Show #1884 1992-11-12 (taped 1992-10-18) Tournament of Champions

1992 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 4.A clip of this show appeared in the Pauly Shore movieJury Duty.

Contestants

Robert Slaven — an office automation specialist from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Richard Kaplan — a retired attorney from Los Angeles, California

John Kelly — a retired military Air Force officer from Austin, Texas

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
John	$1,500	$1,700	$6,600	$1,799 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated + Jeopardy! home or computerized game + The Jeopardy! Challenge book	$6,300 14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Richard	$1,500	$3,900	$5,700	$10,700 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated + Jeopardy! home or computerized game + The Jeopardy! Challenge book	$6,700 21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Robert	$300	$1,500	$5,500	$11,000 Automatic semifinalist	$5,500 16 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANIMALS	LACROSSE	BROADWAY	PEOPLE	AWARDS	15-LETTER WORDS
$100 [1] Like its giant relative, the lesser variety of this is also a bamboo eater the panda Robert	$100 [26] To make up a men's lacrosse team, you need this many people, one more than a baseball team 10 Richard	$100 [11] Mac Davis had to learn how to twirl a rope before he took over the role of this cowboy humorist in 1992 Will Rogers Richard	$100 [6] In the last week of July 1992, 3 books about this woman were on "The New York Times" best-seller list Princess Di	$100 [16] In 1991 this Soviet leader won the Martin Luther King, Jr. Non-Violent Peace Prize Gorbachev Robert	$100 [13] This personality conflict between husbands & wives is grounds for divorce in some states incompatibility John
$200 [2] The Macropus rufus, it can lean back on its tail to free its hind feet for use as weapons the kangaroo John	$200 [27] Lacrosse was played for medals just twice in these games, in 1904 & 1908 the Olympics John	$200 [12] Lots of people took taxis to see this "Taxi" star in "Conversations with My Father" Judd Hirsch Robert	$200 [7] She had never held public office before she was elected governor of Alabama in 1966 Lurleen Wallace Richard	$200 [17] "The Best Intentions" was the 1992 winner of the Golden Palm, the top prize at this film festival Cannes Robert	$200 [14] It's the process of removing radioactive material from a body decontaminating Robert
$300 [3] A few of these large bovines still exist in the wild in Tibet at elevations over 14,000 feet yaks John	$300 [28] Each half each team is allowed 2 2-minute ones of these a time-out Richard	$300 [21] "Six Degrees of Separation" was inspired by a man who passed himself off as this actor's son Sidney Poitier Richard	$300 [8] Famed for his coverage of the Gulf War, this CNN correspondent was born in New Zealand in 1934 Peter Arnett Richard	$300 [18] Gavel Awards & Pro-Bono Publico Awards are given annually by this legal organization the American Bar Association Robert	$300 [15] This adjective describes conduct not appropriate for a good ballplayer unsportsmanlike Richard
$400 [4] An elephant has 5 toes on a front foot & a camel has this many 2 John	$400 [29] As in hockey, each period begins with one of these a face-off Richard	$400 [22] In 1991 Cyd Charisse made her Broadway debut as the ballerina in this musical set in Germany Grand Hotel	$400 [9] This showbiz agent is famous for throwing star-studded parties at Spago on Oscar night—think"fast" "Swifty" Lazar Richard	$400 [19] Though the Patty Berg Award was established in this sport in 1979, Patty Berg didn't win it until 1989 golf	$400 [24] This type of rumor lacks a basis in fact unsubstantiated Robert
$500 [5] They're the tallest North American birds the whooping crane John	$500 [30] The sport was named & developed in what's now this country, where it's a national game Canada Robert	$500 [23] She not only hosted the Tony Awards in 1992, she won one for "Death and the Maiden" Glenn Close Richard	DD $500 [10] Dian Fossey was murdered in this country in 1985 Rwanda Richard	$500 [20] In 1947 this university was given a special citation for its high standards in governing the Pulitzer Prizes Columbia Richard	$500 [25] It's concern for the welfare of others, frequently shown through philanthropy humanitarianism Robert

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENTISTS	SILENT MOVIE DIRECTORS	ARCHITECTURE	WRITERS	ISLANDS	HISTORIC "G''s
$200 [1] Pytheas, an ancient Greek geographer, was perhaps the first to associate tidal motion with this body the Moon Robert	$200 [13] Most of his profits from "The Birth of a Nation" were lost when he made "Intolerance" D.W. Griffith Richard	$200 [12] This arched brick or stone ceiling can be of the barrel, groin or ribbed style a vault Richard	$200 [19] "Sister Carrie" was Theodore Dreiser's first novel & "Carrie" was this author's Stephen King Robert	$200 [4] When Columbus reached this future U.S. commonwealth in 1493, he named it San Juan Bautista Puerto Rico John	$200 [9] Most of England's Hanoverian monarchs had this first name George Robert
$400 [2] This proposer of the absolute temperature scale was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1866 Kelvin Robert	$400 [14] He directed his last film, "A Countess from Hong Kong", in 1967, over 50 years after his first film Charlie Chaplin Richard	$400 [27] From the Latin for "porch", it's a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns a portico John	$400 [21] She sometimes joked that she was writing a sequel to her famous novel, to be titled "Back With the Breeze" Margaret Mitchell Richard	$400 [5] Argentina's claim to this British South Atlantic colony dates back to 1820 the Falklands John	$400 [16] This prominent Monegasque family is descended from wealthy Genoese merchants & politicians the Grimaldis Richard Robert
$600 [3] Hugo de Vries, who rediscovered Mendel's laws of heredity, also proposed this theory of altered genes mutation John	$600 [15] Although best known for his sound films, William Wellman directed this first "Best Picture" winner Wings John	$600 [28] Bernini's bronze canopy over the main altar at St. Peter's is a masterpiece of this style of architecture Baroque John Richard	$600 [22] He wrote about Jews in "Exodus", Muslims in "The Haj" & Protestants & Catholics in "Trinity" Leon Uris Richard	$600 [6] Quebec's Anticosti Island at the mouth of this river is the site of a provincial park the St. Lawrence Richard	$600 [20] The third Swedish king to bear this name was shot at a masquerade & died a few days later Gustav Richard
$800 [10] This German astronomer born in 1571 was the first to explain how the planets move around the Sun Kepler Robert	$800 [17] As an actor, this Vienna-born director was billed as "the man you love to hate" Erich von Stroheim	$800 [29] Mesopotamians built these temples to look like miniature mountains ziggurats Robert	$800 [23] Sebastian Melmoth was the name used by this Irish playwright while in exile Oscar Wilde	$800 [7] This island off the coast of Southern California was named in honor of St. Catherine of Alexandria Santa Catalina John	$800 [25] This 4-time British prime minister tried to abolish income taxes but failed Gladstone Robert
$1,000 [11] It was American physicist Arthur Compton who came up with this name for a quantum of light a photon Robert	$1,000 [18] He remade his first Hollywood film, "The Squaw Man", twice Cecil B. DeMille	$1,000 [30] This architect, born in 1573, founded the English school of classical architecture Inigo Jones Richard	DD $1,000 [24] Scientific American was one of the magazines that reviewed his novel "Gravity's Rainbow" Thomas Pynchon Richard	DD $1,300 [8] This Caribbean island in the Leeward group has both French & Dutch sections Saint Martin John	$1,000 [26] The name of this political faction in Medieval Italy was derived from the Welfs, a German family the Guelphs Richard

Final Jeopardy!

POLAND

Laid to rest temporarily at Arlington in 1941, his remains were returned to Poland in 1992

Jan Paderewski

Robert "Who was Paderewski?" — wagered $5,500

Richard "Who was Padereski" — wagered $5,000

John "Who was Kosciusko?" — wagered $4,801

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