Jeffrey Burcaw — a vice president of an engineering firm from Warner Robins, Georgia
Ben Eggenberger — a technology manager from Alma, Michigan
Lillie Salsberry — a librarian from Baton Rouge, Louisiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lillie | $0 | $1,800 | $2,600 |
$4,900
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,600
11 R, 4 W (including 3 DDs) |
| Ben | $3,200 | $3,400 | $10,200 |
$5,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
13 R, 0 W |
| Jeffrey | $1,000 | $5,800 | $13,400 |
$6,399
New champion: $6,399 |
$13,400
18 R, 4 W |
| THE 18th CENTURY | MOVIE SONGS | A HOOSIERS WHO'S WHO | AVIATION FIRSTS | GREAT FIGURES | PASS THE "P"s |
|
$200
[15]
This man was hanged for murder & piracy May 23, 1701
Captain Kidd
Jeffrey
|
$200
[6]
"Maniac"(1983)
Flashdance
Lillie
|
$200
[26]
At 33 this future vice president was the youngest man ever elected to the U.S. Senate from Indiana
Dan Quayle
Jeffrey
|
$200
[11]
The 1st president to hold a pilot's license, he learned to fly in 1939 while serving with MacArthur in the Philippines
Eisenhower
Ben
|
$200
[21]
Ben Lusbie, who could sell 6,000 tickets to this in an hour, was an attraction just like the animals & acrobats
(Barnum's) Circus
Ben
|
$200
[1]
It's a hill or mountain with a level top
plateau
Ben
|
|
$400
[16]
Denounced as a magician in Venice in 1755, this famous lover was sentenced to prison but escaped to Paris
Casanova
Jeffrey
|
$400
[7]
"The Bare Necessities"(1967)
The Jungle Book
Lillie
|
$400
[27]
The story of this lovely lady from "The Brady Bunch" begins in Dale, Indiana in 1934
Florence Henderson
Jeffrey
|
$400
[12]
In June 1910 this partner of Henry Royce became the first to fly non-stop across the English Channel & back
(Charles) Rolls
Ben
|
$400
[22]
In 2002 the Philadelphia Mint produced about 540 million of these--about $27 million worth
nickels (20 in a dollar)
Lillie
Jeffrey
|
$400
[2]
It's an act performed to show sorrow for having committed a sin
penance
Lillie
|
|
$600
[17]
This Frenchman had lots to write "Confessions" about, like sending 5 of his kids to a foundling hospital
Rousseau
Jeffrey
|
$600
[8]
"Miss Celie's Blues (Sister)"(1985)
The Color Purple
Ben
|
$600
[28]
We assume his friends find this senior Indiana senator a real pistol
Richard Lugar
Jeffrey
|
$600
[13]
In July 1908 this science journal awarded a trophy to Glenn Curtiss for the first U.S. public flight of one kilometer
Scientific American
|
$600
[23]
In 2001 the U.S. awarded IBM 3,411 of these & we're sure IBM's lawyers defend them vigorously
patents
Lillie
|
$800
[4]
In I Corinthians he tells us that charity is the greatest virtue
Paul
Ben
|
|
$800
[18]
1787 Mozart work often called a serenade; the "New Oxford Companion to Music" says it's, aptly, a nocturne
"A Little Night Music" ("Eine kleine Nachtmusik")
|
$800
[9]
"I'm Easy"(1975)
Nashville
|
$800
[29]
He was first seen in Brazil, Indiana in 1913; he was last seen outside a Michigan restaurant in 1975
Jimmy Hoffa
Lillie
|
$800
[14]
In 1933, 2 years before his death with Will Rogers, this pilot became the first to fly solo around the world
Wiley Post
Jeffrey
|
$800
[24]
Vroom! Mattel introduced these in 1968 & says 2 of them are now sold every second
Hot Wheels
Lillie
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
This publication is credited to an imaginary astronomer & appeared from the early 1730s to 1757
Poor Richard's Almanack
Lillie
|
|
$1,000
[19]
This German baron known for his fantastic tales died in 1797
Baron von Munchausen
Jeffrey
|
$1,000
[10]
"Beautiful Maria of My Soul"(1992)
The Mambo Kings
|
$1,000
[30]
A state historic site in Dana honors this news correspondent who was killed in the Pacific during WWII
Ernie Pyle
|
$1,000
[20]
In 1935 transpacific air mail was begun by the "China" one of these, also a type of sailing ship
the China Clipper
Jeffrey
|
$1,000
[25]
The Nullarbor Plain in this country has a dead-straight stretch of railroad track 297 miles long
Australia
Jeffrey
|
$1,000
[5]
It's a highfalutin' 6-syllable word for sleight of hand magic
prestidigitation
Ben
|
| MAMMALS | THE OLYMPIC GAMES | DOG & CAT TALES | SUCCESSORS | "A" IN GEOGRAPHY | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[2]
Ornithorhynchus anatinus is the scientific name for this egg-laying mammal
platypus
Jeffrey
|
$400
[26]
The only men to win 2 gold medals in this multi-event sport were Bob Mathias ('48 & '52) & Daley Thompson ('80 & '84)
the decathlon
Ben
|
$400
[12]
In the exciting sequel, this Dr. Seuss title character "Comes Back"
The Cat in the Hat
Lillie
|
$400
[6]
Shakespeare's Macbeth succeeds this man as Scotland's king
Duncan
Lillie
|
$400
[1]
This country in southwestern Africa gained independence from Portugal on November 11, 1975
Angola
Jeffrey
|
$400
[20]
13th century Venetian traveler who's a Ralph Lauren short sleeve top with a collar
Marco Polo shirt
Lillie
Jeffrey
|
|
$800
[3]
The largest animals of this species, which is also the largest species of deer, are found in Alaska & Siberia
elk (or moose)
Lillie
Jeffrey
|
$800
[27]
The only women to repeat as gold medalists in solo figure skating are Sonja Henie & this East German in 1984 & 1988
Katarina Witt
Ben
|
$800
[13]
Beverly Cleary wrote "Socks" & this First Lady wrote "Millie's Book"
Barbara Bush
Lillie
|
$800
[7]
In 1975 Robert Morgenthau succeeded Richard Kuh in this Manhattan legal post--he's still there
district attorney
|
DD
$1,200
[5]
A city on the Potomac founded in 1749 is named this, like a city on the Mediterranean founded in 331 B.C.
Alexandria
Lillie
|
$800
[21]
"Queen of Soul" who got R‑E‑S‑P‑E‑C‑T as the 32nd president of the U.S.
Aretha Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Ben
|
|
DD
$800
[4]
The dermis of this mammal that comes in 3-banded & giant species ossifies to form bony plates
armadillo
Lillie
|
$1,200
[28]
[Video of Sarah in Squaw Valley, California]Twenty years before the miracle of Lake Placid, the U.S. won its first hockey gold medal in this year, here at Squaw Valley
1960
Jeffrey
|
$1,200
[14]
A doggie turns up in his story "To Build a Fire" & in his novel "White Fang"
Jack London
Jeffrey
|
$1,200
[8]
James Cagney was a tough actor to follow as president of this, but George Murphy did it in 1944
Screen Actors Guild
Ben
|
$1,200
[17]
It's the capital of the state of South Australia
Adelaide
Jeffrey
|
$1,200
[22]
Steinbeck classic in which Lennie & George are set adrift with Capt. Bligh in a sequel to "Mutiny on the Bounty"
Of Mice and Men Against the Sea
|
|
$1,600
[10]
(Alright, here's our friend Jeff Probst [in the Amazon Rainforest, Brazil] with the clue)A freshwater species, the pink river type of this mammal is found here, in the Rio Negro
dolphin
|
$1,600
[29]
Since 1896 the record in this event has more than doubled from 36 feet, 9.75 inches to 73 feet, 8.75 inches
shot put
Jeffrey
|
$1,600
[15]
This 1843 Poe tale might have crossed your path
The Black Cat
Ben
|
$1,600
[9]
In 1998 David Remnick succeeded her as editor of The New Yorker
Tina Brown
|
$1,600
[18]
This desert in northern Chile is bordered by the Pacific Ocean on the west & the Andes on the east
the Atacama Desert
|
$1,600
[23]
TV talk show host & "Hairspray" actress who is an over 5,300-foot-deep Russian body of water
Ricki Lake Baikal
|
|
$2,000
[11]
I hate to name-drop but this mammal often has "mundi" dropped from its name
coatimundi
Jeffrey
|
— |
$2,000
[16]
"Moses the Kitten" was one of the small creatures this vet wrote about
James Herriot
Jeffrey
|
$2,000
[25]
Following Georg Solti as its music director, Daniel Barenboim led a free concert in Grant Park Sept. 21, 1991
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
|
$2,000
[19]
Portugal's possessions in the north Atlantic include the Madeiras & this island group
the Azores
Jeffrey
|
$2,000
[24]
Kentucky city that's the setting of a children's book in which Sam-I-Am pushes an unusual dish
Bowling Green Eggs and Ham
Ben
|
He called himself a "Cubano Sato", a phrase from the Cuban dialect meaning both "flirt" & "half-breed"
Ernest Hemingway