Show #6945 2014-11-21 (taped 2014-10-01) Tournament of Champions

2014 Tournament of Champions final game 2.

Contestants

Julia Collins — a 20-timeJeopardy!champion from Kenilworth, Illinois (subtotal of $6,400)

Arthur Chu — a compliance analyst, voiceover artist, and blogger from Broadview Heights, Ohio (subtotal of $15,600)

Ben Ingram — an IT consultant originally from Florence, South Carolina (subtotal of $25,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Ben $3,200 $3,800 $6,600 $2,399 $6,600
11 R, 1 W
Arthur $1,800 $4,200 $10,400 $0 $16,000
19 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Julia $200 $1,200 $7,600 $5,600 $7,600
13 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

YOU DO KNOW HIM FROM ADAM STATE PARKS BUBBLE TROUBLE MEDIA ADD A LETTER CHANNING TATUM MOVIES BY ROLE
$200 [11]
In Genesis 2 Adam gives names to the animals; in Genesis 6, this man rounds 'em up
Noah
Arthur
$200 [6]
Little Falls, Minnesota boasts a state park named for this aviator, though you'd think it would be in St. Louis
Lindbergh
Ben
$200 [28]
In 1979 this Midwest company popped up with Hubba Bubba bubble gum
Wrigley
Julia
$200 [27]
In 2011 Antonin Scalia wrote, "like...books, plays and movies," these games "communicate ideas"
video games
Julia
$200 [13]
Add a letter to "wordplay" to get this activity prevalent in pirate movies
swordplay
Julia
$200 [29]
Cop Greg Jenko--this 2014 sequel
22 Jump Street
Julia
$400 [25]
1 Corinthians says, "for as in Adam all die, even so in" him "shall all be made alive"
Christ
Arthur
$400 [7]
Tennessee parks include one named for this pioneer you may remember from the Alamo
(Davy) Crockett
Ben
$400 [26]
At 10,000 feet water boils at 194 degrees, but at sea level it takes this many more degrees to boil
18
Julia
$400 [17]
The 1727 discovery that light darkens silver salts was the basis of this medium that took another century to arrive
photography
Arthur
$400 [19]
Add a letter to "aspirin" to get this ambitious word
aspiring
Ben
$400 [14]
Roofer by day, "enchanting" stripper by night
Magic Mike
Julia
$600 [1]
In Genesis 3 God makes Adam a coat of skins; in Genesis 37 Jacob makes this son a coat of many colors
Joseph
Arthur
$600 [8]
Country roads, take me home to Hawks Nest or Pipestem Resort in this state
West Virginia
Ben
$600 [5]
His "Ode To A Nightingale" mentions "beaded bubbles winking at the brim, and purple-stained mouth"
Keats
Ben
$600 [12]
TV wasn't around for long before the joke started that it's a medium because it's neither rare nor this
well done
Ben
$600 [20]
Insert a letter in "confer" to get this type of shade giver
conifer
Arthur
$600 [15]
Soldier John Tyree, who falls in love while home on leave
Dear John
Julia
DD $1,000 [2]
In Genesis 3:19 God tells Adam he'll return to dust; in Exodus 8:17, this brother's rod turns dust to lice
Aaron
Arthur
$800 [9]
When it comes to this state's parks, call LeFleur's Bluff... or Tishomingo or Natchez, for that matter
Mississippi
Ben
$800 [16]
A blood vessel gets blocked by an air bubble moving through the bloodstream in one type of this condition
an embolism
Ben Arthur
$800 [4]
Time said critics of the AT&T-DirectTV merger call it an example of "out-of-control media" this event
consolidation
Julia
$800 [24]
Put a letter in "defied" to get this word that's just divine
deified
Arthur
$800 [30]
U.S. Capitol policeman John Cale
White House Down
$1,000 [21]
Seth is Adam's son; Solomon is this king's son
David
Arthur
$1,000 [10]
This Is The Place Heritage Park state park takes up a lot of signage space in this state
Utah
$1,000 [22]
Say "fresh" to begin the name of this Spanish sparkling wine around since 1861
Freixenet
$1,000 [3]
A written attack, a large sheet of paper, or when a ship fires all its port or starboard guns
a broadside
Julia
$1,000 [18]
Drop 1 letter into "denture" to get this word meaning to alter chemical composition
denature
Ben
$1,000 [23]
Leo Collins, a newlywed nursing his amnesiac wife back to health
The Vow

Double Jeopardy! Round

McWRITERS COLONIAL AMERICA PEAKS & VALLEYS I'M JUST A SAYING GETTING POSSESSIVE SONG TITLE IN COMMON TO...
$400 [30]
She's the chronicler of women's lives seen here
Terry McMillan
$400 [21]
In November 1621 the Fortune, the second ship to reach this Massachusetts colony, brought 35 more people
Plymouth
Arthur
$400 [28]
Since 1953 there have been about 7,000 successful ascents of this Himalayan peak
Everest
Ben
$400 [25]
While "there's no place like home", some believe "the grass is always greener on the other side of" this
the fence
Arthur
$400 [29]
Hope was at the bottom of this mythic container
Pandora's box
Arthur
$400 [1]
Katy Perry (2008) & Jill Sobule (1995)
"I Kissed A Girl"
Julia
$800 [27]
Joe McGinniss' controversial books include "Fatal Vision", about this doctor & convicted murderer
Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald
Julia
$800 [13]
Since Pennsylvania had no coastline, in 1682 William Penn was granted land that later became this state
Delaware
Ben
$800 [26]
The highest point on this mountain was named Uhuru, or "freedom", in 1961 to celebrate Tanzania's independence
Kilimanjaro
Arthur
$800 [24]
Following "justice is", this adjective means "unbiased", rather than referring to a disability
blind
Julia
$800 [23]
This island just off Cape Cod was first visited by Europeans in 1602
Martha's Vineyard
Arthur
$800 [2]
John Cougar Mellencamp (1987) & The Runaways (1976)
"Cherry Bomb"
$1,200 [22]
John McPhee has published for 50 years in this magazine, which ran his essay on writing in 2013
The New Yorker
$1,200 [4]
In 1664 the British sailed into New Amsterdam & this governor surrendered the city
(Peter) Stuyvesant
Julia
$1,200 [14]
Mount Teide, the highest mountain in the Atlantic, rises 12,198 feet on Tenerife in this Spanish island group
the Canary Islands
Arthur
$1,200 [5]
"Dogs have owners, cats have" this 5-letter group
a staff
$1,200 [6]
Mia Farrow birthed it on film in 1968
Rosemary's Baby
Julia
$1,200 [3]
The Go-Go's (1984) & Tears for Fears (1985)
"Head Over Heels"
Arthur
$2,000 [18]
(I'm Soledad O'Brien.) "Crash Diet" is a brilliant collection of stories by this Southern author; her novels include "Carolina Moon" & "Tending to Virginia"
Jill McCorkle
$1,600 [20]
His victory in the 1742 Battle of Bloody Marsh ended Spain's claim to Georgia
(James) Oglethorpe
Ben
$2,000 [17]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Great Rift Valley reaches itsnortheasternmost extension, between the Lebanon & Anti-Lebanon mountains in this valley
the Bekaa Valley
$1,600 [9]
Proverbally, the 4-word line a wise man gave to a king who wanted a saying true in good & bad times
this too shall pass
Arthur
$1,600 [7]
Term for the 14 related species of birds from the Galapagos that helped spur evolutionary theory
Darwin's finches
Arthur
$1,600 [11]
Alphaville (1984) & Rod Stewart (1988)
"Forever Young"
Julia
DD $7,000 [8]
In 1962 Marshall McLuhan wrote "Electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global" this
(a global) village
Arthur
$2,000 [19]
Born in Senegal around 1753, she wrote "Poems on Various Subjects: Religious and Moral" after coming to America
Phillis Wheatley
DD $2,800 [15]
The Barossa Valley just north of this capital of South Australia is known for its vineyards & great wines
Adelaide
Arthur
$2,000 [16]
Be happy the rich are getting richer; as JFK often said, "A rising tide" does this
lifts all boats
Arthur
$2,000 [10]
This 1670s war named for a chief has been called "America's bloodiest": more than 10% of New Englanders died
King Philip's War
Julia
$2,000 [12]
Dusty Springfield (1967) &ABC (1982)
"The Look Of Love"

Final Jeopardy!

SHAKESPEAREAN GEOGRAPHY

Of the 5 cities mentioned in Shakespeare play titles, it's the only one not found in Europe

Tyre

Ben "What isWindsor? Cairo :(" — wagered $4,201
Julia "What is . . . ." — wagered $2,000
Arthur "What is Thebes?" — wagered $10,400

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