Paul Kursky game 4.
Terrill Wilkins — a high school history teacher from Spartanburg, South Carolina
Eric Rau — an assistant federal public defender from Tucson, Arizona
Paul Kursky — a copywriter from San Francisco, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $51,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul | $4,800 | $6,600 | $16,100 |
$24,810
4-day champion: $76,611 |
$18,000
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Eric | $2,400 | $5,000 | $12,200 |
$24,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,200
16 R, 0 W |
| Terrill | $1,600 | $4,600 | $12,400 |
$24,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,200
17 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| FOLK MUSIC OF THE WORLD | BALD IS BEAUTIFUL | WEISS GUYS | SAY "AH" | ANNUAL EVENTS | DRIVING SAFETY |
|
$200
[21]
China's dizi is a traditional flute made of this grass
bamboo
Terrill
|
$200
[16]
Kenny Chesney started losing his hair in his teens--this ever-present accessory hides it
a cowboy hat
Paul
|
$200
[26]
Magician & escape artist Erich Weiss earned fame under this stage name
Houdini
Terrill
|
$200
[11]
It precedes "humbug"
bah
Eric
|
$200
[1]
Forefathers Day, December 21, celebrates the 1620 landing here
Plymouth
Paul
|
$200
[6]
(Alex reports from Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.) There's an actual car inside this advanced driving simulator which Ford uses to test new safety technologies; the unit is called "VIRTTEX", which stands for this kind of test track
virtual
Terrill
|
|
$400
[27]
A hand drum called the toumbeleki originated on the islands of this country
Greece
Terrill
|
$400
[17]
One of her newsworthy exploits was shaving her head in 2007, the year of her album "Blackout"
Britney Spears
Eric
|
$400
[25]
Paul Weiss received a merit citation for his WWII work on repairing these signal-transmitting bundles in the body
nerves
Eric
|
$400
[12]
Exotic water pipe
a hookah
Eric
|
$400
[2]
Prior to this holiday, the Japanese celebrate with bonenkais, or "year forgetting parties"
New Year's
Eric
|
$400
[7]
(Alex reports from Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.) Some of the safety features being tested are seats & steering wheels that vibrate when a lane is crossed; it's called haptic technology because it refers to this sense
touch
Terrill
|
|
$600
[28]
The zwoarer is a 2-voice & the dreier a 3-voice version of this Alpine sound
a yodel
Paul
|
$600
[18]
The thing is, one ofthisTV and movie actor's roles was as "The Thing"
(Michael) Chiklis
Paul
|
$600
[24]
WWII fighter ace Robert Weiss scored more than 100 kills flying Messerschmitts & Focke-Wulfs for this Air Force
the Luftwaffe
Paul
Terrill
|
$600
[13]
It's used to hail a fellow sailor
ahoy
Paul
|
$600
[3]
Every February, the town of Mentonin France hosts La Fete du Citron--citron being this fruit
lemon
Eric
|
$600
[8]
(Alex reports from Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.) Undergoing testing right now is an innovative collision warning feature that will alert drivers to an unexpected hazard; it's based on this kind of technology, a term coined in 1940
radar
Paul
|
|
$800
[29]
An Armenian horovel is a song for this farming activity; one stanza sometimes equals one furrow
plowing
Eric
|
$800
[19]
Famous for playing a Siamese king, he also played a royal on film in "Solomon and Sheba"--he had hair in that one
Yul Brynner
Terrill
|
$800
[23]
Songsmith George Weiss co-wrote Elvis' "Can't Help Falling In Love" & this "Wonderful" Louis Armstrong hit
"What A Wonderful World"
Terrill
|
$800
[14]
Genus of the family Asteraceae with many ornamental ray-shaped flowers
the dahlia
|
$800
[4]
In the 1840s Esther Howland made these cards from imported paper lace & floral decorations
Valentines
Eric
|
$800
[9]
(Alex reports from Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.) Unlike stationary simulators, the VIRTTEX allows the driver inside the vehicle to actually feel the motion; if he hits the brakes or turns the steering wheel, he will feel pitch, roll & this third axial motion
yaw
Paul
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Mexican songs called narcocorridos glorify those involved in this trade
the drug trade
Paul
|
$1,000
[20]
He's the hard-rocking former "American Idol" contestant seen here
(Chris) Daughtry
Eric
|
$1,000
[22]
This Peter Weiss play about a notorious marquis & a French assassination victim shocked 1960s audiences
Marat/Sade
|
$1,000
[15]
In Judaism, a good deed
a mitzvah
Paul
|
$1,000
[5]
Ten Days on the Island is an annual cultural festival taking place throughout this Australian state
Tasmania
Terrill
|
DD
$1,600
[10]
(Alex reports from Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.) To make the driving as realistic as possible, the simulator includes such features as 3-D sound--with noises of the road, the engine & the tires as well as that apparent change in pitch you just heard, named for this Austrian physicist
Doppler
Paul
|
| LATIN AUTHORS | SPORTS RULES | MONARCHS FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE | THE PRODUCE DEPARTMENT | OTHER GRAND CANYONS | ANAGRAMS OF COLORS |
|
$400
[5]
Prudentius wrote European poetry's first complete one of these works in which characters stand for abstract concepts
an allegory
Terrill
|
$400
[21]
The NBA rules say no player (especially not, say, LeBron) shall be ejected for shattering this
the backboard
Paul
|
$400
[9]
After Franco's death, he went from prince to king in 1975
Juan Carlos
Terrill
|
$400
[11]
Fuji & pippin
apples
Eric
|
$400
[18]
Just south of Rochester in this state, Letchworth State Park is home to the "Grand Canyon of the East"
New York
Paul
|
$400
[25]
It follows Jiffy in the name of a car repair chain
lube (an anagram of blue)
Paul
|
|
$800
[4]
Reinaldo Arenas left this country on the 1980 boatlift & published "Farewell to the Sea" in the U.S.
Cuba
Paul
|
$800
[22]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a foul signal.) The NFL dropped its 5-yard penalty for the incidental type of this personal foul; there's now only the more serious 15-yard version
a face mask
Terrill
|
$800
[8]
Not much is known of his princely years, but as king he spent 2 decades of conquest uniting the Hawaiian islands
Kamehameha
Eric
|
$800
[12]
Oyster & shiitake
mushrooms
Paul
|
$800
[17]
The Allegheny Plateau is home to Pine Creek Gorge, a.k.a. the Grand Canyon of this state
Pennsylvania
Eric
|
$800
[30]
You could be a fire or army type in a colony if you're this
ant (an anagram of tan)
Eric
|
|
$1,200
[3]
"The Stories of Eva Luna" is a collection by this Chilean woman with political connections
Isabel Allende
Terrill
|
$1,200
[23]
USTA rules say you can't change position while doing this; the volleyball running type is not OK
serving
Paul
|
$1,200
[7]
The son of Alexander III & Maria Feodorovna, he unfortunately was this last king of his country
Nicholas II
Terrill
|
$1,200
[13]
Beefsteak & roma
tomatoes
Eric
|
$1,200
[16]
The Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne is a scenic feature of this California national park
Yosemite
Paul
|
$1,200
[29]
A category or class of artistic endeavor, like science fiction
genre (an anagram of green)
Paul
|
|
$1,600
[2]
Jorge Amado wrote rollicking novels like "Dona Flor and Her Two" these
husbands
Eric
|
$1,600
[24]
As in hockey, cross-checking is a foul in this sport, where it might more logically be spelled "crosse"-checking
lacrosse
Eric
|
DD
$1,800
[6]
The highlight of his years as a prince surely had to be marrying a beautiful Austrian archduchess in 1770
Louis XVI
Terrill
|
$1,600
[14]
Russet & fingerling
potatoes
Paul
|
$1,600
[20]
Mark Twain dubbed this island's Waimea Canyon the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific"
Kauai
|
$1,600
[28]
Anagram of an orangey yellow, it's a household task
chore (an anagram of ocher)
Terrill
|
|
$2,000
[1]
The Golden Age of Roman literature runs from Cicero to this "Art of Love" author
Ovid
|
$2,000
[26]
They govern the playing of a game on a particular course or field; in baseball, they're a type of double
ground rules
Paul
|
$2,000
[10]
He went from prince to English king in 1199 after his crusading brother died without children
King John
Terrill
|
$2,000
[15]
Anjou & Bosc
pears
Paul
|
$2,000
[19]
Hells Canyon is also known as the Grand Canyon of this river
the Snake
Terrill
|
DD
$2,500
[27]
A purplish red anagrams to this person of great influence, especially in business
magnate (an anagram of magenta)
Paul
|
One of the 2 presidents to return to elected jobs in U.S. federal government after their final terms
(1 of) John Quincy Adams or Andrew Johnson