2009 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.From Las Vegas.
Ben Bishop — a college student originally from Seattle, Washington
Aaron Schroeder — a grad student from San Diego, California
Mark Wales — a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark | $1,600 | $3,000 | $17,000 |
$4,799
3rd place: $10,000 |
$10,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Aaron | $3,000 | $6,600 | $14,600 |
$26,600
Finalist |
$15,600
21 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ben | $1,200 | $1,400 | $21,600 |
$8,596
2nd place: $10,000 |
$13,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| "A" TRAVEL CATEGORY | GET OUT YOUR BIBLES | ARCHITECTURAL WORDS (& HINTS) | POKING AROUND SPACE | BRAND LOGOS | WORDS WITH ALL 5 VOWELS |
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$200
[7]
Lots of chaps wear chaps in the Gaucho Parade in Salta in this country
Argentina
Ben
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$200
[1]
Jesus asked, if you have 100 of these animals & 1 is lost, don't you leave the 99 to go find the 1?
the sheep
Ben
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$200
[6]
Flat slab forming the top of a capital of a column (also an ancient calculator)
an abacus
Aaron
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$200
[30]
The USA's Mariner 4 was the first probe to photograph the surface of this planet
Mars
Ben
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$200
[16]
The Jolly guy in the logo for this veggie brand wears a one-shouldered leaf cloak
Green Giant
Mark
|
$200
[25]
The science of flight
aeronautics
Mark
|
|
$400
[8]
Children are the chefs & waiters at the Kinderkookkafe in this world capital
Amsterdam
Mark
|
$400
[2]
It's the sea in the line from Exodus "The sea covered them, they sank as lead in the mighty waters"
the Red Sea
Ben
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$400
[20]
Gallery or balcony open on at least one side (& actor Robert)
loggia
Mark
|
$400
[28]
Of a basketball, an SUV or a circus tent, the approximate size of Sputnik 1
a basketball
Aaron
|
$400
[15]
The logo of this French yogurt brand features a red & orange flower
Yoplait
Aaron
|
$400
[24]
Arizona's Petrified Forest is mostly this type of tree that has 4 vowels in a row
a sequoia
|
|
$600
[9]
Have a 72-ounce steak at the Big Texan Steak Ranch in this Texas Panhandle city
Amarillo
Ben
|
$600
[3]
The last Psalm begins & ends, "Praise ye the Lord", a translation of this Hebrew word
hallelujah
Mark
|
$600
[21]
Stone laid on top of a wall from which an arch springs (it's also a season)
summer
|
$600
[27]
In 1979 debris from the abandoned space station Skylab fell from orbit & dropped into this ocean
the Indian Ocean
Aaron
|
$600
[14]
This brand's keystone label includes its pickle insignia
Heinz
Aaron
|
$600
[17]
Shirley Hufstedler served under Jimmy Carter as the first Secretary of this department
Education
Mark
|
|
$800
[10]
See one of Diego Rivera's last murals at the House of Dolores Olmedo in this resort city
Acapulco
Mark
|
$800
[4]
Paul wrote 2 Epistles to the Corinthians, 2 to the Thessalonians & 2 to this individual
Timothy
Ben
|
$800
[22]
Projecting part of a cornice (& a Mexican beer)
corona
Aaron
|
$800
[26]
In 1998 Nozomi was this nation's first spacecraft sent to study another planet
Japan
Aaron
|
$800
[13]
A perched mother bird is feeding her young in the logo of this Swiss conglomerate
Nestlé
Aaron
|
$800
[18]
This word comes from the French for "self-movable"
automobile
|
|
$1,000
[11]
The stunning stretch of coastline between Sorrento & Salerno is called this "Coast"
The Amalfi
Aaron
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$1,000
[5]
In John, this high priest says, "One man should die for the people, and... the whole nation perish not"
Caiaphas
Ben
|
$1,000
[23]
Monumental temple gateway in ancient Egypt (also a Faulkner novel) (Bonus: & an orange traffic cone)
a pylon
Aaron
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
Greek name of NASA's series of probes launched in the mid-'70s to study the Sun
Helios
Aaron
|
$1,000
[12]
This mammal is in the Bacardi Rum logo
a bat
Mark
|
$1,000
[19]
FEMA says to keep a full tank of gas in your car if this order seems likely
evacuation
Aaron
|
| CLASSICAL MUSIC | THE STRIP | LITERATURE | FOREIGN EXCHANGE | KINGS | HOW'S YOUR LATIN? |
|
$400
[22]
Mendelssohn put this Italian word for a brisk tempo on the first movement of his "Italian" symphony
allegro
|
$400
[16]
...where we've met Zonker, B.D. & Boopsie
Doonesbury
Mark
|
$400
[11]
His novel "Sister Carrie" sold fewer than 500 copies in its first edition
(Theodore) Dreiser
Aaron
|
$400
[2]
A Cuban 1-peso note shows Jose Marti on the obverse & this man entering Havana in 1959 on the reverse
Fidel Castro
Aaron
|
$400
[20]
Urging his execution, in 1792 Robespierre said this king "must perish because our country must live!"
Louis XVI
Mark
|
$400
[1]
It means "to the point of making one sick"
ad nauseam
Aaron
|
|
$800
[26]
Joseph Rheinberger played this instrument for his parish church at age 7 & wrote 2 notable sonatas for it
the organ
Aaron
|
$800
[4]
...about a witch who was once married to Attila the Hun
Broom-Hilda
Mark
Aaron
|
$800
[6]
This experimental novelist named William published a 1953 account of drug addiction under the name William Lee
(William) Burroughs
Aaron
|
$800
[3]
This country's $50 bill features William Lyon Mackenzie King, its longest-serving prime minister
Canada
Mark
|
$1,200
[17]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the "magical" Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark.) Denmark's fourth king of this name was a notable builder who contributed to the plans of Rosenborg Castle, constructed in the early 1600s as his summer home
Christian
Mark
|
$800
[27]
Literally "rare bird", it's used today to describe something very unusual
rara avis
Mark
|
|
$1,200
[23]
A 1725 notebook of compositions by this Baroque master bears the name of a wife who bore him 13 children
Johann Sebastian Bach
Mark
|
$1,200
[13]
...named for the characterseen here(don't forget his degree)
Rex Morgan, M.D.
Aaron
|
$1,200
[8]
This novel by Richard Wright tells of Bigger Thomas, the product of a Chicago slum
Native Son
Ben
|
$1,200
[5]
Pitcairn Island & the Cook Islands use this country's dollar as their currency
New Zealand
Ben
|
$1,600
[18]
This country's King Bhumbol was born in Cambridge, Mass., where his father was studying at Harvard
Thailand
Ben
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$1,200
[28]
Be careful at the Roman flea market & remember this, Latin for "buyer beware"
caveat emptor
Aaron
|
|
$2,000
[25]
Richard Chamberlain played him in "The Music Lovers", which featured his piano concerto No. 1, heard here
Tchaikovsky
|
$1,600
[14]
...by Matt Groening of "Simpsons" fame
Life in Hell
Aaron
|
$1,600
[9]
This series of tales by Ovid with a plural title begins with the creation of the world
Metamorphoses
Ben
|
$1,600
[7]
This country's 1,000-pound notes feature Hafez al-Assad & scenes depicting its oil industry
Syria
Ben
|
$2,000
[21]
Killed in battle in 1031, this king of Norway was made a saint in 1164
Olaf
Ben
|
$1,600
[29]
It's the legal phrase meaning "friend of the court"
amicus curiae
Aaron
|
|
DD
$8,000
[24]
"Blessed are they that go mourning" is the opening chorus of Brahms' "German" this
Requiem
Mark
|
$2,000
[15]
...seen here& often called the greatest ever produced
Krazy Kat
Aaron
|
$2,000
[10]
Isabel Archer is the title woman of this Henry James masterpiece
Portrait of a Lady
Ben
|
$2,000
[12]
In 1999 Denmark honored this author of "Out of Africa" by featuring her on the 50-kroner bill
(Isak) Dinesen
Mark
|
DD
$9,000
[19]
A busy guy, he was King of Italy (1900 to 1946), Emperor of Ethiopia (1936 to 1941) & King of Albania (1939 to 1943)
Victor Emmanuel (III)
Ben
|
$2,000
[30]
This phrase means "there's no accounting for taste"
de gustibus non est disputandum
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Of the 6 Civil War-related national military parks, the northernmost & southernmost are in these 2 states
Pennsylvania & Mississippi