2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, game 5.
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
| 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 |
| 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
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$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
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$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
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$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
|
| 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
|
Kings Edward IV & Edward V, the future Henry VII & the corpse of Henry VI appear in the play named for him
Richard III