2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.
Andrew Rostan — a writer and script reader originally from Boardman, Ohio
Doug Hicton — a composer originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Cliff Galiher — a student from Half Moon Bay, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff | $1,800 | $4,600 | $14,200 |
$11,400
2nd place: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home Game System if eliminated |
$14,200
16 R, 0 W |
| Doug | $-600 | $600 | $8,200 |
$16,400
Automatic semifinalist |
$8,400
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Andrew | $1,800 | $4,800 | $16,400 |
$3,400
3rd place: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home Game System if eliminated |
$15,600
23 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| STATES BY COUNTIES | FASHION FUN | POLIDICKS | THE NEW YORK TIMESBUSINESS | THE BELOVED BRACHIOSAURUS | FLOWERS |
|
$200
[14]
Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Taos
New Mexico
Andrew
|
$200
[23]
You'll have a "full house" if you fill your closet with knits from the Row, the new fashion line from this pair
the Olsen Twins
Andrew
|
$200
[1]
From 1975 to 1977 he was President Ford's Chief of Staff
Dick Cheney
Doug
|
$200
[8]
The Times reported on Mattel's 2007 apology to this country for harming its reputation with recalls
China
Andrew
|
$200
[26]
Of carnivore, herbivore or omnivore, the word that describes the 80' long, 40' tall Brachiosaurus
herbivore
Cliff
|
$200
[9]
The Tazetta type of this flower inspired the Greek myth about a boy who wasted away from unsatisfied desire
Narcissus
Cliff
|
|
$400
[15]
Brevard, Manatee, Citrus
Florida
Andrew
|
$400
[24]
Your poodle will look pretty in a pink hoodie that says "Juicy Girl" from this fashion line
Juicy Couture
|
$400
[5]
In 1989 this Missouri Democrat became House Majority Leader
Dick Gephardt
Andrew
|
$400
[13]
The Times noted the first of these shops to open in Moscow, in 2007; a venti mocha went for 230 rubles, or $8.96
Starbucks Coffee
Andrew
|
$400
[27]
Referring to its long forelimbs, the name Brachiosaurus comes from the Greek for this "lizard"
arm
Doug
|
$400
[10]
It sounds redundant, but New Hampshire's state flower is the purple this
lilac
Doug
Andrew
|
|
$600
[16]
Coffey, Bourbon, Archinson
Kansas
Doug
Andrew
|
$600
[4]
Attention, Mr. Big: this actress has been bitten by the fashion bug, so she has her own clothing line, called Bitten
Sarah Jessica Parker
Andrew
|
$600
[6]
In 2007 this Indiana senator surprised his fellow Republicans with a floor speech for a course change in Iraq
Dick Lugar
Cliff
|
$600
[20]
The Times said in 2007 that August's ugly job market turn could be signaling one of these, the first since 2001
a recession
Andrew
|
$600
[28]
The Brachiosaurus did its dino thing on Earth during the latter stages of this period from 200 to 150 million years ago
Jurassic
Doug
|
$600
[2]
Seen here, these flowers were named for a German botanist
zinnias
Doug
|
|
$800
[17]
Queen Anne's, Saint Mary's, Anne Arundel
Maryland
Doug
|
$800
[19]
I need a messenger-god to pick up some scarves at this store at 24, Faubourg Saint-Honore
Hermes
Andrew
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
In 1995 this "military" man became House Majority Leader
Dick Armey
Doug
|
$800
[21]
Times Business viewed skeptically Rep. John Dingell's proposed anti-global warming tax on this element
carbon
Cliff
|
$800
[29]
Brachiosaurus fossils have been found in Portugal, Colorado & near Dar Es Salaam in this African country
Tanzania
Cliff
|
$800
[11]
The common wildflower Chrysan themum leucan themum is better known as the ox-eye type of this flower
a daisy
|
|
$1,000
[18]
Columbia, Ferry, San Juan
Washington
|
$1,000
[25]
Alexander McQueen named a chic handbag for this blonde who gave me "vertigo" when I saw her in "Picnic"
(Kim) Novak
Cliff
|
$1,000
[7]
In 2007 this Illinois Democrat became the Senate Majority Whip
Dick Durbin
Cliff
|
$1,000
[22]
In Oct. 2007 Times Business reported this British band would let fans name their price to download the new album
Radiohead
Andrew
|
$1,000
[30]
Courtesy of the Field Museum of Natural History, a Brachiosaurus skeleton is mounted in this Midwest airport
O'Hare
Andrew
|
$1,000
[12]
These tropical flowers seenhereare commonly called frangipani when perfume is derived from them
plumeria
|
| AUTOBIOGRAPHERS | WE'RE NUMBER 2! | PHONETICS | .ORG | -ISMS | FLOW-ERS |
|
$400
[6]
A German master:"From My Life:Poetry and Truth"(1813)
Goethe
Doug
|
$400
[1]
From the '60s to the mid-'80s, he had 19 second-place finishes in major tournaments (he won 18)
(Jack) Nicklaus
Cliff
|
$400
[21]
A velar consonant, like the first sound in "good" or "king", applies the tongue to the soft this
the palate
Cliff
|
$400
[11]
This U.S. political party at gp.org had 46 of 179 candidates win office in 2005
the Green Party
Andrew
|
$400
[22]
Jean-Paul Sartre was "the father of" this movement
existentialism
Andrew
|
$400
[30]
The volume of the Mississippi is doubled when this "stately" river flows into it at Cairo, Illinois
the Ohio
Andrew
|
|
$800
[7]
A 4th century A.D. Catholic Patriarch:"Confessions"
St. Augustine
Cliff
|
$800
[2]
This AFC team was No. 2 in the Super Bowl from 1991 to 1994
the Buffalo Bills
Cliff
|
$800
[20]
This language differentiates front-rounded from back-rounded vowels, as in vu, "seen" & vous, "you"
French
Andrew
|
$800
[12]
This organization's webpage givelife.org helps you find a blood drive near your ZIP code
the American Red Cross
Andrew
|
$800
[23]
Peekaboo, if he's watching you through your window, draw your curtains; he's practicing this
voyeurism
Cliff
|
$800
[29]
This almost 1,300-mile-long river forms part of the border between Venezuela & Colombia
the Orinoco
Andrew
|
|
$1,200
[8]
A psychologist:1962's "Memories, Dreams, Reflections"
Carl Jung
Andrew
|
$1,200
[3]
Taylor Hicks won on "American Idol" but this No. 2 had 3 songs, including "My Destiny", on the Hot 100 charts
Katharine McPhee
Cliff
|
$1,200
[19]
It's a combination of vowels articulated without pause, as in "mouse"
a diphthong
Doug
|
$1,200
[13]
This council at bbb.org believes most marketplace problems can be solved with self-regulation & education
the Better Business Bureau
Andrew
|
$1,200
[24]
This Jewish movement that began in the late 1800s led to the establishment of Israel in 1948
Zionism
Andrew
|
$1,600
[28]
This river's 350-foot drop at the Zambia-Zimbabwe border creates Victoria Falls
the Zambezi
|
|
$1,600
[9]
An American Trappist monk & religious writer:"The Seven Storey Mountain"
Thomas Merton
Andrew
|
$1,600
[4]
He was the second person into space, but we think of him as our number one
Alan Shepard
Andrew
|
$1,600
[17]
Of the letters in the word "agency", the one that represents the most common English sound
E
Cliff
Andrew
|
$2,000
[15]
This association at mdausa.org is supporting gene therapy trials to help find a cure
the Muscular Dystrophy Association
Doug
|
$1,600
[25]
In this 15-letter form of government, the state exercises absolute control over all aspects of life
totalitarianism
Cliff
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
It's the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula
the Tagus River
Doug
|
|
$2,000
[10]
A 19th century essayist:"Confessions of an English Opium-Eater"
Thomas DeQuincy
Andrew
|
$2,000
[5]
This horse finished in second place to Seabiscuit at Pimlico in 1938
War Admiral
Doug
|
$2,000
[18]
A letter like P or D, where some part of the mouth is blocked off to make the sound, is called this simple word of cessation
a stop
Doug
|
DD
$2,400
[14]
Known mainly by its initials, this conservation group uses panda.org as its home address
the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Andrew
|
$2,000
[26]
...& you shall find that the mystic & guru Nanak founded this religion in the 1500s
Sikhism
Cliff
|
$2,000
[27]
North Dakota's highest point is White Butte; its lowest is on this river of another color
the Red River
Doug
|
He designed S.C.'s State Capitol, burned during the Civil War; his most famous building had burned during the War of 1812
James Hoban