1999 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.
Dave Abbott — a musician and contract manager from Cincinnati, Ohio
Dan Girard — an artist from Altadena, California
Pat Healy — an index editor from Vallejo, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat | $700 | $900 | $6,900 |
$999
3rd place: $5,000 |
$6,500
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Dan | $1,100 | $3,300 | $3,900 |
$3,900
2nd place: $5,000 |
$3,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Dave | $2,200 | $1,900 | $6,400 |
$12,800
Finalist |
$5,700
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS | THEY ALSO RAN | INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL PARKS | IT'S A DISASTER!... MOVIE | "A" & "E" | BIOGRAPHY |
|
$100
[16]
The scrolls are written in Hebrew, Aramaic & this, just like the Bible
Greek
Dave
|
$100
[21]
This industrialist from Michigan ran for the Senate in 1918, & lost
(Henry) Ford
Dan
|
$100
[26]
Bataan
the Philippines
Dave
|
$100
[1]
Genevieve Bujold starred in this shaky disaster pic originally released in Sensurround
Earthquake
Pat
|
$100
[7]
In a famous title, Irving Stone paired it with "Agony"
Ecstasy
Dave
|
$100
[6]
Born an Air Force brat in Germany in 1959, he won his first Wimbledon in 1981 & married Tatum O'Neal in 1986
John McEnroe
Dan
|
|
$200
[17]
A shepherd found the scrolls after he threw a rock into a cave & heard it break one of these
a (ceramic) pot
Dan
|
$200
[22]
This N.Y. radio host dropped out of the governor's race in 1994, refusing to disclose his finances
Howard Stern
Pat
|
$200
[27]
Kruger
South Africa
Dan
|
$200
[2]
The survivors climb higher & higher to the bottom of the ship in this Irwin Allen spectacular
The Poseidon Adventure
Dave
|
$200
[12]
The part of an atom that orbits around the nucleus
the electron
Dan
|
$200
[8]
Born Garri Weinstein in Azerbaijan in 1963, he was a Soviet chess champ at 13 & world champ at 22
Kasparov
Dave
|
|
$300
[18]
In 1954 a Syrian Orthodox bishop sold 4 scrolls through an ad in this financial daily paper
The Wall Street Journal
Pat
|
$300
[23]
This author of "The Jungle" ran for governor of California in 1934
Sinclair
Dan
|
$300
[28]
Gallipoli Peninsula
Turkey
Pat
Dan
|
$300
[3]
This Pierce Brosnan vehicle preceded the similar disaster film "Volcano" in 1997
Dante's Peak
Dave
|
$300
[13]
Elands are grouped among these hoofed animals
antelope
Pat
|
$300
[9]
Born in Liverpool, he sang a bit, produced Monty Python movies & later became a Wilbury
George Harrison
Pat
|
|
$400
[19]
The scrolls tell of life in the Holy Land during the time of the Second of these, destroyed in 70 A.D.
the Second Temple
Dan
Dave
|
$400
[24]
When Norman Mailer ran for NYC mayor in '69, his running mate was this "Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight" author
Jimmy Breslin
Dave
|
$500
[30]
Exuma Cays
the Bahamas
|
$400
[4]
Rene Russo fights to stop a deadly virus from spreading in this 1995 thriller
Outbreak
Dave
|
$400
[14]
Ocean in which you'd find Ellesmere Island
the Arctic
Dan
|
$400
[10]
Born near Ancona in 1870, she was Italy's first woman to get a medical degree & taught kids in a new way
Montessori
Dan
|
|
$500
[20]
Arabic name of the area on the shore of the Dead Sea where the first scrolls were found
Qumran
|
$500
[25]
It was wait, loss, wait, loss, when this comedian failed at tries to be mayor of Chicago & U.S. president
Dick Gregory
Dave
|
DD
$700
[29]
Darien
Panama
Dan
|
$500
[5]
In 1935 one of the earliest disaster movies told the story of the "Last Days" of this city
Pompeii
Dave
|
$500
[15]
City & country in which the dynasty of the Ptolemies was founded
Alexandria, Egypt
Dave
|
$500
[11]
This 1990 Nobel Peace Prize winner was born near Stavropol & in 1970 became that city's Communist Party secretary
Mikhail Gorbachev
|
| BOTANY | KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES | 20th CENTURY POETS | MUSICALS | FAMOUS HOMES | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$200
[7]
This soft-stemmed swamp plant is named for its skunk-like odor
skunk cabbage
Dan
|
$200
[16]
It's not unusual that this hipster had his first hit with "It's Not Unusual" in 1965
Tom Jones
Dave
|
$200
[6]
This author of the poem "Daddy" committed suicide in 1963, before she could work out her parental issues
(Sylvia) Plath
Dan
|
$200
[15]
Barbara Cook won a Tony for playing Marian the Librarian in the original production of this musical
The Music Man
Dan
|
$200
[10]
In March of 1957, this rock star sold the home seenhereat 1034 Audubon Drive in Memphis & moved into bigger digs
Elvis Presley
Dave
|
$200
[5]
Morgan Freeman film where he drives his web-footed boss to her boyfriend Donald's house
Driving Miss Daisy Duck
Dave
|
|
$400
[8]
Chickweed & soapwort, as well as carnations, are members of this "colorful" family
the pink family
|
$400
[25]
He's the "animal" seen here
Davy Jones (of The Monkees)
Pat
|
$400
[11]
Heread almost as well as he wrote"Do not go gentle into that good night / Old age should burn and rave..."
Dylan Thomas
Pat
|
$400
[17]
Gwen Verdon kicked up her heels as Claudine in this classic Cole Porter musical named for a dance
Can-Can
Pat
|
$400
[21]
Scout's Rest Ranch in North Platte, Nebraska was the home of this great Western showman
Buffalo Bill
Dan
|
$400
[4]
One of the quartet of fighting terrapins uses it to give his shell a brilliant shine
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Wax
Dave
|
|
$600
[9]
Cloth-of-gold & saffron are species of this hardy perennial in the iris family
the crocus
Dave
|
$600
[26]
She's Mrs. Marty Ingels
Shirley Jones
Pat
|
$800
[13]
In 1998 this young pop star published her poems in the book "A Night Without Armor"
Jewel
Pat
|
$600
[20]
Adelaide & the chorus girls at the Hot Box Club sing "Take Back Your Mink" in Act II of this musical
Guys and Dolls
Dan
|
$600
[22]
This American author's estate outside Havana was called Finca Vigia, or Lookout Farm
Hemingway
Dave
|
$600
[3]
Dick Clark's dance show featuring U.S. citizens who misbehave abroad
Ugly American Bandstand
Pat
|
|
$800
[30]
In the 1700s Linnaeus standardized this system of giving each species a genus & a species name
binomial nomenclature
Pat
Dave
|
$800
[27]
This "large" 3-time All-Pro Dallas Cowboy took time off from football to box in 1979
Ed "Too Tall" Jones
Dave
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
In 1917, at age 52, this Irishman got married & published his book "The Wild Swans at Coole"
(William Butler) Yeats
Pat
|
$800
[18]
Mary Tyler Moore stepped lightly as Holly Golightly in a short-lived musical based on this short novel
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Pat
|
$1,000
[24]
The ceiling of the great hall in this Cornelius Vanderbilt home in Rhode Island is painted as a cloud-swept sky
The Breakers
|
$800
[2]
The end of his Rico character comes when he's marooned on an island
Edward G. Robinson Crusoe
Pat
|
|
$1,000
[29]
The pollen of a perfect flower is contained in this enlarged tip of the stamen
the anther
Dan
Dave
|
$1,000
[28]
A left-wing American magazine bears the name of this labor union official born in Cork, Ireland in 1830
Mother Jones
Dan
|
$1,000
[14]
Author heardherereading an entire poem"So much depends upon a red wheelbarrow glazed with rainwater beside the white chickens"
William Carlos Williams
|
$1,000
[19]
Tom Thumb, The Ringmaster, & Jenny Lind are all characters in this musical
Barnum
Dave
|
DD
$1,500
[23]
Now a memorial to him, his Arlington House was inherited by his wife, Mary Randolph Custis
Robert E. Lee
Dave
|
$1,000
[1]
Opera diva who was Nazi Germany's last major counteroffensive in December 1944
Kathleen Battle of the Bulge
Pat
Dan
|
To defeat some of his enemies, this son of Zeus turned them into stone
Perseus