2014 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 2.
Rani Peffer — a corporate finance manager from Crittenden, Kentucky
Andrew Moore — a test prep instructor from Dacula, Georgia
Arthur Chu — a compliance analyst, voiceover artist, and blogger from Broadview Heights, Ohio
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur | $2,600 | $4,400 | $21,000 |
$21,000
Automatic semifinalist |
$19,200
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Andrew | $3,600 | $4,400 | $5,200 |
$1
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$7,200
12 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Rani | $600 | $2,600 | $3,800 |
$7,599
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$3,800
10 R, 2 W |
| U.S. CITY NICKNAMES | WEIGHTS & MEASURES | LITERARY AWARDS | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" | ABOVE | & BEYONCÉ |
|
$200
[27]
New Mexico:"Atomic City"
Los Alamos
Andrew
Rani
|
$200
[30]
As a rule of thumb, a full one of these should have a minimum of 300 coils; a king should have 450
mattress
Arthur
|
$200
[29]
This award for science fiction or fantasy is named for Mr. Gernsback, the founder of Amazing Stories magazine
the Hugo
Arthur
|
$200
[21]
Before Tussaud or Bovary(6)
Madame
Arthur
|
$200
[28]
To be superior is to be this shampoo brand "above the rest"
Head & Shoulders
Arthur
|
$200
[25]
Before she was an independent woman, Beyoncé was part of this group that hit with "Independent Women Part 1"
Destiny's Child
Arthur
|
|
$400
[7]
Missouri:"Live Music Capital of the World"
Branson
Andrew
|
$400
[22]
A variable size of paper, often 23" or 30", or an adjective referring to the British system of weights & measures
imperial
Arthur
|
$400
[23]
This French writer was just 44 when he got the Nobel Prize for Literature for works like "The Myth of Sisyphus"
(Albert) Camus
Andrew
|
$400
[20]
Nobleman below a duke & above an earl(7)
marquis
Rani
|
$400
[26]
Rumors led Caesar to divorce his wife, who we now proverbially say "must be above" this
suspicion
Arthur
Andrew
|
$400
[18]
In an "SNL" skit, Justin Timberlake & Andy Samberg, in leotards & heels, replaced Bey's female dancers in this video
"Single Ladies"
Arthur
|
|
$600
[3]
Oregon:"Track Town USA"
Eugene
Andrew
|
$600
[19]
18-karat gold is this percentage pure
75%
Rani
|
$600
[2]
A Swedish award for adolescent & children's literature is named for this "Pippi Longstocking" author
Astrid Lindgren
|
$600
[1]
Gran Turismo maker(8)
Maserati
|
$600
[24]
In film budgeting, writers, producers & talent are idiomatically considered this
above the line
Arthur
|
$600
[6]
Beyoncé's daughter sounds like a colorful plant with this first & middle name
Blue Ivy
Rani
|
|
$800
[14]
Indiana:"Steel City"
Gary
Andrew
|
$800
[8]
In the metric system the prefix "deca" means 10; this means 1 trillion
tera
Arthur
|
$800
[9]
The Man Group administers this prize now open to any novel written in English, not just by Brits
Booker Prize
|
$800
[4]
Teeny tiny bacteria & protozoans(14)
microorganisms
Andrew
|
$800
[5]
Wordsworth wrote lines composed a few miles above this place
Tintern Abbey
Arthur
|
$800
[17]
In the movie "Cadillac Records", Beyoncé played this R&B legend & sang "At Last" on the soundtrack
Etta James
Rani
|
|
$1,000
[13]
New York:"Snapshot City"
Rochester
Andrew
|
$1,000
[12]
Your lumber company can tell you that one of these is 12 inches by 12 inches by 1 inch
board foot
Arthur
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
Though dead almost 20 years, she won a 1982 Pulitzer for her "Collected Poems"
(Sylvia) Plath
Andrew
|
$1,000
[10]
Judas' apostle replacement(8)
Matthias
Arthur
|
$1,000
[11]
In the original language, these first 4 words of the anthem written in 1841 put 1 country "above all"
Deutschland, Deutschland über alles
Arthur
Andrew
|
$1,000
[16]
Jay Z is featured on this Beyoncé song that mentions "that liquor get into me"
"Drunk In Love"
Arthur
Andrew
|
| OPERA MAN | ALL THE PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN | INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS | VOWEL, CONSONANT x3 | THE CASPIAN SEA | SUPERMAN TO HER LOIS LANE |
|
$400
[26]
This Wagnerian dude tells Wotan he's forged the sword, killed the dragon & taken the gold
Siegfried
Andrew
|
$400
[29]
His baby Ruth was born in 1891, in between his two terms
Grover Cleveland
Rani
|
$400
[27]
Beer steins up for this 2-week-long festival in Munich that's attended by more than 6 million people annually
Oktoberfest
Andrew
|
$400
[1]
A departure, Biblically speaking
exodus
Rani
|
$400
[28]
The Caspian is historically the chief source of the Beluga type of this food from sturgeon
caviar
Arthur
|
$400
[30]
Margot Kidder(1978)
Christopher Reeve
Rani
|
|
$800
[22]
In a Benjamin Britten opera, Claggart uses Corporal Squeak to spy on this title sailor
Billy Budd
Arthur
|
$800
[24]
This teen's given first name is Natasha
Sasha Obama
Arthur
|
$800
[23]
The Palme d'Or is the top prize at this festival held on the French Riviera
Cannes
Arthur
|
$800
[2]
Aroused to mirth; the queen may not be, but we are
amused
Arthur
|
$800
[21]
This Russian river provides more than 75% of the Caspian Sea's inflow
the Volga
Rani
|
$800
[25]
Amy Adams(2013)
Henry Cavill
|
|
$1,200
[11]
In "Die Fledermaus" Frosch the jailer comically has problems keeping Alfred from doing this in his cell
singing
Rani
|
$1,600
[6]
His son Elliott wrote a series of mystery novels featuring his mother, including "The White House Pantry Murder"
FDR
|
$1,200
[15]
This Japanese city & onetime Winter Olympic host, also a beer name, has a festival featuring snow sculptures
Sapporo
Andrew
Rani
|
$1,200
[5]
Astounded
amazed
Andrew
|
$1,200
[16]
Native to the Caspian, this mussel, named for its striped pattern, was found invading the Great Lakes region in the 1980s
the zebra mussel
Arthur
|
$1,200
[19]
Teri Hatcher(1990s TV)
Dean Cain
Arthur
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Given names Benjamin Franklin, he arranges for a marriage with a geisha in a 1904 opera
(Lieutenant) Pinkerton
Rani
|
$2,000
[17]
When this daughter of Ronald Reagan died in 2001, she was recalled as a "glorious powerhouse of a woman"
Maureen Reagan
|
$1,600
[9]
In July 2014 this resort town on Lake Geneva jazzed things up hosting its 48th annual jazz festival
Montreux
|
$1,600
[10]
A public speaker of great eloquence; it was once a legal term for a plaintiff
orator
Arthur
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
The Caspian's southern shoreline borders this country at the foot of the Elburz Mountains
Iran
Andrew
|
$1,600
[3]
Noel Neill(1950s TV)
George Reeves
|
|
$2,000
[18]
When she disguises herself as a man, Leonore takes this name; now she & hubby Florestan have matching monograms
Fidelio
Arthur
|
DD
$3,000
[20]
In 1999 People magazine said his "death left unbearable pain, unfulfilled promise"
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Arthur
|
$2,000
[14]
The name of this major Hindu festival is derived from Sanskrit for "row of lights"
Diwali
Andrew
|
$2,000
[13]
It's Latin for "womb"
uterus
Arthur
|
$2,000
[8]
Large-scale oil production began in this Azerbaijani capital in 1872, making it a global center of the industry by 1900
Baku
Arthur
|
$2,000
[12]
Kate Bosworth(2006)
Brandon Routh
|
As of 2013 this 3-letter verb common in sports, theater & politics has the largest entry in the online OED
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