Battle of the Decades: The 1980s game 4.
Frank Spangenberg — a police officer from New York City, New York
Mark Lowenthal — an intelligence educator from Reston, Virginia
Phoebe Juel — an attorney from Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoebe | $1,400 | $3,400 | $17,100 |
$2,100
3rd place: $5,000 |
$15,800
20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Mark | $5,600 | $6,400 | $10,400 |
$9,000
Quarterfinalist |
$10,000
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Frank | $400 | $2,400 | $14,000 |
$7,199
2nd place: $5,000 |
$14,000
16 R, 1 W |
| GRANDSON OF WOOD | PRO SPORTS TEAMS | THE COUNTRY DUE SOUTH | BOOM "BOX" | J.S. BACH | GOLDBERG VARIATIONS |
|
$200
[16]
Home Depot offers more than 50 types of this 3-letter hardwood for solid flooring
oak
Phoebe
|
$200
[1]
They represented Los Angeles when Marcus Allen rushed them to Super Bowl victory in 1984
the Raiders
Phoebe
|
$200
[3]
of Ulan Bator, Mongolia
China
Phoebe
|
$200
[26]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) I'm getting out some aggression & not hurting anyone using this form of solo training
shadowboxing
Frank
|
$200
[18]
Bach was a master on this church instrument, having walked 200 miles to learn its secrets from Dietrich Buxtehude
the organ
Mark
|
$200
[8]
This "lord of the" British novelists was knighted in 1988
(William) Golding
Phoebe
|
|
$400
[17]
(Alex delivers the clue from the deck of the USSIowain San Pedro, CA.) The upper decks of World War II Iowa-class battleships were covered in this hard Asian wood, some of it still in place after 70 years; it's the kind of wood you find on expensive yachts
teak
Frank
|
$400
[2]
2014 Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Bobby Cox managed this team to 2,504 wins
the Atlanta Braves
Mark
|
$400
[4]
of Nairobi, Kenya
Tanzania
Mark
|
$400
[27]
Before the electric refrigerator became common, hungry folks would raid this
the icebox
Frank
|
$400
[20]
For a while, Bach had to produce a cantata a week; "I Know that My Redeemer Lives" was for this spring Sunday
Easter
Frank
|
$400
[9]
This banker brought his son-in-law Samuel Sachs into the business in 1882
(Marcus) Goldman
Frank
|
|
$600
[19]
The AKC's standard says the color of an Irish Setter should be chestnut red or the reddish brown of this wood
mahogany
Frank
|
$600
[13]
This team began play in 1995 & acquired its first superstar, Vince Carter, in 1998
Toronto Raptors
|
$800
[6]
of Quito, Ecuador
Peru
Mark
|
$600
[28]
Aformatfor presenting movies on TV while maintaining the rectangular theatrical image
letterbox
Phoebe
|
$600
[21]
20 kids of his own weren't enough--for 27 years Bach supervised boy singers as this "master" in Leipzig
choirmaster
Phoebe
Mark
|
$600
[10]
In 2013 this Arizona first baseman led the National League with 125 runs batted in
Paul Goldschmidt
|
|
$800
[22]
Thor Heyerdahl's raft Kon-Tiki was made of this extremely lightweight wood
balsa
Frank
|
$800
[14]
They prowl the ice as the NHL's southernmost team
the Florida Panthers
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
of Sofia, Bulgaria
Greece
Mark
|
$800
[29]
In 1997 this British brand parked in the Mattel family garage
Matchbox
Phoebe
|
$800
[23]
Bach was a master of this art of combining melodic lines, a term also found in an Aldous Huxley title
counterpoint
Frank
|
$800
[11]
Author of "The Conscience of a Conservative" seen here
(Barry) Goldwater
Phoebe
|
|
$1,000
[25]
This tree, S. album, has fragrant wood from which an aromatic oil is distilled & used in soaps, candles & incense
sandalwood
Phoebe
|
$1,000
[15]
The left field fence in their home park is 310 feet from the plate & 37 feet high
the Boston Red Sox
Mark
|
$1,000
[7]
of Luanda, Angola
Namibia
Mark
|
$1,000
[30]
Red Smith & Frank Deford are giants of this place
the press box
|
$1,000
[24]
Bach tinkered around & produced sets of "two-part" & "three-part" these for harpsichord
inventions
|
$1,000
[12]
This composer was nominated for 18 Oscars; his only win was for "The Omen"
(Jerry) Goldsmith
Mark
|
| CIVIL WAR GENERALS | 2-LETTER SPELLING | IN THE COURTROOM | RHYMING SONG TITLES | BRITISH POETS & POETRY | RARE BREEDS |
|
$400
[3]
As a lieutenant of engineers in the late 1830s, hesupervised the engineering work for the harbor in St. Louis
Robert E. Lee
Frank
|
$400
[16]
A part of the psyche that resides in the unconscious
I-D
Phoebe
|
$400
[17]
Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow dealt with an atheist's objection to these 2 Pledge of Allegiance words
under God
Phoebe
|
$400
[26]
AC/DC:"Yes, I'm let loose from the noose"
"Back In Black"
|
$400
[2]
During the Hundred Years' War, this "Canterbury Tales" author was taken prisoner near Reims, France & held for ransom
Chaucer
Phoebe
|
$400
[10]
Fewer than 1,000 remain in the wild of the Ugandan or Rothschild's type of this animal that looks down on us
a giraffe
Phoebe
|
|
$800
[6]
Known for his scorched earth policy, this Union general worked as a banker & lawyer before the war
(William Tecumseh) Sherman
Frank
|
$800
[22]
Olde-time pronoun used nominatively for the second person singular
Y-E
Mark
|
$800
[18]
As yousee, he didn't use a scooter to get to court when he was convicted in 2007
("Scooter") Libby
Phoebe
|
$800
[27]
Donovan:"I'm just mad about Saffron"
"Mellow Yellow"
Frank
|
$800
[4]
Antiwar poet Wilfred Owen was killed in action one week before the end of this war
World War I
Frank
|
$800
[11]
Used by Native Americans of Washington & Oregon, the Cayuse breed of this has become rare
a horse
Phoebe
|
|
$1,200
[7]
Later a historical novelist, hepresided over the court martial of the Lincoln conspirators
Lew Wallace
Phoebe
|
$1,200
[23]
A British interjection, or a genre of skinhead rock
O-I
Frank
|
$1,200
[19]
In 2013 a court ruled that Dannielynn Birkhead, child of this late model, was owed $49 million
Anna Nicole Smith
Phoebe
|
$1,200
[28]
Roy Orbison:"know the heartaches I've been through"
"Only The Lonely"
|
$1,200
[1]
Given name Edward, he became poet laureate in 1984
Ted Hughes
|
$1,200
[12]
Breeding programs have rescued the once-rarest of bats, the Rodrigues type of this
a fruit bat
|
|
DD
$2,000
[8]
A Texas fort is named for this confederate general who led the Texas Brigade of the army of northern Virginia
(John B.) Hood
Phoebe
|
$1,600
[24]
Thisanimal is vowel-perfect
A-I
Frank
|
$2,000
[21]
In 2013 District Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled this 2-verb NYPD practice unconstitutional
stop and frisk
Frank
|
$1,600
[29]
Shirley Ellis:"Shirley! Shirley Shirley bo birley, bonana fanna fo firley"
"The Name Game"
Mark
|
$1,600
[5]
The lover's plea "To His Coy Mistress" is this 17th century poet's best-remembered work
Andrew Marvell
Mark
|
$1,600
[13]
Zimbabwe's terrible economy spurred the poaching of the black type of this animal for its horns
the rhinoceros
Phoebe
|
|
$2,000
[9]
General Winfield Scottwas so old that this other noted Civil War general was named for him
(Winfield Scott) Hancock
Phoebe
|
$2,000
[25]
Scrabble players loooooove this basaltic lava
A-A
Frank
|
DD
$2,500
[20]
Defense witnesses in this comedian's 1964 obscenity trial included game show panelist Dorothy Kilgallen
Lenny Bruce
Phoebe
|
$2,000
[30]
The Beatles:"Tell me, tell me, tell me the answer you may be a lover but you ain't no dancer"
"Helter Skelter"
|
$2,000
[15]
Byron based "The Prisoner of" here on Francois Bonivard, a Genevan patriot who was jailed for his beliefs
Chillon
Mark
Frank
|
$2,000
[14]
Thevaquita, the smallest of this order of mammals, is getting rarer; it's often caught in fishing nets
cetaceans
Mark
|
Once a poor British protectorate, in 2012 this peninsular country ranked as the world's richest per capita
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