2003 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.
Eric Floyd — a college student from Calhoun, Georgia
Travis Troyer — a software engineer from Hereford, Maryland
Trevor Norris — a management analyst from Washington, D.C.
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor | $2,200 | $3,800 | $15,000 |
$9,599
3rd place: $10,000 |
$17,000
21 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Travis | $2,600 | $3,200 | $5,200 |
$10,300
2nd place: $10,000 |
$5,200
12 R, 2 W |
| Eric | $1,000 | $3,400 | $10,200 |
$20,300
Finalist |
$9,800
14 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| LITERARY FIRST LINES | GIRLS WITH GUITARS | FRUITS & VEGETABLES | PARIS SITES | TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! | WHAT IS IT? |
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$200
[13]
A satirical fable: "Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night..."
Animal Farm
Travis
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$200
[8]
In 1995 she won Grammys for Best New Artist, Pop Vocal, Female & Record of the Year for "All I Wanna Do"
Sheryl Crow
Travis
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$200
[14]
The egg-shaped plum variety of this makes a great spaghetti sauce
the tomato
Travis
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$200
[21]
The name of one of the buildings of the University of Paris, it's also popularly used to designate the entire university
the Sorbonne
Trevor
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$200
[6]
Take this toy I use to "walk the dog"; I tried that "warp drive" trick, & now I'm in traction
a yo-yo
Trevor
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$200
[1]
A red hook & ladder
a fire truck
Trevor
|
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$400
[17]
1813: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a... fortune must be in want of a wife"
Pride and Prejudice
|
$400
[9]
This writer of "Both Sides Now" taught herself to play guitar from an instruction book
Joni Mitchell
Travis
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$400
[15]
Many dieters eat helf of one of these, like the Star Ruby or Rio Red, before every meal
the grapefruit
Travis
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$400
[22]
The main tree-lined avenue of Paris, it runs through Rond Point to the Place Charles de Gaulle
the Champs-Élysées
Eric
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$400
[7]
Take this crossbar with 2 U-shaped pieces; my oxen are on strike, & they refuse to wear it
a yoke
Travis
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$400
[2]
ENIAC
a computer
Trevor
|
|
$600
[18]
The absurd:"Mother died today. Or, maybe, yesterday; I can't be sure"
The Stranger ( L'Étranger )
Eric
|
$600
[10]
She got her start performing with her parents in Alaskan Eskimo villages
Jewel
Trevor
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$600
[16]
What the French call epinard we call this
spinach
Eric
|
$600
[23]
12 avenues radiate from this Paris structure completed in 1835
Arc de Triomphe
Travis
|
$600
[24]
Take this chocolate soft drink, because now I'm buying the "Lite" version (so I can drink twice as much!)
Yoo-hoo
Trevor
|
$600
[3]
A Fokker E-III
an airplane
|
|
DD
$800
[19]
By E.M. Forster:"'The signora had no business to do it," said Miss Bartlett, '...she promised us south rooms...'"
A Room with a View
Eric
|
$800
[11]
In 2002 she teamed up with Santana, singing lead on "The Game Of Love"
Michelle Branch
Trevor
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$800
[29]
For cooking, popular ones of these include the Gravenstein & the Greening
apples
Eric
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$800
[26]
Seen here, it's located in the Hotel des Invalides & considered one of France's foremost shrines
Napoleon's Tomb
Trevor
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$800
[25]
Please take my "Learn to" do this CD; if I hear "Alpine Honeymoon" one more time I'll go bananas
yodel
Eric
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$800
[4]
The Tappan Zee cantilever
a bridge
Travis
|
|
$1,000
[20]
About an Irish Catholic Youth:"Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow..."
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Eric
|
$1,000
[12]
(I'm Wynonna.) One of my favorite songs is "I Can't Make You Love Me" by this sassy singer-guitar player
Bonnie Raitt
Eric
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$1,000
[30]
Also called a Mexican potato, this crunchy vegetable can be baked, boiled or fried, or served raw in salads
jicama
|
$1,000
[27]
The 2 islands in the heart of Paris are the Ile Saint-Louis & this one on which Notre Dame stands
Île de la Cité
Eric
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$1,000
[28]
Take this role in "Fiddler on the Roof"; I wanted to play it, but Bea Arthur's old Broadway costume doesn't fit me
Yenta
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$1,000
[5]
Creels, panniers & scuttles
baskets
|
| CLASSICAL COMPOSERS | MODELING | DOWN TO EARTH | NEW YORK IN THE MOVIES | HISTORIC BATTLES | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS |
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$400
[16]
His "1812 Overture" commemorates Napoleon's 1812 defeat in Russia
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Trevor
|
$400
[26]
Janice Dickinson says she was the first to put this word in front of "model" to describe herself in the 1970s
super
Trevor
|
$400
[18]
100 million years ago this continent was connected to Antarctica; in 50 million more years, it'll hit Asia
Australia
Eric
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$400
[11]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from in front of New York's Rockefeller Center.) Kevin & his mom were reunited here at Rockefeller Center in a sequel to this Macaulay Culkin film
Home Alone
Travis
|
$400
[6]
Once called Tsaritsyn, this city resisted a bloody 6-month siege by the Germans during World War II
Stalingrad
Trevor
Travis
|
$400
[1]
Adjective for food you can "nuke"
microwaveable
Trevor
|
|
$800
[17]
Vivaldi's Opus 8 contains a cycle of violin concerti collectively called this
The Four Seasons
Travis
|
$800
[27]
It's the term for the structure seen here; look down; 707s take off on a larger one of the same name
runway
Trevor
|
$800
[22]
Metamorphic rocks are divided into 2 main types depending on how they were formed: by heat or by this
pressure
Eric
|
$800
[12]
Director Merian Cooper disliked the noisy EL trains, so he had this beast tear one down in 1933
King Kong
Travis
|
$800
[7]
During an 1884-85 revolt, an entire garrison led by Charles George Gordon was massacred in this capital city
Khartoum
Eric
|
$800
[2]
A pro athlete who's had a great year often asks to do this with his long-term contract
renegotiate
Trevor
|
|
$1,200
[19]
His "Pagliacci" was based on an incident that had taken place in a Calabrian village
Ruggero Leoncavallo
|
$1,200
[28]
Linda Rose, seen in Palmolive commercials, is best known for this specific job
hand modeling
Trevor
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$1,200
[23]
A bergschrund is a crevasse in one of these
glacier
Trevor
|
$1,200
[13]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from New York's Times Square.) Times Square looked pretty seedy when Jon Voight hung out here in this 1969 film
Midnight Cowboy
Trevor
|
$1,200
[8]
A stunning victory in the Oct. 1415 Battle of this village opened the way for Henry V's reconquest of Normandy
Agincourt
Eric
|
$1,200
[3]
Besides "Killjoy" & "Gloomy Gus", it's a term for one who wants to outlaw alcoholic beverages
a prohibitionist
Trevor
Travis
|
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
Frederick Beale was the first to use "recital" to mean a piano concert referring to one by this Hungarian
Franz Liszt
Eric
|
$1,600
[29]
Bogie & Bergman could tell you he founded the Elite Model Agency & his name's now on modeling schools
John Casablancas
|
$1,600
[24]
The noctilucent type of these form at about 50 miles up & only between dusk & dawn
clouds (luminous)
Travis
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
It begins with a voice over: "Chapter One. He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion"
Manhattan
Trevor
|
$1,600
[9]
Shattering the myth of Japanese invincibility, U.S. Marines stormed this island in the Solomons on August 7, 1942
Guadalcanal
Trevor
Eric
|
$1,600
[4]
San Francisco's mission district has undergone this process often signaled by the opening of a Starbucks
gentrification
Trevor
|
|
$2,000
[21]
In 1897 he became the music director of the Vienna Court Opera & a Catholic (he converted from Judaism)
Gustav Mahler
Eric
|
$2,000
[30]
Photographer Bruce Weber was an early fan of this Polo model seen here
Tyson Beckford
Trevor
|
$2,000
[25]
Convection currents in this layer of the Earth generate the Earth's magnetic field
core
Eric
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$2,000
[15]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New York's Central Park.) Fred Astaire & Cyd Charisse visit Central Park in this transportation-named movie musical
The Bandwagon
|
$2,000
[10]
Site of a decisive Sept. 1863 battle, this Georgia river takes its name from an Indian word meaning "river of death"
Chickamauga
Trevor
|
$2,000
[5]
A mosquito bite can cause the St. Louis type of this brain imflammation
encephalitis
Trevor
|
Heads of state Jiang Zemin & Jorge Sampaio were on hand when this territory changed hands in Dec. 1999
Macau