2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 2, game 18.
Jonathan Groff — a writer and producer for television from Los Angeles, California
Ed Schiffer — an attorney from San Francisco, California
April McManus — a homemaker from Hertfordshire, England
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | $2,400 | $4,400 | $15,900 |
$18,001
Winner: $20,000 + an advance to UToC Round 3 |
$15,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ed | $-600 | $2,600 | $9,000 |
$600
2nd place: $10,000 |
$8,800
12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Jonathan | $3,000 | $3,800 | $5,000 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 |
$5,000
16 R, 5 W |
| ALL ABOARD! | TV: WHO PLAYED 'EM? | FABRICS | THE BORIS YELTSIN FILE | VIDEOPOURRI | A SPOT OF "T" |
|
$200
[21]
To ride the Bluegrass Scenic Railroad, you have to go to this state
Kentucky
April
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$200
[2]
Oscar Madison &Quincy, M.E.
Jack Klugman
Jonathan
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$200
[11]
Jeans & overalls can be made from this fabric whose name comes from a city in the South of France
denim
April
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$200
[14]
1931:Boris Yeltsin is born in Sverdlovsk, an industrial region in these mountains
the Ural Mountains
Jonathan
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$200
[26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the FDR Library in Hyde Park, NY.) In November 1943, while meeting with Churchill & Stalin in Tehran, FDRsketched outhis idea for this organization
the U.N.
April
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$200
[1]
It's what was showered down upon Charles Lindbergh at a parade in NYC in June 1927
ticker tape
Jonathan
|
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$400
[22]
Hop aboard the Green Mountain Flyer for a scenic tour of this state's fall foliage
Vermont
Ed
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$400
[3]
Alex P. Keaton &Michael Flaherty
Michael J. Fox
Jonathan
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$400
[12]
It sounds like hammerheads provide the material for this, but it's really a worsted fabric for men's suits
sharkskin
April
|
$400
[15]
1985:This new General Secretary of the Communist Party brings Yeltsin to Moscow
Gorbachev
April
|
$400
[27]
Good thing Franco was still dead when this man became king
Juan Carlos
Jonathan
|
$400
[5]
To write down words, especially from audio to written form
transcribe
Ed
|
|
$600
[23]
The Sugar Cane Train takes folks on a nostalgic steam locomotive trip from Lahaina to Kaanapali on this island
Maui
Ed
Jonathan
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$600
[4]
Matt Santos &Victor Sifuentes
Jimmy Smits
April
|
$600
[13]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Park City, UT.) Freshly groomed snow that's grooved is called this, for its resemblance to a certain fabric
corduroy
Jonathan
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$600
[18]
1986:Yeltsin is inducted into this national executive & policymaking committee
the Politburo
Ed
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$600
[28]
(Reading Rainbow's LeVar Burton reads the clue.) We saw various animal abodes after learning about this type of crab & its search for a new house
a hermit crab
April
|
$600
[6]
In 1998 a $15 million production of this opera was staged in its actual setting, the Forbidden City
Turandot
Jonathan
|
|
DD
$1,000
[24]
Ride in restored 1930s passenger cars on the Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad in this state
Pennsylvania
Ed
|
$800
[7]
Peg Bundy &Kate Hennessy
Katey Sagal
Jonathan
|
$800
[16]
This soft fabric originated in Wales; its name comes from the Welsh gwalen ("akin to wool")
flannel
|
$800
[19]
1994:Yeltsin orders Russian troops into this rebellious republic
Chechnya
Ed
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$800
[29]
(Hello, I'm Linda Park. I play Hoshi, the linguistic expert, on Enterprise.) In Chinese, each symbol represents a word; in Japanese, each symbol a syllable; in Korean, each symbol, this
a letter
|
$800
[9]
Middle Caicos is the largest island in this British dependency in the West Indies
the Turks and Caicos
April
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Take a trip on the Essex steam train & connect to an optional riverboat cruise in this state
Connecticut
Ed
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$1,000
[8]
Harry Hooperman &Paul Hennessy
John Ritter
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[17]
The name of this fabric can precede "steel" & "rose"
damask
|
$1,000
[20]
1999:Yeltsin names this 15-year KGB veteran his successor
Putin
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[30]
We're not sure when hesat for this portrait
Sitting Bull
April
|
$1,000
[10]
This general came to power in Panama in 1968 & led the drive to end U.S. control of the canal
Omar Torrijos
Ed
Jonathan
|
| THE 16th CENTURY | ELVIS | UNGULATES | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS | PAINTERS' COLORS | WORD ORIGINS |
|
$400
[4]
This Italian, not Michelangelo, painted the famous "Sistine Madonna" around 1513
Raphael
Jonathan
|
$400
[1]
Elviswas born on January 8, 1935 in awood frame houselocated on Old Saltillo Road in this city
Tupelo, Mississippi
Ed
|
DD
$100
[25]
Unlike the giraffe, which lives in the savannah, this smaller relative lives in the dense jungle
the okapi
April
|
$400
[26]
The first name of this cellist born in 1955 means "friendship"
Yo-Yo Ma
April
|
$400
[12]
Picasso's 1902 (note the year) this "House"
Blue
April
|
$400
[11]
Seen here, these flowers got their name from the French for "to think"
pansies
Jonathan
|
|
$800
[5]
Before this colony on the Carolina coast was "lost", Sir Francis Drake rescued some of its colonists
Roanoke
Ed
|
$800
[2]
Once elected dogcatcher of Tampa, this man, seen here, later contractually received 50% of Elvis' earnings
(Tom) Parker
April
|
$400
[21]
This equine's stripe pattern varies from individual to individual--none is identical to those of another
a zebra
Ed
|
$800
[27]
At age 13 this violinist from Israel was presented to the U.S. by Ed Sullivan
Itzhak Perlman
April
Jonathan
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$800
[14]
In Florence (not California):Taddeo Gaddi's "Meeting at" this gate
the Golden Gate
April
|
$800
[13]
From the Latin for "earth", it's any of several types of small dogs bred to hunt animals underground in burrows
a terrier
Jonathan
|
|
$1,200
[6]
This magnificent Ottoman's death in Transylvania in 1566 was reportedly kept secret from his troops
Suleiman (the Magnificent)
Ed
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$1,200
[3]
Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins & Jerry Lee Lewis had an impromptu jam session at this Memphis studio in December of 1956
Sun (Records) studios
Jonathan
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$800
[22]
The Javan species of this ungulate is also known as the lesser one-horned one
rhinoceros
|
$1,200
[28]
When this classical guitarist made his formal Paris debut in 1924, the program included a work named for him
Segovia
Jonathan
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$1,600
[19]
Van Gogh's 1888 this color "Peach Tree"
pink
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$1,200
[15]
Perhaps from the Caribbean taino for "pipe for smoking", it's the dried leaves of a plant of the nightshade family
tobacco
April
|
|
$1,600
[7]
In 1557 it became a Portuguese outpost, the first European settlement in China
Macau
Ed
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$1,600
[9]
After basic training at Fort Hood, Texas, Elvis shipped out for an 18-monthtour of dutyin this country
Germany
April
|
$1,200
[23]
This beast of burden was domesticated by the Inca about 1,000 B.C.; the Spaniards called it a Peruvian sheep
the llama
April
|
$1,600
[29]
He married Mia Farrow in 1970
André Previn
Jonathan
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
Whistler's 1871 "Arrangement in" these 2 colors (No. 1)
gray & black
April
|
$1,600
[16]
From Old French for "catch" or "entangle", it's to accuse a serving government official with an offense
impeach
Jonathan
|
|
$2,000
[8]
This future opera subject ruled Russia from 1584 to 1598, then became czar in his own right
Boris Godunov
April
Jonathan
|
$2,000
[10]
Seenat a 1961 Honolulu press conference, Elvis performed a concert to raise money for this ship's memorial
the Arizona
Ed
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$1,600
[24]
The name of this piglike mammal with a short movable snout is from a Brazilian Indian word meaning "thick"
the tapir
|
$2,000
[30]
This violinist, seen here, was born in Osaka in 1971
Midori
April
|
$2,000
[20]
In Washington, D.C.: Vermeer's "Girl with" this color "Hat"
red
|
$2,000
[17]
From the Latin for "uplifted", it's to divert energy associated with an unacceptable activity into more acceptable areas
sublimate
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The name of this character, introduced in 1894, is from the Hindi for "bear"
Baloo