Sandra Gore game 5.
Pat McAnaney — a counselor from Carmel Valley
Linnie Blattner — a homemaker from Santa Monica, California
Sandra Gore — a researcher originally from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 4-day cash winnings total $47,507)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandra | $1,800 | $4,300 | $9,500 |
$6,000
5-day champion: $53,507 |
$9,500
27 R, 2 W |
| Linnie | $200 | $1,000 | $500 |
$1
3rd place: brass coffee table |
$3,000
7 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Pat | $800 | $2,700 | $6,000 |
$100
2nd place: stackable washer and dryer & water filter system |
$6,300
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| POETRY | MULTIPLE CHOICE | THE OLD WEST | TENNIS RECORDS | ACADEMY AWARDS | "T" TIME |
|
$100
[18]
When this bird & mammal duo went to sea, they "took some honey & plenty of money"
the owl & the pussycat
Sandra
|
$100
[11]
Of Papa Doc, Mama Doc, or Baby Doc, the 1 who was never "President for Life" of Haiti
Mama Doc
Pat
|
$100
[7]
John H. Holliday was called "Doc" because he filled this position in Tombstone
dentist
Sandra
|
$100
[10]
She's the only women's tennis player who's won Wimbledon 6 years in a row
Martina Navratilova
Sandra
|
$100
[1]
The 1st year "Best Song" was awarded, 2 of the 3 nominees were from films featuring this dapper dancer
Fred Astaire
Pat
|
$100
[2]
The Italian term for time
tempo
Sandra
|
|
$200
[21]
In an Ogden Nash limerick, a young belle of this Mississippi city drawled, "When ah itchez, ah scratchez!"
Natchez
Sandra
|
$200
[12]
Of the Red Sea, Black Sea, or Caribbean Sea, the 1 with the greatest depth
the Caribbean
Sandra
|
$200
[8]
Books say no more than 1,000 pioneers & these people died battling each other on the Oregon Trail
Indians
Pat
|
$200
[17]
In 1980, it became the 1st European country to win the Davis Cup
Czechoslovakia
Sandra
|
$200
[3]
Gary Cooper won 1st of 2 Best Actor Oscars for playing him, America's most-decorated WWI hero
Sergeant York
Sandra
|
$200
[9]
A turnpike exit, or when your date has spinach between his teeth
turn-off
Linnie
|
|
$300
[22]
Byron's "Who Killed John Keats" parodied this anonymous poem
"Who Killed Cock Robin"
Sandra
|
$300
[16]
Of Cordate, Cordiform, or Cordillera, the 1 that doesn't mean "heart-shaped"
cordillera
Linnie
|
$300
[13]
A cowboy referred to this as his "smokewagon", or "lead pusher"
his gun
Sandra
|
— |
$300
[4]
Everybody wondered if it was "to be or not to be" Best Picture of 1948--& it was
Hamlet
Sandra
|
$300
[27]
From Old French "to tow", Hansel & Gretel were unsuccessful leaving one with breadcrumbs
a trail
Sandra
|
|
$400
[23]
"Under a spreading chestnut tree," this building stands
"The Village Smithy"
Sandra
|
$400
[15]
Of "The Three Musketeers, he's the one with the shortest first name
Athos
Pat
|
$400
[14]
Sentenced to jail for horse theft in 1883, she was Judge Isaac Parker's most famous case
Belle Starr
Sandra
Pat
|
— |
$400
[5]
A language teacher before turning costume designer, she won her last Oscar for "The Sting"
Edith Head
Sandra
|
$500
[25]
Examples are damask, donegal & denim
textiles (twills accepted)
Linnie
|
|
$500
[24]
In both the title & opening line, Walt Whitman said, "I hear" this "singing"
America
Pat
|
$500
[19]
Of the 3 figures carved on Georgia's Stone Mountain, the 1 killed during the Civil War
"Stonewall" Jackson
Sandra
|
$500
[20]
Actually, over 1/2 the members of this tragic group survived the terrible Sierra winter of 1846-7
the Donner Party
Sandra
|
— |
$500
[6]
Though he played both "Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde", he still only received one Oscar for the film
Fredric March
Sandra
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
Enticing title of the followingtune:
"Temptation"
Pat
|
| THE CABINET | MONEY | NATURE | LANDMARKS | THE BIBLE | DEFINITIONS |
|
$200
[22]
Secretary of HEW under Nixon & Ford, Caspar Weinberger currently holds this position
Secretary of Defense
Sandra
|
$200
[3]
The original florins were gold coins noted for purity & minted by this Italian city
Florence
Linnie
|
$200
[2]
A yellow daisy, or Miss Saint James with a shiner
a black-eyed Susan
Sandra
|
$200
[14]
The FBI headquarters building is named for him
J. Edgar Hoover
Linnie
|
$200
[4]
Though he had 12 sons, he had just 1 daughter, Dinah
Jacob
Sandra
|
$200
[1]
The most vulnerable part of anything, not just the vulnerable vein in your neck
the jugular
Pat
|
|
$600
[26]
From 1798 until 1947, the secretary of this military branch served in the cabinet
the Secretary of the Navy
Sandra
|
$400
[13]
The currency of El Salvador & Costa Rica, the colon, is named in honor of him
Columbus
Pat
|
$400
[9]
Some tree snakes can flatten their bodies to become only snakes to perform this feat
glide or fly through the air
|
$400
[17]
From roof bar of the London Hilton, one can peer with binoculars into this building's royal chambers
Buckingham Palace
Pat
|
$400
[15]
Naaman the Syrian & Moses sister Miriam were both healed of this dreaded disease
leprosy
Pat
|
$400
[5]
"Cremains" are what's left of a body after this
cremation
Pat
|
|
DD
$2,500
[25]
With Education made a separate dept., in 1979, the Dept. of HEW was renamed this
the Department of Health and Human Services
Linnie
|
$600
[21]
Of the dime, quarter or half-dollar, the last one to be minted with silver
the half-dollar
Linnie
Pat
|
$600
[6]
German for "noble" & "white", this noble white flower is identified with both Austria & Switzerland
edelweiss
Pat
|
$600
[16]
In late May 1987, 19-year-old Mathias Rust made headlines when he landed his Cessna 172 there
Red Square
Pat
|
$600
[20]
As TV preachers remind us, the New Testament says, "God loveth a cheerful" one of these
a cherful giver
Sandra
|
$600
[10]
A "pythoness" isn't a lady reptile but one who fortells this
the future
Sandra
|
| — |
$800
[27]
Coin in use since the Norman conquest, the British gov't stopped minting it in 1971
the shilling
Sandra
|
DD
$900
[7]
This best-known North American wild pigeon probably got its name from its sad cooing notes
the mourning dove
Pat
|
$800
[18]
NYU has sold this shrine "for great Americans" to Bronx Community College
the Hall of Fame of Great Americans
Sandra
|
$800
[23]
President Reagan is a Republican, but St. Matthew was a publican, which meant this occupation
a tax collector
Pat
|
$800
[11]
From the Latin word for "nut", it's the post that supports the railing at the bottom of a staircase
newel
Sandra
|
| — |
$1,000
[28]
Currently minted U.S. nickels are only 25% nickel while the other 75% is this metal
copper
Sandra
|
$1,000
[8]
Tho logs of this Indian wood are so naturally heavy they sink in water, it's widely used in shipbuilding
teak
Pat
|
$1,000
[19]
Napoleon commissioned this Paris landmark which wasn't completed until 15 years after his death
the Arc de Triomphe
Pat
|
$1,000
[24]
The ruler of Rome when Jesus was born
Caesar Augustus
Linnie
Pat
|
$1,000
[12]
A "vegan" is a strict follower of this practice
vegetarianism
Sandra
|
The 2, a Russian & a Frenchman, who refused the Literature Prize
Jean-Paul Sartre and Boris Pasternak