2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, game 45.(Edward Albee: Hello. I'mEdward Albee. I write plays. It's time to play "get the contestants". So join me next, onJeopardy!)
Roy Holliday — a radiologist from Nyack, New York
Steve Chernicoff — a technical writer from Berkeley, California
Ben Lyon — an industrial scaleman from Dallas, Texas
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | $2,200 | $2,200 | $9,400 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$9,400
10 R, 1 W |
| Steve | $1,400 | $6,100 | $16,300 |
$21,201
Winner: $21,201 + an advance to UToC Round 2 |
$13,800
25 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W |
| Roy | $4,000 | $7,400 | $10,600 |
$1,200
2nd place: $5,000 |
$10,600
18 R, 4 W |
| "KING" ME | 35 YEARS OFSMITHSONIANMAGAZINE | HODGEPODGE, B'GOSH | ART BIENNIALS | THAT'S DEBATABLE | S, U OR V |
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$200
[12]
Fox sitcom featuring Hank, Bobby, Peggy & Luanne
King of the Hill
Ben
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$200
[2]
These quilled critters & their relationship to humans poked their way into the May 1992 issue
porcupines
Steve
|
$200
[19]
To begin this swimming stroke, rest your head on your arm, which is extended ahead with the palm turned downward
the sidestroke
Steve
Roy
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$200
[4]
This Italian city's biennial, the oldest in the world, has exhibits on the Lido & the Island of San Giorgio
Venice
Roy
|
$200
[24]
October 7, 1984:Ronald Reagan & him
Walter Mondale
Steve
|
$200
[29]
Compass direction
S (for south)
Steve
|
|
$400
[8]
Roger Miller won 5 Grammys in 1965 for this hit
"King Of The Road"
Roy
|
$400
[3]
The 1930s art deco architecture of this Florida city with a 2-word name was featured in the December 1982 issue
Miami Beach
Roy
|
$400
[20]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew plays a card game with Sarah.) We've gone through the flop & turn cards of this geographic game; now it's time for the river card
Texas hold 'em
Roy
|
$400
[5]
This country's first "Documenta" highlighted the artists of the "Degenerate Art" propaganda exhibit of 1937
Germany
Ben
Steve
Roy
|
$400
[25]
October 15, 1858:These 2 men who wanted to be U.S. Senator from Illinois
Lincoln & Douglas
Steve
|
$400
[13]
Roman numeral
V
Roy
|
|
$600
[9]
Howard Stern's famous self-proclaimed 4-word title
"King of All Media"
Roy
|
$600
[16]
The inaugural issue from April 1970 featured a cover story on a breeding program for these animals in Sri Lanka
elephants
Steve
|
$600
[21]
On April 19, 1906 dynamiting to create a firebreak on Van Ness Ave. was tried to contain the blaze sweeping this city
San Francisco
Roy
|
$600
[14]
Anselm Kiefer & Richard Serra shared the Carnegie Prize at this city's "International"
Pittsburgh
Steve
|
$600
[26]
October 5, 1988:Dan Quayle & this man
Lloyd Bentsen
Steve
|
$600
[7]
'80s sci-fi blockbuster miniseries concerning man-eating reptilian aliens
V
Roy
|
|
$800
[10]
Bruce Boxleitner & Kate Jackson were the title duo on this '80s TV show
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Ben
|
$800
[17]
A January 1996 article explored how this country was doing 20 years after the American pullout
Vietnam
Roy
|
$800
[22]
Steve McQueen knew it's French for "butterfly"
papillon
Roy
|
$800
[15]
This Vanderbilt-funded museum in NYC has held a renowned biennial since 1973
the Whitney
Roy
|
$1,000
[28]
October 11, 1992:These 3 men vying to be Commander in Chief
Perot, Clinton, and George Herbert Walker Bush
Roy
|
$800
[6]
Feel enriched if you know this symbol for the 92nd element of the periodic table
U (for uranium)
Ben
|
|
$1,000
[11]
Jeffrey Hunter played Jesus & Rip Torn played Judas in this 1961 Bible big-screener
King of Kings
Roy
|
$1,000
[18]
From hand-hewn hideaways to rustic mansions, these wooden residences were featured in the March 1992 issue
log cabins
|
$1,000
[23]
Photographer Robert Frank documented the people of the U.S. in a '50s book with this simple title
The Americans
|
$1,000
[30]
Venues for this country's biennial have included the Hagia Eirene Museum & the Yerebatan Cistern
Turkey
Steve
|
DD
$1,500
[27]
October 11, 1984:These 2 vice presidential hopefuls
George H.W. Bush & Geraldine Ferraro
Steve
|
$1,000
[1]
Also known as a transverse wave, this type of wave is found in an earthquake
S (for shear wave)
Steve
|
| KING ME | I SAW IT ON TV & I HAD TO HAVE IT | ANIMALS | FROM THE FRENCH | SINGLE-LETTER STOCKS | EDWARD ALBEE |
|
$400
[13]
Following victory in the first crusade, Baldwin became the first European king of this city in 1100 A.D.
Jerusalem
Steve
|
$400
[10]
Thousands of folks wanted furniture from Pottery Barn after Rachel purchased some on this sitcom
Friends
Roy
|
$400
[16]
Type of squirrel that has a thin, extending membrane called a patagium
a flying squirrel
Steve
|
$400
[4]
I need my favorite albums on CD--I only have them on this, meaning "small box"
cassette
Steve
|
$400
[27]
This is the only American car maker that uses a one-letter stock symbol
Ford
Ben
|
$400
[11]
(Hello, I'm Edward Albee.) My first play, "The Zoo Story", had its world premiere way, way off Broadway... in this largest German city
Berlin
Ben
Steve
|
|
$800
[6]
A 1952 military coupforced the abdication of Farouk I, the last king of this African country
Egypt
Steve
|
$800
[21]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands next to an immortally still canine.) A format change ended this show's shopping days in 1987, so these ceramic Dalmatians became collector's items
Wheel of Fortune
Roy
|
$800
[17]
A type of cricket that mainly lives underground is named for this tiny-eyed mammal
a mole
Steve
|
$800
[5]
12-letter word for one who starts & assumes the risk of a business
entrepreneur
Ben
|
$800
[26]
There's a reason this company's Rice Krispies is spelled with a "K"
Kellogg
Steve
|
$800
[22]
When Albee was honored by this center in 1996, Pres. Clinton said, "In your rebellion the Amer. theater was reborn"
the Kennedy Center
Steve
|
|
$1,200
[9]
In 1886 this "Mad" Bavarian King was declared insane; he drowned a few days later
Ludwig (II)
Roy
|
$1,200
[28]
Women went wild for red La Perla lingerie after Marcia Cross revealed it under her fur coat on this series
Desperate Housewives
Ben
|
$1,200
[18]
The male redback type of this creature, 1/3 the size of the female, dies happy if you know what I mean
a spider
|
$1,600
[8]
This word goes back to one building in Paris where "Jean Does" must have been taken
the morgue
Ben
|
$1,200
[3]
Procter & Gamble think this company they're buying, "G", won't "shave" any profits off its balance sheet
Gillette
Steve
|
$1,200
[23]
(Edward Albee reads the clue.) The new Broadway production of my play "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" stars Bill Irwin & Kathleen Turner as this fun-loving couple
George & Martha
Steve
|
|
$1,600
[14]
The IV king of this name (following the Norman Conquest) brought the House of York to England's throne
Edward
Steve
|
$1,600
[29]
This whimsical talk-show host loves to give out donkey cigarette dispensers, & you can buy them on her website
Ellen DeGeneres
Ben
|
$1,600
[19]
Newborn gazelles are a favorite prey of the black-backed species of this canine
the jackal
Steve
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
It's a hint or trace of something (sounds like of Campbell's)
soupçon
Steve
|
$1,600
[2]
If you have a "Q", just call this Baby Bell
Qwest
Roy
|
$1,600
[24]
Brother Julian is ensnared by Miss Alice in this 1964 play that Albee called a "metaphysical melodrama"
Tiny Alice
Roy
|
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
He's the last king of France whose reign straddled 2 centuries
Louis XIV
Steve
|
$2,000
[30]
If you crave the cuisine made by this bubbly chef, check out her "30-Minute Meals" cookbooks
Rachael Ray
|
$2,000
[20]
One of Gerald Durell's nature books is called "Catch Me" this type of monkey, seen here
a colobus
Steve
|
$2,000
[12]
French for "duck", it's a false or misleading story
canard
Steve
|
$2,000
[1]
"C", this financial services company, brought Smith Barney under its umbrella
Citigroup
Ben
Steve
Roy
|
$2,000
[25]
(Edward Albee reads the clue.) In my Tony-winning 2002 play, a family is torn asunder by the husband's pastoral passion for one of these farm animals
a goat
Roy
|
It's the colorful 2-word term used to describe the motion of galaxies coming toward us, like Andromeda is
blue shift