2001 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.
Larry Cloud — a computer consultant from Inglewood, California
Mark Eckard — a software designer from Bedford, Massachusetts
Brad Rutter — a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad | $1,300 | $2,200 | $10,800 |
$17,001
Finalist |
$9,600
22 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Mark | $2,100 | $3,700 | $8,500 |
$6,100
2nd place: $5,000 |
$7,800
22 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Larry | $0 | $1,800 | $2,600 |
$4,800
3rd place: $5,000 |
$2,600
10 R, 2 W |
| GOVERNMENT & POLITICS | TV OR NOT TV | STRAIT TO THE POINT | TORAH! TORAH! TORAH! | ELEMENTARY ADVICE | PREFIXES |
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$100
[1]
The preamble states that the Constitution was established "in order to form a more perfect" one of these
a union
Mark
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$100
[6]
"M*A*S*H" role played by Elliot Gould on film & by Wayne Rogers on TV
Trapper John
Mark
Larry
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$100
[11]
The English Channel connects to this sea via the Strait of Dover
the North Sea
Mark
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$100
[16]
The Torah is also known as the 5 books of this leader who, tradition says, wrote them down
Moses
Mark
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$100
[22]
Zn before you speak
zinc before you speak
Larry
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$100
[18]
Meaning "first" or "earliest", it may precede "plasm"
proto-
Mark
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$200
[2]
With 54, this state's electoral votes represent slightly more than 10% of the total 538
California
Brad
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$200
[7]
Duuuuude, Ray Walston totally reprised his role as Mr. Hand, Spicoli's teacher, in the series based on this film
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Brad
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$300
[13]
The Bosporus strait is straddled by this city
Istanbul
Mark
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$200
[17]
Leviticus 23 mentions the Day of Atonement as well as this "feast of unleavened bread"
Passover
Brad
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$200
[23]
Mind your own Bi
mind your own bismuth
Brad
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$200
[27]
Syncrasy doesn't mean anything without this prefix signifying "personal or private"
idio-
Brad
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$300
[3]
The annual term of the Supreme Court usually ends in June & begins on the second Monday in this month
October
Larry
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$300
[8]
"You want" this Debbie Allen show based on a 1980 film? Well, it "costs, and right here is where you start payin'"
Fame
Mark
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$400
[14]
This strait runs through the Pillars of Hercules
the Strait of Gibraltar
Brad
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$300
[19]
It's the famous 4-word command uttered in Exodus 5:1
"Let my people go!"
Mark
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$300
[24]
All the best parking places Ar
all the best parking places argon
Larry
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$300
[28]
The name of this fish seenhereis the prefix meaning "four" in its old genus name
tetra-
Mark
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$400
[4]
Bob Dole's running mate in 1996, he is co-director of Empower America
Jack Kemp
Brad
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$400
[9]
The sitcom based on this Tom Hanks-Jackie Gleason film lasted about 8 weeks
Nothing in Common
Larry
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$500
[15]
The Gulf of Oman is connected to this gulf by the Strait of Hormuz
the Persian Gulf
Mark
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$400
[20]
In Genesis it is said that he was "a just man and perfect in his generations"
Noah
Mark
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$400
[25]
Cs the day
cesium the day
Larry
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$400
[29]
Wherefore art thou this prefix that means "similar" & precedes "stasis"
homeo-
Brad
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$500
[5]
At age 84, this West Virginian is the second-oldest member of the U.S. Senate; Strom Thurmond is 15 years older
(Robert) Byrd
Brad
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$500
[10]
Prof. Charles Kingsfield made law students cry the old-fashioned way both on film & on CBS in this series
The Paper Chase
Mark
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DD
$900
[12]
This strait separates the fourth-largest nation of the world from the largest
the Bering Strait
Mark
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$500
[21]
The Torah ends with this book
Deuteronomy
Brad
Larry
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$500
[26]
A foolish criminal will become a Si
a foolish criminal will become a silicon
Larry
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$500
[30]
It's a 4-letter medical prefix meaning "within"
endo-
Mark
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| HISTORICAL TRICK OR TREAT | KINGS OF ENGLAND | TRAVEL & TOURISM | INSPIRED CHARACTERS | ROBOT MANIA | SPELL THE LAST NAME |
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$200
[1]
(Ding dong! But the trick's on Rootin' Tootin' Sofia of the Clue Crew.) I'm dressed up as this performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, but, uh, Mom wouldn't buy me a rifle!
Annie Oakley
Brad
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$200
[2]
Before the Norman Conquest, there were 3 kings of this name; since, there have been 8
Edward
Brad
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$200
[11]
Theme rooms (with jacuzzis!) are available at the Fantasyland Hotel & Resort in this capital of Alberta
Edmonton
Brad
Mark
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$200
[21]
This author of "Orlando" based her 1922 novel "Jacob's Room" on the life & death of her brother Thoby
Virginia Woolf
Mark
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$200
[16]
In this 1984 film a cyborg from the future travels back in time to kill Sarah Connor
The Terminator
Larry
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$400
[29]
Solo aerial Atlantic crosser of 1927
L-I-N-D-B-E-R-G-H
Mark
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$400
[7]
(Ding dong! Sir Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at the door.) I'm sworn to uphold this code whose name is an alteration of a word meaning "horseman"
chivalry
Brad
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$400
[3]
King who's railingherein the Thomas More biopic "A Man for All Seasons""Catherine's not my wife! No priest can make her so!"
Henry VIII
Brad
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$400
[12]
You'll pass through the Beule Gate on your way up this Athenian hill on the way to the Parthenon
the Acropolis
Mark
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$400
[22]
Scythrop Glowry in the 1818 novel "Nightmare Abbey" is believed to be a spoof of this poet, Lord Byron's pal
Shelley
Brad
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$400
[17]
This astromech droid from Naboo met his best bud, a protocol droid, in a sandstorm on Tatooine
R2-D2
Mark
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$600
[26]
Soldier, statesman & 34th president of the U.S.
E-I-S-E-N-H-O-W-E-R
Mark
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$600
[8]
(Ding dong! Cheryl of the Clue Crew prompts you to asp the question.) I'm Cleopatra, & Shakespeare said, "Age cannot wither me, nor custom fail my infinite" this
variety
Mark
Larry
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$600
[4]
In 1952 this father of Elizabeth II died in his sleep at Sandringham
George VI
Brad
Mark
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$600
[13]
The Schuylkill River flows through this city just before it empties into the Delaware
Philadelphia
Mark
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$800
[24]
Katherine Mansfield was supposedly the inspiration for Gudrun in his book "Women in Love"
D.H. Lawrence
Mark
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$600
[18]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gets down with a robot dog.) A marvel of modern engineering, this Sony product is very interactive--let's dance!
AIBO
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$800
[27]
"Soap", "Benson" & "Sports Night" actor Robert...
G-U-I-L-L-A-U-M-E
Brad
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$800
[9]
(Ding dong! Jimmy of the Clue Crew is back for more! Does he want candy or bread and circuses?) Hail, Caesar! I'm a commander in the Roman army where a hundred men form a century & 60 centuries form this group
a legion
Brad
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$1,000
[6]
He's the 11th century king being imitated here"Stop! Stop! I command you as your king!"
Canute
Larry
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$800
[14]
Head to this Hungarian town, the namesake of a sweet white wine, to check out the famed vineyards
Tokaj
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
Some of her books feature her alter ego Ariadne Oliver, creator of a fictional Finnish detective
Agatha Christie
Brad
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$800
[19]
In this Ira Levin novel, the husbands in a small town have replaced their spouses with robot versions
The Stepford Wives
Mark
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$1,000
[28]
Maiden name of the author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman"
W-O-L-L-S-T-O-N-E-C-R-A-F-T
Brad
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$1,000
[10]
(Ding dong! Don't wig out, it's just Sarah of the Clue Crew.) I'm Marie Antoinette, but at my Revolutionary trial, I was simply known as "the Widow" this
Capet
Brad
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DD
$1,600
[5]
From the Latin for "to rule", it's the term for 1811 to 1820, when the future George IV ruled in place of his crazy dad
the Regency
Brad
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$1,000
[15]
Just smaller than New Jersey, this republic consists of about 300 South Pacific islands, including the Yasawa group
Fiji
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$1,000
[25]
The quirky hero of "The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold" is a self-caricature by this man who took us on a visit to Brideshead
Evelyn Waugh
Mark
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$1,000
[20]
Based on a story by Isaac Asimov, this Robin Williams robot film spans 200 years
Bicentennial Man
Mark
Larry
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The 2 "oo" 4-letter words in the poem inscribed in the base of the Statue of Liberty
poor & door