1998 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.
Sahir Islam — a Teen Tournament winner from Somers, New York
Kim Worth — a freelance writer and stand-up comedian from Venice, California
Grace Veach — a librarian from Decatur, Illinois
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace | $1,700 | $3,100 | $10,300 |
$4,300
2nd place: $5,000 |
$10,300
20 R, 0 W |
| Kim | $1,000 | $4,000 | $8,100 |
$8,100
Finalist |
$5,400
18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Sahir | $200 | $100 | $2,800 |
$1,156
3rd place: $5,000 |
$3,300
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| NEO GEO | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES | PRAISE THE "LORD" | HAMMURABI'S CODE | DANCE MUSIC | YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY |
|
$100
[7]
Mobutu got the boot, & so did the name Zaire; the country's now called the Democratic Republic of this
the Congo
Grace
|
$100
[6]
Calling itself "The Nation's Newspaper", this publication claims to be "first in daily readers"
USA Today
Kim
|
$100
[1]
The upper chamber of the British parliament
the House of Lords
Grace
|
$100
[12]
Rule 200 says if a man knocketh these out of an equal, his shall be knocked out, too
teeth
Sahir
|
$100
[26]
In this song, David Bowie instructs, "Put on your red shoes and dance the blues"
"Let's Dance"
Grace
|
$100
[18]
"Two" of these "don't make a right"
wrongs
Sahir
|
|
$200
[8]
This country took its half of the name & went home to Bratislava, becoming a separate nation in 1993
Slovakia
Sahir
|
$200
[13]
A former foreign editor of Time magazine founded this rival of Time in 1933
Newsweek
Kim
Sahir
|
$200
[2]
Hardly idle, this poet wrote over 10,000 lines of "Idylls of the King"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Grace
|
$200
[14]
This number is missing from the code's 282 rules; Babylonians thought it was evil & unlucky
13
Kim
|
$200
[27]
ABBA sang of this girl, "young and sweet, only seventeen"
"Dancing Queen"
Kim
|
$200
[22]
"That's the way the cookie" does this
crumbles
Kim
|
|
$300
[9]
Once part of Poland & Russia, this nation with Vilnius as its capital won independence in 1991
Lithuania
Grace
|
$300
[19]
Julia Roberts posed as Susan B. Anthony for a 1997 issue of this JFK Jr. magazine
George
Sahir
|
$300
[3]
It's also called the Pater Noster
the Lord's Prayer
Grace
|
$300
[15]
Rules 104-106 warn you to be sure to get one of these when dealing with a merchant
a receipt
Grace
Sahir
|
$300
[28]
It's The Drifters' 1960 title request
"Save The Last Dance For Me"
Kim
|
$300
[23]
"There's safety in" these
numbers
Grace
|
|
$400
[10]
2 countries joined together in 1990 to form this neighbor of Oman
Yemen (North & South)
Sahir
|
$400
[20]
Tina Brown was editor-in-chief of this magazine from 1984 to 1992
Vanity Fair
Sahir
|
$400
[4]
As Steve McGarrett, he often finished off wrongdoers with the words "Book 'em, Dano"
Jack Lord
Grace
|
$400
[16]
If a man hires a substitute to serve for him as one of these & doesn't pay, he's killed & the sub gets his house
a soldier
|
$500
[30]
In "A Chorus Line" it's Val's song about how her skills & her features are rated
"Dance: Ten; Looks: Three"
Grace
|
$400
[24]
"Everything comes to those who" do this
wait
Sahir
|
|
$500
[11]
You go Slav no more when you go to this northernmost former Yugoslav republic between Croatia & Italy
Slovenia
Kim
|
$500
[21]
In 1996 investors celebrated the 75th anniversary of this "National Business & Financial Weekly" from Dow Jones
Barron's
Sahir
|
$500
[5]
Clive Barker's cinematic thriller about the evil resurrected magician Nix
Lord of Illusions
|
$500
[17]
If you hired one of these & broke a horn off or cut off its tail, you owe 1/4 of its value in money
a cow (or bull or ox)
Kim
|
DD
$1,800
[29]
Title that completes the Irving Berlin lyric heard here:"Oh, I love to go out fishing, in a river or a creek / But I don't enjoy it half as much as dancing..."
"Cheek To Cheek"
Kim
|
$500
[25]
This "only counts in horseshoes"
close
Grace
|
| VERONICA | "P.S." | CORKY THE CARNY | OPERA | CURLING UP | WITH THE GOOD BOOK |
|
$200
[26]
Reggie Mantle & this teenager vie for Veronica Lodge's attention
Archie Andrews
Sahir
|
$200
[16]
With more than $25 million in earnings, he's tennis' all-time leading money winner
Pete Sampras
Sahir
|
$200
[9]
This amusement area is Corky's turf; his dad fought in the 1942 naval battle of the same name
the midway
Kim
|
$200
[1]
This Milan opera house has a secondary theater for chamber music
La Scala
Sahir
|
$200
[21]
Basketball has the pick-&-this; curling has the wick-&-this, in which one stone knocks another aside
roll
Sahir
|
$200
[3]
The account of Jesus turning water into wine appears only in this fourth gospel
John
Kim
|
|
$400
[27]
To perform a veronica in this sport requires you to have a cape to wave
bullfighting
Kim
|
DD
$300
[19]
Comic seenherein a 1995 film:"You guys, we're talking about a human being's life here! Hello? Head, shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes--the whole thing!"
Pauly Shore
Sahir
|
$400
[12]
At Corky's carnival, this attraction uses the "human", not the "dog" type of its tiny performers
a flea circus
Kim
|
$400
[2]
The text of this 1893 Engelbert Humperdinck opera was written by his sister, Adelheid Wette
Hansel and Gretel
Kim
|
$400
[22]
A curling team, or the iced area on which they perform
a rink
|
$400
[4]
The 10 Commandments are listed in Exodus & again in this book whose name is Greek for "second law"
Deuteronomy
Kim
|
|
$600
[30]
Sister of "Lost in Space"'s Angela, she went into space herself in 1979's "Alien"
Veronica Cartwright
|
$400
[17]
He recently collaborated on his first musical, "The Capeman"; maybe there's a part for Art
Paul Simon
Sahir
|
$600
[13]
As a veteran carny, Corky shortens this word for a free show outside an attraction to "Bally"
ballyhoo
Grace
|
$600
[6]
This Mozart opera is set in part in the Temple of Isis in Egypt
The Magic Flute
Grace
|
$600
[23]
The captain of a curling team, or what you'd find hard to do across water with 40-lb. curling stones
skip
Grace
|
$600
[5]
In the last chapter of the book named for this widow, she's remarried to a man named Boaz
Ruth
Sahir
|
|
$800
[29]
"Veronica wipes the face of Jesus" is one of the 14 stops in this devotion
the Stations of the Cross
Kim
|
$600
[18]
Now retired, this Colorado congresswoman served in the House longer than any other woman
Patricia Schroeder
Sahir
|
$800
[14]
Corky loves the special turtle version of this ride seen here:
Tilt-A-Whirl
Grace
|
$800
[7]
This Offenbach grand opera which premiered after his death in 1881 contains the popular "Barcarolle"
The Tales of Hoffmann
Grace
Kim
|
$800
[24]
In a "sweeping" 1968 change, the Scotch Cup gave way to the Silver this as the world championship trophy
Broom
Grace
|
$1,000
[11]
It begins "Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus"
Ephesians
Grace
|
|
$1,000
[28]
She played the TV public defender who liked to hang around Hill Street Station
Veronica Hamel
Grace
|
$1,000
[20]
JFK's press secretary, he made news in 1997 when he claimed to have information regarding TWA 800
Pierre Salinger
Kim
|
$1,000
[15]
"Hey" this! is Corky's traditional cry for help when he's in trouble with the locals
rube
|
$1,000
[8]
In 1956 this black contralto published her autobiography, "My Lord, What A Morning"
Marian Anderson
Grace
|
$1,000
[25]
A player called the lead does this, implying that he's without sin
casts the first stone (or delivers the first stone)
Kim
|
DD
$2,100
[10]
This Old Testament book details the careers of Othniel, Gideon & Samson
Judges
Kim
|
1 of the 2 Best Picture winners in the 1990s with one-word titles
Braveheart or Unforgiven