1997 International Tournament semifinal game 2.From Stockholm, Sweden.
Murat Sen — an aviation manager from Turkey
Eva Holmberg — a high school teacher from Gothenburg, Sweden
Michael Daunt — an accountant from Canada
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | $3,700 | $5,100 | $15,400 |
$15,400
Finalist |
$14,400
29 R (including 3 DDs), 0 W |
| Eva | $500 | $2,000 | $7,600 |
$1
3rd place: $5,000 |
$7,600
20 R, 0 W |
| Murat | $500 | $700 | $2,300 |
$4,600
2nd place: $5,000 |
$2,300
7 R, 1 W |
| NAME THE AUTHOR | INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK | DISCOVERIES | BALLET | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | ENDS WITH "IST" |
|
$100
[2]
The "Iliad", The "Odyssey"
Homer
Eva
|
$100
[21]
Sushi, which is most associated with this country, is often flavored with rice vinegar
Japan
Murat
|
$100
[1]
In 1947 a Bedouin discovered important scrolls in a cave on the shore of this sea
Dead Sea
Eva
|
$100
[26]
The Royal Danish Ballet has been based in this capital city for more than 200 years
Copenhagen
Eva
|
$100
[16]
Founded in 1348, Charles University in this Czech capital is the oldest university in central Europe
Prague
Michael
|
$100
[11]
At the grocery store, one of these can help you remember what to buy
(shopping) List
Eva
|
|
$200
[3]
"The Andromeda Strain","Jurassic Park"
Michael Crichton
Michael
|
$200
[22]
Swedish for "bread & butter table", it's a Swedish buffet featuring an assortment of taste treats
Smorgasbord
Eva
|
$200
[4]
"Sir Humphry Davy/Abominated gravy/He lived in the odium/of having discovered" this rhyming element
Sodium
Eva
|
$200
[27]
Part I of the ballet "Jewels" is named for these green gems; Part II is called "Rubies"
Emeralds
Eva
|
$200
[17]
Opened around 1257, it's now a part of the universities of Paris
The Sorbonne
Eva
|
$200
[12]
It connects the hand & the forearm
Wrist
Murat
|
|
$300
[5]
"The Idiot","Crime and Punishment"
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Michael
|
$300
[23]
Many hot, spicy dishes such as Szechwan shrimp originated in this country's Szechwan province
China
Michael
|
$300
[8]
The 1820 discovery of this continent is claimed by both sailors & sealers
Antarctica
Michael
|
$300
[28]
"Noblissima Visione" is a dramatic, stylized ballet about this saint of Assisi
Saint Francis of Assisi
Michael
|
$300
[18]
From 1902 to 1938, Sigmund Freud served as a professor of neuropathology at this university
University of Vienna
Michael
|
$300
[13]
It's like fog but doesn't reduce visibility as much
Mist
Murat
|
|
$400
[6]
"The Tin Drum","Dog Years"
Gunter Grass
|
$400
[24]
Jerk chicken is a specialty of this Caribbean island, the home of reggae music
Jamaica
Eva
Murat
|
$400
[9]
It was the first subatomic particle discovered 100 years ago by J.J. Thomson
Electron
Michael
|
— |
$400
[19]
The Radcliffe Camera, a domed building at this British university, is a reading room for the Bodleian Library
Oxford
Eva
|
$400
[14]
It's a person who travels for fun
Tourist
Michael
|
|
$500
[7]
"The Stranger","The Plague"
Albert Camus
Michael
|
$500
[25]
The Rioja region of this European country is noted for its wines
Spain
Murat
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
Unexplained movements by Uranus led to the discovery of this planet in the 1840s
Neptune
Michael
|
— |
$500
[20]
Monrovia is home to the university of this African country
Liberia
Michael
|
$500
[15]
Performer who can put you in a trancelike state that leaves you open to suggestion
Hypnotist
Michael
|
| HISTORIC EUROPEAN LEADERS | COMIC ACTORS | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | POTPOURRI | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS | PARDONNEZ MON FRANCAIS |
|
$200
[6]
He was Soviet president at the time the Berlin Wall came down
Mikhail Gorbachev
Murat
|
$200
[1]
He was a star in British Vaudeville before creating the "Little Tramp" onscreen
Charlie Chaplin
Eva
|
$200
[21]
This country's Lake Balaton, just southwest of Budapest, is central Europe's largest lake
Hungary
Michael
|
$200
[11]
Ganymede & Callisto are the largest moons of this largest planet
Jupiter
Michael
|
$200
[14]
"Protest" is a semi-autobiographical play by this president of the Czech Republic
Vaclav Havel
Eva
|
$200
[26]
Raising his glass, a Frenchman might say, "A votre sante", which means this
To your health
Michael
|
|
$400
[7]
When she died in 1504, the rule of Castille was passed on to her mad daughter Juana
Isabella
Michael
|
$400
[2]
His title roles have included "Ace Ventura" & half of "Dumb & Dumber"
Jim Carrey
Michael
|
$400
[22]
Peru's highest peaks, Huascaran & Yerupaja, lie in this range
Andes
Eva
|
$400
[12]
The dromedary type of this mammal has 1 hump; the Bactrian has 2
Camel
Michael
|
$400
[15]
Scene VI of George Bernard Shaw's play about this female saint is set in Rouen in 1431
Joan of Arc
Eva
|
$400
[28]
A pas de trois is a dance for this many people
3
Michael
|
|
$600
[8]
In 1963 he was made Yugoslavia's president for life; he lived until 1980
Marshal Josip Broz Tito
Eva
|
$600
[3]
Martin Short, John Candy & Dan Aykroyd were all born in this country
Canada
Michael
|
$600
[23]
Bhopal is the capital of this country's Madhya Pradesh state
India
Murat
|
$600
[13]
This airline was founded in 1920 as the Queensland & Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd.
Qantas
Eva
|
$600
[16]
A count's daughter seduces a servant in this Swede's 1880s drama "Miss Julie"
August Strindberg
Michael
|
$600
[29]
At Le Bureau de Poste, you may buy les timbres, these
Stamps
Eva
|
|
$800
[9]
Succeeding his brother Richard the Lionhearted as king, he also succeeded in alienating everyone he knew
John Lackland
Eva
|
$800
[4]
20 years after playing Woody Allen's "Annie Hall", she's become a respected film director
Diane Keaton
Michael
|
$800
[24]
In 1991, after years of construction, the new city of Abuja replaced Lagos as this country's capital
Nigeria
Michael
|
$800
[19]
In 1783 these brothers demonstrated their hot air balloon to Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette
the Montgolfier brothers
Murat
|
$800
[17]
"La Cantatrice Chauve", or "The Bald Soprano", is an Absurdist play by this author of "Rhinoceros"
Eugene Ionesco
Michael
|
$800
[30]
To play vingt-et-un, you need these items
Deck of cards
Eva
|
|
$1,000
[10]
The patron saint of Bohemia is this "good king"
Wenceslas
Michael
|
$1,000
[5]
Seen in "Evita", this sex symbol from Malaga gained fame in the offbeat comic films of Pedro Almodovar
Antonio Banderas
|
$1,000
[25]
This island group also claimed by Argentina was named by the British for a treasurer of the British navy
Falkland (or Malvinas) Islands
Eva
|
$1,000
[20]
In mythology Laius & Oedipus both reigned over this Greek city
Thebes
Michael
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
This American won a 1928 Pulitzer Prize for his very long, 9-act drama "Strange Interlude"
Eugene O'Neill
Michael
|
DD
$1,500
[27]
Beaumarchais title character you might visit for "une coupe de cheveux"
Figaro ("The Barber of Seville")
Michael
|
These 2 oldest wonders were built by non-Greek civilizations
Hanging Gardens of Babylon & the Pyramids of Egypt