Leslie Miller game 5.
Kyle Reynolds — an electronics technician originally from Chicago, Illinois
Kate Haire — a computer programmer and analyst from Wilmington, Delaware
Leslie Miller — an editor from Reston, Virginia (whose 4-day cash winnings total $46,899)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie | $2,300 | $3,200 | $10,200 |
$17,401
5-day champion: $64,300 |
$9,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Kate | $900 | $1,800 | $6,000 |
$9,000
3rd place: Frango chocolates + Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune video games |
$6,000
17 R, 0 W |
| Kyle | $800 | $3,500 | $8,700 |
$12,001
2nd place: Singer bedroom set + Dorothy's bedroom ensemble |
$8,700
21 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| FIRST LADIES | COWBOY LIFE | FURNITURE | BIRDS | POTPOURRI | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES |
|
$100
[26]
When she met Abe, he said he wanted to dance with her "in the worst way", &, she said later' "He did"
Mary Todd Lincoln
Kate
|
$100
[2]
Nickname given to orphaned calves, sometimes urged to git along
dogie
Kyle
|
$100
[16]
Type of "rack" on which you'd hang your homburg
a hat rack
Leslie
|
$100
[11]
Unlike other pheasants, the Congo peacock is native to this continent
Africa
Kyle
|
$100
[21]
If you look shar-pei & feel shar-pei, you're one of these
a dog
Kate
|
$100
[1]
French for "very much" or "very many", it often comes after "merci"
beaucoup
Kate
Kyle
|
|
$200
[27]
Lovely Julia Tyler was a native of this state where she was known as "The Rose of Long Island"
New York
Kyle
|
$200
[3]
To stop one of these, get ahead of the pack & force the cattle to mill in a tightening circle
a stampede
Kate
|
$200
[17]
The pembroke, a small drop-leaf one of these, may have been named for the Earl of Pembroke
a table
Kate
|
$200
[12]
There are 2 subspecies of the northern species of this bird; the Bullock's and the Baltimore
an oriole
Leslie
|
$200
[22]
The new Champ model of this knife has 29 tools, including an orange peeler & a divot fixer
a Swiss Army knife
Kate
|
$200
[7]
Dorothy Lamour could tell you it's Malay for a long, colorful cloth worn as a skirt or dress
a sarong
Leslie
|
|
$300
[28]
This "Silver Fox" is proud of her white hair & refuses to dye it
Barbara Bush
Kyle
|
$300
[4]
For the New Book of Knowledge, Gene Autry wrote the article on this cowboy skill
roping
Kate
|
$300
[18]
In the late 1700s this Pennsylvania city became known for its Chippendale-style furniture
Philadelphia
Kate
|
$300
[13]
Most honey eaters live in Australia & New Guinea, but some live in this U.S. state
Hawaii
Kate
|
$300
[23]
One of Forbes' 200 best small companies in America is this Tinseltown lingerie firm
Frederick's of Hollywood
Kyle
|
$300
[8]
Skiers use this Norwegian word to describe a zigzag course, or a race on such a course
a slalom
Kyle
|
|
$400
[29]
Mrs. Benjamin Harrison was the 1st president-general of this group of descendants of Rev. War figures
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Kyle
|
$400
[5]
He takes a green group of cowhands, prepares them for the drive & then leads it
the trail boss
|
$400
[19]
The vargueno, a combination cabinet & desk, was introduced in this country during the Renaissance
Spain
Leslie
|
$400
[14]
The Andean species of this bird has a greater wingspan than the California
the condor
Kyle
|
$400
[24]
The number of Henry VIII's wives who lost their heads over him
2
Leslie
|
$400
[9]
In Japanese kon ba wa means "good evening" & this means "good afternoon"
konnichiwa
Leslie
|
|
DD
$500
[30]
She attended Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut from 1944-47
Jackie Onassis (Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis)
Kyle
|
$500
[6]
The spiked wheel on the back of this is called a rowel
a spur
Leslie
|
$500
[20]
Inspired by ancient motifs, the Louis XVI style was part of the movement known as "Neo" this
Classical
Kyle
|
$500
[15]
A baby swan is called this, which has a nice "ring" to it
a cygnet
Leslie
|
$500
[25]
10 to the hundredth power is a googol, 10 to the googol power goes by this name
a googolplex
Kyle
|
$500
[10]
Derived from a word meaning "cup", it's the Scandinavian equivalent of "cheers" or "to your health"
skol
Leslie
|
| WORLD CAPITALS | MUSIC | ASTRONOMY | ARTISTS | SCHEMES | POETS |
|
$200
[11]
John Milton called it "The eye of Greece, mother of arts and eloquence"
Athens
Kate
|
$200
[1]
It evolved from a similar lutelike instrument called the mandola
a mandolin
Kate
|
$200
[12]
The nucleus or core of one of these is said to resemble a large, dirty snowball
a comet
Kyle
|
$200
[4]
Born in Nuremberg in 1471, Albrecht Durer is called this country's greatest Renaissance artist
Germany
Kyle
|
$200
[22]
This Teamsters president was indicted December 7, 1960 for misusing funds in a real estate scheme
Jimmy Hoffa
Leslie
|
$200
[21]
Her poem inspired "Lady Geraldine's Courtship" inspired Robert to write to her; they eventually married
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Leslie
|
|
$400
[15]
One legend says this Portuguese capital was founded by and named for Ulysses
Lisbon
Kyle
|
$400
[2]
A sonatina is a little one of these
a sonata
Kate
|
$400
[13]
The equatorial diameter of this planet, 88,700 miles, is about 11 times that of the earth
Jupiter
Leslie
|
$400
[5]
This co-creator of Cubism with Picasso was also a pioneer of collage
Braque
Kate
|
$400
[23]
The 1695-1700 Darien scheme was Scotland's attempt to colonize this isthmus & control its trade
the Isthmus of Panama
Kyle
|
$400
[27]
Gabriela Mistral of Chile was the 1st Latin American woman to win this prize for literature
the Nobel Prize
Leslie
|
|
$600
[16]
It's the headquarters of Colombia's national airline, Avianca
Bogota
Kyle
|
$600
[3]
On a piano, the "soft" one of these is usually on the left side
the pedal
Leslie
|
$600
[14]
Perihelion refers to the point in the orbit of a planet that's nearest to this body
the Sun
Leslie
|
$600
[8]
Edvard Munch was born December 12, 1863 at Loten in this Scandinavian country
Norway
Kate
|
$600
[24]
In 1985 members of this family, among the USA's richest, were charges in a silver scheme
the Hunts
Kate
|
$600
[28]
When Walt Whitman's brother George was wounded during this war, Walt went to Va. to nurse him
the American Civil War
Kyle
|
|
$800
[17]
Haiti's capital & largest city, it was founded by the French as L'Hopital
Port-au-Prince
Leslie
|
$800
[6]
The name of this Pietro Mascagni opera is Italian for "rustic chivalry"
Cavalleria rusticana
Kyle
|
$800
[19]
To detect one of these "dark" objects, you must observe its gravitational effects on other objects
a black hole
Kyle
|
$800
[9]
"The Gallery of the Louvre" by this telegraph pioneer sold for $3.25 million in 1982
Morse
Leslie
|
$800
[25]
Her father, the Duke of Suffolk, made this "Lady" challenge Mary Tudor for the throne
Lady Jane Grey
Kyle
|
$800
[29]
He subtitled his nonsense poem "The Hunting of the Snark" "An Agony in Eight Fits"
Lewis Carroll
Kate
|
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
Its architectural landmarks are the parliament buildings & the Kenyatta Conference Center
Nairobi
Leslie
|
$1,000
[7]
It's believed that the "Triumphes of Oriana" madrigals glorified this Tudor queen
Queen Elizabeth I
Leslie
|
$1,000
[20]
The first one of these stars which emit short bursts of radio waves was discovered in 1967
pulsar
Kyle
|
$1,000
[10]
The J.M.W. initials by which this English artist is known stand for Joseph Mallord William
Turner
Leslie
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
To rid himself of this son of Danae, King Polydectes sent him to kill Medusa
Perseus
Kyle
|
$1,000
[30]
This Lake Poet succeeded his friend Robert Southey as Poet Laureate in 1843
Wordsworth
Leslie
Kate
|
"The War Cry" & "The Young Soldier" are publications of this religious movement
Salvation Army