Show #3627 2000-05-16 (taped 2000-03-19) Tournament of Champions

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

Contestants

Eddie Timanus — a sportswriter from Arlington, Virginia

Jeremy Bate — a writer from Los Angeles, California

Chacko George — a high school student from Slidell, Louisiana

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Chacko	$800	$700	$4,500	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$4,300 12 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Jeremy	$1,400	$1,600	$7,200	$9,100 Finalist	$8,000 20 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Eddie	$100	$2,900	$4,200	$7,300 2nd place: $5,000	$7,100 21 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

PHYSICAL SCIENCE	U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL	CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS	THOSE WACKY CANADIANS	CROSSWORD CLUES "S"	TEA TIME
$100 [1] Named for the third Greek letter, they resemble X rays but have shorter wavelengths Gamma rays Chacko	$100 [14] Before his diplomatic career he was an educator, serving on Burma's textbook committee U Thant Jeremy Eddie	$100 [26] Arthur gets trapped in Morgan Le Fey's enchanted forest in this legendary musical Camelot Eddie	$100 [6] She was born in Alberta in 1907, 26 years before King Kong held her in his hand Fay Wray Jeremy	$100 [20] P.T. Barnum's victims(7) suckers Eddie	$100 [21] Like coffee, tea can take on this "nationality" when combined with whiskey Irish Jeremy
$200 [2] A battery may have a single one of these electricity producing units or have several connected in series cells Jeremy Eddie	$200 [15] He lived with his parents in Uppsala Castle Dag Hammarskjöld Eddie	$200 [27] Louise is just a little stripling at the beginning of this musical, but by the end, she's a burlesque queen Gypsy Eddie	$200 [7] Last name of Ontario natives Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie & Yvonne, born May 28, 1934 Dionne Chacko	$200 [19] Specters, or their liquor(7) spirits Eddie	$200 [22] Before being sliced or put into a salad for tea sandwiches, eggs must be cooked this way hard-boiled Jeremy Eddie
$300 [3] The simplest of the aldehyde compounds, it prevents deterioration of protein-rich substances formaldehyde Jeremy	$300 [16] After leaving the U.N., he served as governor of Oslo & Akershus Trygve Lie Chacko Eddie	$300 [28] Attention, matchmakers:Tzeitel, Hodel, Chava, Shprintze & Bielke are the 5 daughters in this musical Fiddler on the Roof Jeremy	$300 [8] Being born in southern Ontario might have influenced his 1970 rock classic "Southern Man" Neil Young Jeremy	$300 [13] "Astral" sea creature(8) starfish Eddie	$300 [23] The longer you infuse your tea, the more of this stimulant winds up in your cup caffeine Chacko
$400 [4] 4-letter word for the force that hinders an airplane's forward thrust, caused by friction with the air drag Jeremy	$400 [17] After his term as secretary-general, he ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of Peru in 1995 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Eddie	$400 [29] Unlike many of the other characters in this musical, Tuptim is from Burma The King and I Chacko	$400 [9] This wacky pianist who died in 1982 played with his eyes nearly at keyboard level & hummed along with himself Glenn Gould	$400 [12] John Philip's tuba(10) sousaphone Jeremy	$400 [24] Gunpowder is one of the most popular varieties of this "color" tea in America green tea Jeremy Eddie
$500 [5] The MR in MRI, it's the absorption of energy by atoms magnetic resonance Chacko	$500 [18] In 1987 he was a member of the Egyptian parliament Boutros Boutros-Ghali Eddie	$500 [30] Harry Beaton's unrequited love for Jean McLaren threatens to make this title village vanish forever Brigadoon Eddie	DD $800 [10] This man from Alliston, Ontario went with the best, Charles Best, to jointly discover insulin Dr. Frederick Banting Jeremy	$500 [11] "Snakelike" Hyde Park lake(10) Serpentine Jeremy	$500 [25] Not the English, but this colonial power introduced tea to North America in the 1650s the Dutch Chacko Jeremy

Double Jeopardy! Round

STATE BORDERS	INTELLIGENT FILMS	TURNS OF THE CENTURY	MIDDLE NAMES	LITERARY HODGEPODGE	ODD WORDS
$200 [1] The Wabash River provides part of Illinois' border with this neighbor, also its neighbor alphabetically Indiana Chacko Jeremy	$200 [2] He played the brilliant inventor of screw-top brain surgery in "The Man With Two Brains" Steve Martin Jeremy	$200 [8] In 1501, in the service of Portugal, he sailed for the new world that's now named for him Amerigo Vespucci Chacko	$200 [24] "In Living Color" creator Ivory Keenan Wayans Chacko Eddie	$200 [7] In "Kidnapped" it's the appropriate first name of David Balfour's Scrooge-like uncle Ebenezer Eddie	$200 [21] Hieratica is the finest type of this writing material of ancient Egypt papyrus Chacko
$400 [9] If you go directly east from the Four Corners, you'll be on Colorado's border with this state New Mexico Eddie	$400 [3] They don't get much smarter than this scientist played by Walter Matthau in "I.Q." Albert Einstein Jeremy	$400 [13] As its title suggests, this Shakespeare comedy may have opened Jan. 6, 1601, a dozen evenings after Christmas Twelfth Night Jeremy	$400 [30] "Pulp Fiction"al Leroy Samuel Jackson Eddie	$400 [17] If you want to know more about this "Tobacco Road" author, head for his museum in Moreland, Georgia Erskine Caldwell Eddie	$400 [22] Forfex is another name for a pair of these, something a seamstress might need scissors Chacko
$600 [10] If you cross the St. Croix River from Wisconsin, you'll be in this state to the west Minnesota Chacko	$600 [4] A Greek symbol serves as the title of this 1998 film about an eccentric math whiz Pi Jeremy	$600 [14] In 1801, under pressure from King George III, this "younger" man resigned after 17 years as prime minister William Pitt Chacko	$600 [29] U.S. Senator Nighthorse Ben Campbell Eddie	$600 [20] Sick of this title doctor, Hugh Lofting sent him to the Moon in 1928, & grudgingly brought him back in 1933 Doctor Dolittle Eddie	$600 [23] A turbo is a supercharged car; a turbot is a flat type of this fish Eddie
DD $1,000 [11] The communities of Morrowville & Fairbury lie on either side of this border, also the name of an 1854 act Kansas & Nebraska Chacko	$800 [5] Adam Hann-Byrd plays the young title intellectual & Jodie Foster his mother in this 1991 film Little Man Tate Jeremy	$800 [15] This world leader died September 14, 1901 William McKinley Jeremy	$1,000 [25] Author & "Infinite Jest"er Foster David Wallace	$800 [19] This "Giant" novelist tried to burn her first novel, "Dawn O'Hara"; luckily, her mom stopped her Edna Ferber Eddie	$800 [28] From old French for "apple of amber", it's a fragrant ball of perfume pomander Jeremy
$1,000 [12] The Connecticut River forms the border of these 2 New England states north of Connecticut New Hampshire & Vermont Chacko	$1,000 [6] Val Kilmer & his college friends research interesting uses for lasers in this 1985 comedy Real Genius Jeremy	$1,000 [16] Around 2,000,001 B.C., this probable ancestor of ours, whose name means "handy man", was using simple tools Homo habilis Chacko	DD $2,900 [26] 1960s Defense Secretary Strange Robert McNamara Eddie	$1,000 [18] "Fairies and Fusiliers" is a collection of poems by this author of "I, Claudius" Robert Graves Jeremy	$1,000 [27] Meaning clear or transparent, it's often used by writers to describe eyes as "pools" limpid Jeremy

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LEADERS

Early in the 20th century, he took one of many pseudonyms, Nguyen Ai Quoc, or "Nguyen the Patriot"

Ho Chi Minh

Eddie "WHO WAS HO CHI MEN?" — wagered $3,100

Chacko "Who is Vo Nguyen Giap?" — wagered $4,500

Jeremy "Who was Ho Chi Minh?" — wagered $1,900

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