Paul McDonagh — a carpenter originally from Dublin, Ireland
Eric Schneider — an attorney from Brooklyn, New York
Russ Woodford — a guidance counselor from Sharpsburg, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ | $600 | $3,200 | $3,000 |
$5,998
New champion: $5,998 |
$2,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Eric | $1,600 | $3,700 | $8,400 |
$0
3rd place: Towle flatware set |
$7,500
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Paul | $900 | $900 | $8,900 |
$999
2nd place: Singer Furniture bedroom set + Magnavox TV/VCR |
$8,500
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| THE 1930s | THE MOVIES | PHOBIAS | STATE CAPITALS | WILLS & BEQUESTS | "V"OCABULARY |
|
$100
[9]
In 1930 Congress established this underground national park in the Southwest
Carlsbad Caverns
Russ
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$100
[6]
Famed stuntman Yakima Canutt taught Charlton Heston to drive a chariot for this 1959 film
Ben-Hur
Eric
|
$100
[17]
A homichlophobic doesn't fear pea soup but rather the pea soup type of this weather phenomenon
fog
Russ
|
$100
[1]
It's the only Utah city with a population exceeding 100,000
Salt Lake City
Eric
|
$100
[16]
When this Greek tycoon died, he willed Jackie only $200,000 a year; she later received $26 million
Onassis
Eric
|
$100
[22]
It's the proper term for an animal with a backbone
a vertebrate
Eric
|
|
$200
[10]
In 1931 Lawrence Gelb introduced a European hair dye to the U.S. under this brand name
Clairol
Paul
|
$200
[7]
1946's "Dressed To Kill" was the last film in which Basil Rathbone played this role
Sherlock Holmes
Eric
|
$200
[18]
Even after looking at these from both sides now, a nephophobic will still fear them
clouds
Eric
|
$200
[2]
In 1784 this capital was named for Francis Nash, a Revolutionary War general
Nashville
Russ
|
$200
[27]
This German socialist who died in 1895 willed most of his property to Karl Marx' children
Engels
Russ
|
$200
[23]
It's the popular term for the host of a music video show
a veejay
Russ
|
|
$300
[11]
It was the Mercury Theatre On The Air's presentation on Oct. 30, 1938
War of the Worlds
Russ
|
$300
[8]
In "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer", he was the bachelor, Shirley Temple the bobby-soxer
Cary Grant
Paul
|
$300
[19]
Exhibiting eisoptrophobia, fear of these, reflects badly on you
mirrors
Eric
|
$300
[3]
The French legation building in this city dates back to the days of the Republic of Texas
Austin
Eric
|
$300
[28]
When she died in 1910, she left most of her $2 million estate to the Christian Science Mother Church
Mary Baker Eddy
Russ
|
$300
[24]
A female fox
a vixen
Russ
|
|
$400
[12]
In February 1936 a group of workers at Goodyear pioneered this type of strike
A sit-down strike
|
$400
[14]
This actress was the romantic focus of 2 old coots played by Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau in "Grumpy Old Men"
Ann-Margret
Paul
|
$400
[20]
Hippophobia is fear of these animals
horses
Russ
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$400
[4]
This city is the site of the Federal Reserve Bank serving most of New England
Boston
Eric
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$400
[29]
When this statesman died in 1790, he left G. Washington his "crabtree walking stick, with a gold head"
Benjamin Franklin
Russ
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$400
[25]
It's the common language of a country or locale
vernacular
Eric
|
|
$500
[13]
This New York City playboy mayor resigned in 1932 during a corruption investigation
Jimmy Walker
Russ
Eric
|
$500
[15]
He portrayed Lincoln in 1940's "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" & 1962's "How the West Was Won"
Raymond Massey
|
DD
$700
[21]
Photophobia & scotophobia are fears of these antonyms
dark & light
Russ
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$500
[5]
The site of this city was chosen in 1854 by a group of antislavery settlers from nearby Lawrence
Topeka
Russ
|
$500
[30]
This wealthy publisher bequeathed $10,000 to the American Motorcyclist Association
Malcolm Forbes
Eric
|
$500
[26]
It's a short drapery that can hang from the edge of a bed or table, or across the top of a window
valance
Eric
|
| ASTRONOMY | FRANCE | COMPOSERS | AMERICAN HISTORY | GEMS | WORLD LITERATURE |
|
$200
[11]
The greatest meteor showers radiate from this constellation of the lion every 33 years
Leo
Eric
|
$200
[1]
Every May 7 & 8 since 1430, Orleans has celebrated her victory
Joan of Arc
Paul
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$200
[6]
In many of his works, Charles Ives quoted the "Fate Motive" from this German's famous 5th symphony
Beethoven
Paul
|
$200
[30]
The Roaring Twenties ended abruptly when this came crashing down Oct. 29, 1929
the stock market
Russ
|
$200
[21]
It was once believed that wearing this green gem, a May birthstone, could cure dysentery
an emerald
Paul
|
$200
[16]
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" by Lo Kuan-Chung is a historical novel set in this country
China
Paul
|
|
$400
[12]
Their comas may exceed 500,000 miles in diameter
comets
Paul
|
$400
[2]
One of France's lakes is this large one shared with Switzerland
Geneva
Paul
|
$400
[7]
In her novel "Lucrezia Floriani", George Sand portrayed this composer, her lover, as a weakling
Chopin
Eric
|
$400
[29]
On April 20, 1865 the War Dept. issued a poster offering $50,000 for the capture of this man
(John Wilkes) Booth
Paul
|
$400
[22]
According to Guinness, the largest example of this fossil resin gem weighs 33 pounds 10 ounces
amber
Eric
|
$400
[17]
Catullus, known for his passionate love poems, is considered one of this empire's greatest poets
Rome
Paul
|
|
$600
[13]
Herculina, one of these small bodies orbiting the sun between Mars & Jupiter, has its own moon
an asteroid
Eric
Paul
|
$800
[4]
Among the firms on "L'Avenue de" this in Epernay are Pol Roger & Moet et Chandon
Champagne
Paul
|
$600
[8]
Ferde Grofe's suite about this waterfall was premiered by the Buffalo Philharmonic in 1961
Niagara Falls
Paul
|
$600
[26]
In 1825 Congress authorized a federal survey to mark this route between the Missouri River & New Mexico
the Santa Fe Trail
Russ
|
$800
[24]
Cinnamon stone is a cinnamon-colored variety of this reddish stone
a garnet
|
$600
[18]
This "Brothers Karamazov" author's 1st published work was a translation of Balzac's "Eugenie Grandet"
Dostoyevsky
Paul
|
|
$800
[14]
The "seas" of the moon, actually regions of iron-rich basaltic lava, are called this in Latin
mares (maria)
Paul
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
Historic figure seenherein a triple portrait:
Cardinal Richelieu
Paul
|
$800
[9]
This "Threepenny Opera" composer's first symphony was first performed in the 1950s, after his death
Kurt Weill
Eric
|
$800
[27]
John Brown was wounded & lost 2 of his sons during the raid on the arsenal at this site
Harpers Ferry
Eric
|
$1,000
[25]
Of the 3 traditional birthstones for June, it's the one named for a Russian ruler
Alexandrite
|
$800
[19]
Fairy Blackstick is featured in this "Vanity Fair" author's Christmas book "The Rose and the Ring"
(William Makepeace) Thackeray
Eric
Paul
|
|
$1,000
[15]
This Dane's observations of the "New Star" of 1572 were published in his "De Nova Stella"
Tycho Brahe
Paul
|
$1,000
[5]
Premier of France during World War I, he was nicknamed "The Tiger"
Clemenceau
Russ
Paul
|
$1,000
[10]
This "Billy the Kid" composer's first published piece of music was "The Cat and the Mouse"
Aaron Copland
Eric
|
$1,000
[28]
Between 1621 & 1656, he was elected governor of Plymouth Colony 31 times
William Bradford
|
DD
$1,500
[23]
You can see the Star of Asia, a 330-carat one of these gems, at the Smithsonian
a sapphire
Eric
|
$1,000
[20]
"Little Herr Friedemann" was this "Buddenbrooks" author's 1st collection of short stories
Thomas Mann
Eric
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Excluding the U.S. Canada, these 2 countries share the longest continuous border in the world, nearly 3,300 miles
Chile & Argentina