2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 2.
Aaron Thompson — a special assistant from Washington, D.C.
David Rozenson — a lawyer from Newton, Massachusetts
Kevin Marshall — a student from Metairie, Louisiana
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin | $800 | $7,200 | $16,400 |
$16,402
Automatic semifinalist |
$17,800
24 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| David | $600 | $-400 | $3,200 |
$6,399
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$3,200
6 R, 3 W |
| Aaron | $2,600 | $4,400 | $13,000 |
$16,401
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$15,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| STAR TREK,STAR WARSORLORD OF THE RINGS | ACTION FIGURES | DINNER FOR ONE | IN NEED OF A DATE | STILL LIVING WITH "MOM" & "DAD" | YOU HAVE NO LIFE |
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$200
[1]
A council that takes place at Rivendell is central to its plot
Lord of the Rings
Aaron
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$200
[26]
Paddy Doyle's fitness records include throwing 470 of these in 1 minute--that should win the round
punches
Kevin
|
$200
[11]
Send in 10 UPC symbols to get a "crispy cheesy fast & easy" T-shirt from this stuffed sandwich brand
Hot Pockets
Kevin
|
$200
[20]
The Japanese fleet left home on the 26th of this month in 1941, headed for Pearl Harbor
November
Kevin
|
$200
[6]
What Genghis Khan was to Kublai Khan
granddad
Aaron
|
$200
[3]
This lifeless planet has virtually no atmosphere or water & is only 29 to 43 million miles from the sun
Mercury
David
|
|
$400
[2]
In its lore, a Bajoran wormhole leads to the Gamma Quadrant
Star Trek
Aaron
|
$400
[27]
In 2003 Paul Crake ran up the 1,576 steps of this NYC building in 9 minutes 33 seconds
the Empire State Building
Kevin
|
$400
[12]
Husband & wife Abraham & Mahala put their last name on this line of frozen entrees; meatloaf again?
Stouffer's
Aaron
|
$400
[21]
Billions of mourners worldwide watched Princess Diana's funeral on Sept. 6 of this year
1997
Aaron
|
$400
[7]
The names of many Mexican cities include this Spanish word for "city"
ciudad
Aaron
|
$400
[4]
Don't plan a Europan vacation--Jupiter's moon Europa is awash in this, also called battery acid
sulfuric acid
|
|
$600
[13]
This one lent its name to a defensive weapons system that many felt was a pie-in-the-sky fantasy
Star Wars
Kevin
|
$600
[28]
In 2006 Leyan Lo, a student at this Pasadena school, solved a Rubik's Cube puzzle in 11.13 seconds
Caltech
Kevin
|
$600
[16]
When I say I'm dining with a woman, I mean this brand of frozen dinners named for a California piemaker
Marie Callender
Kevin
Aaron
|
$600
[22]
The Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812 was signed Dec. 24 of this year
1814
Kevin
|
$600
[8]
The name of this daisylike plant used to make an herbal tea is from the Latin for "apple on the ground"
chamomile
David
|
$600
[5]
The international symbol seenhereshows that food has gone through this process to eliminate bacteria
irradiation
Kevin
|
|
$800
[14]
A race called the Andorians causes trouble for the humans in this one
Star Trek
David
|
$800
[29]
A term for a tireless Soviet worker comes from the name of Alexei Stakhanov; he mined 102 tons of this in 6 hours
coal
Aaron
|
$800
[17]
The name of this brand, started by Con Agra CEO Mike Harper after a heart attack, tells me I'm opting to eat better
Healthy Choice
Kevin
|
$800
[23]
Year in which Custer & his force of more than 200 men were killed
1876
Kevin
|
$800
[9]
My heart belongs to this early 20th century art movement founded in Switzerland
Dadaism
Kevin
|
$800
[25]
In May 1980 life on the north side of this Washington mountain was obliterated by an 1,100-degree flow
Mount St. Helens
Kevin
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Its creator was born in South Africa
Lord of the Rings
David
Aaron
|
$1,000
[30]
Ted Martin kept one of these fad items aloft with 63,326 consecutive kicks in just under 9 hours
a Hacky Sack
Kevin
|
$1,000
[18]
If I'm in the mood for seafood, I whip up some fish sticks from this company whose logo is seen here
Gorton's
Aaron
|
$1,000
[24]
The first Olympics held in the U.S. were in St. Louis in this year
1904
Kevin
|
DD
$1,400
[10]
The dominating feature of this East African port is Fort Jesus, a Portuguese stronghold built around 1593
Mombasa
Kevin
|
$1,000
[19]
This 600-mile-long South American desert is noted for its extreme aridity that basically makes life impossible
the Atacama
Kevin
David
Aaron
|
| THE NEW YORK TIMESSCIENCE TIMES | TARZAN'S BOOK REVIEWS | WHO WEARS THE CROWN | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST | LET'S GO TO TALLINN | AMERICANISMS |
|
$400
[26]
A researcher has shown that this feared Amazon fish may gather in packs for safety, not to hunt
a piranha
Kevin
|
$400
[6]
Over year on bestseller list. Magic train. Christmas Eve. This Chris Van Allsburg book. Make Tarzan feel warm, fuzzy
The Polar Express
Aaron
|
$400
[1]
She's the lifelong bachelorette seen here
Elizabeth I
Kevin
|
$400
[25]
Alphabetically, it's the first of the five Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Kevin
|
$400
[11]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Tallinn, Estonia.) Before Estonian independence, the flags of many nations flew over Pikk Hermann; "Pikk" just means this physical quality
tall
Kevin
|
$400
[16]
This numerical expression signifies every hour of every day; you may doze but never close
24-7
Aaron
|
|
$800
[27]
This 8-letter particle named for its lack of charge is being studied by beaming it 450 miles in .0025 seconds
the neutrino
Kevin
|
$800
[7]
Poems. This 1855 collection. First edition include "I Sing The Body Electric". Tarzan note simple, natural style
Leaves of Grass
Aaron
|
$800
[2]
Wife of Akhenaton, she's best known for her bust, seen here
Nefertiti
Aaron
|
$800
[24]
Of Miriam's Biblical brothers
Aaron
Kevin
|
$800
[12]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from an Estonian restaurant.) In Estonian, "kapsas" is cabbage, &"mulgikapsad"is a dish of meat stewed with this fermented substance
sauerkraut
Aaron
|
$800
[17]
Once this term was just a break in sports; now it's a break to discipline a child
a time out
Aaron
|
|
$1,200
[28]
Glen Canyon, inundated by the formation of this man-made Utah lake, is becoming visible again as the lake dries up
Lake Powell
|
$1,200
[8]
I, Tarzan. Him, this 1934 Robert Graves title guy. Weak. Drooling. Some Roman emperor! Tarzan kick butt!
Claudius
Aaron
|
$1,200
[3]
In legend, this crowned guy had a nephew named Roland
Charlemagne
Aaron
|
$1,600
[21]
Of counties in New York state
Albany
Aaron
|
$1,200
[13]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a street in Tallinn, Estonia.) Tallinn has one of these old-fashioned pharmacies that's been in use since 1422; it's said to be Europe's oldest functioning one
an apothecary
Aaron
|
$1,200
[18]
You might take the footpath to get to this word, paired with "Surfin'" in a Jan & Dean skateboarding hit
sidewalk
Kevin
|
|
$1,600
[29]
No, that's fine. Of course you're right. Science Times says "hostile cooperation" is part of this behavior pattern
passive-aggressiveness
Kevin
|
$1,600
[9]
This big series of Balzac works. Also title of 1943 Saroyan novel. Tarzan confused
The Human Comedy
David
|
$2,000
[5]
Revenge is taken on this crowned guy after he sacrificesdaughter Iphigenia
Agamemnon
David
|
$2,000
[22]
Of non-radioactive chemical elements
aluminum
Aaron
|
$1,600
[14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Tallinn, Estonia.) Tallinn has many houses of these medieval economic groups; the Brotherhood of the Blackheadswere unmarried merchants
guilds
Kevin
|
$1,600
[19]
From the 19th c., it can mean to stop annoying someone, or to make him temporarily unemployed
lay off
|
|
$2,000
[30]
28 years after its 1977 launch, it passed through a sort of space sound barrier called the termination shock
Voyager
Kevin
|
$2,000
[10]
1931. Jean de Brunhoff create. This title Tantor wear suit. Tarzan laugh! Tantor in suit! That funny!
Babar
David
|
DD
$2,500
[4]
This crowned guy's problem was the thought thatthe kneeling guymight be Quetzalcoatl
Montezuma
Aaron
|
DD
$3,500
[23]
Of all U.S. Supreme Court justices in history by last name
Samuel Alito
Aaron
|
$2,000
[15]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Tallinn, Estonia.) I'm just leaving the Russian Orthodoxchurchnamed for this leader who stopped Swedish & German expansion
Alexander Nevsky
Kevin
|
$2,000
[20]
This was once a braided cord worn by Boy Scouts; it's now a wasteful project that often involves graft
a boondoggle
David
|
One of 2 hyphenated composers who flourished in the 1870s, one with "The Maid of Pskov" & one with "Samson et Dalila"
(1 of) Camille Saint-Saens & (Nicolai) Rimsky-Korsakov