2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, game 14.
Michelle Clum — an executive assistant originally from Wichita, Kansas
Jerome Vered — a writer from Los Angeles, California
Jim Scott — an attorney from Arlington, Virginia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim | $1,800 | $4,000 | $7,200 |
$14,400
3rd place: $5,000 |
$8,200
10 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jerome | $3,200 | $6,200 | $21,500 |
$27,601
Winner: $27,601 + an advance to UToC Round 2 |
$22,600
25 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Michelle | $2,000 | $6,200 | $13,800 |
$21,501
2nd place: $5,000 |
$13,800
19 R, 1 W |
| THE JIMMY CARTER EXPERIENCE | HEY, TIGER! | COUNTRIES IN FRENCH | BRAND NAMES | MAURICE, BARRY OR ROBIN | THE "B.G."s |
|
$200
[11]
Jimmy Carter married this "Foxey Lady" on July 7, 1946 at the Plains Methodist Church
Rosalynn Carter
Michelle
|
$200
[26]
Name shared by a talking flower in "Through the Looking Glass" & an Indian princess in "Peter Pan"
Tiger Lily
Jerome
|
$200
[1]
Les Emirats Arabes Unis
the United Arab Emirates
Michelle
|
$200
[6]
A watch brand introduced in the 1950s with TV torture tests
Timex
Jerome
|
$200
[21]
Manilow & Diller
Barry
Michelle
|
$200
[12]
Their fairy tales include "The 12 Idle Servants", "The 3 Apprentices" & "The Sparrow and His Four Children"
the Brothers Grimm
Michelle
|
|
$400
[15]
No "Purple Haze" here; in 1980 President Carter signed legislation to protect over 100 million acres in this state
Alaska
Jerome
|
$400
[27]
In 1973 he won his second Oscar, for his role in "Save the Tiger"
Jack Lemmon
Michelle
|
$400
[2]
Le Liban
Lebanon
Jerome
|
$400
[7]
This brand of S.C. Johnson storage bags is indispensable to archaeologists in preserving small objects
Ziploc bags
Jim
|
$400
[22]
Yount & Ventura
Robin
Jim
|
$400
[13]
A U.S. Army "one star"
a Brigadier General
Jerome
|
|
$600
[18]
Cool under "Fire" during a 7-year Navy career, Carter served on the Seawolf, this type of vessel
a (nuclear) submarine
Michelle
|
$600
[28]
This mogul, whose name means "tiger", not "cartoon elephant", established India's Mogul dynasty
Babar
Jerome
|
$600
[3]
La Coree du Nord
North Korea
Michelle
|
$800
[9]
This brand of vodka, only around since 1992, comes in a blue bottle
Skyy
Jim
|
$600
[23]
Bejart & Sendak
Maurice
Jerome
|
$600
[14]
As teens, he & Paul Allen ran Traf-O-Data, a company that used a computer to analyze traffic patterns
Bill Gates
Jim
|
|
$800
[19]
"Hey Joe" Califano, Jr., you were a Carter cabinet member as head of HEW, short for this
Health, Education and Welfare
Jim
|
$800
[29]
In this comedy "Le Tigre" is one of model Ben Stiller's arsenal of devastating looks
Zoolander
Jerome
|
$800
[4]
Le Royaume-Uni
the United Kingdom
Jerome
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
In the 1980s Royal Appliance Manufacturing colored its hand-held vacuum cleaner red & called it this
the Dirt Devil
Jim
|
$800
[24]
Cook & Quivers
Robin
Jerome
|
$800
[16]
The Statue of Victory atop this Berlin landmark was stolen by Napoleon, who wanted it for the Arc de Triomphe
the Brandenburg Gate
Michelle
|
|
$1,000
[20]
Based in this city, the Carter Center is "All Along the Watchtower" against disease & famine
Atlanta
Michelle
|
$1,000
[30]
The beastly villain in this classic collection is the tiger Shere Khan
Jungle Book
Michelle
|
$1,000
[5]
Les Pays-Bas
The Netherlands
Jerome
|
$1,000
[10]
The name of this brand, introduced in 1959, implies that its elastic waistband holds the pants up without help
Sansabelt
Jim
|
$1,000
[25]
Maeterlinck & Ravel
Maurice
Jim
|
$1,000
[17]
Site of Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green
Michelle
|
| BODY WORLDS | OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES | WHAT A CHARACTER! | FEBRUARY IN HISTORY | DECADE OF DISCOVERY | "IN"s & "OUT"s |
|
$400
[26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew points to a set of tiny bones in the Body Worlds exhibit at the California Scien Center.) The smallest bones of the body, the hammer, stirrup & anvil, are found in this part of the ear
the middle ear
Jerome
|
$400
[11]
"I don't think they chose me because... it was time for a black Miss America. They... thought I could do the job"
(Vanessa) Williams
Jim
|
$400
[6]
The fictional Lord Greystoke is more popularly known by this name
Tarzan
Jerome
|
$400
[5]
In February 1815 he was able to escape his 10-month exile on a small island
Napoleon Bonaparte
Jerome
|
$400
[16]
Frank Sinatra by Harry James
the 1930s
Jerome
|
$400
[21]
It's the wild Australian interior, mate
the Outback
Michelle
|
|
$800
[27]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a plastinated body organ.) Weighing in at almost 4 pounds, this largest gland metabolizes fat, protein & carbs & is the body's treatment plant
the liver
Jim
|
$800
[13]
"I was so happy to win my second Australian Open doubles title with Martina"
Anna Kournikova
|
$800
[7]
The main character in this 1895 novel is known simply as the time traveler
The Time Machine
Jerome
|
$800
[4]
"Gantry", a musical based on a novel by this man, opened February 14, 1970 & closed February 14, 1970
Sinclair Lewis
Michelle
|
$800
[17]
Quasars by astronomer & Faye Dunaway by Hollywood
the 1960s
Michelle
|
$800
[25]
Traditionally it's January 20; before 1934, it was March 4
Inaugural Day
Michelle
|
|
$1,200
[28]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew points out differences between two plastinated human hearts.) That's a normal heart. In this diseased heart the scar of connective tissue is evidence of this, a blockage of the arteries that supply the heart with oxygen
a heart attack (myocardial infarction)
Michelle
|
$1,200
[14]
"This moment is so much bigger than me. This moment is for Dorothy Dandridge, Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll"
Halle Berry
Jerome
|
$1,200
[8]
At the end of the Bizet opera, Carmen hurls a ring at this man, who promptly stabs her
Don Jose
Jerome
|
$1,200
[3]
The U.S. ICBM with this "timely" nickname had its first successful launch February 1, 1961
the Minuteman
Michelle
|
$1,200
[18]
Hispaniola by Europeans
the 1490s
Jerome
|
$1,200
[22]
This 1985 film about Isak Dinesen was based on her own memoirs
Out of Africa
Michelle
|
|
$1,600
[29]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew identifies one section of a plastinated human brain.) This part of the brain, whose name means "little brain", coordinates muscular movement
the cerebellum
Michelle
|
$1,600
[12]
"My teeth had a big gap, and that... hadn't been made acceptable. I had to give it credentials"
Lauren Hutton
Jerome
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
The last words of this classic 1851 novel character are "Thus, I give up the spear"
Captain Ahab
Jerome
|
$1,600
[1]
The sixth king of this name died on February 6, 1952 at Sandringham
George VI
Jerome
|
$2,000
[20]
Americium (atomic number 95)
the 1940s
|
$1,600
[23]
It's the cut made during an operation
an incision
Jerome
|
|
$2,000
[30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands by a plastinated human skeleton.) In 1543 this pioneering Flemish anatomist pointed out that bones support the body & protect organs from injury
Vesalius
Michelle
|
$2,000
[15]
"I have remained consistently and nauseatingly adorable. In fact, I have been known to cause diabetes"
Meg Ryan
|
$2,000
[10]
Sarastro is a Priest of Isis in this Mozart opera
Magic Flute
Jerome
|
$2,000
[2]
In February 2005 he was confirmed as the USA's first Hispanic attorney general
(Alberto) Gonzales
Jim
|
DD
$2,500
[19]
DNA's double helix
the 1950s
Jerome
|
$2,000
[24]
From the Italian for "to cut in", it's the process by which a design is engraved on a gem, stone or plate
intaglio
Jerome
|
Built in memory of a victim of this tragedy, Harvard's Widener Library was opened in 1915
the sinking of the Titanic