Show #2818 1996-11-27 (taped 1996-10-09) Tournament of Champions

1996 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.

Contestants

Shane Whitlock — a college student from Benton, Arkansas

Beverly Spurs — a podiatrist from Concord, California

Mike Dupée — an attorney from Gainesville, Florida

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mike	$700	$1,700	$11,100	$11,100 Finalist	$11,100 24 R, 4 W
Beverly	$2,400	$4,300	$5,500	$5,500 2nd place: $5,000	$5,000 14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Shane	$500	$2,300	$11,500	$500 3rd place: $5,000	$9,500 22 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

RUSSIA	ACTORS & ACTRESSES	BIOGRAPHIES	BUSINESS	CLASSICAL COMPOSERS	PROVERBS
$100 [14] In the July 3, 1996 runoff, he defeated Gennadi Zyuganov Boris Yeltsin Mike	$100 [6] This "Alien" actress starred in her long-time pal Christopher Durang's 1996 play "Sex and Longing" Sigourney Weaver Shane	$100 [9] "Rare Air" is a photo biography of this basketball star Michael Jordan Shane	$100 [26] The tires on Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis" were made by this former competitor of Goodyear B.F. Goodrich Mike Beverly Shane	$100 [1] This "Messiah" composer's first job was as a church organist in Halle, Germany, at age 17 Georg Handel Mike	$100 [21] "You can't make a silk purse" out of this a sow's ear Beverly
$200 [15] In 1996 this Russian newspaper stopped publishing after 84 years Pravda Mike	$200 [7] Don't blink--or you'll miss Richard Dreyfuss in this 1967 film based on a Jacqueline Susann novel Valley of the Dolls Beverly	$200 [12] This actor-director is the subject of David Thomson's biography "Rosebud" Orson Welles Mike	$200 [27] In 1866, William A. Breyer started the company that's now the oldest national producer of this ice cream Beverly	$200 [2] "Variations on a Theme by Haydn" was this "lullaby" composer's first major work for full orchestra Johannes Brahms Mike	$200 [22] "Imitation is the sincerest form of" it, but beware, it "corrupts both the receiver and the giver" flattery Shane
$300 [16] In April of 1996, Russian rockets killed Dzhokhar Dudayev, this breakaway republic's leader Chechnya Shane	$300 [8] This "Seinfeld" co-star became a Broadway star at age 23 in Stephen Sondheim's musical "Merrily We Roll Along" Jason Alexander Mike	$300 [13] "Shalom, Friend" tells of "The Life and Legacy" of this slain Israeli leader Yitzhak Rabin Shane	$300 [28] This San Francisco-based clothing company's full name includes "De Corps" Esprit Beverly	$300 [3] In 1977, his "Immortal Beloved" was identified as Antonie Brentano, wife of a merchant Beethoven Beverly	$300 [23] It's where you should "never tell tales" out of school Beverly
$400 [17] Abbreviated CIS, it replaced the USSR Commonwealth of Independent States Mike	$400 [10] John Mahoney, who plays Martin Crane on this sitcom, was born in England; he moved to the U.S. when he was 19 Frasier Beverly	$400 [19] "The Education of a Woman" by Carolyn G. Heilbrun tells of this feminist and famous Ms Gloria Steinem Shane	$400 [29] From 1875 to 1989, this New York company's name included "Glassworks" Corning Beverly	$400 [4] This father-in-law of Richard Wagner died July 31, 1886, during the Wagner festival at Bayreuth Franz Liszt Mike	$400 [24] The saying "Strike while the iron is hot" originally alluded to this profession blacksmith Mike
$500 [18] They're the colors of the three stripes on the Russian flag red, white, and blue Shane	DD $1,000 [11] Professional name used by the actress seenhereduring her film career; it's different from her married name Nancy Davis Beverly	$500 [20] Known for his "Compleat Angler", he also wrote a biography of his friend, writer John Donne Izaak Walton Mike	$500 [30] This Warner-Lambert product contains retsyn, a finely homogenized vegetable oil Certs Mike Shane	$500 [5] He composed his "Leningrad Symphony" during the World War II siege of Leningrad Dmitri Shostakovich Mike Beverly	$500 [25] These two things "wait for no man" time and tide Beverly

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE SUPREME COURT	LANGUAGES	SCIENTISTS	THE CIVIL WAR	POETRY	ODDS & ENDS
$200 [17] Justices Butler, Van DeVanter, Sutherland, and Mc Re Mc Re Mc Re Mc Re Mc Re Mc Re Mc ReMcReynoldsosedssident F.D. Roosevelt Shane	$200 [22] This Scandinavian language changed "aa" to a circle-topped "a", making it closer to Swedish and Norwegian Danish Shane	$200 [6] In 1633 this astronomer was found guilty of "vehement suspicion of heresy" Galileo Shane	$200 [11] Union pay department officers wore the M1840, one of these weapons that featured a straight 31" all-gilt blade Sword Mike Shane	$200 [1] In stanza three of "The Star Spangled Banner", he mocks "The hireling and slave" who doubt America's victory Francis Scott Key Mike	$200 [16] This city's Hartsfield International overtook O'Hare as the world's busiest airport even before the Summer Olympics Atlanta Shane
$400 [18] This president called his 1953 appointment of Earl Warren "the biggest damn' fool mistake I ever made" Eisenhower Mike	$400 [23] All of the Romance languages have their roots in this language Latin Shane	$400 [7] This botanist was hailed as "The Wizard of Tuskegee" George Washington Carver Shane	$400 [12] On May 29, 1865, he issued a general amnesty for most rebels; the rich and those with high ranks weren't included Andrew Johnson Mike	$400 [2] Poe said this maiden "lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me" Annabel Lee Mike	$400 [27] For about $200 a whack, you can spend the night at the Fall River, MA home of this alleged murderess Lizzie Borden Beverly
$600 [19] In 1995 two justices rejected The Citadel's appeal of an order to admit her Shannon Faulkner Shane	$600 [24] Balinese is spoken on several islands of this country Indonesia Mike	$600 [8] The symbol "J" as a unit of energy honors this physicist Joule Shane	$600 [13] In June of 1861, Dorothea Dix was appointed to supervise the female ones of these nurses Shane	$600 [3] Originally, he didn't want his "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" published Gray Mike	$600 [28] They're the two main ingredients in a Cape Codder cocktail cranberry juice and vodka Mike
$800 [20] He served as Chief Justice the longest; 34 years from 1801-1835 John Marshall Shane	$800 [25] Hungarians call their official language this Magyar Mike	$800 [9] In 1791 this Italian published the results of his experiments in "animal electricity" Luigi Galvani Shane	$800 [14] In the Gettysburg campaign, Lee's forces were along Seminary Ridge and the federal forces along this ridge Cemetery Ridge Mike	$800 [4] His series "Bells and Pomegranates" included "Pippa Passes" and "My Last Duchess" Robert Browning Beverly	$800 [29] Muhammad received the first of the Koran's revelations during this holy month Ramadan Mike
DD $1,500 [21] After the 1987 rejection of this man's nomination to the court, Anthony Kennedy filled Powell's seat Robert Bork Shane	$1,000 [26] Punjabi is spoken by about half of all households in this country Pakistan Mike	DD $2,500 [10] His 1637 "Discours de la methode" prefaced a series of essays on optics, meteorology, and geometry Rene Descartes Shane	$1,000 [15] Hero of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, he resigned November 1, 1861, as head of the Union army Winfield Scott Mike	$1,000 [5] This poet to whom T.S. Eliot dedicated "The Waste Land" ended up in a mental institution Ezra Pound Mike	$1,000 [30] It's the smaller of the two bones in the lower leg the fibula Mike

Final Jeopardy!

RIVERS

It was once believed that this river "originated in the Mountains of the Moon"

the Nile

Beverly "What is the Ganges? ("Hi Tim")" — wagered $0

Mike "What is Zadia?" — wagered $0

Shane "What is the Ganges?" — wagered $11,000

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