Battle of the Decades: The 1990s game 2.
Pam Mueller — a graduate student in psychology from Princeton, New Jersey
Dan Melia — a retired professor from Berkeley, California
Fritz Holznagel — a writer from Somerville, Massachusetts
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz | $5,111 | $7,711 | $12,934 |
$11,603
2nd place: $5,000 |
$13,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dan | $-200 | $2,200 | $5,700 |
$9,700
3rd place: $5,000 |
$8,200
10 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Pam | $2,400 | $4,200 | $17,000 |
$17,000
Quarterfinalist |
$17,000
22 R, 2 W |
| 1990s FICTION | BROADWAY MUSICALS BY SONGS | PALINDROMIC WORDS | WORLD CAPITALS | PARTY | LIKE IT'S 1998 |
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$200
[18]
In 1990 his "Bourne Ultimatum" was a bestseller
(Robert) Ludlum
Fritz
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$200
[1]
"One" &"What I Did For Love"
A Chorus Line
Pam
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$200
[9]
The feat of using your arms to get your chin over a bar
a pull-up
Pam
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$200
[13]
This Nepalese capital's name means "wood temple" & refers to a 400-year-old temple built from a single tree
Kathmandu
Dan
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$200
[23]
An overnight get-together for kids in which the participants wear pajamas & stay up most of the night talking
a sleepover (or slumber party)
Fritz
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$200
[6]
Kofi Annan made a deal with this Iraqi pres. to give access to weapons inspectors, & that was the end of that... right?
Saddam Hussein
Fritz
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$400
[19]
Novel in which Robert Kincaid says to Francesca, "This kind of certainty comes only once"
The Bridges of Madison County
Pam
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$400
[2]
"Without You" &"Seasons Of Love"
Rent
Pam
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$400
[10]
Male & female
sexes
Fritz
Dan
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$400
[14]
About one third of Latvia's people live in this capital, the largest city in the Baltic states
Riga
Pam
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$400
[24]
This type of shindig with all-white garb was made popular by the film "Animal House"
a toga party
Dan
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$400
[8]
On Oct. 29 he returned to space as a 77-year-old payload specialist aboard the Space Shuttle
John Glenn
Pam
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$600
[20]
This debut novel by Charles Frazier was a take on Homer's "Odyssey" set during the Civil War
Cold Mountain
Fritz
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$600
[3]
"Born To Boogie" &"He Could Be A Star"
Billy Elliot
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$600
[28]
It comes before "tube" in a term of which we disapprove
boob
Pam
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$600
[15]
This capital's most-visited site is Ho Chi Minh's mausoleum on the edge of Ba Dinh Square
Hanoi
Fritz
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$600
[25]
Close off both ends of the street & turn up the music; it's time for this kind of neighborhood party
a block party
Fritz
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$800
[11]
A site at Moton Field in Alabama was established to honor the heroic actions of this African-Amer. military group
the Tuskegee Airmen
Fritz
|
|
$800
[21]
In 1999 this novelist found the time to pick up a Pulitzer Prize for "The Hours"
Michael Cunningham
Pam
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$800
[4]
"But, Mr. Adams" &"The Lees Of Old Virginia"
1776
Pam
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$800
[29]
An island city near Montreal, or French WWII traitor Pierre
Laval
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$800
[16]
Yaounde, capital of this former French territory in Africa, was founded by Germans involved in the ivory trade
Cameroon
Pam
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$800
[26]
Guess the girth is a popular game at this type of get-together
a baby shower
Pam
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$1,000
[12]
This former Maine senator helped broker a peace deal in Northern Ireland
(George) Mitchell
Fritz
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$1,000
[22]
Roddy Doyle's bestseller about a young Irish lad growing up in the '60s is called this boy "Ha Ha Ha"
Paddy Clarke
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$1,000
[5]
"Hosanna" &"I Don't Know How To Love Him"
Jesus Christ Superstar
Fritz
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$1,000
[30]
A small liquid measure equivalent to 1/60 of a dram
a minim
Dan
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$1,000
[17]
Lonely Planet says this city 15 miles from the equator is the only world capital threatened by an active volcano
Quito
Fritz
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$1,000
[27]
From the French for "evening", this word for a party can also be followed by "dansante"
a soirée
Dan
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DD
$1,111
[7]
On July 17 this ruler & some of his family members were re-buried in St. Petersburg
Nicholas II
Fritz
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| THE SONNET | SCIENCE TIMELINE | DISNEY SIDEKICKS | ART & ARTISTS | ALL AROUND AMERICA | AS "IF"! |
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$400
[1]
In "On His Blindness", John Milton wrote, "They also serve who only stand and" do this
wait
Dan
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$400
[29]
This sleep stage during which most dreams occur was discovered in 1953
R.E.M. sleep
Fritz
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$400
[23]
In "Mulan", Mushu is one of these legendary creatures
a dragon
Pam
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$400
[6]
It's about a 30-minute walk from the Rembrandt House Museum to the Amsterdam museum named for this artist
van Gogh
Fritz
Dan
Pam
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$400
[18]
Don't miss the truck-mounted giant potato at the spud drive-in in this state's town of Driggs
Idaho
Pam
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$400
[11]
A handmade object, like a shard of pottery, found at an archaeological dig
an artifact
Pam
|
|
$800
[2]
This Lake Poet's "Ecclesiastical Sonnets" is a history of the church in England
William Wordsworth
Dan
|
DD
$777
[17]
In 1576 King Frederick II granted him title to the island of Ven to build an observatory
Tycho Brahe
Fritz
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$800
[24]
Angus in "Brave" is Merida's horse, of course, one of these big ones
a Clydesdale
Pam
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$800
[7]
This Fauvist designed Vence's Rosaire Chapel, down to its vestments & stained-glass windows
Matisse
Pam
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$800
[19]
This 320'-wide Howard Hughes creation from 1947 today nests at Oregon's Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
the "Spruce Goose"
Pam
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$800
[12]
To render void, as a contract
nullify
Pam
|
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$1,200
[3]
Some of this Maine-born poet's finest verse appears in her 1931 collection "Fatal Interview", a group of love sonnets
Edna St. Vincent Millay
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$800
[30]
Sadly, in 2003 it was goodbye to this cloned sheep who was put to sleep due to a lung disease
Dolly
Dan
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$1,200
[25]
This sidekick of Captain Hook wishes to return to a simpler life of "scuttling ships... cutting throats"
Smee
Dan
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$1,200
[8]
This Leonardo drawing of a man inside a circle & a square is named after a Roman architect
Vitruvian Man
Dan
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$1,200
[20]
John Milkovisch made the aluminum siding at his Houston home from 50,000 of these former cold ones
beer cans
Fritz
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$1,200
[13]
White port is usually served as an aperitif, though most port is drunk as this opposite
a digestif
Pam
|
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$1,600
[4]
This sonnet form is named for the 14th century poet who perfected it
Petrarch
Dan
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$1,200
[16]
Named for a Shakespearean couple, these 2 large moons of Uranus were discovered in 1787
Titania & Oberon
Fritz
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$1,600
[27]
In "Diamonds Are Forever", 007 was attacked by a bikini-clad woman who shared a name with this 1942 Disney sidekick
Thumper
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$2,000
[10]
Female Impressionists included Mary Cassatt &this femme, Manet's sister-in-law
(Berthe) Morisot
Pam
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$1,600
[21]
Seen in many sci-fi movies, theVLA, this system, listens in from Socorro, New Mexico
the Very Large Array
Fritz
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$1,600
[14]
It's the portmanteau word for the piece of furniture that has both drawers & hanging space for clothes
a chifferobe
Pam
|
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$2,000
[5]
In 1922, 4 years before his death, this German-language poet produced the 55 "Sonnets to Orpheus"
(Rainer Maria) Rilke
Dan
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$2,000
[26]
In 1643 this Italian inverted a 4-foot mercury-filled tube in a dish, creating the first barometer
Torricelli
Pam
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$2,000
[28]
The song heard before the credits as fireworks explode over the castle was sung originally by this sidekick
Jiminy Cricket
Fritz
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DD
$2,500
[9]
His 1911 work "I and the Village" evokes the look of his Hasidic hometown
Marc Chagall
Dan
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$2,000
[22]
The Lake Whitefish is often found in this lake where a 43-pounder was caught in 1918
Lake Superior
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$2,000
[15]
At 16,067 feet above sea level, it's the highest mountain in Antarctica
Vinson Massif
Pam
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Twice as long as Hadrian's Wall, Offa's Dyke was the traditional border between these 2 lands
England & Wales