2006 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.
Kevin Marshall — a student from Metairie, Louisiana
Bill MacDonald — an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
David Madden — a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $2,800 | $3,400 | $4,600 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 |
$4,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Bill | $2,400 | $6,600 | $22,200 |
$23,199
Finalist |
$21,400
26 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Kevin | $2,600 | $2,200 | $10,600 |
$11,000
2nd place: $10,000 |
$10,600
10 R, 2 W |
| SOCIOLOGY | THE STARTING INFIELD | DICTATORS & TYRANTS | THEONION | WORLD AUTHORS | CROSSWORD CLUES "J" |
|
$200
[17]
Going from rags to riches is what sociologists call "social" this, specifically the "upward" type
mobility
Bill
|
$200
[4]
In 1977 Chambliss, Randolph, Dent & Nettles took the field for this team
the Yankees
David
Kevin
|
$200
[30]
On Sept. 9, 1948 the DPRK, aka North Korea, was established with this man as its supreme leader
Kim Il-sung
David
|
$200
[14]
Nov. 15, 2001:This pasta treat "discontinued as Franco-American relations break down"
SpaghettiOs
Bill
|
$200
[27]
This Brit coined "doublethink" & "Big Brother is watching you"
(George) Orwell
Bill
|
$200
[8]
Carroll's slithy nonsense poem(11)
"Jabberwocky"
Kevin
|
|
$400
[18]
Expecting my son to be a cop & my daughter to be a nurse is assigning these sex-based roles
gender roles
David
|
$400
[6]
From 1974 through 1981 the Dodgers fielded Garvey, Lopes, Russell & this third baseman, "The Penguin"
Ron Cey
|
$400
[29]
As the dictator of this city-state, Francesco Foscari ruined its army & economy by endlessly fighting Milan
Venice
|
$400
[15]
Feb. 20, 2006:This late "Feminine Mystique" writer "honored with second-class postage stamp"
(Betty) Friedan
David
|
$400
[28]
In a 1605 prologue, this Spaniard tells the reader that he has written an "invective against books of chivalry"
Cervantes
David
|
$400
[9]
Jettisoned goods(6)
jetsam
Bill
|
|
$600
[21]
William H. Whyte put this word before "think" to mean conformity to consensus
group
Kevin
|
$600
[7]
The 1908 Chicago Cubs featured Harry Steinfeldt & these 3 guys of yore
Tinker, Evers & Chance
Bill
|
$600
[13]
By murdering all his brothers around 1413, Mehmed I took power as the fifth ruler of this empire
the Ottoman Empire
Bill
|
$600
[24]
Aug. 9, 2000:Popular names for these include Shopwood, Storemont & Indianburialgroundbrook
shopping malls
David
|
$600
[20]
While at University College, Dublin, he wrote the essay "The Day of the Rabblement", attacking the Irish Literary Theatre
James Joyce
David
|
$600
[10]
Riding breeches(8)
jodhpurs
Bill
|
|
$800
[22]
A joint author on a paper, or someone who assists the power occupying his country
a collaborator
|
$800
[5]
The 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers sent out Hodges, Gilliam, Reese & this groundbreaking infielder
Jackie Robinson
Kevin
|
DD
$1,000
[1]
The pro-Soviet dictator Babrak Karmal came to power in this country after a 1979 invasion
Afghanistan
David
|
$800
[25]
From an issue in 2056: This island & commonwealth ceded to the U.S. in 1898... "Should it become our 63rd state?"
Puerto Rico
Bill
|
$800
[19]
This literary whiz' name is sometimes transliterated from Bengali as Ravindranatha Thakura
(Rabindranath) Tagore
David
|
$800
[11]
A joyful celebration(10)
jubilation
David
Kevin
|
|
$1,000
[23]
A plant, animal or object that's the symbol of a clan; it's often taboo & was paired with "Taboo" in a Freud title
totem
Bill
|
$1,000
[3]
The 1975 Reds fielded Rose, Concepcion, Perez & this Hall of Fame second sacker, now a broadcaster
Joe Morgan
Kevin
|
$1,000
[2]
A humble lawyer from Arras, in 1793 he became Head of the Committee of Public Safety & launched a bloodbath
Robespierre
David
|
$1,000
[26]
Sept. 12, 1928: This "It Girl" "to appear sleeveless in Oct. Collier's; 'Besleeve yourself, strumpet!' clergy urge"
(Clara) Bow
Bill
|
$1,000
[16]
This French writer "steaked" a claim as "The Father of Romanticism" by writing such works as "Atala"
(René de) Chateaubriand
Bill
Kevin
|
$1,000
[12]
Belligerent nationalist(5)
jingo
David
|
| BUSINESS LEADERS | RADIO | THAT'S ITALIAN! | REDUCED SHAKESPEARE | NEW WEAPONS | 5-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[1]
His business card bore the Golden Arches & the titles "Founder" & "Senior Chairman of the Board"
(Ray) Kroc
David
|
$400
[17]
Instrument struck when a contestant failed on the "Original Amateur Hour"
a gong
Bill
|
$400
[27]
It's the Italian name for the country's biggest island
Sicilia
David
|
$400
[22]
Name this tragedy:"Love you.""Love you.""Speak. ...Nothing will come of nothing!""Hmph!""Hmph!""Huh? I should go mad! Blbl-blbl-blbl-blbl-bl! Oh, no life! Oh!"
King Lear
Bill
|
$400
[8]
The USA's "E-Bomb" will disable grids & computers and reheat the enemies' lasagna by sending out these waves
microwaves
Bill
|
$400
[9]
One who steals by stealth: Thessalonians speaks of one "in the night"
a thief
Bill
|
|
$800
[4]
In 1886 he started his first successful business, the Lancaster Caramel Co.; the chocolate came later
Hershey
David
|
$800
[18]
This word ends the title of a 1941 Bill of Rights tribute program heard by 60 million, "We hold these..."
Truths
Bill
|
$800
[29]
Roman soldiers passed the time playing this game, the Italian version of lawn bowling
bocce
Bill
|
$800
[23]
This time, a comedy:"Beware my sting!""She will be my chattel. Ha ha ha!""I'm starved!"[Snores]"Giddy from lack of sleep. What is thy will, sir?""Mm-wah!""Ha ha ha ha ha!""Ha ha ha ha ha!""Ah!""Ah!"
The Taming of the Shrew
Bill
|
$800
[26]
The "Storm Shadow" is a new British version of this type of low-altitude, radar-evading missile
a cruise missile
Bill
|
$800
[10]
A big fishing net, maybe in the river of the same name
a seine
David
|
|
$1,200
[6]
In the 1880s he built a town in Illinois to house employees of his sleeping car company
(George) Pullman
David
|
DD
$1,000
[21]
On April 3, 1936 a nation listened as Gabriel Heatter covered this man's execution
Bruno Hauptmann
Bill
|
$1,200
[2]
These thin tubes of pasta, Italian for "bridegrooms", are often baked
ziti
Bill
Kevin
|
$1,200
[24]
Tragedy:"Victorious!""Rue the tears I shed!""Banishment!""Son!""Ah!""Ha ha ha ha ha!""Ha ha ha ha ha!""Mad? Not!""Ugh!""Ugh!""Uh-huh! Emperor!"
Titus Andronicus
David
|
$1,200
[7]
It's the Indian tribe in the name of the USA's AH-64D Longbow, the most advanced combat helicopter in the world
Apache
Kevin
|
$1,600
[13]
Teddy Roosevelt said "The credit belongs to the man" in this, "whose face is marred by dust & sweat & blood"
the arena
|
|
$1,600
[15]
Before founding his own corp., John K. Northrop was chief engineer for this company & designed its Vega airplane
Lockheed
|
$1,200
[19]
Can't forget the sponsor--Jack Benny's opening line wasn't "Hello again" but this dessert "again"
Jell-O
Bill
|
$1,600
[3]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives us a sign linguistic demonstration.) An 1832 book on the gestures of this southern city includes"Mm-wah, perfecto!"--& many others we can't show you
Naples
David
|
$1,600
[25]
Here's the title king of this play:"Plots have I laid. Wear this ring!""Oh, pretty!""King! Good-night.""Ow!""Marriage. Ah!""Thank you."
Richard III
David
Bill
|
$1,600
[11]
The FA-18E/F is the "Super" version of this high-tech U.S. Navy fighter jet with a wasplike name
a Hornet
Bill
|
$2,000
[14]
Greek for "word", it can mean the word of God
logos
Kevin
|
|
$2,000
[16]
Since founding Amazon.com in 1994, he's tried to make it "The Earth's most customer-centric company"
Jeff Bezos
Kevin
|
$1,600
[20]
In 2005 NPR revived this 1950s program in which people state their credos
This I Believe
Bill
|
$2,000
[5]
This 15th century movement may have first been named in a 1550 book, using the Italian word rinascita
the Renaissance
Kevin
|
$2,000
[30]
Name this comedy:"Your oaths.""Not to see ladies."[All] "Hup!"[Gasps][All] "Love.""We'll mark no words that wooers say for 12 months in the day."[All] "Hmm!"[All] "Oh!""That's too long for a play."
Love's Labour's Lost
David
|
$2,000
[28]
With advanced capabilities, this unmanned air vehicle seenheretakes its name from the Latin for "to plunder"
the Predator
Bill
|
DD
$3,000
[12]
It can mean "brief & forceful" or "resembling the inner core of a stem"
pithy
Bill
|
"American Prometheus" is a biography of this physicist who died in 1967
J. Robert Oppenheimer