2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, game 20.
Chris Ward — a foreign service officer from Johannesburg, South Africa
Elaine Zollner — a physician from Glendale, California
Mark Dawson — a business manager from Chamblee, Georgia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | $1,750 | $5,550 | $16,350 |
$21,250
Winner: $21,250 + an advance to UToC Round 2 |
$16,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Elaine | $2,400 | $4,200 | $7,800 |
$11,800
3rd place: $5,000 |
$7,800
15 R, 2 W |
| Chris | $200 | $2,600 | $10,600 |
$15,700
2nd place: $5,000 |
$10,600
16 R, 4 W |
| THE ENGLISH CHANNEL | OSCAR, GRAMMY OR BOTH | ORGANIZATIONS | AUTHOR BIOS | CONSECUTIVE NUMBERS | TAKEN LITERALLY |
|
$200
[16]
Francois Pilatre de Rozier tried to cross the Channel in one of these in 1785, but was killed in the attempt
a (hydrogen) balloon
Elaine
|
$200
[6]
Frank Sinatra
both
Elaine
|
$200
[1]
The national assn. devoted to this board game has a website where you can learn the "Word of the Day"
Scrabble
Elaine
|
$200
[2]
Born in 1817, solo nature boy 1845-1847, became one with the earth in 1862
Thoreau
Chris
|
$200
[26]
The atomic numbers of hydrogen, helium & lithium
1, 2, & 3
Elaine
|
$200
[21]
German combo of "car" & "road"
Autobahn
Mark
|
|
$400
[17]
The Channel meets the North Sea at this strait
the Strait of Dover
Mark
|
$400
[7]
Mickey Rooney
Oscar
Elaine
|
DD
$250
[11]
In 1952, the lily became the official logo of this organization that helps people with special needs & disabilities
Easter Seals
Mark
|
$400
[3]
Born in 1775, showed "Sensibility" in 1811, never married, died in 1817
Jane Austen
Mark
|
$400
[27]
Oklahoma, New Mexico & Arizona entered the Union as these states
46, 47, & 48
Mark
|
$400
[22]
French: black beast; English: nemesis
a bête noire
Mark
|
|
$600
[18]
A song & a dance were named for this lady who swam the channel in 1926 & passed away at age 98 in 2003
Gertrude Ederle
Chris
|
$600
[13]
Bette Midler
Grammy
Mark
Elaine
|
$400
[4]
The Gov. Bradford Compact held its annual meeting in this Mass. town from 1946 to 2003; it now alternates with Kingston
Plymouth
Chris
|
$600
[8]
Born in a hotel in 1888, took a "Long Day's Journney into Night" in a hotel in 1953
Eugene O'Neill
Mark
|
$600
[28]
According to the "World Almanac", they were the last 3 years of the 19th century
1898, 1899, & 1900
Mark
|
$600
[23]
It's Spanish for "hand to hand"
mano a mano
Elaine
|
|
$800
[19]
La Manche, the French name for the channel, means this part of a shirt
the sleeve
Chris
|
$800
[14]
Julie Andrews
both
Mark
Elaine
|
$600
[5]
"For God and Country" is the motto of this "World's Largest Veterans Organization"
the American Legion
Chris
|
$800
[10]
Born in Prague in 1883, worked in insurance until 1922, died in '24, yet went on "Trial" in '25
(Franz) Kafka
Mark
|
$800
[29]
Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison & John Tyler were these number presidents
8, 9, & 10
Mark
|
$800
[24]
Evidently, it's Latin for "from the first face"
prima facie
Elaine
|
|
$1,000
[20]
The "Isle of" this has been inhabited since prehistoric times; it was once called Vectis
Wight
|
$1,000
[15]
Stevie Wonder
both
Chris
|
$800
[9]
Founded in 1912, it's the Women's Zionist Organization of America
Hadassah
Elaine
Chris
|
$1,000
[12]
Born in 1854, was well-read in Gaol for 2 years, Paris-ed away in 1900
Oscar Wilde
Elaine
|
$1,000
[30]
The amendments against unreasonable searches, against self-incrimination & for a speedy trial
4, 5, & 6
Mark
|
$1,000
[25]
"Inquistion" contestants know its Portugese for "act of the faith"
auto-da-fé
Chris
|
| THE CHANEL CHANNEL | CAMERA WORK | THE REIGN IN SPAIN | SUPER MARIO | STARGAZERS | BEATING AROUND THE "BUSH" |
|
$400
[8]
Tired of holding this, Coco Chanel attached a chain to it & made history
a purse
Chris
|
$400
[15]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports.) The body part that regulates light entering the eye & the similar part in a camera gave this old-time effect its name
the iris
Chris
|
$400
[23]
This royal thwarted a coup d'etat in 1981 & to us he'll always be King of Spain
Juan Carlos
Elaine
|
$400
[5]
Francis Coppola brought this author's most famous work to the big screen
(Mario) Puzo
Chris
|
$400
[21]
47 of the 48 constellations he listed in his "Almagest" around 150 B.C. are still recognized
Ptolemy
Mark
|
$400
[11]
Equal to 64 pints
a bushel
Chris
|
|
$800
[9]
In 1926, Coco introduced this classic wardrobe piece that Vogue called "the new uniform of the modern woman"
the little black dress
Mark
|
$800
[1]
Many auteurs started out on this cartridge-loading 8mm format that Kodak introduced in 1965
Super-8
Mark
|
$800
[24]
(Seinfeld's Jason Alexander gives the clue.) Due to a "Trivial Pursuit" misprint, I insisted to the Bubble Boy Spain was once ruled by the Moops & not these people
the Moors
Chris
|
$800
[6]
In 1969 he won his only Indy 500
(Mario) Andretti
Chris
|
$800
[22]
This "hearty" American astronomer known for his observatories invented the spectrohelioscope
Hale
Elaine
|
$800
[12]
South African author Laurens Van Der Post called them the "first people of my native land"
the Bushmen
Mark
|
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
He moved from Germany to Paris at age 14 & entered the House of Chanel as artistic director in 1983
Karl Lagerfeld
Mark
|
$1,200
[2]
The Internet Movie Database says a 6 1/2 minute one of actress Meena Kumari in "Daera" is the longest on film
a close-up
Chris
|
$1,200
[25]
This Caudillo kept Spain neutral during WWII
Francisco Franco
Mark
|
$1,200
[7]
George Pataki defeated him in 1994
Mario Cuomo
Elaine
|
$1,200
[26]
Traveling in Malawi, Africa on July 6, 1861, this Scottish explorer saw "a large comet in Ursa Major"
David Livingstone
|
$1,200
[16]
Growing up to 12 feet, it's a large venomous snake of Central America
the bushmaster
Mark
|
|
$1,200
[10]
Chanel made this chic hotel on the Place Vendome her permanent home, & if you're well-heeled you can stay in her suite
the Ritz (in Paris)
Elaine
|
$1,600
[3]
If a camera captures sound too, it's this word, like Sony's Handycam
a camcorder
|
$1,600
[29]
An 1872 Carlist revolt led to his abdication the following year; Falco might say, "Rock Me", this king!
Amadeus
Mark
|
$1,600
[19]
In 1985, he won the NHL Calder Memorial Trophy as the Rookie of the Year
Mario Lemieux
Elaine
|
$1,600
[27]
This observer of the heavens was the son of the governor of Helsingborg Castle
Tycho Brahe
Mark
|
$1,600
[17]
The chivalric code of the samurai
bushido
Chris
|
|
$1,600
[13]
The J12, Chanel's first sport one of these, can be worn by men or women
a watch
Elaine
Chris
|
$2,000
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports.) To be precise, a pan moves a camera horizontally, while this is four-letter word for a vertical move
a tilt
Chris
|
DD
$3,000
[30]
In 1700 Philip V founded this dynasty in Spain; it was France's ruling dynasty from 1589 to 1792
(the House of) Bourbon
Mark
|
$2,000
[20]
Called "The Voice of the Century", he played the title role in the 1951 film "The Great Caruso"
Mario Lanza
Chris
|
$2,000
[28]
In 1836, he noticed that light beads form around the edge of the moon during a solar eclipse
Baily
Mark
|
$2,000
[18]
A cylindrical metal sleeve used to prevent abrasion
a bushing
Chris
|
With Napoleon III's support, a physiological chemistry lab was created for him at the Ecole Normale Superieure
(Louis) Pasteur