Jimmy Black — an engineer from West Warwick, Rhode Island
Mark Kristal — a professor originally from Paterson, New Jersey
Susan Hodges — a writer from Palmyra, New Jersey
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan | $1,200 | $2,900 | $5,300 |
$10,301
New champion: $10,301 |
$5,300
14 R, 0 W |
| Mark | $2,400 | $2,100 | $7,600 |
$4,899
3rd place: Flexsteel sofa |
$10,100
25 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Jimmy | $500 | $1,000 | $5,000 |
$8,500
2nd place: trip for 2 to Panama City, Florida |
$5,000
14 R, 2 W |
| NATURE | HOBBIES | NURSERY RHYMES | NOTABLE NAMES | ITALIAN MENU | FILE UNDER "W" |
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$100
[2]
More flowers are pollinated by this insect than by any other
a bee
Mark
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$100
[21]
If you're taking up this hobby, "How to be a Ham" is recommended reading
shortwave radio operation (ham radio)
Mark
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$100
[26]
This "piper's son, stole a pig and away he run"
Tom
Susan
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$100
[6]
This piano maker was born in 1797 in what is now Germany; his original last name was Steinweg
Steinway
Jimmy
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$100
[11]
Cabbage is cavolo, & this cabbage relative is cavolini di Bruxelles
Brussels sprouts
Mark
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$100
[1]
In a woven fabric they're the threads at right angles to the warp threads
the woof
Mark
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$200
[3]
This small, New World bat is known to drink about 1 tbs. of blood each day, about half its weight
a vampire
Mark
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$200
[22]
Philography is the hobby of collecting these, whether it's Mozart's or President Bush's
autographs
Jimmy
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$200
[27]
"When the boys came out to play, Georgie Porgie" did this
ran away
Susan
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$200
[7]
"Queen of Ice Queen of Shadows" is a biography of this late Olympic athlete & screen star
Sonja Henie
Mark
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$200
[16]
If you order ostriche in an Italian restaurant, you won't get an ostrich but these shellfish
oysters
Mark
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$200
[10]
The Edict of this place issued May 25, 1521 branded Martin Luther an outlaw
Worms
Susan
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$300
[4]
Rather than a nose, a whale breathes through 1 or 2 of these nostrils at the top of its head
a blowhole
Mark
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$300
[23]
Presto! Famous practitioners of this include Harry Anderson & Dom De Luise
magic tricks
Jimmy
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$300
[28]
2-word phrase that describes Peter, who "had a wife and couldn't keep her"
pumpkin eater
Mark
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$300
[9]
She once said, "The best job of my life was as U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Ghana"
Shirley Temple Black
Susan
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$300
[18]
If Nero were alive today & wanted his coffee served this way, he'd ask for un caffe nero
black coffee
Mark
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$300
[14]
It's the 9-letter term for a person who frets a lot, maybe over handling toads
a worrywart
Susan
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$400
[5]
They're the leaves that enclose & protect an ear of corn
the husk
Susan
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$400
[24]
Since it was legalized federally in 1978, home brewing of this has attracted about 1.5 mill. Americans
beer
Mark
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$400
[29]
Line following "Up and down the city road, In and out the Eagle, That's the way the money goes..."
Pop goes the weasel!
Susan
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$400
[12]
This Catholic was the first U.S. first lady to have a private audience with the Pope
Jackie Kennedy
Mark
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$400
[19]
Served as an appetizer, salmone affumicato is salmon prepared this way
smoked salmon
Mark
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$400
[15]
2-word phrase for someone who reveals wrongdoings from within an organization
a whistle blower
Jimmy
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$500
[8]
The giant species of this tree is also known as the Sierra Redwood
the sequoia
Mark
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DD
$2,000
[25]
Collectors of these restaurant souvenirs are known as phillumenists
matchbooks
Mark
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$500
[30]
The old woman who lived in a shoe gave her children "some broth without any" of this
bread
Susan
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$500
[13]
The Duchess of Windsor's first name was Bessie, but she was known by this, her middle name
Wallis
Mark
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$500
[20]
Paul Simon might know these 4 herbs are known in Italy as prezzemolo, salvia, rosmarino e timo
parsley, sage, rosemary & thyme
Susan
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$500
[17]
His "Swiss Family Robinson" was inspired by Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe"
Johann Wyss
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| MUSIC | INVENTORS HALL OF FAME | EXPLORERS | EUROPEAN CITIES | COURTROOM DRAMAS | LITERARY TERMS |
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$200
[1]
He wrote the 1892 operetta "Haddon Hall" with Sydney Grundy after quarrelling with W.S. Gilbert
(Sir Arthur) Sullivan
Mark
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$200
[26]
This Dearborn auto pioneer was elected in 1982 for his transmission mechanism
Henry Ford
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[19]
Before conquering Peru, he served as mayor of Panama City from 1519 to 1523
Pizarro
Mark
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$200
[8]
Massive building projects were undertaken in this capital city after the great fire of 1666
London
Jimmy
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$200
[10]
This "Silence of the Lambs" star got her day in court & an Oscar for the 1988 drama "The Accused"
Jodie Foster
Susan
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$200
[2]
A spectre doesn't have to appear in this type of supernatural tale, as its name implies
a ghost story
Jimmy
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$400
[3]
The second part of Handel's "Messiah" ends with this famous chorus
the "Hallelujah" chorus
Jimmy
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$400
[27]
Eli Whitney was named to the Hall of Fame in 1974 for this invention
the cotton gin
Jimmy
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$400
[20]
The journal still survives from his 1673 exploration of the Mississippi with Joliet
Marquette
Mark
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$400
[9]
Solidarity's roots are in this seaport city
Gdansk
Susan
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$400
[11]
Paul Newman earned an Oscar nomination for his role as a down-and-out lawyer in this 1982 film
The Verdict
Susan
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$400
[6]
From the Latin legere, "to read", this kind of story is often handed down from the past
a legend
Jimmy
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$600
[4]
Examples of these poems set to music include Schoenberg's "to Napoleon" & Beethoven's "to Joy"
odes
Jimmy
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$600
[28]
Harold Edgerton was elected in 1986 for his development of a stroboscope used in this creative field
photography
Mark
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$600
[21]
The bay lying between Canada & Greenland was named for this English explorer who reached it in 1615
Baffin
Jimmy
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$600
[13]
This largest Swiss city is on the lake & in the canton of the same name
Zurich
Mark
Jimmy
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$600
[12]
In his final film role, Tyrone Power stood trial for killing a widow in this Agatha Christie drama
Witness for the Prosecution
Jimmy
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$600
[16]
It's a "canine" term for poetry that's rude & crude
doggerel
Susan
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$800
[5]
A "lied" is a German art song; add 2 letters to get this word, its plural
lieder
Mark
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$800
[29]
For his development of the neutronic reactor, this Italian-American was elected in 1976
(Enrico) Fermi
Mark
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$800
[22]
He discovered the Magnetic North Pole in 1831 & has an Antarctic ice shelf and sea named for him
(Sir James Clark) Ross
Mark
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$800
[14]
This city is home to the Ulster Museum
Belfast
Mark
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$800
[24]
Noted lawyer Joseph Welch played a judge & Jimmy Stewart a lawyer in this 1959 drama
Anatomy of a Murder
Jimmy
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$800
[17]
This movement whose name means "storm & stress" was the forerunner of German Romanticism
Sturm und Drang
Susan
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$1,000
[7]
Chopin's Waltz in D-flat Major, Op. 64, No. 1 is better known by this title
the "Minute Waltz"
Jimmy
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$1,000
[30]
In 1987 this American inventor was elected for his calculating or adding machine
William Burroughs
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$1,000
[23]
Knighted in 1886, he was in the 1st European party to reach Africa's Lake Tanganyika
Sir Richard Burton
Mark
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DD
$1,000
[15]
Galileo taught at the university in this Italian city where Shakespeare set "The Taming of the Shrew"
Padua
Mark
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DD
$1,500
[25]
Henry Fonda as Juror No. 8 is the lone holdout among his fellow jurors in this 1957 drama
12 Angry Men
Mark
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$1,000
[18]
This adjective derived from Spanish describes a novel about a picaro, or rogue
picaresque
Jimmy
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They were the maternal grandparents of England's Queen Mary I
Ferdinand & Isabella