Battle of the Decades: The 1990s game 1.
Eddie Timanus — a sportswriter from Oak Hill, Virginia
Babu Srinivasan — a history professor from Cypress, Texas
Rachael Schwartz — a bioscience Ph.D. program applicant from Mountain View, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachael | $-500 | $1,700 | $10,500 |
$7,900
Quarterfinalist |
$12,200
16 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Babu | $400 | $1,200 | $2,000 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$2,000
8 R, 4 W |
| Eddie | $1,200 | $2,400 | $14,400 |
$7,700
2nd place: $5,000 |
$14,400
19 R, 2 W |
| STEPHEN KING | ROLE IN COMMON | ON THE "GO" | THE 90s | DOT COM | BOOM! |
|
$200
[23]
The inspiration for this novel came when King's daughter's cat was killed by a passing truck
Pet Sematary
Babu
|
$200
[1]
Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Timothy Dalton
(James) Bond
Rachael
|
$200
[16]
Chronic or recurring pain in the lower back
lumbago
Rachael
|
$200
[21]
The 91st one says, "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty"
a Psalm
Babu
|
$200
[9]
wordpress.com bills itself as "a better way to" keep one of these Internet diaries
a blog
Rachael
|
$200
[4]
This word for a massive explosion is Latin for "new"
a nova
Rachael
|
|
$400
[27]
Like "The Shining", "Misery" deals with a writer stuck in this U.S. state during winter
Colorado
Babu
Eddie
|
$400
[2]
Sean Connery, Kevin Costner, Errol Flynn
Robin Hood
Rachael
|
$400
[17]
Another name for graphite, it's also the name of several garden plants
plumbago
|
$400
[22]
93 is the atomic number of this element, the first transuranium one
neptunium
Eddie
|
$400
[10]
See houses before they hit the market, or Zestimate the value of your home at this website
Zillow
Babu
|
$400
[7]
In 1924 a lava lake in this single-named Hawaiian volcano sank away, & major steam explosions occurred
Kilauea
Rachael
|
|
$600
[28]
"The Wizard and Glass" is one entry in this series
The Dark Tower
Eddie
|
DD
$500
[5]
Sean Connery, Patrick Stewart, Richard Harris
King Richard the Lionheart (Richard I)
Rachael
|
$600
[18]
Ze plane, boss, ze plane--our faith in this kind of cult is being proved true!
a cargo cult
|
$600
[24]
Geeks rejoiced when the 95 version of this replaced version 3.1
Windows
Eddie
|
$600
[11]
This site sums itself up as "Real people. Real reviews"
Yelp.com
Rachael
|
$600
[8]
Twinkle, twinkle... boom! In 2007 in Vegas, this hotel went down; as Sinatra sang, "Love is now the" this "of yesterday"
Stardust
Eddie
|
|
$800
[29]
It's the full name of the town visited by vampires in "'Salem's Lot"
Jerusalem's Lot
|
$600
[3]
Sean Connery, Clive Owen, Graham Chapman
King Arthur
Eddie
|
$800
[19]
This one-word Latin motto of the state of Maine means "I lead"
Dirigo
|
$800
[25]
On Space Shuttle mission STS-97, Marc Garneau, this nation's first astronaut in space, operated a giant robotic arm
Canada
Babu
Eddie
|
$800
[12]
The first online-only show to win a Golden Globe was "House of Cards" from this dot com
Netflix
Babu
|
$800
[14]
1907's Monongah mine explosion in this state buckled streets, collapsed buildings & claimed 362 lives
West Virginia
Babu
|
|
$1,000
[30]
These spirits of dead miners who try to warn the living of cave-ins may have inspired King's 1987 novel of the same name
the Tommyknockers
|
$1,000
[6]
Sean Connery, Richard Chamberlain, Patrick Swayze
Allan Quatermain
|
$1,000
[20]
The coat of soft hair that covers a newborn baby
lanugo
|
$1,000
[26]
Manufactured between 1941 & 1996, the full-sized "98" was the flagship model of this General Motors division
Oldsmobile
Rachael
|
$1,000
[13]
"Got a tip?" asks this celeb news site founded by Harvey Levin
TMZ
Rachael
|
$1,000
[15]
Henry was this man's first name; his artillery shell contained balls & a powder charge to burst the shell
Shrapnel
|
| 2014 ANNIVERSARIES | ON THE MAP | THE LAST CENTURY | THE ELEMENTS | 1990s NO. 1 HITS | CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CLUES "L" |
|
$400
[26]
50 years ago, February 9, it was live from New York as the Beatles played this TV show
The Ed Sullivan Show
Rachael
|
$400
[21]
Mount Mansfield in Vermont is the highest peak in these mountains
the Green Mountains
Eddie
|
$400
[1]
"The most trusted man in America", he ended his tenure as anchor of the CBS Evening News in 1981
Walter Cronkite
Eddie
|
$400
[12]
Until it was phased out, antiknock gasoline contained this toxic metal
lead
Babu
|
$400
[7]
"Wild Wild West" was a chart-topper performed by this star of the 1999 movie
Will Smith
Eddie
|
$400
[2]
Toy company whose employees are always train-ing(6)
Lionel
Rachael
|
|
$800
[27]
2014 marks the 25th anniversary of this tanker's catastrophic oil spill in Prince William Sound
the Exxon Valdez
Rachael
|
$800
[22]
Beersheba is the largest city in this southern desert region of Israel
the Negev
Babu
|
$800
[13]
In 1989 Ayatollah Khomeini called this book blasphemous & condemned Salman Rushdie, its author, to death
The Satanic Verses
Eddie
|
$800
[14]
About four-fifths of the Earth's atmosphere is this gas
nitrogen
Eddie
|
$800
[8]
Right Said Fred hit No. 1 with this 3-word title
"I'm Too Sexy"
Babu
Eddie
|
$800
[3]
Make up artist(4)
liar
|
|
DD
$1,000
[28]
Happy 400th anniversary to this interracial couple who tied the knot in Jamestown
Pocahontas & John Rolfe
Rachael
|
$1,200
[23]
Azerbaijan borders this country on the east; an enclave of Azerbaijan also borders it to the southwest
Armenia
Rachael
Eddie
|
$1,200
[18]
In May 1969 he got within 10 miles of the lunar surface; in 1972 he was the last to walk on the Moon
(Eugene) Cernan
Rachael
Babu
|
DD
$1,000
[17]
This element is named for a mythological king for whom food was always just out of reach
tantalum
Rachael
|
$1,200
[9]
"I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)" by this singer was tops for 5 weeks in 1993
Meat Loaf
Eddie
|
$1,200
[4]
Book that settles accounts(6)
a ledger
Eddie
|
|
$1,600
[29]
August 2014 is the 150th anniversary of his order, "Damn the torpedoes--full speed ahead!"
Farragut
Eddie
|
$1,600
[24]
It connects the Black Sea & the Sea of Marmara
the Bosphorus
Babu
|
$1,600
[19]
The Nationalist Party, which came to power in China in the 1920s, was also called this, KMT for short
the Kuomintang
Rachael
|
$1,200
[15]
The 2 elements that are liquid at room temperature are mercury & this one, symbol Br
bromine
Eddie
|
$1,600
[10]
The record co. wanted to lose the vocal effect as she sang, "Do You Believe In Life After Love?"; she said no & hit No. 1
Cher
Eddie
|
$1,600
[5]
Mass medium(5)
Latin
|
|
$2,000
[30]
It was 200 years ago that he published the first of his "Waverley" novels
Sir Walter Scott
|
$2,000
[25]
This city on the Arabian Sea is the capital of Pakistan's sindh province
Karachi
|
$2,000
[20]
In 1924 Wyoming made her the first woman elected governor of a U.S. state
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Rachael
|
$1,600
[16]
The name of this element is from the Greek word for "moon"
selenium
Rachael
Eddie
|
$2,000
[11]
The first song to hit No. 1 in the '90s was "How Am I Supposed To Live Without You", emoted by this singer
Michael Bolton
Eddie
|
$2,000
[6]
Rhine rock singer(7)
the Lorelei
|
He is the only 19th century president to serve 2 complete terms with the same vice president
James Monroe