Kara Spak game 4.
Phyllis Grayson — a retired CPA from Huntersville, North Carolina
David Zack — a web developer originally from Fairfield, Connecticut
Kara Spak — a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois (whose 3-day cash winnings total $52,802)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kara | $1,200 | $4,200 | $18,000 |
$17,599
4-day champion: $70,401 |
$18,200
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| David | $1,400 | $6,000 | $9,200 |
$199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,600
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Phyllis | $2,000 | $1,000 | $5,800 |
$9,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,000
7 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| SHOWTIME AT THE ACROPOLIS | BOY SCOUT ACTIVITIES | NURSERY RHYME PEOPLE | INTERIOR DESIGN | EASY ON THE EYES | I LOVE YOU, "MIN" |
|
$200
[22]
In a 480 B.C. invasion, the Persians demolished many buildings on the Acropolis in this city
Athens
Kara
|
$200
[15]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew paddles a kayak.) When a properly prepared scout gets out on the water, he doesn't leave shore without a PFD, short for this
a personal flotation device
David
|
$200
[4]
This shepherdess "took her little crook" to find her flock
Little Bo Peep
David
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$200
[14]
You can save space if your dining room table has these, either drop or removable
a leaf
David
|
$200
[2]
It seemed like Farrah was always drying off after a shower or stepping out of a pool in this 1970s TV series
Charlie's Angels
Kara
|
$200
[1]
An old world weasel
an ermine
David
|
|
$400
[23]
Around 500 A.D. This Acropolis temple built to honor the wisdom goddess became a Christian church
the Parthenon
Kara
|
$400
[16]
To qualify for a bugling merit badge, a scout must know 15 calls including this one sounded at the end of the day
"Taps"
David
|
$400
[5]
Peter, Peter put his wife in one of these "and there he kept her very well"
a pumpkin shell
Kara
Phyllis
|
$400
[28]
In name & function a chifforobe is a combination of a chiffonier, which is a bureau & this
a wardrobe
Kara
|
$400
[3]
Jessica Rabbit made it OK to think an animated character was hot in this 1988 film
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
David
|
$400
[9]
One of the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Famine
Kara
|
|
$600
[24]
The new Acropolis Museum features the marble relief seenhereof Apollo, Artemis &this sea god
Poseidon
Kara
|
$600
[17]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands on a dock.) When scouts swim safely, they use this system in which one scout looks out for the other & vice versa
the buddy system
Kara
|
$600
[6]
She went to the baker to buy her dog some bread, "when she came back the dog was dead!"
Old Mother Hubbard
Phyllis
|
$1,000
[27]
Dorothy Draper was known for her moldings in this surface material 2 of whose basic materials are lime & water
plaster
|
$600
[11]
It's a tossup whether this actress was at her loveliest in "The Fabulous Baker Boys" or "Tequila Sunrise"
Michelle Pfeiffer
Kara
David
|
$600
[10]
To settle by conclusive decision
to determine
|
|
$800
[25]
Tragedians like Sophocles often premiered plays on the Acropolis at the theater of this god of wine and drama
Bacchus
Kara
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$800
[18]
Patterns a scout can use to build a fire include cross-ditch, pyramid & this one named for a Native American structure
teepee
David
|
$800
[7]
This married woman "could eat no lean"
Mrs. Jack Sprat
Kara
|
— |
$800
[12]
The 2002 Bond film "Die Another Day" has a memorable scene of this actress walking out of the ocean
Halle Berry
Kara
|
$800
[20]
Overbearing
domineering
David
|
|
$1,000
[26]
In 2010 protesters against these measures, from a Greek word for "severe" hung a banner from the Acropolis
austerity measures
|
DD
$2,600
[19]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew hangs onto a rope and jumps slowly down the side of a mountain.) From the French for summoning, it's the practice of a scout safely lowering himself down a mountainside
rappelling
David
|
$1,000
[8]
This little girl "sat among the cinders warming her ten little toes," but her mom came along & whipped her
Polly Flinders
|
— |
$1,000
[13]
I didn't watch this show for its weird story line, but to see Jennifer Garner as a double agent
Alias
Phyllis
|
$1,000
[21]
The production of illumination by living creatures
bioluminescence
Phyllis
|
| MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE | LYRICS OF THE ARTIST | BLOGS & BLOGGERS | ASIAN CAPITALS | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS | THE SAME VOWEL, EVERY OTHER LETTER |
|
$400
[18]
First name of Arkansas U.S. Representative Berry; don't confuse him with a controversial 4-term D.C. mayor
Marion
Kara
|
$400
[2]
"P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face, (mum mum mum mah) p-p-p-poker face"
Lady Gaga
Kara
|
$400
[11]
This color is featured prominently, even for the links, on treehugger.com
green
Kara
|
$400
[1]
John McCain was shot down over this capital in 1967
Hanoi
Kara
|
$400
[7]
(Hi, I'm Anderson Cooper.) This 21st century tragedy is one of the reasons I got back into news; its aftermath is powerfully dealt with in the novel "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"
9/11
Kara
|
$400
[13]
A brief 2-piece, poolside
bikini
Kara
|
|
$800
[19]
Wilmington-born Mike Castle is this little state's only man in the House of Representatives
Delaware
Phyllis
|
$800
[3]
"Hi, my name is... What? My name is... Who? My name is... Slim Shady"
Eminem
Kara
|
$800
[14]
Hear his thoughts on everyday life & link to his "Dilbert" strips at his blog
(Scott) Adams
David
|
$800
[21]
Oh, just one more thing, this island nation's capital is Colombo
Sri Lanka
Kara
|
$800
[8]
(I'm Michael McKean.) A favorite of mine is this author's "Cat's Cradle", a book named for a children's game but dealing with the end of life on Earth
Kurt Vonnegut
Kara
|
$800
[24]
A diamond salesman has this job
a jeweler
|
|
DD
$1,200
[20]
This "Jr." Illinois Rep was born in South Carolina 4 days after the Selma-Montgomery march
Jesse Jackson Jr.
Phyllis
|
$1,200
[4]
"I drink Brass Monkey and I rock well, I got a castle in Brooklyn that's where I dwell"
the Beastie Boys
Kara
|
$1,200
[15]
In July 2010 a video posted on a blog forced Shirley Sherrod to quit this cabinet dept.--then she got lots of apologies
Agriculture
Kara
|
$1,200
[28]
You'll be the Sultan of "Jeopardy!" if you know Bandar Seri Begawan is its capital
Brunei
David
|
$1,200
[9]
(I'm Andy Richter.) As a parent, I have to go with "I Am a Bunny", illustrated by this man who also gave us a "Great Big Schoolhouse"
(Richard) Scarry
David
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
This type of cloud forms in puffs, mounds or towers on a flat base
cumulus
Kara
|
|
$1,600
[22]
Peter DeFazio, who gives his payraises to scholarship funds, reps ths state's 4th District, including Corvallis & Eugene
Oregon
Kara
|
$1,600
[5]
"They call me Dr. Love, I am your doctor of love, I've got the cure you're thinking of" (Trust me I'm a doctor)
KISS
David
|
$1,600
[16]
Nick Denton started this gossipy site with a name that also means "one who stares stupidly"
Gawker
David
|
$1,600
[29]
Have a dilly of a time in Dili, the capital of this new nation
East Timor
Phyllis
|
$1,600
[10]
(Hi, I'm Jane Kaczmarek.) This author's "Nine Stories" includes gems like "The Laughing Man" & "A Perfect Day for Bananafish"--you should read them all
J.D. Salinger
|
$1,600
[26]
Also used as a royal epithet, it means calm or peaceful
serene
Phyllis
|
|
$2,000
[23]
California's Xavier Becerra became the first Latino to serve on this committee that oversees Social Security
Ways and Means
|
$2,000
[6]
"Are you going to let it all hang out? Fat bottomed girls, you make the rockin' world go round"
Queen
Kara
|
$2,000
[17]
"The Sartorialist" spent 15 years in this industry before starting a popular blog on the subject
fashion
Kara
|
— |
$2,000
[12]
(Hi, I'm Elizabeth Perkins.) Though its title is a reference to the Land of Nod, this Steinbeck classic, a favorite of mine, is set in California's Salinas Valley
East of Eden
Phyllis
|
$2,000
[27]
It's also known as the pygmy chimpanzee
the bonobo
|
It's the total number of legs on the 2 non-human animals whose words are quoted in the Old Testament
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