Show #4711 2005-02-14 (taped 2005-01-31) Tournament of Champions

2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, game 4.

Contestants

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

Scores

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)

Jeopardy! Round

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

Double Jeopardy! Round

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

Final Jeopardy!

STATE SYMBOLS

In 1993 it became the first state to adopt an official flavor, which, incidentally, comes from its state tree

Vermont

Janet "What is Vermont?" — wagered $400
Alan "What is Vermont" — wagered $6,000
David "What is Florida" — wagered $0

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