Show #3622 2000-05-09 (taped 2000-03-18) Tournament of Champions

2000 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 2.From the Atlanta Civic Center.

Contestants

Chacko George — a high school student from Slidell, Louisiana

Helen Petroff — a medical student from West Hills, California

Steve Fried — a technical support specialist from Phoenix, Arizona

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steve	$1,700	$2,700	$8,000	$7,499 2nd place: $2,500 if eliminated	$9,300 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Helen	$100	$1,600	$2,400	$0 3rd place: $2,500 if eliminated	$2,400 9 R, 1 W
Chacko	$300	$3,200	$8,500	$10,000 Automatic semifinalist	$9,000 22 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. RIVERS	YOUNG STARS	SECRET SOCIETIES	IF I HAD A HAMMER	AIRPORT CODES	YOU'RE AN "ANGEL"!
$100 [6] This river flows into the Pacific at Astoria, Oregon Columbia Chacko	$100 [25] By their show's title, Linda Cardellini & James Franco play "Freaks" & John Daley & Samm Levine are these Geeks Chacko	$100 [21] George Washington & Ben Franklin were members of this society that has Scottish & York Rite branches Freemasons	$100 [20] This leavening agent has been sold in boxes bearing an arm & hammer logo since 1867 baking soda Steve	$100 [1] Near the Alps:ZRH Zurich Helen	$100 [15] This baked confection is made with beaten whites, but no yolks Angel food cake Chacko
$200 [7] Lake Texoma on the Texas-Oklahoma border was formed by damming this river Red River of the South Helen Chacko	$200 [12] It doesn't take a Sherlock to know this "Dawson's Creek" star witnessed some "Disturbing Behavior" on film Katie Holmes Steve Chacko	$200 [24] To be brief, the Chinese secret society known as the Righteous & Harmonious Fists was commonly called this Boxers Chacko	$200 [22] The Soviet Union used a hammer to represent industry & this tool for agriculture Sickle Steve	$200 [2] In Africa:CAI Cairo Helen	$200 [16] On Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1994 this heavenly CBS drama premiered Touched By An Angel Helen
$300 [8] It begins as a creek near an old mining town called Lulu City in Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado River Steve	$300 [11] On this TGIF series Ben Savage & Danielle Fishel have tied the knot Boy Meets World Chacko	$300 [26] This group was partly revealed with the publication of 1615's "Confessio Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis" Rosicrucians	$300 [23] The comic book hero seen here goes by this metallic name: Steel (holding a hammer) Chacko	$300 [3] In the Midwest:MKE Milwaukee Steve	$300 [17] They're 3,212 feet high & named for the American who discovered them Angel Falls Chacko
$400 [9] Nebraska's Platte River is a major tributary of this river, joining it at Plattsmouth Missouri Chacko	$400 [13] This "Genie In A Bottle" singer is recording a Spanish-language album Christina Aguilera Chacko	$400 [27] Rituals bind together members of this criminal group whose name is Japanese for "good for nothing" Yakuza Steve	$400 [28] Charlemagne's grandfather, his surname means "hammer" Charles Martel Helen	$400 [4] On the Great Plains:OMA Omaha Steve	$400 [18] Thomas Wolfe published this autobiographical novel in 1929 Look Homeward, Angel Helen
$500 [10] This New York river has been called "America's Rhine" because its shores resemble Germany's Rhine River Hudson Steve	$500 [14] He seduced Reese Witherspoon in "Cruel Intentions" & is the father of her child in real life Ryan Phillippe Chacko	$500 [30] In 1973 Zbigniew Brzezinski became the first director of this commission some see as a secret society The Trilateral Commission	$500 [29] In the "Iliad", Hephaestus hammers out a fancy shield for Thetis' son, this Greek hero Achilles Helen	DD $700 [5] A man's initials, CDG, stand for this city's airport Paris (Charles De Gaulle Airport) Steve	$500 [19] The "Halos" is one nickname of this pro sports team Anaheim/California/Los Angeles Angels Chacko

Double Jeopardy! Round

AUSTRALIAN STATES	WRITERS ON FILM	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	SCIENCE	BEFORE & AFTER	DAMN YANKEES
$200 [16] You'll find Newcastle in this "New" state New South Wales Steve	$200 [14] Ralph's younger brother, he played the title role in "Shakespeare In Love" Joseph Fiennes Steve	$200 [30] Dating from 1752, Connecticut Hall is this university's oldest building Yale Helen	$200 [1] In 1633 Descartes suppressed his book "The World" because it supported the ideas of this Italian Galileo Chacko	$200 [6] This rash-causing 3-leafed shrub is part of a collegiate group with Dartmouth & Harvard Poison Ivy League Helen	$200 [15] This general captured Atlanta in September 1864; in November, he left it in flames--you may now boo William T. Sherman Chacko
$400 [18] Port Phillip got a sex change & became her Victoria Steve	$400 [13] In 1994 Ferber & Fitzgerald also appeared when Jennifer Jason Leigh played this witty writer Dorothy Parker Steve	$400 [29] It has campuses in Provo, Utah & on Oahu Brigham Young University Chacko	$400 [2] Rust is a slow example of this process: combustion is defined as a "rapid" one Oxidation Helen	$400 [7] Bob Keeshan's TV persona is unfairly tried by this type of tribunal Captain Kangaroo Court Steve	$400 [17] At Yellow Tavern, this yellow-haired general led the brigade in the charge that killed Jeb Stuart George A. Custer Chacko
DD $500 [20] A state & a sea are both named for this man Abel Tasman Chacko	$600 [8] The movie "Barfly" was based on the life & work of this California poet Charles Bukowski Steve	$800 [24] Oberlin College in this state was the 1st to go co-educational Ohio Steve	$600 [3] Don't worry about exploding when using this heart medicine--it's too diluted Nitroglycerin Chacko	$600 [10] This "White Christmas" songwriter divided a European city until 1989 Irving Berlin Wall Chacko	$600 [23] Appropriate last name of the general whose HQ was called "A combination of barroom and brothel" Joseph Hooker
$600 [19] Queensland has this nickname, like Florida "The Sunshine State" Chacko	$800 [9] Radical journalist played by Warren Beatty in "Reds" John Reed Chacko	$1,000 [26] Founded as a medical college in 1834, it was later renamed for a New Orleans merchant Tulane Steve	$800 [4] This family of trees has 2 genera, populus & salix; we wonder to which one Alyson Hannigan belongs Willow	$800 [11] Dickens character who asks for more gruel & sings "Shake It Up Baby" Oliver Twist And Shout Steve	$800 [27] The victor at Gettysburg, he was known to some of his men as a "goggle-eyed old snapping turtle" George Meade Steve
$1,000 [21] Northern Territory is directly above this state South Australia	$1,000 [12] In the TV movie "RKO 281", John Malkovich was this man who co-wrote "Citizen Kane" with Orson Welles Herman Mankiewicz Steve	DD $1,500 [25] Despite its name, it's located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts & it's actually a university Boston College Steve	$1,000 [5] Some protozoans' bodies can be divided into the fluid inner endoplasm & this more rigid outer part Ectoplasm Chacko	$1,000 [22] This painter of Maine seascapes says "D'oh!" when tormented by his son Bart Winslow Homer Simpson Steve	$1,000 [28] Nicknamed "Little Phil", he's famous for burning the Shenandoah Valley Philip Sheridan Chacko

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS WOMEN

1 of the 2 women who've appeared the most on the cover of Time Magazine, they're separated by 2,000 years

Princess Diana or The Virgin Mary

Helen "Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?" — wagered $2,400

Steve "Who is Jackie Kennedy?" — wagered $501

Chacko "Who is Mary?" — wagered $1,500

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