Paul Nelson game 5.
Joshua Bartlett — a graduate student of early American poetry from Albany, New York
Mona Hatfield — a retired school library media specialist from Eufaula, Oklahoma
Paul Nelson — a Senate staff aide originally from Iowa City, Iowa (whose 4-day cash winnings total $48,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul | $600 | $2,800 | $10,200 |
$6,000
5-day champion: $54,900 |
$11,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Mona | $2,200 | $5,200 | $7,200 |
$2,500
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,200
16 R, 3 W |
| Joshua | $2,300 | $4,300 | $11,900 |
$3,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| DEAD, BUT VERY BUSY | STATE THE NATIONAL PARK | SONG BIRDS | ON THE BOOKSHELF | CEREMONIES | THE "GOLDEN" HOUR |
|
$200
[16]
It's been more than 15 minutes since this artist's February 1987 death, but he still made $6 million in 2011
(Andy) Warhol
Paul
|
$200
[21]
Biscayne
Florida
Joshua
|
$200
[11]
Prince sang, "This is what it sounds like when" this happens
"When Doves Cry"
Joshua
|
$200
[2]
This story published in 1902, based on Joseph Conrad's experiences in Africa, is not "light" reading
Heart of Darkness
Paul
|
$200
[1]
For Victoria, this ceremony was at Westminster Abbey on June 28, 1838, a year after her accession to the throne
coronation
Paul
Mona
|
$200
[30]
In Greek myth, it described the wool of a flying ram
the Golden Fleece
Paul
|
|
$400
[18]
This writer has more than 50 posthumous credits on imdb.com, including a "War in Middle Earth" video game
Tolkien
Mona
|
$400
[22]
Denali
Alaska
Paul
|
$400
[12]
Bobby Day & later Michael Jackson sang about a bevy of birds, but the title is "rockin"' this one
robin
Mona
|
$400
[4]
With "geometric" precision, this work by Plutarch pairs up bios of noble Greeks & Romans
Parallel Lives
|
$400
[3]
The name of this Jewish ceremony for boys of 13 means "son of the commandment"
bar mitzvah
Joshua
|
$400
[26]
"Wanna dance, or would you rather just suck face?" was a line from this movie
On Golden Pond
Mona
|
|
$600
[19]
A 3-day auction of artwork belonging to this late designer known as YSL netted $443 million for charity
Yves Saint Laurent
Mona
|
$600
[27]
Bryce Canyon
Utah
Mona
|
$600
[13]
Rick Dees & his cast of idiots quacked up listeners with this "disco" fowl
a duck
Paul
|
$600
[5]
John Osborne made his name with the landmark play "Look Back in" this
Anger
Mona
|
$600
[8]
This filmmaker who directed the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony called Queen Elizabeth "a good actor"
(Danny) Boyle
Joshua
|
$600
[25]
You can make S'mores using this cereal from General Mills
Golden Grahams
Paul
|
|
$800
[17]
Whistling a happy tune in 2009 (if they could), this duo behind "The King and I" raked in a combined $235 million
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Mona
Joshua
|
$800
[28]
Acadia
Maine
Mona
|
$800
[15]
In 1977 Steve Miller was in the top 10 with "Jet Airliner" & this other song about soaring
"Fly Like An Eagle"
Mona
Joshua
|
$800
[6]
"Black Boy" is this "Native Son" author's autobiography
(Richard) Wright
Mona
|
$800
[9]
The ancient Egyptian ceremony of the judgment of the dead was also called the judgment of this god of death
Osiris
Joshua
|
$800
[24]
It's 8,981 feet long & has about 80,000 miles of wire in its 2 main cables
the Golden Gate Bridge
Paul
|
|
$1,000
[20]
This scientist died in 1955 but his good name (& image) raked in $10 million in 2011
Albert Einstein
|
$1,000
[29]
Glacier
Montana
Mona
|
$1,000
[14]
Louis Jordan headed out to the barnyard for "ain't nobody here but us" these birds
chickens
Mona
|
$1,000
[7]
"Raise high the roof beam, carpenters and Seymour: an introduction" is a collection by him
Salinger
Joshua
|
DD
$1,500
[10]
People brought before the Spanish Inquisition were sentenced at this public ceremony whose name means "act of faith"
auto-da-fé
Joshua
|
$1,000
[23]
Start "train"ing to see the national historic site named for this symbol of the joining of a nation
the Golden Spike
Joshua
|
| TOY STORY | THE DA VINCI CODE | BIG | YOU'VE GOT MALI | A HANSEATIC LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN | HANKS GIVING |
|
$400
[12]
In 2012 a Mitt Romney aide got in trouble for comparing a campaign to this drawing toy
Etch-a-Sketch
Joshua
|
$400
[15]
The Leonardo work seenhereis known as "The Madonna of"this flower, a symbol of healing... & proms
carnation
Paul
|
$400
[18]
Barnum & Bailey elephant whose name is also found before "jet"
Jumbo
Mona
|
$400
[1]
Malians welcome visitors with tea that contains, as the embassy says, "plenty of" this--a lot more than "a spoonful of" it
sugar
Joshua
|
$400
[17]
The Hanseatic League fostered safe navigation by training pilots & building many of these structures along the coasts
lighthouses
Mona
|
$400
[2]
Tom gave an Oscar-winning performance as a lawyer with AIDS in this 1993 drama
Philadelphia
Mona
|
|
$800
[13]
In 1943 Richard James worked on a set of springs to stabilize items in rough seas; that became this toy in 1945
Slinky
Joshua
|
$1,200
[25]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a painting displayed on a monitor.) Leonardo was only about 20 when he got to paint theangelon the left in a work attributed to his teacher Verrocchio, depicting this event
the baptism of Christ
|
$800
[19]
2-word maternal term for a big supply of ore
mother lode
Mona
|
$800
[4]
Until 1994 this was the only language taught in Malian schools
French
Paul
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
The decline of the Hanseatic League was in part due to this devastating war that lasted from 1618 to 1648
the Thirty Years' War
Paul
|
$800
[3]
Tom Hanks gave voice to characters named this in 3 "Toy Story" films & 1 "Cars" movie
Woody
Paul
|
|
$1,200
[10]
Based in Denmark, this company has been built block by block since its 1932 founding
Lego
Joshua
|
$1,600
[24]
The 1505 mural "The Battle of Anghiari" was painted to honor a military victory of the government of this city
Florence
Paul
|
$1,200
[20]
Meaning "omnipresent", it's the name of a big movie studio
Universal
Joshua
|
$1,200
[6]
In Mali in the '70s Father Verspieren pioneered a fix for drought--pumps powered by this, a resource Mali has plenty of
the sun
Joshua
|
$1,200
[27]
The league had no governing body but had assemblies called these; the Holy Roman Empire held one in Worms
a diet
Paul
|
$1,200
[7]
Executive producer Hanks gave us this 2010 miniseries about Marines in WWII, with episodes set in Iwo Jima & Okinawa
The Pacific
Paul
Joshua
|
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
Founded in 1948, this company got its name from the sound a slingshot projectile made when hitting a target
Wham-O
Joshua
|
— |
$1,600
[21]
Isaiah says, "the Lord... shall punish" this sea monster
leviathan
Paul
|
$1,600
[5]
Nere & Kapioka are local names for these; you see fewer of them in northern Mali, toward the Sahara
trees
Paul
|
$1,600
[23]
This fish was big business for the league; I enjoy the matjes type, myself
herring
|
$1,600
[8]
Tom Hanks is the FBI agent who gives chase to con man Leonardo DiCaprio in this romp with a taunting title
Catch Me If You Can
Joshua
|
|
$2,000
[14]
The Electric Express was the first model train from this company founded in 1900
Lionel
Mona
|
— |
$2,000
[22]
This word meaning massive or slow-moving starts with a verb meaning "to think"
ponderous
Paul
|
$2,000
[16]
Caravans carry salt from Taoudenni to this fabled trading city to be exchanged for other goods
Timbuktu
Paul
|
— |
$2,000
[9]
Tom Hanks gives his family a good life by being an enforcer for Paul Newman's Chicago mob in this 2002 film
Road to Perdition
Paul
Mona
|
The word coined for these substances in 1912 was meant to suggest they were essential to life & contained nitrogen
vitamins