2002 Million Dollar Masters quarterfinal game 4.
Bob Verini — a film journalist and test prep teacher from Los Angeles, California
Eddie Timanus — a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia
Leslie Shannon — a manager of a research lab from Sydney, Australia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie | $2,400 | $4,400 | $10,000 |
$20,000
2nd place: $10,000 if eliminated |
$10,000
19 R, 3 W |
| Eddie | $400 | $2,400 | $800 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 if eliminated |
$7,200
8 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Bob | $5,400 | $8,400 | $21,000 |
$21,000
Automatic semifinalist |
$20,200
23 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| THE NEW YORK TIMESBEST SELLERS | PEOPLE FROM INDIA | TRACK & FIELD | WHITE | WHEAT | WRY |
|
$200
[3]
"The Universe in a Nutshell" is his bestselling follow-up to "A Brief History of Time"
Stephen Hawking
Leslie
|
$200
[12]
The international airport in New Delhi bears her name
Indira Gandhi
Leslie
|
$200
[19]
In 1985 Portugal's Carlos Lopes, at age 38, set a record in one of these: 2 hours, 7 minutes, 12 seconds
a marathon
Leslie
|
$200
[5]
This predatory creature is classified as Carcharodon carcharias
the great white shark
|
$200
[18]
Kolyivo is a Serbian Thanksgiving food whose basic ingredients are wheat & this insect sweet
honey
Eddie
|
$200
[1]
Twain said this type of book is one "which people praise and don't read"
a classic
Leslie
|
|
$600
[9]
If you know that this was Herman Wouk's first No. 1 novel, back in 1951, we salute you!
The Caine Mutiny
Bob
|
$400
[4]
As the first prime minister of independent India, he served from 1947 to 1964
Nehru
Eddie
|
$400
[25]
In 1986 Jackie Joyner-Kersee was named the amateur athlete of the year; this sister-in-law won in 1988
Florence Griffith Joyner
Leslie
|
$400
[6]
The name of this disease comes from Greek words for "white" & "blood"
leukemia
Leslie
|
$400
[20]
Dunkelweizen & Kristall Weizen are refreshing wheat types of these
beer
Leslie
|
$400
[2]
Completes Groucho's saying "I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make..."
an exception
Bob
|
|
$800
[10]
A best seller in 1980, this Jeffrey Archer novel sounds like the saga of biblical siblings
Kane and Abel
Leslie
|
$600
[13]
This musician's album "In Celebration" was co-produced by George Harrison
Ravi Shankar
Leslie
|
$600
[26]
On May 25, 1935 he tied or set 6 track & field records--the most ever in one day
Jesse Owens
Bob
|
$600
[7]
It's the seven-letter term for the white of an egg
albumen
Bob
|
$600
[21]
Nabisco makes these crispy crackers; Red Oval Farms makes them "Stoned"
Wheat Thins
Bob
|
$600
[22]
Oscar Wilde wrote, "Experience is the name everyone gives to" these
their mistakes
|
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
This sequel by Alexandria Ripley, published 55 years after the original novel, entered the list at No. 1 in 1991
Scarlett
Bob
|
$800
[14]
In the 1950s he directed the landmark "Apu" trilogy of films
Satyajit Ray
Bob
|
$800
[27]
In 1978 5'8" Franklin Jacobs exceeded his height by 23 1/4" in this event--the greatest differential ever
the high jump
Leslie
Eddie
Bob
|
$800
[16]
Vases can be made from this gypsum mineral whose name has come to mean "smooth & white"
alabaster
Leslie
|
$800
[29]
1-word name of a cooked cereal introduced in 1879 as an alternative to oatmeal
Wheatena
Bob
|
$800
[23]
H.L. Mencken said, "No one... has ever lost money by" doing this to "the intelligence of the... plain people"
underestimating
Bob
|
|
$1,000
[11]
This seductive novel landed John Fowles on the best-seller list in 1969
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Bob
|
$1,000
[15]
Born Prince Khurram in 1592, he built the Taj Mahal & ruled under this name
Shah Jahan
Bob
|
$1,000
[28]
This son of a Dutch immigrant had the first 15' pole vault--in fact, he had the first 43 15' pole vaults
"Dutch" Warmerdam
|
$1,000
[17]
Don't fire until you see this, the white of the eye
the sclera
Leslie
|
$1,000
[30]
Best known as part of tabbouleh, it's also an ingredient in many meatless burgers
bulgur
Bob
|
$1,000
[24]
The epitaph she suggested for herself: "Excuse my dust"
Dorothy Parker
Eddie
|
| EUROPEAN HISTORY | MOVIES BY CHARACTER | POETIC LICENSE | SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY | MUSIC APPRECIATION | YOU'VE GOT A "TUDE", MISTER |
|
$400
[7]
In 1536 King Christian III established this Protestant denomination as Denmark's state religion
Lutheranism
Leslie
|
$400
[6]
Michigan detective Axel Foley, California detective Billy Rosewood
Beverly Hills Cop
Leslie
|
$400
[16]
Britannica suggests that the out-of-wedlock children fathered by this "Good Gray Poet" were imaginary
Walt Whitman
|
$400
[24]
It was Otto von Guericke who theorized that these "return" & Halley ursurped, er... jumped on the idea
comets
Bob
|
$400
[12]
Italian for "half", this prefix often precedes forte & soprano
mezzo
Bob
|
$400
[1]
Yours right now is approximately 74 degrees west
longitude
Leslie
Bob
|
|
$800
[8]
When this country gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1991, Greece objected to its name & flag
Macedonia
Bob
|
$800
[9]
Jeanne & Paul (who don't know each other's names) & a French apartment
Last Tango in Paris
Bob
|
$800
[17]
The 2001 biography "Savage Beauty" details the lustful life of this "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed" poet
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Bob
|
$800
[25]
In 1800, Humphry Davy wrote that this gas "appears capable of destroying... pain" & could be used in operations
nitrous oxide (laughing gas)
Leslie
Eddie
|
$800
[14]
The name of this old French dance follows "Ascot" in the title of a song from "My Fair Lady"
gavotte
Bob
|
$800
[2]
In 1994 the A in SAT was changed from this to "assessment"
aptitude
Leslie
|
|
$1,200
[21]
In WWI Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria & the Ottoman Empire were known in the West as these "Powers"
the Central
Eddie
|
$1,200
[10]
In a 1959 film, Altair, Aldebaran, Antares & Rigel (total legs: 16)
Ben-Hur
|
$1,200
[18]
A rural legend says he wrote a nasty ballad about Sir Thomas Lucy after being caught poaching on Lucy's land
William Shakespeare
|
$1,200
[26]
Linus Pauling rightly predicted that this blood disease producing strangely-shaped hemoglobin was genetic
sickle-cell anemia
Leslie
|
$1,200
[15]
He composed "Karelia" as a tribute to the Finnish province of the same name
Sibelius
Bob
|
$1,200
[3]
The state of being alone or isolated
solitude
Eddie
|
|
$1,600
[27]
In 59 B.C. Julius Caesar established a colony on the Arno River which later became this Italian city
Florence
Leslie
|
$1,600
[11]
Defendants Ernst Janning & Friedrich Hofstetter
Judgment at Nuremberg
Eddie
|
DD
$1,800
[19]
One week after a secret wedding at St. Marylebone Church, she ran off to Italy, escaping Wimpole Street forever
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Bob
|
$1,600
[29]
In 1846 Joseph Leidy discovered that the worm Trichina is found in this animal
the pig
Leslie
|
$2,000
[23]
The film "Gosford Park" features several songs by this British actor & composer who's a character in the movie
Ivor Novello
Bob
|
$1,600
[4]
King Lear speaks of "filial" this, which caused him grief
ingratitude
|
|
$2,000
[28]
In 1589 Henry of this kingdom became Henry IV of France & began the Royal Bourbon dynasty
Navarre
Bob
|
$2,000
[13]
Lyle, Tector & Pike, who says, "If they move... kill 'em"
The Wild Bunch
Leslie
|
$2,000
[20]
Leigh Hunt was imprisoned in 1813 for literary attacks against the prince regent, who later became this king
George IV
Leslie
|
$2,000
[30]
Studying refraction in 1627, this French mathematician made a rainbow connection
Rene Descartes
|
DD
$6,400
[22]
The name of this small harpsichord may come from the Latin for "rod" or the Latin for "maiden"
virginal
Eddie
|
$2,000
[5]
From the Latin for "vile", this term often follows "moral"
turpitude
Bob
|
Founded in 1758, it's named for a British prime minister who was a noted defender of the American Colonists
Pittsburgh