2002 Million Dollar Masters final game 1.
Bob Verini — a film journalist and test prep teacher from Los Angeles, California
Eric Newhouse — a director of technical assistance from Vermillion, South Dakota
Brad Rutter — a network administrator from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad | $4,600 | $6,400 | $15,800 | $11,800 |
$15,800
26 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Eric | $400 | $2,800 | $7,600 | $0 |
$7,600
12 R, 3 W |
| Bob | $3,200 | $2,200 | $10,400 | $6,800 |
$10,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| BRITISH ROYALTY | RECENT FILMS | TOUGH POTPOURRI | AUTHORS' NATIVE LANDS | "GRAND" CENTRAL | STATION |
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$200
[16]
Born in Corfu in 1921, he's a great-grandson of the Danish king Christian IX
Prince Philip
Brad
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$200
[9]
He played wise wizard Gandalf in 2001's "Lord of the Rings"
Ian McKellen
Brad
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$200
[1]
Wow! This man bought Manhattan with trinkets worth about 60 guilders, usually quoted as $24
(Peter) Minuit
Brad
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$200
[4]
"The Remains of the Day" novelist Kazuo Ishiguro
Japan
Brad
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$200
[25]
2-word French term for a competitive international road race
grand prix
Brad
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$200
[26]
On January 1, 1892 this receiving station for immigrants in Upper N.Y. Bay opened its doors for the first time
Ellis Island
Brad
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$400
[17]
Some thought this Tudor would marry Lord Dudley when his wife was found dead after a suspicious accident in 1560
Elizabeth I
Brad
Bob
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$400
[10]
He played wise wizard Dumbledore in 2001's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone"
Richard Harris
Bob
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$400
[2]
The jird is a common (& rather cute) type of this hamster relative
a gerbil
Brad
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$400
[5]
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, chronicler of a death foretold
Colombia
Eric
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$400
[24]
This Midwestern city of 190,000 was built on the site of an Ottawa Indian village
Grand Rapids
Brad
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$400
[27]
He took a failing UHF TV station in the 1970s & turned it into a "Superstation"
Ted Turner
Bob
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$600
[18]
On Oct. 31, 1955 Princess Margaret announced that she was not going to marry the man she loved, this man
(Peter) Townsend
Eric
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$600
[11]
"Leave no man behind" was the tagline of this 2001 film that co-starred Josh Hartnett
Black Hawk Down
Brad
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$600
[3]
This bejeweled N.Y. financier was so famous for overeating that one restaurateur called him "my 25 best customers"
"Diamond" Jim Brady
Eric
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$600
[6]
Celebrator of imperialism Rudyard Kipling
India
Brad
Eric
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$600
[21]
Traditional term for a comprehensive survey of the continent for a young upper-class Englishman
the Grand Tour
Brad
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$600
[28]
In Catholic churches, there are 14 of these depicting the Passion of Christ
the Stations of the Cross
Brad
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$800
[22]
This son of the Black Prince became king in 1377 & got his own Shakespeare play somewhat later
Richard II
Brad
Eric
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$800
[14]
Meg Ryan & Hugh Jackman found love across time in this romance
Kate & Leopold
Bob
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$800
[12]
If you've read "The Flame Trees of Thika" (or if you saw the miniseries) you know that Thika is in this country
Kenya
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$1,000
[8]
Deptford trilogist Robertson Davies
Canada
Bob
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$800
[20]
Found off Newfoundland, it's a major source of food fish
the Grand Banks
Eric
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$800
[29]
This present-day San Francisco "Hill" was named for the semaphore station established there in the 1800s
Telegraph Hill
Eric
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$1,000
[23]
England's beloved Queen Mother grew up in this castle that's featured in "Macbeth"
Glamis
Bob
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$1,000
[15]
Jennifer Connelly won an Oscar for playing the wife of this man
(John) Nash
Brad
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$1,000
[13]
She was the first African-American author to win a Pulitzer Prize; she won in 1950, for her poetry
Gwendolyn Brooks
Bob
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DD
$1,400
[7]
Godot waiter Samuel Beckett
Ireland
Brad
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$1,000
[19]
Named for a Paris theater, it's drama that emphasizes the horrific or macabre
Grand Guignol
Eric
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$1,000
[30]
It's the Greek letter designation for the International Space Station
Alpha
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| GENERAL SCIENCE | BIG NAMES IN SPORTS | BALLET | ARCHITECTS | NEAR EAST ANCIENT HISTORY | GRAMMAR SCHOOL |
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$400
[21]
In 1931 2 Americans modified the Mercalli scale to measure the intensity of these in California
earthquakes
Eric
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$400
[3]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix.) In 2001 the Diamondbacks were going for their first world championship; this team was going for its 27th
the Yankees
Eric
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$400
[2]
A sexually confused stable boy is the focus of this ballet based on Peter Shaffer's play of the same name
Equus
Brad
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$400
[1]
This Asian-born architect designed Boston's John Hancock Tower
I.M. Pei
Bob
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$400
[30]
To be or knot to be, it was the capital of Phrygia
Gordion (or Gordium)
Brad
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$400
[16]
Strunk & White's 5th rule of usage says, do not join independent clauses with this; use a semicolon, as we just did
a comma
Bob
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$800
[25]
There were only 63 known elements when this Russian devised the periodic table
Mendeleev
Brad
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$800
[6]
At Wimbledon 1969, aged 41, this Mexican-American saved 7 match points to beat Charlie Pasarell
Pancho Gonzales
Bob
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$800
[5]
The 1938 premiere of this ballet featured Lew Christensen in the role of Pat Garrett
Billy the Kid
Brad
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$800
[4]
From his mother's surname, the "Glass Skyscraper" architect added van der Rohe to this name
Mies
Bob
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$800
[29]
With the kingdom split, in 920 B.C. you had Rehoboam ruling Judah & Jeroboam ruling this
Israel
Eric
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DD
$600
[18]
Besides fancy-sounding, "in lieu of salary" is this type of grammatical phrase
a prepositional phrase
Brad
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$1,200
[24]
The Earth's crust consists of about 46% oxygen; this element is second most abundant at about 28%
silicon
Brad
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$1,200
[11]
His last-minute field goal won Super Bowl XXXVI for the Patriots
Adam Vinatieri
Eric
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$1,200
[7]
Von Rotbart is the evil, bird-like sorcerer in this classic 1877 ballet
Swan Lake
Brad
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$1,200
[10]
Frank Lloyd Wright was a pupil of this noted Chicago architect, whom Wright called his "Lieber Meister"
(Louis) Sullivan
Brad
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DD
$1,000
[28]
Dagon was the top god of these people whose name has come to mean "uncouth" & "unsophisticated"
the Philistines
Bob
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$800
[17]
This 5-letter word means break down a sentence into subject, object & predicate, or describe a word's grammatical role
parse
Brad
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$1,600
[23]
Mayonnaise is an example of this colloidal dispersion of liquid particles in another liquid
an emulsion
Brad
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$1,600
[14]
In 1986, with the Springfield Fame, she became the first woman to play in a men's pro basketball league
Nancy Lieberman
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$1,600
[8]
In 1911 this great dancer leapt into immortality with his magnificent exit leap in "Le spectre de la rose"
Nijinsky
Bob
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$1,600
[12]
This American architect who turned 95 in 2001 is known for his "Glass House" of 1949
Philip Johnson
Bob
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$1,600
[27]
Scholars label Old Persian royal inscriptions X for Xerxes, C for Cyrus & D for him
Darius
Bob
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$1,600
[19]
A helping group, like the ladies' one of the VFW, or a helping verb like will or may
auxiliary
Brad
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$2,000
[22]
In 1896 this French scientist accidentally discovered radioactivity while researching fluorescence
Antoine Becquerel
Brad
Eric
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$2,000
[15]
NHL goalie nicknames include Nikolai Khabibulin's "Bulin Wall" & this Maple Leaf player's "Cujo"
Curtis Joseph
Brad
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$2,000
[9]
This choreographer played one of the sailors when his ballet "Fancy Free" premiered in 1944
Jerome Robbins
Bob
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$2,000
[13]
Surveyor General of royal buildings, he designed & constructed London's Covent Garden in the early 1630s
Inigo Jones
Eric
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$2,000
[26]
We know Carians were in Egypt from graffiti they carved into a big Ramses statue at this temple site
Abu Simbel
Eric
Bob
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$2,000
[20]
The Spanish levantarse, "to get up", is this type of verb whose subject & object are identical
reflexive
Brad
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In old philosophy this 12-letter word referred to a fifth substance, superior to earth, air, fire or water
quintessence