India Cooper game 1-B.
Bruce Merhige — a clinical psychologist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
India Cooper — an actor and copy editor originally from Denver, Colorado
Jay Marhoefer — a management consultant from Dallas, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $20,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay | $200 | $1,200 | $2,800 |
$1,199
3rd place: Moulinex deluxe 11-piece kitchen machines including deep fryer, hand blender, juice extractor, food processor & can opener + Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! & Wheel of Fortune + InfoGenius for Nintendo Game Boy |
$4,400
10 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| India | $1,700 | $3,100 | $9,900 |
$10,000
New champion: $10,000 |
$9,300
23 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Bruce | $700 | $600 | $4,400 |
$1,700
2nd place: a trip on Delta Airlines to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with a week's stay at the Krystal Vallarta |
$5,200
11 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE AGE OF CHIVALRY | SCIENCE & NATURE | MOVIE SONGS | MEXICO | BALLERINAS | LETTER PERFECT |
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$100
[1]
The Teutonic Knights originated during the third one of these military expeditions
the Crusades
India
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$100
[5]
He was first to prove the connection between electricity & lightning
Ben Franklin
Bruce
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$100
[7]
"Start spreadin' the news, I'm leaving today, I wanna be a part of it" in this place
New York
India
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$100
[26]
Though about 95% of Mexicans are of this denomination, no church can own land in Mexico
Catholic
India
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$100
[12]
Her sister Marjorie Tallchief is a ballerina, too
Maria Tallchief
Bruce
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$100
[13]
It precedes -stop, Murray Abraham & Scott Fitzgerald
F
Bruce
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$200
[2]
The idealization of women stemmed from the increasing devotion to this biblical woman
the Virgin Mary
Jay
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$200
[6]
A bandicoot carries its young in one of these
a pouch
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$200
[8]
"For a golden girl knows when he's kissed her it's the kiss of death from" this Bond villain
Goldfinger
Bruce
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$200
[27]
Often, your father & this baptismal stand-in call each other "compadre", meaning co-father
godfather
Jay
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$200
[20]
Dame Alicia Markova was ballet director of this American opera company from 1963-69
the Met
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$200
[14]
Lee Marvin headed this "Squad" on TV
M
Bruce
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$300
[3]
Chretien de Troyes wrote the earliest extant literary work about the quest for this holy object
the Holy Grail
India
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$300
[17]
Polishing this removes the thiamine so a constant diet of it may result in beriberi
rice
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$300
[9]
"No it isn't very pretty what" this type of town "can do"
a town without pity
India
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$300
[28]
The resort town of Cabo San Lucas is at the southern tip of this peninsula
the Baja Peninsula (Baja California)
Bruce
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$300
[21]
Antoinetta Dell'era was the 1st ballerina to play the role of this fairy in "The Nutcracker", in 1892
the Sugarplum Fairy
India
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$300
[15]
On a compass this consonant is found 270° from N
W
Jay
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$400
[4]
The medieval institution of knighthood spread to England with this conquest
the Norman Conquest
India
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$400
[18]
It's what the archerfish shoots to bring down insects
water
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$400
[10]
"Don't go walking down" this thoroughfare "with anyone else but me"
Lovers' Lane
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$400
[22]
Look up "plie" in Britannica & you'll find a photo of Gelsey Kirkland as this Stravinsky bird
the Firebird
Bruce
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$500
[24]
I is the only English vowel & this the only consonant that's dotted in lower case
J
India
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$500
[16]
Add 3 letters to the French word for "horse" to get this French word for a knight
chevalier
India
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$500
[19]
The Henry Draper Catalogue contains measurements of over 400,000 of these
stars
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$500
[11]
"How can I ignore" this person; "I love him more than I can say"
the boy next door
India
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— |
$500
[25]
Suzanne Farrell has been called the "muse" of this late choreographer known as "Mr. B."
George Balanchine
Jay
|
DD
$800
[23]
In spelling out the numbers from 1-999 you never use this vowel
A
Bruce
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| FAMOUS NAMES | CONTEMPORARY NOVELS | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | THE ELEMENTS | THE 50 STATES | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES |
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$200
[1]
She changed her name in 1744, we figure because Empress Sophie the Great didn't sound good
Empress Catherine the Great
India
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$200
[3]
At the beginning of this Larry McMurtry novel, the pigs are eating a rattlesnake
Lonesome Dove
India
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$200
[25]
Bongos, congas & tom-toms are types of these
drums
India
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$200
[8]
This radioactive element is named for the ninth planet
plutonium
India
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$200
[14]
Colorful landmarks include the Painted Desert in Arizona & the Rainbow Bridge in this state
Utah
Jay
India
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$200
[15]
Tall, powerful women are sometimes called these after the name of a race of female warriors
Amazons
India
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$400
[2]
She said, "I can train any dog in 5 minutes... it's training the owner that takes longer"
Barbara Woodhouse
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$400
[4]
"Royal Poinciana" revolves around the Royal Poinciana Hotel in this elegant Florida resort city
Palm Beach
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$400
[26]
The Scottish Highland version of this instrument has 3 drones
the bagpipe
Jay
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$400
[9]
Used to control goiter, this element was discovered in seaweed by a French chemist in 1811
iodine
India
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$400
[24]
Of all state mottos in English, this state's is, appropriately, the shortest
Rhode Island
India
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$400
[16]
A style of masonry that uses large, irregular stones was named for these 1-eyed giants
the Cyclopes
Jay
|
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$600
[7]
Savonarola forced this famous Florentine family into exile in 1494
the Medicis
Jay
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$800
[6]
Chapter IX of this James Michener novel is titled "The Golden Beaches of Nome"
Alaska
Jay
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$600
[29]
The Neapolitan type of this lute-like instrument is tuned the same as a violin
a mandolin
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$600
[10]
In 1766 Henry Cavendish called this gas with 1 proton & 1 electron "inflammable air"
hydrogen
Jay
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$600
[22]
Its state flower is the Rocky Mountain columbine
Colorado
India
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$600
[23]
Blue succory, a plant once thought to have love potion powers, is also called this god's "dart"
Cupid
Jay
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$800
[11]
Robert Ford, who killed this outlaw in St. Joseph, Mo. in 1882, got a big reward & a pardon
Jesse James
India
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$1,000
[12]
In "Jitterbug Perfume" this novelist said, "The beet was Rasputin's favorite vegetable"
Tom Robbins
India
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$800
[28]
Albert Schweitzer was a key figure in reviving interest in this instrument in the early 1900s
the organ
India
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$800
[17]
Used to galvanize iron & steel, its name is from the German for "prong" or "spike"
zinc
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$800
[21]
This state's first radio station, WOK, began operating in Pine Bluff in 1922
Arkansas
Bruce
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$800
[30]
Wife of Odysseus whose weaving has become a metaphor for an endless task
Penelope
India
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$1,000
[13]
Tho a Republican, Harold Ickes was Interior Sec'y for this president's whole tenure
Franklin Roosevelt
Bruce
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DD
$1,200
[5]
He dedicated "QB VII" "To my darling wife Jill on her twenty-third birthday"
Leon Uris
India
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$1,000
[27]
The name of this wind instrument, also called a sweet potato, comes from Italian for goose
the ocarina
Bruce
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DD
$1,600
[18]
Reflecting 95% of the light that strikes it, this precious metal is the most lustrous of metals
silver
Jay
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$1,000
[20]
It's the only state that modeled its court system on civil law, not English common law
Louisiana
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$1,000
[19]
A sculptured figure of a man used as a support & named for a Titan; the plural is "Atlantes"
Atlas
Bruce
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In the early 1800s hieroglyphics were first translated by an Egyptologist from this country
France