2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, game 43.
Phil Yellman — a legal assistant from Seattle, Washington
Trevor Norris — a budget analyst from Washington, D.C.
Josh DenHartog — an actuarial technician from Thousand Oaks, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh | $2,800 | $6,000 | $12,800 |
$25,600
2nd place: $5,000 |
$12,800
20 R, 2 W |
| Trevor | $3,800 | $5,000 | $7,800 |
$15,600
3rd place: $5,000 |
$7,200
11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Phil | $600 | $3,600 | $20,600 |
$25,601
Winner: $25,601 + an advance to UToC Round 2 |
$22,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| JON STEWART'SAMERICA | JOBS IN THE ARTS | NOBEL, PULITZER OR BOTH | I'LL TAKE MANHATTAN | "TOM" | LET'S ROCK! |
|
$200
[19]
In the "Unelectable Founders" section, an "achievement" of his is "all-time record holder, most places slept"
Washington
Josh
|
$200
[23]
At the theatre it's the sole job of--Line!--following the script & reminding actors what to say next
prompter
Josh
|
$200
[17]
Ernest Hemingway
both
Phil
|
$200
[11]
Stroll down this avenue if you want to shop at Bergdorf's or Saks
Fifth Avenue
Trevor
|
$200
[6]
Ths science of dealing with the structure of animals
anatomy
Josh
|
$200
[1]
The Rolling Stones were inducted into it in 1989; meanwhile, The Comateens remain unjustly excluded
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Josh
|
|
$400
[13]
If this woman "was alive and sewing American flags today, she'd be a 13-year-old Laotian boy"
Betsy Ross
Trevor
|
$400
[24]
Elmer Booze has gained (moderate) fame doing this for piano virtuosos as they perform
turn pages
Josh
|
$400
[18]
Norman Mailer
Pulitzer
Josh
|
$400
[12]
The Empire State Building took the title of tallest building in the world away from this Manhattan skyscraper
the Chrysler Building
Josh
|
$400
[7]
From the Greek for "theft", it's a person with an irresistible need to steal
a kleptomaniac
Trevor
|
$400
[2]
In this movie Jack Black plays Dewey Finn, who tries to turn a prep class into a band
School of Rock
Josh
Phil
|
|
$600
[20]
He "wrote immortal maxims like '$2,145.34 saved is $2,145.34 earned.' (Figures adjusted for inflation)"
Franklin
Josh
|
$600
[25]
In 1999 & 2000 some of these employees at the Natl. Gallery sat for David Hockney; sitting might have felt odd to them
security guards
Trevor
|
$600
[28]
Robert Frost
Pulitzer
Phil
|
$600
[14]
(Hi, I'm Christie Whitman.) My grandfather's company built this "city in a city", Midtown Manhattan's famous art deco complex
Rockefeller Center
Trevor
Phil
|
$800
[9]
Southeast of Tucson, Arizona, this city bills itself as "the town too tough to die"
Tombstone
Trevor
|
$600
[3]
In 1990 the Red Hot Chili Peppers were part of the first campaign by this org. to interest youth in politics
Rock the Vote
Josh
|
|
$800
[21]
A listed "cause" of this country's 1978 revolution was "too much 'Shah', not enough 'Na Na'"
Iran
Phil
|
$800
[26]
William Hamilton is the consulting one of these muscle & joint doctors to American Ballet Theatre
orthopedist
Phil
|
$800
[29]
Saul Bellow
both
Josh
|
$800
[15]
Take in a show at the Public Theater or Shakespeare in the Park, both founded by this producer/director
(Joseph) Papp
Phil
|
$1,000
[10]
The functions of this federal agency were transferred to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
the Atomic Energy Commission
Phil
|
$800
[4]
This 2001 movie was inspired by a singer in a Judas Priest cover band who ended up joining that band
Rock Star
Trevor
|
|
$1,000
[22]
1885 "last words" from this president: "Bury me next to my wife. But nothing too fancy"
Grant
Josh
|
$1,000
[27]
13-letter word for the "super" job of nonspeaking actor onstage in an opera
supernumerary
Phil
|
$1,000
[30]
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Nobel
Phil
|
$1,000
[16]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Times Square in New York.) In the Roaring '20s, Times Square nightclubs included the El Fey, hosted by this gal from Waco
Texas Guinan
|
DD
$1,200
[8]
The witty line "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than" this has been attributed to Tom Waits
a frontal lobotomy
Trevor
|
$1,000
[5]
Cannons fire during AC/DC's song "For" these people "We Salute You"
"Those About To Rock"
Josh
|
| WORLD HISTORY | VERBS | "M"-A-NATIONS | FELIX, NOTHING MORE THAN FELIX | FASHION, HEAD TO FOOT | THANK YOU, I PREFER NOT TO ROCK |
|
$400
[5]
The "Anschluss" was the forced union of Austria with this country in 1938
Germany
Trevor
Phil
|
$400
[6]
A verb meaning "to forbid", or a leading anti-perspirant
ban
|
$400
[13]
This country calls an 1846 to 1848 military conflict "The War of American Aggression"
Mexico
Josh
|
$400
[15]
Felix E. Dzerzhinsky oversaw the system of forced labor camps now known by this Russian name
gulag
Josh
|
$400
[25]
It can be an Empire-period dress, a more shapeless flapper dress, or just the French word for shirt
chemise
Trevor
|
$400
[9]
Benedetto is the original last name of this man who's been crooning great music for decades
(Tony) Bennett
Josh
|
|
$800
[4]
The Contras were a U.S.-backed force battling the government of this country
Nicaragua
Phil
|
$1,200
[8]
You can do it to a ball, your voice, or a game you're losing on purpose
throw
Josh
|
$800
[16]
The city of Tangier in this country lies on the strategically important Strait of Gibraltar
Morocco
Phil
|
$800
[20]
Felix III was Rome-in' around when he held this post from 483 to 492
pope
Trevor
|
$800
[30]
Classy backless shoes include slides & these, named for an animal
mules
Trevor
|
$800
[10]
Before she worked with Nelson Eddy, this singer starred in stage shows like "Yes, Yes, Yvette"
(Jeanette) MacDonald
Phil
|
|
$1,200
[3]
The Irgun was a secret underground organization fighting to establish this nation
Israel
Phil
|
DD
$1,600
[7]
This short form of a Biblical name can also mean to banter with or tease
josh
Phil
|
$1,200
[17]
This island country uses the lira as its basic unit of currency
Malta
Phil
|
$1,200
[22]
Heard here is one of the most popular works by this Felix
Mendelssohn
Josh
|
$1,200
[29]
A pencil one is narrow, hopefully not to the point that the wearer has trouble walking
a skirt
Phil
|
$1,200
[11]
This much-married bandleader's 1938 hit "Begin The Beguine" set him up as a rival to Benny Goodman
(Artie) Shaw
Phil
|
|
$1,600
[1]
A record of all the land in England, this "Book" was commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085
the Domesday Book
Phil
|
$1,600
[21]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands behind a woodworking project.) You can shape moldings to fit by mitering, or by doing this, a term you'll just have to deal with
coping (cope accepted)
Josh
|
$1,600
[18]
Cyberjaya, a city billed as an Asian Silicon Valley, was recently founded in this Muslim nation of 20 million
Malaysia
|
$1,600
[24]
In 1999 he became a welterweight boxing champion
(Felix) Trinidad
Josh
|
$1,600
[28]
The slenderer among us can wear the wide contour type of this, also called a cincture
a belt
Josh
Phil
|
$1,600
[12]
Of Gypsy heritage, he became a great jazz guitarist despite losing the use of 2 fingers on his left hand
(Django) Reinhardt
Josh
|
|
DD
$1,800
[2]
World leaders met at the Congress of this city in 1815 to decide the fate of Europe after Napoleon's defeat
Vienna
Phil
|
$2,000
[23]
"Happy" manual term meaning to extend hearty, perhaps insincere greetings
glad-handing
Phil
|
$2,000
[19]
Timbuktu in this country was a dusty town when first visited by Europeans in the 1820s; today it bustles with 30,000
Mali
Phil
|
$2,000
[26]
His book "Bambi" first appeared in print in 1923; a Disney movie made it world famous
Felix Salten
|
$2,000
[27]
This brand of beret that dates to 1930 suddenly got street cred when L.L. Cool J. wore it & Slick Rick sang about it
the Kangol
Trevor
|
$2,000
[14]
This baritone who died in 2004 was a star at the Met & at Yankee Stadium with his national anthem rendition
(Robert) Merrill
Phil
|
Dr. Seuss wrote this book to win a bet that he couldn't write a book using only 50 different words
Green Eggs and Ham