Show #3100 1998-02-06 Tournament of Champions

1998 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Grace Veach — a librarian from Decatur, Illinois

Bob Harris — a political humorist originally from Cleveland, Ohio

Wes Ulm — a medical student from Boston, Massachusetts

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Wes	$-200	$1,300	$5,700	$600 3rd place: $2,500 if eliminated	$6,200 19 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Bob	$800	$2,400	$1,600	$3,200 2nd place: $2,500 if eliminated	$1,600 13 R, 6 W
Grace	$0	$800	$9,500	$10,500 Automatic semifinalist	$8,800 19 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

AFRICAN AMERICANS	ANNUAL EVENTS	CELEBRITY QUOTES	TRAVEL & TOURISM	PETS	3-LETTER WORDS
$100 [29] About 200,000 black soldiers served in the Civil War on this side Union Wes	$100 [27] The people of Columbia, Tenn. persuade these stubborn farm animals to parade through town each spring Mules Bob	$100 [5] Over 30 movies have been made from my works, including "Maximum Overdrive" Stephen King Wes	$100 [9] Grumari has been called "The Most Beautiful" of these in Rio, & Ipanema, "The Most Chic" Beaches Bob	$100 [19] The smallest of the hounds, this popular pet is active & inquisitive, you might even say snoopy a beagle Wes Bob	$100 [20] Tongues & tails do it Wag Wes
$200 [30] This Harlem-born singer-dancer-actor was a member of the 1960s "Rat Pack" with Frank & Dino Sammy Davis, Jr. Wes	$200 [28] A Christmas Eve festival in Provence celebrates these workers who visited Jesus in the manger Shepherds Wes	$200 [14] The bass player on "The Partridge Family", I went on to be voted the most dangerous former child star Danny Bonaduce Bob	$200 [17] You'll find this famous statue just a few hundred feet southeast of the Great Pyramid The Sphinx Grace	$200 [3] If your fish gets spots of this color on his skin, he's probably suffering from a disease called ich white Grace	$200 [21] Next in sequence:One, two, six,... ten Grace
$400 [4] In the 1950s this man sued the Topeka Board of Education over which school his daughter might attend Oliver Brown Wes Grace	$300 [11] The Welsh Eisteddfod originally honored these medieval poets, but not Shakespeare Bards Grace	$300 [24] I've been referred to as "America's Home Improvement Guru" & "America's Handyman" Bob Vila Bob	$300 [18] The Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz is a good start for a tour of these South American islands Galapagos Islands Wes	$300 [10] Provide shallow water that your snake can soak in to aid this process Molting Wes	$300 [2] When it precedes "off", it means to fall asleep Nod Wes
DD $500 [1] (Hi, I'm Jesse Jackson, Jr.) About 2/3 of the people that I represent in Congress live in this city Chicago Wes	$400 [12] Culbertson, Montana holds a bee each September for this activity of separating grain threshing Grace	$400 [25] I never drew my gun during my 6 years as Ponch on "CHi Ps" Erik Estrada Bob	$400 [22] Watch your head when entering the Blue Grotto on this Italian island; the opening is about 3 feet high Capri Grace	$400 [15] The Waltham Center for Pet Nutrition reports humans who own pets have lower systolic levels of this Blood pressure Bob	$400 [7] It describes a bomb that falls down & doesn't go boom Dud Grace
$500 [6] "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" is a famous work by this jazz bassist & bandleader Charlie Mingus Grace	$500 [13] Eje is a west African festival giving thanks for this potato-like staple food Yam Bob	$500 [26] Tallest of the Nerds, I'm now operating on "ER" Anthony Edwards Bob	$500 [23] Zebras & leopards are among the wildlife found at Kruger National Park in this country South Africa Bob	$500 [16] These rodents from Mongolia are slightly smaller & newer to the U.S. than hamsters gerbils Wes Bob	$500 [8] It's the only zodiac sign that fits the category Leo

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 18th CENTURY	OUT TO SEA	DIRECTORS	AROUND THE CASTLE WITH LANCE	FICTION	ENDS IN "FF"
$200 [6] After the Burmans sacked Ayutthaya, Siam's government was moved to this city Bangkok Wes	$200 [24] Central America's east coast forms this sea's western boundary Caribbean Sea Wes Bob	$200 [21] Biographer Donald Spoto says that as a schoolboy, this "Vertigo" director was nicknamed "Cocky" Alfred Hitchcock Bob	$200 [12] Once Lance sees from the gatehouse that you're not hostile, he might lower this method of entry Drawbridge Wes	$200 [8] This "Rising Sun" author took to the skies with "Airframe", a suspense novel Michael Crichton Grace	$200 [1] The "Quick & Easy" one sponsored by Pillsbury offers a $1,000,000 grand prize Bake-off Bob
$400 [13] This "Great" Prussian, king from 1740 to 1786, hated German & spoke French at court Frederick the Great Grace	$400 [27] This sea formed millions of years ago when the Arabian Peninsula & Africa "parted" Red Sea Wes	$400 [20] In his late teens this director, seen here, taught English in Saigon Oliver Stone Grace	$400 [22] Since Lance's castle dates from before the Gothic period, it lacks the "flying" type of these supports Buttresses Bob	$400 [9] "Caesar", published in 1997, is the fifth volume in this Aussie author's Masters Of Rome series Colleen McCullough	$400 [2] He guards the jurors & maintains order in a courtroom Bailiff Grace
$600 [14] In 1789 General Nguyen Hue led an attack on Chinese forces during this holiday Tet Wes Grace	$600 [28] If you row the entire length of the Po, eventually you'll flow into this sea Adriatic Sea Wes Bob	$600 [17] Elia Kazan directed both this 1947 play, that made Marlon Brando a star, & the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire Wes Grace	$600 [23] The ever-cautious Lance might refuse to raise this iron grating, named from French for "sliding door" a portcullis Wes Bob	$600 [7] "The Third Twin" is a 1996 thriller by this "Eye Of The Needle" author Ken Follett Grace	$600 [3] This Welsh capital was once the world's greatest coal-exporting port, a veritable "giant" Cardiff Grace
$800 [15] The French encyclopedists inspired this publication which first appeared across the Channel in 1768 Encyclopaedia Britannica Bob	$800 [29] The Strait of Dover & the rest of the English Channel connect it with the Atlantic Ocean North Sea Grace	$800 [18] The 1985 action film "Runaway Train" was based on a screenplay by this great Japanese director Akira Kurosawa Grace	$800 [25] Lance uses this structure, named from Old Norse for "small hut", for the castle's domesticated pigeons Dovecote	$800 [10] In this author's "Deadlock", V.I. Warshawski investigates the death of her cousin, a former hockey star Sara Paretsky	$1,000 [5] It's a tax placed by a government on exports or imports Tariff Wes
$1,000 [16] As a navigator, this future Pacific explorer helped capture Quebec in 1759 Captain James Cook	$1,000 [30] St. Lawrence Island & the Pribilof Islands lie in this sea the Bering Sea Bob	DD $1,000 [19] This Englishman won a 1957 Oscar for directing the epic film seen here: ("The Bridge On The River Kwai") David Lean Grace	$1,000 [26] With taxes rising, Lance hopes he'll be able to "hold onto" this central tower, his real home Keep Grace	$1,000 [11] Det. Alex Cross is featured in this author's "Kiss The Girls", "Jack & Jill" & "Cat & Mouse" James Patterson Grace	DD $1,500 [4] Title of the man seen here that fits the category: (Pope John Paul II) (Supreme) Pontiff Grace

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. CITIES

This historic city was named for the Bishop of Hippo on whose feast day the area was first sighted

St. Augustine, Florida

Bob "What St. Augustine?" — wagered $1,600

Wes "What is Santa Fe" — wagered $5,100

Grace "What is St. Augustine?" — wagered $1,000

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