2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 4.
Russ Schumacher — a graduate student from Fort Collins, Colorado
Tom Baker — a writer from Tokyo, Japan
Chris Miller — a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
$4,000
3rd place: $5,000 |
$5,200
16 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| Tom | $5,200 | $7,800 | $20,000 |
$20,100
Automatic semifinalist |
$21,000
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Russ | $2,000 | $2,000 | $6,400 |
$12,400
2nd place: $5,000 |
$6,400
7 R, 2 W |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | ALL THAT JAZZ | KOALA TIME | WHAT A MYTHTAKE! | RANKS & TITLES | YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT |
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$200
[21]
How cool! In 1998 New Hampshire adopted this as its state sport
skiing
Chris
|
$200
[26]
In 1957 this lady sang the blues, a song called "Fine And Mellow", on the CBS special "The World of Jazz"
Billie Holiday
Tom
|
$200
[6]
The Taronga Zoo in this Australian port city is famous for its koala walkabout exhibit
Sydney
Chris
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$200
[1]
It was a mistake to go near this part-leonine creature; if you couldn't solve its riddles, it would eat you
the Sphinx
Chris
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$200
[11]
If you have your heart set on being a lance corporal, this is the only U.S. armed service that offers the rank
the Marines
Chris
Tom
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$200
[16]
I wasn't surprised to see that overacting thespian eat the Smithfield type of this (he really is one, you know)
a ham
Tom
|
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$400
[22]
Speak up now if you know that a college in Nashua is named for this great New Hampshire orator
Daniel Webster
Russ
|
$400
[27]
At age 6, Wynton Marsalis received his first trumpet from this New Orleans trumpeter known for "Cotton Candy"
Al Hirt
Chris
Tom
Russ
|
$400
[7]
Of 6, 16 or 60 years, the one closest to the average life expectancy of a koala
16
Chris
Tom
|
$400
[2]
If only Remus hadn't jumped over a wall on the Palatine hill; that may be why this sibling killed him
Romulus
Tom
|
$400
[12]
In 1841 Matthew Perry was promoted to this rank
Commodore
Chris
|
$400
[17]
Gorge on these chocolate-&-peanut butter bars (or let them slip through your digits) & folks will call you this
Butterfingers
Chris
|
|
$600
[23]
New Hampshire's chief seaport, it was founded as Strawbery Banke in 1630
Portsmouth
|
$600
[28]
Many of the TV generation know this jazz singer by her '70s ads that asked, "Is it live or is it Memorex?"
Ella Fitzgerald
|
$600
[8]
In 1967 a talking koala became the spokesmarsupial for this airline
Qantas
Tom
|
$600
[3]
This god milked his affair with Io for all it was worth: he had to turn her into a cow to protect her from his wife
Zeus
Russ
|
$600
[13]
In 1875 Franz Ferdinand, future heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, inherited this title
Archduke
Russ
|
$600
[18]
I couldn't believe it when I saw the boss eat a 20-lb. wheel of brie--that's why we gave him this title
the Big Cheese
Chris
|
|
$800
[24]
In 2003 New Hampshirites were stunned as this stony landmark of theirs just crumbled away
the Old Man of the Mountain
Tom
|
$800
[29]
Albums by this guitarist include "A Day in the Life" & "Movin' Wes"
Wes Montgomery
Chris
|
$800
[9]
Like other marsupials, this is the term for a baby koala
a joey
Russ
|
$800
[4]
Some say that Phineus mistreated his kids, which is why these bird-like female monsters plagued him
harpies
Chris
|
$800
[14]
The wife of a reigning monarch is referred to as the Queen this
Consort
Chris
Tom
|
$800
[19]
Hey, you! You with the long-lasting caramel sucker & the blonde in the mink! Bet she calls you this!
Sugar Daddy
Tom
|
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1944 this resort area in the White Mountains was the site of an important U.N. monetary conference
Bretton Woods
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1977 this saxophonist for the Dave Brubeck Quartet was elected to the Downbeat Magazine Hall of Fame
Paul Desmond
|
$1,000
[10]
The word koala comes from the language of the Australian natives & means "animal that doesn't" do this
drink
Tom
|
$1,000
[5]
Thinking it was a love potion, Deianira dipped a shirt meant for him in poisoned blood--oops! It killed him
Hercules
Chris
|
DD
$2,600
[15]
Inheriting property & title from her deceased husband made Tz'u-hsi of China this kind of empress
dowager
Tom
|
$1,000
[20]
You're such a grouch! For your June 25th birthday I'm serving you this, the symbol of your zodiac sign
a crab
Tom
|
| NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE HONOREES | TAKING YOUR LUMPS | HOW DO YOU... | THE JOHNNY GILBERT "BLUE"s | THIS WAY TO THE EGRESS | LETTERS IN SEQUENCE |
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$400
[1]
Robert Caro's "Means of Ascent", a biography of this Texan president, recounts his early Senate victories
Lyndon Johnson
Chris
|
$400
[21]
On this '50s sitcom Frank Bank played Lumpy
Leave It to Beaver
|
$400
[11]
Fold a cloth into a triangle, gently slip the widest part under the arm, tie the ends around the neck
make a sling
Tom
Russ
|
$400
[16]
Johnny has left the building wearing these"You can knock me down /Step on my face /Slander my name all over the place..."
"Blue Suede Shoes"
Tom
|
$400
[6]
"My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go", quipped this Irish playwright
Oscar Wilde
Tom
|
$400
[26]
7-8-9:A type of hyena
lau ghi ng
Chris
|
|
$800
[2]
This writer won for his novel "The Counterlife" & for the biography "Patrimony", but not for "Portnoy"
Philip Roth
Chris
|
$800
[22]
Most geologists believe the Earth's core to be mainly a heavy, compressed lump of this metal
iron
Chris
|
$800
[12]
Rub a needle across a magnet & float it on a piece of paper in a bowl of water
make a compass
Chris
Tom
|
$800
[17]
Linda Ronstadt, brace yourself for this tune"I feel so bad / I got a worried mind / I'm so lonesome all the time / Since I left my baby behind on..."
"Blue Bayou"
|
$800
[7]
This Algonquin wit suggested "Excuse My Dust" as her own epitaph
Dorothy Parker
Chris
|
$800
[27]
4-5-6:Transfer one's allegiance to another nation
def ect
Chris
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Edmund White wrote a definitive biography of this French thief, novelist & playwright of "The Maids"
(Jean) Genet
Tom
|
$1,200
[23]
From the Norwegian for "lump", it's a blob of whipped cream put on a pie
a dollop
Tom
|
$1,200
[13]
Combine wine, aquavit, raisins, cloves & sugar; light mixture on fire; learn a Swedish toast
make glögg
Russ
|
$1,200
[18]
Witness the birth of "Captain Fantastic 2" with this song"Laughing like children /Living like lovers /Rolling like thunder /Under the covers..."
"I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues"
Chris
|
$1,200
[8]
In a self-fulfilling prophesy about his drug habit, this comedian said "I'll die young, but it's like kissing God"
Lenny Bruce
Tom
|
$1,200
[28]
8-9-10:Forcibly seize control of a moving vehicle
hij acking
Chris
Tom
|
|
$2,000
[5]
This Peruvian novelist won for his critical work "Making Waves"
Mario Vargas Llosa
|
$1,600
[24]
Kipling water carrier called a "limping lump o' brick-dust"
Gunga Din
|
$1,600
[14]
Change direction & speed while walking, tug on the leash as you say the command, don't forget to say, "Good boy!"
get your dog to heel
Russ
|
$1,600
[19]
Completes this "Crystal"ine line"I'll be fine when you’re gone / I'll just cry all night long / Say it isn't true and don't it..."
"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"
Tom
|
$1,600
[9]
A flower child turned Fuhrer in the film "The Producers", he made his egress during a 1987 stage performance
Dick Shawn
|
$2,000
[30]
19-20-21:Dampness
moi stu re
Russ
|
|
DD
$3,200
[3]
Houdini, Emma Goldman & Henry Ford are in this writer’s first winner; Dutch Schultz is in his second winner
E.L. Doctorow
Chris
|
$2,000
[25]
Karl Marx bunched the dregs of society under this 17-letter mouthful
the lumpenproletariat
Tom
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$2,000
[15]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew strikes a yogic pose.) Start in mountain posture, step forward, bend one knee, raise hand overhead
assume the warrior position
|
$2,000
[20]
This 1968 classic features the Man in Black, Johnny... Gilbert"My mama always told me son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns / But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"
"Folsom Prison Blues"
Tom
|
$2,000
[10]
This 16th c. philosopher died of bronchitis after experiments with snow to delay the process of putrefaction
(Sir Francis) Bacon
Tom
|
DD
$2,600
[29]
18-19-20:Explode, in air, perhaps
bu rst
Tom
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This British ship was named for a Roman province established in the area of Portugal in 27 B.C.
the Lusitania