2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 3, game 2.
Brian Moore — an astronomer from Houston, Texas
Phil Yellman — a legal assistant from Seattle, Washington
Pam Mueller — an entering law student originally from Chicago, Illinois
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pam | $2,000 | $3,600 | $14,800 |
$25,201
Winner: $30,000 + an advance to UToC Round 4 |
$14,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Phil | $1,200 | $5,400 | $11,000 |
$8,000
2nd place: $15,000 |
$12,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Brian | $6,200 | $9,000 | $12,600 |
$0
3rd place: $15,000 |
$12,600
21 R, 4 W |
| CNN 25: POTPOURRI | ANAGRAMMED BRITISH CITIES | THE FABULOUS '50s | A "C" IN ANATOMY | GIFTS FOR EVERYONE | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS |
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$200
[12]
(Hi, I'm Christiane Amanpour of CNN.) Millions of people have come here to Vatican City to this basilica to present their final respects to Pope John Paul II
St. Peter's
Pam
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$200
[11]
Popular pilgrimage place:ERRANCY TUB
Canterbury
Phil
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$200
[6]
This evangelist known for his "crusades" said he believed there is life on other planets & that the Bible hints at it
Billy Graham
Brian
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$200
[13]
The collarbone, more technically known as this, is part of the pectoral girdle
the clavicle
Brian
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$200
[30]
The last Medici gave this city the family's art collection "to attract the curiosity of foreigners"
Florence
Phil
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$200
[1]
A refined woman &a Charlie Chaplin character
Lady & the Tramp
Pam
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$400
[18]
The man seenherewas largely responsible for this hotly anticipated film, the top box office hit of 1999
Star Wars: Episode I
Phil
Brian
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$400
[23]
Shire to a shifty sheriff:HANG NOT TIM
Nottingham
Brian
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$400
[7]
Yum! The peanut version of these letter-perfect candies debuted in 1954
M&M's
Phil
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$400
[14]
Visible bruising begins with the rupture of these vessels
capillaries
Brian
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$600
[21]
The Mass. Bay Colony named this college for a man who gifted half his 1,600-pound estate & 400 books
Harvard
Phil
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$400
[2]
Mr. Bede &the night before
Adam & Eve
Brian
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$600
[19]
The activist seenheretestified before the Senate in favor of research using the embryonic type of these
stem cells
Phil
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$600
[24]
Where Gerry & The Pacemakers were from:PLOVER OIL
Liverpool
Phil
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$600
[8]
What's in a name? The Corsair, Citation, Ranger & Pacer were all models of this Ford flop of the '50s
the Edsel
Brian
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$600
[15]
This part, seen here, is often transplanted
the cornea
Phil
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$800
[25]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to a globe almost as big as he is in the FDR Presidential Library, Hyde Park, NY.) George Marshall gave FDR this globe to trace troop movements; he also gave an identical one to this man
Churchill
Pam
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$600
[3]
Scalds &footballer Marcus
Burns & Allen
Brian
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$800
[20]
Shemade news in 1988 when she became the first woman to head a modern Muslim nation
Benazir Bhutto
Pam
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$800
[26]
A united place:NECTAR MESH
Manchester
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$800
[9]
In 1954, she became the first recipient of the literary award named for her; perhaps she kept it in a "Little House"
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Pam
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$800
[16]
It's Latin for "neck" & can mean the neck as well as the outer end of the uterus
cervix
Pam
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$1,000
[28]
Born in Hungary, he's used his success with the Quantum Fund to finance programs in democracy & public health
(George) Soros
Phil
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$800
[4]
A screwdriver &a numbered game cube
tool & die
Brian
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$1,000
[22]
The measure at issueherewas ratified by 35 states, this many short of the number it needed
3
Brian
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$1,000
[27]
Pushoff port:HOT LUMPY
Plymouth
Phil
Brian
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$1,000
[10]
This actor who'd wanted to be an aviator since he was a lad was lucky enough to play Lindbergh in a 1957 film
Jimmy Stewart
Brian
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$1,000
[17]
If your left brain hemisphere needs to "cc" your right, It's a good thing they're connected by this "C.C."
the corpus callosum
Brian
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DD
$2,600
[29]
Proposed by historian Edouard de Laboulaye, it was presented to the U.S. for its centennial
the Statue of Liberty
Phil
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$1,000
[5]
Skullcap &Mr. Rhodes
Beany & Cecil
Brian
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| CIVIL SERVANTS | STAMPS FROM AROUND THE WORLD | MOTHERS & SONS | BEER | "BAR" TRIVIA | CELIBACY |
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$400
[7]
The vast majority of the U.S. government's 2.7 million civil servants are employed in this branch of govt.
the executive branch
Phil
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$400
[16]
The subject of the stamp seenhereis a major artist of this nation
the Netherlands
Brian
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$400
[30]
On this popular TV show that premiered in 1959, Ben's 3 sons were born of 3 different mothers
Bonanza
Brian
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$400
[11]
John Ratzenberger, Cliff Clavin on "Cheers", did British ads for this golden U.S. beer company
Coors
Phil
Brian
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$400
[1]
A sheath for a dagger or a sword
a scabbard
Brian
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$400
[19]
Being walled up alive was the penalty if these Roman flame-tenders broke their vows of celibacy
the Vestal Virgins
Brian
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$800
[8]
Today the U.S Civil Service Commission is known as the OPM, or "Office of" this
Personnel Management
Phil
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$800
[17]
It's the ancient religious complex depicted on the stamp seen here
Angkor Wat
Brian
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$800
[25]
In a classic Hitchcock film, Virginia Gregg gave voice to this character's dead mother
Norman Bates
Pam
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$800
[12]
Heineken markets Buckler, this type of beer for the designated driver
non-alcoholic
Pam
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$800
[2]
Popular pie plant pictured here
rhubarb
Pam
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$800
[29]
This adjective for one celibate type of life comes from the Greek for "alone"
monastic
Phil
Brian
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$1,200
[5]
Based on merit, the Civil Service replaced this "system" of job appointment that Andrew Jackson favored
the spoils system
Pam
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$1,200
[18]
It's the year the commemorative stamp seenherewas issued
1981
Pam
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$1,200
[22]
Though only separated by one year in real life, she played mother to son Colin Farrell in "Alexander"
Angelina Jolie
Pam
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$1,200
[13]
Of relatively light color, IPA is short for "India" this rhyming term
pale ale
Phil
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$1,200
[3]
Standard atmospheric pressure at sea level is about 1,000 of these units
a millibar
Brian
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$1,200
[26]
The singer for The Smiths, his claims of social maladjustment & celibacy endeared him to his audience
Morrissey
Pam
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$2,000
[10]
The U.S. Civil Service Commission was established as a result of this would-be civil servant shooting President Garfield
(Charles) Guiteau
Pam
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$1,600
[20]
Mais oui, the work of this painter is featured on the stamp seen here
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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$1,600
[23]
This 1988 film in which a teenage boy kidnaps Elvis for his mother bears the name of Elvis' first big hit
Heartbreak Hotel
Phil
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$1,600
[14]
From 1940 to 1965 New York City was caught up in the annual contest to find "Miss" this brewer
Rheingold
Phil
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$1,600
[4]
It's the islandindicated here
Zanzibar
Phil
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DD
$2,000
[27]
This 20th c. leader wrote, "For me the observance of... Brahmacharya has been full of difficulties"
Gandhi
Pam
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DD
$3,200
[9]
The UK's civil service is based on the bureaucracy of this company that existed from 1600 until 1858
the British East India Company
Phil
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$2,000
[21]
He's the nationalist statesman seen here
Sun Yat-sen
Phil
Brian
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$2,000
[24]
This actor's mother, Mitzi, owns the legendary Los Angeles club The Comedy Store
Pauly Shore
Phil
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$2,000
[15]
Lambic beer, fermented by wild yeasts, is mainly made in this Low Country
Belgium
Brian
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$2,000
[6]
One of the brightest stars in the sky, it's actually a double star in the constellation Taurus
Aldebaran
Brian
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$2,000
[28]
These 12th c. councils named for a Roman palace declared priestly marriages invalid
the Lateran Councils
Phil
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Born of Norwegian descent in 1916, he was given the first name of a famous Norwegian of the time
Roald Dahl