Lois Kurowski game 1.Game entered from audiorecording. Missing prizes.
Lois Kurowski — a doctoral student from Elkhart, Indiana
Kevin Osborne — a writer from Cliffside Park, New Jersey
Shane Pederson — a statistician originally from Fulda, Minnesota (whose 3-day cash winnings total $18,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane | $1,300 | $1,500 | $7,200 |
$8,000
2nd place |
$8,400
17 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kevin | $1,100 | $2,000 | $3,200 |
$5,000
3rd place |
$3,200
14 R, 1 W |
| Lois | $700 | $1,600 | $7,600 |
$14,800
New champion: $14,800 |
$7,600
17 R, 2 W |
| "C" IN SCIENCE | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES | PIRATES | GEOGRAPHY | TV COMEDIENNES | HOMOPHONES |
|
$100
[1]
To lose weight, dieters often count these units of heat
calories
Shane
|
$100
[7]
Magazines with ampersands include "Road & Track", "Travel & Leisure" & "U.S. News &" this
World Report
Lois
|
$100
[10]
Major Stede Bonnet may have been the only pirate who actually made his victims walk this
the plank
Kevin
|
$100
[6]
This large part of the New York State Barge Canal System opened in 1825
the Erie Canal
Lois
|
$100
[26]
In the finale of "Newhart", Bob discovers the series was a bad dream when he wakes up with this ex-TV wife
Suzanne Pleshette
Kevin
|
$100
[22]
A ballad or a Hawaiian garland of flowers
lay/lei
Kevin
|
|
$200
[2]
The formation of dew from water vapor is an example of this process
condensation
Shane
|
$200
[8]
This magazine had a TV special in April 1990 on "How to be Famous"
Spy
Lois
|
$200
[28]
In the 1600s, Sir Henry Morgan was noted for plundering Spanish colonies in this sea
the Caribbean
Shane
|
$200
[13]
The famous Gorky Park is on this river
the Moscow River
|
$200
[11]
One of the two "Golden Girls" who appeared as a regular on "Mama's Family"
Betty White (or Rue McClanahan)
Kevin
|
$200
[17]
A labyrinth or corn on the cob
maze/maize
Kevin
|
|
$300
[3]
Contact lenses are worn directly on this part of the eye
the cornea
Shane
|
$300
[9]
Each week, "New York" magazine reprints this feature of the Sunday Times of London
the crossword puzzle
Kevin
|
$300
[27]
The Barbary States, once the base of the Barbary corsairs, were on this continent
Africa
Shane
|
$300
[14]
The Huangpu & Yangtze rivers meet about 14 miles north of this major city
Shanghai
Lois
|
$300
[12]
In spring 1990 she "& Company" provided a late-season hit for NBC
Carol Burnett
Shane
|
$300
[18]
A common urban bird or a simplified form of speech
pigeon/pidgin
Shane
|
|
$400
[4]
From the Greek for "time" & "measure", it's the scientific name for a highly accurate timepiece
a chronometer
Shane
|
$500
[25]
Harry Guggenheim & his wife, Alicia Patterson, founded this Long Island paper in 1940
Newsday
Lois
|
$400
[29]
Canine term used to describe English privateers like Sir John Hawkins
sea dogs
Lois
|
$400
[15]
A lake & the city on it in this country are both called Maracaibo
Venezuela
Lois
|
$400
[19]
She moved from radio to TV in 1951 after she dreamt old friend Carol Lombard said, "Go ahead"
Lucille Ball
|
$400
[20]
An ornamental embroidered loop or a grade of black tea
pekoe/picot
|
|
$500
[5]
Operating at about 5,000 RPM, this machine separates mixtures of different densities
the centrifuge
|
DD
$1,100
[24]
It altered its red & white logo twice; it was black & white when JFK died & in 1990 it was green for Earth Day
Life
Shane
|
$500
[30]
He once lived in Bath, North Carolina, where an outdoor musical about him featured his decapitation
Edward Teach (Blackbeard)
|
$500
[16]
The U.S. has a base at Thule on this large island
Greenland
Kevin
|
$500
[23]
Though she had 5 CBS series bearing her name in the 1970s & 80s, only 1 was a success
Mary Tyler Moore
Shane
|
$500
[21]
To shape with an axe or a particular gradation of color
hew/hue
Kevin
|
| THE 20th CENTURY | SAINTS | WORD ORIGINS | MUSEUMS | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE | McWRITERS |
|
$200
[1]
This event postponed the third game of the World Series, October 17, 1989
the earthquake (in San Francisco)
Kevin
|
$200
[26]
The carol aside, this patron of Czechoslovakia was never a king, good or otherwise
Wenceslas
Shane
|
$200
[10]
American jurist Jonathan Hasbrouck gave his name to a variety of this fruit
apple
Lois
|
$200
[6]
You'll find the Motor Speedway Museum in this state capital
Indianapolis
Lois
|
$200
[17]
Turkish cooks are famous for this dish consisting of vegetables & meat cooked on a skewer
shish kebab
Kevin
|
$200
[8]
19th Century educator who wrote a primer, a speller, & 6 readers
McGuffey
Kevin
|
|
$400
[2]
On February 25, 1986, both Corazon Aquino & this man were sworn in as Philippine president
Marcos
Shane
|
$400
[27]
Though he became patron saint of England, he lived & died in the Middle East
St. George
Lois
|
$400
[13]
The area where the chorus danced in Greek drama gave us this word for a group of musicians
an orchestra
Kevin
|
$400
[7]
The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum in this U.S. city is noted for its Polynesian artifacts
Honolulu
Lois
|
$400
[18]
This dish of ground, seasoned beef served raw is named for Mongol tribes
steak tartare
Lois
|
$400
[9]
Canadian communications expert who prophesied the replacement of print man by electronic man
(Marshall) McLuhan
Kevin
|
|
$600
[3]
We bought these islands from Denmark in 1917 to prevent a German foothold in the Caribbean
the Virgin Islands
Shane
|
$600
[28]
While there are a number of St. Vincents, this one is the patron of charitable societies
St. Vincent de Paul
Lois
|
$600
[16]
Mutt, meaning a mongrel dog or a stupid person, is a shortened form of this word
muttonhead
Lois
|
$600
[15]
Medieval armor is on display at the John Woodman Higgins Armory Museum in Worcester, in this state
Massachusetts
Kevin
|
$600
[23]
It's the Spanish name for a chickpea
a garbanzo
|
$600
[11]
He wrote "Fatal Vision" at the suggestion of its subject, who later sued him over it
Joe McGinniss
Lois
|
|
$800
[4]
In 1917, the federal government ordered all businesses in the Storyville section of this city closed
New Orleans
|
$800
[29]
One saint with this name was first Archbishop of Canterbury, another was Bishop of Hippo
Augustine
|
$800
[21]
A jester's hat watermark formerly found on cheap paper gave us this name for legal-size yellow pads
foolscap
|
$800
[19]
This state's Historical Society Museum contains period rooms & an original Concord coach
New Hampshire
Kevin
Lois
|
DD
$700
[24]
From the French for "to stir", this vegetable dish contains eggplant, green peppers, tomatoes & squash
ratatouille
Shane
|
$800
[12]
"Reader's Encyclopedia" calls her novel, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter", a parable on fascism
(Carson) McCullers
Shane
|
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
He served on the Supreme Court from 1939-75 & his 36-year tenure was the longest in U.S. history
(William O.) Douglas
Shane
|
$1,000
[30]
Author of "A Holy Rule", he's considered the father of Western monasticism
St. Benedict
Lois
|
$1,000
[22]
Term for the lowest point or greatest despair, from the Arabic for "opposite the zenith"
nadir
Shane
|
$1,000
[20]
A museum devoted to maritime history is located in this Connecticut seaport
Mystic
Shane
|
$1,000
[25]
Also called Chinese white cabbage, it's used in salads & as a stir-fry vegetable
bok choy
Lois
|
$1,000
[14]
His first novel, "Horseman, Pass By", was made into the movie "Hud"
(Larry) McMurtry
Lois
|
The 2 U.S. Presidents who served in the military in World War I
Harry Truman & Dwight Eisenhower