Ray Lalonde game 5.
Michael Vaz — a tutor from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Mary Dishigrikyan — a school psychologist from North Hollywood, California
Ray Lalonde — a scenic artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (whose 4-day cash winnings total $95,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray | $3,000 | $5,000 | $19,200 |
$36,900
5-day champion: $132,200 |
$17,800
28 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Mary | $-400 | $-200 | $3,000 |
$1,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,000
3 R, 1 W |
| Michael | $5,800 | $7,600 | $18,400 |
$19,201
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,200
21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| GEOGRAPHY THAT MADE HISTORY | QUOTABLE SHAKESPEARE PLAYS | MACHINES | SOUNDS LIKE A BUG | NBA TEAMS | SUPERLATIVES |
|
$200
[10]
On May 29, 1953 2 adventurers finished boldly going where no man had gone before & stood here
the top of Mount Everest
Michael
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$200
[5]
"A pound of that same merchant's flesh is thine"
The Merchant of Venice
Ray
|
$200
[25]
Sick of having plates chipped by her servants, in the 1880s Josephine Cochran invented this machine
a dishwasher
Ray
|
$200
[23]
In a 2006 film title youngster Akeelah competes in one of these
a spelling bee
Ray
|
$200
[22]
It's the only team with an out-of-the-U.S. address
the Toronto Raptors
Ray
|
$200
[21]
A traditional yearbook senior superlative is this alliterative "couple"
cutest
Mary
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$400
[9]
On Dec. 16, 1773 this body of water sipped on 342 chests of tea formerly belonging to the British East India Company
Boston Harbor
Michael
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$400
[4]
"She hangs upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear"
Romeo and Juliet
Ray
Mary
|
$400
[26]
In 1888 Thomas Adams installed vending machines dispensing this (Tutti Frutti flavor) on NYC train platforms
(chewing) gum
Ray
|
$400
[24]
It's the nickname for celery filled with peanut butter & topped with raisins
ants on a log
Ray
|
$400
[27]
It's the southernmost team in the NBA
the Miami Heat
Michael
|
$400
[20]
"I'm losin' you, I'm losin' you", sang U2, "ain't love the" this "thing"
sweetest
Ray
|
|
$600
[6]
We keep it 100s (A.D.) as we talk about this landmark that ran 70+ miles from the River Tyne to the Solway Firth
Hadrian's Wall
Michael
|
$600
[1]
"If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me"
Macbeth
Ray
|
$600
[14]
Not as famous as its chess-playing descendant, in 1962 an IBM 7094 beat a champion named Robert Nealey at this game
checkers
Ray
Michael
|
$600
[12]
There are some moving parts on this type of knife seen here
a butterfly knife
Michael
|
$600
[28]
Once a head coach at Louisiana Tech, Teresa Weatherspoon became an assistant coach for this New Orleans team in 2020
the Pelicans
Michael
|
$600
[11]
Nobody wants to be called this 5-letter superlative; change its only vowel to a "U" & it becomes a sausage
the worst
Ray
|
|
$1,000
[8]
You can visit the Central High School National Historic Site at 2120 West Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive in this city
Little Rock
Ray
|
$800
[2]
"As he was valiant, I honor him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him"
Julius Caesar
Ray
|
$800
[15]
A combine on a farm is short for combine this, a machine that cuts & threshes grain
a combine harvester
Michael
|
$800
[13]
The name of this radio storytelling project evokes summer nights spinning yarns under a porch light
The Moth
|
$800
[29]
In the 1990s they were the NBA champs 6 times, twice winning back-to-back-to-back
the Chicago Bulls
Michael
|
$800
[18]
A book of records came about after a Guinness executive wondered if among game birds, the one he had just missed shooting was this
the fastest
|
|
DD
$1,600
[7]
N.E. of Bilbao, this town was the site of tragedy on April 26, 1937, when 1/3 of its people were killed or wounded in a German attack
Guernica
Michael
|
$1,000
[3]
"How dost thou, Benedick, the married man?"
Much Ado About Nothing
Michael
|
$1,000
[16]
A company called Dominion filed suit claiming it was defamed by news reports about these machines
voting machines
Ray
|
$1,000
[17]
A computer program that searches & catalogs links on the Internet
a spider
Ray
Michael
|
$1,000
[30]
This alliterative team is last alphabetically
the Washington Wizards
Michael
|
$1,000
[19]
In TV ads the Maytag repairman was the this "guy in town"
loneliest
Ray
|
| PACIFIC ISLANDS | PUTTING ON HEIRS | FOOD & DRINK | THE CLASSIC SONG IN QUESTION | I'S IN THE BACK | OF YOUR HEAD |
|
$400
[30]
Vanuatu's Pentecost Island is widely believed to be the birthplace of this "land diving" sport in which a cord is tied to your feet
bungee jumping
Michael
|
$400
[23]
Born in Buckingham Palace in 1948, he was the heir, apparently, for quite some time, until a sad day in 2022
King Charles III (Prince Charles)
Michael
|
$400
[1]
This yellow-flowered weed with notched leaves is eaten in salads & used to make tea & wine
dandelion
Ray
|
$400
[6]
This group asked, "Does anybody really know what time it is?"; they later said it was "25 Or 6 To 4"
Chicago
Ray
|
$400
[27]
Cloves, cinnamon & dried berries can make a scent-sational one of these mixtures
potpourri
Michael
|
$400
[29]
Allergies, dry conditions & frequent sneezing are top causes of this sanguine event
a bloody nose
Ray
Michael
|
|
$800
[24]
There are about 900 stone figures on this island 2,300 miles off the coast of South America
Easter Island
Ray
|
$800
[22]
Last name of actor Balthazar, one of the heirs to the fortune his great-grandfather built up in oil
Getty
Ray
|
$800
[21]
This 5-letter type of Japanese breadcrumbs makes a crunchy crust for your fried foods
panko
Ray
|
$800
[5]
Feel free to do the "SNL" headbopping as you say--but do not sing!--this Haddaway hit..."Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more"
"What Is Love"
Ray
|
$800
[28]
Both Hemingway & Teddy Roosevelt wrote about this type of hunting expedition
safari
Michael
|
$800
[11]
This type of chin that many find attractive is caused by an unfused jaw bone
a cleft chin
Ray
|
|
$1,200
[17]
Calling them the Friendly Islands for the welcome he received, this British explorer arrived in Tonga in 1773
Cook
Michael
|
$1,200
[13]
Chuck Collins decided an heir to this meat fortune is not what he'd truly like to be, gave away his legacy & fights inequality
Oscar Mayer
Ray
|
$1,200
[18]
Add vodka to grenadine & ginger ale to make the "dirty" version of this movie star mocktail
a Shirley Temple
Ray
|
$1,200
[2]
His album "Armed Forces" has Nick Lowe's song "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding"
Elvis Costello
Ray
|
$1,200
[7]
The name of these mushrooms comes from the Latin for "pig"
porcini
Ray
Michael
|
$1,200
[10]
To help make facial expressions, the frontalis muscle raises these while the corrugator supercilii muscles help lower them
eyebrows
Mary
|
|
$2,000
[26]
The Marquesas & Gambier islands are 2 of the 5 groups that make up this French overseas territory
French Polynesia
|
$2,000
[16]
This man who served closely with J. Edgar Hoover at the FBI was a beneficiary of & the executor of Hoover's will
Clyde Tolson
|
$1,600
[19]
Named for a statesman & not a French country house, this thick tenderloin steak served with a sauce is big enough for 2
chateaubriand
Michael
|
$1,600
[3]
"Do You Feel Like We Do"? at least for the next 14 minutes or so? asked this virtuoso guitarist, coming alive in 1976
Peter Frampton
Ray
|
$1,600
[8]
It's the portmanteau name for the beach outfit seen here
a tankini
Ray
|
$1,600
[12]
This membrane in the ear receives sound vibrations & sends them to the auditory ossicles
the tympanic membrane (the eardrum)
Michael
|
|
DD
$3,000
[25]
A June 1942 naval battle is named for this Pacific island whose name indicates its position between America & Asia
Midway
Ray
|
DD
$4,000
[15]
The 1889 death of Archduke Rudolf, the heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian throne, put this man next in line after Rudy's uncle; oops
Franz Ferdinand
Michael
|
$2,000
[20]
Many Latin American dishes start with a base of tomatoes, onions & spices called this, from a Spanish word meaning "to fry gently"
sofrito
|
$2,000
[4]
On "How Soon Is Now?", Johnny Marr ran his rhythm guitar track through 4 amps to create a stunning tremolo effect for this band
The Smiths
Ray
Mary
|
$2,000
[9]
You can call the dish seenherebroccoli rabe or this
rapini
|
$2,000
[14]
These are the soft parts of a baby's skull
the fontanelles
Michael
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The title object of this book "never looked more beautiful... each strand held dozens of bright drops of early morning dew"
Charlotte's Web