Show #2355 1994-11-25 (taped 1994-10-12) Tournament of Champions

1994 Tournament of Champions final game 2.

Contestants

David Hillinck — a high school principal from Sacramento, California (subtotal of $6,300)

Rachael Schwartz — an attorney from Bedminster, New Jersey (subtotal of $7,200)

Jeff Stewart — a College Tournament winner originally from The Dalles, Oregon (subtotal of $0)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jeff $3,600 $5,400 $10,400 $20,800 $5,100
23 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W
Rachael $1,100 $3,400 $9,400 $13,601 $10,400
23 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
David $600 $400 $600 $1,200 $600
8 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

STATE CAPITALS CELEBRITY MARRIAGES EXPLORERS ETIQUETTE ANIMALS OVER 15-LETTER WORDS
$100 [2]
Built in 1792, St. Joseph's Cathedral is the oldest church in this Louisiana capital
Baton Rouge
Jeff
$100 [24]
They couldn't help falling in love, so in 1994 this superstar & Lisa Marie Presley tied the knot
Michael Jackson
David
$100 [28]
He led the expedition that rescued Emin Pasha, as well as the one that found Livingstone
Henry Stanley
Jeff
$100 [10]
When sending or bringing flowers to a person in the hospital, provide one of these, hospitals have few
Vase/container
Rachael
$100 [6]
LIke other male bovines, adult male yaks are called these
bulls
David
$100 [26]
It's the direction in which the hands of a watch move backward
counterclockwise
Rachael
$200 [4]
It was once called Anne Arundel Town after the wife of the 2nd Lord Baltimore
Annapolis
David
$200 [21]
On Valentine's Day, 1991, this "Sleepless in Seattle" star married her sweetheart, Dennis Quaid
Meg Ryan
Rachael
$200 [16]
There's no picture of him atop Everest because he assumed Tenzing couldn't work the camera
Sir Edmund Hillary
Jeff
$200 [11]
Traditionally, this person pays for the marriage license
Husband/groom
Rachael
$200 [19]
A hinny has an ass for a mother & one of these animals for a father
a horse
Jeff
$200 [20]
A being not of this earth
extraterrestrial
Jeff
$300 [5]
This Kansas city's zoological park boasts a tropical rain forest habitat
Topeka
Jeff
$300 [22]
Clark Gable's short but happy marriage to this actress ended with her death in a 1942 plane crash
Carole Lombard
Rachael
$300 [29]
Alexandra David Neal was the first European woman to visit this Tibetan capital
Lhasa
Rachael David
$300 [12]
At a private audience with the Pope, visitors should immediately do this when he enters the room
Kneel
Jeff Rachael
$300 [25]
To escape predators, many lizards break off this body part; it later regenerates
the tail
Jeff
$300 [30]
A quarrel, or a failure to comprehend correctly
misunderstanding
Jeff
$400 [7]
You can visit the Rodeo Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in this city
Oklahoma City
Jeff
$400 [17]
Elizabeth Taylor converted to Judaism shortly before her 1959 marriage to this singer
Eddie Fisher
Rachael
$400 [1]
Though Russian Semyon Dezhnev was the first European to sail through this strait, it's named for a Dane
Bering Strait
David
$400 [13]
Emily Post says a man may put his hand under this part of a woman only when helping her into a car or upstairs
Elbow
Jeff
$400 [3]
These stinging arachnids give birth to live young which cling to their mother's backs for several days
scorpions
David
$400 [8]
This type of doctor specializes in the study of the organs of digestion
gastroenterologist
Jeff
$500 [9]
This city covers 3,108 square miles, making it the largest state capital in area in the U.S.
Juneau, Alaska
Rachael
$500 [23]
In the movies, she was the "Bride of Frankenstein"; in real life, she was the bride of Charles Laughton
Elsa Lanchester
Rachael
DD $1,800 [15]
Naval officer Ernest Doudart de Lagree led the first European expedition up this river past Angkor Wat
Mekong
Jeff
$500 [18]
You don't have to wear tails to a formal party; a tux will do unless the invitation says this
White tie
Rachael
$500 [27]
This bear-like carnivore, a large member of the weasel family, is also known as the glutton
the wolverine
Jeff
$500 [14]
28 letters long, it's opposition to taking away state support from an established church
antidisestablishmentarianism
Jeff David

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD WAR I CLASSICAL MUSIC FRENCH CUISINE THE BRAIN INITIALED AUTHORS MOUNTAINS
$200 [1]
Britain was drawn into the war when this Low Country was invaded August 4, 1914
Belgium
Jeff Rachael
$200 [7]
He made his official adult Warsaw debut in 1830 with his "Piano Concerto in F Minor"
Frederic Chopin
David
$200 [4]
Riz au lait samp is a simple dessert made of rice cooked in this dairy product
Milk
Jeff
$200 [27]
It can be a blow to the head, or the resulting brain injury that produces brief unconsciousness
a concussion
Jeff
$200 [14]
This author of "The Lord of the Rings" was born in South Africa & brought to England at age 4
J.R.R. Tolkien
David
$200 [24]
Bolivia's highest peak, Sajama, lies in this range
Andes
Rachael
$400 [8]
This liner was carrying about 5500 cases of ammunition when sunk by a U-boat May 7, 1915
Lusitania
David
$400 [18]
His "Goldberg Variations" were actually commissioned by a Russian diplomat named Kaiserling
J.S. Bach
Jeff
$400 [10]
Escoffier said these shellfish, which the French call huitres, are best raw, but he also served them a la Florentine
Oysters
Rachael
$400 [29]
The hypothalamus monitors your body temperature by using the temperature of this fluid as a control
Blood
Jeff
$400 [15]
In "Vespers" he wrote, "Hush, hush, whisper who dares, Christopher Robin is saying his prayers"
A.A. Milne
Rachael
$400 [25]
They separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe
Pyrenees
Rachael
$600 [9]
About 7 pounds of peach pits were needed to make one of these protective devices
Gas mask
Rachael
$800 [5]
This composer's "Trout Quintet" is one of the most popular pieces of classical chamber music
Franz Schubert
$600 [11]
A famous French sauce is called chaud froid, French for these 2 antonyms
Hot & cold
Rachael
$600 [30]
Collectively, the brain & spinal cord are known as this system
Central nervous system
Jeff
$600 [16]
His "i:six nonlectures", a book of autobiographical essays, was published in 1953
E.E. Cummings
Rachael
$600 [3]
It's been said that more climbers have died on this peak than any other in the Swiss Alps
The Matterhorn
Jeff Rachael David
$800 [22]
The 1916 Battle of Jutland was fought in the Skagerrak, an arm of this sea
North Sea
Rachael
DD $1,000 [23]
Though a strong Hungarian nationalist, this "Mephisto Waltz" composer barely spoke the language
Franz Liszt
Rachael
$800 [12]
Dishes described as a la Dubarry contain this vegetable that the French call chou-fleur
Cauliflower
Rachael
$800 [28]
This progressive, degenerative disease of the brain is the leading cause of senile dementia
Alzheimer's
Rachael
$800 [2]
The 16th edition of Bartlett's devotes more than 5 pages to this "Four Quartets" poet
T.S. Eliot
Jeff
$800 [26]
Mount Vesuvius lies in this mountain range that stretches from the Gulf of Genoa to the toe of Italy's boot
Apennines
$1,000 [19]
The famous Zimmerman Note was sent to Heinrich von Eckhardt, the German minister in this country
Mexico
Jeff
$1,000 [21]
This Italian maestro became conductor of the New York Philharmonic Symphony in 1928
Arturo Toscanini
Jeff
$1,000 [13]
Reins, these organ meats, may be sauteed with mushrooms
Kidneys
Jeff Rachael
DD $5,000 [6]
The occipital lobe is devoted to this sense
Sight
Jeff
$1,000 [17]
"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" was the only book by this American horror writer published during his life
H.P. Lovecraft
Jeff
$1,000 [20]
The Aures Mountains of Algeria are a part of this greater chain
Atlas Mountains
Jeff

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN POLITICAL TERMS

This phrase first appeared in 1845, followed by "to overspread the continent alloted by providence"

Manifest Destiny

David "What is manifest destiny?" — wagered $600
Rachael "What is manifest destiny?" — wagered $4,201
Jeff "What is manifest destiny?" — wagered $10,400

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