Show #2116 1993-11-15 (taped 1993-10-11) Tournament of Champions

1993 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Marilyn Kneeland — a retired teacher and Seniors Tournament winner from San Diego, California

Dennis Donohue — an administrative services officer from Litchfield Park, Arizona

Bev Schwartzberg — a teacher originally from Amherst, Massachusetts

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bev	$600	$2,300	$5,500	$10,900 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$6,700 19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Dennis	$2,800	$4,500	$8,600	$15,001 Automatic semifinalist	$7,300 21 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Marilyn	$1,100	$1,500	$7,500	$12,200 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$7,500 15 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

BODIES OF WATER	THE MOVIES	AMERICANA	BORN & DIED	ABBREVIATIONS	ODDS & ENDS
$100 [1] Located in the Highlands, Loch Lomond is this country's largest lake Scotland Marilyn	$100 [2] Musician David Crosby had a bit role as a pirate in this 1991 version of "Peter Pan" Hook Dennis	$100 [11] The annual Fiesta de las Golondrinas celebrates the return of the swallows to this California city San Juan Capistrano Dennis	$100 [16] He was born October 2, 1869 to a merchant caste family in Porbandar, India & died January 30, 1948 in New Delhi Mohandas Gandhi Marilyn	$100 [21] In a dictionary, the abbreviations pref. & suff. stand for these Prefix & suffix Bev	$100 [26] Skippy, hide! As of July 22, 1993 it was legal to sell this meat in Australia Kangaroo meat Dennis
$200 [3] Winston Churchill reportedly called this strait "The world's best tank trap" the Strait of Dover Bev Dennis	$200 [5] James Stewart film in which he said, "I suppose it'd been better if I'd never been born at all" It's a Wonderful Life Marilyn	$200 [12] Like mukluks, kamiks are these, worn by Eskimos Shoes/boots Dennis	$200 [17] Born September 9, 1754 in Cornwall, England he led a "bountiful" life, then died in London December 7, 1817 Captain William Bligh	$200 [22] As a courtesy title, M. before the name of a Frenchman stands for this Monsieur Bev	$200 [27] It's the relative of the woodpecker featured on Froot Loops Toucan Bev
$300 [4] Associated with a beautiful siren, the Lorelei is a famous rock in this river the Rhine Marilyn	$300 [6] Robert Redford played a gambler in Batista's Cuba in this 1990 film Havana Bev	$400 [14] Many men died searching for the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine in this southwest state's Superstition Mountains Arizona Dennis	$300 [18] He was born August 17, 1786 in Tennessee & died March 6, 1836 in San Antonio, Texas Davy Crockett Marilyn	$300 [23] In printing, u.c. stands for this upper case Bev	$300 [28] Monopoly board street on which you'd find Merv Griffin's Resorts Casino Hotel Boardwalk Dennis
$400 [9] It's China's longest river after the Yangtze the Yellow Dennis	$400 [7] In the 1970s he played Joe Valachi, Vince Majestyk & an Apache named Chato (Charles) Bronson Dennis	$500 [15] In Douglas, Wyoming there's a 10-foot statue of this legendary animal that looks like a jackrabbit with antlers Jackalope Marilyn	$400 [19] He was born December 5, 1839 in New Rumley, Ohio & died in Montana, June 25, 1876 George Custer Dennis	$400 [24] It's the book of the Bible abbreviated Lam. Lamentations Bev	$400 [29] The first manned free balloon flight was over this city Paris Dennis
$500 [10] The maximum depth of this bay off the coast of France & Spain is 15,525' the Bay of Biscay Dennis	$500 [8] This 1986 Rob Reiner film starring River Phoenix & Corey Feldman was narrated by Richard Dreyfuss Stand By Me Bev	DD $900 [13] Pierre L'Enfant could have told you this famous hill was once known as Jenkins Hill Capitol Hill Dennis	$500 [20] Born in Ulm, Germany March 14, 1879, he died April 18, 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey Albert Einstein Dennis	$500 [25] When seen at the bottom of a page, PTO stands for this Please Turn Over	$500 [30] Guinness says the largest of these told the story of the Kwakiutl tribe & took 36 man-weeks to carve Totem pole Bev

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	MYTHOLOGICAL OPERAS	WEATHER	MONEY	WORLD FACTS	LITERATURE
$200 [2] In 1712 this Russian czar moved his capital to St. Petersburg Peter the Great Dennis	$200 [1] Dallapiccola's opera "Ulisse" concerns Ulysses' return to Ithaca after this war Trojan War Bev	$200 [21] A high of 120 degrees or more has been recorded on every continent but this one; it's barely broken 60 Antarctica Bev	$200 [26] The republics of Armenia, Moldova & Kyrgyzstan still use this unit of currency Ruble Dennis	$200 [16] The Inca Sun Festival is a major tourist attraction in this country Peru Bev	$200 [11] After his son Kingsley Doyle was killed in World War I, he became a devoted spiritualist Arthur Conan Doyle Marilyn
$400 [3] When Austria's Francis II abdicated August 6, 1806, this empire perished Holy Roman Empire Marilyn	$400 [4] Henry Purcell's 17th century opera about Dido & this Virgil hero may be his masterpiece Aeneas Dennis	$400 [22] Twister is an informal term for this type of windstorm Tornado Bev	$400 [27] In ancient Greece, it took 6 obols to equal one of these Drachma Dennis	$400 [17] Letzburgish is considered the national language of this small European country Luxembourg Dennis Marilyn	$400 [12] The Martian invaders in this H.G. Wells novel are destroyed by earthly bacteria War of the Worlds Marilyn
$600 [5] Using a herring boat, this Norwegian became the first to navigate the Northwest Passage in 1906 Roald Amundsen Bev	$600 [7] This hero of "Gotterdammerung" is the son of incestuous twins Siegfried Bev	$600 [23] Planes flying east use this high-velocity wind to gain speed & save fuel Jet Stream Dennis	$600 [28] When in Kinshasa, use this monetary unit that has the same name as the country Zaire Dennis	$600 [18] Cozumel is the largest island off the coast of this peninsula Yucatan Peninsula Dennis	$600 [13] In "The Call of the Wild", Judge Miller's gardener kidnaps this dog & sells him for $50 Buck Bev
$800 [6] A 1928 treaty outlawing war was formulated by Frank Kellogg & this French foreign minister Aristide Briand Marilyn	$800 [9] Jean Cocteau wrote the libretto for an opera about this Sophoclean heroine, Ismene's sister Antigone Marilyn	$800 [24] To produce rain, clouds are often seeded with crystals of this compound, formula Agl Silver iodide Bev	$1,000 [30] When Washington was inaugurated, the French ecu, featuring this ruling monarch, was circulating in the U.S. Louis XVI Bev	$800 [19] Natives of this "saintly" Caribbean island call it Leamiga; it's located near Nevis St. Kitts Bev	$1,000 [15] The Plain of Ease, the Valley of Humiliation & the Country of Conceit appear in this John Bunyan work Pilgrim's Progress Bev
$1,000 [8] During the second half of the French Revolution, 1795-99, this five-man board ruled France The Directory Bev Marilyn	$1,000 [10] This king & his wife Clytemnestra appear in Gluck's opera "Iphigeneia in Aulis" Agamemnon Marilyn	$1,000 [25] The numbers on this standard wind scale originally referred to a wind's effect on a ship's sails Beaufort Scale	DD $1,500 [29] This South American country uses the guilder as its basic monetary unit Suriname Dennis	$1,000 [20] In 1982 the people of this Asian country celebrated the bicentennial of the Chakri dynasty Thailand Bev Marilyn	DD $1,200 [14] Peachy Carnahan & Daniel Dravitt plan to make themselves kings of Kafiristan in this Kipling story The Man Who Would Be King Bev

Final Jeopardy!

LANDMARKS

Lord Byron wrote, "I stood in Venice on" this, "a palace and a prison on each hand"

the Bridge of Sighs

Bev "What is the Bridge of Sighs?" — wagered $5,400

Marilyn "What is the Bridge of Sighs?" — wagered $4,700

Dennis "What was the Bridge of Sighs?" — wagered $6,401

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