2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 5, game 2.
Jerome Vered — a writer from Los Angeles, California (subtotal of $16,400)
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (subtotal of $16,000)
Brad Rutter — a TV quiz show host from Lancaster, Pennsylvania (subtotal of $18,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad | $4,600 | $4,200 | $15,000 | $20,000 |
$15,000
17 R, 1 W |
| Ken | $3,000 | $2,400 | $11,000 | $10,000 |
$10,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jerome | $-1,000 | $-1,400 | $8,200 | $3,200 |
$7,400
12 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| AMERICAN HISTORY | U.S. GEOGRAPHY IN SONG | ALPHABETICALLY LAST | COMPOUND WORDS | GUNS & AMMO | HAUTE COUTURE |
|
$200
[6]
This pact among the U.S., Mexico & Canada took effect in 1994 & aims to eliminate tariffs by 2008
NAFTA
Ken
|
$200
[11]
"Do you know the way to" this 1968 Top 10 place
San Jose
Jerome
|
$200
[16]
...of our solar system's 9 major planets
Venus
Ken
|
$200
[21]
Drivers wondered where to put gum wrappers when Chrysler introduced 1995 models without these
ashtrays
Jerome
|
$200
[1]
In 2004, the National Firearms Museum opened an exhibit on these, highlighting their use in skeet & trapshooting
shotguns
Brad
|
$200
[29]
Nicole Farhi, who married playwright David Hare, is called the "Donna Karan of" this world capital
London
Brad
|
|
$400
[7]
In the 1880s the Knights of this gave way to the American Federation of this representing workers
Labor
Ken
|
$400
[12]
In a 1964 hit, "I'm gonna have me some fun if it costs me my very last dime" in this title city
Las Vegas
Jerome
|
$400
[17]
...on the 2005 World Almanac's list of important inventions
the zipper
Jerome
|
$400
[22]
It comes between "Seal Island National" & "Refuge"
wildlife
Ken
|
$400
[2]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a biathlon range at Soldier Hollow, Utah.) The biathlon rifle's a straight-pull, bolt-action model that fires 5.6 millimeter rounds, or this small caliber
.22
Brad
|
$400
[30]
Now a superstar designer herself, she was often described as the muse of her late brother Gianni
Donatella Versace
Jerome
|
|
$600
[8]
In 1849, Thomas Ewing, "The Logician of the West", became the USA's first Secy. of this Cabinet Dept.
the Interior
Brad
|
$600
[13]
In 1981, Billy Joel told us to "Say Goodbye To" this title place
Hollywood
Ken
|
$600
[18]
...of the mainland countries of South America
Venezuela
Ken
|
$600
[23]
A swallowtail is a type of this, a man's formal coat that slopes toward the tails
cutaway
Jerome
|
$600
[3]
The line of pistols designed by this Austrian in 1898 became the standard for German soldiers
(Georg) Luger
Brad
|
$600
[26]
Lebanese designer Elie Saab created the gown she wore at the 1999 coronation of her husband, King Abdullah
Rania
Brad
|
|
$800
[9]
This committee that once claimed 800,000 members was dissolved Dec. 11, 1941
the America First Committee
Jerome
|
$800
[14]
"Reverend Green be glad to see you" when you're "walking in" this town
Memphis
Ken
|
$800
[19]
...of Jesus' 12 original apostles
Thomas
Jerome
|
$800
[24]
A piece of furniture, such as a bookcase, with a projecting central section
breakfront
|
$800
[4]
The bullet or "ball" designed by this Frenchman in 1849 wreaked havoc in the U.S. Civil War
(Claude-Etienne) Minié
Brad
|
$1,000
[28]
Haute handbags are the speciality of this woman who was born Judith Peto in Budapest
Judith Leiber
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Gen. Charles Lee was relieved of command after ordering a retreat at this 1778 New Jersey battle
Monmouth
Brad
|
$1,000
[15]
Sure, you studied presidents & state birds, but how the Beastie Boys & their "No Sleep Till" here
Brooklyn
Ken
|
$1,000
[20]
...on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. George Voinovich (of Ohio)
|
$1,000
[25]
"Colorful" type of partial bone fracture common in children
greenstick
|
$1,000
[5]
It's a term for atype of monkeyor a type ofshort barreled pistolboth seen here
a snub-nose
Brad
|
DD
$1,800
[27]
This French designer's "Corolle" collection became famous as 1947's "New Look"
Christian Dior
Ken
|
| RICH-ARTs & ROB-ARTs | APPROPRIATE NAMES | BRITISH BUSINESS | CROSSWORD CLUES "T" | ISTHMUS IN MAY | DESPERATE HOUSEFLIES |
|
$400
[1]
Richard Diebenkorn's "Ocean Park" series is named for an area in this beach city near L.A.
Santa Monica
Jerome
|
$400
[6]
Baron Brain, a medical scientist, wrote the text titled "Diseases of" this "System", now its 11th edition
the nervous system
Brad
|
$400
[11]
John Shepherd-Barron invented it & in 1967 Barclays Bank installed the world's first one
an ATM
Ken
|
$400
[16]
Spanish diacritical mark(5)
tilde
Brad
|
$400
[21]
The 125-mile-wide Isthmus of Tehuantepec divides the Pacific Ocean from this gulf
the Gulf of Mexico
Ken
|
$400
[26]
This poet "heard a fly buzz--when I died", "with blue--uncertain stumbling buzz--between the light--and me--"
Emily Dickinson
Ken
|
|
$800
[2]
In houses like the one seen here, Richard Morris Hunt brought America this style, from the French for "fine art"
Beaux Arts
Jerome
|
$800
[7]
"That is my real last name", says this man who came from obscurity to win the 2003 World Series of Poker
(Chris) Moneymaker
Brad
|
$800
[12]
This art book publisher took its name from the rivers flowing through London & New York City
Thames & Hudson
|
$800
[17]
Stein's secretary(6)
(Alice) Toklas
Ken
|
$800
[22]
This 10,400-sq.-mile region of Ukraine is joined to the mainland by the narrow Isthmus of Perekop
the Crimea
Ken
|
$800
[27]
One of his "Songs of Experience" says "Little fly, thy summer's play my thoughtless hand has brushed away"
(William) Blake
Ken
|
|
$1,600
[4]
In 2005 the woman in Robert Doisneau's photo called this "at the Hotel de Ville" sold her copy for $242,000
The Kiss
Brad
|
$1,200
[8]
The last name of this 1990s Detroit Tigers slugger was appropriate when he played first but not when he DHed
Cecil Fielder
Brad
|
$1,200
[13]
In the early 1700s William Fortnum, a footman who sold Queen Anne's used candles, went into retail with this partner
(Hugh) Mason
Jerome
|
$1,600
[19]
Son of Penelope & Odysseus(10)
Telemachus
Jerome
|
$1,200
[23]
The 31-mile-wide Isthmus of San Blas is the narrowest portion of this larger isthmus
the Isthmus of Panama
Brad
|
$1,200
[28]
Showdowns in this Sergio Leone epic include Fonda vs. Bronson & Jack Elam vs. a fly
Once Upon a Time in the West
Ken
|
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
Around 1912 Robert Delaunay brought color to the forefront of this -ism, thereby creating Orphism
Cubism
Jerome
|
$1,600
[9]
The captain of the U.S.S. Constitution in her historic War of 1812 battle, it's also a part of the ship
Isaac Hull
|
$1,600
[14]
Lea & Perrins of sauce fame both started their careers as these, meaning druggists or pharmacists
chemists
Brad
|
$2,000
[20]
A structural type of geology(9)
tectonics
Ken
Jerome
|
$1,600
[24]
The Karelian Isthmus is a narrow strip of land between Lake Ladoga and this gulf
the Gulf of Finland
Ken
Jerome
|
$1,600
[29]
One fatality in this gory play from the early 1590s is a fly killed by Marcus
Titus Andronicus
Brad
|
|
$2,000
[5]
This architect partnered with Rudolph Schindler & pioneered steel-frame housing with the Lovell House, seen here
(Richard) Neutra
Jerome
|
$2,000
[10]
As a press secretary, this Mississippi native was often a spokesman for U.S. presidents in the 1970s & '80s
Larry Speakes
|
$2,000
[15]
In 1986 inefficiency & strikes did in this auto brand known as BL
British Leyland
|
DD
$3,400
[18]
Prehistoric cave-dweller(10)
troglodyte
Ken
|
$2,000
[25]
This ancient city commanded the SW end of the isthmus between the Peloponnesus & the rest of Greece
Corinth
Jerome
|
$2,000
[30]
Uncle Toby lets a fly go, saying the world "is wide enough to hold both thee and me" in "Tristram Shandy" by him
(Laurence) Sterne
Brad
|
This Hollywood legend who died January 21, 1959 supported placing monuments that have since brought legal challenges
Cecil B. DeMille