Cigus Vanni game 2.
Jennifer Myers Johnson — a teacher from Mission Viejo, California
Dwayne Williams — a law student from Toronto, Canada
Cigus Vanni — a psychologist from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cigus | $300 | $1,800 | $10,200 |
$10,000
2-day champion: $14,000 |
$8,800
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Dwayne | $400 | $2,000 | $600 |
$601
3rd place: Nightfall serigraph by Doug Webb through Martin Lawrence Galleries |
$600
10 R, 4 W |
| Jennifer | $1,300 | $2,300 | $3,500 |
$7,000
2nd place: trip on Delta to Miami & stay at Sonesta International Hotel |
$3,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 7 W |
| SPAIN | ABBREVIATIONS | TECHNOLOGY | CELEBRITIES | FISH FACTS | LEFTOVERS |
|
$100
[12]
This line from "My Fair Lady" is wrong; it's the northern mountain area that gets the most
The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain
Dwayne
|
$100
[17]
It's when an E.O.M. sale takes place
the end of the month
Jennifer
|
$100
[22]
In 1589 an English clergyman invented a machine that was a real "purl" since it could do this
knit
Dwayne
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$100
[6]
This game show host's home town, Winnipeg, named a street for him, though a door would have been more appropriate
Monty Hall
Jennifer
|
$100
[1]
Over 1/3 of all known salt water species live in the Pacific & Indian Oceans near reefs made of this
coral
Jennifer
|
$100
[11]
The 5 biblical "Cities of the Plain" were Admah, Zoar, Zeboiim, Sodom & this city
Gomorrah
Dwayne
|
|
$200
[13]
A statue of this late leader in his home town of El Ferrol has survived 3 bombings
Franco
Cigus
|
$200
[18]
If the manager yells "ADP", crank up the computer for this
automatic data processing
Cigus
|
$200
[23]
Made of bronze 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, today this tooth cleaning device is usually wooden
a toothpick
Cigus
|
$200
[7]
This princess, who is part American, is a cousin of Richard Nixon, Nancy Reagan & John Hinckley Jr.
Princess Di (Princess of Wales)
Dwayne
Jennifer
|
$200
[2]
Distinction of the 1/2 in. long pygmy goby fish of the Philippines
the shortest (smallest) fish
Dwayne
|
— |
|
$300
[14]
About 4,000 years ago these people occupied the peninsula on which Spain is found
the Iberians
Jennifer
|
$300
[19]
In referring to the shifting of money or paperwork, the accounting term FIFO means this
first in, first out
Dwayne
|
$300
[24]
The 1st public place to use this form of climate control was a movie house in 1922
air conditioning
Jennifer
|
$300
[8]
The British press dubbed this American couple "The Poison Penns"
Sean Penn & Madonna
Jennifer
|
$300
[3]
Not necessarily Sagittarians, these fish can shoot down insects 3' above the water by spitting at them
the archer fish
Cigus
|
— |
|
$400
[15]
In the 1808 war versus Napoleon, the Spanish hit & run tactics were 1st to be called this type of warfare
guerilla
Cigus
|
$400
[20]
"SOP", or the way things are usually done
standard operating procedure
Cigus
|
$400
[25]
M. Bissell's allergy to the straw dust on his store floor inspired him to invent this in the late 1800s
a carpet sweeper
Cigus
Jennifer
|
DD
$500
[9]
Hewent to NYU on a fencing scholarship [and studied pre-med] but dropped out to become a songwriter:"Sweet Caroline Good times..."
Neil Diamond
Jennifer
|
$400
[4]
Not surprisingly, the fish known as the Moses sole lives in this sea
the Red Sea
Dwayne
|
— |
|
$500
[16]
Spaniards often celebrate these instead of birthdays
feast days (saint days)
Cigus
|
$500
[21]
Meaning the price includes delivery to a specified point & no further, F.O.B. stands for this
free on board
Dwayne
|
$500
[26]
Designed to penetrate sophisticated air defenses, the new Air Force B-2 is better known as this
the Stealth Bomber
Dwayne
|
$500
[10]
He was an insurance salesman when he wrote the best seller "The Hunt for Red October"
Tom Clancy
Jennifer
|
$500
[5]
Flatfish which lack this gas-filled organ stay near the ocean bottom
a swim bladder
Jennifer
|
— |
| OSCAR FIRSTS | 1948 | FAMOUS FRENCHMAN | ASTRONOMY | CLASSICAL MUSIC | "SOUTH"ERN GEOGRAPHY |
|
$200
[4]
In 1934 she became the first child star to receive an Oscar
Shirley Temple
Cigus
|
$200
[12]
The Cleveland Indians in 6 games over the Boston Braves
who won the World Series
Dwayne
|
$200
[22]
Orphaned at 13, he was only 19 when he became a major general in Geo. Washington's army
Marquis de Lafayette
Dwayne
|
$200
[19]
The Milky Way is part of a cluster of these called the local group
galaxies
Jennifer
|
$200
[7]
"Alto" is the French term for this string instrument
viola
Cigus
Jennifer
|
$200
[1]
Country whose flag features the British flag & the flags of the 2 former Boer republics
South Africa
Cigus
|
|
$400
[13]
In 1988 she became the 1st person known by a single name to win a Best Acting Oscar
Cher
Jennifer
|
$400
[15]
down beat readers got on the "A" train, voting his band most popular in the U.S.
Duke Ellington
Jennifer
|
$400
[23]
In 1717 Voltaire was imprisoned there for some satirical verses he may not even have written
the Bastille
Cigus
|
$400
[20]
It's the closest to the Sun of our solar system's outer planets
Jupiter
Dwayne
Jennifer
|
$400
[8]
His patron, the wealthy widow Nadezhda von Meck, insisted on never meeting him
Tchaikovsky
|
$400
[2]
Both Florida & this other state are known as the "Sunshine State"
South Dakota
Jennifer
|
|
$600
[14]
This silent screen swashbuckler was the 1st person to emcee the awards
Douglas Fairbanks (Sr.)
Cigus
Jennifer
|
$600
[18]
Dr, Paul Mueller won the Nobel Prize for discovering that this chemical would kill insects
DDT
Jennifer
|
$600
[26]
In 1897 Constant Coquelin became the 1st actor to play this Edmond Rostand character
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cigus
|
$600
[21]
The outermost part of a star's atmosphere, the Sun's is visible during an eclipse
a corona
Jennifer
|
$800
[10]
Under this title, Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.14 in C# minor could go in the astronomy category
the Moonlight Sonata
Cigus
|
$600
[3]
Singapore, Manila & Hong Kong are all located along this sea's coasts
the South China Sea
Dwayne
Jennifer
|
|
$800
[16]
This star of "The Song of Bernadette" was the 1st to win an Oscar for playing a saint
Jennifer Jones
|
$800
[24]
This Evelyn Waugh satire on life & death (mostly death) in So. Calif. was published June 23
The Loved One
Dwayne
Jennifer
|
$800
[27]
With the help of Gertrude Stein, Pierre Balmain became 1 of the leading members of this profession
fashion designer
Jennifer
|
— |
$1,000
[11]
Readers of Keynote magazine voted his "The Four Seasons" the most boring classical composition
(Antonio) Vivaldi
Cigus
|
$800
[5]
California is our most populous state & this one is Australia's
New South Wales
Cigus
|
|
$1,000
[17]
Some say he was Swiss, some say German & some say American, but all say he won 1st Oscar as "Best Actor"
Emil Jannings
|
$1,000
[25]
Even before it said Dewey won, Pres. Truman called this daily 1 of "the 2 worst papers in the country"
the Chicago Tribune
Cigus
|
— | — |
DD
$2,000
[9]
"And he shall purify" & "O thou that tellest good tidings" are choruses in this famous work
the (Handel's) Messiah
Cigus
|
$1,000
[6]
The Mayflower set sail from this seaport, then stopped at Plymouth to take on more passengers
Southampton
Cigus
|
"The Revenge of the Hound" was published in 1987 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of this hero
Sherlock Holmes