2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, game 4.
Janet Wong — a development officer for a museum from Hoboken, New Jersey
Alan Bailey — a playwright and director from North Hills, California
David Traini — a high school administrator from Moorestown, New Jersey
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $1,000 | $1,600 | $12,800 |
$12,800
Winner: $15,000 + an advance to UToC Round 2 |
$12,800
16 R, 3 W |
| Alan | $5,000 | $7,400 | $6,000 |
$12,000
2nd place: $5,000 |
$10,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Janet | $2,000 | $3,600 | $5,600 |
$6,000
3rd place: $5,000 |
$6,800
9 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| NAME THAT AUTHOR | HALL OF FAMER BY POSITION | STOCK SYMBOL SHOPPING | WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DRINK? | PERHAPS SOME "TEA" | A CUP OF KOFI |
|
$200
[1]
Mathew Brady took the photo seen here of this author & West Point dropout
Edgar Allan Poe
Alan
|
$200
[21]
Joe Namath, Joe Montana
quarterback
Alan
|
$200
[22]
For electronics:RSH
RadioShack
Alan
|
$200
[2]
This uncola originally had the name "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda"
7 Up
Alan
|
$200
[6]
What Helen Keller called Anne Sullivan
Teacher
Janet
|
$200
[5]
Kofi Annan is the seventh person to hold this highest U.N. executive position
secretary-general
Janet
|
|
$400
[7]
Pioneering Nebraska novelist seenherein 1915
Willa Cather
Alan
|
$400
[27]
Bill Russell, Bill Walton
center
David
Alan
|
$400
[23]
For kitchenware as well as sheets & towels:BBBY
Bed Bath & Beyond
Alan
|
$400
[3]
A kir is white wine & creme de cassis; a kir royale is this & creme de cassis
champagne
Alan
|
$400
[13]
Hold hair at ends, comb toward scalp; cracking gum optional
tease
Alan
|
$400
[17]
In 1991 Kofi Annan negotiated the release of U.N. workers held in this country during the Persian Gulf War
Iraq
Alan
|
|
$600
[10]
Called one of the greatest practitioners of the historical novel, hewas born in Edinburgh
Walter Scott
Alan
|
$600
[28]
Bob Feller, Bob Lemon, Bob Gibson
pitcher
Alan
|
$600
[24]
For DVDs:BBI
Blockbuster
Alan
|
$600
[4]
It doesn't take breaking a world record to tell us this Irish brew is"brilliant"
Guinness
Janet
|
$600
[14]
Daniel Tobin headed this union from 1907 to 1952, bringing its membership from 40,000 to more than a million
the Teamsters
David
Alan
|
$600
[18]
In June 2000 Kofi Annan was the commencement speaker at this university near Palo Alto, California
Stanford
Janet
|
|
$800
[11]
This British author seenherefirst "Bloom"ed in 1882
Virginia Woolf
David
|
$800
[29]
Jack Lambert, Jack Ham
linebacker
|
$800
[25]
For auto parts:PBY
Pep Boys
Alan
|
$1,000
[9]
Vodka, peach schnapps, cranberry juice & grapefruit juice make up one version of this "on the beach"
sex
Janet
|
$800
[15]
It has about 40,000 people & it's right near Hackensack
Teaneck
David
|
$800
[19]
Kofi Annan's first job in the U.N. was in 1962 as an administrator & budget officer of this "organization"
the World Health Organization
|
|
$1,000
[12]
Seen here in 1976, this playwright served prison time for his dissident views
(Vaclav) Havel
Alan
|
$1,000
[30]
Gump Worsley, Shrimp Worters, Rat Westwick
hockey goalie
|
$1,000
[26]
For fine furniture:ETH
Ethan Allen
Janet
|
DD
$1,200
[8]
This beverage that can be "sweet" or "hard" is made from freshly pressed deciduous fruits
cider
Alan
|
$1,000
[16]
This great trombonist was part of Louis Armstrong's band from 1947 to 1951
Jack Teagarden
|
$1,000
[20]
The first U.N. head from Africa south of the Sahara, Kofi Annan was born in the city of Kumasi in this country in 1938
Ghana
David
|
| PHILOSOPHY | MOVIE TAGLINES | AMERICAN HERSTORY | COUNTRY DISTINCTIONS | GEEK LETTER SOCIETIES | IT'S GREEK TO ME |
|
$400
[1]
A 1751 book by David Hume in this area of philosophy argues that altruism is human nature
ethics
David
|
$400
[29]
1978:"You'll believe a man can fly"
Superman
Alan
|
$400
[20]
In March 1879 law school grad Belva Lockwood became the first woman allowed to argue here
before the Supreme Court
Janet
|
$400
[11]
This Western Hemisphere country has the most Spanish speakers of any country in the world
Mexico
David
|
$400
[15]
The U.S. Internet Industry Association posts an FBI-esque list of these, like worm netsky.p
viruses
|
$400
[14]
In English it's a figure of speech, like "a sea of troubles"; in Greek it refers to moving companies
a metaphor
David
|
|
$800
[2]
Nominalism is so called from considering only objects real, & abstractions like "animal" & "circle" merely these
names
Alan
|
$800
[30]
1977:"We are not alone"
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Janet
|
DD
$1,200
[21]
As a girl in the 1830s she nursed her brother David through a 2-year illness (came in handy later)
Clara Barton
Janet
|
$800
[19]
Holy cow! There are more head of cattle in this nation than anywhere else
India
David
|
$800
[25]
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, dates back to this decade when ENIAC came on line
the '40s
David
Alan
|
$800
[13]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands by a small belfry overlooking the sea at Santorini, Greece.) Historian Herodotus said the island of Santorini was once called"Kalliste"meaning the utmost in this quality
beauty
David
|
|
$1,200
[4]
Separating mind from matter was a big step for this philosopher who died in 1650
Rene Descartes
David
|
$1,200
[3]
2002:"America was born in the streets"
Gangs of New York ( The Gangs of New York accepted)
David
|
$1,200
[22]
Before she was the first black woman in Congress, she was the second in the New York State Assembly
Shirley Chisholm
David
|
$1,200
[16]
Golden opportunities await in this African country that leads the world in gold production
South Africa
David
|
$1,200
[26]
The ICGA website tells us Deep Fritz, this type of program, earned a draw with Vladimir Kramnik
chess
Alan
|
$1,200
[12]
To get this word for a place to eat & drink in Greece, add "A" to a similar English word
taverna
David
|
|
$1,600
[5]
This idea that God & the universe are identical was powerfully stated by Spinoza in the 17th century
pantheism
David
|
$2,000
[10]
2000:"Some memories are best forgotten"
Memento
|
$1,600
[23]
The motto "semper paratus" game us this nautical acronym for the WWII Women's Coast Guard Reserve
SPAR
|
$1,600
[17]
This Asian country has the world's largest armed forces
China
David
Alan
|
$1,600
[27]
The AAAI, American Association for this, has only human members--we think
Artificial Intelligence
Alan
|
$1,600
[7]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands by a stone wheel in Naxos, Greece.) Related for the English "to bear", "pherein" gave us the name of this traditional container to bear oil
an amphora
David
|
|
$2,000
[6]
This was a real 4-letter word for Schopenhauer, as it urges us on to pointless desires & death
will
|
DD
$5,000
[9]
1960:"They trained him to kill for their pleasure... but they trained him a little too well..."
Spartacus
Alan
|
$2,000
[24]
This alliterative-named woman who spied for Stonewall Jackson was not the most ladylike Southern belle
Belle Boyd
|
$2,000
[18]
People on this European island nation read more books per person annually than any other
Iceland
|
$2,000
[28]
The OSI is the "Initiative" to promote this, free access to software code
open source
Janet
|
$2,000
[8]
Meaning "fighter" or "contestant" (as on "Jeopardy!"), it follows "Samson" in the title of a Milton work
agonistes
Alan
|
In 1993 it became the first state to adopt an official flavor, which, incidentally, comes from its state tree
Vermont