2011 Tournament of Champions final game 1.
Buddy Wright — an operations engineer from Fort Worth, Texas
Tom Nissley — a writer from Seattle, Washington
Roger Craig — a computer scientist from Newark, Delaware
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger | $3,400 | $5,400 | $43,200 | $50,000 |
$19,000
24 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Tom | $1,600 | $6,200 | $9,400 | $18,800 |
$9,400
15 R, 1 W |
| Buddy | $2,400 | $3,800 | $11,000 | $6,000 |
$10,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| 20 FOR DUMMIES | SITCOMS BY MOM | MISSISSIPPI MISTERS | THE DOCTOR WILL "C" YOU NOW | FRENCH FIXINS | PETRA |
|
$200
[7]
"Parenting for Dummies" uses this toy as an analogy for consistency: "it spins until it wobbles, and then it falls down"
a top
Tom
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$200
[1]
June Cleaver
Leave It to Beaver
Roger
|
$200
[21]
Once president of the Confederacy, he served as president of an insurance company after the war
(Jefferson) Davis
Roger
|
$200
[6]
Christmas must be a bummer for you, having this condition & not being able to distinguish between red & green
color blindness
Buddy
|
$200
[16]
In French, this word can refer to an image on Turkey's flag as well as a tasty roll
a croissant
Tom
|
$200
[26]
(Alex presents the clue from Petra, Jordan.) Petra is built on a terrace overlooking Wadi Musa, the valley of this man, who tradition says struck a rock here & made it gush with water
Moses
Buddy
|
|
$400
[8]
"Allergies &" this "for Dummies" lists famous folks with the condition, including Beethoven & Teddy Roosevelt
Asthma
Roger
Tom
|
$400
[2]
Marion Cunningham
Happy Days
Buddy
|
$400
[22]
The voice of Darth Vader, he isn't from a galaxy far, far away but from Arkabutla, Mississippi
James Earl Jones
Roger
|
$400
[12]
All that guitar playing has caused these tough, thickened numb patches of skin on your fingertips
calluses
Tom
|
$400
[17]
The vineyard & petit-gris are varieties of this mollusk; please respond in French, though it might "slow" you down
escargot
Roger
|
$400
[27]
Once, only Muslims could visit Petra's highest point; tradition says that as a 10-year-old, this man visited the site
Muhammad
Roger
|
|
$600
[9]
Released in 1991, this 3-letter computer abbreviation "for Dummies" was the first in the "For Dummies" series
DOS
Tom
|
$600
[3]
Evelyn Harper (Holland Taylor)
Two and a Half Men
|
$600
[23]
This Muppet master was born in Mississippi, where his father was doing research for the Department of Agriculture
Jim Henson
Roger
|
$600
[13]
Try stretching if you suffer these, like Rafael Nadal did at the 2011 U.S. Open, including at a press conference
cramps
Buddy
|
$600
[18]
From Provence & pretty as a Pixar, this eggplant dish simmered in olive oil can be served hot or cold
ratatouille
Buddy
|
$600
[28]
(Alex presents the clue from Petra, Jordan.) The approach to Petra is through a narrow cleft which in 312 B.C. helped it withstand a siege by the army of Antigonus of these people; he was an heir to Alexander the Great
the Macedonians
Buddy
|
|
$800
[10]
Chapter 1 of "Beekeeping for Dummies" has this question for a title, playing on a line from Shakespeare
"To bee or not to bee?"
Roger
|
$800
[4]
Maggie Seaver (Joanna Kerns)
Growing Pains
Roger
|
$800
[24]
In March 2011, Columbus, Mississippi celebrated what would have been the 100th birthday of this playwright
Tennessee Williams
Tom
|
$1,000
[15]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) With osteoporosis, the vertebrae in the spine are weakened, & when forced against each other, can result in this common type of fracture
a compression
Roger
|
$800
[19]
Tomatoes, garlic, black olives, anchovies, onions, tuna, green beans, eggs & herbs make up a salade this
niçoise
Tom
|
$800
[29]
For the thousands of tourists today, 4-footed transport options within Petra are horse, donkey or this
a camel
Tom
|
|
$1,000
[11]
"Architecture for Dummies" calls this NYC skyscraper an "Art Deco fantasy" that's complete with hubcaps & hood ornaments
the Chrysler Building
Roger
|
$1,000
[5]
A new mom in 2011, Reagan Brinkley (Christina Applegate)
Up All Night
|
$1,000
[25]
Legendary bluesmen born in Mississippi include Chester Arthur Burnett, known as Howlin' this
Wolf
Tom
|
DD
$1,200
[14]
What's that I say? You need this type of implant in your inner ear that directly stimulates the hearing nerve
a cochlear implant
Buddy
|
$1,000
[20]
In a remembrance of things Proust, it's a small, buttery sponge cake eaten as a cookie, often dipped in coffee
a madeleine
Tom
|
$1,000
[30]
(Alex presents the clue from Petra, Jordan.) There are a number of important tombs in the ancient city of Petra, like the one behind me, which is not named for a person, but because of the magnificent colorstriations, is named for this expensive fabric
silk
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| NOVELS | SOUNDS ALL AROUND | ANAGRAMMYS | WHO'S AT STAKE? | LANGUAGES | 4 STRAIGHT VOWELS |
|
$400
[22]
It's alternately titled "Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy"
Little Women
Roger
|
$400
[24]
To sibilate is to do this, like a disapproving audience or a rattler
hiss
Tom
|
$400
[2]
Best "CORK" Song
Rock
Buddy
|
$400
[26]
Rouen, May 30, 1431:A female saint
Joan of Arc
Tom
|
$400
[13]
Chimbu & Enga are among the nearly 800 Papuan languages spoken on this "New" island
New Guinea
Tom
|
$400
[1]
The largest one of these California conifers would yield more than 50,000 cubic feet of lumber
sequoia
Roger
|
|
$800
[23]
The hero escapes from a dungeon by sewing himself into the burial sack of a fellow prisoner in this Dumas work
The Count of Monte Cristo
Roger
|
$800
[25]
A chiropractic session may include this 5-letter sound, made by a locked-up joint being freed
a crack
Buddy
|
$800
[4]
Best "WEDS NO PORK" Album (including Poetry)
Spoken Word
Roger
|
$800
[27]
Scotland, 1727:Janet Horne, for this crime--the last person in Britain burned to death for it
witchcraft
Buddy
|
$800
[12]
The people of this island nation south of Sicily use a Semitic language written in the Latin alphabet
Malta
Roger
|
$800
[3]
Hawaii's fourth-largest island, it's the state's only island that has navigable rivers
Kauai
Roger
|
|
$1,600
[17]
Originally published anonymously, his "Waverley Novels" included "Rob Roy" in 1817
Scott
Roger
|
$1,200
[19]
Our studio has great these, also the branch of physics that deals with sound & sound waves
acoustics
Buddy
|
$1,200
[5]
Best "COZY ED" or Cajun Music Album
Zydeco
Tom
|
$1,200
[28]
Florence, May 23, 1498:An anti-papal priest & reformer
Savonarola
Roger
Tom
Buddy
|
$1,200
[11]
The language group named for these nomadic tribesmen of North Africa is also called Tamazight
Berber
Roger
|
$1,200
[14]
A line of waiting people, or a sequence of stored computer data awaiting processing
a queue
Buddy
|
|
$2,000
[18]
In this Dostoyevsky novel, Prince Myshkin, like the author, suffers from epilepsy
The Idiot
Roger
|
$1,600
[20]
For a comedian, it's instrumental that one of these heardherefollows a punchline
a rimshot
Roger
|
$1,600
[6]
Best "CIRCLE NOTE"/Dance Album
Electronic
Roger
|
$1,600
[29]
Oxford, March 21, 1556:Thomas Cranmer, holder of this high religious office
Archbishop of Canterbury
Buddy
|
$2,000
[10]
The language of these Japanese aboriginal people is virtually extinct but once had as many as 19 dialects
the Ainu
Roger
|
$1,600
[15]
This adjective means fawning or exhibiting servile obedience
obsequious
|
|
DD
$9,000
[8]
Her "Agnes Grey" appeared in 1847 under the pseudonym Acton Bell (note the initials)
Anne Brontë
Roger
|
$2,000
[21]
Small pieces of ice that can damage a ship are called these, as trapped air escaping during melting makes them sound like animals
growlers
|
$2,000
[7]
Welcome to the Best "SNARE TWIT"
New Artist
|
$2,000
[30]
Konstanz, Germany, July 6, 1415:A Czech religious reformer
(Jan) Hus
Tom
|
DD
$18,000
[9]
Although Dutch is the official language, Sranan Tongo is spoken by most people in this South American country
Suriname
Roger
|
$2,000
[16]
"The moan of doves in immemorial elms, and murmuring of innumerable bees" is an example of this literary device
onomatopoeia
Roger
|
7 women have been the secretary of this, the most for any department in the president's cabinet
Labor