2011 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.
Erin McLean — a junior at Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
Tom Nissley — a writer from Seattle, Washington
Justin Sausville — a urologist from Baltimore, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin | $3,800 | $6,400 | $10,400 |
$20,799
2nd place: $10,000 |
$10,400
15 R, 3 W |
| Tom | $2,000 | $4,400 | $26,200 |
$27,201
Finalist |
$29,000
27 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Erin | $1,000 | $1,000 | $5,400 |
$2
3rd place: $10,000 |
$5,400
12 R, 2 W |
| TWINS | BOND MOVIE BY BOND GIRL | & JUSTICE FOR ALL | THE HILLS ARE ALIVE | POLITICAL LEADERS | COMPLETES THE PROVERB |
|
$200
[16]
These twins, actresses & entrepreneurs, were born June 13, 1986 in Sherman Oaks, California
the Olsens
Tom
|
$200
[1]
1962:Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder
Dr. No
Tom
|
$200
[21]
Equal Justice Works provides legal help for underserved populations this way, "for the good" in Latin
pro bono
Erin
|
$200
[26]
In 2011 the median home value in this Southern Calif. city was around $1.9 million, with or without cee-ment ponds
Beverly Hills
Erin
|
$200
[11]
In 1983 Bettino Craxi became this country's first Socialist prime minister
Italy
Tom
|
$200
[6]
"Never look a gift horse..."
in the mouth
Erin
|
|
$400
[17]
A series of children's books by Laura Lee Hope featured these 2 sets of fraternal twins: Bert & Nan & Freddie & Flossie
the Bobbsey Twins
Tom
|
$400
[2]
2006:Eva Green as Vesper Lynd
Casino Royale
Tom
|
$400
[22]
Since 1992 this "Project" has used DNA evidence to help exonerate more than 250 wrongly convicted people
the Innocence Project
Justin
Erin
|
$400
[27]
Encyclopedia Britannica says Wels, Austria is in these lower parts of the Eastern Alps
the foothills
|
$400
[12]
The son of a former president, Benigno Aquino III has been president of this nation since 2010
the Philippines
Tom
|
$400
[7]
"Feed a cold &..."
starve a fever
Justin
|
|
$800
[19]
First names of the pair seen here
Chang & Eng
Tom
|
$600
[3]
1977:Barbara Bach as Major Anya Amasova
The Spy Who Loved Me
|
$600
[23]
This "Watch" started ticking in 1988, when advocacy orgs. in Europe, Africa, Asia & the Americas adopted the name
Human Rights Watch
Justin
|
$600
[28]
This range covers 6,000 square miles in southwestern South Dakota & eastern Wyoming
the Black Hills
Tom
|
$600
[13]
David Ben-Gurion first became prime minister of Israel in this year
1948
Justin
Erin
|
$600
[8]
"To err is human, to forgive..."
divine
Erin
|
|
$1,000
[20]
Amulius ordered these twin sons of myth thrown into the Tiber, but they floated to the future site of Rome
Romulus & Remus
Tom
|
$800
[4]
2002:Halle Berry as Jinx Johnson
Die Another Day
Erin
|
$800
[24]
Its Article 6 says, "Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law"
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Justin
|
$800
[29]
Wold, a Middle English geographical word, gave us the name of these hills, home to Bath & Cheltenham
the Cotswolds
Justin
|
$800
[14]
Elected president of Chile in 1970, this Marxist died in a military takeover in 1973
Salvador Allende
Tom
|
$800
[9]
"A man who is his own lawyer has..."
a fool for a client
Justin
|
|
DD
$2,600
[18]
These twins & recent first daughters were named for their grandmothers
Barbara & Jenna
Tom
|
$1,000
[5]
1971:Jill St. John as Tiffany Case
Diamonds Are Forever
Justin
|
$1,000
[25]
The Montgomery-based SPLC, this center, is "dedicated to... seeking justice for the most vulnerable"
the Southern Poverty Law Center
Tom
|
$1,000
[30]
The 200' Chapultepec Hill boasts the castle where this Mexican emperor lived in the 1860s
Maximilian
Tom
|
$1,000
[15]
An ardent Polish patriot, this piano virtuoso served as the country's leader in 1919 & again in exile from 1940 to 1941
Jan Paderewski
|
$1,000
[10]
"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to..."
invent him
Justin
|
| WINTER OLYMPICS MASCOTS | "RED", "WHITE" OR "BLUE" | QUICK LIT | BUGS | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER | OPERATIC COSTUMES |
|
$400
[6]
Snowple the weasel was replaced for the Nagano Games by 4 of these wise birds
owls
Erin
|
$400
[7]
A moat that separated the Kremlin from this was paved over in 1812
Red Square
Justin
|
$400
[13]
This 1952 Steinbeck novel has a biblical title & a biblical story
East of Eden
Erin
|
$400
[12]
An association in Beijing sponsors fighting tournaments for the field type of these chirping insects
crickets
Erin
|
$400
[18]
"The pipes, the pipes are calling" for a Culture Club lad & late Yankees owner
"Oh, Danny Boy" George Steinbrenner
Justin
|
$400
[1]
(Alex dresses as a toreador at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) In a costume from a 2009 production I'm Escamillo, the toreador who wins the heart of this gypsy girl
Carmen
Erin
|
|
$800
[27]
One mascot for the 2010 Vancouver Games was Quatchi, one of these mythical creatures
a Sasquatch
Tom
|
$800
[8]
These statutes forbid certain secular activity on Sundays
blue laws
Justin
|
$800
[14]
A Rabelais title is "Gargantua and" him
Pantagruel
Erin
|
$800
[23]
The wooly bear is this larval form of the isabella tiger moth
a caterpillar
Erin
|
$800
[19]
The governmental right to seize property & an Internet address can compel you to guess a song title after a few notes
eminent domain Name That Tune
Tom
|
$800
[2]
(Alex reports from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) The title character disguises himself, but not very well, in "Le comte Ory", the first opera created in French by this composer whose last opera was "William Tell"
(Gioachino) Rossini
Justin
Tom
|
|
$1,200
[28]
Hidy & Howdy were the polar bear mascots for the 1988 Olympics in this Canadian city
Calgary
Tom
|
$1,200
[9]
A Big Crave 9 from here contains 20 sliders
White Castle
Justin
|
$1,200
[15]
Characters have been rejected by their author in a 1921 play by this Italian
Pirandello
Tom
|
$1,200
[24]
The harlequin bug is also known by this "smelly" name
a stink bug
Erin
|
$1,200
[20]
In a deceptive Greek "equine" of an ancient war lies a bloodsucking winged insect content to be an unseen observer
a Trojan Horse-fly on the wall
Tom
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
(Alex reports from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) The costume worn by this character may not seem to go with his title profession, but in his first scene he sings "Largo al factotum" & explains that he's also the apothecary, gardener & wig maker
the Barber of Seville (Figaro)
Tom
|
|
$1,600
[29]
Vucko the wolf won a poll of Yugoslav newspaper readers to decide the mascot of the Olympics held here
Sarajevo
Tom
|
$1,600
[10]
Other ships in this fleet's line were the Britannic & the Olympic
White Star Line
Justin
|
$1,600
[16]
"The Plague" by Camus is set in what is now this African country
Algeria
Tom
|
$1,600
[25]
The scientific name of the European stag beetle is Lucanus cervus; cervus is Latin for this mammal
a deer
Justin
|
$1,600
[21]
Early Beatles drummer who wins Westminster Kennel Club top honors by yelling Cuba Gooding Jr.'s most famous line
Pete Best in Show me the money
Tom
|
$1,600
[4]
(Alex wears a cape at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) This cape was worn by Enrico Carusoas the Duke of Mantua in this Verdi opera, the role in which he made his Met debut way back in 1903
Rigoletto
Justin
|
|
DD
$2,000
[30]
Haakon & Kristin, mascots of this city's Olympics, were named for a Norwegian prince & princess
Lillehammer
Tom
|
$2,000
[11]
A lady with literary leanings
a bluestocking
Tom
|
$2,000
[17]
His "Berlin Stories" inspired "I Am a Camera"
(Christopher) Isherwood
Tom
|
$2,000
[26]
Theseants are named for the way they gather or reap seeds & leaves
harvester ants
Tom
|
$2,000
[22]
Nebraska-named D-Day landing area whose album "Pet Sounds" clones Nazis in South America
Omaha Beach Boys from Brazil
Tom
|
$2,000
[5]
(Alex wears a helmet at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) This helmet is a fitting accessory from a production of this Wagner work in which the Knight'sarrivalin a swan boat is one of opera's great entrances
Lohengrin
Justin
|
She said, "I told my plans to no one. I was not killing a man, but a wild beast that was devouring the French people"
Charlotte Corday