Dan Feitel game 1.
Dan Feitel — an attorney originally from Gillette, New Jersey
Lenny Porges — a retailer from Tucson, Arizona
Choyon Manjrekar — an urban planner from Providence, Rhode Island (whose 3-day cash winnings total $56,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choyon | $2,400 | $3,200 | $200 |
$193
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,600
10 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Lenny | $3,000 | $800 | $7,600 |
$600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,600
13 R, 5 W |
| Dan | $200 | $3,000 | $13,800 |
$27,599
New champion: $27,599 |
$13,800
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| THE OCCULT | JACK IN THE BOXING RING | EPONYMS | ASIAN HISTORY | FAMILIAR NUMBERS | A STATE OF VWLLSSNSS |
|
$200
[3]
This word for a meeting to communicate with the deceased comes from the Old French for "sit"
séance
Lenny
|
$200
[2]
Lightweight champ Beau Jack fought the main event at this NYC venue a record 21 times
Madison Square Garden
Dan
|
$200
[24]
For measuring earthquakes, it's largely been replaced by the moment-magnitude scale
the Richter scale
Dan
|
$200
[11]
During this country's White Revolution of the 1960s, the shah gave women the right to vote
Iran
Dan
|
$200
[29]
You get this many dollars for passing Go in classic Monopoly
200
Dan
|
$400
[15]
LSN
Louisiana
Lenny
|
|
$400
[12]
Supposedly bringing messages from beyond, it was touted as "the wonderful talking board" in an 1891 ad
a Ouija board
Choyon
|
$400
[4]
In his 70s, long after his 1920s championship days, he flattened 2 men who tried to mug him
Jack Dempsey
|
$400
[19]
Not romantic love but this type of friendship between a man & a woman
platonic
Choyon
|
$400
[7]
In 1924 this country became a people's republic & dropped the "Outer" from its name
Mongolia
Choyon
|
$400
[25]
Title number of Truffaut "Blows" in a 1959 film
400
|
$600
[13]
TH
Utah
Dan
|
|
$600
[16]
Some cultures fear the evil eye while eating; this is thought to become vulnerable with one's mouth open
the soul
Dan
|
$600
[1]
Jack Sharkey won the heavyweight title in 1932 by defeating this German
Max Schmeling
Lenny
Dan
|
$600
[21]
A tinsmith developed this type of glass jar that provided an airtight seal
mason
Lenny
|
$600
[8]
A 2014 report says despite U.S. efforts, cultivation of this in Afghanistan is at an all-time high of 1/2 million acres
poppy (or opium)
Dan
|
$600
[26]
Poetically, "Into the jaws of death, into the mouth of hell rode" this number
the 600
Choyon
|
$800
[14]
H
Ohio
Lenny
Dan
|
|
$800
[17]
In the Tarot's Minor Arcana, wands generally deal with career & this suit, with matters of the heart
cups
|
$800
[5]
This pioneering black heavyweight fought in Paris, Havana & Leavenworth
Jack Johnson
Choyon
|
$800
[22]
One who fears technology; the name honors Ned, who smashed knitting machines
Luddite
Lenny
Dan
|
$800
[9]
In 1900 China's dowager empress ordered all foreigners killed during this uprising
the Boxer Rebellion
Choyon
|
$1,000
[28]
Patricia Schultz has prepared a long bucket list with her book this many "Places to See Before You Die"
1,000
Lenny
Dan
|
$1,000
[20]
W
Iowa
Choyon
|
|
$1,000
[18]
In New Orleans jujus include these double-talk magick bags traditionally consecrated to the 4 elements
gris-gris (bags)
|
$1,000
[6]
Before becoming an actor, this "Shane" tough guy had a career in the pro ring
Jack Palance
|
$1,000
[23]
Thiselaborate fabric & the loom on which it was created are both named for a French weaver
Jacquard
Lenny
|
$1,000
[10]
In 1959 this crown prince married Michiko Shoda, becoming the first Japanese royal to marry a commoner
Akihito
Lenny
|
DD
$1,200
[27]
In 2015 Magna Carta marks this number anniversary
800
Choyon
|
— |
| ARCHITECTURE | 1960s QUOTATIONS | SAY THE "WER" | CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS | THE MOVIES | THE ARMED FORCES RESERVES |
|
$400
[25]
Melbourne's Federation Square isfrontedby a fabulous fractal this other F-word
facade
Dan
|
$400
[1]
Mary Quant thought this item of women's apparel she created was "an instrument of liberation"
the miniskirt
Choyon
|
$400
[16]
John Molson or Adolphus Busch
a brewer
Lenny
|
$400
[6]
Born Howard Allen O'Brien, this vampire author changed her first name to Anne in first grade
(Anne) Rice
Dan
|
$400
[11]
Ben Whishaw voiced this Peruvian bear, lost in London & taken in by the Brown family
Paddington
Dan
|
$800
[26]
In 1948 President Truman created this reserve that performs about 20% of the tasks of its service
the Air Force Reserve
Choyon
Lenny
|
|
$800
[5]
The domed U.S. Capitol consists of 2 wings branching off this circular central part
the rotunda
Dan
|
$800
[21]
To this Nation of Islam man, "White conservatives aren't friends of the Negro either, but at least they don't... hide it"
Malcolm X
Dan
|
$800
[17]
Cabbage family member with a white curd that's edible (news to some kids)
cauliflower
Lenny
|
$800
[7]
This author of "The Road" told Oprah he doesn't use commas because they "block the page up with weird little marks"
(Cormac) McCarthy
Dan
|
$800
[12]
She played the intrepid Ripley in the "Alien" films
Sigourney Weaver
Dan
|
$1,200
[27]
The symbol of the 200,000 members of the Army Reserve is John Parker, one of these "quickly ready" folks at Lexington
a Minuteman
Choyon
|
|
$1,200
[2]
The garden room is a highlight of this place West, Frank Lloyd Wright's home & studio in the Sonoran Desert
Taliesin
Choyon
|
$1,200
[22]
It's the 1969 Oscar-winning film in which Dustin Hoffman declared, "I'm walkin' here!"
Midnight Cowboy
Lenny
|
$1,200
[18]
A belfry or minaret
tower
Choyon
Lenny
|
$1,200
[8]
He's been responsible for such phrases as "the Me Decade" & "radical chic"
Tom Wolfe
Lenny
|
$1,200
[13]
To woo Ione Skye in this film, John Cusack memorably holds a boombox over his head, playing "In Your Eyes"
Say Anything...
Dan
|
DD
$2,200
[28]
The Navy Reserve has its own motto, "Ready now. Anytime, anywhere", but still uses this Navy anthem
"Anchors Aweigh"
Choyon
|
|
$1,600
[3]
In the 17th century this Italian designed the papal canopy at St. Peter's as well as St. Peter's
Bernini
Lenny
|
$1,600
[23]
In 1968 Jim Lovell described it as "essentially gray--no color... like plaster of Paris or sort of a grayish beach sand"
the Moon
Dan
|
$1,600
[19]
Belgian seaport on the Schelde
Antwerp
Dan
|
$1,600
[9]
Richard Ford introduced Frank Bascombe in this 1986 novel with Frank's journalism job as its title
The Sportswriter
|
$1,600
[14]
He won a Best Actor Oscar as "The Pianist" Wladyslaw Szpilman
(Adrien) Brody
Choyon
Lenny
|
— |
|
$2,000
[4]
This material is typical of the International style & is dominant in the 1951 Corning Museum
glass
Lenny
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
In 1962 she wrote, "As crude a weapon as the cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life"
(Rachel) Carson
Dan
|
$2,000
[20]
A poetic term for a rustic cottage, or one who stoops
bower
|
$2,000
[10]
This author based his "Wonder Boys" character Grady Tripp on his Univ. of Pittsburgh English professor Chuck Kinder
Michael Chabon
|
$2,000
[15]
Barbra Streisand played New York psychiatrist Susan Lowenstein in this 1991 film
The Prince of Tides
|
— |
Aristotle said that an ancient Athenian law made uprooting one of these trees punishable by death
an olive tree