Show #3626 2000-05-15 (taped 2000-03-19) Tournament of Champions

2000 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.From the Atlanta Civic Center.

Contestants

Robin Carroll — a research assistant from Marietta, Georgia

Mike Blumenfeld — a network administrator from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Terry Currin — a systems analyst and pharmacist from White Lake, Michigan

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Terry	$1,800	$1,800	$3,400	$4,000 2nd place: $5,000	$3,400 12 R, 1 W
Mike	$1,600	$1,800	$1,400	$1,378 3rd place: $5,000	$3,400 11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Robin	$1,200	$1,400	$9,200	$10,000 Finalist	$9,400 29 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN HISTORY	GOLFERS	GONE FISSION	AIRLINE TRAVEL	YOU-PHEMISMS	KUDZU CUISINE
$100 [6] Thousands of these Protestants were killed by pro-Catholic forces in the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day Huguenots Robin	$100 [1] Bobby Jones' Grand Slam didn't include this Augusta, Georgia tournament he later co-founded The Masters Terry	$100 [26] The energy released during fission can be calculated using this famous calculation E=MC2 (squared) Robin	$100 [11] The head of a union of these workers calls them the only mainly female transportation work force Flight attendants Robin	$100 [12] 2-letter word that means "you" in Julius Caesar's dying words Tu Robin	$100 [25] In Japan, a type of this curd normally made with soy beans is made with kudzu Tofu Mike Robin
$200 [7] In 1709 Sweden was defeated by this Russian czar in the Battle of Poltava, losing its dominance in the Baltic area Peter the Great Robin	$200 [2] In 1999 Justin Leonard's putt capped the dramatic U.S. comeback to help win this trophy Ryder Cup Terry	$200 [27] In 1938 2 Germans bombarded this element, No. 92, with neutrons, but didn't realize they'd induced a fission reaction Uranium Mike	$200 [17] By federal regulation, you have to be told that federal law bars "tampering with, disabling, or destroying" this Smoke detector Robin	$200 [13] "You" is defined as the pronoun of this "person", singular or plural Second person Mike	$200 [24] Like ginseng, kudzu finds its way into medicinal & herbal varieties of this beverage Tea Robin
$300 [8] In 1996 Emil Constantinescu defeated Ion Iliescu in a runoff election for president of this country Romania Robin	$300 [3] Seen here, he learned his game working as a greenskeeper in Texas Lee Trevino Terry	$300 [28] In 1942 this Italian-born physicist & his team produced the first controlled self-sustaining fission reaction Enrico Fermi Robin	$300 [18] This airline term for "to get off an aircraft" sounds like Tattoo's line on "Fantasy Island" Deplane Mike	$300 [14] A little-used plural of "thou", it comes before "of little faith" Ye Terry	$300 [23] Kudzu leaves can be dipped in a light batter & cooked this way until crispy like a potato chip Deep-fried Robin
$400 [9] In 1905 journalist Arthur Griffith founded this political party, urging the Irish to not pay taxes to the British Sinn Fein Robin	$400 [4] Now married to Ray Knight, she joined the LPGA Hall of Fame in 1987, the year she turned 30 Nancy Lopez Mike	$500 [30] The director of the Los Alamos lab, he owned a cabin near Santa Fe called "Perro Caliente" ("Hot Dog") J. Robert Oppenheimer	$400 [19] The "type II" version of the fluid for this winter process is good for about 30 minutes Deicing Robin	$400 [15] This Brooklynese plural of "you" is a homophone of a word meaning "multiple female sheep" youse Terry	$400 [22] This purplish part of the kudzu plant can be turned into a jelly Flower Mike Robin
$500 [10] In 1928 this finance minister grabbed power & began his 40-year rule as dictator of Portugal Antonio Salazar Mike	$500 [5] In 2000 Tiger Woods' winning streak brought new attention to this man's record 11 straight wins in 1945 Byron Nelson Mike	DD $1,800 [29] It was named for a district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, first assigned because early work was done at Columbia The Manhattan Project Robin	$500 [20] This cable outfit's airport network is now seen at over 1,500 gate areas in the U.S. CNN (Cable News Network) Robin	$500 [16] This Southern plural of "you" is a homophone of a word meaning "a two-masted sailing vessel" Y'all Terry	$500 [21] A powder made from this part of the plant is used as a starchy thickener for soups Roots Robin

Double Jeopardy! Round

A PLAGUE ON YOU!	IT'S TIME FOR TIME	"BLACK" & "WHITE" FILMS	STATE MOTTOES	AMERICAN AUTHORS	WORDPLAY
$200 [16] The 14th century "Black Death" that swept Europe was this type of plague, from the Greek for "groin" Bubonic Robin	$200 [21] This ancient time-measuring device must be designed for its specific location on Earth Sundial Terry	$200 [6] Woody Harrelson hustled basketball games while Rosie Perez won big on "Jeopardy!" in this comedy White Men Can't Jump Robin	$200 [30] "Sic Semper Tyrannis" Virginia Robin	$200 [1] In the 1930s she wrote biographies of her father & mother, who were Presbyterian missionaries to China Pearl S. Buck Terry	$200 [11] Paronomasia, from the Greek for "A play on words", is the rhetorical term for this 3-letter word Pun Robin
$400 [17] The first of these was the Nile turning to blood 10 plagues of Egypt Robin	$400 [22] Of dog days, halcyon days or salad days, the one that's the most weather-related Dog days Robin	$400 [7] It's the "monster" hit seen here: [video clue] The Creature From The Black Lagoon Mike	$400 [29] "If You Seek A Pleasant Peninsula, Look About You" Michigan Terry Robin	$400 [2] In his 1841 essay "Self-Reliance", he wrote, "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind" Ralph Waldo Emerson Mike Robin	$400 [12] An example of antanaclasis is Ben Franklin's "We must all hang together, or....we shall all" do this Hang separately Terry
$600 [18] This physician & seer of the "centuries" treated plague victims in 16th century France Nostradamus Terry	$600 [23] You don't have to check your watch, you know it's this time if you see mad dogs & Englishmen Midday Terry	$600 [8] A terrorist group plots to blow up the Super Bowl in this 1977 flick Black Sunday Robin	$600 [26] "Excelsior" New York	$600 [3] His 2 middle names were Scott & Key F. Scott Fitzgerald Robin	$600 [13] Acorrectresponseonseeing these initialcharacters Acrostic Mike
$800 [19] He published "The Plague" in 1947 Albert Camus Robin	$800 [24] Brazil is celebrating its qunicentennial, this many years since its discovery by the Portuguese 500 Mike	$800 [9] Jennifer Jason Leigh played the roommate from hell in this 1992 thriller Single White Female Robin	$800 [27] "Crossroads of America" Indiana Mike Robin	$1,000 [5] This author & his loose lifestyle were the subject of Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" Ken Kesey Robin	$800 [14] Character who gave his name to lines like, " 'The prisoner's coming down,' he said condescendingly" Tom Swift Terry Robin
$1,000 [20] In his diary, Samuel Pepys recounted the "Great Plague" sweeping through London in this decade 1660s Robin	$1,000 [25] From the Latin for "grape-gathering", it's the time for gathering grapes for wine Vintage Robin	$1,000 [10] Cops Michael Douglas & Andy Garcia tangle with the Japanese mafia in this 1989 film Black Rain Mike	DD $2,000 [28] "Equal Rights" Wyoming Mike	DD $2,400 [4] From 1944 to 1946 he served as a naval historian in the south Pacific James Michener Robin	$1,000 [15] A contronym can mean 2 opposite things, like this word meaning "to adhere" & "to divide" Cleave

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY PERSONALITIES

Known to many as The Colossus, this man was elected to the Cape Colony Assembly in 1881

Cecil Rhodes

Mike "Who is Joe Kennedy?" — wagered $22

Terry "Who was Rhodes?" — wagered $600

Robin "Who was Rhodes?" — wagered $800

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