2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.
Michael Bilow — a Ph.D. student in computer science from Los Angeles, California
Scott Lord — a construction attorney from Santa Monica, California
Alex Jacob — a currency trader from Chicago, Illinois
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | $4,000 | $7,200 | $26,800 |
$26,657
Automatic semifinalist |
$22,800
27 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Scott | $1,600 | $3,000 | $10,200 |
$6,200
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$10,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Michael | $2,200 | $3,000 | $8,400 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$12,600
14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| NAMING THE FIRST PRESIDENT | COUNTING TO 2 | WRITING YOUR OWN NAME | PLAYING THEMSELVES | FALLING OFF A LOG | THIS SHOULD BE "EZ"! |
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$200
[25]
He was the first president of the Republic of Gran Colombia, established 1819
Simón Bolívar
Michael
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$200
[26]
In baseball scorekeeping, 2 refers to this position
catcher
Scott
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$200
[27]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew writes left.) Lefties have it easier writing from right to left without smudging, like my name "Sarah" in this language
Hebrew
Michael
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$200
[28]
In "Trainwreck" this athlete asks Bill Hader, "What's the difference between Miami & Cleveland?"
LeBron James
Scott
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$200
[29]
A lizard may choose a log to sun himself, or this 4-letter word; don't knock him off!
bask
|
$200
[30]
To compress tightly
squeeze
Alex
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$400
[15]
Of the Russian Federation, established 1991
Yeltsin
Alex
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$400
[24]
It's the 2-word term for a comical reaction to something not noticed the first time you looked
a double take
Alex
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$400
[23]
Micrographia is a common symptom of this disease that also causes tremors; hand exercises help some patients
Parkinson's
Alex
Scott
|
$400
[22]
After something evil & dead is awakened in "My Name Is Bruce", this B-movie legend is enlisted to save the day
(Bruce) Campbell
Alex
|
$400
[21]
Its purported thousand legs might not keep this arthropod from falling off the log where it lives
a millipede
Alex
|
$400
[20]
It's a French word for a meeting between lovers, perhaps as part of a secret amour
a rendezvous
Michael
|
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$600
[14]
Of France's Fifth Republic, established 1958
de Gaulle
Alex
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$600
[16]
AKA a double star, it's a system of 2 stars revolving about their common center of mass
a binary star
Alex
|
$600
[10]
The first name is easier to read in thesignatureof this great international athlete
(Diego) Maradona
Alex
Scott
|
$600
[13]
"Wes Craven's New" one includes Heather Langenkamp as herself, terrorized by Freddy Krueger
Nightmare
Alex
Michael
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$600
[17]
Thebadgermay be looking for a larval insect called this, also a word for human food
grub
Alex
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$600
[19]
It's a disparaging term for an old man, but when it came to playing bass in Black Sabbath, this Butler did it
a geezer
Scott
|
|
$800
[1]
Of the Republic of China in 1912, provisionally
Sun Yat-sen
Alex
|
$800
[3]
If "Maury" were on in ancient times, Mars would have been told, "you are the father!" of these city-founding twins of myth
Romulus & Remus
Scott
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$800
[6]
An outsized signature is said to indicate this -ism named for a conceited Greek youth
narcissism
Alex
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$800
[5]
David Bowie oversees a runway "walk-off" between 2 witless models in this 2001 comedy
Zoolander
Alex
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$800
[7]
In Madagascar, the hissing type of this insect is semi-social as they nest together and take care of their offspring
cockroach
Michael
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$800
[9]
These eyeglasses are kept in place by a spring gripping the bridge of the nose
pince-nez
Alex
Scott
|
|
$1,000
[2]
Of Israel: L'him!
(Chaim) Weizmann
Alex
Michael
|
$1,000
[4]
The design of Germany's "Vengeance Weapon 2", aka the V-2, was led by this scientist
(Wernher) von Braun
Alex
|
DD
$1,000
[11]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows handwriting samples on the monitor.) A study finds that people who put the dots to the left of their I's & J's tend to habitually do this, from the Latin cras, meaning "tomorrow"
procrastinate
Scott
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$1,000
[12]
This director plays himself in "Sunset Boulevard" & Norma's last line mentions him
DeMille
Alex
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$1,000
[8]
It's on the log, off the log, over & over, if you'rethistype of ant, whose name you can guess by what they're carrying
leafcutter ant
Michael
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$1,000
[18]
Italian term for the short, light entertainment between the acts of an opera
intermezzo
Alex
|
| TIMEMAGAZINE'S PERSON OF THE YEAR | '80s FICTION | DESERTS | POP CULTURE | HETERONYMS | A LA DESCARTES |
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$400
[8]
2009:This Fed chairman
Bernanke
Alex
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$400
[9]
Its prequel was "Prizzi's Family"; its sequel, "Prizzi's Glory"
Prizzi's Honor
Scott
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$400
[16]
The Nubian Desert is a region of this much larger desert
the Sahara
Alex
|
$400
[13]
This actress' big-screen credits include "E.T." & "50 First Dates"
Drew Barrymore
Michael
|
$400
[24]
An additional choice &to switch back & forth
alternate ["ALL-tur-nut"/"ALL-tur-nate"]
|
$400
[17]
Descartes created the analytic type of this, which employs algebraic methods in working with figures
geometry
Michael
|
|
$800
[19]
2010:This Facebook co-founder
Mark Zuckerberg
Scott
|
$800
[10]
This 1988 novel:"A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his liver with some fava beans"
The Silence of the Lambs
Scott
|
$800
[25]
The Tabernas Desert in this country's province of Almeria has served as a location for many movie Westerns
Spain
Scott
|
$800
[30]
In 2014 Billboard listed "Sunshine & Whiskey" & "Day Drinking" as "Hot Songs" in this genre
country
Alex
|
$800
[12]
Plunged &a small pigeon
dove ["DOHV"/"DUV"]
Alex
|
$800
[28]
When the Church condemned this Italian for his views, Descartes decided against publishing his book with similar ideas
Galileo
Michael
|
|
$1,200
[5]
Among the controversial choices:1938, Hitler;1939 & '42, this man
Stalin
Michael
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$1,200
[1]
In 1984 he served up the bestseller "The Sicilian"
(Mario) Puzo
Alex
|
$1,200
[26]
In 2013 the world's largest solar energy plant went online in this desert at Ivanpah Dry Lake, Calif.
the Mojave
Scott
|
$1,200
[27]
Season 2 of this HBO series had 3 cops on the case, including Colin Farrell
True Detective
Scott
|
$1,200
[29]
A decorative ribbon &to bend at the waist
bow ["BOH"/"BOW"]
Michael
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$1,200
[11]
Descartes was a proponent of this -ism that says the world consists of 2 substances, mind & matter
dualism
Alex
|
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$2,000
[7]
1936:This American divorcee
(Wallis) Simpson
Alex
|
$1,600
[3]
Magnus Pym is "A Perfect Spy" in a 1986 novel by this author
le Carré
Scott
|
$2,000
[20]
One of the world's driest places is this desert that Chileans call the Norte Grande, or Great North
the Atacama
Michael
|
$1,600
[22]
2015 marks 50 years of this TV special in which Linus quotes from the Gospel of Luke to enlighten his friends
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Scott
Michael
|
$1,600
[23]
To start again &a summary of your work experience
resume ["ree-ZOOM"/"REHZ-oo-may"]
Alex
|
$1,600
[18]
In 1649 this Swedish queen summoned Descartes to her country to tutor her in philosophy
Christina
Alex
|
|
DD
$4,200
[6]
1991:This mouthy media mogul
Ted Turner
Michael
|
$2,000
[4]
This sci-fi great, PKD for short, published "The Transmigration of Timothy Archer", his last novel out in his lifetime
(Philip) Dick
Alex
|
DD
$5,600
[2]
The name of this desert of the Middle East is from the Hebrew for "dry"
the Negev
Alex
|
$2,000
[21]
The Mothers of Invention were his backup band
(Frank) Zappa
Scott
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$2,000
[14]
Pale, like a complexion, &a meat pie
pasty ["PACE-tee"/"PASS-tee"]
Michael
|
$2,000
[15]
Descartes thought this melatonin-secreting gland in the brain is the seat of the soul
the pineal
Alex
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Famous mother of Pyrrha, who survived the Great Flood & with her husband repopulated the Earth
Pandora