Grace Veach game 5.
Claudia Traudt — a humanities lecturer and artist from Chicago, Illinois
Michael Grinde — a retired letter carrier from Redondo Beach, California
Grace Veach — a librarian from Decatur, Illinois (whose 4-day cash winnings total $41,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace | $2,100 | $5,000 | $10,400 |
$10,000
5-day champion: $51,601 |
$10,200
29 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Michael | $1,000 | $1,000 | $3,400 |
$3,400
2nd place: Whirlpool appliances + Wolfgang Puck cookware |
$3,400
8 R, 0 W |
| Claudia | $300 | $1,800 | $4,600 |
$2,399
3rd place: Samsung 27" color TV |
$4,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| INVENTORS | FOOD & DRINK | FAMOUS AMERICANS | CLASSIC MOVIE QUOTES | TRAVEL & TOURISM | BOOKS OF THE BIBLE |
|
$100
[23]
In 1775 David Bushnell built the first of these underwater craft used by the military
Submarines
Grace
|
$100
[19]
After it molts this colorful crab is the most popular soft-shell variety in the U.S.
Blue crab
|
$100
[2]
He served as FBI director under every president from Coolidge to Nixon
J. Edgar Hoover
Michael
|
$100
[7]
He told Walter Matthau in "The Sunshine Boys", "You know what you are, Willie? You're a 73-year-old schmo"
George Burns
|
$100
[1]
When visiting this New England capital, stop at Charlestown Navy Yard to see "Old Ironsides"
Boston
Claudia
|
$100
[13]
The flood & the birth of Isaac are covered in this book
Genesis
Michael
|
|
$200
[24]
In 1812 Congress denied his patent renewal for the cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Grace
|
$200
[20]
Named for its consistency, it's a beverage made by blending fruit with yogurt, milk or both
Smoothie
Grace
|
$200
[3]
She received her nickname "Little Sure Shot" from Sitting Bull
Annie Oakley
Grace
|
$200
[8]
Film in which Jimmy Stewart told Henry Travers, "Well, you look about like the kind of angel I'd get"
"It's A Wonderful Life"
Grace
|
$200
[12]
This Washington D.C. theater has been restored to appear as it did on the night of April 14, 1865
Ford's Theater
Grace
Claudia
|
$200
[15]
Obadiah, the shortest Old Testament book with 21 verses, is the fourth of the 12 "minor" ones of these
Prophets
Grace
|
|
$300
[25]
This Italian established wireless communication across the English Channel in 1899
Guglielmo Marconi
Grace
|
$300
[28]
To top off a French meal, you might try this pancake dish served flaming in an orange sauce
Crepes Suzette
Grace
Claudia
|
$300
[4]
In 1948 he became the first Democrat elected to the Senate from Minnesota
Hubert Humphrey
Michael
|
$300
[9]
He remarked to Esther Muir in "A Day At The Races", "If I hold you any closer, I'll be in back of you"
Groucho Marx
Grace
|
$300
[14]
Open to the public, the U.S. Mint in this city stands near the site of its original 1792 building
Philadelphia
Grace
|
$300
[16]
These 2 books chronicle the monarchs of Israel & Judah, beginning with David & ending with Jehoiachin
Kings I & II
Grace
|
|
$400
[26]
In 1925 this frozen food developer began marketing packaged frozen fish
Clarence Birdseye
Grace
|
$400
[29]
Lamb served in a pita & topped with onions, peppers & sauce makes up this Greek sandwich
Gyro
Grace
|
$400
[5]
This photographer was a director of the Sierra Club from 1936 to 1970
Ansel Adams
Claudia
|
$400
[10]
In this film Vivien Leigh cracked, "Stanley Kowalski, survivor of the Stone Age"
"A Streetcar Named Desire"
Grace
|
$400
[21]
This bronze symbol of Copenhagen, located in its harbor, was designed by Edvard Eriksen
The Little Mermaid
Claudia
|
$400
[17]
Chapters 8-10 of this Old Testament book continue the narrative from Exodus 29
Leviticus
Claudia
|
|
$500
[27]
In 1953 he was commissioned to design a rotunda dome in Dearborn, Michigan
Buckminster Fuller
|
$500
[30]
Lynchburg, Tennessee is home to the distillery that makes this brand of sour mash whiskey
Jack Daniels
Claudia
|
$500
[6]
This man famous for his classification system founded Columbia Univ.'s School of Library Economy
Melville Dewey
Grace
|
$500
[11]
Elizabeth Taylor said to James Dean in this film, "Money isn't all, you know, Jett"
"Giant"
Michael
|
$500
[22]
The graves of Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane can be seen at Mount Moriah Cemetery in this South Dakota city
Deadwood
Grace
|
DD
$500
[18]
You'll find the quotation "To every thing there is a season" in Chapter 3 of this book
Ecclesiastes
Claudia
|
| ANCIENT GREECE | MUSIC APPRECIATION | GEOGRAPHY | PEOPLE | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | BOOKS OF THE '90S |
|
$200
[2]
In 146 B.C. what's now Greece was conquered by this western Mediterranean power
Rome
Michael
|
$200
[10]
This high female voice may be classified as lyric, dramatic or coloratura
Soprano
Grace
|
$200
[1]
Canada's James Bay was named for Thomas James, who explored it while looking for this passage
Northwest Passage
Claudia
|
$200
[9]
In March 1996 this husband of Kim Basinger was acquitted of battering a photographer
Alec Baldwin
Grace
|
$200
[21]
This country's University of Havana was authorized by the Pope in 1721 & founded 7 years later
Cuba
Claudia
|
$200
[23]
In 1996 this master of horror turned to serial fiction with a 6-part thriller called "The Green Mile"
Stephen King
Claudia
|
|
$400
[4]
Around 430 this large temple on the Acropolis was converted into a Christian church
Parthenon
Claudia
|
$400
[11]
Parlando is a direction to sing with clear enunciation as if doing this, as its name implies
Speaking
Claudia
|
$400
[3]
It flows around the Ile de la Cite
The Seine
Claudia
|
$400
[17]
On Oct. 25, 1993 John Shalikashvili became the first foreign-born chairman of this group
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Claudia
|
$400
[22]
The Meadows Museum at this church-founded Dallas school houses a large collection of Spanish art
Southern Methodist University
Grace
|
$400
[24]
This Peter Benchley book about a giant killer squid was turned into a 1996 TV miniseries
"The Beast"
Grace
|
|
$600
[5]
This city-state's men were required to eat in the soldiers' barracks until age 60
Sparta
Michael
|
$600
[12]
The name of this type of sailors' work song is derived from the French word for "sing"
shanty
Grace
|
$600
[6]
Ulm in this country is home to the cathedral with the tallest spire in the world
Germany
Claudia
|
$600
[18]
Christine Todd Whitman was elected the 50th governor of this state in 1993
New Jersey
Michael
|
$600
[28]
The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is located at this Boston-area "institute"
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Grace
|
$600
[25]
He dedicated his bestseller "The Rainmaker" "To American Trial Lawyers"
John Grisham
Grace
|
|
$800
[7]
This civilization flourished on Crete beginning around 1900 B.C.
Minoan
Grace
|
$800
[13]
In 1910 "The Pipe of Desire" became the 1st American opera performed at this American opera house
The Metropolitan
Claudia
|
$800
[15]
The Golden Gate of Yaroslav the Wise can be seen in this largest city in the Ukraine
Kiev
Grace
|
$800
[19]
This PBS late night talk show host previously worked for Bill Moyers on 3 series
Charlie Rose
Claudia
|
$800
[29]
This Hanover, New Hampshire college was established in 1770 when Eleazer Wheelock erected a single log hut
Dartmouth
Grace
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
Newsweek's Joe Klein turned out to be the "Anonymous" author of this 1996 "Novel of Politics"
"Primary Colors"
Grace
|
|
$1,000
[8]
This plain northeast of Athens was the site of the Athenians' victory over the Persian army in 490 B.C.
Marathon
Claudia
|
$1,000
[14]
A fado is a type of melancholy song closely associated with this European capital
Lisbon
Michael
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
You can find the Wilhelmina Mountains in this South American country
Suriname (formerly Dutch Guiana)
Grace
|
$1,000
[20]
In 1989 Daniel Arap Moi named this paleo-anthropologist head of the Kenya Wildlife Service
Richard Leakey
Grace
Claudia
|
$1,000
[30]
This De Land, Florida university is named for a 19th century Philadelphia hat maker
Stetson
|
$1,000
[27]
Betty J. Eadie touched many lives with this 1992 mega-bestseller about her near-death experience
"Embraced By The Light"
Grace
|
In a 1940 eulogy of this man, Churchill spoke of his "Love of peace... toil for peace... strife for peace"
Neville Chamberlain