2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 4.
Elliot Yates — an opera producer from New York, New York
Andrew Haringer — a college instructor from Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
Kerry Greene — a volunteer CASA guardian ad litem from Manchester, New Hampshire
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry | $3,400 | $4,400 | $18,000 |
$22,000
Automatic semifinalist |
$14,800
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Andrew | $1,000 | $3,600 | $17,200 |
$19,400
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$14,400
20 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Elliot | $-2,600 | $0 | $3,600 |
$7,200
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$3,600
10 R, 3 W |
| ENTERTAINING UNCLES | LITERARY STRUCTURE | FROM THE LATIN FOR... | ADS & TAGLINES | ISLAND HOPPING | CALIFORNIA WINE |
|
$200
[23]
On this series, cousins Bo & Luke got advice from their wise Uncle Jesse
The Dukes of Hazzard
Andrew
|
$200
[10]
When we first visit Bag End, in the Shire, it's home to this character, who enjoys its "lots of" pantries
Bilbo Baggins
Andrew
|
$200
[30]
"In the meantime", it starts with "in" & describes a temporary baseball manager
interim
Elliot
|
$200
[29]
"You deserve a break today"
McDonald's
Kerry
|
$200
[21]
From Hilo to Honolulu
Hawaii & Oahu
Kerry
Andrew
|
$200
[5]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Viticulture & Enology Dept. at UC Davis.) UC Davis know-how contributed to the 1960s growth of the local wine industry, & alum Mike Grgichwas one of the vintners who triumphed in the 1976 judgment of this city, where California wines outdid the French in a blind tasting
Paris
Kerry
Andrew
|
|
$400
[24]
You can't forget TV's other Uncle Jesse, played by this man on "Full House"
(John) Stamos
Kerry
|
$400
[11]
Baker Street, my good man! I must get to this address & request the services of Sherlock Holmes
221B
Andrew
|
$400
[17]
"Marketplace"; ancient Rome had a nice one
a forum
Elliot
|
$400
[28]
"The ultimate driving machine"
BMW
Elliot
|
$400
[22]
From London to Londonderry
Britain to Ireland
Andrew
|
$400
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Viticulture & Enology Dept. at UC Davis.) Levels of this are monitored in the fermenting juice using the Brixscale, which calculates it as a percentage; at the start of fermentation, for a dry wine it should be around 22; for dessert wines, at or over 30
sugar
Kerry
|
|
$600
[25]
Of course you recognize Len Lesseras cranky Uncle Leo from this series
Seinfeld
Elliot
|
$800
[13]
Manderley is the estate of Maxim de Winter in this Gothic classic by Daphne du Maurier
Rebecca
Andrew
|
$600
[20]
"Of the lungs"
pulmonary
Andrew
|
$600
[9]
"When it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight"
FedEx
Andrew
|
$600
[6]
From Christchurch 275 miles to Wellington
the North & South Islands of New Zealand
Kerry
|
$600
[1]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Viticulture & Enology Dept. at UC Davis.) In the 1960s, UC Davis introduced the sterile type of this purifying process to the California wine industry; without it, the shelf life of wine could be compromised by in-bottle fermentation by yeast or bacteria
filtration
Elliot
|
|
$800
[27]
Some uncles are warm & fuzzy, & some are this uncle who ordered a hit on his nephew Tony Soprano
Uncle Junior
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
Referring to a symbol on the U.S. $1 bill, the first book in the "Illuminatus!" trilogy is "The Eye in" this
the pyramid
Andrew
|
$800
[19]
"Goad", it's another name for the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act
stimulus
Andrew
|
$800
[15]
"Expect more. Pay less"
Target
Kerry
|
$800
[7]
From Nuuk to Nordurfjordur
Greenland & Iceland
Kerry
|
$800
[2]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Viticulture & Enology Dept. at UC Davis.) Grape growing is a constant battle against phylloxera, an insect that in the 19th century nearly wiped out the French wine industry; it's basically the vineyard equivalent of this garden plant louse
an aphid
Kerry
|
|
$1,000
[26]
Some uncles are warm & fuzzy, & some are this uncle who locked Harry Potter into a cupboard under the stairs
(Vernon) Dursley
Kerry
|
$1,000
[14]
Greed & arrogant pride are building blocks of the Pyncheon family in this 1851 Nathaniel Hawthorne work
House of the Seven Gables
Kerry
|
$1,000
[18]
"Hell's border", it's a region of uncertainty you can be in
limbo
Kerry
Elliot
|
$1,000
[16]
"The beer that made Milwaukee famous"
Schlitz
|
$1,000
[8]
From Port Moresby to Manila
New Guinea to Luzon
Andrew
Elliot
|
$1,000
[3]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Viticulture & Enology Dept. at UC Davis.) In dry farming, grapes get all their moisture from the soil with no irrigation; it's not just a way to help California save water; some say it gives wine more of the quality of theplace they're grown, this term from the French
terroir
Kerry
Elliot
|
| PEOPLE | BOOKS ABOUT POLITICS | "WHAT" MOVIE? | 19th CENTURY AMERICA | THINKING | OUTSIDE THE BACHS |
|
$400
[13]
In April 2015 this person revealed in a TV interview that for all intents & purposes, "I am a woman"
Jenner
Andrew
|
$400
[18]
Noam Chomsky took a critical look at JFK in "Rethinking" this mythical place
Camelot
Kerry
|
$400
[19]
The one with a Sin City ad slogan for a title, starring Ashton Kutcher & Cameron Diaz
What Happens in Vegas
Elliot
|
$400
[17]
The Niagara Escarpment was a challenge in the building of this canal
the Erie Canal
Andrew
|
$400
[26]
A bunch of people all thinking & giving ideas is this kind of anatomically named session
a brainstorming session
Elliot
|
$400
[14]
Non-Bach German classical composers include this 19th century couple, Clara & Robert
the Schumanns
Elliot
|
|
$800
[21]
This leader is widely known in Israel as "Bibi"
Netanyahu
Kerry
|
$800
[22]
Lawrence Wright chronicled the "13 Days in September" 1978, when Pres. Carter got these 2 men to sign a peace treaty
Sadat & Begin
Kerry
|
$800
[2]
Thecampy one with Joan Crawford & Bette Davis
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Andrew
Elliot
|
$1,200
[11]
During an 1840-41 trip to England, he persuaded many to move to Nauvoo, Illinois
Brigham Young
Kerry
Andrew
|
$800
[27]
To confer formally, it's what a jury does to reach a verdict
deliberate
Andrew
|
$800
[16]
Brahms had a hit with "A German" one of these works for the dead, which premiered on Good Friday 1868
a requiem
Andrew
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Known as the "Junk Bond King" of the 1980s, todayhedevotes much of his time to philanthropic causes
(Michael) Milken
Kerry
|
$1,200
[23]
"All the Truth Is Out" by Matt Bai says politics went tabloid in 1987 with coverage of this Colo. senator's "Monkey Business"
(Gary) Hart
Andrew
|
$1,200
[4]
Chauvinist Mel Gibson can magically hear the thoughts of ladies
What Women Want
Andrew
|
$1,600
[6]
The 1854 Treaty of Kanagawa opening Japanese ports to U.S. ships is also known as this commodore's convention
Perry
Andrew
|
$1,200
[28]
The British "Uprising" band, or to think or meditate in silence
Muse
|
$1,200
[15]
At age 12 in 1821 Mendelssohn met this German poet to whom he later dedicated a piano quartet
Goethe
Andrew
|
|
$1,600
[9]
This 2014 Nobel laureate: "I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because... it is the story of many girls"
Malala Yousafzai
Elliot
|
$1,600
[24]
"Worthy Fights" is the autobiography of this man, CIA director during the campaign that killed Osama bin Laden
Leon Panetta
|
$1,600
[3]
Trouble comes to 4 teens a year after they hit a stranger with their car & dump the body in the ocean
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Kerry
|
$2,000
[7]
In 1882 Father Michael McGivney founded this Catholic fraternal organization
Knights of Columbus
Kerry
|
$1,600
[29]
Let's run this 11-letter "con"--it means to consider thoughtfully
contemplate
Kerry
|
$2,000
[10]
This "Saint"ly Frenchman turned 20 the year his first symphony debuted in 1855
(Camille) Saint-Saens
Andrew
|
|
$2,000
[20]
In 2014 this former princess by marriage celebrated the 40th anniversary of her iconic wrap dress
Diane von Furstenberg
Kerry
|
$2,000
[25]
"Mayor for a New America" is a memoir by this late beloved long-time mayor of Boston
Thomas Menino
|
$2,000
[1]
Johnny Depp cares for brother Leonardo DiCaprio in small-town Iowa
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Kerry
|
DD
$4,000
[12]
While serving as Secretary of State 1861-69, he tried to annex the Dominican Republic & the Hawaiian Islands
Seward
Kerry
|
$2,000
[30]
A family of young birds, or to think or worry when you do it "over" something
brood
Andrew
|
DD
$4,000
[5]
It makes sense that the Handel suites known by this title were first performed on a barge
"Water Music"
Andrew
|
The woman seen here, who was born in North Carolina & died in England in 1881, was the subject of this painting
Whistler's Mother ( Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 )