2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 3, game 1.
Michael Rooney — a college professor from Pasadena, California
Brad Rutter — a TV quiz show host from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Steve Chernicoff — a technical writer from Berkeley, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $1,000 | $6,000 | $12,400 |
$6,399
2nd place: $15,000 |
$12,400
17 R, 2 W |
| Brad | $2,000 | $3,600 | $5,600 |
$6,400
Winner: $30,000 + an advance to UToC Round 4 |
$11,600
17 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Michael | $3,000 | $6,000 | $9,200 |
$5,601
3rd place: $15,000 |
$8,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
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$200
[1]
To fulfill a prophecy, in the Gospels Joseph moved to this place--not the one of the same name in Kentucky
Nazareth
Michael
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$200
[15]
2004:Barbra Streisand meets her potential in-laws
Meet the Fockers
Michael
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$200
[26]
This bird is called a "bow & arrow" (perhaps because of the way it killed Cock Robin)
a sparrow
Michael
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$200
[21]
On the 1830s "Survivor: Texas", Susanna Dickinson & her child won the immunity challenge at this epic battle
the Alamo
Michael
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$200
[16]
The 89% high school graduation rate of this "Garden State" is the USA's highest
New Jersey
Michael
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$200
[6]
This symbol adorns the flag of Finland as well as the flag of its neighbor Sweden
a cross
Brad
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$400
[2]
In Psalms "We wept, when we remembered" this, also preceding a "Crossroads" near Charlottesville, Virginia
Zion
Steve
Michael
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$400
[14]
1968:Babs rises from the slums to become a star in the Ziegfeld Follies
Funny Girl
Brad
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$400
[27]
Use your band of hope--soap--to wash these, your "German bands"
your hands
Steve
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$400
[22]
In 1944's version of "The Apprentice", Von Stauffenberg was fired by a squad after he tried to fire this leader
Hitler
Brad
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$400
[17]
His famed "Blue-backed Speller" of 1783 helped standardize American spelling & pronunciation
Noah Webster
Michael
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$400
[7]
From 1809 until 1917, Finland was an autonomous Grand Duchy of this country
Russia
Michael
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$600
[3]
These bubbled near the biblical Bethel & Siloam, & follow "Bethel" & "Siloam" in Southern U.S. place names
Springs
Steve
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$600
[11]
1983:Barbra disguises herself as a boy to get an education
Yentl
Michael
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$600
[28]
If I ask for some "you & me", I'm not hitting on you, I merely want this, especially in the afternoon
tea
Steve
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$600
[23]
On the 1880s "The Osbournes", this author amused stepson Lloyd Osbourne with tales of a boy on the high seas
Robert Louis Stevenson
Brad
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$600
[18]
It's the "watery" term for integrating a student with special needs into a regular class
mainstreaming (or immersion)
Steve
Brad
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$600
[8]
Of Flensheim, Mannerheim or Suomiheim, the man who was Finland's greatest military leader during WWII
Mannerheim
Brad
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$800
[4]
Jesus visited Mary & Martha in this place--not the one of the same name in northern Missouri
Bethany
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$1,000
[13]
1979:Babs is bankrupt & decides to manage a boxer
The Main Event
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$800
[29]
"Sky rockets" are these; hope you've got some "bees & honey" in yours
your pockets
Steve
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$800
[24]
On "American Idol", Creek & Cherokee Indians performed the Busk ceremony when this crop was ready for roasting
maize (or corn)
Steve
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$800
[19]
This N.C. univ. built by tobacco magnates once had separate colleges: Trinity College & Woman's College
Duke
Steve
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$800
[9]
Finland hosted the Summer Olympics in this year
1952
Brad
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$1,000
[5]
It's Jerusalem to Isaiah, a peaceful "land" to John Bunyan, & a small "ville" in North Carolina
Beulah
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DD
$1,400
[12]
1991:Barbra counsels a troubled man with a mysterious family secret
The Prince of Tides
Michael
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$1,000
[30]
This part of your body is your "Chevy Chase" (Chevy Chase wouldn't want to fall on his)
your face
Steve
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$1,000
[25]
Indian Ocean "Big Brother" saw Kasyapa kill dad & build Sigiriya Fort as defense from his sibling on this island
Sri Lanka
Michael
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$1,000
[20]
In 1907 she opened her first Casa dei Bambini, or "Children's Home"
Montessori
Michael
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$1,000
[10]
Due to its low salinity, this gulf between Sweden & Finland may have an ice cover for up to 5 months of the year
the Gulf of Bothnia
Michael
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$400
[15]
Thisarea was a toxic dump for over a decade before it was developed for homes & a school
Love Canal
Brad
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$400
[30]
Nena:"__ Luftballons"
99
Brad
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$400
[2]
Sand is composed largely of oxygen & this element, atomic number 14
silicon
Steve
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$400
[1]
This almost 70-year-old tenor dedicated his first pop CD, "Ti adoro", to his baby daughter Alice
Luciano Pavarotti
Steve
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$400
[19]
1940's "The Visage of War", a surreal work from this artist, isseen here
Dalí
Brad
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$400
[24]
Usually found at convenience stores, this men's mag was launched in the U.S. by Dennis Publishing in 1997
Maxim
Michael
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$800
[16]
A jury verdict handed down in this California valley city sparked the devastation seenherein Los Angeles more than 30 miles away
Simi Valley
Michael
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$800
[29]
Tommy Tutone:"___-____/Jenny"
867-5309
Brad
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$800
[3]
The pH in pH scale stands for "potential of" this element
hydrogen
Steve
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$800
[5]
This Grammy-winning singer is Ravi Shankar's daughter
Norah Jones
Brad
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$800
[20]
The influence of Rembrandt can be seen in Carel Fabritius' painting "The Raising of" this biblical man
Lazarus
Michael
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$800
[26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from San Diego, CA with the U.S.S.Tarawain the background.) As an amphibious assaultship, the Tarawa's main mission is to land up to 2,000 of these service members on shore & to sustain them there
Marines
Michael
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$1,200
[17]
(Hi, I'm Nancy Grace with CNN Headline News.) As a former Fulton County prosecutor, I went to the scene in this city to cover the deadly shootings in the same courtroom where I prosecuted felony cases
Atlanta
Michael
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$1,200
[28]
Matchbox 20:"__ A.M."
3
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$1,200
[4]
It's important in bone-building, & the red type of it will light your fire on a matchstick
phosphorus
Brad
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$1,600
[7]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Barnes Foundation.) This famous son was not quite 2 years old when Dad put him at thecenterof "The Artist’s Family"
Jean Renoir
Steve
Brad
Michael
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DD
$1,000
[13]
This Flemish artist created a15th-centuryportraitthat’s spoofed in the opening of TV’s “Desperate Housewives”
Jan van Eyck
Brad
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$1,200
[25]
This national park whose name is Spanish for "green table" contains many well-preserved Indian cliff dwellings
Mesa Verde
Michael
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$1,600
[18]
The Bay Area was hit by the quake whose aftermath is seen here, named for this mountain near the epicenter
Loma Prieta
Steve
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$1,600
[27]
Steely Dan:"Hey __"
Nineteen
Brad
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$1,600
[8]
Sometimes this metallic element, No. 72, "is better than the whole"
hafnium
Steve
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$2,000
[10]
British poet & painter Frieda Hughes is the daughter of this other British poet
Ted Hughes
Brad
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$1,200
[21]
When you think of Renaissance art, the Italian name of this masterpiece should spring to mind
La primavera
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$1,600
[23]
Although it's controversial, the U.N. designates one member nation "The former Yugoslav Republic of" this
Macedonia
Steve
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$2,000
[11]
The lieutenant colonel seenhereis about to testify about his time on this government body from 1981 to 1986
the NSC (the National Security Council)
Steve
Brad
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$2,000
[12]
Stevie Nicks:"Edge Of __"
Seventeen
Brad
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$2,000
[9]
Rf is the symbol for this element named for a physicist
rutherfordium
Brad
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DD
$5,000
[6]
This bestselling mystery writer's father, C.W., used consecutive lines of a nursery rhyme for his titles
Sue Grafton
Brad
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$1,600
[22]
This "Liberty Leading the People" artist also painted "The Battle of Poitiers"
Delacroix
Steve
Michael
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$2,000
[14]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Charleston, SC waterfront.) In 1776, hisdefense of Fort Sullivan in Charleston Harbor got the fort renamed for him
(William) Moultrie
Steve
Michael
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This Mediterranean island shares its name with President Garfield's nickname for his wife
Crete