Ask Alex #22: Book.
Cyn Mayo — a high school librarian from Columbus, Ohio
Alex Fineman — an agent's assistant originally from Lower Merion, Pennsylvania
James Erwin — a writer from Des Moines, Iowa (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $0 | $4,600 | $17,000 |
$15,599
2-day champion: $22,598 |
$14,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Alex | $3,400 | $6,600 | $18,400 |
$2,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$17,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Cyn | $1,200 | $4,800 | $8,800 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| OPERA CROSSWORD CLUES | SPORTS NET | THE HELOISE WITH YOU | LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! | SO YOU THINK YOU CAN FRANCE | "BOT" OF COURSE |
|
$200
[14]
Title tonsorial job "of Seville"(6)
Barber
James
|
$200
[4]
In tournament play, the birdie used in this sport must be made of duck or goose feathers
badminton
James
|
$200
[8]
Nursing home folks should get their names etched in these dental prostheses so they don't get mixed up with others'
dentures
Cyn
|
$200
[15]
Altocumulus & nimbostratus are middle types of these; is it weird I always see nuns when I look at them?
clouds
James
|
$200
[16]
You can spell this port, France's second-largest city, with or without an "S" at the end
Marseilles
James
|
$200
[1]
A plant biologist
a botanist
Cyn
|
|
$400
[22]
Fairy tale that inspired "La Cenerentola"(10)
"Cinderella"
Cyn
|
$400
[6]
Karch Kiraly is the only person to win Olympic gold medals in both the indoor & beach versions of this sport
volleyball
James
|
$400
[9]
A traditional gift for this number wedding anniversary is paper; Heloise's "New Revised" gift is a clock
the first
Cyn
|
$400
[21]
Its radius is approximately 109 times that of Earth & it's really hard to miss
the Sun
Alex
|
$400
[17]
De Gaulle said "Only peril" can unify the French: "One can't impose unity... on a country that has 265 kinds of" this
cheese
James
|
$400
[2]
In 1885 Britain established this nation as a protectorate
Botswana
Cyn
|
|
$800
[24]
Menotti lad visited by Melchior(5)
Amahl
Cyn
|
$600
[11]
This sport's official rules state that the top of its net must be 15.25 cm (about 6 inches) above the playing surface
table tennis
Alex
|
$600
[10]
Take these off & clean their undersides individually (that open parens/9 is always especially grungy)
keys (on your computer keyboard)
Alex
|
$600
[26]
It's seenherein a photo but is not meant to be seen on radar--that would defeat the purpose
a B-2
James
|
$600
[18]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Mont St. Michel in France.) In 1811, this French emperor turned Mont Saint Michel's monastery into a prison; you can see why it'd be tough to escape
Napoléon
James
|
$600
[3]
A narrowing of traffic flow leading to congestion
a bottleneck
Alex
|
|
$1,000
[25]
"Twilight of the Gods", in German(15)
Gotterdammerung
James
|
$800
[12]
This sport originated in the lakes & rivers of mid-19th century England & used an inflated rubber ball called a pulu
water polo
Alex
|
$800
[29]
Don't discard the liquid that comes in a tin of these members of the herring family; it's "kitty champagne"!
sardines
Alex
|
$800
[27]
For these, sodium compounds produce yellow; strontium, red; & copper & barium, blue & green; Oooooh! Aaaaah!
fireworks
Cyn
|
$800
[19]
It borders France between Germany & Belgium
Luxembourg
James
|
$800
[5]
Found in improperly sterilized food, the most deadly toxin known causes this type of poisoning
botulism
Alex
|
|
DD
$1,600
[23]
Prop placed on little Jimmy Tell's head(5)
an apple
Cyn
|
$1,000
[13]
The nets used in this sport are 18 inches in diameter with a sleeve 15-18 inches long
basketball
James
Cyn
|
$1,000
[30]
Wash your dog with certain green soaps to avoid seeing these pests' "circus"
fleas
Alex
|
$1,000
[28]
One species of this bird is the American kestrel; pop culture ones include Atlanta & Maltese
a falcon
Alex
|
$1,000
[20]
With the 1960 test of Gerboise Bleue, France became the fourth of these, joining the U.S., U.S.S.R. & U.K.
a nuclear power
James
|
$1,000
[7]
He included some of the Medicis in his renaissance masterpiece painting "The Adoration of the Magi"
Botticelli
Cyn
|
| AMERICAN POETRY | PARTS OF THE WHOLE | ARTISTS & ILLUSTRATORS | JOHNNY CASH | FOLSOM PRISON BLUES | RING OF "FIRE" |
|
$400
[11]
A Robert Frost poem begins, "Something there is that doesn't love" this structure
a wall
James
|
$400
[16]
Keep, battlement, turret, bailey
a castle
James
|
$400
[21]
This Saturday Evening Post artist also did illustrations for editions of "Tom Sawyer" & "Huckleberry Finn"
(Norman) Rockwell
Cyn
|
$400
[2]
"Man in White" was Johnny Cash's 1986 novel about St. Paul of Tarsus; this was the title of his 1975 autobiography
Man in Black
Alex
|
$400
[26]
Folsom Prison is about 20 miles from this state capital on Highway 50; don't pick up any hitchhikers!
Sacramento
Alex
|
$400
[4]
A safety exercise to rehearse evacuating a building in the event of an emergency
a fire drill
Cyn
|
|
$800
[12]
A familiar poem by him begins, "Under the spreading chestnut tree the village smithy stands"
Longfellow
James
|
$800
[17]
Plinth, face, hands, pendulum
a grandfather clock
Alex
|
$800
[22]
This artist's 1890s journal "Noa Noa", or "Fragrance", was a study of Tahitian culture & its myths
Gauguin
Cyn
|
$800
[3]
In 1950 Johnny joined the Air Force & published poetry in this military newspaper
Stars and Stripes
James
|
$800
[27]
Now a cliche about prison life, these automobile identifiers have been manufactured at Folsom since 1947
license plates
James
|
$800
[5]
An emergency water connection on a street
a fire hydrant
Alex
|
|
$1,200
[13]
He wrote "Memorial Rain" for his brother Kenneth MacLeish, a pilot whose plane was shot down during WWI
Archibald MacLeish
James
|
$1,200
[18]
Base, neck, socket, harp
a lamp
|
$1,200
[23]
Picasso's 1907 work "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" was inspired by this artist's series of nudes called "Bathers"
Paul Cézanne
|
$1,200
[6]
Johnny's biggest hit was this novelty song written by Shel Silverstein
"A Boy Named Sue"
James
|
$1,200
[28]
Opened in 1880, Folsom is now the second-oldest California prison, behind only this one
San Quentin
Cyn
|
$1,200
[1]
A security system designed to prevent unwelcome hacking on your computer
a firewall
Alex
|
|
$2,000
[15]
In 1982, nearly 20 years after her untimely death, her "Collected Poems" won a Pulitzer Prize
Sylvia Plath
|
$1,600
[19]
Needle plate, spool pin, bobbin winder
a sewing machine
James
|
$1,600
[24]
This father of Andrew Wyeth once illustrated maps for the National Geographic Society
N.C. Wyeth
Cyn
|
$2,000
[9]
In 1985 Johnny hit the road with Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings & Kris Kristofferson as this group
The Highwaymen
|
$1,600
[29]
This '60s radical psychologist & LSD advocate was imprisoned at Folsom for a time in a cell next to Charles Manson
(Timothy) Leary
Alex
|
$1,600
[7]
When this is done as a religious ceremony, as in India, it's frowned on to accompany it with "Oh! Ow! Ooh!!"
firewalking
Alex
|
|
DD
$4,000
[14]
In "Harlem", Langston Hughes asked, "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like" this "in the sun?"
a raisin
James
|
$2,000
[20]
Tongue, lace, blade, toe pick
a figure skate
Alex
|
$2,000
[25]
In "The Gashlycrumb Tinies", this macabre American artist knocked off 26 kids in picturesque ways
Edward Gorey
James
|
DD
$3,000
[8]
Johnny reached No. 2 on the Country charts with this hit that shares its name with a southern capital
"Jackson"
Alex
|
$2,000
[30]
This African-American radical turned preacher wrote "Soul on Ice" while imprisoned at Folsom
Eldridge Cleaver
James
Cyn
|
$2,000
[10]
They're the "F" in ATF
Firearms
James
|
On March 29, 1912 he wrote, "We are getting weaker, of course, and the end cannot be far... I do not think I can write more"
Robert Scott