Eugene Finerman game 2.
Rob Thais — a teacher from Los Angeles, California
Pat Neilsen — a personnel administrator from Gales Ferry, Connecticut
Eugene Finerman — a writer from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene | $600 | $1,400 | $4,400 |
$8,800
2-day champion: $14,900 |
$5,800
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Pat | $100 | $200 | $600 |
$100
3rd place: rattan Action recliner from Land |
$1,100
5 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Rob | $1,800 | $4,000 | $5,400 |
$1,999
2nd place: trip to the Bahamas |
$5,400
16 R, 2 W |
| EARLY MAN | #1 HITS | DOUBLE TALK | TRAVEL & TOURISM | CARTOON BEARS | POTPOURRI |
|
$100
[1]
With oldest evidence of humanlike beings, this continent has been called "birthplace of the human race"
Africa
Eugene
|
$100
[5]
1 of 5 #1 hits for the Four Seasons
"Rag Doll" (or "Sherry", "Big Girls Don't Cry", "Walk Like A Man", or "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"
Pat
Rob
|
$100
[11]
A 3-year-old taking her ballet lessons looks cute in 1 of these; so does a 23-year-old
a tutu
Pat
|
$100
[18]
During May in this state, you can attend "the 50th state fair"
Hawaii
Eugene
|
$100
[6]
A swig of gummiberry juice increases the "boundability" of these bears that started out as candies
Gummi Bears
Rob
|
$100
[23]
In December 1986, the Reagans sent some 125,000 of these, featuring a water color of the East Room
Christmas cards
Pat
|
|
$200
[2]
It wasn't until 1879 that one of these from prehistoric times was discovered on a cave wall
a cave drawing
Eugene
|
$200
[7]
1 of the 4 #1 hits for Bobby Vinton
"Blue Velvet" (or "Roses Are Red", "There! I've Said It Again" or "Mr. Lonely")
Rob
|
$200
[12]
'Nickname of '62 Mets catcher Clarence Coleman & engineer Charlie in '60s "Good & Plenty" ads
"Choo-Choo"
Eugene
|
$200
[19]
Capri's colorful cave
the Blue Grotto
Eugene
|
$200
[16]
After stealing the show on "Huckleberry Hound", this picnic basket thief got his own series
Yogi Bear
Eugene
|
$200
[24]
Of who, what, when, where or why, 1st word of the Declaration of Independence
when
Rob
|
|
$300
[3]
This best-known early form of modern man 1st appeared about 35,000 B.C.
Cro-Magnon
Eugene
|
$300
[8]
1 of 3 #1 hits for Roberta Flack
"Killing Me Softly" (or "Feel Like Makin' Love" or "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face")
Rob
|
$300
[13]
Before a home run has "gone" into the seats, announcer Mel Allen says "That ball is..."
going, going
Rob
|
$300
[20]
If you have a favorite chateau, odds are it's in this central French valley famous for chateaux
the Loire Valley
Eugene
|
$300
[28]
Recent research has reclassified this black & white Walter Lantz character as a bear... again
Andy Panda
Eugene
|
$300
[25]
It's solidified milk fat that was coagulated by agitation
butter
Rob
|
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$400
[4]
The first animal to have been domesticated
the dog
Rob
|
$400
[9]
1 of 2 #1 hits for The Doors
"Light My Fire" (or "Hello, I Love You")
Rob
|
$400
[14]
Director Paul Newman got an outstanding performance from wife Joanne Woodward as this spinster
Rachel, Rachel
Pat
|
$400
[21]
2 of the better hotels in this country are the Yak & Yeti, & the Everest Sheraton
Nepal
Rob
|
— |
$400
[26]
By the 11th c. the motte-&-bailey form of these buildings was widely prevalent
castles
|
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$500
[17]
The Chalcolithic Age is named for this, the 1st metal discovered by man
copper
Eugene
|
$500
[10]
Only #1 hit for Kim Carnes
"Bette Davis Eyes"
Rob
|
DD
$500
[15]
It's both the title what Lee Dorsey calls his girl in the followingsong:"It may sound funny, but I don't believe she's comin', oh, oh /Baby hurry, don't make me worry, oh, oh /Yeah, baby, hurry, don't make me worry, oh, oh..."
Ya Ya
Pat
|
$500
[22]
Junglelike in vegetation, this park is largest remaining subtropical wilderness in U.S.
the Everglades
Rob
|
— |
$500
[27]
Lewis Carroll coined this word by blending "chuckle" & "snort"
chortle
Rob
|
| THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE | BODIES OF WATER | AMERICAN INDIANS | TEXTILES | DINOSAURS | WOMEN IN SPORTS |
|
$200
[1]
The word in this answer which is the most commonly used word in written English
the
Rob
|
$200
[16]
The continous body of water sometimes called "the world ocean" is made up of the Atlantic, Pacific & this
Indian Ocean
Eugene
|
$200
[6]
James Fenimore Cooper was wrong; some 900 members of this tribe presently live in Connecticut
the Mohicans
Eugene
|
$200
[20]
Vyrene, Numa, & Lycra are trade names of this fiber that allows one to stretch easily in stretch class
spandex
|
$200
[11]
"Dinosaur" comes from Greek words "deinos" meaning "terrible" & "sauros" meaning this
lizard
Rob
|
$200
[22]
Carol Heiss, who starred in one title role in "Snow White & the 3 Stooges", also starred in this sport
ice skating
Eugene
|
|
$400
[2]
Many adjectives can become adverbs with the addition of these 2 letters
ly
Eugene
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$400
[17]
Travelling the entire length of the Colorado, you begin in Colorado & end up in this body of water
the Gulf of California (the Sea of Cortes)
|
$400
[7]
The land which became this NYC borough was obtained from the Canarsee Indians
Brooklyn
Rob
|
$400
[21]
The application of starch or other stiffeners to a fabric, regardless if it's small, medium, or large
sizing
Pat
|
$400
[12]
Dinosaur National Monument lies in Colorado & this neighboring state
Utah
|
$400
[24]
1st American woman ever to win an individual Olympic gold medal in gymnastics
Mary Lou Retton
Eugene
|
|
$600
[3]
"The story of English" on PBS says English is the medium for 80% of info stored in these worldwide
computers
Eugene
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$600
[18]
In France you can take barge rides down the Nivernais, Bourgogne, & the Midi, which are these
canals
|
$800
[9]
A supporter of Indian rights, Davy Crockett tried to stop forced "Trail of Tears" removal of this tribe
the Cherokee
Eugene
|
$600
[25]
World Book says because of its beauty, this natural fiber is often called "the queen of fibers"
silk
Rob
|
$600
[13]
1 of 2 purposes probably served by the double rows of bony plates on the back of Stegosaurus
protection & temperature regulation
|
— |
|
$1,000
[5]
Guinness lists longest English palindromic word as this word meaning "one who separates again"
redivider
|
$800
[19]
A heavy object dropped into this deepest ocean trench would take over an hour to hit bottom
Mariana trench
Rob
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
Of 7, 18 or 26, number of U.S. states that have Indian names
26
Eugene
|
— |
$800
[14]
It's now widely held that dinosaurs are more closely related to these animals than to today's reptiles
birds
Eugene
|
— |
|
DD
$1,800
[4]
The 2 newest letters of the English alphabet are these, derived from & following the 9th & 21st
J & V
Eugene
|
$1,000
[23]
In El Greco's "A View from Toledo", this longest river on the Iberian Peninsula is in the forefront
the Tagus
|
$1,000
[10]
Member of 1 of the tribes of the Iroquois, or a philosopher of ancient Rome
Seneca
Eugene
|
— |
$1,000
[15]
Scientists divide dinosaurs into 2 groups based on the structure of the joints here
hip
|
— |
Of the 106 elements, the greatest #, incl. aluminum & silicon, were identified in this century
the 19th century