Tom Kavanaugh game 8.
Carolyn Proulx — a caregiver from Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Marty Miller — a pharmacist from Bridgeport, Pennsylvania
Tom Kavanaugh — a writer from St. Louis, Missouri (whose 7-day cash winnings total $138,602)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | $3,000 | $4,000 | $14,000 |
$4,000
8-day champion: $142,602 |
$9,600
12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Marty | $2,400 | $7,900 | $15,900 |
$3,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,200
23 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Carolyn | $200 | $2,200 | $-2,300 |
$-2,300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$600
10 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| STATE CAPITALS | THE SPORT OF KINGS | 2-T OR NOT 2-T | ASTROLOGY TIME | TAKING THE FIFTH | PLAYING DOCTOR |
|
$200
[1]
One of its nicknames is the "City of Paul Revere"
Boston
Marty
|
$200
[22]
The Santa Anita Derby is 1 1/8 miles long, or 9 of the measurements called this
furlong
Marty
|
$200
[6]
Scattered trash & a liquid metric measurement
litter & liter
|
$200
[11]
From the Greek for "time observer", it's an astrological forecast based on time of birth & other factors
horoscope
Tom
|
$200
[12]
Before he was president, Gerald Ford was a congressman from this state's Fifth District
Michigan
Carolyn
|
$200
[13]
From the Latin for "rupture", this condition can arise after heavy lifting, so leave the couch where it is, Hercules
hernia
Marty
|
|
$400
[2]
One of the world's largest pipe organs is found in the tabernacle in this state capital
Salt Lake City
Tom
|
$400
[23]
In the names of thoroughbred stables, this 4-letter word follows Calumet, Claiborne or North Ridge
Farm
|
$400
[7]
A hot espresso served with hot milk arrives tardy
latte & late
Tom
|
$400
[27]
Considered the first sign of the zodiac, it's often represented by a ram
Aries
Marty
|
$400
[18]
Who, what, when, where & this are the 5 Ws that reporters should be concerned with
why
Marty
|
$400
[14]
Used to treat diabetes, this hormone produced in the pancreas may be obtained from human, beef or pork cells
insulin
Carolyn
|
|
$600
[3]
In 1860 & 1861 Pony Express riders carried the mail from St. Joseph, Mo. ending in this Western capital
Sacramento
Tom
|
$600
[24]
This Hall of Fame jockey who passed away in 2003 said that Spectacular Bid was "the best horse I ever sat on"
(Bill) Shoemaker
Marty
|
$600
[8]
A single-masted sailing vessel similar to a sloop becomes more adorable
cutter & cuter
Tom
Marty
|
$600
[28]
The start of the sign of Cancer usually coincides with this observance when you have the most time to sunbathe
the summer solstice
Marty
|
$600
[19]
This DJ on New York's WINS was nicknamed "The Fifth Beatle"
Murray the K
|
$600
[15]
It's the fancy 11-letter term doctors use for a nose job, to sound smart & justify the 10 grand cost
rhinoplasty
Marty
|
|
$800
[4]
Rosa Parks helped make this city "The Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement"
Montgomery
Tom
|
$1,000
[26]
2 of the Triple Crown races, the Kentucky Derby & the Preakness, take place during this month
May
Marty
|
$800
[9]
The adjective preceding "calf" in Luke 15:23 becomes predetermined
fatted & fated
Marty
|
$800
[29]
As Kris Kristofferson knows, the traditional date of Jesus' birth made him this zodiacal sign
Capricorn
|
$800
[20]
AKA the "Father of the Military Academy", Col. Sylvanus Thayer was the fifth superintendent at this school
West Point
Carolyn
|
$800
[16]
In 2005 a woman birthed a twin 59 days after the 1st, as she had 2 of these body parts instead of just one
a uterus
Carolyn
|
|
$1,000
[5]
4 cities lie within this state capital's city limits: Beech Grove, Southport, Lawrence & Speedway
Indianapolis
Marty
|
DD
$1,500
[25]
It's been said that this grandson of Man O' War had more newspaper coverage in 1938 than any public figure
Seabiscuit
Marty
|
$1,000
[10]
The substance of which any physical object consists & informal Brit-speak for "mother"
matter & mater
Marty
|
$1,000
[30]
According to astrology, we are influenced not only by the planets but also by these objects, like Ceres & Vesta
asteroids (or minor planets)
Carolyn
|
$1,000
[21]
On January 8, 1959 Charles de Gaulle took office as the first president of what was termed this French government
the Fifth Republic
Tom
|
$1,000
[17]
Spongy gums, weakness, depression, had no vitamin C in a year? Must be this disease (& cut the pirate act)
scurvy
Carolyn
|
| EUROPEAN AUTHORS | THE 1840s | HOWDY, PILGRIM | BRING OUT YOUR DEAD | "CAR" TALK | PLAYING DOCTOR |
|
$400
[1]
2 affairs inspired Baudelaire's poem cycles titled "Black" & "White" this love goddess
Venus
Tom
Marty
|
$400
[26]
In 1848 John B. Curtis made this product commercially for the first time in the U.S.; Wrigley came later
chewing gum
Marty
|
$400
[21]
Some say a spring at this southwestern French town & pilgrimage site has curative powers
Lourdes
Carolyn
|
$400
[16]
She sold more than 100 million books before her non-mysterious Jan. 12, 1976 death in Wallingford, England
Agatha Christie
Marty
|
$400
[11]
From the French for "mounted musketeer", it's a lightweight rifle with a short barrel
a carbine
Carolyn
|
$400
[2]
For consultations about Loraxes & McBoing Boings, I'd see this "physician"
Dr. Seuss
Marty
|
|
$800
[7]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from St. Petersburg.)Thisauthor lived in St. Petersburg & one of his novels opens with Roskolnikov walking out on a summer night here
Dostoyevsky
Tom
|
$800
[27]
In 1848 Marx & Engels wrote, "A spectre is haunting Europe--the spectre of" this
communism
Carolyn
|
$800
[22]
The group we Yanks call "the Pilgrims" first left England & went to Leiden in what's now this country from 11 years
Holland
Carolyn
|
$800
[17]
After April 22, 1994 in New York City, we didn't have him to kick around anymore
Richard Nixon
Marty
|
$800
[12]
This device in an engine mixes vaporized liquid fuel with air in correct proportions
the carburetor
Marty
|
$800
[3]
Julius is the first name of this James Bond movie title villain played by Joseph Wiseman
Dr. No
Marty
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Garcia Lorca wrote "Lament for a Bullfighter" in 1935, but a year later he was the lamented one in this war
the Spanish Civil War
Tom
|
$1,200
[28]
In 1840 Antarctic explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville named a species of this for his wife Adelie
a penguin
Tom
|
$1,200
[23]
The first matchup in this sports classic was between the unofficial "Pilgrims" & the Pirates in 1903
the World Series
Carolyn
|
$1,200
[18]
On Jan. 7, 1989 it was sayonara to this 124th emperor of Japan
Hirohito
Tom
|
$1,200
[13]
A cooking term meaning to heat or boil sugar until it turns dark brown
to caramelize
Marty
|
$1,200
[4]
Alan Alda was Emmy nominated for "ER", but he's slightly better known for playing this Korean War doctor
Hawkeye Pierce
Marty
|
|
$1,600
[9]
This author was born in what was then Danzig; "Cat & Mouse", "Dog Years" & "The Tin Drum" make up his Danzig trilogy
Günter Grass
Carolyn
|
$1,600
[29]
Reports from the Mexican War were so slow that N.Y. Sun publisher Moses Beach founded this news service in 1848
the Associated Press
|
$2,000
[25]
In "Of Plymouth Plantation", this Pilgrim wrote that upon sighting Cape Cod "they were not a little joyful"
William Bradford
|
$2,000
[20]
This Russian jeweler died eggs-actly on Sept. 24, 1920
(Karl) Fabergé
Carolyn
|
$1,600
[14]
Germans call these seeds Kummelkorn & flavor cheese with them
caraway
Marty
|
$1,600
[5]
A 1964 film featured Major "King" Kong, Gen. Buck Turgidson & this title character
Dr. Strangelove
Tom
|
|
$2,000
[10]
In the 1970s Milan Kundera was stripped of his citizenship by this country's government
Czechoslovakia
|
$2,000
[30]
The U.S. gained ownership of this iron-rich range of Minnesota via the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842
the Mesabi Range
Carolyn
|
DD
$2,900
[24]
One of the principal religious obligations of Muslims, it's the Arabic term for a pilgrimmage to Mecca
the Hajj
Carolyn
|
DD
$6,000
[19]
This Shakespeare rival & possible secret agent got the point on May 30, 1593
Christopher Marlowe
Tom
|
$2,000
[15]
Cleopatra's unusual mode of transportation when she first met Julius Caesar
carpet
|
$2,000
[6]
While serving in WWI, he created the character of Dr. Dolittle in illustrated letters home to his kids
Hugh Lofting
Carolyn
|
This sea's south boundary is a line from the southern tip of India to the eastern tip of Africa
the Arabian Sea