Show #2931 1997-05-05 (taped 1997-04-19) Regular

1997 International Tournament semifinal game 1.From Stockholm, Sweden.

Contestants

Tobias Herzig — a chemistry student from Germany

Dana Pernille Hansen — a business college student from Denmark

Boris Levit — a film technician and audio editor from Israel

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Boris	$0	$1,200	$6,200	$6,601 Finalist	$6,200 18 R, 2 W
Dana	$600	$1,900	$3,300	$6,500 2nd place: $5,000	$6,300 20 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs)
Tobias	$500	$-600	$-1,800	$-1,800 3rd place: $5,000	$-1,800 6 R, 8 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD PRESS	AFRICAN HISTORY	NUMBER, PLEASE	SPORTS TERMS	BARNYARD ANIMALS	20th CENTURY WOMEN
$100 [1] Some citizens in this Canadian capital get their news from the Citizen newspaper Ottawa Boris Dana Tobias	$100 [4] In the 1500s the Portuguese transported Angolans as slaves to this South American colony Brazil Dana	$100 [8] You saw thousands of spots before your eyes in the 2 Disney movies about this number of dalmatians 101 Boris	$100 [13] Racket, baseline, backcourt Tennis Boris	$200 [22] When bringing home the bacon, remember that this animal's meat is taboo to observant Muslims & Jews Pig/swine Boris	$200 [11] On July 8, 1993 this British princess' stepmother, Raine Spencer, married a French count Princess Diana Dana
$200 [2] Xinhua, China's news agency, was founded by this political party the Communist Party (the People's Party accepted) Boris	$200 [5] In 1969 General Siad Barre led a military coup in this country on the horn of Africa Somalia Tobias	$200 [18] In the Biblical flood, the rain lasted this many days; the water stayed 110 more 40 Dana	$200 [9] Fletching, bow, bull's-eye archery Boris Dana	$300 [23] A "maid" may have a special stool to sit on while attending to this bovine animal a cow Boris	$300 [12] She was sworn in as Pakistan's first female prime minister on December 2, 1988 in Islamabad Benazir Bhutto Tobias
$300 [3] It's the length of time between issues of Germany's news magazine Der Spiegel One week Dana	$300 [6] Shaka increased the population of this tribe by absorbing his defeated enemies into it Zulu Dana	$300 [19] On a square, it's the total number of degrees of the interior angles 360 Boris	$300 [10] Backward short leg, bat, wicket Cricket Dana	—	—
$400 [16] El Periodico de Catalunya is the second-largest newspaper serving this second-largest Spanish city Barcelona Boris Dana Tobias	$400 [7] This west African country takes its name from a trading empire that once included Timbuktu Mali Boris Tobias	$400 [20] John Lennon & Paul McCartney were in their 20s when they wrote "When I'm" this old 64 Dana	$400 [14] Pelota, cesta, cancha jai alai	—	—
$500 [17] Now available around the world, this paper grew out of the N.Y. Herald's Paris edition The International Herald Tribune Dana	—	$500 [21] From 1912 to 1959 there were this many states in the United States 48 Boris Tobias	$500 [15] Dohyo, chonmage, yobidashi sumo wrestling Dana Tobias	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS	SCULPTURE	TRAVEL & TOURISM	THE ELEMENTS	LITERARY TRANSLATIONS	U.S. PRESIDENTS
$200 [4] The running of these animals starts daily at 8 A.M. during the Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain Bulls Dana	$200 [15] In 1504 Leonardo da Vinci was on the commission that decided the location for this man's "David" Michelangelo Boris	$200 [29] At the National Museum in Dublin you can see a bell reportedly used by this patron saint Saint Patrick Dana	$200 [1] Around 3600 B.C. King Menes of Egypt set this precious metal's value at two-fifths that of gold Silver Boris	$200 [2] Many of these English Christmas songs are translations, like "Silent Night" from German Carols Boris	$400 [28] He was a U.S. senator when he married Jacqueline Bouvier in 1953 John F. Kennedy Dana
$400 [5] This second-largest Australian city's Moomba Festival features a world-class waterskiing tournament Melbourne Tobias	$400 [17] The name of the Farnese bull comes from the Farnese Palace in this Italian capital where it was once kept Rome Dana	$400 [27] Not surprisingly, this Israeli national airline offers the most nonstop flights between Israel & the U.S. El Al Dana	$400 [3] By volume, this element makes up about 78% of our atmosphere Nitrogen Boris	$400 [8] Gilbert Adair faithfully adapted Georges Perec's novel "A Void", written without this vowel E	$600 [24] On June 15, 1775 he was unanimously elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army George Washington Tobias
$600 [12] In 1996 Wayne Shorter & Dave Brubeck performed at Vienna's festival for this type of music jazz Boris Tobias	$600 [16] In 1881 this Cubist painter & sculptor was born in Malaga, Spain, the son of a professor of art Pablo Picasso Dana	$600 [21] In Moscow's Teatralnaya Square, you can take in a show at this famous opera & ballet theater the Bolshoi Boris Dana Tobias	$600 [6] Diamond, the hardest known substance, is made of crystallized atoms of this element Carbon Dana	$600 [9] Translator Rosemary Edmonds leaves the final "A" off the last name of this Tolstoy title heroine Anna Karenina Dana	$800 [26] A revolving book stand he adapted may be seen at his home, Monticello Thomas Jefferson
$800 [13] "Abduction from the Seraglio" is performed at Topkapi Palace at this city's annual music festival Istanbul Dana	$1,000 [19] Toronto's City Hall has an outdoor work by this British sculptor known for using holes in his art Henry Moore Tobias	$800 [22] Verses from the Koran decorate the walls of this marble tomb in Agra built by Shah Jahan for his late wife Taj Mahal Dana	$1,000 [20] This synthetic radioactive element was named for the discoverers of radium Curium Boris	$800 [10] 2 translators of this man's "The Satanic Verses" were brutally attacked in July 1991 Salman Rushdie Boris	$1,000 [25] In 1859, before he was president, he wrote, "He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave" Abraham Lincoln Dana
$1,000 [14] Yearly this small southeast Asian island country celebrates the 9 Emperor Gods with a 9-day festival Singapore Dana Tobias	DD $1,500 [18] A Cellini masterpiece shows this Greek hero holding the head of Medusa Perseus Dana	$1,000 [23] Tourism is a growing industry in this pair of Caribbean islands known as T&T for short Trinidad & Tobago Boris	DD $1,500 [7] This metal, the lightest solid element, was discovered here in Sweden by J.A. Arfvedson lithium Dana	$1,000 [11] Rabindranath Tagore translated his own poetry into English from this language spoken in Dhaka Bengali Tobias	—

Final Jeopardy!

NOTABLE NAMES

On January 30, 1997, the 49th anniversary of his death, some of his ashes were scattered in the Ganges River

Mohandas K. Gandhi

Dana "Who is Mohandas Gandhi?" — wagered $3,200

Boris "Who's M Ghandi" — wagered $401

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