Brad Plovan game 5.
Sally Tyler — a communications consultant from Washington, D.C.
Bill Moore — an innkeeper from Clifton, New Jersey
Brad Plovan — a lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland (whose 4-day cash winnings total $51,402)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad | $400 | $200 | $5,000 |
$10,000
5-day champion: $61,402 |
$7,000
19 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| Bill | $1,200 | $2,000 | $7,800 |
$3,800
2nd place: Ashley entertainment wall system & Aiwa digital mini system + Jeopardy! home game |
$5,800
15 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Sally | $700 | $2,400 | $5,600 |
$1
3rd place: Cuthbertson Christmas tree dinnerware + Jeopardy! home game |
$5,600
17 R, 3 W |
| 20th CENTURY AMERICA | CLASSIC SONG LYRICS | DINING OUT | NATURE | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | IN OTHER WORDS... |
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$100
[6]
In July 1976 this mystery ailment killed 29 people at a Philadelphia convention
Legionnaires' disease
Sally
|
$100
[5]
He "frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah-Lee"
Puff (the Magic Dragon)
Bill
|
$100
[4]
Fashion designer Pierre Cardin now owns the legendary Maxim's at 3 Rue Royale in this city
Paris
Bill
|
$100
[1]
The scented flowers of this shrub are used in perfume & its reddish dye is used as a hair coloring
henna
Sally
|
$100
[2]
This tree planting day was first celebrated on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska
Arbor Day
Bill
|
$100
[23]
Everything's okay which finishes okay
all's well that ends well
Brad
|
|
$200
[7]
On July 16, 1943 the U.S. detonated the first atomic bomb at Trinity site near this New Mexico city
Alamogordo
Brad
Sally
|
$200
[15]
Tony Orlando & Dawn hit that begins, "I'm comin' home; I've done my time"
"Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree"
Sally
|
$200
[11]
The Strawberry Street Cafe in this Virginia capital is noted for its bathtub salad bar
Richmond
Sally
|
$200
[9]
With its legs spread out, this largest spider can be as large as a dinner plate
a tarantula
Brad
|
$200
[3]
The first president to proclaim this holiday as the third Sunday in June was Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966
Father's Day
Brad
Sally
|
$200
[27]
Unweighty like one quill
light as a feather
Brad
Bill
|
|
$300
[8]
In 1994 this Pontiac, Michigan stadium became the first indoor facility to hold a World Cup soccer match
the Silverdome
Brad
|
$300
[16]
"When you walk through a storm" do this "and don't be afraid of the dark"
Hold your head up high
Brad
|
$300
[12]
You can make his day by dining at his Hog's Breath Inn in Carmel, California
Clint Eastwood
Brad
|
$300
[10]
Usually black in color, the glass known as obsidian forms when this cools rapidly
lava
Sally
|
$300
[24]
This holiday marking the end of World War I has also been referred to as Poppy Day
Remembrance Day (Veterans Day)
Bill
Sally
|
$300
[28]
Non-moving rivers go to great depths
still waters run deep
Brad
|
|
$400
[19]
In 1922 DeWitt Wallace & his wife Lila Acheson founded this monthly magazine
Reader's Digest
Sally
|
$400
[17]
Whenever I feel afraid, I hold my head erect and" do this, "so no one will suspect I'm afraid"
whistle a happy tune
Bill
|
$400
[21]
This religious leader's nephew owns the Snow Lion chain of Tibetan-themed restaurants in Indiana
the Dalai Lama
Sally
|
$400
[13]
Encarta calls it "the most economically valuable of all insects"
the honey bee
Bill
|
$400
[25]
Every summer the Black Hills Passion Play is presented at Spearfish in this state
South Dakota
Brad
|
$400
[29]
Polish by hand in an opposite direction to the norm
rub the wrong way (go against the grain)
|
|
$500
[20]
On January 31, 1958, it became the first U.S. satellite to reach Earth orbit
Explorer I
Brad
|
$500
[18]
This song begins, "Oh, we ain't got a barrel of money, maybe we're ragged and funny"
"Side By Side"
Bill
|
$500
[22]
Cafe Max in Pompano Beach, Florida serves batter-dipped, deep-fried rings made from these limes
key limes
Sally
|
DD
$500
[14]
This large, flightless bird of Australia lays dark green eggs
the emu
Bill
|
$500
[26]
It's also known as Battle of Puebla Day
Cinco de Mayo
Sally
|
$500
[30]
An entirely original matchup between the Tigers & the Angels, for example
a whole new ballgame
|
| FAMOUS SCIENTISTS | GEOGRAPHY | RANKS & TITLES | WOMEN | THE ROMAN EMPIRE | KENNEDY CENTER HONOREES |
|
$200
[1]
Her book "Radioactivite" was published posthumously in 1935
Marie Curie
Sally
|
$200
[13]
Inlets along this country's coast include the Firth of Forth & the Firth of Lorn
Scotland
Bill
|
$200
[21]
It's the feminine version of the address "Milord"
Milady
Brad
|
$200
[2]
In 1970 this lead singer left The Supremes after an appearance in Las Vegas
Diana Ross
Sally
|
$200
[18]
She met Mark Antony in Cilicia in 41 B.C. & they became lovers
Cleopatra
Sally
|
$200
[9]
As of 1995 he's been the only talk show host honored
Johnny Carson
Brad
|
|
$400
[4]
In 1921 he testified about his peanut products before the House Ways & Means Committee
George Washington Carver
Brad
|
$400
[14]
Mount Meron in Upper Galilee is this country's highest point
Israel
Brad
|
$400
[25]
Meaning first in position or rank, it's a synonym for prime minister
premier
Brad
|
$400
[3]
Before entering the Senate, Dianne Feinstein was mayor of this city
San Francisco
Bill
|
$400
[20]
This volcano near Pompeii served as a refuge for slaves during the revolt of Spartacus
Vesuvius
Bill
|
$400
[12]
Fred Astaire was honored in 1978; this woman, his partner, was honored in 1992
Ginger Rogers
Bill
Sally
|
|
$600
[5]
In 1926 this botanist was buried under a cedar tree in the yard of his Santa Rosa, California home
(Luther) Burbank
Sally
|
$600
[15]
The world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls, is located in the Guiana Highlands of this country
Venezuela
Brad
|
$600
[26]
A hetman or ataman was the leader of a village of these Russian horsemen
Cossacks
Brad
|
$600
[6]
This conservationist & author of "Born Free" was born Joy-Friederike Victoria Gessner
(Joy) Adamson
Sally
|
$600
[22]
Live burial was the penalty for unchastity on the part of these Roman priestesses
the Vestal Virgins
Bill
|
$600
[19]
There were good vibes all around when this jazz musician picked up his award in 1992
Lionel Hampton
Brad
|
|
$800
[10]
This German inventor of the rotary engine obtained his first patent in 1929
(Felix) Wankel
Brad
|
$800
[16]
The ancient Babylonians lived in Mesopotamia. most of which now lies in this country
Iraq
Bill
|
$800
[27]
Czarevna is a title given to this person
the daughter of a czar
Brad
|
$800
[7]
This terribly gracious author of "Entertaining" was once a Wall Street stockbroker
Martha Stewart
Brad
Sally
|
$800
[23]
Under Augustus this governmental body retained the privilege of minting all copper coinage
the Senate
Brad
|
$800
[29]
1 of the 2 husband & wife acting pairs honored together, 1 in 1986, 1 in 1992
(1 of) Hume Cronyn & Jessica Tandy (or Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward)
Brad
|
|
$1,000
[11]
Uranienborg & Stjerneborg were this Danish astronomer's observatories on the island of Ven
Tycho Brahe
Sally
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
It's the last country the Rhine flows through before emptying into the North Sea
the Netherlands
Bill
|
$1,000
[28]
You'll find a verger in a church & a shammes in one of these
a synagogue
Brad
|
$1,000
[8]
Katharine Lee Bates, who wrote this patriotic poem in 1893, was a professor at Wellesley
America the Beautiful
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
In 26 A.D. he succeeded Valerius Gratus as procurator of Judea
Pontius Pilate
Brad
|
$1,000
[30]
In December 1994 this political protester & former member of The Weavers picked up an award
Pete Seeger
|
Book 1, Chapter 4 of this 1880 work is entitled "The Third Son Alyosha"
The Brothers Karamazov