2015 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.
Vaughn Winchell — a graduate student in mathematics from Columbia, Maryland
Brennan Bushee — a software developer from Malden, Massachusetts
Alex Jacob — a currency trader from Chicago, Illinois
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | $8,000 | $11,600 | $28,200 |
$28,200
Finalist |
$26,400
32 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Brennan | $0 | $0 | $11,600 |
$5,600
2nd place: $10,000 |
$12,000
9 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Vaughn | $-400 | $2,800 | $8,000 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 |
$9,600
16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
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$200
[17]
It's the first book of the King James Bible whose name doesn't end with an "S"
Deuteronomy
Vaughn
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$200
[9]
"The band is out on the field!" in 1982 as California beat this rival with "The Play"
Stanford
Vaughn
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$200
[26]
TTD is an abbreviation for the monetary unit of this island country
Trinidad and Tobago
Alex
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$200
[28]
It means to move slowly, or waste time
dawdle
Alex
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$200
[29]
The McIlhenny Company has been making this brand of hot sauce since 1868
Tabasco
Vaughn
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$200
[30]
After Goldilocks ate this boiled food of theirs, the 3 bears said, "Never again"
porridge
Vaughn
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$600
[2]
It has 150 chapters
Psalms
Vaughn
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$400
[10]
In 2013 a 109-yard "Kick Six" kicked in a win for this school over rival Alabama
Auburn
Alex
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$400
[25]
The Strait of Gibraltar separates this country from Spain by about 8 miles
Morocco
Vaughn
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$400
[27]
The trumpet narcissus is a common variety of this flower
a daffodil
Vaughn
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$400
[20]
This Greek sauce is made with yogurt, cucumber & dill or mint
tzatziki
Alex
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$400
[24]
In "Ted" Mark Wahlberg & the title bear sing about how much they hate this loud natural phenomenon
thunder
Alex
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$800
[1]
The 2 Hebrew Bible books named for women
Ruth and Esther
Alex
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$600
[19]
Who dat? It's this team, running "Ambush", an onside kick to start Super Bowl 44's 2nd half
the Saints
Alex
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$600
[6]
In 1998 Hurricane Mitch ravaged this capital of Honduras
Tegucigalpa
Alex
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$600
[11]
Charles X's eldest son, Louis-Antoine, was the last person to have this title
Dauphin
Alex
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$600
[3]
Also called rooster sauce, this hot sauce is named for a town on the Gulf of Thailand
sriracha
Alex
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$600
[13]
Smokey Bear first said "No" to fire in 1944, when the Ad Council teamed up with this federal government service
National Forest Service
Alex
Vaughn
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$1,000
[4]
In the Latin Vulgate Bible, it's Apocalypsis; in the King James, it's this
Revelation
Alex
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$800
[14]
In 2000 the "Music City Miracle" kickoff return won a playoff game for this team
the (Tennessee) Titans
Alex
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$800
[5]
This highest European mountain is found in Russia & is an anagram of "rubles"
Elbrus
Alex
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$800
[16]
Originating in Africa, it's the colorful garment seen here
dashiki
Vaughn
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$800
[15]
A steward for Louis XIV invented this one of the "mother sauces" by stirring milk into a roux
béchamel
Alex
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$800
[23]
At the numerous Jellystone Park Camp-Resorts around the country named for this bear, feeding critters is a no-no
Yogi (Bear)
Alex
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DD
$1,600
[8]
The 2 lofty positions that lend their names to Old Testament books
judge & king
Vaughn
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$1,000
[22]
Cris Collinsworth, on this Giants wide receiver's insane play in 2014: "That may be the greatest catch I've ever seen!"
(Odell) Beckham (Jr.)
Alex
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$1,000
[7]
Afghanistan's 2 official languages are Dari & this one
Pashto
Vaughn
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$1,000
[18]
A tool used in knitting, or another name for a dragonfly
darning needle
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$1,000
[12]
This thick herb sauce, excellent with grilled meat, originated in Argentina
chimichurri
Alex
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$1,000
[21]
Grumpy Bear, a member of this toy line and later animated group, says no to a lot; he's grumpy, after all
the Care Bears
Vaughn
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$400
[26]
As opposed to DC, it's AC
alternating current
Alex
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$400
[1]
Written around 101 A.D., this author's "Parallel Lives" includes Pericles
Plutarch
Alex
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$400
[19]
To abandon the sweet treat at the end of the meal
desert dessert
Alex
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$400
[25]
This little woman served as a nurse in the Civil War
(Louisa May) Alcott
Alex
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$400
[27]
In 2014 he made himself ex-king of Spain
Juan Carlos
Alex
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$400
[30]
(I'm Cory Stearns.) "Theme and Variations" features an incredibly difficult series of turns in the air... each turn is separated by aone-footed spin, known by this French term
pirouette
Alex
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$800
[15]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Los Alamos National Laboratory.) Accelerators at Los Alamos create materials likestrontium-82 & actinium-225for industrial & medical use, all part of the job for the IPF, or this production facility
isotope
Brennan
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$800
[8]
Around 101 A.D. an invasion began to drive the indigenous Ainu from this largest Japanese island
Honshu
Vaughn
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$800
[18]
A false enemy
a faux foe
Brennan
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$800
[13]
In 1939 he published his first sci-fi story, "Marooned Off Vesta"
Asimov
Vaughn
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$800
[28]
Not-so-hot Hot Wheels made Bryan Stockton this company's ex-CEO in 2015
Mattel
Alex
Vaughn
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$800
[29]
(I'm Sarah Lane.) Requiring great balance & strength, one of the most challenging moments for a ballerina dancing Aurora is the extended sequence en pointe from the "Rose Adagio" in this Tchaikovsky ballet based on a fairy tale
The Sleeping Beauty
Brennan
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$1,200
[9]
A different kind of mapping was used in this project, HGP, completed in 2003
the Human Genome Project
Vaughn
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$1,200
[5]
Famous for his triumphal column, this emperor began an expansion of the Roman Empire in 101 A.D.
Trajan
Alex
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$1,200
[14]
Pate cover for a member of Fillmore's party
a Whig wig
Brennan
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$1,200
[3]
"All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes" is one of the memoirs by this African-American woman who died in 2014
(Maya) Angelou
Alex
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$1,600
[20]
Peter Gabriel is this group's ex-lead singer
Genesis
Brennan
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$1,200
[12]
(I'm Blaine Hoven.) Male ballet dancers rarely are called upon to dance en pointe, except when playing the part of the donkey named Bottomin the ballet based on this Shakespeare fantasy
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Brennan
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$1,600
[10]
Detouring around blocked vessels that provide blood to the heart, CABG is this type of "bypass grafting"
coronary artery
Alex
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$1,600
[6]
Around 101 the Moche began a great civilization on the west coast of South America in this country
Peru
Brennan
Vaughn
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$1,600
[16]
A wretched medicine bottle
a vile vial
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$1,600
[2]
"Fiddler on the Roof" was based on his stories about Tevye the dairyman
Sholem Aleichem
Vaughn
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$2,000
[21]
Ghanaian-born ex-U.N. secretary-general
(Kofi) Annan
Alex
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$1,600
[22]
(I'm Gillian Murphy.) The role of Odette/Odile in this ballet classic requires a dancer to perform multiple consecutivefouette turns--32 of them, in fact
Swan Lake
Vaughn
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$2,000
[11]
In particle physics this theory, the G.U.T., attempts to merge the strong force with the electroweak force
grand unified theory
Alex
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DD
$1,600
[7]
Berenice III, who became queen of Egypt in 101 B.C., was the daughter of the IX pharaoh of this name
Ptolemy
Brennan
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$2,000
[17]
A nail or pin to hold up the RPM counter
a tach tack
Brennan
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$2,000
[4]
This film critic won a Pulitzer Prize in 1958 for his novel "A Death in the Family"
(James) Agee
Alex
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DD
$3,000
[24]
He became the USA's ex-VP in 1981
Mondale
Alex
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$2,000
[23]
(I'm Craig Salstein.) In a rare occurrence of crossover dance styles, ballet & tap fusein Agnes de Mille's choreography for this cowboy ballet
Rodeo
Alex
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These 2 6-letter rhyming countries both derive their names from rivers & were both once controlled by Great Britain
Zambia & Gambia