2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 3, game 3.
Frank Spangenberg — a police lieutenant from Douglaston, New York
Grace Veach — a librarian from Lakeland, Florida
Shane Whitlock — a resident physician from Little Rock, Arkansas
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane | $3,600 | $4,800 | $18,400 |
$2,399
2nd place: $15,000 |
$13,400
18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Grace | $2,000 | $4,800 | $10,000 |
$0
3rd place: $15,000 |
$10,000
16 R, 2 W |
| Frank | $1,400 | $6,600 | $17,200 |
$34,399
Winner: $34,399 + an advance to UToC Round 4 |
$15,800
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| PRESIDENTS | '70s SITCOMS | VERB FIRST NAMES | 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER | PLAYBOY | I READ THE ARTICLES, TOO |
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$200
[2]
In April 1789 Washington left Mount Vernon, going to this city to head the new governent
New York
Frank
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$200
[1]
After "The Flying Nun" was grounded in 1970, she went on to play "The Girl with Something Extra"
Sally Field
Grace
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$200
[13]
To open or pierce with the surgical instrument of the same name
Lance
Frank
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$200
[8]
Create the Church of England in 1534 to wrangle that elusive annulment (other wives may not fare as well)
Henry VIII
Grace
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$200
[21]
She was Playboy Magazine's first centerfold back in 1953
Marilyn Monroe
Frank
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$200
[23]
"When they eat your dog, they're not so cute" was the headline on a USA Today article on these from Miami
alligators
Frank
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$400
[3]
Inaugurated in 1809, he's considered the last of the Founding Fathers to serve as president
Madison
Shane
Grace
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$400
[7]
(Hi, I'm Ashton Kutcher.) This popular sitcom of the 1970s featured the acting talents of Scatman Crothers, Jack Albertson& Freddie Prinze
Chico and the Man
Grace
|
$400
[14]
To put on clothes or a uniform
Don
Grace
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$400
[9]
Crown self Czar in 1547, divorce 2 wives, have one killed, believe 3 to be poisoned by enemies, have last one outlive you
Ivan the Terrible
Grace
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$400
[22]
In 1960 the first of the many Playboy Clubs opened in this city that's Hugh Hefner's hometown
Chicago
Grace
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$400
[24]
Scottish-born John Muir wrote the 1902 Ency. Britannica article on this valley in the Sierra Nevada of California
Yosemite
Frank
|
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$600
[4]
(Hi, I'm John McCain.) In 1912 this president proclaimed Arizona a state after forcing it to remove recall of judges from its constitution
Taft
Shane
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$600
[16]
Harry Bentley & Tom & Helen Willis were neighbors of this TV title family
The Jeffersons
Shane
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$600
[15]
To suffer or tolerate
Brook
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$600
[10]
Cite the embarrassment wife Winnie Madikizela caused you to get a 1996 divorce
Nelson Mandela
Shane
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$600
[28]
In his famous 1976 Playboy interview, he spoke of lusting after women in his heart many times
Carter
Grace
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$600
[25]
In the 1945 magazine article "Extra-Terrestrial Relays", Arthur C. Clarke suggested these devices be used
satellites
Shane
|
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
During his administration, Custer made his last stand
Grant
Shane
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$800
[17]
Its theme is heard here
Taxi
Frank
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$800
[18]
To pry open a door, as with a crowbar
Jimmy
Frank
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$800
[11]
Marry anthropologist Reo Fortune in 1928, lose Fortune in '35, marry anthropologist Gregory Bateson in '36
Margaret Mead
Grace
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$800
[29]
Hugh's daughter, she's CEO & chairman of the board of Playboy Enterprises
Christie (Hefner)
Grace
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$800
[26]
You can't escape the fact that the 1926 Encyclopedia Britannica article on conjuring was done by him
Houdini
Frank
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|
$1,000
[6]
Before his election, he was part of a group of politically influential lawyers, the "Concord Clique"
Pierce
Shane
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$1,000
[20]
In 1970 he was back as Danny Williams in "Make Room for Granddaddy"
(Danny) Thomas
Shane
|
$1,000
[19]
To wade across a river
Ford
Shane
Grace
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$1,000
[12]
Hopefully for him, this controversial author won't need a fifth way after marrying wife No. 4, Padma Lakshmi, in 2004
(Salman) Rushdie
Frank
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$1,000
[30]
It's the 3-word "subtitle" that appears below the name Playboy on the magazine cover
Entertainment for Men
Frank
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$1,000
[27]
In an 1850 article, Dickens described his visit to this "Old Lady of Threadneedle Street"
the Bank of England
Frank
|
| PAINTERS | WOMEN IN SPORTS | CNN 25: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | ALSO A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT | BOBBING FOR POETS | "N" THE BEGINNING |
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$400
[1]
(Alex reads from the Barnes Foundation.) In a large painting called "Models", this pointillist included a glimpse of his picture "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"
Seurat
Shane
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$400
[22]
In 2004 this tennis great, at 47, became the oldest tennis competitor in Olympic history
Martina Navratilova
Frank
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$400
[21]
In 1987 theAIDS Quiltwas displayed on the National Mall and this became the first drug approved by the FDA for AIDS
AZT
Shane
Grace
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$400
[6]
A gallbladder or a kidney
an organ
Shane
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$400
[11]
In 1785 he wrote "Gie me ae spark o'nature's fire, that's a' the learning I desire"
Bobby Burns
Frank
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$400
[16]
On July 4, 1928 Jean Lussier crawled inside a 6-foot diameter rubber ball & passed over this landmark
Niagara Falls
Shane
|
|
$800
[2]
He was going full throttle in Arles, France in 1888 & 1889, turning out more than 200 paintings
Van Gogh
Frank
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$800
[27]
In March 1995 she hung up her speed skates after setting her personal best in the 1,000-meter race
Blair
Shane
|
$800
[23]
(Hi, I'm CNN senior medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.) I've reported on the threat of H5N1, better known as this potential pandemic transmitted by fowl
the avian flu
Shane
Frank
|
$1,200
[8]
Reddish-brown antelopes with white stripes
bongos
Frank
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$800
[12]
His first published poem was 1833's "Pauline"
Browning
Shane
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$800
[17]
In 1931 the leading U.S. organization advocating this -ism changed its name to the American Sunbathing Assoc.
nudism
Grace
|
|
$1,200
[3]
This artist'sportraitof hiswifesold in 1875 for 290 francs, hardly covering the cost of the frame & materials
Claude Monet
Frank
|
$1,200
[28]
The first WNBA player to reach 4,000 points, in 2004 this L.A. Sparks center was named the league's MVP
(Lisa) Leslie
Shane
|
$1,200
[24]
In 1991, 8 entered this replica of the Earth's ecosystem to test the feasibility of a self-contained space colony
the Biosphere
Grace
|
$1,600
[9]
Architect Renzo
Piano
|
$1,200
[13]
He wrote, "Better to go down dignified/ With boughten friendship at your side/ Than none at all. Provide, Provide!"
Robert Frost
Frank
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$1,200
[18]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a vineyard.) In California, "Wine Country" often means this valley, that planted its first wine grapes around 1840
Napa
Grace
|
|
$2,000
[5]
This 16th century Flemish painterdepicteda coldlandscapein "Hunters in the Snow"
Bruegel
Frank
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$1,600
[29]
In the 1990s Christy Martin was probably the best-known woman in this sport
boxing
|
$1,600
[25]
It's the alphanumeric problem that for many marred the celebration seen here
the Y2K bug
Shane
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$2,000
[10]
The bellows-mender in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Flute
|
$1,600
[14]
The next 3 words of lyric poet Robert Herrick's "To the Virgins, to make much of time", "Gather ye rosebuds..."
while ye may
Grace
|
$1,600
[19]
With a population of about 210,000, Bergen is this country's second-most populous city
Norway
Frank
|
|
DD
$3,000
[4]
This Swiss painter who died in 1940 called his art a line on a walk
(Paul) Klee
Frank
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$2,000
[30]
She's the all-time winningest female jockey, with more than 3,000 wins
Julie Krone
Grace
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$2,000
[26]
On Dec. 2, 1982, this surgeon, seen here, implanted the first permanent artificial heart, the Jarvik-7, into Barney Clark
Dr. William DeVries
|
DD
$5,600
[7]
Greek muse whose name means "beautiful voice"
Calliope
Shane
|
$2,000
[15]
The USA's first Poet Laureate, he taught at Louisiana State from 1934 to 1942 & edited the Southern Review
(Robert Penn) Warren
Shane
|
$2,000
[20]
Latin for "None farther beyond", this 3-word phrase refers to the highest level of excellence
ne plus ultra
Grace
Frank
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Now meaning nearly identical, these 2 names were applied to rivals Handel & Bononcini in a 1720s British verse
Tweedledum & Tweedledee