Show #4712 2005-02-15 (taped 2005-01-31) Tournament of Champions

2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, game 5.

Contestants

Tom Cubbage — an attorney from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Bob Harris — a writer from Los Angeles, California

Frank Epstein — a police officer from Los Angeles, California

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Frank $2,400 $2,400 $7,600 $12,600
3rd place: $5,000
$7,600
10 R, 2 W
Bob $1,400 $5,300 $12,200 $24,400
Winner: $24,400 + an advance to UToC Round 2
$12,000
15 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Tom $3,400 $6,600 $11,600 $15,201
2nd place: $5,000
$11,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

ROCK GROUPS THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS KANSAS THE STONES GUNS N' ROSES U2
$200 [7]
An ad reading "Folk & Roll musicians singers for acting roles in new TV series" helped form this '60s band
The Monkees
Frank
$200 [16]
Known as "the Father of Pennsylvania", he also fathered 8 children
William Penn
Frank
$200 [2]
Kansas is the heartland--this point for the lower 48 states is even located near the town of Lebanon
the geographic center
Bob
$200 [30]
Interest in diamonds in this color soared when Ben gave Jen a big one set in her engagement ring
pink
Frank
$200 [1]
On Jan. 1, 2005, a 207-foot train spouting fireworks & a 50-foot robot were highlights of this event
the Rose Parade
$200 [21]
It might dawn on you that it's the 11th sign of the zodiac
Aquarius
Tom
$400 [8]
"Are we not men? We are" this New Wave group that gave us "Whip It"
Devo
Frank
$400 [17]
In 1997, this nun wrote a Nashville coffee house to stop it from selling souvenirs of a cinnamon roll in her image
Mother Teresa
$400 [3]
Cyrus Holliday helped found this city & became president of the railroad whose name included it
Topeka
Bob
$400 [29]
Alaska's state gem (since 1968) or Mick Jagger's gem of a daughter (since 1971)
Jade
$400 [12]
He was the first MLB player to have 200 hits in 10 different years
Pete Rose
Bob
$400 [22]
Erving, Rosenberg or Nyerere
Julius
Bob
$600 [9]
Bon Scott of this hard rock group was rejected by the Australian army as "socially maladjusted"
AC/DC
Tom
$600 [18]
It's the last name of Moses, the father of Stephen, who settled 300 families in Texas in the 1820s
Austin
Tom
$600 [4]
The skyscrapers of much of Kansas are silos & this type of structureseen here
a grain elevator
Bob Tom
$600 [27]
A stunning 330-carat star sapphire called the "Star of" this continent is on display at the Smithsonian
Asia
Bob
$600 [13]
He invented an electrically controlled naval mine as well as the 6-shooter
(Samuel) Colt
Tom
$600 [23]
8-letter term that's almost impossible to believe; why, it's "absolutely"...
fabulous
Tom
$800 [10]
In 1989, Rolling Stone named this "Murmur"-ing quartet "America's hippest band"
R.E.M.
Tom
$800 [19]
Married to King Henry VIII, she was the mother of Edward VI
Jane Seymour
Bob
$800 [5]
Located in the K.C. Metro Area, the city called this "Park" is now Kansas' largest after Wichita
Overland Park
Tom
$800 [26]
Often worn in the Southwest, this "bluish" stone is said to protect riders from falling off their horses
turquoise
Bob
$800 [14]
Though patented in 1862, this crank-operated machine gun didn't become official U.S. Army weaponry until 1866
the Gatling Gun
Frank
$800 [24]
From the French for "to compose", it's a wandering medieval singer
a troubadour
Tom
$1,000 [11]
"I want you to want" this Robin Zander band that went platinum "at Budokan"
Cheap Trick
Bob
$1,000 [20]
St. Ambrose credits this mother of Constantine with finding the true cross of Jesus
Helena
Tom
$1,000 [6]
A Coffeyville museum tells of the 1892 attempted bank robbery by this gang & how they got shot up by the citizenry
the Dalton Boys
Frank
DD $1,500 [28]
The black type of this October birthstone is quite rare, & more valuable than the fire variety
opal
Bob
$1,000 [15]
Her Oct. 7, 1914 wedding day would prove to be a focal point of American politics
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
$1,000 [25]
From a word for a drinking vessel (which explains a lot), it's the meeting of party leaders to select candidates
a caucus
Bob

Double Jeopardy! Round

OPERAS BY CHARACTER 1970s TV THE HUMAN BODY EVERYTHING HAS A NAME THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHO... DERIVED FROM ETRUSCAN
$400 [30]
Dick Deadeye, a sailor; Admiral Sir Joseph Porter; Captain Corcoran
H.M.S. Pinafore
$400 [11]
Gordon Jump played radio station manager Arthur Carlson on this sitcom
WKRP in Cincinnati
Tom
$400 [16]
Encephalon is another name for this organ
the brain
$400 [6]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports.) Possibly related to the word "flank", it's a rim or collar, like this one on a pipe
a flange
Frank
$400 [1]
...was in the ROTC at New York's City College
(Colin) Powell
Tom
$400 [21]
If you own Wyoming, your land covers 62.7 million of these
acres
Tom
$800 [29]
Narraboth, Herodias, John the Baptist
Salome
Tom
$800 [12]
Starbuck was the ace pilot who helped fight off the evil Cylons on this '70s sci-fi show
Battlestar Galactica
Frank
$800 [17]
The name of this snail-shell-shaped part of the inner ear is from the Latin for "snail shell"
cochlea
Tom
$800 [7]
A person who talks a lot of hot air, or the air-filled chamber of a bagpipe
a windbag
Bob Tom
$800 [2]
...refused an appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1798, but became its chief in 1801
(John) Marshall
Tom
$800 [22]
This type of mythological creature is often shown drawing the chariot of Dionysus
a centaur
$1,200 [28]
Klingsor, a sorcerer; Amfortas, keeper of the grail; Gurnemanz, a knight
Parsifal
Frank
$1,200 [13]
John Astin was Lt. Cdr. Matthew Sherman on this '70s sub-set sitcom
Operation Petticoat
Tom
DD $1,000 [18]
About 2/3 of the weight of bone tissue consists of the minerals phosphate, carbonate & this
calcium
Tom
$1,200 [8]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) As opposed to adimmer switch, a simpletwo-setting light switchhas this 6-letter name
toggle
Bob
$1,200 [3]
...gave way to Edmund Randolph in 1794
Thomas Jefferson
Frank Bob
$1,200 [23]
To make into law
enact
Bob
$1,600 [27]
Beppe, Silvio, Canio the head clown
I Pagliacci
Bob
$1,600 [14]
This sitcom's theme song said, "I used to be sad, I used to be shy, funniest thing, the saddest part is I never knew why..."
Alice
$1,600 [19]
This endocrine gland controls the rate at which cells burn food & produce energy
the thyroid gland
$1,600 [9]
This term for a plug that closes off a test tube can also mean a baseball team's most reliable pitcher
a stopper
Bob Tom
DD $1,300 [4]
...survived an assassination attempt on the night his boss was shot
Seward
Bob
$1,600 [24]
Tennyson wrote of these, "idle" these, "from the depth of some divine despair"
tears
$2,000 [26]
The Duke of Mantua, Gilda, Count Monterone
Rigoletto
$2,000 [15]
Tom Bosley voiced Harry Boyle, the dad referred to in the title of this animated series
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home
$2,000 [20]
If these air sacs were flattened out, the lungs would have a surface area of up to 1,000 square feet
the alveoli
Bob
$2,000 [10]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports.) It's not "that little piece of film that sticks out so you can load the camera", it's really called this
the (film) leader
$2,000 [5]
...held the post until 1849 & was the last to eventually become president
Buchanan
Frank
$2,000 [25]
Cicatrix is a synonym for this medical word
a scar
Frank

Final Jeopardy!

SHAKESPEAREAN ROYALTY

Kings Edward IV & Edward V, the future Henry VII & the corpse of Henry VI appear in the play named for him

Richard III

Frank "Who is Richard III" — wagered $5,000
Tom "Who is Richard III?" — wagered $3,601
Bob "Who is Richard III?" — wagered $12,200

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