2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 2, game 8.
Michael Dupée — an attorney from Gainesville, Florida
Eugene Finerman — a writer from Northbrook, Illinois
Robert Slaven — a technical products specialist originally from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert | $2,600 | $5,600 | $11,200 |
$22,400
Winner: $22,400 + an advance to UToC Round 3 |
$11,200
17 R, 2 W |
| Eugene | $0 | $1,600 | $13,200 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 |
$10,000
9 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Michael | $5,000 | $8,600 | $21,700 |
$16,999
2nd place: $10,000 |
$22,000
29 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| METEOROLOGY | HITCHCOCK MOVIE QUOTES | ON AVERAGE | HIDDEN COUNTRIES | DESIGN CLASSICS | TAKE "FIVE" |
|
$200
[22]
These can develop from hurricanes that make landfall, or from rotating thunderstorms called supercells
tornadoes
Michael
|
$200
[16]
"Mother! O God, Mother! Blood! Blood!"
Psycho
Michael
|
$200
[12]
This legendary Yankee ended his career in 1939 with 493 home runs & a lifetime batting average of .340
(Lou) Gehrig
Michael
|
$200
[8]
You could often hear Soviet names in this nation
Vietnam (in SO VIET NAM ES)
Michael
|
$200
[24]
This iconic shape was created in 1915 to differentiate the product from other soft drinks
the Coca-Cola bottle
Robert
|
$200
[15]
An informal greeting involving the slapping of raised palms
high five (gimme five accepted)
Eugene
|
|
$400
[23]
Measured with a hygrometer, it causes discomfort at high readings because sweat can't escape into the air
humidity
Michael
|
$400
[27]
"A murderer would never parade his crime in front of an open window"
Rear Window
Eugene
|
$400
[11]
Of 5, 10 or 20, the average gallons of water in an adult human body
10
Robert
|
$400
[7]
There are many who talk in dialect in this country
India (in IN DIA LECT)
Robert
|
$400
[26]
The "Bullet" is an art deco-inspired design of this martini-making aid
a shaker
Robert
|
$400
[17]
Jack Nicholson played Robert, the troubled wanderer & pianist, in this 1970 classic
Five Easy Pieces
Michael
|
|
$600
[3]
While western Oregon & Wash. are wet, this mountain range functions as a "rain shadow" for the eastern part
the Cascades
Robert
Michael
|
$600
[28]
"That's funny, that plane's dustin' crops where there ain't no crops"
North by Northwest
Robert
|
$600
[10]
At 51.1 years, a city in this state has the highest average age in the U.S.
Florida
Robert
|
$600
[6]
A wholesale ban on lumber exports is unlikely in this country
Lebanon (in WHOLESA LE BAN ON )
Michael
|
$600
[13]
William Lyons designed the body of the XK120 model of this just in time for the 1948 motor show
the Jaguar
Michael
|
$600
[18]
Self-governing name for the Choctaws & 4 others
the Five Civilized Tribes
Michael
|
|
$800
[2]
A current in the Indian Ocean bears the name of this rainy summer weather it helps bring
a monsoon
Michael
|
$800
[29]
"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again"
Rebecca
Michael
|
$800
[9]
Considered the heaviest organ in the human body, it weighs over 6 pounds on average
the skin
Robert
Michael
|
$800
[1]
Fine palaces greet the morning sun in this kingdom
Nepal (in FI NE PAL ACES)
Michael
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
The Stickley furniture seenhereis from this movement, whose three-word name comes from the union of aesthetics & handiwork
Arts & Crafts
Michael
|
$800
[19]
Early 20th century writer Adelaide Crapsey created the cinquain, which is one of these
a five-line verse (a poem with five lines accepted)
Robert
|
|
$1,000
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map with arrows pointing from the upper-right corner.) Diagrammed here, the direction from which the winds come give these rough weather phenomena their name
nor'easters
Michael
|
$1,000
[30]
"Two fellows meet accidentally... each one has somebody they'd like to get rid of, so they swap murders"
Strangers on a Train
Eugene
|
$1,000
[21]
Between 1954 & 1980, the average weight of this annual selectee went from 132 pounds to 117
Miss America
Michael
|
$1,000
[5]
Give a dog a bone in this country & you've made a friend for life
Gabon (in DO G A BON E)
Robert
|
$1,000
[25]
Ivar Jepson's "master"piece was this Sunbeam product with 2 detachable, interlocking beaters
the Mixmaster
Robert
|
$1,000
[20]
Conan Doyle penned this Sherlock Holmes story in 1891
The Five Orange Pips
|
| ENGLISH LIT | ATHLETES | INTERNATIONAL "C"UISINE | SHOW ME THE MONEY SLANG | THE NEW YORKERS | NICKS & RANGERS |
|
$400
[24]
The title of this 1910 E.M. Forster novel refers to a house, & not somebody's demise
Howards End
Michael
|
$400
[30]
This 15-year-old rookie helped the D.C. United capture the 2004 Major League Soccer crown
Freddy Adu
|
$400
[23]
The Devonshire, or clotted, type of this tastes berry, berry nice atop your berries
cream
Robert
|
$400
[11]
Male rabbits
bucks
Robert
Michael
|
$400
[26]
"I can't listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland", said this film director
Woody Allen
Eugene
|
$400
[28]
The first radio program featuring this title character aired on Detroit's WXYZ on Jan. 30, 1933
the Lone Ranger
Robert
|
|
$800
[25]
Anne Bronte wrote the novel "Agnes Grey" & this British statesman wrote "Vivian Grey"
Disraeli
Michael
|
$800
[29]
In 1977 she became the first woman to drive in the Indy 500
(Janet) Guthrie
Michael
|
$800
[13]
Often made from damaged roe, the payusnaya type of this fishy treat has an intense salty flavor
caviar
Michael
|
$800
[12]
A soft elastic mixture of water & flour
dough
Robert
|
$800
[27]
He became the state's chief justice in 1777 & later served as the nation's chief justice
(John) Jay
Michael
|
$800
[21]
This Dickens novel was published in monthly installments in 1838 & 1839
Nicholas Nickleby
Michael
|
|
$1,200
[6]
A.A. Milne's play "Toad of Toad Hall" was based on a book by this author
(Kenneth) Grahame
Michael
|
$1,200
[15]
In the '90s the Houston Astros' "Killer B's" were Derek Bell, Craig Biggio & this first baseman
Jeff Bagwell
|
$1,200
[2]
French chefs turn this freshwater crustacean into mousse d'ecrevisse
crawfish (or crayfish)
Robert
Michael
|
DD
$1,100
[8]
Mollusks of the class Pelecypoda
clams
Michael
|
$1,200
[18]
A N.Y. senator from 1977 to 2001, he was Assistant Secretary of Labor under LBJ & Ambassador to India under Nixon
Moynihan
Eugene
|
$1,200
[20]
This Hemingway character decides to make a "separate peace" with his WWI enemy
Nick Adams
Eugene
|
|
$1,600
[1]
In a D.H. Lawrence short story, a young boy rides himself to death on a demonic one of these title toys
a rocking horse
Robert
|
$1,600
[14]
This family, including Hashim, Sharif & Jahangir, dominated the sport of squash for decades
the Khan family
|
$1,600
[3]
The "locusts" eaten by John the Baptist may have been these Mediterranean pods also known as locust bean
carob
Robert
|
$1,200
[7]
Golfer Andy & law man Roy
Bean
Michael
|
$1,600
[16]
Between 1797 & 1828, he held every major elective office in N.Y.: assemblyman, senator, mayor of NYC, lt. gov. & gov.
DeWitt Clinton
Eugene
Michael
|
$1,600
[10]
Ranger 8 hit the moon at this location in 1965, setting up a milestone moment for mankind 4 years later
the Sea of Tranquility
Robert
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Life was a cabaret for this novelist who collaborated on 3 plays & a China travel book with W.H. Auden
(Christopher) Isherwood
Michael
|
$2,000
[22]
Once a star basketball player for USC, from 1997 to 2000 she coached the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury
Cheryl Miller
Michael
|
$2,000
[4]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Greek island of Naxos.) A Greek appetizer issaganaki, which is made with a kasseri type of this
cheese
Eugene
|
$2,000
[9]
Ossicles
bones
Michael
|
DD
$5,200
[17]
He was the first president born in New York
Martin Van Buren
Eugene
|
$2,000
[19]
Starting in 1952 with "David Starr, Space Ranger", this prolific author wrote many sci-fi novels under the name Paul French
Isaac Asimov
|
CEOs must personally certify their corporate books following a July 2002 law named for these 2 men
Sen. Paul Sarbanes & Rep. Michael Oxley