John McKeon game 5.
Suzanne Biggs — a patent attorney from Del Mar, California
Julian López-Morillas — a theater director and actor from Oakland, California
John McKeon — a writer from Chevy Chase, Maryland (whose 4-day cash winnings total $44,901)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | $700 | $4,500 | $6,300 |
$1
3rd place: Samsung 27" TV |
$5,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Julian | $2,100 | $1,600 | $9,800 |
$6,999
New champion: $6,999 |
$7,000
19 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Suzanne | $400 | $2,000 | $5,000 |
$3,699
2nd place: Psion pocket computer + Hale-Indian River Groves gift certificate |
$5,000
14 R, 4 W |
| "A" IN MYTHOLOGY | DISNEYLAND | INVENTIONS | MARYLAND | FOOD | FAMILIAR PHRASES |
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$100
[2]
These warrior women didn't get rid of all their male children; they kept some as slaves
Amazons
Julian
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$100
[24]
Rides in this "land" are based on such classic Disney films as "Dumbo" & "Alice in Wonderland"
Fantasyland
John
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$100
[12]
A new Sony VCR sets this device for you by using a signal broadcast to it by local PBS stations
the clock
John
Julian
Suzanne
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$100
[1]
Smith Island is named for this captain who explored Chesapeake Bay in 1608
John Smith
Julian
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$100
[16]
Italians call this tropical fruit noce di cocco
coconuts
Suzanne
|
$100
[7]
An exceptionally obstinate person is "as stubborn as" this draft animal
a mule
John
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$200
[3]
This goddess of love punished the women of Lemnos by making them smell so bad that their husbands left them
Aphrodite
John
Julian
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$200
[25]
The electronic musical theme of this street's famous electrical parade is called "Baroque Hoedown"
Main Street
John
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$200
[13]
Wiley Post had the B.F. Goodrich Co. make the first of these outfits to wear during high-altitude flights
a flight suit (pressure suit)
Julian
|
$200
[19]
The flagpole at this fort is on the same spot as the one Francis Scott Key saw in 1814
Fort McHenry
John
|
$200
[17]
These "Swedish" appetizers are often made from a combination of beef, pork & veal
meatballs
Julian
|
$200
[8]
An 1854 poem helped popularize the phrase "paddle your own" one of these
a canoe
John
|
|
$300
[4]
Giants captured this war god, bound him with chains & kept him in a jar for 13 months
Ares
Julian
Suzanne
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$300
[26]
You can climb aboard this ride at the Disneyland Hotel & take it all the way to Tomorrowland
the monorail
John
|
$300
[14]
The Archimedean screw was used to raise this
water
Suzanne
|
$300
[20]
The Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in this city is the nation's oldest cathedral
Baltimore
John
|
$300
[18]
It can be cooked in wine or eaten raw in salad, & its French name is chou rouge
red cabbage
John
Julian
|
$300
[9]
To go at reckless, breakneck speed is to ride hell-for-this
leather
John
|
|
$400
[5]
They could be called the 50 fleece fetchers
the Argonauts
Julian
|
$400
[27]
The 1946 film "Song of the South" inspired this log flume ride that features a 5-story drop
Splash Mountain
Julian
|
$400
[15]
Reading Jules Verne's "Clipper of the Clouds" inspired Igor Sikorsky to invent this
the helicopter
Julian
|
$500
[22]
The main campus of this university was once the estate of Charles Carroll Jr.
the Johns Hopkins University
Suzanne
|
$400
[29]
This kind of roast resembles the regal headgear for which it's named
a crown roast
John
|
$400
[10]
Icy ichthyological term for an unemotional person
a cold fish
John
|
|
$500
[6]
This Egyptian god guarded tombs & weighed souls--sort of a "jackal" of all trades
Anubis
Julian
|
$500
[28]
Jose the Macaw, who used to greet guests at the entrance to Adventureland, stars in this "Enchanted" room
the Tiki Room
Suzanne
|
$500
[23]
This key permitted the addition of lower-case letters to a typewriter without adding more keys
the shift key
John
|
DD
$1,500
[21]
On Jan. 14, 1784 in this Maryland city Congress ratified the treaty ending the American Revolution
Annapolis
John
|
$500
[30]
Shediac, New Brunswick holds an annual festival in honor of these tasty crustaceans
lobsters
Suzanne
|
$500
[11]
To be overly modest about one's abilities is to "hide" this "under a bushel"; the phrase comes from the Bible
a light (your light)
Suzanne
|
| HISTORY | WORLD CAPITALS | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS | POTPOURRI | FAMOUS RUSSIAN- AMERICANS | POLITICIANS |
|
$200
[4]
He served as president of Argentina twice, 1946-1955 & 1973-1974
(Juan) Peron
Suzanne
|
$200
[11]
The harbors of this city & Yokohama have been combined to form one called Keihin
Tokyo
Julian
|
$200
[1]
In 1983 his "Brighton Beach Memoirs" was playing at the Alvin Theatre in NYC when it was renamed for him
Neil Simon
John
|
$200
[16]
Its state flower is the orange blossom
Florida
Suzanne
|
$600
[26]
This "Atlas Shrugged" author once worked as an extra at a Hollywood movie studio
Ayn Rand
Suzanne
|
$600
[21]
1 of 2 Daniel K.s who represented Hawaii in the Senate in 1994
Inouye (or Akaka)
John
|
|
$400
[5]
In 1844 the Dominican Republic successfully revolted against this neighbor
Haiti
Julian
|
$400
[12]
It was taken over by the French in 1883 & became the capital of French Indochina a few years later
Hanoi
Julian
|
$400
[2]
He adapted "Peter Pan" from his own novel "The Little White Bird"
James M. Barrie
Julian
|
$400
[17]
From 1877-1885, the Liberty Bell was hung in Independence Hall from a chain of this many links
13
John
|
$800
[24]
In 1984 this biochemist & science fiction author published his 300th book—"Opus 300"
Isaac Asimov
Julian
|
$800
[20]
She "began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity"
Bella Abzug
Suzanne
|
|
$600
[6]
During WWI this German ruler gave up effective control to Gens. Hindenburg & Ludendorff
Kaiser Wilhelm
John
|
$800
[14]
This city is home to Victoria University & the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Wellington
John
Suzanne
|
$600
[3]
James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake" may have inspired this playwright's "The Skin of Our Teeth"
Thornton Wilder
Suzanne
|
$600
[25]
This nut is also known as the Queensland nut
a macadamia nut
Suzanne
|
$1,000
[19]
This pianist returned to Russia in 1986 for his first concert there in 61 years
Vladimir Horowitz
John
|
$1,000
[18]
He was Speaker of the House when elected FDR's first vice president in 1932
John Nance Garner
|
|
$800
[7]
In 1791 the papacy relinquished control of this city to the French
Avignon
Julian
Suzanne
|
$1,000
[15]
In the 1500s this Paraguayan capital became Spain's HQ for its affairs in eastern South America
Asuncion
John
Suzanne
|
$1,000
[10]
Best known for "Rhinoceros", this "Godfather of the Theater of the Absurd" died in 1994 at age 81
Eugene Ionesco
Julian
|
$800
[23]
In 1780 Zadoc Benedict established the USA's first hat factory in Danbury in this state
Connecticut
John
|
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|
$1,000
[8]
South Korea's president from 1948, he resigned in April 1960 due to student-led demonstrations
Syngman Rhee
Julian
Suzanne
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
This capital's name comes from a Masai phrase for "cold water"
Nairobi
Julian
|
DD
$2,200
[9]
In his 1992 Pulitzer Prize-winning "Cycle", Robert Schenkkan covered 200 years of family life in this state
Kentucky
Julian
|
$1,000
[22]
Chevalier is the French equivalent of this British rank of honor
knight
Julian
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The piano competition named for him is sponsored by the Kosciuszko Foundation
Frederic Chopin