2010 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.
Dave Belote — a recently retired base commander from Woodbridge, Virginia
Stefan Goodreau — a video game tester from Los Angeles, California
Terry Linwood — a bookseller from North Texas
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry | $1,800 | $6,000 | $17,200 |
$7,999
3rd place: $10,000 |
$16,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Stefan | $0 | $2,000 | $13,200 |
$9,199
Finalist |
$13,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Dave | $2,400 | $3,400 | $7,800 |
$8,013
2nd place: $10,000 |
$10,200
14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| HARK, IT'S ARKANSAS! | YANKEE STADIUM MOMENTS | TECH-TONICS | BRITISH AUTHORS | "B"s ON BOTH ENDS | CUT! |
|
$200
[21]
Like Tennessee, Arkansas has a city named this, but it isn't the "Country Music Capital of the World"
Nashville
Terry
|
$200
[1]
Oct. 18, 1977:This Yankee star hits 3 home runs off the Dodgers in game 6 of the World Series
Reggie Jackson
Dave
|
$200
[26]
On Jan, 27, 2010 this CEO announced his company's latest creation, the iPad
Steve Jobs
Stefan
|
$200
[16]
His professor, Dr. Joseph Bell, a master of diagnostic deduction, was his model for Sherlock Holmes
Conan Doyle
Terry
|
$200
[6]
The opposite of a blockbuster at the box office
a bomb
Stefan
|
$200
[11]
To move text to another part of a computer document is called "cut and" this
paste
Stefan
|
|
$400
[22]
This presidential daughter was born in Little Rock, Arkansas February 27, 1980
Chelsea Clinton
Stefan
|
$400
[2]
June 22, 1938:This German heavyweight boxer is beaten in the first round
Schmeling
Dave
|
$400
[27]
The Bloggie one of these from Sony has a lens that swivels 270 degrees
a camera
Stefan
|
$400
[17]
He originally wrote "The Hobbit" to entertain his kids
Tolkien
Stefan
|
$400
[7]
Cratchit or Sideshow
Bob
Terry
|
$400
[12]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) When clipping a dog's nails, be careful not to clip this part of the nail--blood vessels & nerves there will create pain for your pooch
the quick
Terry
Dave
|
|
$600
[23]
A member of this illustrious & wealthy family was governor of Arkansas from 1967 to 1971
Rockefeller
Terry
|
$600
[3]
June 21, 1990:After 27 years in prison, this South African's first stop on a U.S. tour is to New York & Yankee Stadium
Mandela
Dave
|
$600
[28]
In 2000, tired of malware, Patrick Kolla came up with this "search & destroy" software & gave it away for free
Spybot
Stefan
|
$600
[18]
After a fatwa was issued against him in February 1989, he went into hiding under police protection
Salman Rushdie
Terry
|
$600
[8]
To divulge confidential info
blab
Stefan
|
$600
[13]
Named for a NYC restaurant, this cut of beef contains filet mignon & New York separated by a big bone
Porterhouse
Dave
|
|
$800
[24]
The collapse of Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan was at the heart of this Arkansas scandal
Whitewater
Terry
|
$800
[4]
Dec. 28, 1958:In "The Greatest Game Ever Played", this quarterback leads the Colts over the Giants in the NFL title game
(Johnny) Unitas
Dave
|
$800
[29]
The GO 550 LIVE GPS from this double-talk company scouts both fuel prices & traffic problems
TomTom
Terry
|
$800
[19]
He helped cover the Apollo 12 & 15 space missions with Walter Cronkite & Wally Schirra
Arthur C. Clarke
|
$800
[9]
Slang for a short, written promotional statement
a blurb
Terry
|
$800
[14]
This "royal" cut of diamond is designed to get maximum brilliance from a square cut
princess
Dave
|
|
$1,000
[25]
State Line Avenue divides this city in Miller County from the same-named city in the Lone Star State
Texarkana
Terry
|
$1,000
[5]
Oct. 4, 1965:Over 90,000 cram into Yankee Stadium as he celebrates the first papal mass on American soil
Paul VI
Terry
Stefan
|
$1,000
[30]
The Black Berry Bold 9000 by R.I.M., this Canadian company, has a 624 MHz processor
Research In Motion
Dave
|
$1,000
[20]
In his memoir "Experience", he explores his relationship with his author-father Kingsley
Martin Amis
|
$1,000
[10]
An early name for Google was this type of massage
backrub
Dave
|
DD
$2,400
[15]
The forte is the lower, sturdier part of a sword; this upper, weaker part of the blade also refers to any human flaw
foible
Dave
|
| LESSER-KNOWN ART & ARTISTS | POLITICAL ANIMALS | CHEMISTRY | BEST PICTURE LETTER DROP | MISSING LINKS | MASADA |
|
$400
[26]
This saint wields a candy cane-like lance in Il Sodoma's painting of him slaying a dragon
St. George
Stefan
|
$400
[9]
In July 2009 Sarah Palin said she didn't want to accept this status of late-term ineffectiveness, so bye-bye
lame duck
Stefan
|
$400
[1]
In 1814 Jakob Berzelius proposed the idea of having these, instead of hieroglyphics, stand for the elements
letters
Stefan
|
$400
[16]
A chauffeured lady from 1989 joins Greg Louganis in competition
Diving Miss Daisy
Stefan
|
$400
[6]
Litmus____tube baby
test
Stefan
|
$400
[21]
(Alex reports from Masada, Israel.) The Romans would come out of their encampment down below & harry the defenders of Masada by hurling stones such as this one over the walls using this ancient artillery weapon
catapult
Terry
|
|
$1,200
[28]
This Jewish woman's face is grimly composed in Gentileschi's painting of her slaying Holofernes
Judith
|
$800
[10]
A "dog" this is something only canines can hear; politically, it's a subtle signal to one's base
a whistle
Dave
|
$800
[2]
This stormy natural phenomenon is a cause of significant amounts of nitrogen oxides
lightning
|
$800
[17]
People from Copenhagen get to know wild canines when the letter C falls from the 1990 winner
Danes with Wolves
Stefan
|
$800
[7]
Prom____palm
queen (or date)
Dave
|
$800
[22]
Masada is dominated by the remains of the palace of this infamous New Testament king called "the Great"
Herod
Stefan
|
|
$1,600
[27]
In a painting by John William Waterhouse, this femme fatale offers a cup to Ulysses
Circe
Terry
Stefan
|
$1,200
[11]
They're supposedly untouchable programs; in 2009 Washington Gov. Gregoire said it's time to put them out to pasture
sacred cows
|
$1,200
[3]
Bittern, a solution rich in bromines, is what's left after this is crystallized from seawater
salt
Stefan
|
$1,200
[18]
A NYC-set musical from 1961 becomes a member of Britain's Conservative Party
West Side Tory
Terry
|
$1,200
[8]
Hammer____rug
throw
Terry
|
$1,200
[23]
(Alex reports from Masada, Israel.) The thousand defenders were able to survive for two years because they had more than a dozen of these defensive assets--collectors of water from the Latin for "box"
cisterns
Dave
|
|
DD
$2,000
[30]
He's been thrown from his horse and struck blind in Parmigianino's painting of "The Conversion of" this man
Saul (of Tarsus) (better known as St. Paul)
Terry
|
$1,600
[12]
Someone too liberal for his party may be dubbed a RINO, short for this "in name only"
Republican
Dave
|
DD
$1,600
[4]
It's the conversion of a carbohydrate such as sugar into an acid or an alcohol
fermentation
Stefan
|
$1,600
[19]
A quiet 1991 film, minus a letter, becomes this, as seen here
The Silence of the Labs
Stefan
|
$1,600
[14]
Golden____trotter
globe
Stefan
|
$1,600
[24]
The Roman attacking force, 15,000 strong, was the tenth one of these Roman military units
legion
|
|
$2,000
[29]
Niccolo Dell"abbate painted "The Death of Eurydice", the wife of this guy
Orpheus
Terry
|
$2,000
[13]
A candidate put forward to ease the way for another candidate is called a "stalking" this
horse
Dave
|
$2,000
[5]
These compounds contain the same types of atoms in the same proportions but in different arrangements
isomers
Dave
|
$2,000
[20]
When a 1952 Cecil B. DeMille circus film loses a letter, there aren't enough awards to give the pig
Greatest Sow on Earth
Terry
|
$2,000
[15]
Battle____Indian
Creek
Terry
|
$2,000
[25]
(Alex reports from Masada, Israel.) The defenders chose death over surrender, & then they drew lots to determine who would get to kill the others; we get the story from this Roman historian who had been in a lot-drawing situation himself as a Jewish fighter
(Flavius) Josephus
Terry
|
Refusing to imprison this man for demonstrating during the 1960s, de Gaulle said, "One does not arrest Voltaire"
Jean-Paul Sartre