First game of Season 5.
Molly Herrington — a legal secretary and student originally from Iowa
Vernon Jones — a data processor from Jersey City, New Jersey
Dave Prechtl — a warehouse manager from Rosemead, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave | $1,600 | $3,400 | $11,800 |
$6,800
2-day champion: $14,801 |
$11,600
26 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Vernon | $500 | $3,600 | $3,200 |
$0
3rd place: his & her Daniel Mink watches |
$3,200
13 R, 3 W |
| Molly | $-200 | $0 | $3,200 |
$2
2nd place: Eastern Airline trip to the Caribbean with a week at the Bahamas Princess Resort and Casino |
$3,100
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE 1800s | THE MOVIES | THE BIBLE | THE CALENDAR | TRACK & FIELD | COMMON BONDS |
|
$100
[21]
Major act of Jefferson's presidency that doubled the size of the United States
the Louisiana Purchase
Dave
|
$100
[6]
In 1949 he made his last film with Ginger, "The Barkleys of Broadway"
Fred Astaire
Dave
|
$100
[8]
According to Romans 6:23, "The wages of" this "is death"
sin
Molly
|
$100
[16]
A proverb states on this date "you may send a fool whither you will"
April 1st
Vernon
|
$100
[1]
On May 6, 1954 he became the 1st person to break the 4-minute mile
Roger Bannister
Dave
|
$100
[24]
Snow, milk, lily
white
Dave
|
|
$200
[22]
After his death at Trafalgar, his body was brought back to England, pickled in brandy & then wine
(Lord) Nelson
Dave
Vernon
Molly
|
$200
[7]
She kept her undies in the icebox in "The 7-Year Itch", which still didn't cool off Tom Ewell
Marilyn Monroe
Vernon
|
$200
[10]
Psalm 133 reports that Aaron's was so long it hung down to the skirts of his garments
his beard
Molly
|
$200
[17]
Abbreviated "FY", it's the 12 months for which a company plans its budget
a fiscal year
Dave
|
$200
[2]
They're either 36" or 42" high, depending on the race
a hurdle
Dave
|
$200
[25]
A rose, perfume, a rat
things you smell
|
|
$300
[23]
In 1820 Nathaniel Palmer of Stonington, Connecticut became 1st man to lay eyes on this continent
Antarctica
Vernon
|
$300
[9]
Of a sapphire, a nightclub or Marlene Dietrich, what the Blue Angel was in "The Blue Angel"
a nightclub
Vernon
|
$300
[13]
The New Testament consists of the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles & the Book of this
Revelations
Vernon
|
$300
[18]
2 of the 4 days of the week named after Teutonic gods
Thursday & Friday (Tuesday & Wednesday)
Dave
|
$300
[3]
The long jump was formerly called this
a broad jump
Dave
|
$300
[27]
Black, Chicago, Gummi
bears
Vernon
|
|
$400
[26]
The number of times the Olympics were held in the 1800s
once
Vernon
|
DD
$500
[11]
Film starring Meryl Streep that featuredthe following:
Out of Africa
Molly
|
$400
[14]
God wanted him to preach to the city of Nineveh; he said no & became "food for the fish"
Jonah
Vernon
|
$400
[19]
In 1963 the Vatican Council OK'd a resolution to fix the date of this observance
Easter
Dave
|
$400
[4]
He ran on the record-setting 440 USC relay team before running through airports for Hertz
OJ Simpson
Dave
|
$400
[28]
A run in an English girl's stocking, a fire truck accessory, Jacob's
ladders
Molly
|
| — |
$500
[12]
The first film directed by Mel Brooks, this 1968 comedy featured Dick Shawn as a musical Hitler
The Producers
Vernon
|
$500
[15]
He was "sitting at the receipt of custom" when Jesus asked him to become a disciple
Matthew
Vernon
|
$500
[20]
The only month named after someone who dies in 44 B.C.
July
Dave
|
$500
[5]
Of the 9 Americans who've won the Olympic decathlon title, he's the only one to win twice, in '48 & '52
Bob Mathias
Dave
|
$500
[29]
Granny, sun, reading
glasses
Vernon
|
| WORLD CAPITALS | FICTION | PHYSICS | FAMOUS AMERICANS | ARCHITECTURE | FROM THE FRENCH |
|
$200
[2]
Travel guides say the best places in this Austrian capital's opera house are in standing room
Vienna
Dave
Molly
|
$200
[1]
Part I of this book is entitled "A Voyage to Lilliput"
Gulliver's Travels
Dave
|
$200
[5]
Named for a famous Scottish engineer, it's the unit of power equal to 1 joule of work done per second
a watt
Vernon
|
$200
[14]
In 1950 his comic strip "Peanuts" was launched in 8 newspapers
Charles Schulz
Dave
|
$200
[19]
Imhotep designed the 1st of these, which was completed about 2650 B.C.
the pyramids
Molly
|
$200
[7]
The word for this creamy dessert served in a tall glass is French for "perfect"
parfait
Molly
|
|
$400
[10]
Goddess after whom Greece's capital is named
Athena
Molly
|
$600
[4]
She won a Pulitzer Prize for "So Big" decades before her giant success with "Giant"
Edna Ferber
Vernon
|
$400
[6]
If the length of 1 side of a seesaw is doubled, the force needed to keep balance is reduced by this
one half
Vernon
|
$400
[15]
On June 23, 1969 he swore in his successor, Warren Earl Burger
Earl Warren
Dave
|
$400
[20]
Floral name for the circular-shaped stained glass windows found in churches
rose windows
Molly
|
$400
[25]
You don't have to be French to know that a "dentifrice" is this
a toothpaste
Dave
|
|
$600
[11]
By 1991 this country plans to move its capital from Lagos to newly built Abuja
Nigeria
Dave
|
$800
[8]
John Milton's subject in this sequel epic poem was the temptation of Christ in the wilderness
Paradise Regained
Molly
|
— |
$600
[16]
On losing reelection to Congress in 1835, he told the public, "You can go to Hell, I'm going to Texas"
Davy Crockett
Dave
|
$600
[21]
He gained int'l attention with the "Prairie Style" houses he designed from about 1900-1910
Frank Lloyd Wright
Dave
|
$600
[26]
It's French for "castle"
chateau
|
|
$800
[12]
Canberra is located in the Australian Capital Territory completely surrounded by this state
New South Wales
Dave
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
W. Irving wrote a "History of" this state "from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty"
New York
Molly
|
— |
DD
$1,000
[17]
Iowa's only national historic site is the birthplace of this U.S. president
Herbert Hoover
Dave
|
$800
[22]
The Hagia Sophia in this city exemplifies the Byzantine use of domed interiors
Constantinople (or Istanbul)
Molly
|
$800
[24]
In France a "chiffonnier" is a ragpicker, but in the U.S. a chiffonier is this
a chest of drawers
Dave
Vernon
|
|
$1,000
[13]
Until 1970, Muscat, the capital, was part of this Mideast country's name
Oman
Dave
|
$1,000
[9]
It's both the setting & the title of Dickens' classic about Little Nell
The Old Curiosity Shop
Dave
|
— |
$1,000
[18]
In 1986 this billionaire put up $2 million to ransom American hostages in Lebanon
Ross Perot
Dave
|
$1,000
[23]
He "Finnish"ed 1st in his field by designing the Gateway Arch in St. Louis & TWA Terminal at Kennedy Airport
Eero Saarinen
Molly
|
$1,000
[27]
From early French for "chain", it's a chic knot of hair worn at the nape of the neck
a chignon
Molly
|
Longest boundary between any 2 U.S. states is the one between these 2
Texas & Oklahoma