2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, game 7.
Michael Arnone — a writer and editor from Alexandria, Virginia
Sahir Islam — an investment analyst from Somers, New York
Bev Schwartzberg — an adult literacy program coordinator from Santa Barbara, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bev | $600 | $2,600 | $12,600 |
$11,709
Winner: $15,000 + an advance to UToC Round 2 |
$12,600
14 R, 0 W |
| Sahir | $2,600 | $7,000 | $18,500 |
$11,500
2nd place: $5,000 |
$20,600
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Michael | $1,600 | $8,000 | $4,000 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$1,400
12 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| LIBROS EN ESPAÑOL | WE'VE GOT DESIGNS ON BROADWAY | GIVE AN "NCH" | THE VILLAGE | SIGNS | THE SIXTH SENSE |
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$200
[30]
Stevenson:"La Isla del Tesoro"
Treasure Island
Bev
Sahir
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$200
[21]
Costume designers win awards named for Irene Sharaff, who designed Jet & Shark costumes for this 1957 musical
West Side Story
Sahir
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$200
[20]
Lug, monkey, or pipe
a wrench
Bev
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$200
[3]
Founded in 1917 by Father Flanagan for homeless & abused waifs, it was made a municipality in 1936
Boys Town
Michael
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$200
[1]
You'll need your platinum card when shopping along the avenue postedherein this city
Beverly Hills
Bev
Michael
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$200
[9]
A language of the Middle East, it was added as the sixth language of the U.N. General Assembly in 1973
Arabic
Sahir
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$400
[29]
London:"El Llamado de la Selva"
The Call of the Wild
Michael
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$400
[22]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gondolas across the stage of the Majestic Theatre in New York.) On June 5, 1988, "Phantom of the Opera" won seven of these awards, & you can see why it won for scenic design & lighting
Tony Awards
Michael
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$400
[6]
It's the office or position of a judge, or where he sits
a bench
Bev
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$400
[4]
The alleged site of Doubleday's invention of baseball, this N.Y. village is home to Baseball's Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
Michael
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$400
[2]
Hopefully you won't rue the day you see the "Rue" sign seenherein this Louisiana district
the French Quarter
Sahir
|
$400
[10]
This sixth planet from the Sun was first visited by Pioneer 11 in 1979
Saturn
Michael
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|
$600
[28]
Steinbeck:"De Ratones y Hombres"
Of Mice and Men
Sahir
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$600
[25]
Paul Huntley is B'way's master of these; you might flip yours over the ones he designed for "Hairspray"
wigs
Sahir
Michael
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$600
[14]
A deep ditch or furrow
a trench
Sahir
|
$600
[15]
An armistice to end the Korean War was signed at this village in July 1953
Panmunjom
Michael
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$600
[5]
When we're near the sign seen here, it's time to go tubing in this city
London
Sahir
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$600
[11]
Number corresponding to 10 to the sixth power
a million
Sahir
|
|
$800
[27]
Twain:"El Principe y el Mendigo"
The Prince and the Pauper
Bev
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$800
[24]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the New Amsterdam Theatre.) The New Amsterdam Theatre is a fine example of this art style that features vines, flowers &flowing hair
Art Nouveau
Bev
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$800
[17]
It can mean to make white, or to boil fruit or vegetables briefly, then plunge them into cold water
blanch
Sahir
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$800
[16]
This blue cheese is named for a village that's now a suburb of Milan, not a snake-haired monster
Gorgonzola
Sahir
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$800
[7]
If you've stopped for a breather next to this sign, it's only 100 more miles northeast to this capital
Little Rock (Arkansas)
Michael
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$800
[12]
From the Latin for "sixth hour", it's an early afternoon rest or nap
a siesta
Sahir
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|
$1,000
[26]
Conan Doyle:"El Mundo Perdido"
The Lost World
Michael
|
DD
$3,600
[23]
Peter Foy revolutionized stage flying with the "inter-related pendulum" he designed for this 1954 musical
Peter Pan
Michael
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$1,000
[19]
In mythology Triton could calm or stir the waters by blowing this shell
a conch
Sahir
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$1,000
[18]
In the Bible, only John's gospel mentions this village in Galilee as the site of Jesus' wedding feast miracle
Cana
Michael
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$1,000
[8]
The sign seenheremight cross your mind if you're driving in this country
New Zealand
Michael
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$1,000
[13]
Per the text of the Sixth Amendment, the accused must know the charge & "be confronted with" these
witnesses against him
Michael
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| OPERA | SHOW BUSINESS GROUPS | FRUIT | VICE PRESIDENTIAL VICE | BONDS... OTHER BONDS | "AA" |
|
$400
[1]
Cleopatra (soprano) & Curio (bass) appear in Handel's opera about this man (contralto) in Egypt
Julius Caesar
|
$400
[26]
Founded in 1922, the international brotherhood of these people opposes revealing their trade secrets
magicians
|
$400
[21]
Bergamot & Seville are types of this fruit
oranges
Bev
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$400
[16]
Taking kickbacks from Baltimore contractors helped oust him from office in the 1970s
(Spiro) Agnew
Sahir
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$400
[6]
He's won 7 MVP awards, far more than anyone else in his sport
Barry Bonds
Sahir
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$400
[11]
Tums & Rolaids are competitors of this antacid introduced in 1949
Maalox
Michael
|
|
$800
[2]
He wrote the ragtime opera "A Guest of Honor"
(Scott) Joplin
Sahir
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$800
[27]
(Honorary Clue Crew member Dayna Devon from Extrareports from an awards show.) The Golden Globe Awards are given by the HFPA, a group whose reporters hail from places like Argentina, Egypt & Taiwan
the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Sahir
|
$800
[22]
In the U.S. the yellow Cavendish is the most popular type of this fruit
the banana
Michael
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$800
[17]
After failing to create his own country in the West, he asked Napoleon to help him conquer Florida
(Aaron) Burr
Bev
|
$800
[7]
Use running or Flemish bonds while laying these to make sure your house won't get blown down
bricks
Bev
|
$800
[15]
Last name of acting siblings Maggie & Jake
Gyllenhaal
Bev
|
|
$1,200
[3]
This Verdi opera was first performed on Dec. 24, 1871, in Cairo
Aida
Sahir
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$1,200
[28]
Harold Arlen & Doc Pomus are members of these people's Hall of Fame & Johnny Mercer was a co-founder
songwriters
|
$1,200
[23]
When the name of this fruit is preceded by "sugar", it refers to a kind of candy
the plum
|
$1,200
[18]
Schuyler Colfax, this ex-general's vice president, pleaded that bribe money given to him was for the sale of a piano
(Ulysses S.) Grant
Sahir
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$1,200
[8]
This 1915 Maugham work details the life & loves of Philip Carey
Of Human Bondage
Sahir
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$1,200
[14]
From the Arabic, it's a low bow, or a salutation meaning "peace"
salaam
Sahir
|
|
$1,600
[4]
In a Puccini opera, he marries then abandons Cio-Cio-San
Pinkerton
Sahir
|
DD
$1,500
[29]
Head of the Motion Picture Association of America, 1966-2004, he created the current movie rating system
(Jack) Valenti
Sahir
|
$1,600
[24]
Now is the time to name this tart berry, seen here
a currant
Sahir
Michael
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$1,600
[19]
This V.P. diverted attention from his slush fund by explaining his wife had a cloth coat & not a mink
(Richard) Nixon
Bev
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$1,600
[9]
In 1968, he became the first African-American man to be placed in nomination for the VP candidacy of a major party
Julian Bond
Bev
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$1,600
[13]
This former province of South Africa was bounded by Cape Province on the west
Transvaal
Sahir
|
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
In a Wagner opera, this title knight tells Elsa he'll marry her so long as she never asks his identity
Lohengrin
Sahir
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$2,000
[30]
Spanish for "we", this organization was founded by Ricardo Montalban to improve the image of Latinos on screen
Nosotros
Bev
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$2,000
[25]
A wekiwa sometimes called a lavender gem is a cross between a tangelo & a white one of these
a grapefruit
|
$2,000
[20]
Levi Morton was soiled by the Peruvian guano scandal before taking office in 1889 for this president
Benjamin Harrison
Bev
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$2,000
[10]
These covalent bonds are largely responsible for the attraction between water molecules
hydrogen bonds
|
$2,000
[12]
The figurine seenhereillustrates an article about this biblical man
Balaam
Michael
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These 2 writers of lavish prose, born in North Carolina & Virginia 30 years apart, have the same first & last name
Thomas Wolfe & Tom Wolfe