Show #1197 1989-11-14 (taped 1989-10-17) Tournament of Champions

1989 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Bruce Cox — a computer operations analyst from Lakeside, California

Eric Newhouse — a student and winner of last year's Teen Tournament from Sioux City, Iowa

Rich Lerner — a lawyer from Pago Pago, American Samoa

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Rich	$1,200	$3,600	$4,600	$3,399 Finalist	$4,600 15 R, 3 W
Eric	$1,500	$1,400	$5,800	$2,199 2nd place: $5,000	$8,200 21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Bruce	$1,200	$1,900	$4,700	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$4,700 14 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORD ORIGINS	WOMEN IN SPORTS	NUCLEAR PHYSICS	TELEVISION	GOVERNMENT & POLITICS	"C" IN GEOGRAPHY
$100 [25] "Saloon" came from this French word, which sounds more elegant salon Rich	$100 [1] In 1989, 12-year-old Victoria Brucker became the 1st U.S. girl to play in this baseball event the Little League World Series Bruce	$100 [26] Pu doesn't refer to the smell of a reactor but to this fuel in it plutonium Bruce	$100 [8] This $104 million sequel to "The Winds of War" had 358 speaking parts & used 41,720 extras War and Remembrance Eric	$100 [16] He was the first living president to appear on U.S. paper money--on a $10 demand note authorized in 1861 Abraham Lincoln Eric Bruce	$100 [6] The name of 2 cities; one in England & one in the U.S., both famous for their universities Cambridge Eric
$200 [24] Shade of purple whose name comes from a word for mallow because it's the color of mallow petals mauve	$200 [2] This runner, who married Richard Slaney in 1985, holds 6 U.S. records, from 800 meters to 10,000 meters Mary Decker Bruce	$200 [27] This element, assigned atomic mass unit of 12.000, is the standard from which all others are measured carbon Rich	$200 [10] Of "Rhoda", "Riptide", or "Remington Steele", the one that starred the daughter of a famous actor Remington Steele Eric	$200 [18] In 1988 this Democrat was re-elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas Lloyd Bentsen Rich	$200 [7] This city was founded by England's East India Trading Company in 1690 Calcutta Bruce
$300 [9] Derived from the Greek for "to sell alone"; if you have one, you alone sell a product monopoly Bruce	$300 [3] The 1st Olympic marathon for women was won by this American in 1984 Joan Benoit Samuelson Rich	$300 [28] In nuclear fission mass from the neutron and the bombarded nucleus become energy as per this equation E = mc 2 Rich	$300 [13] Sgt. John Bunnell & Officer Harry Jackson are 2 of the "stars" of this real-life police show on Fox Cops Eric	$300 [19] The Constitution originally held that untaxed members of this ethnic group were not to be counted in the census American Indians Rich Eric	$300 [11] American city that's served by the Kennedy, Eisenhower, Stevenson, and Dan Ryan expressways Chicago Eric
$400 [15] The "chop" in "chopsticks" means this in Pidgin English, as in "chop-chop" hurry (or quick or fast) Rich	$400 [4] In 1979, Ann Meyers became the first woman to sign with a men's team in this pro sport basketball Rich	$400 [29] Term for the least amount of fuel needed to keep up a chain reaction in a reactor critical mass Eric	$400 [17] The Robinsons, Don West, the Robot, & this cowardly doctor were "Lost in Space" Dr. Zachary Smith Rich	$400 [20] He was appointed to the Supreme Court by LBJ in 1965, but resigned in 1969 Abe Fortas Eric	$400 [12] Dalmatia, for which a dog breed is named, is part of this republic of Yugoslavia Croatia Bruce
DD $1,000 [21] This synonym for "gloomy" comes from a Medieval Latin term for "evil days" dismal Eric	$500 [5] The 1st American woman to win the world title in this sport was Tenley Albright figure skating Rich	$500 [30] J.J. Thompson developed a cathode-ray tube with a screen to measure velocity of these particles electrons Eric	$500 [23] A year before "Matt Houston", he was Archie Goodwin on "Nero Wolfe" Lee Horsley Bruce	$500 [22] As this president's treasury secretary, Henry Morgenthau supervised the spending of some $370 billion without scandal FDR Rich	$500 [14] Picturesque Ionian island that was the birthplace of Britain's Prince Philip Corfu Eric

Double Jeopardy! Round

RULERS	TIME	PLAYWRIGHTS	PACIFIC ISLANDS	BIBLICAL QUOTES	OXFORD UNIVERSITY
$200 [18] England's Alfred was the Great; Scotland's Robert I was this the Bruce Bruce	$200 [24] It's how long "I've been working on the railroad" all the livelong day Eric	$200 [23] Marsha Mason starred in his comedy "The Good Doctor", based on stories by Chekhov Neil Simon Eric	$200 [9] The Paul Gauguin Museum on this island where he lived in the 1890s owns no original paintings Tahiti Eric	$200 [19] "There hath not come a razor upon mine head, for I have been a Nazarite unto God," he told Delilah Samson Eric	$200 [26] You might call this Oxford graduate the "colossus of scholarships" Cecil Rhodes Bruce
$400 [4] Russia's Catherines I and II were married to men with this first name Peter Eric	$400 [13] The first month of the year with just 30 days in it April Rich	$400 [12] His first two produced plays were "The Zoo Story" and "The Death of Bessie Smith" Edward Albee Eric	$400 [14] The eastern part of this island group is American; the western part an independent country Samoa Eric	$400 [29] "To every thing there is" this, "and a time to every purpose under the heaven" a season Eric	$400 [25] Some say Oxford was founded after this French university barred the English from attending University of Paris Rich
$600 [3] When Napoleon put him on Spain's throne, California also came under his rule Joseph Bonaparte Rich	$600 [11] In the Queen's English, the phrase "Time, gentlemen, please!" refers to this the pub is about to close	$600 [10] Francis Beaumont began his famous collaboration with this man around 1608 John Fletcher Bruce	$600 [16] Associated with New Zealand, these South Sea islands named for an explorer are self-governing the Cook Islands Bruce	$600 [30] "For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose" this his own soul Bruce	$600 [21] He was a fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, where he co-founded Methodism with his brother Charles John Wesley Eric
$800 [2] From 1644-1912 this group of people ran the Ch'ing Dynasty in China Manchus Eric	$800 [8] By the end of this era, the last trilobite bit the dust & all we have are fossil memories Paleozoic Era Rich	$1,000 [5] After writing "The School for Scandal", he became an M.P. and an advisor to the future King George IV Richard Brinsley Sheridan Rich	$800 [17] Belgian priest Father Damien ministered to lepers on this Hawaiian island Molokai Bruce	$800 [28] In the 23rd Psalm, David referred to these two items of God's, saying "they comfort me" thy rod and thy staff Rich	$800 [20] He was expelled from Oxford but nevertheless learned 25 languages & translated "The Arabian Nights" Sir Richard Burton
$1,000 [1] In the 15th century the Attendoli family came to rule Milan & changed its name to this, meaning "force" Sforza	DD $1,000 [7] The Muslim calendar reckons time from this event Hegira (Muhammad's flight) Eric	DD $1,400 [6] In 1952 she told the HUAC, "I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions" Lillian Hellman Eric	$1,000 [15] Following a 1987 military coup, this island country quit the British Commonwealth Fiji Rich	$1,000 [27] "Now" this "is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen" faith Bruce	$1,000 [22] This cardinal, a dominant force during Henry VIII's reign, founded Oxford's Christ Church College Thomas Wolsey Eric

Final Jeopardy!

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

Hired as a ship's cook, he led the mutiny aboard the Hispaniola

Long John Silver (in Treasure Island )

Rich "Who is Caine?" — wagered $1,201

Bruce "Who is Gunn?" — wagered $4,700

Eric "Who is ?" — wagered $3,601

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