Eric Schoeck game 5.
Carla Gavin — a teacher from West Los Angeles, California
Tom McCrossan — a sales representative originally from Rochester, New York
Eric Schoeck — a radio talk show host from Santa Cruz, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $21,499)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $-300 | $1,300 | $500 |
$0
3rd place: Maytag washer & dryer |
$1,300
13 R, 8 W (including 1 DD) |
| Tom | $-100 | $300 | $2,700 |
$5,400
New champion: $5,400 |
$2,700
10 R, 4 W |
| Carla | $300 | $900 | $3,200 |
$1,000
2nd place: trip to Bermuda |
$3,700
12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE CONTINENTS | KIDDIE LIT | EASY MATH | HOTELS | COUNTRY MUSIC | "LOST" |
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$100
[8]
World's smallest country in area & part of world's largest are on this continent
Europe
Eric
Tom
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$100
[1]
The Pied Piper's tune lured the children from this town
Hamelin
Tom
|
$100
[3]
As a decimal, ⅖ is this
0.4
Eric
Carla
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$100
[2]
Long Beach, California's famous floating hotel
the Queen Mary
Carla
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$100
[23]
June Carter's married name, though she married for love, not money
Cash
Eric
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$100
[13]
Atlantis, or Mu
lost continents
Tom
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$200
[9]
After Antarctica, this continent has the fewest nations
Australia
Tom
|
$200
[16]
According to the World Book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" was the 1st modern children's book with these
illustrations
Eric
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$200
[4]
Each angle of an equilateral triangle has this many degrees
60 degrees
Eric
Tom
Carla
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$200
[22]
Of the American, European, or continental plan, the one that includes room only
the European plan
Tom
Carla
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— |
$200
[14]
What you're pursuing if your plans are sure to be defeated
a lost cause
Carla
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$300
[10]
After Mt. Everest, the next 60 highest mountain peaks in the world are on this continent
Asia
Eric
Carla
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$300
[17]
French children's classic about an elephant who runs away from the jungle to live in Paris
Babar
Eric
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$300
[5]
An angle of more than 90º, or what a, uh, dull-witted person can be
obtuse
Carla
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$300
[24]
It would take over 8½ years to spend 1 night in each of the 3,200 rooms of this country's Hotel Rossiya
the Soviet Union
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— |
$300
[15]
Naphtali, Gad, Zebulon, Simeon, Asher, Issachar, Reuben, Ephraim, Manasseh & Dan
the lost tribes of Israel
Eric
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$400
[11]
Continent you'd be on if you were picnicking on the Pampa
South America
Tom
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$400
[18]
In 1856, M.E.M. Dodge broke the ice with this 1st major American novel about life in another country
Hans Brinker, The Silver Skates
|
DD
$400
[6]
Sum of the digits in the title of the followingsongby Prince:"Tryin' to run from the destruction / You know I didn't even care / 'Cause they say / 2000, zero-zero, party over, oops, out of time / So tonight, I'm gonna party like it's 1999"
28
Carla
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$400
[25]
The phrase, "number of people behind each bed", refers to this criterion of excellence
the staff
Eric
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— |
$400
[20]
What Arthur Sullivan found while "seated one day at the organ"
"The Lost Chord"
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$500
[12]
Continent which is home to the fabled Berber horsemen
Africa
Carla
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$500
[19]
1 of 2 best-known awards in U.S. established by Frederick Melcher for children's literature
the Newbery (Medal) (or the Caldecott Medal)
Eric
|
$500
[7]
A 720 cubic foot room 10' x 9' is this many feet high
8 feet
|
— | — |
$500
[21]
Only Shakespearean play that fits this category
Love's Labour's Lost
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| COLORS | MOVIE SETTINGS | EXPLORERS | DEFENSE | "FOUND" | BIRDS |
|
$200
[13]
Light yellowish brown, or a beachgoer's goal
tan
Tom
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$200
[7]
The apartment in "The Apartment" was in this city where it's hard to find an apartment
New York City
Eric
|
$200
[1]
The overland route between Rome & China was given same name as this luxury fabric craved by the Romans
silk
Tom
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$200
[6]
Paradoxically, it's often called "the best defense"
an offense
Eric
|
$200
[12]
First 4 words of "Blueberry Hill"
"I found my thrill"
Eric
Carla
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$800
[27]
Relatives of the crow, most of the 36 species of these plumed birds live on New Guinea
birds of paradise
|
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$400
[15]
In English, the name of this Texas city would be "Yellow"
Amarillo
Carla
|
$400
[8]
In "Family Plot" Hitchcock revisited this city used as setting for "Vertigo"
San Francisco
Eric
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$400
[2]
From 1856-62, Sir Richard Burton, John Speke, & James Grant "competed" in finding the source of this
the (White) Nile
Eric
|
$400
[20]
A criminal defense maintaining that police lured defendant into wrongdoing "charges" this
entrapment
Tom
|
$400
[14]
Plant where workers make molded metal products called castings
a foundry
Carla
|
$1,000
[26]
Named for the sound it makes, this long-legged nearly extinct bird is now protected in a Texas reserve
the whooping crane
Eric
|
|
$600
[16]
Often used to effect old look, photographs are done in these brown tones from "ink" of cuttlefish
sepia
Carla
|
DD
$800
[9]
The 2 countries in which Indiana Jones found the "Lost Ark" & "The Temple of Doom"
Egypt & India
Eric
|
$600
[3]
The great push for exploration began in 1415 thru efforts of this Portuguese prince & "navigator"
Henry
Tom
|
$600
[21]
The deepest defense positions of this "genteel" sport are long-leg, long-off, & long-on
cricket
|
$600
[19]
In the U.S., 4 of the largest are Ford, Rockefeller, & the Weather Girls' corsets
foundations
Eric
|
— |
|
DD
$700
[17]
Term used to describe the growing population percentage of older people in the U.S.
the graying of America
Carla
|
$800
[10]
California city from which Clint Eastwood would "Play Misty for Me" every night
Monterey
Eric
Tom
|
$800
[4]
Using prevailing winds, da Gama found faster route around Africa by 1st sailing S.W. to this country
Brazil
|
$800
[22]
Pope Clement VII gave king Henry VIII this title still retained by British monarchs
Defender of the Faith
Eric
Tom
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$800
[25]
To disable a horse by excessive feeding
to founder
|
— |
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$1,000
[18]
Resembling lilac, lavender, & violet, this shade of purple was 1st synthetic coloring made from coal tar
mauve
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$1,000
[11]
Though actually filmed in Mexico, "Romancing the Stone" was set in this S. Amer. country known for emeralds
Colombia
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$1,000
[5]
The 2 countries that sponsored Henry Hudson when he discovered the Hudson River & Hudson Bay
England & Holland
Tom
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$1,000
[23]
He's the current U.S. Secretary of Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Eric
|
$1,000
[24]
Poe began to "find" recognition in 1833, when he received $50 for this short story
"MS. Found in a Bottle"
|
— |
Only 2 states with capitals west of the Mississippi River which were part of the Confederacy
Texas & Arkansas