Guy Tonti game 5.
Kurt Weldon — a comedian and a writer from Beverly Hills, California
Shoshana Rona — a librarian from Los Angeles, California
Guy Tonti — a telecommunications manager from San Francisco, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $28,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guy | $800 | $1,900 | $5,300 |
$600
3rd place: Jules Jurgensen his & hers watches |
$5,300
14 R, 2 W |
| Shoshana | $400 | $2,200 | $5,000 |
$6,000
2nd place: trip to San Francisco |
$5,800
14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kurt | $1,200 | $2,300 | $4,200 |
$8,200
New champion: $8,200 |
$5,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| U.S.A. | CARTOONS | 5-LETTER WORDS | POP MUSIC | ZOOLOGY | THE BEST |
|
$100
[14]
In 1985, scientists spent $60,000 & 25 days chasing Humphrey the Humpback Whale out of a river in this state
California
Guy
|
$100
[1]
Pursuer of the Road Runner & #1 customer of the Acme Corporation
Wile E. Coyote
Shoshana
|
$100
[13]
You do it to ground to begin a building or bread to begin a meal
break
Guy
|
$100
[8]
Music known by the abbreviation "MOR"
middle-of-the-road
Kurt
|
$100
[26]
Volcano rabbits trot instead of doing this
hopping
|
$100
[2]
Roll out the barrel, this category has been added to the Grammy Awards
Best Polka
|
|
$200
[15]
Of TV's "Miami Vice's" budget per episode & the real Miami vice squad's budget per year, the larger
the TV show
Shoshana
|
$200
[4]
Star of 1950's Oscar-winning cartoon, he didn't speak words but made noises instead
Gerald McBoing-Boing
|
$200
[16]
Follows "blood", "grey", & "Huckleberry"
hound
Guy
|
$200
[9]
Singer who lived "The Lush Life" with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra
Linda Ronstadt
Guy
|
$200
[27]
Since it's related to the mongoose, this mammal may just "laugh" if you say it resembles a dog
the hyena
Kurt
|
$200
[3]
Mayonnaise whose blue, white & yellow label reads "Best Foods" in the West is this in the East
Hellman's
Kurt
|
|
$300
[17]
Arizona has made this paper size "illegal" to use in state, local & school offices
legal size paper
Guy
|
$300
[5]
Clips from Chuck Jones classic "Duck Dodgers in the 24-½th Century" are seen in this S. Spielberg film
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Kurt
|
$300
[20]
Precedes "ticket", "infinitive", & "level house"
split
Shoshana
|
DD
$200
[12]
To record thefollowing, she had to remove her jewelry because it made too much noise:"Well, well, well, let's realize that a change can only come"
Cyndi Lauper
Kurt
|
$300
[28]
Support provided by buoyancy allows these mammals to grow larger than any land animal
a whale
Guy
|
$300
[23]
This 1946 drama about returning WWII veterans got the Oscar as "The Best" Picture
The Best Years of Our Lives
Guy
|
|
$400
[18]
Entertainment in this city includes 1,272 bowling lanes, the Sabres & the Bills
Buffalo
Guy
|
$400
[6]
Disney's second full-length animated feature
Pinocchio
|
$400
[21]
To deserve something, like a Boy Scout badge
merit
Shoshana
|
$300
[10]
11 years after their sibling squabbles, they recorded the album "EB 84"
the Everly Brothers
Shoshana
|
$400
[29]
Drunk by Laplanders, it has 4 to 5 times the fat of cow's milk
reindeer milk
Kurt
|
$400
[24]
Once "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas", it's moved to Nevada
the Chicken Ranch
Shoshana
|
|
$500
[19]
Longest north-south Interstate highway, it runs through 15 states from Maine to Florida
I-95
Guy
Shoshana
|
$500
[7]
Fleischer's Koko the Clown figuratively & literally climbed out of one of these
an inkwell
Guy
|
$500
[22]
You had to make one before you could solve the rebus on "Concentration"
a match
|
$400
[11]
"Heartbreaker" who broke his hand out of frustration while recording "Southern Accents"
Tom Petty
Kurt
|
$500
[30]
18th c. zoologists believed 1st stuffed specimens of this oviparous mammal were frauds
the duck-billed platypus
Kurt
|
$500
[25]
Type of wood generally considered the best for pipe bowls
briarwood
|
| HALLEY'S COMET | CLOTHING | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | SUPPORTING CHARACTERS | 1890's | THE WORST |
|
$200
[1]
The solar wind makes the tail of Halley's Comet always point in this direction
away from the Sun
Guy
Kurt
|
$200
[20]
A blouse that ties around a woman's neck or a strap that ties around a horse's
a halter
|
$200
[7]
The longest river & largest desert are on this continent
Africa
Kurt
|
$200
[14]
On radio & TV he played Jack Benny's valet Rochester
Eddie Anderson
Kurt
|
$200
[19]
1st ever was built by G.W. Gale Ferris for the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893
a Ferris wheel
Shoshana
|
$200
[6]
It's fashion designer Mr. Blackwell's major claim to fame
the Worst-Dressed list
Guy
|
|
$400
[2]
The story that the Pope did this to the comet in 1456 is nothing but a "comet tale"
excommunicated the comet
|
$400
[23]
Article of clothing mentioned most frequently in Major League Baseball team names
socks
Kurt
|
$400
[10]
Birdwatchers must travel to this continent to see kookaburras in their native habitat
Australia
Shoshana
|
$400
[15]
Richard Crenna as Walter Denton was the student who usually drove her to school
Our Miss Brooks
Kurt
|
$400
[24]
He survived Little Bighorn & a Wild West Show, but was gunned down by troops in 1890
Sitting Bull
Kurt
|
$400
[8]
Guinness lists "the sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" as the worst of these
a tongue twister
Shoshana
|
|
$600
[3]
The first name of the astronomer for whom the comet is named
Edmond
Shoshana
Kurt
|
— |
$600
[11]
Gulf separating the Mexican mainland from Baja California
the Gulf of California (or Sea of Cortez)
Shoshana
Kurt
|
$600
[16]
Sitcom on which Johnny Brown, playing janitor Mr. Bookman, was called "Buffalo Butt"
Good Times
Guy
|
$800
[26]
In 1891, this petite painter produced his first music hall posters
Toulouse-Lautrec
Shoshana
|
$600
[9]
At Death Valley for 43 consecutive days in 1917
the worst recorded hot spell
|
|
$800
[4]
Not smog & city lights, but this is the main reason sightings will be less spectacular than the last time
because the comet is going to be much further away
|
— |
$800
[12]
The only Canadian province to border both Alaska & the U.S.'s Lower 48
British Columbia
Guy
|
$800
[17]
This actor was fittingly chosen to portray Abraham Lincoln briefly in "How the West Was Won"
Raymond Massey
Shoshana
|
DD
$900
[25]
3 of original 5 prize categories established by Alfred Nobel's will after he died in 1896
(3 of) physics, physiology or medicine, chemistry, literature, & peace
Kurt
|
DD
$800
[21]
1 of 2 presidents whose corrupt administrations rate in Schlesinger surveys as the worst ever
(1 of) Warren Harding or Ulysses Grant
Shoshana
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Halley's comet computations were based on this English genius' discovery of orbital parabola
Isaac Newton
|
— |
$1,000
[13]
2nd-largest island in Europe, this North Atlantic country has no navigable rivers
Iceland
Guy
|
$1,000
[18]
Herb Woodley is their neighbor
Blondie & Dagwood (the Bumsteads)
Guy
|
$1,000
[27]
After 1892, this New York City harbor site was called in several languages "the Isle of Tears"
Ellis Island
Kurt
|
$1,000
[22]
Roman tragedy with beheadings, cannibalism, & rape, thought by many to be Shakespeare's worst
Titus Andronicus
Shoshana
|
President who sent Lewis & Clark to explore the way to the Pacific Ocean
Jefferson