Erik Nelson game 5.
Jim Davis — a college music and humanities instructor from Freeport, Illinois
Kate Cell — a communications consultant from Shutesbury, Massachusetts
Erik Nelson — a graduate student from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 4-day cash winnings total $94,404)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik | $600 | $3,600 | $15,200 |
$30,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,200
18 R, 2 W |
| Kate | $2,000 | $5,800 | $8,500 |
$7,500
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,000
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jim | $3,000 | $5,600 | $15,400 |
$30,401
New champion: $30,401 |
$18,200
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| AT THE MUSEE D'ORSAY | THE 2008SPORTS ILLUSTRATEDFORTUNATE 50 | ON THE MENU | THE NEW YORK TIMESELECTION COVERAGE | "M"-BRACE ME | HAVE YOU BEEN TESTED? |
|
$200
[8]
The museum's got a "Starry Night" that he painted in Arles in 1888, not the more famous one done in Saint Remy in 1889
van Gogh
Erik
|
$200
[9]
No. 1, $127.9 mil.:He's made "close to $800 million in total earnings on and off the course over his 13-year career"
Tiger Woods
Erik
|
$200
[4]
A McDonald's pork patty:The Mc Th Mc Th Mc Th Mc Th Mc Th Mc Th Mc ThMcThis
McRib
Jim
|
$200
[1]
The Nov. 10, 1960 front page noted this first about President-elect JFK's background
his Catholicism
Jim
|
$200
[21]
Funnel-shaped amplifying device that's an essential cheerleader accessory
a megaphone
Kate
|
$200
[26]
This test used on pregnant women is also called a sonogram
an ultrasound
Erik
|
|
$400
[12]
You can see his mother (aka "Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1")
Whistler
Erik
|
$400
[10]
No. 5, with nearly $35.5 million:This Laker, fresh off his first MVP award
Kobe Bryant
Jim
|
$400
[5]
At Red Lobster:Parrot Bay Jumbo Coconut this
Shrimp
Jim
|
$400
[2]
The report on the 1992 returns included a "jubilant bear hug" between these 2 men
Clinton & Gore
Jim
|
$400
[22]
Where your name is if it's up in lights in front of a theater
the marquee
Jim
|
$400
[27]
Consumer Reports' braking test measures how fast a car goes from this to this--the reverse of its acceleration test
60 to 0
Erik
|
|
$600
[13]
He painted dreamy landscapes like the one seen here
Rousseau
Erik
Kate
|
$600
[17]
No. 7:If this Yankee 3B plays out his contract, "he'll have earned $445 million in base salary alone"
Alex Rodriguez
Erik
|
$600
[6]
At Taco Bell:7-layer or chili cheese this
burritos
Erik
Jim
|
$600
[3]
On Nov. 3, 2004 the Times headlined, "With echoes of 2000 vote," this state's "count is at issue"
Ohio
Kate
|
$600
[23]
From the French, it's a group of wild animals on exhibit
a menagerie
Kate
|
$600
[28]
140 is scary high on the Stanford-Binet version of this test
the IQ test
Jim
|
|
$800
[14]
The museum has several of this man's sculptures, including a dancer looking at the bottom of her foot
Degas
Jim
|
$800
[18]
No. 32, $18 mil.:This Patriots QB, dater of supermodels & winner of Super Bowls
Tom Brady
Jim
|
$800
[7]
An Outback appetizer:Bloomin' this
Onions
Kate
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
"Forecasts upset", read the front page in this year; at least the Times knew who defeats whom
1948
Jim
|
$800
[24]
Emerson wrote that "art is a jealous" one of these
a mistress
Erik
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$800
[29]
The Hardy-Rand-Rittler test checks for this optical defect mostly observed in men
colorblindness
Jim
|
|
$1,000
[20]
We conclude our tour of the musee with one of thehighlights--this Impressionist's "Jeunes filles au piano"
Renoir
Kate
|
$1,000
[19]
No. 11, $27.2 mil.:Driving in circles is a wealthy pursuit for this NASCAR driver of the 88
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
|
$1,000
[11]
At Le Grand Vefour:Les ravioles de this liver preparation a l'emulsion de creme truffee
foie gras
Erik
Jim
|
$1,000
[16]
On Nov. 5, 1924 page one said this man "wins, 357 to Davis's 136"; what will it say on Nov. 5, 2008?
(Calvin) Coolidge
Erik
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$1,000
[25]
It's the African-derived percussion instrument heard here
a marimba
Kate
|
$1,000
[30]
Abbreviated NTBT, this 1963 treaty was signed by the U.S., the USSR & the U.K.
the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Kate
|
| SMALL STATE CAPITALS | BROADWAY SHOWS BY ROLES | LET'S MAKE WASHI | ATLANTIS | FLOWERS | "A" PLUS |
|
$400
[1]
This capital on the Kentucky River was named after Stephen Frank, an early pioneer
Frankfort (Kentucky)
Jim
|
$400
[9]
Riff, Nibbles, Officer Krupke
West Side Story
Kate
|
$400
[21]
Washi, Japanese hand-molded paper, is made mainly from kozo, this tree that's also a favorite ofsilkworms
the mulberry
Jim
|
$400
[16]
2 years after "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes", he published "The Maracot Deep", a tale of lost Atlanteans
Arthur Conan Doyle
Jim
|
$400
[15]
In the 1630s, a craze developed in Holland for this flower, with many investors paying huge sums for individual bulbs
a tulip
Erik
|
$400
[6]
An EMT rides in one of these vehicles
an ambulance
Jim
|
|
$800
[2]
It was laid out in 1858, & its growth was stimulated by the discovery the following year of the nearby Comstock Lode
Carson City (Nevada)
Jim
|
$800
[10]
Inga, Frau Blucher, Igor
Young Frankenstein
Jim
|
$800
[25]
The Fukui region is a washi center & made some of Japan's first paper this, issued in 1661
money
Jim
|
$800
[17]
A Charles Berlitz book calls Atlantis "the eighth" this & wonders if a nuclear war was its demise
continent
Kate
Jim
|
$800
[20]
The scientific name of this orange flower with black-spotted petals is Lilium tigrinum
the tiger lily
Erik
|
$800
[7]
Biceps banner often worn as a memorial
an armband
Erik
|
|
$1,200
[3]
This small capital lies about 10 miles east of the Continental Divide & about midway between Butte & Great Falls
Helena (Montana)
Jim
|
$1,200
[11]
The French Taunter, Tim the Enchanter, Concorde
Spamalot
Erik
|
$1,200
[28]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kyoto, Japan.) Beforebarkis turned into paper, it must be cropped, stripped, bleached & boiled in this caustic solution also known as sodium hydroxide
lye
Jim
|
$1,200
[19]
In his book "The Return of Tarzan", the jungle man stumbles upon Opar, the city of gold left over from Atlantis
(Edgar Rice) Burroughs
Kate
|
$1,200
[24]
Monkshoods are pollinated only by these
bees
Erik
|
$1,200
[8]
Cajun sausage often found in gumbo
andouille
Kate
|
|
$2,000
[5]
It's the seat of Kennebec County
Augusta (Maine)
Erik
|
$1,600
[14]
Professor Callahan, Elle Woods
Legally Blonde
Erik
|
$1,600
[29]
The best washi is traditionally made during this season when the water runs purer
winter
Kate
|
$1,600
[22]
She called Atlantis "the isles of the blessed", & a chapter in "Atlas Shrugged" is entitled "Atlantis"
Ayn Rand
Jim
|
$1,600
[26]
In the names of flowers, this 4-letter word that means "plant" or "root" follows bladder, St. John's & slipper
wort
Kate
|
$1,600
[12]
From the Latin for "to make like", it's the process of an immigrant group adopting the ways of a new land
assimilation
Erik
|
|
DD
$3,000
[4]
This city became a state capital in 1826, the same year the president for which it was named died
Jefferson City, Missouri
Jim
|
$2,000
[18]
Squeaky Fromme, Lee Harvey Oswald, Leon Czolgosz
Assassins
Jim
|
$2,000
[30]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kyoto, Japan.) The Westernizing period known as this emperor's restoration created greater demand for paper, but also a shift away from traditional washi
Meiji
Erik
|
$2,000
[23]
This "Necronomicon" creator wrote of a submarine's discovery of Atlantis in "The Temple"
H.P. Lovecraft
|
DD
$2,500
[27]
You might "remember" that this flower, also called a scorpion plant, is a symbol of friendship & true love
forget-me-not
Kate
|
$2,000
[13]
Home sweet home for the Norse deities
Asgard
Jim
|
An actress named Martha Scott played Charlton Heston's mother in both of these epics
Ben-Hur & The Ten Commandments