Eugene Finerman game 4.
Claudia Courtney — a systems analyst from San Diego, California
John Bear — a college president from Nashville, Tennessee
Eugene Finerman — a writer from Chicago, Illinois (whose 3-day cash winnings total $28,301)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene | $1,700 | $4,200 | $9,800 |
$16,601
4-day champion: $44,902 |
$8,400
20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| John | $100 | $1,100 | $8,300 |
$8,801
2nd place: a trip to Tampa, Florida |
$6,300
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Claudia | $1,000 | $1,400 | $4,400 |
$0
3rd place: Emerson audio rack system |
$4,400
13 R, 1 W |
| THE 50 STATES | HOLLYWOOD QUOTES | 1971 | KIDDIE LIT | WORD ORIGINS | SLEEP |
|
$100
[19]
Only state named for a neighboring country
New Mexico
Eugene
|
$100
[1]
Otto Preminger claimed directing Marilyn Monroe "was like directing" this famous collie
Lassie
Claudia
|
$100
[6]
When Ohio ratified the 26th Amendment in 1971, the national voting age became this
18
John
|
$100
[7]
They wrote "Hans the Hedgehog", "Clever Hans" & "Iron Hans", as well as "Hansel & Gretel"
the Grimm brothers
Eugene
|
$100
[10]
Blankets soldiers carried in these were made of wool from town of Duffel, Belgium
duffel bags
Claudia
|
$100
[17]
To avoid puffy eyes in the morning, experts say to raise this end of the bed up 3 or 4 inches
the head
Claudia
|
|
$200
[21]
The Great Salt Lake is larger than either of these smallest 2 states
Rhode Island & Delaware
|
$200
[2]
Gene Kelly said, "I'd change my name to Ginger" to dance with this partner again
Fred Astaire
Claudia
|
$300
[9]
On April 19, he & 3 women companions were sentenced to die in California gas chamber
Charles Manson
Claudia
|
$200
[20]
Spy novelist who published "Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang" for kids in 1964, the year he died
Ian Fleming
John
|
$200
[11]
Showing skin that looks like the undyed leather of, say, a buffalo, led to this term for naked
stripped to the buff
|
$200
[18]
In commercials, Susan Anton & Joey Heatherton promoted the values of this company's "Perfect Sleeper"
Serta
John
|
|
$300
[22]
Our westernmost state
Alaska
John
Claudia
|
$300
[3]
"I wasn't erotic," insisted this "Blue Angel" star, "I was snotty"
Marlene Dietrich
Eugene
|
DD
$400
[8]
As a songwriter she topped pop charts 8 times, as a singer only once, with thefollowing"Stayed in bed all mornin' just to pass the time / There's something wrong here there can be no denyin'"
Carole King
Eugene
|
$300
[24]
German legend best-known in English through Robert Browning's rodent rhyme
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Eugene
|
$300
[12]
Different levels of a building are called these because scenes of tales were painted on the various levels
stories
Claudia
|
$300
[23]
1st line of the famous monologue which contains "To sleep, perchance to dream"
"To be or not to be, that is the question"
Eugene
|
|
$400
[26]
Of all states having a coastline, this New England state has the shortest, just 13 miles
New Hampshire
John
|
$400
[4]
Speaking out of character, she said, "I would have slept with Addison & probably gotten rid of him by now"
Cybill Shepherd
Eugene
|
$400
[15]
In the middle of the summer, August 15 to be exact, President Nixon froze these
wages & prices
Eugene
John
Claudia
|
$400
[25]
She "starred" in the books Reverend Dodgson wrote for Miss Liddell
Alice
John
|
$400
[13]
Hybrid variety of cotton named for the Arizona county where it was developed
Pima
Claudia
|
$400
[28]
People awakened during REM sleep report they've been doing this
dreaming
Eugene
|
|
$500
[27]
To enhance its reputation, Marshall Murdaugh came up w/motto that this state "is for lovers"
Virginia
John
|
$500
[5]
Jane Fonda called accepting this Oscar "the greatest moment in my life"
the Oscar for her father Henry Fonda
Eugene
|
$500
[16]
He said he was acting under orders of his company commander, Capt. Ernest Medina
Lt. (William) Calley
Eugene
|
— |
$500
[14]
A pandering politician, though in ancient Greece this person championed the common people
demagogue
Eugene
|
— |
| AFRICA | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | CLIMBING | MUSIC, "OVER" & "UNDER" | NOTORIOUS | WHITE HOUSE GOSSIP |
|
$200
[14]
Though this country is named for elephant tusks, its main products are coffee, cocoa & wood
the Ivory Coast
Claudia
|
$200
[7]
Highest profit margin of any U.S. food co. is enjoyed by this #1 cereal maker
Kellogg
John
|
$200
[25]
You can't get a reservation to climb this Himalayan mountain until 1997
Everest
John
|
$200
[3]
It's said you're cultured if you can hear this & not think of the Lone Ranger
the William Tell Overture
John
|
$200
[13]
Of guilty or not guilty, the verdict in Lizzie Borden's murder trial
not guilty
John
|
$200
[1]
In his last years, he was so desperate for money that he had to offer up his Civil War swords
(Ulysses) Grant
John
|
|
$400
[18]
Swahili for "boss", it's what Bob Hope wanted to be called in a 1963 film
bwana
Eugene
|
$400
[8]
The French firm IZOD contracted to use his name for their tennis shirt after he won 1927 Davis Cup
(René) Lacoste
John
|
$400
[29]
If you're glissading, you're going in this direction
down
John
|
$400
[10]
From 1936 film, "Born to Dance", this Cole Porter standard sounds like a dermatological condition
"I've Got You Under My Skin"
John
|
$400
[16]
Rumors said this French queen sold herself to a cardinal for a diamond necklace
Marie Antoinette
Eugene
|
$400
[2]
Some opponents accused this British Prime Minister of having a "schoolgirl crush" on President Reagan
Margaret Thatcher
Claudia
|
|
$600
[22]
w/U.S., S. African & Chinese support, Jonas Savimbi aims to topple pro Soviet regime in this former Port. colony
Angola
Eugene
John
|
$600
[9]
With over 4000 stores, it's the largest chain of pizza parlors in the U.S.
Pizza Hut
Claudia
|
$600
[26]
If there's a sudden rise in temperature following a heavy snowfall, watch out for these
avalanches
John
|
$600
[15]
It precedes "It's time to call it a day, they've burst your pretty balloon & taken the moon away"
"The Party's Over"
Eugene
|
$600
[17]
Though of Jewish descent, he became the 1st Grand Inquisitor of Spain
(Tomás de) Torquemada
John
|
$600
[4]
First Lady suspected of disloyalty because her brothers were Confederate soldiers
Mary Lincoln
Eugene
|
|
$800
[23]
Since many prefer its "flag of convenience", this country has, by tonnage, largest fleet of merchant ships
Liberia
John
|
$800
[11]
In 1837, William Proctor & James Gamble started making soap & candles in this city
Cincinnati
John
|
$800
[27]
Term for roping down a rock face
rappelling
Claudia
|
$800
[21]
This 1976 Diana Ross song sounds like she OD'd on romance & was paying for it the morning after
"Love Hangover"
|
$1,000
[20]
Clytemnestra killed this husband after she fell in love with his cousin Aegisthus
Agamemnon
Eugene
|
$800
[5]
While President from 1921 to 1923, he reportedly had an illicit liaison in a White House closet
Harding
John
|
|
$1,000
[24]
EB says some 2 million died in 19th c. upheavals due to Zulu expansion under this chief
Shaka
|
$1,000
[12]
Both Defense Sec'y Weinberger & Sec'y of State Shultz are former executives of this construction co.
Bechtel
Eugene
|
DD
$3,000
[30]
On maps, it's abbreviated "USGS"
the United States Geological Survey
John
|
$1,000
[28]
1963 hit for Dionne Warwick, or a refusal of a cosmetician's offer
"Don't Make Me Over"
Claudia
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
The eyes of 1 of Jack the Ripper's victims were photographed by police in this mistaken belief
the murderer's reflection was to be found in the eyes
Eugene
|
$1,000
[6]
After his 1st wife died in the White House in 1892, this 23rd President married her niece
Benjamin Harrison
Eugene
John
|
Renaissance man, "he seized the lighting from heaven & the scepter from tyrants"
Ben Franklin