Battle of the Decades semifinal game 2.
Leszek Pawlowicz — a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
Tom Cubbage — an attorney from Washington, D.C.
Brad Rutter — an actor and producer from Hollywood, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad | $9,800 | $13,800 | $32,800 |
$32,800
Finalist |
$27,400
32 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Tom | $1,200 | $3,400 | $6,600 |
$8,592
3rd place: $25,000 |
$6,600
11 R, 0 W |
| Leszek | $0 | $0 | $5,200 |
$10,399
2nd place: $25,000 |
$5,200
9 R, 3 W |
| WON THE BATTLE, LOST THE WAR | ACTRESSES | RECENT NOVELS | AVOIDING THE CLICHÉ | POLICE & FIREFIGHTERS | FIRST RESPONSES |
|
$200
[2]
In the Austro-Prussian War, "Austro" won a few battles, but this prime minister won the war
Bismarck
Brad
|
$200
[11]
This "Modern Family" co-star has a line of apparel & home products at Kmart
(Sofía) Vergara
Brad
Leszek
|
$200
[18]
Anastasia Steele falls for a troubled man in this first book in an erotic trilogy
Fifty Shades of Grey
Tom
|
$200
[1]
Physical movements drown out lingual units
actions speak louder than words
Tom
|
$200
[16]
The "A/O" is this person who makes a collar
the arresting officer
Brad
|
$200
[26]
Here's our first clue about this website, covering D.C. since 2007 & named from slang for an electee
Politico
Brad
|
|
$400
[4]
Russia 1, Turkey 0at Sinope; Allies 1, Russia 0in this 1853 to 1856 war
the Crimean War
Brad
|
$400
[12]
The last name of this actress is an adjective
Emily Blunt
|
$400
[19]
"I am a lawyer, and I am in prison. It's a long story" is the opening line of "The Racketeer" by this novelist
(John) Grisham
Brad
|
$400
[3]
Up to a time some bovines return to our domicile
until the cows come home
Tom
|
$400
[17]
In 2009 Tulsa firefighters underwent special training on dealing with fires in these "labs"
meth labs
Tom
|
$400
[27]
A 2014 OED update includes this, a game of dice or a risky proposition
crapshoot
Brad
|
|
$600
[5]
Around 428 B.C. Athens kept control of Lesbos but by 404 things had swung Sparta's way in this war
the Peloponnesian War
Brad
|
$600
[13]
The last name of this actress who played Serena on "Gossip Girl" is an adjective & an adverb
(Blake) Lively
Brad
|
$600
[23]
Robert Langdon feels the burn dealing with a riddle involving Dante's "Inferno" in an offering from this author
Dan Brown
Brad
|
$600
[8]
One christening involving a conflagration
a baptism of fire
Tom
|
$600
[20]
Interrogators don't say "The suspect exercised his right to counsel" but "The little weasel" did this 2-word phrase
lawyered up
Tom
|
$600
[28]
This creator of "The Family Circus" passed on the comic to his son Jeff
(Bil) Keane
Brad
|
|
$800
[6]
The South took the Battle of this "ville" in 1863 but lost Stonewall Jackson
Chancellorsville
Leszek
|
$1,000
[15]
On "Downton Abbey", she plays the snappish Lady Mary Crawley
Michelle Dockery
Brad
|
$800
[24]
"Persuader" by Lee Child featured the return of this ex-military cop, 6'5", 250 in the book series & not 6'5", 250 onscreen
Jack Reacher
Brad
|
$800
[9]
You make the choice between a method I've chosen & a turnpike
my way or the highway
Brad
|
$800
[21]
Apres nous, "After us", this gun, a hose that emits 1,000 gallons of water a minute
the deluge
Brad
|
$800
[29]
Not Honey Bunny but this "sweet" rhyming endearment is what Jimmy Neutron's dad calls Jimmy's mom
Sugar Booger
|
|
$1,000
[7]
In 1937 it was the Republicans over the Nationalists at the Jarama River near this European capital, but the Nats won the war
Madrid
Brad
Leszek
|
DD
$4,400
[14]
This portrayer of the screen's classic Southern belle was born in India to British parents
Vivien Leigh
Brad
|
$1,000
[25]
Detective Harry Bosch looks back 20 years at a killing during the 1992 L.A. riots in "The Black Box" by this novelist
Michael Connelly
|
$1,000
[10]
One savory sample from one's personal prescription
a taste of one's own medicine
Brad
|
$1,000
[22]
To New York City cops, this vehicle is a "bus"
an ambulance
Brad
Tom
|
$1,000
[30]
The first "ui" response in our show's history is this ethnic group that has clashed with China's majority Han
the Uighurs
Brad
|
| SHIP SHAPE | STATE FACTS | ALL KINDS OF MUSIC | "DEC"-ADES | LIBRARIES | DISCOVER |
|
$400
[30]
In an amazing engineering feat in 2013 the Costa Concordiawas raised from the rocks off this country's coast
Italy
Tom
|
$400
[23]
Its state song calls it "A state of sweet magnolias and Creole melodies"
Louisiana
Brad
Leszek
|
$400
[29]
Born John Lydon, he was the lead singer of the Sex Pistols
Johnny Rotten
Leszek
|
$400
[28]
Jim Thorpe won this Olympic event--then he didn't--then he did
the decathlon
Leszek
|
$400
[27]
Kenya has a library service in which books for nomads are transported across the desert via these animals
camels
Brad
|
$400
[1]
Near the top of the "100 Top Stories of 2013" was the announcement that atmospheric levels of this gas topped 400 ppm
CO 2 (carbon dioxide)
Brad
|
|
$800
[21]
This ship of Columbus was officially the Santa Clara but had a more juvenile nickname
the Niña
Tom
|
$800
[22]
Its geographic center is 5 miles northeast of Ames
Iowa
Tom
|
$800
[24]
Mahalia Jackson was one of those who've sung, "He's got the whole world" here
in his hands
Leszek
|
$800
[25]
A period of decline in morals or art, or just a typical weekend for me
decadence
Brad
|
$800
[26]
The Clapp Library at Wellesley College has the love letters exchanged by these 2 English poets in 1845 & 1846
Barrett and Browning
Leszek
|
$800
[20]
A wilderness doctor's must-have list includes this everyday pill, as a blood thinner in case of heart attack
aspirin
Brad
|
|
$1,200
[18]
Henry Hudson used this "astronomical" ship to explore America in 1609
the Half Moon
Leszek
|
$1,600
[8]
Mississippi leads the nation in percentage of people using this program, officially "SNAP"
the food stamp program
Brad
|
$1,200
[10]
In 1994 he duetted with Amy Grant on "House Of Love", a title that turned out to be meaningful
Vince Gill
|
$1,200
[4]
U.S. Customs & Border Protection form 6059B
a declaration
Brad
|
$1,200
[14]
St. Catherine's Monastery at the foot of this biblical mount has a fragment of a 4th century Bible
(Mount) Sinai
Tom
|
$1,200
[19]
Increasing its overall surface area, though it's not all filled in, brings extra sun to theplantknown by this food's name
Swiss cheese
|
|
$1,600
[2]
This first "all big gun" British battleship was launched in 1906 but scrapped just 16 years later
the (HMS) Dreadnought
Brad
|
$2,000
[9]
The highest point in Massachusetts is in these western hills
the Berkshires
Brad
|
$1,600
[11]
In an old standard, these sad 4 words follow "They're writing songs of love"
but not for me
Leszek
|
$1,600
[5]
It's the listing of the different cases of nouns, more complex in Latin than English
declension
Brad
Leszek
|
$1,600
[15]
Dennis Lehane is a trustee of this city public library, which beats NYC as the USA's biggest in number of volumes held
Boston
Brad
|
$1,600
[13]
Discover reported on the death in Oklahoma of Tim Samaras, one of these who often was on the TV show named for them
a storm chaser
Brad
|
|
$2,000
[3]
Thisship named for a Midwest capital was sunk after delivering A-bomb parts in 1945; nearly 600 died awaiting rescue
the Indianapolis
Brad
|
DD
$5,000
[7]
This state is nicknamed the "Corporate Capital"
Delaware
Brad
|
$2,000
[17]
Blond hair flying, he's been making the violin a crossover instrument since his 2007 album "Virtuoso"
David Garrett
|
$2,000
[6]
"The boy stood" here, "whence all but he had fled"
on the burning deck
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
The George W. Bush Presidential Library is on the campus of this university
SMU (Southern Methodist)
Brad
|
$2,000
[12]
In 2014 news, the Big Bang reveals its secrets to the BICEP2 telescope at this spot with not much interference
the South Pole
Leszek
|
2 teen Hashemite cousins officially took the thrones of their respective countries May 2, 1953:Faisal of Iraq & him
King Hussein of Jordan (the Hashemite Kingdom)