
Wayne
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$500
[6]
From the Latin for "little hand", they're handcuffs
manacles
Dan
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$500
[11]
Serenity, Fertility & Tranquility are 3 of these large, smooth areas
Seas
Dan
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$500
[29]
The black-footed ferret, a member of this family, was once thought extinct, but a few were discovered in 1981
Weasel
Dan
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$500
[18]
Contradicting its foreboding name, this feature of Mammoth Cave is only 105 feet deep
the Bottomless Pit
Dan
|
| BIBLICAL FASHION | TELEVISION | FILE UNDER "L" | WORLD CITIES | OLD MONEY MEN | THEY'RE UNREAL! (WE THINK) |
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$200
[26]
After realizing they were naked, Adam & Eve sewed these leaves together & made aprons
Fig Leaves
Wayne
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$200
[1]
The face of Maris, Niles' wife on this sitcom, has never been seen
Frasier
Wayne
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$200
[6]
A machine used for weaving: your underwear may be the fruit of it
Loom
Beth
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$200
[8]
As Rick, Bogart said he came to this city, Morocco's main port, for the waters
Casablanca
Wayne
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$200
[14]
His first millions from Standard Oil came from oil mainly used in kerosene lamps
John D. Rockefeller
Dan
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$200
[19]
Giant footprints in the snow are thought to support the existence of this Himalayan creature
Yeti/Abominable Snowman
Wayne
|
|
$400
[27]
Envious of Joseph, his brothers stripped him of this garment & cast him into a pit
Coat (of many colors)
Beth
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$400
[2]
In 1996 Jack Larson guest-starred on "Lois & Clark" in this role he played on the original TV "Superman"
Jimmy Olsen
Beth
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$400
[7]
This crustacean turns bright red when boiled, not when embarrassed
Lobster
Dan
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$400
[10]
Like London, this capital of Northern Ireland was damaged by WWII German bombs
Belfast
Dan
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$400
[15]
Asked how his business acumen would affect the public, he said, "The public be damned!"
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Dan
|
$400
[20]
Wartime British pilots coined this term for the goblins messing with their airplanes
Gremlins
Wayne
|
|
$600
[30]
Achan admitted to Joshua that from the spoils of this city he took a "Goodly Babylon Garment"
Jericho
Dan
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$600
[3]
It starred Louise Lasser, Louise Lasser in the title role
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Wayne
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$600
[9]
The prime meridian meets the equator at 0 degrees latitude, 0 degrees this
Longitude
Dan
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$600
[11]
To party, Canada's civil servants often cross the river from this city to Hull, Quebec
Ottawa
Dan
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$600
[16]
When salaries were cut at his Homestead steel mill & workers struck, he was on vacation in Scotland
Andrew Carnegie
Dan
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$600
[21]
Sinbad the Sailor had trouble with a one-eyed giant similar to the one Ulysses called this
Cyclops/Polyphemus
Wayne
|
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$800
[29]
It was the garb of the penitent & those in mourning & was often worn with ashes
Sackcloth
Dan
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$800
[4]
"General Hospital" is set in Port Charles & "All My Children" is set in this fictional town
Pine Valley
|
$800
[24]
Petty this (stealing property) is usually a misdemeanor; grand is usually a felony
Larceny
Wayne
|
$800
[13]
Site of a huge U.S. airbase in the '60s, this central Vietnamese port is now a city of over 300,000
Da Nang
Wayne
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$800
[17]
He arranged a $65 million loan to the U.S. government & guaranteed New York City $30 million
J.P. Morgan
|
$800
[22]
An Irish man's greatness can be gauged by how many of these moaning spirits foretell his death
Banshees
Dan
|
|
$1,000
[28]
Golden bells & pomegranates were to adorn the hem of the robe of this brother of Moses
Aaron
Wayne
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$1,000
[5]
On "I Love Lucy", it was Lucy Ricardo's maiden name
McGillicuddy
Wayne
|
DD
$1,500
[25]
Instrument seen here:
a lute
Wayne
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$1,000
[12]
In March 1997, rebels against the Mobutu regime captured Kisangani in this country
Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Dan
|
DD
$1,200
[18]
Reportedly, this partner of Lynch once sold newspapers for men to hide behind in a red-light district
Charles Merrill
Dan
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$1,000
[23]
16th century France was plagued with reports of these shape-shifters the French call loups-garous
Werewolves
Beth
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The phrase "Flower Power" was coined by this poet in the 1960s
Allen Ginsberg