Show #4713 2005-02-16 (taped 2005-02-01) Tournament of Champions

2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, game 6.

Contestants

Steve Robin — a writer and producer from Miami, Florida

Vinita Kailasanath — a consultant from San Mateo, California

David Sampugnaro — a writer and internet specialist from North White Plains, New York

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$4,400	$8,800	$20,000	$10,799 2nd place: $5,000	$16,600 27 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Vinita	$3,600	$3,800	$14,600	$10,800 Winner: $15,000 + an advance to UToC Round 2	$13,400 15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Steve	$-1,000	$-600	$5,400	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$5,400 8 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

1905	ACTUAL MLB ANNOUNCER QUOTES	TRIOS	INTERNATIONAL ROAD VEHICLE STICKERS	CATS	THE L WITH U
$200 [12] June 7:Norway dissolves the union that had existed since 1814 with this country Sweden David	$200 [26] "Ron Guidry is not very big, maybe 140 pounds, but he has an arm like" this king of beasts a lion Steve	$200 [17] In a classic children's story, the Big Bad Wolf ends up in a pot of boiling water in this trio's kitchen the Three Little Pigs David	$200 [1] CZ the Czech Republic David Steve	$200 [5] Some believe that the eradication of so many cats in the 14th century may have led to spread of this scourge the bubonic plague (the Black Death) David	$200 [7] Monty Python famously sang, "I'm" one of these "and I'm okay, I sleep all night and I work all day" a lumberjack David
$400 [13] July 16:This American commander sets off on his second expedition to the North Pole Peary Vinita	$400 [27] "Today is Father's Day, so everyone out there, Happy" this, a 1968 Beatles tune Birthday	$400 [18] Beginning an amazing run of about 200 comedy two-reelers, this trio made "Woman Haters" in 1934 the Three Stooges David	$400 [2] VN Vietnam David	$400 [8] Bred in Scotland in the 1960s, the Scottish fold has these folded forward its ears David	$400 [22] A telecom company, or a word meaning shining or clear Lucent David
$600 [14] January 26:This largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found is unearthed in South Africa the Cullinan Vinita	$600 [28] "The first pitch to Tucker Ashford is grounded into left field. No, wait a minute. It's" this 2-word term, "low & outside" ball one	$600 [19] The alliance of Britain, France & Russia during World War I the Triple Entente Steve	$600 [3] NGR Nigeria David	$800 [10] The largest domestic cat, it originated in New England & resembles a raccoon a Maine Coon David	$600 [23] A substance, such as oil or grease, for lessening friction in the working parts of a mechanism a lubricant David
$800 [15] November 28:Arthur Griffith forms this nationalist political party in Dublin Sinn Fein Vinita Steve	$800 [29] "Winfield goes back... He hits his head on the wall & it rolls off! It's rolling" to here, the usual position of Robbie Alomar second base	$800 [20] Sibling celebritytrios include these silent-film sisters: Norma, Constance & Natalie the Talmadge Sisters Vinita Steve	$800 [4] CY Cyprus Vinita	$1,000 [11] A splinter group of Ragdoll cat breeders called their breed this, because it descended from street urchin cats Ragamuffin	$800 [24] As an adjective, it means opulent; as slang, it means a drunkard lush David
$1,000 [16] June 13:Prime Minister Delyannis of this Mediterranean country is assassinated Greece David	$1,000 [30] "If Don Mattingly isn't the American League MVP, something isn't kosher in" this Asian country China David	$1,000 [21] Havana's striking landmark the El Morro Castle & Fort is dedicated to this holiday trio, the patrons of its chapel the Three Magi Vinita	$1,000 [6] PL Poland Vinita	DD $1,200 [9] The tail status determines the 4 varieties of this cat: Rumpy, Rumpy Riser, Stumpy & Longy the Manx David	$1,000 [25] 5-letter synonym for "to sway"; you rang? lurch David

Double Jeopardy! Round

PITTSBURGH	DIRECTORS' FIRST FEATURES	YOU GOT MY LITERARY NUMBER	LITTLE GREEN MEN	WE MAKE MONEY THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY	WE "EARN" IT
$400 [5] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a lab.) I'm at a University of Pittsburgh campus building named for this doctor--it's where he did the research that led to the polio vaccine Jonas Salk Steve	$400 [1] "Citizen Kane"(1941) (Orson) Welles Vinita	$400 [2] Chapter 9 of this 1851 Hawthorne novel is titled "Clifford and Phoebe" The House of the Seven Gables ( House of Seven Gables accepted) David	$400 [3] The hero of Vicksburg is on it the fifty-dollar bill David Vinita	$400 [20] This co., owner of NBC Universal, Inc., showed its "imagination at work" in 2003 with revenues of $134.2 billion General Electric David Steve	$400 [4] In 2003 Jason Schmidt led the NL in this stat with 2.34 earned run average (earned runs average accepted) Vinita
$800 [16] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from an overlook.) I'm on Mt. Washington, looking down at the start of this river, which the French & English fought to control in the 1750s the Ohio David	$800 [6] "Play Misty for Me"(1971) Clint Eastwood Steve	$1,200 [10] The Buendia family lives in the isolated jungle town of Macondo in this 1967 novel 100 Years of Solitude Vinita	$1,200 [13] As president, the man on this bill crushed the Whiskey Rebellion the one David	$800 [21] "Nobody doesn't like" this bakery group that had $3.4 billion in 2001 sales Sara Lee David	$800 [30] The 4 words that follow the classic "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..." yearning to breathe free Vinita Steve
$1,200 [17] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from outside a brick ivy-covered wall.) Pittsburgh has preserved the outfield wall from this historic ballpark, where Honus Wagner & Willie Stargell roamed Forbes Field	$1,200 [7] "sex, lies, and videotape"(1989) Steven Soderbergh Steve	$1,600 [11] It's the classic 1949 novel by the writer born Eric Blair 1984 David	$1,600 [14] It shows a manwho wrote, "I... confess plainly that events have controlled me" the five-dollar bill	$1,200 [22] "Dude, you're getting" a lot of this computer company's products, judging by its $41.4 billion in FY 2004 revenues Dell David	$1,200 [29] This federal program, EITC for short, is financed by the IRS the Earned Income Tax Credit Steve
$1,600 [18] When what's now Pittsburgh's tallest building was completed in 1970, it was named for this company U.S. Steel David	$1,600 [8] "Eraserhead"(1978) (David) Lynch Vinita	DD $2,000 [9] This 1961 title became a term for illogical bureaucratic rule Catch-22 Vinita	$2,000 [15] At age 80, the man on the face of this bill was president of his state's executive council the one-hundred David	$1,600 [23] This Conn. co. was No. 130 on the 2003 Fortune 500; this Conn. co. was No. 130 on the 2003 Fortune 500 Xerox	$1,600 [28] This play satirizing the shallowness of British society was first produced in 1895 The Importance of Being Earnest Vinita
$2,000 [19] Henry Hobson Richardson designed thestructurecalled this county's Courthouse & Jail Allegheny David	$2,000 [25] "The 400 Blows"(1959) Truffaut Vinita	$2,000 [26] Weep not for this 1966 Thomas Pynchon book that detailed the Tristero system The Crying of Lot 49 Vinita	DD $3,600 [12] It features the author of "Notes on the State of Virginia" the two-dollar bill David	$2,000 [24] In 2003 this "Maine hunting shoe" company took more than 56,000 orders at its website in a single day L.L. Bean David Steve	$2,000 [27] There is a branch of the University of Nebraska at this city on the Platte Kearney David

Final Jeopardy!

SINGERS

This man who often criticized the government was named for the president elected in 1912, his birth year

Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie

Steve "Who wasWilson PGut" — wagered $5,400

Vinita "Who was Brian Wilson" — wagered $3,800

David "Who was Wilson Pickett?" — wagered $9,201

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