2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 2.
Craig Westphal — a paramedic from Tucson, Arizona
Nick Swezey — a publisher from Washington, D.C.
Celeste DiNucci — a recent graduate student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celeste | $1,400 | $5,000 | $15,800 |
$21,800
2nd place: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home Game System if eliminated |
$15,800
21 R, 3 W |
| Nick | $0 | $1,800 | $6,600 |
$10,600
3rd place: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home Game System if eliminated |
$6,600
9 R, 2 W |
| Craig | $2,400 | $10,000 | $21,600 |
$26,600
Automatic semifinalist |
$11,600
21 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W |
| ANAGRAMMED CANADIAN PROVINCES | THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR | AT THE BUFFET | THE NEW YORK TIMESCOLUMNISTS | BABY GOT BACH | 4 "A"s 4 YOU |
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$200
[26]
LATE BAR
Alberta
Celeste
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$200
[1]
"Apollo 13","Splash"
Ron Howard
Nick
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$200
[11]
The buffet boasts this ham, the true prosciutto, from an Italian province that's also famous for a certain cheese
Parma
Celeste
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$200
[16]
An astronomical viewing facility, or Henry Fountain's column in Tuesday's Science Times
Observatory
Celeste
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$200
[6]
Bach was preoccupied with these instruments; the one at Weimar Court Chapel was remodeled per his instructions
an organ
Craig
|
$200
[17]
This Creole dish is made of rice cooked with ham, sausage, chicken or shellfish
jambalaya
Craig
|
|
$400
[27]
NO RATIO
Ontario
Craig
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$400
[2]
"Piranha II: The Spawning","The Terminator"
James Cameron
Craig
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$400
[12]
For dessert: this rich custard topped with caramelized sugar that's so brittle you can shatter it with a spoon
crème brûlée
Craig
|
$400
[18]
After the death of Red Smith, George Vecsey became a columnist on this subject
sports
Craig
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$400
[7]
While in Weimar, Bach composed 30 of these choral compositions that take their name from the Italian for "sing"
cantatas
Craig
|
$400
[21]
I like to move it, move it... France held this Indian Ocean island nation as a colony until 1960
Madagascar
Celeste
|
|
$600
[29]
SO VACATION
Nova Scotia
Celeste
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$600
[3]
"Eraserhead","Blue Velvet"
David Lynch
Craig
|
$600
[13]
Soup selections include mulligatawny & this hearty Mexican one made with both tripe & calf's feet
menudo
Craig
|
$600
[19]
CCNY grad Clyde Haberman writes the NYC column for this section that doesn't have "-politan" after it
Metro
Craig
|
$600
[8]
Pablo Casals started his day by playing one of Bach's suites for this unaccompanied instrument
the cello
Celeste
|
$600
[22]
It's also known as a Queensland nut
a macadamia
Celeste
|
|
$800
[30]
I'M A BATON
Manitoba
Celeste
|
$800
[4]
"The Stranger","The Magnificent Ambertsons"
Orson Welles
Celeste
|
$800
[14]
How about some fruit salad featuring this apple variety whose name means "a festive celebration"
Gala
Nick
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$800
[20]
"Our Towns" columnist Peter Applebome has come far since his career began at this state's Ypsilanti Press
Michigan
Celeste
|
$800
[9]
Bach grew up in Eisenach, the city where this reformer translated the New Testament at Wartburg Castle
Martin Luther
Celeste
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$800
[23]
It's the instrument heard here
a balalaika
Nick
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|
DD
$5,000
[28]
A HACKSAW NEST
Saskatchewan
Craig
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$1,000
[5]
"The Pianist","Frantic"
Roman Polanski
Craig
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$1,000
[15]
Traditionally, eggs Florentine is poached eggs on a bed of spinach topped with this sauce, a variation on Bechamel
Mornay
Celeste
Craig
|
$1,000
[25]
For those who blend materialism & counterculture, David Brooks coined "Bo Bo"--bourgeois these
bohemians
Nick
|
$1,000
[10]
First performed in Leipzig in 1729, one of Bach's most sacred works is this evangelist's "Passion"
St. Matthew
Nick
Craig
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$1,000
[24]
The Binghi is a central ritual in this religion founded in the late 1920s in Jamaica
Rastafarianism
Craig
|
| MACHU PICCHU | BROADWAY MUSICALS | SCIENTISTS | COLLECTIBLES | WOMEN AUTHORS | HISTORIC SUPREME COURT DECISIONS? |
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$400
[6]
(Alex reports from Machu Picchu in Peru.) The Temple of the Sun just below us was used for calendar purposes; that large ledgein the middle of the room aligns directly with sunlight at sunrise on June 21, the winter one of these in Peru
the solstice
Celeste
|
$400
[11]
Of Reba McEntire's performance in this show, Ben Brantley said she didn't "need a gun to bring" NYC "to its knees"
Annie Get Your Gun
Craig
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$400
[12]
Within an 18-month period, 1665 to 1667, he made discoveries about light, color & gravitation
Isaac Newton
Craig
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$400
[21]
If you can find Hull's Little Red Riding Hood one of these, you'd best keep your hands & Oreos out of it
a cookie jar
Nick
|
$400
[1]
In "The Janeites", a story by Rudyard Kipling, a group of soldiers have a deep admiration for this author
Jane Austen
Celeste
|
$400
[26]
The choice to take a small boat or else just walk across a shallow stream
row v. wade
Nick
Craig
|
|
$800
[7]
(Alex reports from Machu Picchu in Peru.)Hiram Binghamcame upon the ruins of Machu Picchu & then wrote about the marvels he had seen in the April 1913 edition of this magazine
National Geographic
Celeste
|
$800
[17]
One performer in "The Lion King" affectionately called her cheetah puppet this, in honor of a "Chicago" star
Cheetah Rivera
Nick
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$1,200
[14]
Einstein unsuccessfully attempted to refute this man's uncertainty principle
Heisenberg
Craig
|
$800
[22]
When you care enough to collect the very best, you might consider this co.'s annual keepsake ornaments
Hallmark
Craig
|
$800
[2]
There was a lot of buzz over Sue Monk Kidd's debut novel, "The Secret Life of" these
Bees
Celeste
|
$800
[27]
Moses' talking shrub rails against the results of bloody conflict
bush v. gore
Craig
|
|
$1,200
[8]
(Alex reports from Machu Picchu in Peru.) Here at the main temple, Inca masons, who were terrific craftsmen, were able to fit together with precision different sizes of this quarried stone without using any mortar
white granite
Craig
|
$1,200
[18]
In the 2005 revival of this musical, Patti Lupone not only played Mrs. Lovett, she also played the tuba
Sweeney Todd
Celeste
|
$1,600
[15]
In 1628 this Brit published his study "On the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals"
Harvey
Celeste
|
$1,200
[23]
In 1907, the Fenton Art Glass Company introduced this type of glass, named for a fair where pieces were given as prizes
carnival glass
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$1,200
[3]
More than 20 of her novels, including "Zoya" & "Jewels", have been adapted for TV or film
Danielle Steel
Celeste
Nick
|
$1,600
[29]
Hotel Bible disapprovingly tells the story of a nasty wagonmaker
Gideon v. wainwright
Craig
|
|
$1,600
[9]
(Alex reports from Machu Picchu in Peru.) Some people believe that lines of energy around the globe come together at special spiritual points called these, like in Sedona, Arizona &hereat Machu Picchu
vortices (or vortexes)
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$1,600
[19]
Donna McKechnie kicked up her heels as Cassie in this show in 1975; Charlotte d'Amboise recently played the part
A Chorus Line
Celeste
|
$2,000
[16]
This man who figured out the movement of particles in a liquid gave the cell nucleus its name
(Robert) Brown
Celeste
|
$1,600
[24]
If you can find one out there, Peanut the Elephant, one of these little guys, still sells for more than $1,000
a Beanie Baby
Celeste
|
$1,600
[4]
This author who battled Alzheimer's in her final years was the subject of the movie "Iris"
Iris Murdoch
Nick
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
Colorful recluse spider is found to cure lack of interest in the formal learning process
brown v. bored of education
Craig
|
|
$2,000
[10]
(Alex reports from Machu Picchu in Peru.) The words "Up here men's feet found rest at night near eagles' talons" are from the poem "The Heights of Machu Picchu" by this great Chilean poet
(Pablo) Neruda
Celeste
|
$2,000
[20]
A character known as "Man in Chair" plays the LP of a 1928 musical & voila! it comes to life in this "sleepy" hit
The Drowsy Chaperone
|
DD
$6,000
[13]
In 1869 this Russian chemist predicted the properties of 3 undiscovered elements based on his periodic law
(Dmitri) Mendeleev
Craig
|
$2,000
[25]
Soft colors & a high-gloss finish make theporcelainpieces from this Spanish company appealing to collectors
Lladró
Nick
|
$2,000
[5]
She won a Pulitzer for "The Shipping News" & also wrote the short story "Brokeback Mountain"
Annie Proulx
Celeste
|
$2,000
[30]
A "fearsome" kilt wearer dukes it out with a '70s sitcom junk dealer
dread Scot v. Sanford
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He is quoted as saying, "Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone"
Pyrrhus