2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 4, game 4.Clip of this game shown in the finale ofThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Chris Miller — a retail specialist from Louisville, Kentucky (subtotal of $10,000)
John Cuthbertson — an investment analyst from San Diego, California (subtotal of $13,500)
Brad Rutter — a TV quiz show host from Lancaster, Pennsylvania (subtotal of $10,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad | $2,600 | $5,400 | $26,600 | $26,600 |
$26,400
30 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| John | $2,000 | $3,200 | $5,200 | $200 |
$5,200
10 R, 2 W |
| Chris | $1,000 | $5,000 | $7,800 | $1,699 |
$7,800
11 R, 0 W |
| PREDATORS | TRIBUTE BANDS | FORBES' BILLIONAIRES | RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY | DRAW IT UP | TIME FOR A "CON"TEST |
|
$200
[11]
This patriotic symbol will hover above water birds until they exhaust themselves diving
the bald eagle
Brad
|
$200
[16]
Super Diamond honors him... I said
Neil Diamond
John
|
$200
[6]
March was a great month for her: she made her debut on the Forbes list & got out of a West Virginia prison
Martha Stewart
Brad
|
$200
[1]
This region's West Plain, one of the world's largest flatlands, is over 1 million square miles of steppe & tundra
Siberia
Chris
|
$200
[26]
Sir John Herschel coined the word "photographer" & discovered how to make these colorful working drawings
blueprints
Brad
|
$200
[17]
Among the jet-setters to catch a final ride on this in 2003 were Joan Collins & Christie Brinkley
the Concorde
Chris
|
|
$400
[12]
Of the family Lamnidae, it's been described on film as "a perfect engine--an eating machine"
a great white shark
Brad
|
$400
[18]
Riders on the Storm pays tribute to this classic group
The Doors
Chris
|
$400
[7]
Corona beer helped crown Maria Aramburuzabala the wealthiest woman in this country
Mexico
Brad
|
$400
[2]
This 2,194-mile river is 748 feet above sea level at its source, 92 feet below sea level at its mouth
the Volga
Brad
|
$400
[27]
The sketch seenhereaccompanies U.S. patent number 821,393, officially submitted for this type of machine
a flying machine
Chris
|
$400
[22]
Food cooks quicker & more evenly in this type of oven that has a fan to circulate the hot air
a convection oven
John
|
|
$600
[13]
Like its prey the chameleon, the boomslang, this type of animal, is noted for camouflage
snake
John
|
$600
[19]
We Got the Meat is an all-male tribute band to this girl group
the Go-Go's
Chris
|
$600
[8]
Michael Eisner is off the list, but this septuagenarian member of the Disney family is still on it
Roy Disney
John
|
DD
$400
[3]
Kaliningrad, a small piece of Russian territory, sits between Poland & Lithuania on this sea
the Baltic Sea
Brad
|
$600
[28]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates from a blackboard.) It's the specifictechniqueI've used to shade in an area & give depth to my picture
cross-hatching
Chris
|
$600
[23]
Around 500 B.C. he said, "With coarse rice to eat... and my bended arm for a pillow... I still have joy"
Confucius
John
|
|
$800
[14]
In 2005 the journal Nature had findings on how this, with no muscles, reacts to get its food in 1/10 second
a Venus fly trap
Brad
|
$800
[20]
The Missing Links re-create this group's music & TV show
The Monkees
Chris
|
$800
[9]
Guy Laliberte, founder of this circus, may be the only fire-breather on the list
Cirque du Soleil
Chris
|
$800
[4]
This mountain range on Russia's border with Georgia contains many oil fields, including those of Baku & Grozny
the Caucasus
Brad
|
$800
[29]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew demonstrates from a blackboard.) When you draw Michigan as a mitten, this bay separates the thumb from the rest of the hand
Saginaw Bay
Brad
|
$800
[24]
On my honor, he wrote "Prizzi's Honor" & "The Manchurian Candidate"
(Richard) Condon
Brad
|
|
$1,000
[15]
The name of this small cat of the forest has the name of a big cat in it
a jaguarundi
|
$1,000
[21]
Soso can "Hold The Line" as a tribute to this group
Toto
Brad
|
$1,000
[10]
The youngest billionaire on the 2005 list is 21-year-old Albert von Thurn und Taxis, a prince from this country
Germany
Brad
John
|
$1,000
[5]
Russia's southernmost point lies in Dagestan, a republic bordering this saltwater lake
the Caspian Sea
John
|
$1,000
[30]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a circuit diagram.) This word for adiagramof an electrical system comes from the Latin for "figure"
a schematic
Chris
|
$1,000
[25]
Though it possibly dates from the 16th century, the origin of this word for a punny riddle is a mystery in itself
conundrum
|
| PRE-DATERS | GLENN CLOSE ENCOUNTERS | GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK | WORLD COINS | AUTHOR! ARTHUR! | SECRETARIES OF STATE BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[6]
The year immediately preceding 1 A.D. on the Gregorian calendar
1 B.C.
Brad
|
$400
[11]
In 2005 Glenn Close joined the cast of this gritty cop drama
The Shield
John
|
$400
[12]
The canyon rises to 8,800 feet in elevation on what's usually called the Norththis
the North Rim
John
|
$400
[1]
Each year this country changes the design of its gold & silver panda coins, adding to their appeal
China
Brad
|
$400
[14]
Keep up: "Flight into Danger" by this "Airport" author was filmed as "Zero Hour!" & later spoofed as "Airplane!"
(Arthur) Hailey
John
|
$400
[18]
Surprise-ending short story writer who famously prayed with Nixon
O. Henry Kissinger
Brad
|
|
$800
[7]
Before Utah, the last state to join the union was this neighbor
Wyoming
Brad
|
$800
[27]
Glenn narrated "Reversal of Fortune", about a true criminal case, as this wealthy woman, comatose for a decade
Sunny von Bulow
Brad
|
$800
[13]
The Bright Angel one of these is the most popular one to descend, but has more rescues than any other
a trail
Brad
|
$800
[2]
In 2001 Zambia issued its 4,000-kwacha coin with this 19th C. queen on one side
Queen Victoria
Chris
|
$1,200
[24]
Born in Budapest, he's best known for his 1940 novel "Darkness at Noon"
Arthur Koestler
|
$800
[19]
"NFL Today" hostess & ex-Miss America appointed by the Gipper in 1982
Phyllis George Shultz
Brad
|
|
$1,200
[8]
The pope right before Paul VI
John XXIII
Brad
|
$1,200
[28]
Glenn played Robin Williams' mom in this 1982 film based on a novel
The World According to Garp
Brad
|
$1,200
[15]
Religious-sounding name of some structures in the park, like the Venus, the Vishnu & the Zoroaster, pictured here
temples
John
|
$1,200
[3]
A 1966 gold coin from Kenya has "Father of the Kenya Nation" on one side, his portrait on the other
(Jomo) Kenyatta
Brad
|
$1,600
[25]
Born in 1854, he has been described as "the precocious boy-poet of French symbolism"
(Arthur) Rimbaud
Brad
|
$1,200
[20]
Clinton's first Secretary of State who went "Sailing" to No. 1 on the pop charts in 1980
Warren Christopher Cross
Brad
|
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
The last city to host the Olympics before St. Moritz in 1948
Berlin
Brad
|
$1,600
[29]
Glenn played Mel Gibson's mom in this 1990 film based on a play
Hamlet
Brad
|
$1,600
[16]
Within the park is the village of Supai, part of this longer-named Indian reservation
the Havasupai
|
$1,600
[4]
Popular modern gold coins include the cat series introduced in 1988 by this island off England
Isle of Man
Brad
|
$2,000
[26]
This German philosopher (what, you need more?) was known for his pessimistic life views & Kant-influenced works
(Arthur) Schopenhauer
Brad
|
$1,600
[21]
Oscar-winning 1982 Bergman film that's been accused of being "Deep Throat" but vigorously denies it
Fanny and Alexander Haig
|
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1980 Riccardo Muti succeeded this man at the helm of the Philadelphia Orchestra
(Eugene) Ormandy
Brad
|
$2,000
[30]
Glenn was the Marquise de Merteuil to John Malkovich's Vicomte de Valmont in this period film
Dangerous Liaisons
John
|
$2,000
[17]
Using pueblos as a model, Mary Colter designed thestructureseen here, known by this 10-letter name
the Watchtower
|
$2,000
[5]
This land of the "dragon people" depicts Saturn on its beautiful 1995 1-sertum solar system coin
Bhutan
Chris
|
DD
$3,200
[23]
It's no mystery; he was knighted in 1902 for his work defending British policy in the Boer War
Arthur Conan Doyle
Brad
|
$2,000
[22]
Man with a 1947 "plan" who took on Eminem's birth name
George Marshall Mathers
Brad
|
Given to Washington by Lafayette, one of the keys to this is on display at Mount Vernon
the Bastille