Ask Alex #16: Game shows.
Kara Mohler — a history teacher from Silver Spring, Maryland
Ted Skotnicki — a college professor from Niagara Falls, New York
Sanders Kleinfeld — a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,597)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanders | $1,000 | $3,000 | $10,600 |
$20,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,600
16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ted | $1,200 | $2,000 | $11,600 |
$1,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,600
11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Kara | $2,000 | $4,000 | $19,200 |
$23,199
New champion: $23,199 |
$18,400
25 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| JOHN J. PERSHING | DAY PLANNERS OF THE STARS | YOU NEED TO CONVERT | FAB 5 FREDDY | I NEED A FLAVOR | IT'S NOT A CRIME! |
|
$200
[11]
In 1886 Pershing graduated 30th out of 77 from this school
West Point
Kara
|
$200
[17]
May 10, 1945: Divorce wife No. 3.May 21, 1945: Marry wife No. 4, Lauren Bacall, & call more people "sweetheart"
Humphrey Bogart
Kara
|
$200
[26]
1,728 cubic inches equals this many cubic feet
1
|
$200
[1]
Fred Haise was one of the fortunate 3 astronauts to make it home from this April 1970 mission
Apollo 13
Ted
|
$200
[7]
This spice precedes "ale" in the name of a beverage & "snap" in the name of a cookie
ginger
Sanders
|
$200
[2]
The proxime accessit isn't an accomplice, he's just the guy who finished in this place, like McCain in 2008
second
Kara
|
|
$400
[12]
On April 14, 1918 Pershing became the first American general to make use of these in combat
airplanes
Ted
Kara
|
$400
[18]
1941: make final film, "Two-Faced Woman".Feb. 9, 1951: Become U.S. citizen.After that: Prefer alone time
(Greta) Garbo
Sanders
|
$400
[27]
4 pecks equals 1 of these
a bushel
Sanders
|
$400
[22]
In 1921 a team including Frederick Banting discovered this hormone produced by the pancreas
insulin
Kara
|
$400
[8]
The name of this spice used in Indian cooking comes from the Tamil for "sauce"
curry
Sanders
|
$400
[3]
If your friend tells you he's a paleophile, don't worry; he's just into stuff that's really this, like dinosaurs
old
Kara
|
|
$600
[13]
Pershing gained this rhyming nickname for commanding a unit of African-American soldiers
Black Jack
Ted
|
$600
[19]
Dec. 21, 1937: daughter Jane is born. Feb. 23, 1940: Son Peter is born.Jan. 27, 1964: Granddaughter Bridget is born
Henry Fonda
Sanders
|
$600
[28]
32 degrees Fahrenheit equals this many degrees Celsius
0
Sanders
|
$600
[23]
The middle name of this public television legend was McFeely
Mister Rogers
Kara
|
$600
[9]
Allium sativum, its pungent odor was said to give strength; Egyptians fed it to the slaves who built the pyramids
garlic
|
$600
[4]
If you've committed saponification, you haven't been bad; you've made this stuff, like Ivory (& gotten off clean)
soap
Sanders
|
|
$800
[14]
When Pershing arrived in France during WWI, he laid a wreath at the grave of this Frenchman
Lafayette
Sanders
|
$800
[20]
March 29, 1939: Marry Carole Lombard. On set: Remind self not to give damn
Clark Gable
Ted
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
One eighth of a circle equals this many degrees
45
Sanders
|
$800
[24]
In 1942 this composer met Alan Lerner; the next year, the 2 opened their first Broadway show
(Frederick) Loewe
Kara
|
$800
[10]
In Italy the stalk of the Neapolitan type of this garnishing herb is eaten like celery
parsley
Kara
|
$800
[5]
If you've got oenomania, you're not a crook; you're just crazy for this, like muscat or syrah
wine
Kara
|
|
$1,000
[16]
During World War I, Pershing led this U.S. command, the AEF
the American Expeditionary Forces
Kara
|
$1,000
[21]
March 7, 1946: Win best actress for "Mildred Pierce".March 8: Rethink position on wire hangers
(Joan) Crawford
Sanders
|
$1,000
[30]
18 square feet equals this many square yards
2
|
$1,000
[25]
Frederick Weyerhaeuser founded a company that now has 21 million acres of land harvested for this
timber
Kara
|
$1,000
[15]
There are summer & winter varieties of this herb whose name means "piquant" or "aromatic"
savory
Ted
|
$1,000
[6]
If your neighbor's a lapicide, he's not a killer; he's just a guy who cuts this stuff for a living, maybe from a quarry
stones
Sanders
Ted
|
| THE AFRICAN PAST | MOVIE MISSING LINKS | PROJECT RUNAWAY | THE SECRET LIFE OF "B"s | CAPITAL | LETTERS |
|
$400
[10]
A 1968 drought was so bad that this geographic feature advanced 60 miles into the semiarid area called the Sahel
the Sahara Desert
Kara
|
$400
[26]
A Room with____ ____to a Kill
a View
Kara
|
$400
[6]
Nevada named its capital for this frontiersman who, at 16, ran away with traders who were bound for Santa Fe
Kit Carson
Kara
|
$400
[1]
2-word term for the demographic surge in the U.S. from 1946 to 1964
baby boom
Sanders
|
$400
[20]
Early settlers of this northeast state capital lived in Charlestown before moving to the Shawmut Peninsula
Boston
Sanders
|
$400
[15]
The 1934 Indian Reorganization Act was passed after the Blackfoot sent a letter about injustices to this president
FDR
Sanders
|
|
$800
[11]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers a clue from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.) The Newseum in Washington has a ballot box from this country's first free election in 1994; the ANC triumphed over the National Party
South Africa
Kara
|
$800
[27]
American____in the Grass
Splendor
Ted
Kara
|
$800
[7]
He ran away to England to do more printing before going back to Philadelphia to start his own business in 1726
(Ben) Franklin
Kara
|
$800
[2]
Systematic stress technique used on American prisoners during the Korean War
brainwashing
Ted
|
$800
[21]
Rama I built Wat Phra Keo, the first temple in this capital, in 1785
Bangkok
Kara
|
$800
[16]
21 Bible books are this type of letter intended for many people
epistles
Ted
|
|
$1,200
[12]
In 1884 14 nations (none of them African) met in Berlin to decide the status of this second-longest African river
the Congo
Kara
|
$1,200
[28]
Who'll Stop The____ Man
Rain
Ted
|
$1,200
[8]
This No. 1 airport car rental brand is named for a man who ran away & started the Yellow Cab company
Hertz
Sanders
|
$1,200
[3]
Used as fodder, mangold is a type of this purplish root vegetable
beets
Kara
|
$1,600
[23]
At the 50th anniv. of the Baltic Pact, 1 million people formed a human chain from Tallinn to this Lithuanian capital
Vilnius
Kara
|
$1,200
[17]
He was upset to get a letter from Alfred Wallace about evolution theory, as he'd neglected to publish his own
Darwin
Sanders
|
|
$1,600
[13]
Musa, emperor of Mali in the 14th c., made a magnificent pilgrimage to Mecca & built the Great this at Timbuktu
a mosque
Kara
|
$1,600
[29]
The Breakfast____Dread
Club
Ted
|
$1,600
[9]
This runaway was coached by Pop Warner & excelled in baseball & football as well as the decathlon
Jim Thorpe
Kara
|
$1,600
[4]
Drugs called these blockers diminish reaction to adrenaline, keeping things mellow & reducing cardiac problems
beta blockers
Kara
|
DD
$2,000
[22]
In 2003, the 2 men seenherevied to wield power from this state capital
Sacramento
Kara
|
$1,600
[18]
Letters of marque give private citizens the right to be corsairs, seizing the merchant these of another nation
ships
Kara
|
|
$2,000
[14]
A major East Coast civilization from the eighth or ninth century used these shells, seen here, as currency
cowrie shells
Kara
|
$2,000
[30]
First Monday in____Sky
October
Sanders
|
DD
$4,000
[25]
It was more romance than horror when, in 1814, she ran away with a married poet & became a novelist
Mary Shelley
Ted
|
$2,000
[5]
Field where Richard III fell
Bosworth
Sanders
|
$2,000
[24]
Don't mess with Liberty, which you'll find in this state capital
Austin
Ted
Kara
|
$2,000
[19]
Anne Bancroft has a letter-writing friendship with London bookstore employee Anthony Hopkins in this book-turned-film
84 Charing Cross Road
|
In 1610 Galileo called the moons of this planet the "Medician stars", for the Medici brothers
Jupiter