Will Wallace game 4.
Olaf Talbert — a retired U.S. Navy officer and research assistant from Pensacola, Florida
Carol Lowe — a photographer from Conway, North Carolina
Will Wallace — a game design director from Austin, Texas (whose 3-day cash winnings total $55,598)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will | $4,400 | $6,000 | $22,200 |
$24,400
4-day champion: $79,998 |
$20,400
26 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Carol | $600 | $1,000 | $3,600 |
$1,600
3rd place: $2,000 |
$4,600
7 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Olaf | $400 | $4,000 | $1,200 |
$2,400
2nd place: $3,000 |
$1,200
13 R, 5 W |
| BOTANY | AFTERNOON "T" | '90s MOVIES BY CHARACTERS | RETRONYMS | SEOUL | SEARCHING |
|
$200
[29]
Microscopic pores on leaves & stems called stomata allow the intake of this gas necessary for photosynthesis
carbon dioxide
Olaf
|
$200
[28]
Grab a friend & spend the afternoon getting in sync riding this bicycle built for two
tandem
Olaf
|
$200
[13]
Agent J &Agent K
Men in Black
Will
|
$200
[30]
It's the plain old H2O that you drink from the faucet
tap water
Will
|
$200
[27]
After Korea gained independence from this country in 1945, Gyeongseong was out & Seoul was in, name-wise
Japan
Olaf
|
$200
[20]
In 1776, this British captain set out on his last voyage in search of the Northwest Passage
Cook
Olaf
|
|
$400
[2]
An extinct variety of this palm tree was brought back to life in 2005 from ancient seeds found at Masada
a date palm
Will
|
$400
[25]
For a summer afternoon cocktail, try this gin brand, perhaps its Rangpur lime
Tanqueray
Olaf
|
$400
[9]
Dan Taylor, Jenny Curran & "Bubba" Blue
Forrest Gump
Will
|
$400
[24]
An article jokingly used this rhyming term to describe the delivery method of a 1944 letter arriving 66 years later
snail mail
Carol
|
$400
[23]
Just like at Buckingham Palace, you can witness this centuries-old ritual at Seoul's Gyeongbokgung Palace
the changing of the guard
Will
|
$400
[17]
Black pathfinder Jim Beckwourth found this mountain range's lowest pass, now named for him in Eastern California
the Sierra Nevadas
Olaf
|
|
$600
[1]
Until the 20th c., a drug derived from the bark of the cinchona tree was the only effective treatment for this tropical disease
malaria
Olaf
|
$600
[4]
How about a cup of afternoon tea? Perhaps from Tetley or this brand established in London in 1706
Twinings
Will
|
$600
[8]
Competing booksellers Joe Fox & Kathleen Kelly
You've Got Mail
Carol
|
$600
[11]
A San Francisco film festival named for this type of film features live musical scores
silent films
Will
|
$600
[19]
A giant statue of bronze hands in Seoul pays homage to this 2012 hit by Psy & actually plays the song when you stand under it
"Gangnam Style"
Olaf
|
$600
[15]
In 1513 he sailed north from Puerto Rico & searched for the island of Bimini, said to have a fabled spring
Ponce de León
Olaf
|
|
$800
[3]
Apples & cherries are members of this family of plants named for a popular but less-eaten flower
the rose family
|
$800
[5]
Hit the slopes on a snowy afternoon & do this type of skiing named after a region in Norway
Telemark
Will
|
$800
[7]
Robin Williams as Peter Banning & Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell
Hook
Carol
Olaf
|
$800
[12]
Before the IBM Selectric was a hit commercially, you probably had to hunt & peck on this kind of machine
a manual typewriter
Carol
|
$800
[21]
Meaning "the art of kicking & punching", this activity, Korea's national sport, had its first world championships in Seoul
taekwondo
Olaf
|
$800
[16]
As director of the U.S. Geological Survey, this Grand Canyon explorer set standards for mapping the nation
John Wesley Powell
|
|
$1,000
[26]
Coffea canephora is the species of coffee plant normally classified by this "vigorous" name
Robusta
|
$1,000
[6]
A good afternoon activity is looking for & listening to this swan, seen&heard here
a trumpeter swan
Will
Olaf
|
$1,000
[10]
Matthew Broderick as Steven Kovacs & Jim Carrey as a technician
The Cable Guy
Will
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
Dy-Dee & Tidee Didee are companies that offer home delivery of these for your baby
cloth diapers
Will
|
$1,000
[22]
Seoul is considered a megacity whose environs include this port city, home to South Korea's main airport
Incheon
|
$1,000
[18]
In 2004 a team led by Robert Sarmast combed the ocean floor for this place described in Plato's "Timaeus" & "Critias"
Atlantis
Will
|
| ROCKTOBER | INTERNATIONAL SPACE HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES | ART & ARTISTS | QUICK! | EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS | THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE OR WHY OF READING |
|
$400
[11]
In 1995, it was a Canadian invasion, asheralbum "Jagged Little Pill" hit No. 1 on the U.S. album chart on October 7th
Alanis Morissette
Will
|
$400
[20]
In 2012 this entrepreneur's Dragon became the first privately owned spacecraft to dock with the Intl. Space Station
Musk
Will
|
$400
[1]
In 2005 a bridge in Pittsburgh was renamed for this artist; the bridge serves as a gateway to his museum
Warhol
Carol
|
$400
[4]
Quick word for a group of vehicles such as taxis or boats owned & operated as a unit
fleet
Carol
|
$400
[29]
For about 870 years this country's parliament met on the northern shore of Lake Thingvalla
Iceland
Will
|
$400
[26]
If you're looking for these incredible title creatures, a J.K. Rowling compendium will alert you "Where to Find Them"
Fantastic Beasts
Will
|
|
$800
[15]
Pearl Jam was an opening act when this band kicked off its "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" tour Oct. 16, 1991
the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Will
|
$800
[19]
Two months before retiring from the U.S. Senate, this Ohioan became the oldest person to orbit the Earth, at age 77
John Glenn
Will
|
$800
[2]
Somerset Maugham's "The Moon and Sixpence", about a stockbroker who heads to Tahiti to be a painter, is loosely based on him
Gauguin
Olaf
|
$800
[7]
Firmly fixed in place; you & a pal might be that kind of "friends"
fast friends
Will
|
$800
[28]
Until the 15th century, Pisa was on the Ligurian Sea, but silt from this principal river of Tuscany left it 6 miles from shore
the Arno
Olaf
|
$800
[27]
Parents-to-be might want to take a look at Heidi Murkoff's "What to Expect When" this is happening
When You're Expecting
Olaf
|
|
$1,600
[13]
It's hard to imagine David Letterman in tears, but he was when this man made his last public appearance on Dave's show October 30th, 2002
Warren Zevon
Will
|
$1,200
[16]
This astrophysicist & Cornell professor won a Pulitzer for "The Dragons of Eden", his book on the evolution of human intelligence
Carl Sagan
Will
|
$1,200
[3]
First exhibited in 1853, Rosa Bonheur's masterpiece is"Le marché aux chevaux", which translates to this
a horse fair (horse market)
Olaf
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
This 2-word South Dakota town is known as the "Gateway to Mount Rushmore"
Rapid City
Carol
|
$1,200
[21]
A bit east of Madrid, dams on this river form an artificial lake known as the Sea of Castile
the Tagus River
Olaf
|
$1,200
[24]
Bertrand Russell's essay "Why I Am Not" this type of person does grant Jesus "a very high degree of moral goodness", just not divinity
a Christian
Will
Olaf
|
|
$2,000
[14]
In Oct. 1988 he went on trial for plagiarizing his own CCR song "Run Through The Jungle" in "The Old Man Down The Road"
John Fogerty
Will
|
$1,600
[17]
This cosmonaut went into space only once--April 12, 1961--but what a historic ride!
Yuri Gagarin
Will
|
$1,600
[5]
He wrote a poem that said, "My brush, above my face continually, makes it a splendid floor by dripping down"
Michelangelo
Will
|
$1,200
[8]
The chimney type of this bird is often called a "flying cigar" because of its dark silhouette as it flies
a swift
Carol
|
$1,600
[22]
In Ireland's County Kerry, Lough Leane, Muckross Lake & Upper Lake are collectively known as the Lakes of here
Killarney
|
$1,600
[25]
A deadly Cold War battle between East & West plays out in Berlin in John le Carré's thriller "The Spy Who" took this action
Came in from the Cold
Carol
|
|
DD
$3,000
[12]
On Oct. 1, 2000 Midnight Oil played their hit "Beds Are Burning" at the Olympic closing ceremonies in this city
Sydney
Will
|
$2,000
[18]
In 1960, this German-American was named Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center where he developed the Saturn V rocket
Wernher von Braun
Will
|
$2,000
[6]
The group of British painters called this brotherhood got together in 1848 but had parted by 1854
the Pre-Raphaelites
Will
|
$2,000
[10]
This 2-word cornmeal-based dessert is made with molasses, sugar & spices
hasty pudding
|
$2,000
[23]
In this Alpine lake the Strait of Promenthoux separates the sections of Grand Lac & Petit Lac
Lake Geneva
Will
|
$2,000
[30]
Dr. Cole Hendron races to save humanity as a rogue planet hurtles towards Earth in the sci-fi epic "When" this happens
Worlds Collide
Will
|
The largest land deal in U.S. history was formalized in a building at this spot, now named for a military hero & president
Jackson Square