Battle of the Decades quarterfinal game 2.
Russ Schumacher — a university professor from Fort Collins, Colorado
Pam Mueller — a graduate student in psychology from Princeton, New Jersey
Tom Nosek — an aerospace consultant from Torrance, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | $3,400 | $8,800 | $11,200 |
$2,400
3rd place: $10,000 if eliminated |
$8,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Pam | $1,800 | $5,400 | $17,400 |
$14,798
2nd place: $10,000 if eliminated |
$16,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Russ | $800 | $2,600 | $15,400 |
$16,700
Automatic semifinalist |
$15,400
15 R, 2 W |
| IT'S GREEK MYTH TO ME | TV IQ TEST | ON THE MAP | TECH TALK | THE MISSING MAN | "FOR"MATION |
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$200
[7]
The gods callithome
Olympus
Tom
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$200
[28]
Oh yah, in 2014 Billy Bob Thornton was in full FX as Lorne Malvo on this drama, based on a movie; hope ya like snow!
Fargo
Russ
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$200
[5]
It's the foreign country closest to the French cities of Lourdes & Bordeaux
Spain
Russ
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$200
[26]
Android's 4.1 O.S. is called this, just like one of Reagan's favorite treats
Jelly Bean
Russ
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$200
[25]
In a famous double-play combo:Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers
Frank Chance
Tom
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$200
[20]
It can precede "teller", "hunter" & "cookie"
fortune
Tom
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$400
[8]
Hercules slew a lion that came from here
Nemea
Tom
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$400
[29]
Yours truly guest-starred on a live broadcast of this TV Land sitcom with Valerie Bertinelli & Betty White... which you 3 saw, right?!
Hot in Cleveland
Russ
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$400
[4]
In avalley3,000 feet above sea level sits this capital city
Caracas
Tom
Russ
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$400
[27]
32 bits long, an ESN is an "electronic" this, used to identify devices
serial number
Pam
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$600
[23]
In the name of an optical products company:John Jacob Bausch
(Henry) Lomb
Tom
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$400
[19]
Voice actress June knows it's a sudden raid or military advance
a foray
Tom
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$600
[9]
Asonof Aeolus, or a primetime NFL great
Deion
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$600
[12]
This writer created "The West Wing".Created "The West Wing"?Created "The West Wing", yes
(Aaron) Sorkin
Russ
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$600
[1]
China's Mount Grosvenor was named for the longtime editor of this magazine
National Geographic
Tom
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$600
[6]
A type of hacker who ethically reports security problems is called this, a proverbial accessory of cowboy heroes
white hat
Pam
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$800
[22]
In a legendary trio:Balthazar, Melchior
Caspar
Pam
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$600
[16]
A hymn by Martin Luther begins, "A Mighty" this "is our God"
Fortress
Pam
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$800
[10]
Thisgoddess is always in the hunt
Artemis
Russ
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$800
[13]
On "Bewitched", this actress turned in a magical performance as both Samantha & Serena
Elizabeth Montgomery
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$800
[2]
This region making up most of Turkey takes its name from the Greek for "east"
Anatolia
Tom
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$800
[14]
In 1991 Apple introduced this media player--would you like to download the latest version?
QuickTime
Pam
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$1,000
[21]
On an 1896 Republican presidential ticket:Garret A. Hobart
McKinley
Pam
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$800
[17]
This type of science is used to establish facts for a court of law
forensic
Pam
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$1,000
[11]
Thisgod is a brother of Zeus
Poseidon
Pam
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$1,000
[30]
Jameson Parker & Gerald McRaney were brothers in side arms as this title '80s duo
Simon & Simon
Russ
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$1,000
[3]
This South African cape, not the Cape of Good Hope, is the southernmost point in Africa
Cape Agulhas
Tom
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$1,000
[15]
In 2014 Facebook agreed to pay $2 billion for Oculus, a maker of this immersive technology
virtual reality
Pam
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DD
$3,000
[24]
Aboard Apollo 11:Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin
(Michael) Collins
Tom
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$1,000
[18]
This spreading shrub named for a British botanist is often called the Golden Bell
Forsythia
Tom
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| YUCKY HISTORY | CROSSWORD WORDS | FEATURING FLAGS | WEATHER | MUSICAL SPLITS | FRENCH POETS |
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$400
[30]
A Samuel Pepys diary entry says, "Went out to Charing Cross to see Major-General Harrison hanged, drawn, and" this
quartered
Tom
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$400
[29]
A lump of metal, perhaps of gold(6)
nugget
Pam
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$400
[14]
Various military flags are depicted in embroidery on this 11th century linen artwork
the Bayeux Tapestry
Pam
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$400
[26]
The Harmattan is a West African trade wind that blows from this desert south to the Gulf of Guinea
the Sahara
Russ
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$400
[28]
They had a second variety show in 1976, after they had divorced
Sonny and Cher
Pam
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$400
[25]
Captain Rouget de Lisle wrote this one work that is remembered; it begins, "Allons, enfants de la patrie"
"The Marseillaise"
Tom
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$800
[15]
At Valley Forge, 12 men crowded into tiny huts, & diseases including this "ty" pair killed 2,000 over the winter
typhoid and typhus
Pam
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$800
[8]
World War II tank named for a Civil War general(7)
Sherman
Tom
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$800
[5]
It's the only U.S. state to use a primarily green flag, which honors its nickname
Washington
Tom
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$800
[27]
The Grand Banks, where the Gulf Stream meets the Labrador Current, may lead the world in this visibility-reducing condition
fog
Pam
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$800
[1]
She wrote "I Will Always Love You" for her musical partner Porter Wagoner as they were going separate ways
Dolly Parton
Russ
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$1,200
[19]
In the Bastille in 1717, this philosopher wrote his epic poem "La Henriade"
Voltaire
Pam
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$1,200
[16]
These stinky hide-processing plants were represented by a 19th c. Australian "Noxious Traders Association"
tanneries
Pam
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$1,200
[9]
In Christian churches, formal forgiveness of sin(10)
absolution
Tom
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$1,200
[6]
From the Latin for "flag", it's the study of flags
vexillology
Pam
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$1,200
[21]
In November 2013 typhoon Haiyan swept through this Asian nation, killing thousands
the Phillipines
Tom
Russ
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$1,200
[2]
He was in prison when he & his ex-wife were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991
Ike Turner
Russ
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$1,600
[20]
In "Ballad of the Ladies of Yore", Francois Villon asked, "Where are" these "of yesteryear?"
snows
Tom
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$1,600
[17]
Past cultures give up their secrets in the mounds of prehistoric garbage called "kitchen" these
middens
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$1,600
[10]
Main character's foil(10)
antagonist
Tom
Russ
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[12]
As a verb, this word means to raise a flag; as a noun, it's the edge of a flag that's next to the staff
hoist
Tom
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$1,600
[22]
A radiosonde is an instrument package used by meteorologists, usually carried into the air by one of these
a balloon
Russ
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$1,600
[3]
After Noel left this group in 2009, Liam changed the name to Beady Eye
Oasis
Pam
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$2,000
[24]
Frederic Mistral wrote in this language of southern France & developed a dictionary of it
Provençal
Pam
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DD
$3,000
[18]
As in the Western "Flesh & the Spur", Indians used staking people to these as a torture--or at least white settlers said so
anthills
Pam
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$2,000
[11]
Crossword puzzle enthusiast(14)
cruciverbalist
Russ
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$2,000
[13]
A black one of these birds is featured on the flag of Western Australia
a swan
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$2,000
[23]
For pilots C&V is this, the height of the lowest cloud layer, "& visibility"
ceiling
Russ
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$2,000
[4]
Kicked out of The Clash, Mick Jones went on to form this group, B.A.D. for short
Big Audio Dynamite
Russ
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DD
$5,000
[7]
Also a novelist, he began an 1839 poem, "The church is vast; its towering pride, its steeples loom on high"
Victor Hugo
Pam
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Between 2006 & 2013 it went from 39th to 6th in per capita income & its unemployment rate dropped to the nation's lowest
North Dakota