2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 3.
Jeff Spoeri — a university administrator from Boynton Beach, Florida
Susan Mitchell — a chemical engineer from Houston, Texas
Paul Glaser — a research scientist from Albany, New York
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul | $2,400 | $5,000 | $24,800 |
$19,599
Automatic semifinalist |
$22,600
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Susan | $4,400 | $3,200 | $15,000 |
$12,200
2nd place: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home Game System if eliminated |
$12,200
16 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Jeff | $400 | $5,800 | $7,800 |
$12,000
3rd place: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home Game System if eliminated |
$7,800
14 R, 3 W |
| U.S. MOUNTAINS | SPORTS | BLOGS OFTHE NEW YORK TIMES | TRADITIONAL ANNIVERSARY GIFTS | OLD TESTAMENT NAMES | THE "L" YOU SAY |
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$200
[10]
On July 4, 1961 this Colorado peak was designated a national historic landmark
Pike's Peak
Paul
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[19]
On August 5, 1991 Sergei Bubka became the first to exceed 20 feet in this track & field event
the pole vault
Jeff
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$200
[24]
You old school gamers, check out "The Gambit", a blog about this ancient game
chess
Jeff
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[12]
For a 3rd anniversary, it's a gift made of this, be it a jacket, gloves or a briefcase
leather
Paul
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$200
[5]
Oddly, his name means "dove" & not "he of the big fish"
Jonah
Paul
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$200
[1]
Mersey me! World Book's article on this city on the Mersey makes no mention of the Fab Four
Liverpool
Paul
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$400
[14]
This Hawaiian peak is the world's largest in terms of volume, estimated to be more than 16,000 cubic miles
Mauna Loa
Paul
Susan
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[20]
In a 2007 college football shocker, this team ended USC's 35-game home winning streak
Stanford
Jeff
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[25]
A blog about baseball is named for these--pieces of equipment, not mammals
bats
Susan
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[13]
Lucky her--this is the traditional gift for both the 60th & 75th anniversaries
diamond
Jeff
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$400
[6]
Hebrew for "friend" or "companion", she was the companion & daughter-in-law of Naomi
Ruth
Susan
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$400
[2]
It's home to Gregor Erhart's statue of Mary Magdalene (I must remember to tell Dan Brown)
the Louvre
Paul
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$600
[15]
Early settlers in Oregon called the "3 Sisters" in this mountain range Faith, Hope & Charity
the Cascades
Susan
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$600
[21]
This Dallas Cowboys running back rushed for an NFL record 18,355 yards
Emmitt Smith
Jeff
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$600
[28]
If you want to be in the front row of fashion, you'll walk (but not take off) "on" this Times blog
The Runway
Paul
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$600
[18]
For year 30, maybe an oyster dinner, cufflinks for him & a necklace for her made of these
pearls
Jeff
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$800
[8]
Various sources list her name as meaning "temptress" & "seductive"
Delilah
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$600
[3]
It's a tasty slang term for a clarinet
a licorice stick
Paul
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$800
[16]
This state's tallest peak is 4,784-foot Brasstown Bald, not Stone Mountain
Georgia
Jeff
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$800
[22]
In a 2001 tournament, this Swedish golfer shot a 59, the lowest score ever achieved on the LPGA Tour
Sorenstam
Jeff
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$800
[29]
"Bits", a technology blog, discusses "blundits", a combination of "blogger" & this word
pundits
Susan
Jeff
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$800
[26]
For a 55th anniversary, how about a trip to Ireland, a "Wizard of Oz" DVD, & this gift
emeralds
Susan
Jeff
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$1,000
[9]
"Behold, a son", this firstborn son of Jacob
Reuben
Susan
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$800
[4]
Legend says that gods dropped rocks from the sky & formed the Garden of the Gods on this Hawaiian isle
Lanai
Susan
Jeff
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$1,000
[17]
This mountain near Los Angeles was named for Gen. George S. Patton's grandfather & is home to a famous observatory
Mt. Wilson
Paul
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$1,000
[23]
Home of the Travers Stakes, this N.Y. racetrack is North America's oldest continuously operating track
Saratoga
Paul
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$1,000
[30]
Like his book, rogue economist Steven Levitt explores the hidden side of everything in this blog
Freakonomics
Paul
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$1,000
[27]
For a 15th anniversary, you might give one of this Austrian company's crystal figurines, like the one seen here
Swarovski
Paul
Jeff
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DD
$1,200
[7]
Though his name is from Hebrew for "laughter", he probably didn't laugh much while he was on that altar
Isaac
Susan
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$1,000
[11]
From the Latin for "ghastly", this adjective describes those vivid, shocking details beloved by the tabloids
lurid
Paul
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| INSIDE THE ARTIST'S STUDIO | THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREEP | MIND MY WORDS | THE STORY SFORZA | TRAIN TIMETABLES | KNOWLEDGE OF FONTS |
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[17]
(James Lipton reads.) At 20, youwent to St. Petersburg's Imperial School of Fine Arts, in 1907; what's your favorite Russian curse word?
Chagall
Susan
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$400
[26]
Meryl & Lily Tomlin played country duo Yolanda & Rhonda Johnson in this 2006 Robert Altman film
A Prairie Home Companion
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[8]
Around 550 B.C.:"The boy cried, 'Wolf! Wolf!' and the villagers came out to help him"
Aesop
Susan
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$400
[16]
The family name was Attendolo until Muzio made it more "force"ful & set the dynasty up in this N. Italian city
Milan
Susan
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$400
[1]
Frankfurt 0615, this city's Spandau Station 0940 (if the trains run on time)
Berlin
Susan
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$400
[3]
From the Latin for "flowing" comes the name of these typefaces that resemble handwriting script
cursive
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$1,200
[19]
1947's"Watery Paths"was in your poured painting style; simply brilliant
Jackson Pollock
Paul
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$800
[27]
In 2004 Meryl Streep got paranoid as Aunt Josephine, who helped kids steer clear of Count Olaf, played by him
Jim Carrey
Paul
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[12]
1588:"I know I have the body of a weak & feeble woman, but I have the heart & stomach of a king!"
Elizabeth I
Paul
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$800
[22]
While working for Ludovico Sforza, he knocked out "The Last Supper" on the wall of a local church
da Vinci
Paul
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$800
[2]
This capital's Yaroslavski Station 2122, Irkutsk 0233 (of day 5)
Moscow
Paul
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$800
[4]
Sans serif fonts are known as grotesque or this other spooky "architectural" name
Gothic fonts
Paul
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$1,600
[20]
(James Lipton reads.) And then, from 1508 to 1511, you created the fresco walls in the Stanza della Segnatura, including "Disputa"; remarkable
Raphael
Susan
Jeff
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$1,200
[28]
Meryl voiced Aunt Esme on this Texas-based animated show in an episode titled "A Beer Can Named Desire"
King of the Hill
Jeff
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$1,600
[14]
44 B.C.:"All Gaul is divided into 3 parts"
(Julius) Caesar
Susan
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$1,200
[23]
Francisco assumed this title in 1450 when he married into the Visconti family
Duke (of Milan)
Jeff
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$1,200
[9]
BOS (Boston) 0915, NYP (this station) 1245
Penn Station
Paul
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$1,200
[5]
It's a Latin adjective meaning "Swiss"
Helvetica
Paul
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$2,000
[21]
(James Lipton reads.) Missouri-born, your 1931 mural "America Today" graced the New School for Social Research's walls for decades
(Thomas Hart) Benton
Susan
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$1,600
[29]
Shirley MacLaine welcomes Meryl to rehab in this comedy written by Carrie Fisher
Postcards from the Edge
Paul
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$2,000
[15]
1875:"From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs"
(Karl) Marx
Jeff
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$1,600
[24]
Appointed Ambassador to France in 1922, Carlo Sforza resigned over this new Italian premier's policies
Mussolini
Paul
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$1,600
[10]
Edinburgh, Scotland 1505; Swansea, this country 2331
Wales
Paul
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$1,600
[6]
Lavish or exuberant parties, or this crazy font
Wingdings
Jeff
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DD
$3,000
[18]
(James Lipton reads.) Deafened by illness in 1792, you would paint 2 masterpieces regarding May 1808; Madrid trembled at your genius
(Francisco) Goya
Susan
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$2,000
[30]
Shirley MacLaine welcomes Meryl & Albert Brooks to the Past Lives Pavilion in this comedy
Defending Your Life
Paul
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DD
$3,400
[13]
400 B.C.:"I will use treatment to help the sick according to my ability and my judgment"
Hippocrates
Paul
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$2,000
[25]
In 1535 the Sforza ruling line ended & the area passed to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V of this Austrian family
the Hapsburgs
Susan
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$2,000
[11]
In this country, the Chandigarh choo-choo gets into Panipat Junction at 0400
India
Paul
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$2,000
[7]
This font is named for an 18th century Italian typeface designer
Bodoni
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This short story, written around 1820, contains the line "If I can but reach that bridge... I am safe"
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"