1999 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 4.
J.J. Todor — an attorney from Pataskala, Ohio
Carolyn White — a retired management consultant from Tucson, Arizona
Andrew Maly — an environmental engineer from Bel Air, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | $400 | $800 | $5,400 |
$10,800
Automatic semifinalist |
$4,800
11 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Carolyn | $1,900 | $4,100 | $2,700 |
$5,400
3rd place: $2,500 if eliminated |
$2,700
22 R, 6 W |
| J.J. | $1,500 | $3,800 | $8,200 |
$5,599
2nd place: $2,500 if eliminated |
$6,600
19 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| A SHROPSHIRE LAD | THE CINEMA | THERE GOES THE EMPIRE | SLOGANEERING | CALL ME ALEX | ALL "RIGHT" |
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$100
[2]
Poet A.E. Housman probably hadn't been to Washington when he called this the "loveliest of trees"
Cherry tree
Carolyn
|
$100
[1]
In 1979 this mother of Wynonna & her 1957 Chevy appeared as extras in "More American Graffiti"
Naomi Judd
Carolyn
|
$100
[22]
This nation colonized part of Somalia in the 19th century & invaded Ethiopia in the 20th
Italy
Andrew
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$100
[6]
This "good" soup became "M'm! M'm! Better!"
Campbell's soup
Carolyn
|
$100
[7]
He's the 19th century inventor seen here
Alexander Graham Bell
Andrew
|
$100
[17]
Avian term for a conservative
Right-winger
J.J.
|
|
$200
[3]
"Clunton and Clunbury, Clungunford and Clun, Are the quietest places Under" this
the sun
Carolyn
|
$200
[27]
In a 1994 film, it's the alter ego of Jim Carrey's Stanley Ipkiss
The Mask
J.J.
|
$200
[23]
Rwanda & Burundi were a single colonial possession of this country until 1962
Belgium
J.J.
|
$200
[12]
"With A Name Like" this jam "It Has To Be Good"
Smuckers
J.J.
|
$200
[8]
This man reportedly described Aaron Burr as "A dangerous man" & "Not to be trusted"
Alexander Hamilton
Carolyn
|
$200
[18]
4 of them are formed by the perpendicular intersection of 2 straight lines
Right angles
J.J.
|
|
$300
[4]
"When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, 'Give crowns and pounds and guinea but not'" this "'away'"
heart
|
$300
[28]
In this 1990 Sean Connery film, Alec Baldwin was the first to play CIA man Jack Ryan on screen
The Hunt For Red October
J.J.
|
$300
[24]
This nation gave up its last major colonies in the 1970s & will give up Macao in 1999
Portugal
Carolyn
|
$300
[13]
In the '70s this bread dropped the slogan "Helps build strong bodies 12 ways"
Wonder Bread
Carolyn
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$300
[9]
A condensed version of his "Roots" appeared in Reader's Digest in May 1974
Alex Haley
Andrew
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$300
[19]
Lesser-known hits by these "brothers" include "Ebb Tide", "Dream On" & "Just Once In My Life"
The Righteous Brothers
Andrew
|
|
$400
[5]
"Malt does more than" this poet "can to justify God's ways to man"
John Milton
J.J.
|
$500
[30]
Played by Harold Sakata, this "Goldfinger" assassin kills his victims with his razor-sharp bowler hat
Oddjob
Carolyn
|
$400
[25]
Now France's only mainland New World possession, for years it was a penal colony that included Devil's Island
French Guiana
Carolyn
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$400
[15]
No longer content to "Just Do It", this shoe company now implores its customers to believe "I Can"
Nike
J.J.
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$400
[10]
Works by this man were first described as "mobiles" by Marcel Duchamp
Alexander Calder
Carolyn
|
$400
[20]
The customary or legal right of one vehicle to proceed ahead of another
Right-of-way
J.J.
|
|
$500
[14]
The type of person who "Shoulder-high we bring you home... townsman of a stiller town"
"An Athlete Dying Young"
J.J.
|
DD
$800
[29]
(Hi, I'm Cheech Marin.)In 1987 I directed & starred in this film whose title was a parody of a Bruce Springsteen hit
Born In East L.A.
J.J.
|
$500
[26]
Administered by the Germans until WWI as South West Africa, this former colony is now an independent nation
Namibia
J.J.
|
$500
[16]
This brokerage firm is still "Bullish On America"
Merrill Lynch
Carolyn
|
$500
[11]
In "Democracy In America", this French thinker traced America's greatness to the superiority of its women
Alexis de Tocqueville
Carolyn
|
$500
[21]
Chuck Yeager had this title quality in a 1979 Tom Wolfe work
The Right Stuff
Carolyn
|
| A PASSAGE TO INDIA | SCIENCE & NATURE | THEATRE | HAIL TO THE CHIEF | FAMOUS LAST WORDS | BY THE HUNDREDS |
|
$200
[21]
Examples of these in India include The Hindu, Indian Express & Navbharat Times
Newspapers
Carolyn
|
$200
[16]
In the U.S., alligators & crocodiles co-exist only at the southern tip of this state
Florida
Carolyn
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$200
[22]
During rehearsals, the director arranges the actors' movements in a process known by this "wooden" name
Blocking
Carolyn
|
$200
[11]
His 1975 campaign autobiography was titled "Why Not The Best"
Jimmy Carter
Carolyn
|
$200
[6]
"Drink To Me" charged this Spanish artist when he died in 1973
Pablo Picasso
J.J.
|
$200
[1]
This Pat Robertson show debuted nationally in 1977
The 700 Club
Andrew
|
|
$400
[25]
Born in Allahabad in 1889, he's the Indian leader seen here
Jawaharlal Nehru
Carolyn
|
$400
[17]
In 1991 radar images hinted that there was ice at the north pole of this inner planet
Mercury
Andrew
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$400
[23]
Junius Brutus, patriarch of this acting family, made his U.S. debut in 1821 as Richard III
Booth
Carolyn
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$400
[12]
This 5th president died on the 4th of July in 1831 & is buried in Richmond
James Monroe
Andrew
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$400
[7]
At the end, this German philosopher remarked "Last words are for fools who haven't said enough"
Karl Marx
Carolyn
J.J.
|
$400
[2]
Forest area that's home to Tigger
The Hundred Acre Wood
Carolyn
|
|
$600
[28]
With over 15 million, this Arabian Sea port has the largest population of any Indian city
Mumbai (Bombay)
J.J.
|
$800
[19]
One type of this device measures wind speed by means of cups rotating horizontally
Anemometer
J.J.
|
$600
[24]
Faye Dunaway won a 1998 Sarah Siddons Award for playing this Greek-American diva in "Master Class"
Maria Callas
J.J.
|
$600
[13]
In 1819 his engagement was broken off; he never married
James Buchanan
J.J.
|
$600
[8]
This turn of the century British sci-fi author's last words were "Go away...I'm all right"; he wasn't!
H.G. Wells
Andrew
|
$600
[3]
With revenues of over $178 billion, General Motors topped this famous magazine list for 1998
Fortune 500
Carolyn
|
|
$800
[29]
The Palk Strait & the Gulf of Mannar separate India from this nation
Sri Lanka
Carolyn
J.J.
|
$1,000
[20]
In 1766 this English chemist discovered the properties of hydrogen & called it inflammable air
Henry Cavendish
Carolyn
|
$800
[26]
The original production of his play "The Skin Of Our Teeth" starred Tallulah Bankhead & Frederic March
Thornton Wilder
Carolyn
|
$1,000
[15]
On September 20, 1881 he became the 4th VP to succeed to the presidency upon the death of the incumbent
Chester A. Arthur
J.J.
|
$800
[9]
In 1923 this Mexican bandit died beseeching a journalist, "Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something."
Pancho Villa
Andrew
|
$800
[4]
It was Francois Truffaut's first feature film
The 400 Blows
J.J.
|
| — |
DD
$1,200
[18]
Dinosaurs died out in this geological era that means "middle life"
Mesozoic
Andrew
|
$1,000
[27]
Gary Sinise directed the 1996 revival of this actor-playwright's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Buried Child"
Sam Shepard
Carolyn
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
In the presidential election of 1796, he finished second in the electoral vote
Thomas Jefferson
J.J.
|
$1,000
[10]
"I go to seek the great perhaps", said this 16th century French satirist in his final moments
Francois Rabelais
Carolyn
J.J.
|
$1,000
[5]
In a Tennyson poem this line follows, "Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die"
"Into the valley of death rode the six hundred"
Andrew
Carolyn
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In the 1850s he held the posts of demonstrator of & lecturer on anatomy at St. George's Hospital
Henry Gray ("Gray's Anatomy")