India Cooper game 5.
Kurt Kroboth — a financial consultant from Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Bruce Higginbotham — a U.S. history teacher from Houston, Texas
India Cooper — an actor and copy editor originally from Denver, Colorado (whose 4-day cash winnings total $55,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | $500 | $600 | $6,600 |
$13,100
5-day champion: $68,400 |
$6,600
16 R, 1 W |
| Bruce | $900 | $3,100 | $1,500 |
$1,500
3rd place: Lane's Heirloom cedar chest + Nintendo Entertainment System + games including Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune with Vanna White) |
$2,500
16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kurt | $900 | $1,500 | $6,400 |
$12,800
2nd place: a trip for 2 from Los Angeles to Penang, Malaysia |
$7,500
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| WATERFALLS | MOVIE MONSTERS | JULES VERNE | FAMOUS ARMSTRONGS | COLLEGE DEGREES | ANAGRAMS |
|
$100
[2]
This Venezuela waterfall was named for the American aviator who discovered it in 1935
Angel Falls
Bruce
|
$100
[26]
This big ape was billed as the "eighth wonder of the world" by promoter Carl Denham
King Kong
Bruce
|
$100
[10]
This 1869 novel's 16th chapter is titled "A Walk on the Bottom of the Sea"
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Bruce
|
$100
[17]
His earlier nickname was "Dippermouth" & he learned how to play the bugle in reform school
Satchmo Armstrong
Bruce
|
$100
[5]
It's what the Ph. stands for in Ph.B. & Ph.D.
philosophy
Kurt
|
$100
[1]
About 8 hours elapse during the night while you're this
asleep (for elapse)
Bruce
|
|
$200
[3]
This continent's highest waterfall, Wollomombi, drops 1580 feet in New South Wales
Australia
Bruce
|
$200
[27]
Raymond Burr was a reporter investigating this fire-breathing lizard in Tokyo in 1956 & 1985
Godzilla
India
|
$200
[13]
In Chapter 3 of this book wagers are made whether Phileas Fogg can complete his journey in the allotted time
Around the World in Eighty Days
Bruce
|
$200
[18]
On radio, Dick York played Billy Fairfield, best friend of this all-American boy
Jack Armstrong
Bruce
|
$200
[6]
A D.V.M. is a doctor of this kind of medicine
veterinary
Kurt
|
$200
[8]
While eating a sandwich, Paul got a few crumbs of it in his beard
bread (for beard)
India
|
|
$300
[4]
California's Ribbon Falls, the highest single waterfall in North America, lies in this national park
Yosemite
Kurt
|
$300
[28]
The movie monster played by David Hedison, Brett Halsey, Jeff Goldblum & Eric Stoltz
the fly
Kurt
|
$300
[14]
While living in Paris, Verne got advice on writing from this "Three Musketeers" author
Alexandre Dumas
Bruce
|
$300
[19]
Henry Armstrong is the only pro to hold 3 world championships simultaneously in this sport
boxing
Kurt
|
$300
[7]
An M.S. in M.E. is a Master of Science in this kind of engineering
mechanical
India
|
$300
[9]
The plot may not thicken, but the sauce does in this room
kitchen (for thicken)
Kurt
|
|
$400
[11]
This waterfall on the Zambezi River is called "Mosi oa Tunya", or Smoke that Thunders, by local natives
Victoria Falls
Bruce
|
$400
[29]
In 1951 James Arness played this vegetable-like monster "from another world"
The Thing
India
|
$500
[16]
In 1828 Verne was born in this port city, 230 years after Henry IV signed an important "edict" there
Nantes
Bruce
|
$400
[22]
He's Wapakoneta, Ohio's most famous Armstrong
Neil Armstrong
Bruce
|
$400
[20]
Captains of industry know than an M.B.A. is this
Master of Business Administration
Bruce
|
$400
[24]
Before tossing one of these, McTavish takes a drink to brace himself
caber (for brace)
|
|
$500
[12]
Much of the electrical power for this mainland area of Newfoundland comes from Churchill Falls
Labrador
Bruce
|
$500
[30]
Claude Rains beats Lon Chaney, Jr. to death with a silver walking stick in this 1941 film
The Wolf Man
India
Kurt
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
Verne's first published book, it describes an aerial journey over Africa lasting more than a month
Five Weeks in a Balloon
Bruce
|
$500
[23]
In 1933 American engineer Edwin Armstrong came up with this new radio system
FM (frequency modulation)
|
$500
[21]
The field in which the honorary degree LL.D. is awarded
law
Bruce
|
$500
[25]
One of these machines powers the press at the Tribune
a turbine (for tribune)
Kurt
|
| SURRENDERS | PHOTOGRAPHY | U.S. STAMPS | WORLD HISTORY | JUPITER | "G"EOGRAPHY |
|
$200
[15]
Mazaces, the Persian governor of Egypt, surrendered to this Macedonian in 332 B.C.
Alexander
India
|
$200
[10]
In 1930 General Electric introduced this throwaway device to provide artificial light
a flash bulb
India
|
$200
[21]
The Jamestown Exposition set of 1907 included a 5-cent stamp of this Indian maiden
Pocahontas
India
|
$200
[1]
Near the end of the fifth century, the Japanese borrowed this nation's system of writing
China
Kurt
|
$200
[13]
At its closest approach, Jupiter is 367 million miles from this planet
Earth
India
|
$200
[2]
Hindus believe its waters cleanse the soul
The Ganges
India
|
|
$400
[16]
At Stanley, capital of this island group, the Argentines surrendered to the British June 14, 1982
the Malvinas (the Falklands)
Kurt
|
$400
[11]
Of ultraviolet, polarizing or color, the type of filter you'd use to reduce glare
polarizing
Bruce
|
$400
[22]
In 1861 Wells Fargo & Co. issued a stamp for this new service
Pony Express
Kurt
|
$400
[3]
When Alfonso I was proclaimed king in 1143, it became independent of Castilian & Moorish control
Portugal
India
Bruce
|
$400
[14]
On the surface this force is 2.64 times ours; a 100-pound object would weigh 264 lbs.
gravity
Kurt
|
$400
[5]
The Netherlands' largest market square is in this town known for its cheese
Gouda
India
|
|
$600
[17]
On July 3, 1754, during this war, George Washington surrendered Fort Necessity
the French and Indian War
Kurt
|
$800
[27]
In 1839 this French inventor created one of the 1st practical processes of photography
(Louis) Daguerre
Kurt
|
$600
[23]
A 3-cent stamp of 1956 honored the 50th anniversary of this Wyoming national monument
Devils Tower
Bruce
|
$600
[4]
Prior to independence in 1917, Finland had been a grand duchy of this country for 108 years
Russia
Kurt
|
$600
[25]
He discovered the 4 largest moons of Jupiter, but Simon Marius gave them names
Galileo
India
|
$600
[6]
John Cabot was one of the famous explorers from this Italian city
Genoa
Kurt
|
|
$800
[18]
Admiral Nimitz signed the Japanese surrender for the U.S.; he signed as Supreme Allied Commander
MacArthur
Kurt
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1936 she became one of the first 4 staff photographers at Life magazine
Margaret Bourke-White
India
|
$800
[24]
In 1989 a record $1.1 million was paid for a block of 1918 stamps with an inverted image of this
an airplane
Kurt
|
$800
[9]
In 1512 this king seized Navarre, completing the unification of what is now Spain
Ferdinand (II)
India
|
$800
[26]
The "trail blazing" name of the first spacecraft to fly by Jupiter, in 1973
Pioneer
Kurt
|
$800
[7]
This Polish city known for its shipyards is part of a tri-city area with Gdynia & Sopot
Gdansk
India
|
|
$1,000
[19]
His uncle, Spotted Tail, convinced this Oglala Sioux warrior to surrender in 1877
Crazy Horse
Bruce
Kurt
|
DD
$1,500
[20]
The oldest existing battlefield photos are those taken in 1853 during this war
Crimean War
Kurt
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
2 of the classic films honored by U.S. stamps in 1990
2 of ( Gone with the Wind , Stage Coach , The Wizard of Oz , and Beau Geste )
Kurt
|
$1,000
[12]
During his 67-year reign, this pharaoh completed many projects, including the temple at Karnak
Ramses (the Great)
Kurt
|
$1,000
[29]
This colorful feature centered at 22 degrees south latitude is about 22,000 miles long & 9,000 miles wide
(Great) Red Spot
India
|
$1,000
[8]
The city where the Volga & Oka rivers meet was renamed this in 1932 after a popular writer
Gorky
Kurt
|
The patriarch of this family was born Herbert Blythe in 1847; he took a stage name in 1872
the Barrymores