Show #2122 1993-11-23 (taped 1993-10-12) Tournament of Champions

1993 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Leslie Miller — a business communications representative originally from Reston, Virginia

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

Ed Schiffer — a college lecturer from Santa Monica, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ed	$1,500	$2,600	$5,800	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$7,800 19 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Marilyn	$1,800	$2,500	$8,700	$11,602 Finalist	$7,300 22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Leslie	$400	$3,000	$5,400	$10,800 2nd place: $5,000	$4,900 13 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 1480s	TV ROLES	DAYS OF THE WEEK	NONFICTION	PEOPLE & PLACES	THE "BUCK" STOPS HERE
$100 [11] In 1484, Portugal rejected his "Enterprise of the Indies" plan, so he sought support in Spain Christopher Columbus Leslie	$100 [1] Zachary Powers, Khan, Mr. Roarke Ricardo Montalban	$100 [29] In 1993, on this day of the week, the Cowboys beat the Bills 52-17 (Super Bowl) Sunday Ed	$100 [30] In "All The President's Men", Woodward & Bernstein relate how they investigated this scandal Watergate Marilyn	$100 [7] A Genovese is from Genoa, while a Genevese comes from this city Geneva Ed	$100 [6] It precedes "Three, four, open the door" "One, two, buckle my shoe" Leslie
$200 [15] Organized by King Henry VII in 1485, this unit of royal protectors now performs ceremonial duties Yeomen of the Guard Marilyn	$200 [2] Charlie Townsend, Bentley Gregg, Blake Carrington John Forsythe Ed	$200 [9] For Jews, the sabbath starts on the evening of this day Friday Marilyn	$200 [20] John Reed's "Ten Days That Shook the World" is an account of this country's 1917 revolution Russia Leslie	$200 [8] Tradition says these Polynesians, who now live in New Zealand, came from a land called Hawaiki Maori Leslie	$200 [10] This spacehero was created by Philip Francis Nowlan in the 1928 story "Armageddon 2419 A.D." Buck Rogers Marilyn
$300 [16] Published posthumously in 1485, this author's "Le Morte d'Arthur" was written mostly in prison Sir Thomas Malory Ed	$300 [3] Dr. Vincent Markham, John Bracken, Detective Frank Drebin Leslie Nielsen Marilyn	$300 [28] Its abbreviation is a synonym for marry Wednesday (Wed.) Leslie	$300 [21] The American edition of her "Dog Training My Way" was published in 1972 Barbara Woodhouse Leslie	$300 [12] The people of this South American city are called Paulistas Sao Paulo Ed	$300 [23] Wild Bill Hickok's TV horse, or the large pellets contained in the shell of a 12 gauge gun Buckshot Ed Marilyn
$400 [17] The death of Richard III in the 1485 battle of this field is said to have ended The Wars of the Roses Bosworth Field Marilyn	$400 [4] Toni "Feather" Danton, April Dancer, Jennifer Hart Stefanie Powers Marilyn	$500 [27] Black Thursday was the stock market crash on October 24, 1929; this was the one on October 19, 1987 Black Monday Marilyn	$400 [22] This tennis great who passed away in 1993 left behind the memoir "Days Of Grace" Arthur Ashe Marilyn	$400 [13] This ethnic group descended from Celts is predominant in southern Belgium Walloons Ed	$400 [24] While at Yale, this conservative writer taught Spanish & was chairman of the Yale Daily News William F. Buckley, Jr. Leslie
$500 [18] In 1483, this Roman Catholic priest became Spain's first Grand Inquisitor Tomas de Torquemada Leslie	$500 [5] Ruth Martin, Beverly Ann Stickle, Phyllis Lindstrom Cloris Leachman Ed	DD $900 [19] Day of the week in the title of the following:"Something calls to me..." Tuesday ( Tuesday Afternoon ) Leslie	$500 [26] "Reversal Of Fortune", this attorney's book about the von Bulow case, was the basis for a 1990 film Alan Dershowitz Ed	$500 [14] The two main ethnic groups in this mountainous country on the Adriatic are the Ghegs & the Tosks Albania Marilyn	$500 [25] This American architect designed the U.S. pavilion at Expo 67 Buckminster Fuller Ed

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. HISTORY	NORSE MYTHOLOGY	MUSICAL TERMS	MEDICINE	THEATER	SMALL AFRICAN COUNTRIES
$200 [6] He was first called "The Father of His Country" in a 1779 almanac published in Pennsylvania George Washington Ed Marilyn	$200 [27] Among this chief god's names were Bileygr, meaning "shifty-eyed" & Alfador, or "all-father" Odin Ed	$200 [22] Folk, punk & hard are three types of this musical style Rock Ed	$200 [17] In the U.S. there are 350,000 known cases of this disease of the nervous system abbreviated MS Multiple Sclerosis Leslie	$200 [1] "Of Human Bondage" author who based his play "The Letter" on one of his own short stories Somerset Maugham Marilyn	$200 [7] This large country could say to tiny Lesotho, "Don't move, we've got you surrounded" South Africa Ed
$400 [8] In 1867 the first railroad to cross this state was completed from the Mississippi to Council Bluffs Iowa Ed	$400 [12] The she-goat Heidrun produced a never-ending flow of this brew, a mixture of water & honey Mead Marilyn	$400 [23] In traditional solmization, do is the first note of the scale & this is the fourth note Fa Marilyn	$400 [18] Lumbago is a general term for achiness in this part of the body (Lower) back Leslie	$400 [2] His first musical, "Little Me", premiered in 1962, the year after his first play, "Come Blow Your Horn" Neil Simon Marilyn	$400 [13] Rwanda-Urundi split into Rwanda & this Burundi Marilyn
$800 [10] In March 1814 this general defeated the Creeks at Horseshoe Bend, in what is now Alabama Andrew Jackson Marilyn	$600 [24] In a rare act of kindness, this mischief maker helped Thor retrieve his stolen hammer Loki Marilyn	$600 [30] Italian for "obligatory", it refers to an instrumental part that should not be omitted Obligato Ed	$600 [19] A glucose tolerance test is commonly used to diagnose this insulin deficiency disorder Diabetes Ed	$800 [4] His 1666 comedy, "Le Medecin malgre lui", is known in English as "The Doctor in Spite of Himself" Moliere Ed	$600 [14] Guinea is bordered by this country that also has Guinea in its name Guinea-Bissau Ed
$1,000 [11] For leading a slave rebellion in August of 1831, he was tried, convicted & hanged that November Nat Turner Leslie	$800 [25] After choosing which warriors should die, these maidens would carry them to Valhalla on horseback Valkyries Ed	$800 [29] Fortissimo's antonym Pianissimo Marilyn	$800 [20] Developed before birth, a septal defect is a hole in this organ Heart	$1,000 [5] He proposed to Helen Hayes the night "The Front Page" opened in 1928 Charles MacArthur Marilyn	$800 [15] Ouagadougou is the capital of this "faso"nating landlocked country Burkina Faso Leslie
DD $2,000 [9] Founded in 1874, this political party advocated printing more money to help farmers Greenback Party Ed	$1,000 [26] A rainbow bridge called Bifrost linked Midgard, the Earth, with this home of the gods Asgard Marilyn	$1,000 [28] French for "fixed idea", it's a theme that reappears throughout a composition Idee fixe Ed	$1,000 [21] It's the removal of skin by sanding to remove tattoos or to improve skin scarred by acne Dermabrasion Marilyn	DD $2,000 [3] Appropriately, this 1935 T.S. Eliot play is often performed in churches Murder in the Cathedral Marilyn	$1,000 [16] As its name reflects, this capital of Sierra Leone was founded as a haven for freed slaves Freetown Marilyn

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC FRENCHMEN

In 1704 he was commandant of Detroit; a few years later, he was made governor of Louisiana

Antoine de Cadillac

Leslie "Who was Cadillac?" — wagered $5,400

Ed "Who was LaSalle?" — wagered $5,800

Marilyn "Who was Cadillac?" — wagered $2,902

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