Show #739 1987-11-19 (taped 1987-10-27) Tournament of Champions

1987 Tournament of Champions final game 1.

Contestants

Bob Verini — a playwright/actor from New York, New York

Eugene Finerman — a writer from Chicago, Illinois

Dave Traini — a teacher from Medford Lakes, New Jersey

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Dave	$300	$1,400	$4,600	$7,600	$4,600 16 R, 2 W
Eugene	$400	$1,600	$3,400	$6,800	$6,400 15 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Bob	$1,300	$2,500	$5,900	$3,800	$5,900 17 R (including 1 DD), 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

ASIAN HISTORY	FOOD	PRESIDENTIAL LIFESPANS	GEOGRAPHICAL SONGS	"OLD" & "NEW"	SCIENCE
$100 [1] Talks were held during October of 1951 in Panmunjon to re-unify this country, but it didn't work Korea Dave	$100 [21] The Quechua language of Peru has about one thousand words for these tubers Peruvians have grown for eight thousand years potatoes Eugene	$100 [9] February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865 Abraham Lincoln Dave	$100 [16] "Hooray for" this city, where you're terrific if you're even good Hollywood Dave	$100 [3] A semi-aquatic salamander a newt Dave	$300 [25] After about eight weeks, a human embryo develops into this a fetus Bob
$200 [2] In 1972 this country returned control of Okinawa to Japan the United States Bob	$200 [22] Of yogurt, liver or tofu, the food Americans hate most according to "Harper's Index" Tofu Dave Eugene Bob	$200 [10] April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826 Thomas Jefferson Eugene	$200 [17] "If God didn't make little green apples, then it don't rain" here "in the summertime" Indianapolis Bob	$200 [4] If a pregnant woman eats strawberries, her baby will have a strawberry-shaped birth mark, for example an old wives' tale Eugene	$400 [24] At about 63,000 ft. at normal body temperature, blood will do this boil Bob
$300 [5] Estimated death toll from the famous 1756 incident in this room in an Indian fort ranges from 15 to over 100 the Black Hole of Calcutta Bob	—	$300 [11] October 30, 1735 - July 4, 1826 John Adams Dave	$300 [18] "Me and Mamie O'Rourke tripped the light fantastic on" these "Sidewalks Of New York" Bob	DD $300 [6] Title of the following which Tom Cruise sang in "Risky Business" & Ron Reagan sang on "Saturday Night Live":"Just take those old records off the shelf..." "Old Time Rock And Roll" Bob	$500 [23] Because they are never found in chemical compounds, the noble gases neon, argon & helium are called this the inert gases Dave
$400 [14] A former monk turned rebellious, then merciless, founded this Chinese dynasty in 1368 the Ming Dynasty Eugene	—	$400 [12] May 8, 1884 - December 26, 1972 Harry Truman Eugene Bob	$400 [19] Cole Porter wrote that this city "loves lovers, for lovers it's heaven above" Paris Bob	$400 [7] The only independent country in the world that fits this category New Zealand	—
$500 [15] It was completed during World War I & linked eastern & western Siberia the Trans-Siberian Railway Bob	—	$500 [13] August 10, 1874 - October 20, 1964 Herbert Hoover Eugene	$500 [20] "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" was a "high-falutin' scootin', shootin' son-of-a-gun from" this state Arizona Bob	$500 [8] Annual award given by the American Library Association for the outstanding American children's book the Newbery Award/Medal Bob	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

AVIATION	IDAHOANS	THE CIVIL WAR	SHAVIAN CHARACTERS	ODD ALPHABETS	POTPOURRI
$200 [9] On October 1, 1986, Northwest Airlines took this word out of its name Orient Eugene	$200 [8] "Encyclopedia Americana" says this guide of Lewis and Clark lived to about one hundred while the "Britannica" says she died at twenty-six Sacajawea (Bird Woman) Dave	$200 [1] It wasn't until the May 1864 Battle of the Wilderness that these two generals encountered each other Grant & Lee Dave	$200 [3] In Shaw's play about her, this Russian empress rhapsodizes about Voltaire, who historically was her pen pal Catherine the Great (or Catherine II or "Great Catherine") Dave	$200 [30] In alphabet radio code, "B" is Bravo and "F" shares its name with this dance the foxtrot Dave Eugene Bob	$200 [17] In October 1986, the U.S. Mint issued the first of these in more than fifty years gold coin Eugene
$400 [29] To serve as Air Force One, two of this model are currently on order from Boeing 747 Eugene	$400 [13] Idaho's highest point, Borah Peak, is named for William E. Borah, who held this office for thirty-three years U.S. senator Bob	$400 [2] In 1861, this Texas governor was deposed for refusing to support secession Sam Houston Bob	$400 [7] Performances of "Mrs. Warren's Profession" were banned because this was Mrs. Warren's profession prostitution Dave	$400 [28] Edible letters produced by Post Alpha-Bits Dave	$400 [19] Iva D'Aquino, who in 1977 received a presidential pardon, was better known by this nickname Tokyo Rose Eugene
$800 [25] Its acquisition of People Express, Frontier, Continental, and Eastern have made it the biggest U.S. air company Texas Air Eugene	$600 [14] It's where you'd go to see Idaho-born sculptor Gutzon Borglum's most famous work Mount Rushmore (South Dakota) Bob	$600 [4] Warship that was called "The Cheesebox on a Raft" the Monitor Eugene	$600 [10] Heroine who says, "My voices have deceived me... but only a fool will walk into a fire" St. Joan Eugene	$600 [27] In ASCII, this kind of computer code, A is 01000001 binary code Dave	$600 [20] Guinness says the greatest number of people saved by one man from death were saved by him in 1944-45 Raoul Wallenberg Dave
DD $1,000 [26] One of the two biggest makers of commercial jet aircraft engines in the United States Pratt and Whitney & GE Eugene	$800 [15] "The Poet's Poet", his writings were far more influential than his World War II broadcasts from fascist Italy Ezra Pound Eugene	$800 [5] Julia Ward Howe wrote "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" to be sung to the tune of this song "John Brown's Body" Dave	$800 [11] This play has characters named Snobby Price, Rummy Mitchens, and Barbara Undershaft Major Barbara Dave	$1,000 [18] Representing the sound of the "A" in "about", a small "E" turned upside down is called this a schwa Bob	$800 [21] He won a lifetime membership in the U.S. Duffers Association after missing the first golf ball he swung at on the Moon Alan Shepard Dave Bob
$1,000 [23] Some claim that the Wright Brothers made only a power glider & that this Brazillian really invented the airplane Alberto Santos-Dumont Bob	$1,000 [16] This former Bendix executive and his wife, Mary Cunningham, now run their own venture capital firm William Agee Bob	$1,000 [6] This abolitionist congressman from Pennsylvania insisted on being buried in an integrated cemetery Thaddeus Stevens Bob	$1,000 [12] Of all his characters, Captain Shotover of this title domicile may be the most like Shaw himself Heartbreak House Bob	DD $2,000 [24] In the sign-language alphabet, it's the first letter whose sign resembles it C Eugene	$1,000 [22] Once denied a driver's license, this General Secretary of the U.S. Communist Party is usually driven to work Gus Hall Eugene

Final Jeopardy!

RULERS

The only name shared by four consecutive kings of England

George (I - IV)

Eugene "What is George?" — wagered $3,400

Dave "What is George?" — wagered $3,000

Bob "What is Henry?" — wagered $2,100

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