Paul Nelson game 4.
Dan Sims — a case manager from Little Rock, Arkansas
Morgan Kruse — an economics research analyst from Irvine, California
Paul Nelson — a Senate staff aide originally from Iowa City, Iowa (whose 3-day cash winnings total $45,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul | $800 | $5,300 | $4,500 |
$3,500
4-day champion: $48,900 |
$5,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Morgan | $0 | $0 | $4,400 |
$3,299
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,400
10 R, 4 W |
| Dan | $0 | $400 | $5,500 |
$1,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| GENERAL PRACTICE | 1-LETTER STOCK SYMBOLS | POETRY TERMS | IT'S A TRAP! | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES |
|
$200
[1]
Jaw pain & earache can be symptoms of bruxism, the grinding of these
teeth
Morgan
|
$200
[9]
K, for breakfast
Kellogg
Morgan
|
$200
[22]
An epithalamium is a poem for this occasion; one by Sappho ends, "Happy bridegroom, seek your bride"
a wedding
Paul
|
$200
[4]
The Kyoto Protocol limits emitting these alliterative items that trap heat in the atmosphere
greenhouse gases
Paul
|
$200
[2]
(Hi. I'm Neil Patrick Harris.) Hitchcock's genius is that he makes us voyeurs, like Jimmy Stewart & Grace Kelly in this 1954 thriller
Rear Window
Paul
|
|
$400
[14]
The doc might say to grab some of this company's aspirin, "the wonder drug that works wonders"
Bayer
Dan
|
$400
[10]
C, a financial "group"
Citigroup
Dan
|
$400
[24]
One verse of a poem is called a stave or this word also beginning with "st"
stanza
Dan
|
$400
[18]
Proverbially, when you "build a better" one of these, you make a superior product
mousetrap
Dan
|
$400
[3]
(Hi. I'm Cheech Marin, and...) You can't help feeling the exuberance of the Beatles in this, their first movie
A Hard Day's Night
Paul
|
|
$600
[15]
That vision problem might be a cataract, clouding this part of the eye
the lens
Paul
Dan
|
$600
[11]
F, in transportation
Ford
Morgan
|
$600
[23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew displays some poetry on the monitor.) By marking the stressed & unstressed syllables in a line, we're engaging in scansion, the analysis of this rhythmic element in a poem
the meter
Paul
|
$600
[19]
The trap-door type of this creature constructs a tubular nest with a hinged lid made of silk & mud
a spider
Paul
|
$600
[6]
(Hi. I'm Isaac Mizrahi.) Like a lot of others, I loved the story of a paraplegic ex-Marine finding a new life on the distant planet of Pandora in this 2009 film
Avatar
Dan
|
|
$800
[16]
This contagious skin disease rhymes with a disease you get from animal bites
scabies
Dan
|
$800
[12]
T--give them a jingle
AT&T
|
$1,000
[25]
This line of 12 syllables is likely named for a "great" Macedonian
an alexandrine
Dan
|
$800
[5]
Debuting in 1900, the Grand American is an event in this sport prizing accuracy
shooting
Morgan
Dan
|
$800
[7]
(Hi. I'm Robin Quivers.) I love watching "The Godfather", which earned supporting actor Oscar nominations for Al Pacino, James Caan & this man who played consigliere Tom Hagen
(Robert) Duvall
Morgan
Dan
|
|
$1,000
[17]
The most common spot for taking someone's pulse is above this artery in the wrist
the radial artery
|
$1,000
[13]
X, a company no longer part of USX
U.S. Steel
Morgan
|
DD
$1,500
[21]
A haiku traditionally deals with this; a senryu takes an ironic look at human this
nature
Paul
|
$1,000
[20]
An event horizon is the "surface" of one of these, invisible because it even traps light
a black hole
Paul
|
$1,000
[8]
(Hi. I'm Jane Kaczmarek.) I sometimes need a hankie watching the love of Warren Beatty & Natalie Wood hit every kind of obstacle in this 1961 film
Splendor in the Grass
Dan
|
| GENERAL PRACTICE | PLANETARY MATTERS? | ODD WORDS | "THE" TV SHOW | THAT IS THE QUESTION | BALTIMORE |
|
$400
[10]
In 1989 the first President Bush appointed him Chairman of the Joint Chiefs; he had a different job with Bush 2
General Powell
Paul
|
$400
[25]
She won Wimbledon singles titles in 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007 & 2008
Venus Williams
Morgan
|
$400
[1]
A muselet is the wire that holds one of these in a champagne bottle
a cork
Morgan
|
$400
[4]
In 2010 "Top Chef" broke this CBS program's 7-year Emmy-winning streak for best reality competition show
The Amazing Race
Paul
Dan
|
$400
[9]
In "Sonnets from the Portuguese" this 5-word query is followed by "Let me count the ways"
"How do I love thee?"
Paul
|
$1,200
[15]
In June 2012 this Baltimore fort had a "Star-Spangled Sailabration" commemorating the War of 1812
Fort McHenry
Paul
|
|
$800
[14]
Gen. Thomas Gage, military governor of this colony, ordered the redcoats to march on Lexington & Concord
Massachusetts
Dan
|
$800
[22]
This festival of sports, art & more has been held annually in Virginia Beach, Virginia since 1974
the Neptune Festival
|
$800
[2]
Something resembling this proud bird's tail in color, design or iridescence is said to be pavonine
a peacock
Paul
|
$800
[6]
"He reads between the lies" was a tagline for this CBS show about a crime-solving man named Jane
The Mentalist
Dan
|
$800
[19]
Four-word caption of the 1870s engravingseen here
"Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
Dan
|
$1,600
[23]
This offbeat Baltimorean film director has his fan mail sent to Atomic Books & sometimes stops by
John Waters
|
|
DD
$1,500
[13]
Though unpopular with the President for his cautiousness, this Union general was once known as "Young Napoleon"
McClellan
Dan
|
$1,200
[20]
It's also called a night crawler
an earthworm
Paul
Morgan
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
A tonsorialist is one who does this
cut(s) hair
Paul
|
$1,200
[7]
We met the new boss (James Spader as Robert California) on this NBC sitcom
The Office
Paul
|
$1,200
[18]
In a kids' book by Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle, this question follows "Brown Bear, Brown Bear"
"What do you see?"
Morgan
|
— |
|
$1,600
[11]
In 1944 this brilliant tactician told Hitler it was futile to continue the war; later that year he committed suicide
(Erwin) Rommel
Paul
Dan
|
$1,600
[3]
A line from this song by Train says, "Tell me, did you sail across the Sun, did you make it to the Milky Way?"
"Drops Of Jupiter"
Morgan
|
— |
$1,600
[8]
Whoopi! & food! The titles of these 2 ABC daytime shows rhyme
The View & The Chew
Dan
|
$1,600
[16]
Latin for "where are you going?", it's the title of a 1951 epic starring Robert Taylor & Deborah Kerr
Quo Vadis
Dan
|
— |
|
$2,000
[12]
Thisoutspoken U.S. general is proving his views here, holding a piece of a battleship sunk by air power
Billy Mitchell
Paul
|
$2,000
[21]
In mythology, he's dad to the Cyclopes as well as the Titans
Uranus
Morgan
Dan
|
— |
$2,000
[5]
will.i.am & T-Pain were far from "turrible" as guest voices on this Fox animated show about Mr. Brown
The Cleveland Show
Morgan
|
$2,000
[17]
Abe Lincoln, when accused of deceitfulness: "If I had another" one of these, "do you think I'd wear this one?"
a face
Morgan
Dan
|
— |
In 1900 the first La Scala performance of this opera was conducted by the man whose last name began with the opera's title
Tosca