Jean Grewe game 5.
Pat Thomason — a defense attorney originally from St. Charles, Missouri
Greg Rose — a law student from South Pasadena, California
Jean Grewe — a typesetter from Oak Park, Illinois (whose 4-day cash winnings total $47,701)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean | $2,200 | $3,800 | $7,600 |
$15,100
5-day champion: $62,801 |
$7,600
24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Greg | $1,000 | $1,800 | $7,700 |
$7,601
2nd place: trip to New Orleans, Louisiana |
$8,800
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Pat | $600 | $1,000 | $3,600 |
$5,000
3rd place: trip to Palm Springs, California + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis |
$3,600
10 R, 1 W |
| LANGUAGES | CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS | HEALTH & MEDICINE | FRUITS & VEGETABLES | CITIES CALLED THEBES | HOMOPHONES |
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$100
[11]
Dan isn't just a man's name, it's a popular dictionary abbreviation for this language
Danish
Jean
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$100
[1]
First Cockney, Second Cockney, Mrs. Higgins' maid
My Fair Lady
Jean
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$100
[5]
This "kissing disease" is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus
mononucleosis
Greg
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$100
[16]
Sir Walter Raleigh is said to have introduced this vegetable to Ireland around 1585
the potato
Jean
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$100
[26]
This Verdi opera is set in Thebes in Egypt
Aida
Jean
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$100
[21]
To abandon, or a sweet course served at the end of a meal
desert/dessert
Jean
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$200
[12]
This language that's also known as Siamese contains many loanwords from Sanskrit
Thai
Greg
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$200
[2]
Liza, Nana, ostrich, crocodile
Peter Pan
Jean
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$200
[6]
There are usually over 4 million of these cells in a cubic millimeter of blood
red blood cells
Jean
Pat
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$200
[17]
Like borscht, chlodnik is a cold soup made mainly of this vegetable
the beet
Jean
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$200
[27]
His tomb in Thebes was discovered on the west bank of the Nile in 1922
King Tut
Jean
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$200
[22]
A long leather strap attached to the bit of a bridle, or water falling from the sky
rein/rain
Greg
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$300
[13]
Most native speakers of Catalan live in the northeast part of this country
Spain
Greg
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$300
[3]
Rolf Gruber, Liesl, the Mother Abbess
The Sound of Music
Jean
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$300
[7]
Plumbism is another term for poisoning by this substance
lead
Jean
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$300
[18]
Frequently mentioned in the Bible, the name of this fruit means "many-seeded apple"
a pomegranate
Jean
Greg
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$300
[28]
As a baby in Greece, this Theban strangled snakes; later he killed a lion & more labors followed
Hercules
Jean
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$300
[23]
To cover in gold, or an association of persons in the same trade who might do it
gild/guild
Greg
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$400
[14]
Ido is a revised form of this international language invented by a Polish doctor
Esperanto
Pat
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$400
[4]
Audrey, Seymour, Audrey II
Little Shop of Horrors
Greg
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$400
[8]
Carpal tunnel syndrome is caused by the compression of a nerve in the area of this joint
the wrist
Jean
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$400
[19]
It's the more common name for the most common mandarin orange sold in the U.S.
tangerine
Jean
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$400
[29]
When this conquerer burned Thebes, he spared the house of the Greek poet Pindar
Alexander the Great
Pat
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$400
[24]
A knack, or a device that produces a bright signal light
flair/flare
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$500
[15]
Kiunguja, one of the major dialects of this Bantu language, is spoken on the island of Zanzibar
Swahili
Jean
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$500
[10]
Mother Burnside, Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside, Patrick Dennis
Mame
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DD
$500
[9]
Some believe acupuncture relieves pain by stimulating these chemicals in the brain
endorphins
Jean
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$500
[20]
Argenteuil, France is famous for growing the white type of this spear-shaped vegetable
asparagus
Jean
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$500
[30]
The 1 of 7 surviving tragedies by Aeschylus whose title fits the category
Seven Against Thebes
Jean
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$500
[25]
A personal enemy, or a type of pearls that aren't really pearls
foe/faux
Jean
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| HISTORY | POLITICAL TERMS | MUSEUMS | BOOKS ON AUDIOTAPE | INDIANA | ODDS & ENDS |
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$200
[1]
On September 1, 1939 this country began its Blitzkrieg of Poland
Germany
Pat
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$200
[6]
This term which has come to mean Japan's warrior class literally means "attendant"
samurai
Pat
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$200
[11]
The Royal Air Force Museum in this capital features a Battle of Britain display
London
Jean
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$200
[26]
They needed a superman to read "The Great Gatsby" on tape, so they picked this "Superman" star
Christopher Reeve
Greg
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$200
[21]
4 towns, including Speedway, lie within this capital city but are governed separately
Indianapolis
Greg
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$200
[16]
According to the proverb, following this rule will make you "healthy, wealthy and wise"
Early to bed & early to rise
Pat
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$400
[2]
In 1945 7 countries, including Iraq & Syria, formed this league
the Arab League
Greg
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$400
[7]
The Free-Soilers, an antislavery party, were absorbed by this political party in 1854
the Republicans
Pat
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$400
[12]
An Abilene, Kansas museum has medals & mementoes from this president's career
Eisenhower
Greg
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$400
[27]
Maria Riva reads her own intimate biography of this late German actress, her mother
Marlene Dietrich
Greg
Pat
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$400
[22]
He lived in Indiana 1816-1830 & you can visit the burial site of his mother, Nancy Hanks
Abraham Lincoln
Pat
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$400
[17]
If followed east, the 3 stars in his belt point toward something "Sirius", the dog star
Orion
Jean
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$600
[3]
In 1951 this world leader ordered the observance of St. Evita Day in his country
Juan Peron
Greg
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$600
[8]
The political movement to unite this Mediterranean island with Greece was called Enosis
Cyprus
Jean
Greg
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$600
[13]
The Cloisters, specializing in medieval art, is a branch of this New York City museum
the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jean
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$600
[28]
Burt Reynolds was "For Hire", so he got the job reading "Stardust", a novel about this detective
Spenser
Greg
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$600
[23]
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is a 14,000-acre recreation area on the shore of this Great Lake
Michigan
Jean
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$600
[18]
In 1656 Christiaan Huygens added this to a clock to control the escapement
a pendulum
Greg
Pat
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$800
[4]
In 1212 a young French shepherd boy led an estimated 30,000 youths on this tragic expedition
the Children's Crusade
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$800
[9]
The common market is also called the EEC, which stands for this
the European Economic Community
Greg
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$800
[14]
A memorial in Beaumont, Texas houses the trophies & memorabilia of this lady athlete's career
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Greg
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$800
[29]
You can stay up late & listen to his novels "The Other Side of Midnight" & "Memories of Midnight"
Sidney Sheldon
Greg
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$800
[24]
Indiana University opened in this city in 1820
Bloomington
Jean
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$800
[19]
As baseball has pitchers, cricket has these
bowlers
Jean
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$1,000
[5]
In 1674 Sivaji founded this country's Maratha Empire
India
Pat
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DD
$1,000
[10]
Name for the alliance of Israeli right-wing parties that first came to power with Begin
Likud
Greg
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DD
$1,100
[15]
This capital has museums devoted to Antonin Dvorak, Bedrich Smetana & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Prague
Greg
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$1,000
[30]
This Lt. Col, who was "under fire" during the Iran–Contra hearings taped his own book "Under Fire"
Oliver North
Greg
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$1,000
[25]
You can visit the home of this famous WWII journalist in Dana, Indiana
Ernie Pyle
Greg
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$1,000
[20]
Terpsichore had this many sisters
8
Jean
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By our calendar, the first British East India Co. was founded on this date, the last day of the 16th century
December 31, 1600