Jim Morgan game 2.
John Mark — a writer from Phoenix, Arizona
Cindi Cohen — an attorney from Annandale, Virginia
Jim Morgan — a personnel manager from New Brunswick, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim | $1,700 | $4,000 | $9,800 |
$8,199
2-day champion: $9,398 |
$9,800
22 R, 1 W |
| Cindi | $1,800 | $2,800 | $5,700 |
$2
2nd place: Caribbean cruise from Norwegian Cruise Line |
$6,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| John | $-300 | $1,600 | $2,600 |
$1
3rd place: computer from Insight Computer |
$4,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| GEOGRAPHY | TELEVISION | INVENTORS | THE 1790s | THE FOUR SEASONS | WORD ORIGINS |
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$100
[3]
In German this wooded region is called Schwarzwald
the Black Forest
Cindi
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$100
[1]
A new version of this Rod Serling series was narrated by Charles Aidman from 1985 to 1987
The Twilight Zone
John
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$100
[6]
In 1877 he sailed to Europe to introduce his new telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Cindi
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$100
[15]
When this Russian ruler died in 1796, she had reigned for 34 years
Catherine the Great
Jim
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$100
[24]
In the northern hemisphere, the first day of fall falls in this month
September
Jim
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$100
[12]
A spurious imitation, it may be a dialectal variant of shame
sham
Cindi
John
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$200
[5]
India's Andaman & Nicobar Islands are located in this bay
the Bay of Bengal
John
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$200
[2]
From 1972 to 1981, this Earl Hamner-created series evolved in time from the 1930s to the 1940s
The Waltons
Jim
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$200
[20]
Roy J. Plunkett, the inventor of this non-stick coating for cookware, passed away in 1994
Teflon
Cindi
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$200
[16]
In 1791 he sailed HMS Providence to Tahiti for more breadfruit; his previous shipment didn't make it back
Captain Bligh
John
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$200
[25]
It's the medical-sounding term for the restless feeling you get in March
spring fever
Jim
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$200
[13]
The name of this flavoring is the diminutive of Vaina, Spanish meaning "sheath"
vanilla
Cindi
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$300
[9]
The strait that separates New Zealand's North & South Islands is named for this explorer
Cook
Jim
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$300
[4]
For 5 seasons Herve Villechaize played this diminutive aide to Mr. Roarke on "Fantasy Island"
Tattoo
Jim
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$300
[21]
Unable to pay his debts, he had to turn over his printing press to Johann Fust in 1455
Gutenberg
Jim
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$300
[17]
Ira Allen, Ethan's brother, helped gain admission for this 14th state in 1791
Vermont
Jim
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$300
[26]
The 4 seasons, in alphabetical order
fall, spring, summer, winter
Cindi
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$300
[14]
Valuable for its seeds & oil, this plant gets its name from the Akkadian samassamu
Sesame
Jim
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$400
[10]
Projecting into the Drake Passage, this cape is South America's southernmost point
Cape Horn
Cindi
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$400
[7]
During this series' 8-year run, both Pamela Sue Martin & Emma Samms played Fallon Carrington
Dynasty
Cindi
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$400
[22]
In January 1861, just 3 months before his death, he received a patent for a steam elevator
(Elisha) Otis
John
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$400
[18]
This beauty met Lord Nelson in 1793 & in 1798 helped him get supplies for his Nile Campaign
Mrs. Hamilton
John
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$400
[27]
It completes Shelley's question "O wind, if winter comes,..."
"can spring be far behind?"
John
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$400
[29]
O3, its name comes from Greek meaning "to smell"
ozone
Jim
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$500
[11]
This capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands is also known as St. Thomas, its name from 1921 to 1936
Charlotte Amalie
Cindi
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$500
[8]
This actor won a 1989 Emmy for his role as Harry Weston on "Empty Nest"
Richard Mulligan
Jim
John
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$500
[23]
In 1977 he unveiled his company's new instant motion-picture system, Polavision
(Edwin) Land
Jim
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DD
$500
[19]
When Robert Gray discovered this river in the Oregon region in 1792, he named it after his ship
the Columbia
John
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$500
[28]
A famous line from "Richard III" says, "Now is" this "made glorious summer by this sun of York"
"the winter of our discontent"
Jim
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$500
[30]
The Shi in the name of this type of therapeutic massage is Japanese for "finger"
shiatsu
Cindi
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| WORLD FACTS | HISTORICAL OPERAS | EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY | ARTISTS | DEMOCRATS | LITERATURE |
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$200
[4]
The name of Belem, a city in northern Brazil, is Portuguese for this biblical birthplace
Bethlehem
Cindi
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$200
[14]
Based on Peter Shaffer's play, "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" concerns the Spanish conquest of this empire
the Incan
Jim
Cindi
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DD
$100
[30]
Greek for "sun city", it was the center of the cult of Re, the sun god
Heliopolis
Cindi
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$200
[15]
Albert Namatjira, an Aboriginal artist, was known for his watercolor landscapes of this country
Australia
Jim
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$200
[1]
Clement Vallandigham was a leader of the Copperheads, Democrats opposed to this war
the Civil War
John
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$200
[9]
After an ankle sprain confined her to her home in 1926, Margaret Mitchell began work on this novel
Gone with the Wind
Cindi
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$400
[5]
A Canadian river that rises near the Quebec-Vermont border is named for this French cardinal
Richelieu
Cindi
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$400
[16]
In an 1833 opera this Borgia is portrayed as a murderess who poisons her own son by mistake
Lucrezia
John
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$200
[22]
Under the name of Hapi, this river was worshipped as a god
the Nile
Cindi
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$400
[20]
When he was born in Caprese in 1475, his father, Lodovico Buonarroti, was the town's mayor
Michelangelo
John
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$400
[2]
He faced a strong challenge from Edward Kennedy but was renominated for president in 1980
Jimmy Carter
John
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$400
[10]
"Nobody's Fault" was his original title for "Little Dorrit"
Dickens
Jim
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$600
[6]
In 1972 Mujibur Rahman became the 1st prime minister of this country once known as East Pakistan
Bangladesh
Jim
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$600
[17]
In Handel's opera "Agrippina", it's traditional for a woman to play this "fiery" emperor, Agrippina's son
Nero
John
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$400
[27]
Keb was called the great cackler for his work in producing the "cosmic" one of these
egg
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$600
[21]
This Fr. sculptor succeeded Whistler as pres. of a society of sculptors, painters & engravers
Rodin
Jim
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$600
[3]
In 1970 Adlai E. Stevenson III won this state's Senate seat vacated by Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Jim
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$600
[11]
It's the feat for which Phileas Fogg won 20,000 pounds
Around the World in Eighty Days
Cindi
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$800
[7]
These people of the Pyrenees speak Euskera, which is unrelated to any other known language
the Basques
Jim
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$800
[18]
This fierce czar wreaks havoc in Novgorod in Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "The Maid of Pskov"
Ivan the Terrible
John
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$600
[28]
This bird of prey was sacred to Horus, so Horus was sometimes depicted having its head
the hawk
John
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$800
[23]
In 1921 Fernand Leger unveiled "Three Women" & this artist unveiled "Three Musicians"
Pablo Picasso
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$800
[25]
In June 1994 Leon E. Panetta replaced Thomas McLarty in this White House post
Chief of Staff
John
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$800
[12]
This author of "An American Tragedy" also wrote a nonfiction work entitled "Tragic America"
(Theodore) Dreiser
Jim
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$1,000
[8]
This largest island in the Netherlands Antilles has bridges named for the Dutch queens Emma & Juliana
Curaçao
Jim
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DD
$2,000
[19]
Thea Musgrave's 1977 opera about this queen features Lord Darnley & the Earl of Bothwell
Mary, Queen of Scots
John
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$800
[29]
After being cut into pieces & scattered all over Egypt, he became god of the underworld
Osiris
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$1,000
[24]
His "Autumn Rhythm" drip painting of 1950 measures nearly 9 by 17 1/2 feet
Jackson Pollock
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$1,000
[26]
Fla. Democrat Sam Gibbons became acting chairman of this House committee in 1994, replacing Dan Rostenkowski
Ways & Means
Cindi
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$1,000
[13]
"People talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do" in this Studs Terkel book
Working
Jim
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John Sevier, the only gov. of the self-proclaimed state of Franklin, later became the 1st gov. of this state
Tennessee