2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, game 12.
Carolyn Cracraft — a grad student at the University of California-Berkeley from Berkeley, California
Tom Nosek — an aerospace engineer from Torrance, California
John Beck — a creative director from Torrance, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | $1,000 | $5,800 | $19,000 |
$19,000
Winner: $19,000 + an advance to UToC Round 2 |
$18,200
22 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Tom | $1,800 | $3,200 | $9,100 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$11,600
14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Carolyn | $2,400 | $2,800 | $9,200 |
$0
2nd place: $5,000 |
$9,200
14 R, 4 W |
| SPINGARN MEDAL WINNERS | WOODY ALLEN'S MANHATTAN | ISLAND HOPPING | THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851 | DRINKS | SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER |
|
$200
[22]
2000:A TV host & media personality
Oprah Winfrey
John
|
$200
[24]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew strolls through Washington Square Park in New York.) Alvy Singer & the title shiksa stroll past Washington Square in this Oscar-winning picture
Annie Hall
John
|
$200
[4]
Of the world's 10 largest islands, 3 belong all or in part to Indonesia: New Guinea, Sumatra, & this one
Borneo
John
Carolyn
|
$200
[30]
This prince was president of the exhibition commission
Prince Albert
Tom
|
$200
[13]
Traditionally, the Turkish type of this is made in a long-handled brass pot called a jezve or ibrik
coffee
Tom
|
$200
[29]
4-syllable word for someone who can't get enough of Hershey's, Nestle or Cadbury
chocoholic
John
|
|
$400
[21]
1956:A baseball player
Jackie Robinson
Tom
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$400
[23]
The Carnegie Deli is the location where several comics remember this dismal failure of a manager in a 1984 movie
Broadway Danny Rose
John
|
$400
[5]
This Caribbean nation was named because it reminded Spanish sailors of a province back home in Spain
Grenada
Carolyn
|
$400
[28]
There were many peepers at this American's reapers
McCormick
John
|
$400
[14]
Its distillery is in Lynchburg, Tennessee, population 361
Jack Daniels
Carolyn
|
$400
[9]
This sauce made from a root is a traditional accompaniment to prime rib
horseradish
John
|
|
$600
[20]
1991:A U.S. Army general & government official
Colin Powell
John
|
$600
[10]
In this film, the bitter artist played by Max von Sydow naturally lives in the artsy area of So Ho
Hannah and Her Sisters
|
$600
[6]
The largest area of flatland on this mountainous island is the Kanto Plain where Tokyo lies
Honshu
John
Carolyn
|
$800
[26]
The India exhibit had a stuffed one of these with a howdah on it
an elephant
John
|
$600
[15]
In a diner, a hot spot isn't a popular nightclub; it's a spot of this hot drink
tea
Tom
|
$600
[1]
A pill, or a pad of paper
a tablet
John
|
|
$800
[19]
1989:A minister, politician & civil rights leader
Jesse Jackson
|
$800
[11]
Early in "Manhattan", Woody, Mariel & friends dine at this eatery run by & named for Ms. Kaufman
Elaine's
John
|
$800
[7]
This 640-square-mile coral island is part of Tanzania
Zanzibar
Tom
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
The exhibits ranged alphabetically from absynthium to these musical instruments
zithers
John
|
$800
[16]
The song "Drops Of Jupiter" by Train mentions "The best" one of these espresso drinks "you ever had"
a soy latte
|
$800
[2]
It's the home of Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff
|
|
$1,000
[18]
1945:An actor, singer, activist & football All-American
Paul Robeson
John
|
$1,000
[12]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in Times Square, New York.) A group of celebrities gaze out on Times Square at the end of this Valentine to '40s broadcasting
Radio Days
Carolyn
|
$1,000
[8]
The highest point in this Persian Gulf island nation is 443-foot-high Jabal ad Dukhan
Bahrain
Carolyn
|
$1,000
[27]
Chance Brothers supplied the glass for this centerpiece building of the exhibition
the Crystal Palace
Carolyn
|
$1,000
[17]
Kumis, first made from mare's milk, is cousin to this yogurt-like liquid originally made from camel's milk
kefir
Carolyn
|
$1,000
[3]
This coin is the Russian equivalent of a penny
a kopek
Tom
|
| DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES | WITHOUT A TRACE | CSI | ACCORDING TO JIM | "COLD" CASE | HIT TV |
|
$400
[27]
Housewives desperate for lipstick still call upon the door-to-door cosmetics company named this in 1939
Avon
John
|
$400
[19]
The Dept. of the Navy says over 70 ships & aircraft have vanished in this infamous Atlantic Ocean region
the Bermuda Triangle
Carolyn
|
$400
[1]
In a process referred to as dactyloscopy, a CSI team uses brushes to apply powder in search of these
fingerprints
Carolyn
|
$400
[5]
He wrote the line, "Why Deerslayer... a man meets with inimies easier than he meets with fri'nds"
(James Fenimore) Cooper
Tom
|
$400
[11]
Post-WWII conflict between the U.S. & Russia
the Cold War
Carolyn
|
$400
[25]
Now TV's highest-rated daytime soap opera, it was originally to be titled "The Innocent Years"
The Young and the Restless
John
|
|
$800
[28]
These appliances introduced by Raytheon in 1947 aid the work of desperate housewives in the kitchen
a microwave
Tom
|
$800
[21]
Rumors of his body being buried near a Giants Stadium end zone led to a Playboy magazine headline, he "Goes Deep"
(Jimmy) Hoffa
Tom
|
$800
[2]
A microspectrophotometer is used by a CSI team in analyzing these, a word from the Latin for "filament"
fibers
John
|
$800
[6]
"Bartlett's" credits him with "It's the economy, stupid"
James Carville
Tom
Carolyn
|
$800
[12]
A selection of sliced meat for sandwiches
cold cuts
John
|
$800
[20]
4 of the top 10 shows since 1961 are telecasts of this sporting event in different years
the Super Bowl
Tom
|
|
DD
$1,600
[26]
This organization was founded by 214-pound housewife Jean Nidetch in the early 1960s
Weight Watchers
John
|
$1,200
[22]
During WWII this "In The Mood" bandleader's plane went down over the English Channel without a trace
Glenn Miller
Tom
|
$1,200
[3]
The TV show "Forensic Files" from this cable network examines crimes from an investigative point of view
Court TV
Carolyn
|
$1,200
[7]
In "The Federalist" he wrote, "A bad cause seldom fails to betray itself"
James Madison
John
|
$1,200
[13]
Adjective used to describe ruthless killers & ectothermic animals
cold-blooded
Carolyn
|
$1,200
[16]
His namesake TV show was No. 1 in the ratings for 4 years in a row from 1985 to 1989
Bill Cosby
Carolyn
|
|
$1,600
[29]
The online home for this magazine designed to help housewives solve their problems is lhj.com
Ladies' Home Journal
John
|
$1,600
[23]
Roderick, the last Visigoth king, mysteriously disappeared in 711 & became a subject for this "Waverley" author
Scott
John
|
$1,600
[4]
By ID'ing ejector marks & rifling, I.B.I.S. imaging is part of this science of the propulsion of projectiles
ballistics
Tom
|
$1,600
[8]
One day in 1765 "The idea came into my mind, that as steam was an elastic body it would rush into a vacuum..."
(James) Watt
Tom
|
$1,600
[14]
A fever blister
a cold sore
John
|
$1,600
[17]
A November 1980 episode of this drama scored a 53.3, the second highest modern rating
Dallas
John
Carolyn
|
|
$2,000
[30]
Herpopular newspaper columns & books celebrated the trials & tribulations of housewives
Erma Bombeck
Carolyn
|
$2,000
[24]
On Aug. 28, 1995 a note on this famous atheist's door said she'd be right back; she was found buried 6 years later
(Madalyn Murray) O'Hair
John
|
$2,000
[10]
CSI investigators spray this chemiluminescent compound to reveal traces of blood even on cleaned surfaces
Luminol
Carolyn
|
DD
$2,500
[9]
A humorist: "Every person carries... the... scar, or the fresh wound, of some harrowing misadventure with a contraption"
James Thurber
Tom
|
$2,000
[15]
Abrupt withdrawal from addictive drugs
cold turkey
John
|
$2,000
[18]
The eighth & final installment of this miniseries notched a 51.1, third place on the modern list
Roots
Tom
|
It was the only state in the 1790 census to claim a slave population of zero
Massachusetts