2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.
Jim Stalley — a crime data specialist from Denver, Colorado
Anne Boyd — a freelance writer and student from Los Angeles, California
Sean Ryan — a cab driver from State College, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean | $3,600 | $4,000 | $5,200 |
$2,600
2nd place: $5,000 |
$5,800
20 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Anne | $1,000 | $2,600 | $9,000 |
$7,599
Automatic semifinalist |
$11,000
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jim | $400 | $0 | $2,400 |
$2,400
3rd place: $5,000 |
$2,400
4 R, 1 W |
| U.S. LAKES | PRO FOOTBALL | CHAIN OF COMMAND | IF THEY MARRIED... | PATRIOTS | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES |
|
$200
[16]
This lake in the Western U.S. has a specific gravity that is 10-22% higher than that of fresh water
the Great Salt Lake
Sean
|
$200
[11]
Quarterback Roger Staubach spent his entire 11-seaons pro career with this team
the Dallas Cowboys
Sean
|
$200
[26]
In 1987 this U.S. college's chancellor got a new chain of office, with a badge reading "1693"
William and Mary
Anne
|
$200
[21]
If Ms. Hunter of "Broadcast News" married Rolling Stone Ron, she'd say hooray for this name
Holly Wood
Anne
|
$200
[4]
The day after he landed from England in 1775, Penn.'s assembly named him to the Continental Congress
Benjamin Franklin
Sean
|
$200
[1]
It's the Turkish word for fate or destiny
kismet
Sean
|
|
$400
[17]
This largest Florida lake covers about 700 square miles, but its greatest depth is only about 15 feet
Lake Okeechobee
Sean
|
$400
[12]
This Pittsburgh Steelers tackle was named the AP's defensive player of the year twice: 1972 & 1974
Mean Joe Greene
Sean
|
$400
[27]
Chains of office are worn by Grand Lodge Officers of this group, possibly named from being though peculiar
the Oddfellows
Anne
|
$400
[22]
If "Entertainment Tonight" anchor Mary married Irish actor Gabriel, she'd suffer with this hyphenated name
Hart-Byrne
Anne
|
$400
[7]
John Dickenson's "Fabius" letters helped make this state he represented the first to ratify the Constitution
Delaware
Sean
Anne
|
$400
[2]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew eats a slice of pizza on Arthur Avenue in New York.) A motto on Arthur Avenue is "mangia bene, vivi bene", which translates to this
eat well, live well
Jim
|
|
$600
[18]
J. Strom Thurmond Lake, which has more than 100 small islands, lies on this state's border with Georgia
South Carolina
Sean
|
$600
[13]
In 1969 he left the Packers & became the head coach, general manager & part owner of the Washington Redskins
Vince Lombardi
|
$600
[28]
This chain-wearer seenheresailed from Lisbon in 1497 with the Sao Gabriel & other ships under his command
Vasco da Gama
|
$600
[23]
'80s singer Kim ("Kids In America") forms a duo with Daryl Hall's singer partner & sows this hyphenated name
Wilde-Oates
Jim
|
DD
$400
[8]
Thinking him conceited some added a "Y" to the last name of this Declaration signer born in 1737
John Hancock
Sean
|
$600
[3]
A statement that has nothing to do with the argument at hand, this Latin term literally means "it does not follow"
non-sequitur
Anne
|
|
$800
[19]
The 2nd-largest freshwater lake totally within the U.S., this state's Lake Iliamna is the spawning ground for red salmon
Alaska
|
$800
[14]
In 1960, after 40 years in Chicago, this team moved to St. Louis
the Cardinals
|
$800
[29]
A chain of office is part of the regalia of this deluded steward in "Twelfth Night"
Malvolio
Sean
|
$800
[24]
Ms. Cantrell, a jazzy vocalist, weds actor Jude & gets this puritanical name
Blu Law
Anne
|
$800
[9]
1 of the 2 "Federalist" authors whose lives were not ended by gunfire
James Madison (or John Jay)
Sean
|
$800
[5]
This 2-word French phrase is used of a monomaniacal obsession
idée fixe
Anne
|
|
$1,000
[20]
Hawaii's Lake Waiau lies at 13,020 feet, atop this dormant volcano on the Big Island
Mauna Kea
Jim
|
$1,000
[15]
The Las Vegas Outlaws & Los Angeles Xtreme were teams in this league that lasted just one season, 2001
the XFL
Sean
|
$1,000
[30]
2-word term for the Sheffield, England offical who wears a 2-pound chain of 18-karat gold
the Lord Mayor
|
$1,000
[25]
Singer Vikki thinks "it must be him" of English dramatist Harold & hyphenates her name to become...
Vikki Carr-Pinter
|
$1,000
[10]
(I'm John DeStefano, Mayor of New Haven, but) This man, our first mayor, was the only man to sign the 4 great U.S. founding documents, including the Constitution
Roger Sherman
|
$1,000
[6]
Literally Welsh for "session", it's an annual get-together of Welsh bards & musicians
eisteddfod
|
| AMERICANA | PUNK | VICTORY IS OURS | THIS IS GONNA BE TOUGH | BIBLE BOOKS BY FAMOUS PHRASE | WISH I'D SAID THAT |
|
$400
[1]
Until 1998 a plant in Fairfax, Vermont churned out the wooden tiles for this game, about a million a day
Scrabble
Anne
|
$400
[6]
Lester Bangs called this "Combat Rock" band "the missing link between black music and white noise"
The Clash
Sean
|
$400
[21]
On this date in 1862, Mexico defeated France at the decisive Battle of Puebla
Cinco de Mayo
Sean
|
$400
[26]
It's the only Olympic event that bears the name of a famous battle
the marathon
Anne
|
$400
[11]
"Am I my brother's keeper?"
Genesis
Sean
|
$400
[14]
This Spanish surrealist said, "Have no fear of perfection--you'll never reach it"
(Salvador) Dalí
Sean
|
|
$1,200
[3]
The Breakers, an opulent mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, was built as a "summer cottage" for this family
the Vanderbilts
Anne
|
$800
[7]
The Damned began as the Masters of the Backside with this "Pretender", the Emma Peel of Rock & Roll, on guitar
Chrissie Hynde
Anne
|
$800
[22]
In 711 a Muslim army defeated Roderick, the last king of these people in Spain
the Visigoths
Sean
|
$800
[27]
In the 1800s this American removed the Us from honour & colour & turned "centre" into "center"
Noah Webster
Sean
Jim
|
DD
$400
[15]
"Physician, heal thyself"
Luke
Sean
|
$800
[17]
When asked what his favorite one of these was, Jack Palance joked, "poppy seed"
roles
Anne
|
|
$1,600
[4]
In 1997 this 12-year-old Springer Spaniel passed away at home in Kennebunkport
Millie (the Bush family dog)
|
$1,200
[8]
So-Cal Punk was personified in this Black Flag frontman with the "Hot Animal" soul of a poet
Henry Rollins
Sean
|
$1,200
[23]
In 878 this great king of Wessex defeated the invading Danes at the Battle of Edington
Alfred the Great
Sean
|
$1,200
[28]
The only 2 letters with which a current independent country name in English does not begin
W and X
|
$800
[12]
"It is more blessed to give than to receive"
Acts of the Apostles
|
$1,200
[18]
H.L. Mencken defined Puritanism as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be" this
happy
Sean
|
|
DD
$2,000
[2]
It was in this state in the late 1800s that Standard Oil & National Cash Register rang up their first sales
Ohio
Anne
|
$1,600
[9]
To secure this band's 1978 U.S. visas, Warner reportedly put up $1 million to guarantee their behavior
The Sex Pistols
Anne
|
$1,600
[24]
Lord Admiral Howard's warships defeated the vaunted Spanish Armada in the English Channel in this year
1588
|
$1,600
[29]
In a 1968 film it was revealed that this machine was born on January 12, 1992 in Urbana, Illinois
HAL
Jim
|
$1,200
[13]
"My cup runneth over"
Psalms
Anne
|
$1,600
[19]
Jeremy Bentham said these are "the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished"
lawyers
Sean
|
|
$2,000
[5]
In 1986 this model kit company merged with its main competitor, Monogram
Revell
|
$2,000
[10]
This "Godfather of Punk" is still a "Real Wild Child" jamming with Green Day & Peaches on his "Skull Ring" album
Iggy Pop
Sean
|
$2,000
[25]
In 1954 Viet Minh forces under the commands of this general defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu
Vo Nguyen Giap
Sean
|
$2,000
[30]
Months that contain a Friday the 13th will always begin on this day of the week
Sunday
|
$2,000
[16]
"Many are called, but few are chosen"
Matthew
|
$2,000
[20]
"It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors", wrote Oscar Wilde in the preface to this novel
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Sean
Anne
|
After WWI he wrote, "To develop a horse-surgery… would necessitate a knowledge of horse language"
Hugh Lofting (author of the Doctor Dolittle books)