Kara Spak game 5.
Molly Zeigler — a mom and graduate student from Buffalo, New York
Claire Bea — a legal assistant from Washington, D.C.
Kara Spak — a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois (whose 4-day cash winnings total $70,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kara | $2,200 | $8,600 | $15,000 |
$13,000
5-day champion: $83,401 |
$13,000
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Claire | $2,400 | $3,600 | $3,800 |
$7,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,400
13 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Molly | $1,200 | $1,200 | $3,200 |
$6,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,200
7 R, 1 W |
| LITERARY LINES | SCARY STARTS | A FREEZER FULL OF FOOD | TRAVEL & TOURISM | COLORFUL CREATURES | ALLITERATION ALL AROUND |
|
$200
[3]
The last chapter of this Charlotte Bronte novel begins, "Reader, I married him"
Jane Eyre
Kara
|
$200
[20]
In 1980, with "Halloween" in the bag, she starred in "The Fog", "Prom Night" & "Terror Train"
Jamie Lee Curtis
Claire
|
$200
[1]
"What would you do for" one of this brand's NASCAR bars with caramel ice cream, a chocolate wafer & peanuts?
a Klondike Bar
Kara
|
$200
[19]
The Murder & Mystery Tour in this Scottish capital begins at the Witchery restaurant at 352 Castlehill
Edinburgh
Kara
|
$200
[25]
During the 20th century, this largest animal on earth was nearly hunted to extinction
the blue whale
Kara
Claire
|
$200
[14]
This 2-word term refers to someone whose tedious job requires a lot of writing & record-keeping
a pencil pusher
Claire
|
|
$400
[5]
This novel says, "the books went up in sparkling whirls and blew away on a wind turned dark with burning"
Fahrenheit 451
Molly
|
$400
[21]
1975 was a big year for him--he appeared in "The Devil's Rain" & got the role of TV Sweathog Vinnie Barbarino
(John) Travolta
Kara
|
$400
[2]
Celeste & Tombstone make tasty these
frozen pizzas
Claire
|
$400
[13]
In 2010 this worldwide network of vacation resorts founded by Gerard Blitz celebrated its 60ih anniversary
Club Med
Claire
|
$400
[26]
From its distinctive marking, this poisonous spider is also called a fiddleback (not an hourglass back)
the brown recluse
Claire
|
$400
[15]
John Roebling designed this NYC landmark, but working on it cost him his life
the Brooklyn Bridge
|
|
$600
[6]
The first line of this novel says, "It was Wang Lung's marriage day"
The Good Earth
Kara
|
$600
[22]
His first film role was in 1981's "The Burning"; the role of George Costanza would come a decade later
Jason Alexander
Kara
|
$600
[4]
With varieties like Blueberry & Nutri-Grain Cinnamon, these waffles from Kellogg's have you going in circles
Eggo (Eggos accepted)
Claire
|
$600
[11]
Key West, Florida has a Lighthouse & Keeper's Museum & a museum devoted to this novelist
Hemingway
Kara
|
$600
[27]
It's the only ursine species still found in California
a black bear
Claire
|
$600
[16]
Physicist George Smoot won a Nobel Prize for his work supporting this theory of the evolution of the universe
the Big Bang
Claire
|
|
$800
[7]
This 1852 book says, "I would rather not sell him ...I'm a humane man, and I hate to take the boy from his mother"
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Claire
|
$800
[23]
Long before she got "Knocked Up", she appeared in "Bride of Chucky"
Katherine Heigl
Kara
|
$800
[9]
I can't decide between a Swanson pot pie & one of this "famished" brand's "it's good to be full" meals
Hungry-Man
Kara
|
$800
[12]
From the Arabic for "journey", this type of journey might take you to Botswana's Moremi Game Reserve
a safari
Molly
|
$800
[28]
It's easy to see how this animal got its name
the white-tailed deer
Kara
|
$800
[17]
This alliterative exclamation of surprise dates back way before "Great Balls Of Fire": it goes back to the 1700s
goodness gracious
Kara
|
|
$1,000
[8]
He wrote, "All happy families are like one another; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way"
Tolstoy
Kara
|
$1,000
[24]
After appearing in "Return to Horror High" & "Return of the Killer Tomatoes!", he luckily got a trip to the "ER"
George Clooney
Kara
|
$1,000
[10]
This company's Any'tizers include buffalo style hot wings & mini chicken bites
Tyson
|
$1,000
[18]
The beach scene at Repulse Bay is one of the attractions in this south coast "Gateway to China"
Hong Kong
Kara
|
$1,000
[29]
Though it may look more blue, thisis the name of the largest North American swallow.
the purple martin
|
DD
$3,000
[30]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) To stem bleeding, use this alliterative spot where an artery lies over a bone, like in the upper arm & the top of the thigh where it meets the abdomen
a pressure point
Kara
|
| 20th CENTURY HISTORY | MUSIC OF THE NIGHT | INDIANA JONESING | THE DOCTOR IS IN | SACRED TO THIS RELIGION | IT'S ABOUT TIME |
|
$400
[10]
It's the city where the heroic action seenheretook place in 1989
Beijing
Claire
|
$400
[3]
In 1978 The Bee Gees had a case of this, a No. 1 hit that says, "Here I am, prayin' for this moment to last"
"Night Fever"
Molly
|
$400
[9]
Take the last train to this Indiana city founded in 1783 & named for a Revolutionary War general
Clarksville
Molly
|
$400
[18]
This soft drink has been around since 1885--that makes it 125
Dr Pepper
Molly
|
$400
[1]
The Holy Sepulchre
Christianity
Claire
Molly
|
$400
[14]
Official written records of proceedings at a meeting
the minutes
Kara
|
|
$800
[11]
He's the man seenheretrying to reassure us in March 1981"Now, I am in control..."
Alexander Haig
|
$800
[4]
In 1982 this soft pop duo from Australia found that "Even the nights are better"
Air Supply
Kara
|
$800
[15]
This oil products company now has the naming rights to the Colts' home stadium
Lucas Oil
|
$800
[19]
As a child, hedreamed of being a pro athlete or a heart surgeon; lucky for us, he chose the latter
Dr. Oz
Kara
|
$800
[2]
The Western Wall
Judaism
Kara
|
$800
[23]
It's what you call an attendant or representative of a duelist
a second
Claire
|
|
$1,600
[16]
Look to the heavens & name this duffer seenherein 1971
Alan Shepard
|
$1,200
[5]
1993's "Tuesday Night Music Club" was her debut album
Sheryl Crow
Kara
|
$2,000
[8]
Born in Elwood in 1892, this folksy Republican presidential candidate lost to FDR in 1940
Wendell Willkie
|
$1,200
[20]
Take heart: the first children's book that he wrote was rejected by 27 publishers
Dr. Seuss
Kara
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
The Potala Palace
Buddhism
Claire
|
$1,200
[24]
A unit of measure of longitude equal to 15 degrees or 1/24 of a great circle
an hour
Molly
|
|
$2,000
[17]
Hewitnessed the ends of the Earth while accompanying seven expeditions to the Arctic
Matthew Henson
Kara
|
$1,600
[6]
The 4 Seasons reminisced about this title month & year in the song subtitled "Oh What a Night"
Late December back in '63
Kara
|
— |
$1,600
[21]
Seen here, this shoe brand named for a real doctor celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010
Dr. Martens (Doc Martens)
Molly
|
$1,200
[13]
The Kaaba
Islam
|
$1,600
[27]
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings title fawn
The Yearling
Kara
|
|
DD
$3,600
[12]
It's the year of the promised return seen here
1944
Claire
|
$2,000
[7]
This Sam Cooke song talks about "a place, somewhere up a New York way, where the people are so gay"
"Twistin' The Night Away"
|
— |
$2,000
[22]
This compadre of Wyatt Earp graduated from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery in 1872
Doc Holliday
Claire
|
— |
$2,000
[26]
From the Latin for "motion" comes this word for an indefinite but short period of time
a moment
Claire
|
As their bordering countries are all this adjective, Liechtenstein & Uzbekistan are considered "double" this
landlocked