Show #2124 1993-11-25 (taped 1993-10-12) Tournament of Champions

1993 Tournament of Champions final game 1.

Contestants

Tom Nosek — an aerospace engineer from Torrance, California

Bev Schwartzberg — a teacher originally from Amherst, Massachusetts

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

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Marilyn	$500	$1,600	$5,400	$8,400	$5,400 14 R, 2 W
Bev	$1,900	$1,600	$9,400	$15,400	$9,600 26 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Tom	$1,000	$1,800	$9,600	$19,200	$7,400 16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

1954	BOTTOMS UP!	JOHN PAUL II	GEORGE & RINGO	ZOOLOGY	VOCABULARY
$100 [1] At an Oxford, England track meet on May 6, this distance was covered in a record 3:59.4 seconds Mile Bev	$100 [11] It's the generic term for pink or blush wines Rose Bev	$100 [21] John Paul II visited this U.S. city in August of 1993, & President Clinton visited him there Denver Bev	$100 [6] Ringo & this Beatle joined George on the single "All Those Years Ago" Paul McCartney Bev	$100 [26] These cheetah features are not retractile, unlike those of other big cats Claws Bev	$100 [16] It's what you call the punched holes on a sheet of postage stamps Perforations Bev
$200 [2] On April 1, the Senate voted to grant simultaneous statehood to these two territories Alaska & Hawaii Tom	$200 [12] A Bloody Maria is the same as a Bloody Mary except it has tequila instead of this liquor Vodka Bev	$200 [22] Like this immediate predecessor, John Paul II declined coronation John Paul I Bev	$200 [7] Ringo Starr was born with this name on July 7, 1940 in Liverpool Richard Starkey Marilyn Bev	$200 [27] Of the ant bear, the sloth bear or the koala bear, the only one that really belongs to the bear family Sloth bear Marilyn	$200 [17] It can describe a row of bushes that form a border, or it can mean to stall, as if hiding behind one Hedge Bev
$300 [3] This Indian prime minister called for a cease-fire in Indochina Jawaharlal Nehru Marilyn	$300 [13] Distilled in Kentucky, Jim Beam is a brand of this Bourbon Tom	$300 [23] On October 2, 1979 at this New York site, he asked, "Are the children to receive the arms race from us?" United Nations Tom	$300 [8] George said this song was inspired by "O Happy Day", but others suggest "He's So Fine" "My Sweet Lord" Bev	$300 [28] This term for the hair below a Clydesdale's knees is the same as the word for a bird's plumage Feathers Bev	$400 [19] Term for the partial story between 2 main stories of a building, or, a low balcony in some theatres Mezzanine Bev
$400 [4] On January 21, Ike turned in a budget with a projected $2.9 billion deficit, & Mamie launched this sub Nautilus Marilyn	$400 [14] Traditionally, the 2 ingredients that make a drink a flip are sugar & this Egg Bev	$400 [24] In 1964 he was promoted from auxilliary bishop to archbishop of this Polish city Krakow Tom	$400 [9] For Ringo, it was Ring-O; for George, Dark Horse Names of their respective record labels	$400 [29] Some of these two-humped camels still roam the Gobi Desert Bactrian camels Marilyn Tom	$500 [20] One who seeks contributions, or another term for a lawyer Solicitor Marilyn
$500 [5] He retired at 87 as conductor of the NBC Symphony Orchestra Arturo Toscanini Bev	$500 [15] This green melon-flavored liqueur from Japan sometimes is used to make a margarita Midori Tom	$500 [25] He visited this Haitian neighbor in 1992 in celebration of Columbus' visit there 500 years earlier Dominican Republic Marilyn Tom	$500 [10] George & Ringo co-wrote this song that Ringo took to No. 1 in 1973 "Photograph"	$500 [30] The long flap of skin that hangs beneath the throat of this largest deer is called a bell Moose Marilyn Bev	DD $1,200 [18] This synonym for dunce originally referred to the piece of wood on which hats & wigs were made Blockhead Bev

Double Jeopardy! Round

ASTRONOMERS	THE CALENDAR	BIOGRAPHIES	NATIONAL PARKS	HISTORIC POTPOURRI	THIRTYSOMETHING
$200 [6] Like this Italian, American astronomer Seth Nicholson discovered 4 moons of Jupiter Galileo Marilyn	$200 [26] The feast of Saint Nicholas falls on the 6th of this month December Marilyn Bev	$200 [13] Christopher Anderson gives readers "Satisfaction" with his recent biography of this Rolling Stone Mick Jagger Bev	$200 [19] A feature of this New Mexico park is The Giant Dome, a 62-foot-tall stalagmite Carlsbad Caverns Tom	$200 [8] This conqueror's half-brother Odo, bishop of Bayeux, probably commissioned the Bayeux Tapestry William the Conqueror Marilyn	$200 [1] His tale of "A Christmas Carol" was published when he was 31 Charles Dickens Bev
$400 [7] This PBS host determined that the high temperatures on Venus are caused by the greenhouse effect Carl Sagan Marilyn	$400 [27] In the Northern Hemisphere this month begins approximately 10 days after the winter solstice January Bev	$400 [14] This former child star is the subject of a 1988 book subtitled "Actress To Ambassador" Shirley Temple Black Bev	$400 [20] This national park lies within northern Arizona's Painted Desert Petrified Forest Tom	$400 [9] First name shared by the woman who married Sir Walter Raleigh & the woman who knighted him Elizabeth Bev	$400 [2] At 37, this Ohioan was the oldest of the 7 astronauts chosen for the Mercury flights John Glenn Marilyn
$600 [18] Karl Schwarzschild has a type of this named after him; Schwarz is a clue Black hole Tom	$600 [28] A magazine issued every fortnight would usually have this many issues a year 26 Tom	$600 [15] She was the subject of a 1979 biography subtitled "Waxmaker Extraordinary" Madame Tussaud Tom	$600 [21] To see Bridalveil Falls & Illilouette Falls, travel to this national park in California's Sierra Nevada Yosemite Tom	$600 [10] In 1718 Alexis Petrovich was accused of plotting to kill this czar, his father Peter the Great Marilyn	$600 [3] "A Streetcar Named Desire" earned this actress her 2nd Oscar, at 38 Vivien Leigh Tom
$1,000 [16] Members of this family found a division in Saturn's rings & ran the observatory in Paris Cassini Tom	$800 [29] These 2 consecutive months have a fly & bug named for them May & June Marilyn	$800 [24] "Bugsy's Baby" is the story of this gang moll recently portrayed by Annette Bening Virginia Hill Tom	$800 [22] A gift from John D. Rockefeller, Jr. helped establish this park in North Carolina & Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains Bev	$800 [11] When this dandy was born in 1778, his father was private secretary to Lord North Beau Brummel Bev	$800 [4] When he gave his "Cross Of Gold" speech at the 1896 Democratic National Convention, he was 36 William Jennings Bryan Bev
DD $3,000 [17] His observatory on the Scandinavian island of Ven lacked a telescope; it hadn't been invented yet Tycho Brahe Tom	$1,000 [30] If you were to change today from this calendar to the Gregorian, you'd have to add 13 days Julian Bev	DD $2,000 [25] A 1791 book on the life of this Englishman is often considered the greatest biography ever written Samuel Johnson Bev	$1,000 [23] This national park occupies several small islands & part of Maine's coast Acadia Bev	$1,000 [12] Justin II succeeded his uncle, Justinian I, as ruler of this empire in 565 Byzantine Empire Marilyn	$1,000 [5] This Russian chemist was 35 when he published the first version of the Periodic Table Dmitri Mendeleev Tom

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY LEADERS

At age 13 in 1926, he was accepted as a novice at the abbey of Kykkos; he later taught there

Archbishop Makarios

Marilyn "Who was Archbishop Makarios?" — wagered $3,000

Bev "Who was Archbishop Makarios?" — wagered $6,000

Tom "Who is Makarios?" — wagered $9,600

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