Show #2354 1994-11-24 (taped 1994-10-12) Tournament of Champions

1994 Tournament of Champions final game 1.

Contestants

David Hillinck — a high school principal from Sacramento, California

Rachael Schwartz — an attorney from Bedminster, New Jersey

Jeff Stewart — a College Tournament winner originally from The Dalles, Oregon

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jeff	$900	$1,800	$7,605	$0	$9,600 25 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Rachael	$900	$2,000	$5,200	$7,200	$5,200 15 R, 3 W
David	$0	$1,000	$3,800	$6,300	$3,800 10 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

FIRST LADIES	THE MOVIES	CANADIAN PROVINCES	POTENT POTABLES	SHORT STORIES	WORD ORIGINS
$100 [29] Nancy Reagan chose the design for this, ivory edged in red; it was donated to the White House China David	$100 [19] In "The Two Jakes", Jack Nicholson reprised Jake Gittes, whom he first played in this 1974 film Chinatown Jeff	$100 [30] Victoria Day is celebrated with a week of festivities in Victoria, the capital of this province British Columbia Jeff	$100 [5] One school of thought says the mint for this Kentucky Derby quaff should be crushed Mint Julep Jeff	$100 [22] In 1961, she published "Thirteen for Luck", a selection of mystery stories for young readers Agatha Christie Rachael	$100 [14] This term for a flower worn in a buttonhole is literally French for "buttonhole" Boutonniere David
$200 [17] Surprisingly, she was head of the campus Young Republicans while a student at Wellesley in the 1960s Hillary Clinton Jeff	$200 [27] The 1967 Sidney Poitier film "To Sir With Love" was directed by this "Shogun" author James Clavell David	$200 [24] Saskatoon is this province's "City of Bridges" Saskatchewan Rachael	$200 [7] Sweetened wine is added to bottles of this French wine to ferment & produce carbonation Champagne Jeff	$200 [23] This author's 1835 story "Young Goodman Brown" is a tale of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts Nathaniel Hawthorne David	$200 [15] Judo is Japanese for "soft way" & this self-defense form is Japanese for "soft art" Jiu-Jitsu Jeff
$300 [10] Robert Kennedy said it was this woman, not her husband, who carried Texas for the Democrats in the 1960 election Lady Bird Johnson Jeff	$300 [12] This one-letter Yves Montand film won 1969 Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film & Best Film Editing Z Jeff	$300 [2] Green Gables, the home made famous in "Anne Of Green Gables", is a major attraction in this island province Prince Edward Island Jeff	$300 [25] This Mexican spirit is obtained by distilling pulque Tequila Jeff	$300 [11] This collection of 100 tales begins with 10 young people escaping plague-ridden Florence in 1348 The Decameron Jeff	$300 [21] The word chime comes from the name of this other percussion instrument Cymbal Rachael
$400 [16] His childhood friend, Edith Kermit Carow, became his 2nd wife in 1886 Theodore Roosevelt Rachael David	$400 [26] This great costume designer's last film was Steve Martin's "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" Edith Head Rachael	$500 [28] Fredericton has been the capital of this Atlantic province since 1785 New Brunswick Jeff	$400 [18] French Chablis is made of this grape that produces some of the finest California white wine Chardonnay	$400 [1] The 1922 play "Rain" is a dramatization of "Miss Thompson", this author's story about Sadie Thompson Somerset Maugham	$400 [4] From a Greek word meaning "to speak ill of", it's irreverent talk of God Blasphemy Rachael
$500 [6] This 19th century first lady was a fashion trendsetter who made Turkish-style turbans all the rage Dolley Madison Rachael	$500 [3] In this 1936 film, Humphrey Bogart recreated his Broadway role as gangster Duke Mantee The Petrified Forest	DD $600 [9] With an area of 594,860 square miles, it's Canada's largest province Quebec Jeff	$500 [13] This potent liqueur, now banned in many countries, has been called "The Green Muse" Absinthe Jeff	$500 [8] He called his third collection of short stories "The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories of the Four Million" O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)	$500 [20] The name of this Russian urn used to heat water for tea is Russian for "self-boiler" Samovar Rachael

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY	ARCHITECTURE	MYTHOLOGY	ANATOMY	BODIES OF WATER	MACBETH
$200 [1] From June 1953 to November 1954 Mohammad Naguib & Gamal Abdel Nasser shared power in this country Egypt David	$200 [28] Some of these waterspouts carved to look like grotesque beasts may protrude 3 feet from a cathedral Gargoyles Rachael	DD $5 [5] A master craftsman, he invented the axe & built the labyrinth Daedalus Jeff	$200 [15] Except for the pulmonary, the body's major arteries all branch out from this one Aorta Jeff	$400 [18] Though this ocean is half the size of the Pacific, its drainage area is 4 times as large Atlantic Ocean Jeff Rachael	$400 [27] Lady Macbeth is holding one of these when she enters for her "Out, Damned Spot!" speech Candle Jeff Rachael
$400 [2] Upon his death in 1725, this Russian czar's second wife, Catherine I, succeeded him Peter I (Peter the Great) David	$400 [6] Swiss architect Hannes Meyer was the first chairman of this German design school's department of architecture Bauhaus Rachael	$200 [9] This lone mortal among the Gorgons was once a beautiful maiden with beautiful hair Medusa Jeff	$400 [26] Tendons connect muscles to bones, & these bands of tissue bind the joints Ligaments Rachael	$600 [21] Tajo is the Portuguese name for this river Tagus Jeff	$600 [8] "Macbeth will not be afraid of death and bane til' Birnam Forest come to" this place Dunsinane Rachael
$600 [3] In 241 B.C. the first of these wars ended soon after Rome defeated Carthage in a naval battle off Sicily Punic Wars Jeff	$600 [19] If you know that oeil de boeuf is French for this kind of window, you're right on target Bulls eye Rachael	$400 [11] When this man solved the Sphinx's riddle, she threw herself over a cliff Oedipus David	DD $400 [4] The true organ of hearing is housed in this spiral-shaped structure of the inner ear Cochlea Jeff	$800 [23] The Gulf of Papua on the coast of New Guinea is an inlet of this tropical sea Coral Sea David	$800 [25] He's the first king of Scotland to speak in the play Duncan Jeff
$800 [7] The Inuit of Greenland called this associate of Robert Peary "mi palyuk", or "kind little Matthew" Matthew Henson Jeff	$800 [16] This Canton-born architect designed the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas I.M. Pei Rachael	$600 [12] While trying to avoid this whirlpool, Odysseus lost several of his men to Scylla Charybdis Jeff	$600 [24] There are 33 of these bones in the body including 7 in the neck & 12 in the chest region Vertebrae Jeff	$1,000 [10] The Red River of Asia empties into this gulf Gulf of Tonkin David	$1,000 [13] He's the last king of Scotland to speak in the play Malcolm Jeff
$1,000 [14] In January 1823 this son of an Irish immigrant resigned as Chile's supreme director Bernardo O'Higgins Jeff	$1,000 [20] This Baroque architect & sculptor designed the colonnade that borders the piazza in front of St. Peter's Gianlorenzo Bernini Jeff	$800 [17] With his own enchanting music, he was able to save the Argonauts from the Sirens Orpheus Jeff Rachael	$1,000 [22] Organ that contains special cell clusters called the islets of Langerhans the pancreas Rachael	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

SOUTH AFRICA

Province discovered by Vasco da Gama on Christmas Day, 1497

Natal

David "What is Natal?" — wagered $2,500

Rachael "What is Natal?" — wagered $2,000

Jeff "What is December?" — wagered $7,605

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