Rebecca Rider game 5.
Scott Brill — a public library assistant from Shelton, Connecticut
Tara Curcio — a technical project manager from Medford, New Jersey
Rebecca Rider — an office supply sales assistant from Fresh Meadows, New York (whose 4-day cash winnings total $86,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca | $3,200 | $2,800 | $13,200 |
$15,000
5-day champion: $101,600 |
$16,800
22 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Tara | $3,400 | $4,800 | $7,400 |
$14,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Scott | $-400 | $3,600 | $7,200 |
$14,300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,200
13 R, 5 W |
| APRIL | SHOWERS | ENDS WITH DOUBLE E | NORTH CAROLINA | ALPHANUMERIC TERMS | 1993: 20 YEARS AGO IN FILM |
|
$200
[6]
On April 14, 70 A.D., future emperor Titus laid siege to this Jewish capital
Jerusalem
Tara
|
$200
[25]
It's a gathering to give gifts like lingerie & china to someone before her nuptials
bridal shower
Tara
|
$200
[19]
A classification of the seriousness of a burn
the degree
Scott
|
$200
[1]
This largest North Carolina city was named for the wife of England's King George III
Charlotte
Tara
Scott
|
$200
[13]
Hundreds of billions were spent to defeat this, aka "the Millennium Bug", which hasn't affected our +f6$>z!Q
Y2K
Tara
|
$200
[2]
Robin Williams based much of this title character on his childhood nanny
Mrs. Doubtfire
Rebecca
|
|
$400
[7]
This league confounded purists when the designated hitter rule made its debut on April 6, 1973
the American League
Rebecca
Scott
|
$400
[26]
A Vegas stripper named Marli Renfro was Janet Leigh's body double in this film's shower scene
Psycho
Scott
|
$400
[21]
A very enthusiastic follower of a religious leader
a devotee
Rebecca
Tara
|
$400
[3]
Established in 1837 by Quakers, Guilford College did not allow this until 1887; finally, glee club!
singing
Rebecca
|
$400
[14]
This "100% vegetable juice" brand has a "Spicy Hot" version
V8
Tara
|
$400
[17]
Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau were a pair of disagreeable codgers in this comedy
Grumpy Old Men
Rebecca
|
|
$600
[9]
These 2 men were born a few days apart in April 1889; one satirized the other in "The Great Dictator"
Chaplin & Hitler
Rebecca
|
$600
[27]
A soap called Shower Shock contains & wakes you up with this stimulant before you've even had your joe
caffeine
Scott
|
$600
[22]
French word for a cooked vegetable that's been put through a blender
purée
Rebecca
|
$600
[4]
Pisgah National Forest is home to this "colorful" North Carolina mountain range
the Blue Ridge Mountains
Rebecca
|
$600
[15]
A 32-MB song on a CD compresses down to about 3 MB in this format; 21 million songs are at Amazon's store for it
MP3
Tara
Scott
|
$600
[12]
Holly Hunter played the musical pieces herself in this film set in 1850s New Zealand
The Piano
Tara
Scott
|
|
$800
[10]
An oxygen tank explosion April 14, 1970 endangered the crew of this mission
Apollo 13
Tara
|
$800
[28]
These showers include the Leonid & the Geminid
the meteor shower
Tara
|
$800
[23]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew displays the Earth & the Moon on the monitor.) The position of the Moon in its orbit at its farthest point from us is known by this term, from the Greek for "away from the Earth"
apogee
Rebecca
|
$800
[5]
This cape, the southern tip of Smith Island, lends its name to a scary film & its remake
Cape Fear
Tara
|
$800
[16]
A book simply called "The Gun" is a history of this assault rifle of which 75 million are in use worldwide
an AK-47
Scott
|
$800
[20]
This macabre animated holiday fest was inspired by a poem Tim Burton wrote in the 1980s
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tara
|
|
$1,000
[11]
On April 9, 2005 Prince Charles married her
Camilla Parker Bowles
Scott
|
$1,000
[29]
It was said that this crooner sings like all people think they sing in the shower
Bing Crosby
Scott
|
$1,000
[24]
A small or medium-sized sofa
a settee
Scott
|
$1,000
[8]
England's first attempt at a colony in the New World was on this North Carolina island in 1585
Roanoke Island
Rebecca
|
DD
$3,600
[18]
Its peak reaches 28,250 feet & is often surrounded by clouds
K2
Rebecca
|
$1,000
[30]
The title star of this film was indeed released & lived the rest of its days in the fjords of Norway
Free Willy
Rebecca
|
| POET, KNOW IT | NO. 1 HITS IN OTHER WORDS | QUICK PRESIDENTIAL STOPS | NATIONAL FLOWERS | GIMME 5! | "TAX" TIME |
|
$400
[21]
"Farewell the glen sae bushy, O! Farewell the plain sae rashy, O! To other lands I now must go, To sing my highland lassie, O"
Robert Burns
Rebecca
|
$400
[1]
Barry Manilow:"It's Barry Manilow Who Inscribes Musical Compositions"
"I Write The Songs"
Tara
|
$400
[17]
Gettysburg wasn't Lincoln's first visit to this state; in 1861 he was in Leaman Place for 4 minutes
Pennsylvania
Scott
|
$400
[2]
The shamrock is a national flower of this country
Ireland
Tara
|
$400
[22]
In the golden age of Hollywood, "The Big Five" movie studios were MGM, RKO, Paramount, 20th Century Fox & this family concern
the Warner Brothers
Tara
|
$400
[13]
Those who practice this art of pet preservation prefer the term "mounting" to "stuffing"
taxidermy
Rebecca
|
|
$1,600
[28]
"While horse and hero fell, / They that had fought so well / Came thro' the jaws of death, / Back from the mouth of Hell"
Tennyson
Scott
|
$800
[4]
No Doubt:"Hush Up"
"Don't Speak"
Rebecca
|
$800
[12]
Hyphenated term for Truman's 1948 train tour; on Sept. 18 he was in Rock Island at 5:45 A.M. & Davenport at 6:10
whistle-stop
Rebecca
|
$800
[3]
This blossom, also called sakura, is a symbol of Japan
the cherry blossom
Rebecca
Scott
|
$800
[24]
Finishes out the original fivesome that included Jackie, Marlon, Michael & Tito
Jermaine
Rebecca
|
$800
[14]
A warm, cozy home for assets you want to protect from Uncle Sam
a tax shelter
Scott
|
|
$2,000
[25]
"Therefore, 'tis with full happiness that I / Will trace the story of Endymion"
John Keats
Rebecca
Scott
|
$1,200
[5]
Maroon 5 & Christina Aguilera:"Maneuvers Similar To Mick"
"Moves Like Jagger"
Rebecca
|
$1,200
[18]
George W. Bush visited his boyhood home in this Texas town for 45 minutes in 2008
Midland
|
$1,200
[8]
A stylized 3-petaled iris called this is the national fleur of France
(fleur-)de-lis
Tara
|
$1,200
[27]
The earth can be divided into 5 of these regions, including the north & south "temperate" ones
climate zones
Tara
|
$1,200
[15]
The rules for the formation of grammatical sentences in a language
syntax
|
| — |
$1,600
[6]
Plain White T's:"Yo, Samson's Mistress!"
"Hey There Delilah"
Rebecca
|
$1,600
[19]
The monumentherehonors the first presidential visit to Canada--Warren Harding's day in this western city a week before he died
Vancouver
|
$1,600
[9]
In 2011 exhibits in Zurich & Geneva celebrated this "queen of Alpine flora"
edelweiss
|
$1,600
[23]
NBA guard Davis knows dukes & earls look down at this lowest of the 5 grades of British peer
baron
Rebecca
|
$1,600
[11]
This word means the area passenger jets traverse between the gate & the takeoff area
the taxiway
Scott
|
| — |
$2,000
[7]
Destiny's Child:"Utter One's Own Identity"
"Say My Name"
Rebecca
|
$2,000
[20]
In a 6-hour visit in November 2012 President Obama praised this Asian country's move away from tight military rule
Burma (or Myanmar)
Scott
|
DD
$3,000
[10]
This country loves its Linnaea borealis, named after a native son
Sweden
Tara
|
$2,000
[26]
The Five, a group of Russian composers, included this hyphenated composer of "Scheherazade"
Rimsky-Korsakov
Tara
|
$2,000
[16]
The ranks going from domain & kingdom down to genus & species are part of this aspect of biology
taxonomy
Rebecca
|
In 2012 her picture replaced that of Julio Argentino Roca on a currency note
Eva Perón