John Focht game 4.
Stan Park — a virtual events producer from Oakland, California
Kate Willcox — an attorney originally from Miamisburg, Ohio
John Focht — a software team lead originally from El Paso, Texas (whose 3-day cash winnings total $83,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | $1,400 | $3,800 | $13,600 |
$20,000
4-day champion: $103,800 |
$11,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Kate | $1,600 | $6,000 | $9,600 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Stan | $1,400 | $3,000 | $16,400 |
$5,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| WHAT HAPPENS IN CHAPTER 1? | 1930s AMERICA | BEVERAGES | SUPERSTITION | TV | ANIMALS IN GERMAN |
|
$200
[1]
D'Artagnan gets his butt kicked, faints a couple of times & hits Paris
The Three Musketeers
John
|
$200
[30]
In 1933 the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th, which had federally imposed this dry period
Prohibition
Stan
|
$200
[22]
If you want to keep kosher & be gluten-free, Smirnoff No. 21 this may be for you
vodka
Kate
Stan
|
$200
[15]
The rhyme goes, "Find" one of these, "pick it up, and all day long you'll have good luck", but make sure it's heads up
a penny
John
|
$200
[9]
In 2020 Jo Frost returned to reality TV as the "Super" this
nanny
Kate
|
$200
[16]
This animal is ein schaf; an expression about an innocent exterior is "wolf im schafspelz"
a sheep
John
|
|
$400
[2]
An Oklahoma opening; dust obscures the stars, & the corn, it ain't growin' well; "the men sat still--thinking--figuring"
The Grapes of Wrath
John
|
$600
[26]
New York City's hottest ticket at Christmastime 1932 was the night this theater opened, featuring the then "Roxyettes"
Radio City Music Hall
John
|
$400
[24]
Sir John Harmsworth bought a French mineral water spring & gave it this name, honoring the doctor who sold the property
Perrier
Kate
|
$400
[12]
An A-frame is one of these, & walking under one, well, we wouldn't suggest it
a ladder
Kate
|
$400
[10]
Classic episodes of this series include "Welcome to Korea" & "Abyssinia, Henry"
M*A*S*H
Stan
|
$400
[17]
This 3-letter critter is das schwein
a pig
Stan
|
|
$600
[3]
Meursault finds out his mother died today; wait, was that yesterday? Takes the bus from Algiers to Marengo for the funeral
The Stranger
|
$800
[27]
Here'sthe H-1 Racer that set a new world's speed record of 352 miles per hour when it was flown by this mogul in California on September 13th, 1935
Howard Hughes
Stan
|
$600
[25]
White wines stay between 45 & 60 degrees during this process by which sugars are converted into alcohol
fermentation
John
|
$600
[11]
After this "crack'd from side to side; 'the curse is come, upon me' cried the Lady of Shalott"; take note
the mirror
Kate
|
$600
[6]
"Did I do that?" was Urkel's catchphrase on this sitcom
Family Matters
Kate
|
$600
[19]
This large amphibious mammal is nilpferd
a hippo
|
|
$800
[4]
Dedalus' mom is dead, a loss; Buck Mulligan favors us with song; quotation marks? Not so much
Ulysses
Kate
|
$1,000
[28]
In 1937 his theories on organic architecture came together beautifully with the completion of the Fallingwater house
Frank Lloyd Wright
Kate
|
$800
[18]
This sweet tea with a Japanese name is brewed with a symbiotic culture of bacteria & yeast
kombucha
Kate
|
$800
[13]
Some attribute the number 13 as unlucky due to this biblical gathering described in Matthew 26
The Last Supper
John
|
$800
[7]
For her role on HBO's "Euphoria", this 24-year-old recently became the youngest winner of an Emmy for Lead Actress in a Drama
Zendaya
John
|
$800
[20]
Kavallerie is a German word for a group of these
horses
Kate
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Colonel Buendía faces a firing squad right off; Melquíades says hi; alchemy... why not take alchemy?
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Stan
|
DD
$1,600
[29]
Accepting the Dem. nomination in 1932, FDR said, "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to" this "for the American people"
a new deal
Kate
|
$1,000
[23]
Brandy distilled from the fruit in its name, long ago it was Americans' favorite booze
applejack
|
$1,000
[14]
People mail back rocks taken from Hawaii, believing in bad luck caused by the so-called curse of this Hawaiian volcano goddess
Pele
Kate
|
$1,000
[8]
Rob Lowe plays firefighter/captain Owen Strand on "9-1-1:" this
Lone Star
John
|
$1,000
[21]
It's ein löwe; it has eine mähne
a lion
John
|
| SUBURBS | THE SAME VOWEL, FRONT & BACK | JUST "US" MYTHICAL FOLKS | MARITIME DISASTERS | THE TITLE INSTRUMENT | STEM |
|
$400
[16]
Many John Hughes movies are set in the fictional Shermer, perhaps from Shermerville, now this city's suburb Northbrook
Chicago
Stan
|
$400
[2]
It's Spanish for "water"
agua
Stan
|
$400
[6]
His travels last 20 years, including the Trojan War
Odysseus
Kate
|
$400
[24]
On April 15, 1912 at approximately 2:20 A.M., it broke in half & 2 minutes later, plunged below the water's surface
the Titanic
Stan
|
$400
[11]
"While My ____ Gently Weeps" by the Beatles
Guitar
John
|
$400
[21]
(Dr. Frauke Neuser presents the clue.) Named for the littleshelteryou draw over the dividend, the "bus stop" is one method in this 2-word exercise that's been called the most difficult basic math process to teach kids
long division
John
|
|
$800
[17]
Dum Dum, a weapons-making suburb of Kolkata, gave its name to an expanding type of this, banned by international law
an expanding bullet
John
Stan
|
$1,200
[3]
7-letter general term for a massive building
an edifice
John
|
$800
[7]
Before Saturn's neighbor was named for him, one idea was to name it for Saturn's wife Cybele
Uranus
Kate
|
$800
[25]
Sadly the SS Portland went down in a storm with all 200 or so on board in this same year that the Maine blew up
1898
John
|
$800
[12]
"Mr. ____ Man " by The Byrds
Tambourine
John
|
$800
[22]
(Dr. Frauke Neuser presents the clue.)Marissa Mayerstudied AI tech at Stanford before designing the search interface for this company's home page; she'd go on to lead Yahoo!
Google
|
|
$1,200
[18]
The suburb of Shin-Okubo is known as this capital's Koreatown
Tokyo
Stan
|
$1,600
[4]
The script of this language, popular in Pakistan, is seen here
Urdu
Kate
|
$1,200
[8]
The medieval artwork seenheredepicts this ancient Roman god
Janus
John
|
$1,200
[28]
Once the largest ship on the Great Lakes, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in this Great Lake during a 1975 storm
Lake Superior
Kate
|
$1,200
[13]
"Bang A ____(Get It On)" by T. Rex
Gong
John
|
$1,200
[23]
(Dr. Frauke Neuser presents the clue.) John Frank Stevens, who designed the Panama Canal, & of course, Gustave Eiffel, are big names in this branch of engineering that focuses on major public works
civil engineering
Stan
|
|
$1,600
[19]
A northern suburb of Paris was named for this patron saint of France & was built over his tomb
St. Denis
John
|
$2,000
[5]
This 4-letter word means hodgepodge, which also has 2 O's
olio
Stan
|
$2,000
[10]
Constantly reaching forfruithe could never taste, hegave us a word meaning "to tempt someone & frustrate them"
Tantalus
Kate
|
$1,600
[29]
In 2012, thecruise shipcalled the Costa this ran aground off the Italian coast with the captain abandoning theship
the Costa Concordia
|
$1,600
[14]
"Boogie Woogie ____ Boy"by Bette Midler
Bugle
Stan
|
$1,600
[26]
(Dr. Frauke Neuser presents the clue.) Mathematician Emmy Noetherformulated a theorem that scientists make use of to this day--there is an associated symmetry for every law of this, meaning a total quantity remains constant
conservation
John
|
|
$2,000
[20]
Shopping malls are associated with suburbs & the first enclosed one opened in Edina, a suburb of this Midwest city
Minneapolis
Stan
|
DD
$3,000
[1]
To overshadow, metaphorically or celestially
eclipse
Stan
|
DD
$3,800
[9]
Epimetheus gave the animals gifts like speed, strength & razor-sharp claws, leaving this brother with not much to give humans
Prometheus
John
|
$2,000
[30]
Named for an Italian admiral, this luxury liner famously sank after a collision in 1956
the Andrea Doria
|
$2,000
[15]
"The ____ Has Been Drinking (Not Me)" by Tom Waits--it's the instrument Tom plays
Piano
Stan
|
$2,000
[27]
(Dr. Frauke Neuser presents the clue.) It seems obvious now that a sterile environment is necessary in an operating room, but this British surgeon faced opposition for promoting antiseptic methods; fortunately, his methods got results & were embraced during his lifetime
Dr. Joseph Lister
|
The first time an individual won 4 awards at a single ceremony was in 1954, when his wins included Best 2-Reel Short Subject
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