Chris Miller game 1.
Chris Miller — a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
Sandi Hood — an academic outreach librarian from San Antonio, Texas
David Seminer — a neurologist from Sacramento, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $52,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $3,400 | $3,400 | $7,600 |
$15,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,600
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sandi | $1,200 | $1,200 | $4,000 |
$3,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,600
9 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Chris | $2,800 | $8,600 | $25,800 |
$36,399
New champion: $36,399 |
$29,800
33 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| HISTORIC CELEBRITY SCANDALS | TV SIDEKICKS | HERBS & SPICES | HOT SPOTS | BEST-SELLING U.S. NEWSPAPERS | COLORFUL LANGUAGE |
|
$200
[2]
"That's No Lady, it's" this 11th c. wife of an earl "Parading Nude Through the Streets of Coventry"
Lady Godiva
David
|
$200
[1]
Tonto
the Lone Ranger
Sandi
|
$200
[21]
This "equine" herb's roots are grated & preserved in vinegar to prevent loss of its chemical bite
horseradish
Chris
|
$200
[16]
Cloncurry in this country's state of Queensland hit 128 degrees Fahrenheit in 1889
Australia
Chris
|
$200
[26]
With a No. 1 daily circulation of about 2.2 million, it truly is "The Nation's Newspaper"
USA Today
Chris
|
$200
[6]
Being this, you're the least respectable member of your family & have gone from good to baaaad
the black sheep
David
|
|
$400
[4]
"Good Lord!" This Romantic poet "Expelled from Oxford for Writing 'The Necessity of Atheism'"
Shelley
David
|
$400
[3]
Pokey
Gumby
Sandi
|
$400
[22]
In Greek mythology, Pluto's wife Persephone turned the nymph Mentha into this herb
mint
Sandi
|
$400
[17]
122 degrees must have melted the stripes off the barber poles in this Spanish city August 4, 1881
Seville
Sandi
|
$400
[27]
The No. 1 financial paper in the country, it's No. 2 overall with 1.8 million sold daily
The Wall Street Journal
Chris
|
$400
[7]
Get this & you've got the go-ahead for your project or for your car at an intersection
green light
David
|
|
$600
[5]
"Performing in Public in Women's Costumes", this Roman emperor "Fiddles with the Nation's Trust"
Nero
David
|
$600
[11]
Squiggy
Lenny
Sandi
|
$600
[23]
There are a number of variations of this Indian spice, & many use dried hot peppers as their base
curry
Chris
|
$800
[19]
When it hit 120 on Dec. 11, 1905 in Rivadavia in this country the gauchos must have stayed in the sombra
Argentina
Chris
|
$600
[28]
The Times of these 2 cities clock in at No. 3 & No. 4
L.A. & New York
Chris
|
$600
[8]
This rhyming phrase describes a loyal & staunch friend
true-blue
David
|
|
$800
[12]
This "Shoeless" guy "Leaves Us Clueless As to Why His Team Threw the World Series"
Joe Jackson
Chris
|
$800
[13]
Maynard G. Krebs
Dobie Gillis
Chris
|
$800
[24]
This reddish brown, nail-shaped spice from Zanzibar gets its name from the Latin for "nail"
cloves
Sandi
|
$1,000
[20]
Greenland Ranch Station was the odd name of the spot in this U.S. area where a thermometer hit 134 on July 10, 1913
Death Valley
David
Chris
|
$800
[29]
No. 100 is this Pennsylvania capital's Patriot-News
Harrisburg
Chris
|
$800
[9]
A modest person or a shriveling purple plant
a shrinking violet
David
Chris
|
|
$1,000
[15]
"'Whiskey Ring' Conspiracy Encircles" this 18th president "With Tax Fraud Scandal"
Ulysses S. Grant
Chris
|
$1,000
[14]
Gabrielle, a young peasant girl & wannabe warrior
Xena, the Warrior Princess
David
|
$1,000
[25]
Also called estragon, it's used to add a tang to sauces & many dishes
tarragon
David
|
DD
$1,600
[18]
On December 27, 1978 this spot on Earth reached a balmy record high of 7.5 degrees
the South Pole
Sandi
|
$1,000
[30]
The only newspaper not in the continental U.S. to make the Top 100 is this city's Advertiser at No. 79
Honolulu
Chris
|
$1,000
[10]
Perfect Colorado city for a valuable "opportunity"
Golden
Chris
|
| THEY REALLY SAID IT | SINGING | OREGON TRANSPLANTS | EDGAR ALLAN POE | THE "PIT" | THE PENDULUM |
|
$400
[14]
When Jason Kidd was drafted by this Texas NBA team he said, "We're gonna turn this team around 360 degrees"
the Dallas Mavericks
Sandi
Chris
|
$400
[9]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) In bel canto technique you contract the upper abs to control this, the main muscle in respiration
the diaphragm
Chris
|
$400
[15]
Born in Arlington, Oregon, 1927;"Tonight Show" bandleader 1967-1992
Doc Severinsen
Chris
|
$400
[18]
This poem famously begins, "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary"
"The Raven"
Chris
|
$400
[1]
American Staffordshire Terrier terror
a pit bull
Chris
|
$400
[6]
This device uses an adjustable pendulum to indicate a given musical tempo either visually or aurally
a metronome
Chris
|
|
$800
[23]
He's the former vice president who wisely said, "If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure"
Dan Quayle
David
|
$800
[12]
Enunciation is key in singing the words this man wrote, like "I am the very model of a modern major-general"
Gilbert
David
Sandi
|
$800
[27]
Born in Portland, 1954; created "The Simpsons"
Matt Groening
Chris
|
$800
[19]
Thisman starred in several films based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, including "The Tomb of Ligeia"
Vincent Price
Chris
|
$800
[2]
A small oval gland at the base of the brain
the pituitary
Chris
|
$800
[7]
Pendulums in these instruments remain still as the Earth moves, allowing those movements to be charted
seismographs
Chris
|
|
$1,200
[24]
French president from 1958 to 1969, he observed, "China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese"
Charles de Gaulle
Chris
|
$1,200
[13]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew sings.)Swing low, sweet chariot...Also meaning non-material, this type of song was used for a secret communication among slaves
a spiritual
David
|
$1,200
[28]
Born in Madras, Oregon, 1970; starred in "Stand by Me" & "Running on Empty"
River Phoenix
Sandi
|
$1,200
[20]
These Poe "Murders" are often cited as the world's first detective story
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
Chris
|
$1,200
[3]
An inscription on a tombstone commemorating the person buried there
an epitaph
Chris
|
$1,200
[8]
More famous today for his pendulum, this Frenchman invented the gyroscope in 1852
Foucault
David
|
|
$1,600
[25]
This 30th president noted, "When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results"
(Calvin) Coolidge
David
|
$1,600
[16]
Normal range is about 1 of these plus another third; Minnie Riperton could handle about 5
an octave
Chris
|
$1,600
[29]
Born in Lebanon, Oregon, 1940; starred in "WKRP in Cincinnati" & "Head of the Class"
Howard Hesseman
David
|
$1,600
[21]
The narrator of Poe's story "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a victim of this infamous Iberian institution
the Spanish Inquisition
Chris
|
$1,600
[4]
Rain or snow or hail
precipitation
Chris
|
$2,000
[11]
The weighted mass suspended at the bottom of a pendulum is called this, also a man's name
a bob
Chris
|
|
DD
$3,000
[26]
"They only name things after you when you're dead or really old", quipped this first lady when the CIA HQ was renamed
Barbara Bush
David
|
$2,000
[17]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew sings.)The lowest range a girl can try, its meaning is "against the high"
contralto
Sandi
|
$2,000
[30]
Born in Portland, 1947;"Flopped" at the 1968 Olympics & won a gold medal
(Dick) Fosbury
Chris
|
$2,000
[22]
In this "colorful" Poe story, Prince Prospero tries to avoid a deadly plague
"The Masque of the Red Death"
Chris
|
$2,000
[5]
Mutineers first inhabited this South Pacific island in 1790
Pitcairn
Chris
|
DD
$4,000
[10]
Born in 1564, this Italian often used a pendulum in his studies of motion
Galileo
Chris
|
It's the only one of golf's 4 major pro events in which amateurs are not permitted to play
the PGA Championship (Professional Golfers' Association Championship)