2010 Tournament of Champions final game 1.
Stefan Goodreau — a video game tester from Los Angeles, California
Vijay Balse — a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
Jason Zollinger — an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason | $-800 | $800 | $9,200 | $0 |
$8,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Vijay | $1,600 | $600 | $14,600 | $9,200 |
$17,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Stefan | $3,200 | $5,000 | $9,400 | $5,800 |
$9,400
19 R, 5 W |
| WHO CARRIED THE STATE? | ON THE 1980s MOVIE SOUNDTRACK | THE NEW YORK TIMESDINING & WINE | SIGN OF THE FOUR | "X" "Q"s ME | NEW ORLEANS & KATRINA |
|
$200
[24]
Florida,2000
George W. Bush
Jason
|
$200
[1]
1987:"She's Like The Wind"by Patrick Swayze
Dirty Dancing
Jason
|
$200
[20]
On Dec. 23, 2009 The Pour, a blog about wine on nytimes.com, focused on this bubbly beverage
champagne
Stefan
|
$200
[9]
Of the 4 "Little Women" characters Jo, Beth, Laurie & Amy, the one not a sister of the others
Laurie
Stefan
|
$200
[8]
It's the type of keyboard named for the succession of 6 letters found near the upper-left corner
QWERTY
Jason
|
$200
[26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.) I'm at the New Orleans chapter of this organization, whose shelters across Louisiana provided refuge, food & water for over 146,000 people in the wake of Katrina
the Red Cross
Jason
|
|
$400
[25]
Illinois,1960
JFK (John Kennedy)
Vijay
Stefan
|
$400
[2]
1985:"Don't You (Forget About Me)"by Simple Minds
The Breakfast Club
Stefan
|
$400
[19]
The Bitten blog discussed how these salty little fish "turn up on traditional & not-so-traditional English menus"
anchovies
Vijay
|
$400
[10]
Of the 4 suits in tarot cards, the one that's designed to hold liquids
cups
Stefan
|
$400
[14]
"Magic" & "Have You Never Been Mellow" are songs from this roller-skating musical that hit Broadway in 2007
Xanadu
Jason
|
$400
[27]
The scene of celebrations before & since, ithoused thousands in Katrina's aftermath
the Superdome
Stefan
|
|
$600
[23]
North Carolina,2008
Barack Obama
Jason
Vijay
|
$600
[3]
1986:"Danger Zone"by Kenny Loggins
Top Gun
Jason
Stefan
|
$600
[18]
A 2010 article reported on the hard times that have fallen on wineries in this California valley
Napa Valley
Stefan
|
$600
[11]
Of the 4 traditional symphonic movements, the one whose name is Italian for "joke"
scherzo
Vijay
Stefan
|
$600
[15]
The name of this case used to carry your arrows might make you tremble
a quiver
Stefan
|
$600
[28]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.) The group Make It Right is helpingrebuildhomesinthatarea, called the Lower this, flooded in 2005 by overflow from the canal that divided it from the Upper
the Ninth Ward
Jason
|
|
$800
[21]
New York,1948
Dewey
Vijay
|
$800
[4]
1984:"Axel F."by Harold Faltermeyer
Beverly Hills Cop
Stefan
|
$800
[6]
A tasty but tongue-twisting recipe from Mark Bittman paired the bay type of this bivalve mollusk with scallions
a scallop
Stefan
|
$800
[12]
Of the 4 principal directions on a sailing ship, the one that's also a potent potable
port
Jason
|
$800
[16]
He succeeded his dad, Darius I, as king of Persia
Xerxes
Stefan
|
$800
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.) The largest design build civil works project in the history of the Army Corps of Engineers, a giant flood wall is technically called this type of barrier, as it protects against hurricane-driven water levels
a surge barrier (a storm surge barrier accepted)
Vijay
Stefan
|
|
DD
$2,800
[22]
Massachusetts,1972
George McGovern
Vijay
|
$1,000
[5]
1980:"Call Me"by Blondie
American Gigolo
|
$1,000
[7]
A recipe for Mediterranean citrus chicken skewers had this Mid-Eastern sauce made of ground sesame seeds
tahini
Jason
Vijay
Stefan
|
$1,000
[13]
Of the 4 Marx Brothers in "Horse Feathers", the one with the same name as a California city
Chico
Stefan
|
$1,000
[17]
Alphabetically, it's last of the noble gases
xenon
Stefan
|
$1,000
[30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.) The Domino Sugar refinery built a 200-unittrailer park here on-site to house its employees when this "saintly" parish was hit hard by flooding
St. Bernard
|
| U.S. LAKES & RIVERS | ON BROADWAY 2010 | SPEAKING FLUENT CANADIAN | LEADERS OF WORLD WAR II | AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER |
|
$400
[7]
Rivers that flow into this inlet in Washington state include the Puyallup & Skagit
Puget Sound
Stefan
|
$400
[22]
Abigail Breslin made her Broadway debut in this drama in which she stars as Helen Keller
The Miracle Worker
Jason
|
$400
[6]
At the 2010 Olympics, this Pittsburgh Penguin & Nova Scotia native scored the gold medal-winning goal for Canada
(Sidney) Crosby
Jason
|
$400
[1]
As war minister & prime minister of Japan, he ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor
(Hideki) Tojo
Jason
|
$400
[17]
He wrote the acclaimed "Roots", a 7-generation family chronicle
(Alex) Haley
Vijay
|
$400
[12]
Florida NBA team that's central to a lofty Thomas Mann work about a soft drink
Orlando Magic Mountain Dew
|
|
$800
[8]
One of Hawaii's longest rivers, the Kaukonahua flows into the Pacific near Waialua on this island
Oahu
|
$800
[23]
"Rock Of Ages", set in the '80s is where big this meets big dreams
hair
Stefan
|
$800
[13]
As of 2010 he was Canada's prime minister; he's our next-door neighbor, you should know him
(Stephen) Harper
Vijay
|
$1,200
[3]
Affer Germany invaded the Netherlands, this queen, her family & cabinet fled to London
Wilhelmina
Jason
Vijay
|
$800
[18]
He created the reluctant private eye Ezekiel Rawlins, nicknamed "Easy"
Walter Mosley
|
$800
[25]
John Milton epic about Gertrude Stein's Parisian expatriate Yanks who were born starting in 1965
Paradise Lost Generation X
Jason
|
|
$1,200
[9]
Buffalo Bill Reservoir near Cody in this state was formed by the damming of the Shoshone River
Wyoming
Vijay
|
$1,200
[24]
Working-class characters seek redemption in this rock opera based on a Green Day album
American Idiot
Stefan
|
$1,200
[14]
Not a cartoonist, he lost the P.M. job on May 22, 1979 but had it back by March 3, 1980
(Pierre) Trudeau
Vijay
|
$1,600
[4]
Though he kept this country neutral, Antonio Salazar did allow the Allies to establish bases in the Azores
Portugal
Stefan
|
$1,200
[19]
His 1940 novel "Native Son" was adopted by the Book of the Month Club
(Richard) Wright
Stefan
|
$1,200
[28]
Poker hand of 3 aces & 2 kings with a British royal family name adopted in 1917 that's a great way to tie a tie
a full house of Windsor knot
Stefan
|
|
$1,600
[10]
At 618 feet, Seneca Lake is the deepest of this group of long & narrow lakes in Western New York
the Finger Lakes
Jason
|
$1,600
[26]
Shewas cast as Morticiafor the 2010 Broadway musical of "The Addams Family"
(Bebe) Neuwirth
Vijay
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
In 1985 Margaret Atwood published this "Tale" of women stripped of all rights in a post-U.S. country
The Handmaid's Tale
Vijay
|
DD
$2,000
[2]
Forced into exile by an Italian invasion in 1936, this emperor returned to his homeland in January 1941
Haile Selassie
Jason
|
$1,600
[20]
This 1953 novel by James Baldwin is based on his own experiences as a teenaged preacher
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Vijay
|
$1,600
[29]
Possible 51st state that's part of a set of anti-crime laws & a penitential Catholic prayer
Puerto Rico Act of contrition
|
|
$2,000
[11]
Running from New Mexico's northern border to its southern border, this river splits the state in 2
the Rio Grande
Stefan
|
$2,000
[27]
"Red" stars Alfred Molina as this abstract expressionist who painted rectangles of color, a suicide in 1970
(Mark) Rothko
Jason
|
$2,000
[16]
We don't have "Thirty Two Short Films About" this Canadian pianist who learned to play at age 3, just 1 short clue
Glenn Gould
|
$2,000
[5]
In 1940, at age 84, he became premier of France; after the war he was tried for treason & sent to prison for life
(Maréchal) Pétain
Vijay
|
$2,000
[21]
His "Souls of Black Folk" expressly attacked Booker T. Washington, the most powerful black American of that time
(W.E.B.) Du Bois
Vijay
|
$2,000
[30]
"Don't Cry Out Loud" singer & Beckham's 1992-2003 team remind us that "a mind is a terrible thing to waste"
Melissa Manchester United Negro College Fund
Jason
|
This West Central African capital grew out of a settlement that France established for freed slaves in 1849
Libreville