2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 2, game 5.
Shane Whitlock — a resident physician from Little Rock, Arkansas
Eric Newhouse — a director of technical assistance from Sioux City, Iowa
Steve Berman — a teacher from Santa Monica, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $4,000 | $7,400 | $12,600 |
$1,999
2nd place: $10,000 |
$12,600
18 R, 1 W |
| Eric | $400 | $3,800 | $400 |
$5
3rd place: $10,000 + $15,000 as a member of the Nifty Nine |
$11,000
17 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Shane | $2,800 | $5,600 | $11,600 |
$7,600
Winner: $20,000 + an advance to UToC Round 3 |
$11,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| CHICAGO | CAB ARRAY | MOO-VIN' OUT | FAN TOM | AVENUE "Q" | WE'RE TALKING BROADWAY |
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$200
[6]
The Art Institute of Chicago is guarded by 2 of these beasts (bronze ones, not real ones)
lions
Shane
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$200
[15]
You might want to take a water taxi to this city's Piazza San Marco but--mamma mia!--it can be pricey
Venice
Eric
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$200
[22]
This common name for a cow is also an adjective that means "overly authoritative"
Bossy
Eric
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$200
[24]
"I have given up newspapers... for Tacitus and Thucydides... and I find myself much the happier", said this U.S. pres.
Thomas Jefferson
Steve
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$200
[1]
Nestle introduced this drink product in 1948 to compete with Ovaltine
Quik
Steve
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$200
[8]
John Lithgow & Norbert Leo Butz conned their way onto Broadway as the title rogues in "Dirty Rotten" these
Scoundrels
Shane
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$400
[7]
In 2005, a search for "Chicago's Fairest Colleen" chose Bridget McLaughlin to reign over this parade
the St. Patrick's Day parade
Steve
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$400
[19]
Even when you think it's too expensive, the price you pay to ride in a cab is called by this homophone
a fare
Shane
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$400
[25]
If cows went surfing, they'd probably yell this 9-letter word that starts with "cow", dude
cowabunga
Shane
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$400
[23]
He had the "Common Sense" to idolize Ben Franklin, who encouraged his move to America in 1774
Tom Paine
Steve
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$400
[2]
Elizabeth Hooton was one of the first female preachers of this religious group
the Quakers
Steve
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$400
[12]
Tim Curry & David Hyde Pierce star in this Monty Python inspired show
Spamalot
Eric
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|
$800
[10]
Shoppers adore "The Magnificent Mile", the north part of this avenue
Michigan
Shane
|
$600
[20]
Often seen in Central Park, this conveyance gets part of its name from the Latin word for "foot"
a pedicab
Eric
|
$600
[26]
In the theme song of this classic TV Western, Frankie Laine sang, "Head 'em up, move 'em on"
Rawhide
Shane
|
$600
[18]
Since childhood, this author of "I Am Charlotte Simmons" has been a huge fan of a book called "Honey Bear"
(Tom) Wolfe
Shane
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$600
[3]
This luxury liner moored in Long Beach, Calif. is said to be haunted by a mysterious woman in white
the Queen Mary
Shane
|
$600
[13]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Gershwin Theatre in New York: "I'm on the Broadway set of Wicked.") In 2004, this young actress defied gravity & flew off with a Tony award for her performance as a witch in "Wicked"
Idina Menzel
|
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DD
$1,000
[9]
Untouchable Tours visits such sanguineous spots as the site of this February 1929 event
the Valentine's Day Massacre
Shane
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$800
[21]
Cab drivers came to be called hacks because of this old word for a coach for hire
hackney
Steve
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$800
[27]
Range Riders Ranch in this state offers a cattle drive vacation along the old Bozeman Trail
Montana
Eric
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$800
[17]
This "Jude the Obscure" author admired Browning but was said to be too shy to meet him
Thomas Hardy
Eric
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$800
[4]
He was Norway's minister of defense from 1931 to 1933
Quisling
Eric
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$800
[29]
An off-Broadway hit in 1987 & then a film, this play set in a Louisiana beauty parlor finally blossomed on B'way in 2005
Steel Magnolias
Shane
|
|
$1,000
[11]
At Shedd Aquarium these white whales are such good vocalizers that you may feel they're talking to you
belugas
Steve
Eric
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$1,000
[14]
"Cab" is a shortened form of this 4-syllable French word for a light one-horse carriage
cabriolet
Steve
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$1,000
[28]
By definition, cattle that are described as "polled" lack these
horns
Steve
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$1,000
[16]
This Scot's famous 1840s lectures on heroes & hero worship featured Odin & Rousseau
Carlyle
Eric
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$1,000
[5]
When medium-sized, these hard clams are marketed as cherrystones
quahogs
Steve
|
$1,000
[30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Golden Theatre in New York with a special friend.) In the Broadway hit "Avenue Q", Nicky here sings about this German word that means happiness at the misfortune of others
Schadenfreude
Steve
|
| PSYCHOLOGY | RODNEY DANGERFIELD | IT ENDED THE WAR | OCCUPATIONAL NAMES | A CAPITAL CITY IDEA | ABBR. |
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$400
[30]
1-word name of the brain disease marked by delusions that's the largest cause of admission to mental hospitals
schizophrenia
Eric
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$400
[29]
As fun-loving businessman Thornton Melon, Rodney returned to college to help out his son in this comedy
Back to School
Eric
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$400
[9]
The Treaty of Paris, 1783
the American Revolution
Steve
|
$400
[24]
This name of a "Sound of Music" actor has the same origin as the job of fixing pipes
(Christopher) Plummer
Steve
|
$400
[25]
The largest city by population is this capital with about 35 million
Tokyo
Eric
Shane
|
$400
[23]
Abbreviated Mlle, it's the French equivalent of Miss
mademoiselle
Steve
|
|
$800
[27]
Giving a treat to a rat after it presses a bar is this type of "reinforcement"
positive
Steve
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$800
[28]
In "Ladybugs", a flustered Rodney coached a girls' team in this sport
soccer
Steve
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$800
[7]
The Treaty of Paris, 1856
the Crimean War
Shane
|
$800
[26]
This one-syllable bookish-sounding name goes back to young attendants of lords
Page
Shane
|
$800
[4]
In Turkish this capital is known as known as Lefkosa; in Greek it's known as Levkosia
Nicosia
|
$800
[22]
Postal abbreviation of the state whose largest city is Burlington
VT
Shane
|
|
$1,200
[10]
Psychologist Carl Rogers favored this word over "patient"; perhaps he counted his billable hours
client
Eric
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$1,200
[20]
In a rare dramatic turn, Rodney starred as an abusive father in this film about a murderous couple
Natural Born Killers
Eric
Shane
|
$1,200
[5]
The Treaty of Paris, 1763
the French and Indian War
Eric
|
$1,600
[16]
Schneider is German for this professional, & a Schneiderpuppe is his dummy
a tailor
Eric
|
$1,200
[3]
Founded in the 13th century, it's the capital & largest city of Laos
Vientiane
Shane
|
$1,200
[17]
In Internet addresses, zw stands for this country
Zimbabwe
Steve
Eric
|
|
$1,600
[13]
In the mind, it's coming to associate a behavior with a stimulus; in the body, it helps you get in shape
conditioning
Eric
|
$1,600
[19]
Rodney's real last name, it means "priest" in Hebrew
Cohen
Steve
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$1,600
[6]
The Treaty of Portsmouth, 1905
the Russo-Japanese War
Shane
|
$2,000
[15]
This name of a great opera composer could be anglicized as Wainwright
Wagner
|
$1,600
[2]
No longer Alma-Ata, the capital city of this central Asian country is now Astana
Kazakhstan
Shane
|
$2,000
[12]
TVP, which stands for this, is a soybean product used as a food extender & is often used in faux hot dogs
textured vegetable protein
|
|
$2,000
[14]
Behaviorist Clark Hull reduced motivations to needs like hunger, which he gave this "transporting" term
drives
Eric
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$2,000
[18]
Popular comedians helped along by Rodney include Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Carrey, Tim Allen & this late ex-preacher
Sam Kinison
Eric
|
$2,000
[8]
The Treaty of Frankfurt, 1871
the Franco-Prussian War
Steve
|
DD
$6,600
[21]
This common English last name indicates an ancestor who rounded wood on a lathe
Turner
Eric
|
$2,000
[1]
Situated on the Hrazdan River, this Armenian capital city is a mere 14 miles from the border with Turkey
Yerevan
Eric
|
DD
$4,000
[11]
4-letter abbreviation for the agency that investigates all the USA's civil aviation accidents
the NTSB
Eric
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A top member of the Reagan Cabinet, he was also Labor Secretary & Treasury Secretary under Richard Nixon
George Shultz