Show #4311 2003-05-05 (taped 2003-03-18) Tournament of Champions

2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Kathy Cassity — a closed captioner from Honolulu, Hawaii

Ben Tritle — an apartment manager from Los Angeles, California

Brian Weikle — a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Brian	$1,200	$2,200	$22,200	$22,200 Automatic semifinalist	$21,400 22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Ben	$2,600	$4,800	$6,400	$0 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$6,400 16 R, 4 W
Kathy	$1,400	$-200	$-3,000	$-3,000 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$-2,000 6 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

FIRST LADIES	I DIRECT	GNOME-ENCLATURE	GEOGRAPHIC QUOTATIONS	HARD CANDY	TV GUIDE CROSSWORD CLUES
$200 [4] She met the future president at a backyard barbecue in Midland, Texas in 1977 Laura Bush Ben	$200 [9] So far, he's directed "Star Wars" episodes I, II & IV George Lucas Ben	$200 [13] Tomte is a friendly Scandinavian gnome who visits good children on this night Christmas Eve Brian	$200 [1] Hitler asked, "Is" this city "burning?" on August 25, 1944, the day it was liberated Paris Ben	$200 [18] Cinnamon Imperials is a generic term for these hard candies; the ones from Ferrara Pan have this "fiery" name Red Hots Brian	$200 [2] 34 Across:"Presidio ____"(3) Med Ben
$400 [8] In December 2002 she turned 90 Lady Bird Johnson	$400 [10] His 2001 screenplay credit for "A.I." was his first since the '80s Steven Spielberg Brian	$400 [14] The first cartoon characters associated with a Kellogg's product were these 3 in the early 1930s Snap, Crackle & Pop Ben	$400 [11] These "may crumble, Gibraltar may tumble (they're only made of clay), but--our love is here to stay" the Rockies Ben Kathy	$400 [27] They're "The Mints That Neutralize Not Mask" Breath Savers Kathy	$400 [3] 25 Down:"The ____ Skelton Show"(3) Red Kathy
$600 [12] Quite the party girl, she's the celebrated First Lady seen here Dolley Madison Brian	$600 [15] He starred as a highly neurotic film director--what else?--in 2002's "Hollywood Ending" Woody Allen Kathy	$600 [19] This man gave final approval to the "Project Gnome" Dec. 1961 test detonation of a 3-kiloton nuclear device John F. Kennedy Ben	$600 [20] The "Aeneid" begins, "I sing of arms and the man who first from" this city "came destined an exile..." Troy Brian	$600 [28] These bite-sized "Rich & Creamy" hard candies from Nestle have a name that means "little bites" Nips	$600 [5] 23 Down:Elisha Cuthbert on "24"(3) Kim
DD $1,000 [23] She was 5 foot 2, eyes of blue, & a member of Kentucky's high society Mary Todd Lincoln Kathy	$800 [16] He not only directed "Traffic", he also served as cinematographer using the pseudonym Peter Andrews Steven Soderbergh Ben	$800 [21] Billy Barty played the title role in the 1987 film about this gold-spinning gnome Rumpelstiltskin Ben	$800 [25] Psalm 137 says "By the rivers of" this place "we sat down...we wept when we remembered Zion" Babylon Kathy	$800 [29] This simple hard candy is concentrated sugar syrup that has turned into crystal chunks, often on a stick rock candy Brian	$800 [6] 23 Across:"Family Feud" host Richard(4) Karn Ben
$1,000 [24] She graduated from the University of Vermont in 1902 Grace Coolidge Kathy	$1,000 [17] (Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii) At the start of filming, this "Pearl Harbor" director attended a wreath-laying ceremony on the Arizona Memorial Michael Bay Kathy	$1,000 [22] In Wagner's "Das Rheingold", a power-mad gnome named Alberich steals the gold & forges it into one of these ring Kathy	$1,000 [26] In a line providing a John O'Hara title, Death is surprised to see a man in Baghdad when they had an "appointment" here Samarra	$1,000 [30] This candy brand with a variety of hard candies introduced its "Pick-A-Mix" concept in 1958 Brach's Brian	$1,000 [7] 30 Across:Garry Moore Show(four words)(3, 3, 1, 6) I've Got A Secret Ben

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD LIT	HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS	GENERAL SCIENCE	NUN BUT THE BRAVE	REVOLUTIONARY WAR BATTLES	BACKWORDS
$400 [1] This "Atlas Shrugged" author shrugged off her native Russia in the 1920s & moved to the U.S. Ayn Rand Ben	$400 [3] The House of Hapsburg, which ruled from 1440 to 1806, got its name not from just a house, but from one of these castle Brian Kathy	$400 [10] Like our moon, only one side of Titan, this planet's satellite, always faces the planet's surface Saturn Brian Ben	DD $200 [19] 3-word title of Sister Helen Prejean's powerful account of being a death row counselor "Dead Man Walking" Brian	$400 [20] The Battle of Cowpens was fought in a cattle-grazing area in the north of this "Palmetto State" South Carolina Brian	$400 [2] It's a cheese made in Holland Edam/made Brian
$800 [23] This Chilean continued the story of "Daughter of Fortune" in her novel "Portrait in Sepia" Isabel Allende Ben	$800 [4] He was definitely king of the Franks & some historians say he became the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800 Charlemagne Ben	$800 [11] This aluminum ore is named for the French village near where it was discovered in 1821 bauxite Brian	$400 [17] In 1952 this nun opened the Nirmal Hriday Home for dying destitutes Mother Teresa Ben	$800 [21] The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought in this town, now a part of Boston Charlestown	$800 [5] We'll have to retool our security so this type of criminal doesn't get in during the next riot looter/retool Ben
$1,200 [25] A beso for you if you know that Manuel Puig's novel "El Beso de la Mujer Arana" has this title in English "The Kiss of the Spider Woman" Kathy	$1,200 [7] The highest Henry number in the line; 1 more & they would have tied the British record 7 Brian	$1,200 [12] These organisms derive their individual species names from the fungal partner, not the algal partner lichen Brian	$800 [18] In 1831 Catherine McAuley founded the Sisters of Mercy in this world capital to care for the poor & destitute Dublin Brian Ben	$1,200 [22] French troops under the Comte de Rochambeau helped secure victory in this last major battle of the war Yorktown Brian	$1,200 [6] I was avid to hear Myrtle sing after she said she could have made it as this diva/avid Brian
$1,600 [26] If you loved "The Loved One", here's a scoop: you'll like his novel "Scoop", too Evelyn Waugh	$1,600 [8] Sigismund tried to resolve this church problem that had 2 or 3 popes serving at one time between 1378 & 1417 The Great Schism Brian	$1,600 [13] The horizontal rows on the periodic table are periods; vertical columns of related elements are these groups	$1,600 [28] Founded in 1609, the Loretto Nuns use the same "rule" as this male teaching order founded in 1534 Jesuits Ben	$1,600 [24] Freeman's Farm & Bemis Heights are also known as the 1st & 2nd battles of this place, a turning point in the war Saratoga Kathy	$1,600 [15] "Lilith" actress Jean Seberg was as natural on screen as these birds grebes/Seberg Brian
$2,000 [27] "The Blood Knot" began a series of plays that this South African called his "family trilogy" Athol Fugard Ben	DD $3,000 [9] Deposed in 1400 as German king, Wenceslas ruled from this city that has a statue of 10th century Saint Wenceslas Prague Brian	$2,000 [14] Such cave formations as stalactites & stalagmites form when this mineral accumulates limestone/calcite Brian	$2,000 [29] It's the classic work in which you'll find "The Nun's Priest's Tale" "The Canterbury Tales" Brian	$2,000 [30] Only darkness saved General Washington's troops from complete defeat at this creek near Chadds Ford, Penn. Brandywine Brian	$2,000 [16] A thin layer of tissue on an animal lamina/animal Kathy

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC OCCASIONS

On December 1, 1990 Philippe Cozette & Graham Fagg had a historic handshake here

the Chunnel (train tunnel under the English Channel between England & France)

Ben "What is the International Space Station?" — wagered $6,400

Brian "What is the Chunnel?" — wagered $0

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