Show #4611 2004-09-27 (taped 2004-04-30) Tournament of Champions

2004 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.

Contestants

Vinita Kailasanath — a recent college graduate originally from Laurel, Maryland

Seth Alcorn — a bookstore supervisor from Alexandria, Virginia

Russ Schumacher — a graduate student from Fort Collins, Colorado

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Russ	$2,400	$6,400	$9,300	$11,799 Finalist	$12,800 19 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Seth	$-200	$200	$3,400	$6,800 2nd place: $10,000	$3,400 9 R, 4 W
Vinita	$4,600	$6,000	$11,200	$3,799 3rd place: $10,000	$12,400 14 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

RELIGION	MULTIPLE TONY WINNERS	COUNTRIES THAT END IN "IA"	PRECIOUS STONES	LET'S GET MEDICAL	QUASI-RELATED PAIRS
$200 [12] The 3 branches of original Protestantism were Zwinglianism, Calvinism & this "ism" Lutheranism Russ	$200 [26] Matthew Broderick won for "How to Succeed in Business…" & also for "Brighton Beach Memoirs" by this author Neil Simon Russ	$200 [1] At 1.7 people per square kilometer, this Central Asian nation is the world's most sparsely populated country Mongolia Seth Vinita	$200 [11] Mother of this! It's a type of handle a revolver can have pearl Seth	$200 [6] Yes, these parasitic annelids of the class hirudinea can actually help drain a hematoma, but yeeeesh! a leech Vinita	$200 [21] The kernel of a peach & Foucault's famous invention a pit & the pendulum Seth
$400 [13] The slanted bar on the Orthodox Crossmay refer to these criminals flanking Jesus--one went to heaven and one didn't the two thieves	$400 [27] This Oscar-less actress won Tonys for "The Real Thing", "Death and the Maiden" & "Sunset Boulevard" (Glenn) Close Vinita	$400 [2] President Robert Kocharian is its head of state, Primer Minister Andranik Markarian its head of government Armenia	$400 [17] A David Caruso film, or a valuable stone found in Chinese carvings from 1400 B.C. jade Vinita	$400 [7] Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as his disease, claimed his life in 1941 Lou Gehrig Russ	$400 [22] Former St. Louis Cardinal shortstop Smith & Ms. Beecher Stowe Ozzie & Harriet Russ
$600 [14] This sternly conservative Islamic movement named for an 18th century cleric is based in Arabia Wahhabism Russ	$600 [28] Seen here after his 1981 win for "The Pirates of Penzance", he also won for "On the 20th Century" (Kevin) Kline Russ	$600 [3] This Baltic republic is bordered on the north by the Gulf of Finland Estonia Russ	$600 [18] You might need one to pay your hospital bills if you take a fall on a double this ski trail diamond Vinita	$600 [8] If a 16th C. golfer had an "apoplexy" after losing a ball in the water, today he'd have a 1-this penalty a stroke Russ	$600 [23] "Wizard of Oz" Ray Bolger role & Coretta's married name the Scarecrow & Mrs. King Seth
$800 [15] In 1987 Hialeah, FL banned this religion's animal sacrifices; in 1993 the Supreme Court overturned the ban Santeria Seth	$800 [29] The playwright of "The Cocktail Party" also won best play for this poetic musical Cats by T.S. Eliot	$800 [4] At the end of World War I, this country received the provinces of Bukovina, Banat & Transylvania from Austria-Hungary Romania Vinita	$800 [19] The ancient Greeks raised a toast to this purple gem, believed to protect them from drunkenness amethyst Seth	$800 [9] In July 1976 a form of pneumonia caused the deaths of 29 members of this organization in Philadelphia the Legionnaires Vinita	$800 [24] Folkster Guthrie & Moonwalker No. 2 Woody & Buzz Russ
$1,000 [16] After initiation as a Sikh, males add this 5-letter word meaning lion to their names Singh Seth Vinita	$1,000 [30] Her mom won a special Oscar & a Tony; she won 3 Tonys & an Oscar Liza Minnelli	DD $1,000 [5] This country's tallest peak, Mount Tahat, rises 9,850 feet in the Ahaggar Mountains in the Sahara Desert Algeria Vinita	$1,000 [20] Sounding like a noted political writer for the N.Y. Times, it's a blue gem variety of corundum sapphire Russ	$1,000 [10] Athletes sometimes strain this large extensor muscle of the thigh whose name means "four headed" quadriceps Vinita	$1,000 [25] A planetary satellite & half a shilling a moon and sixpence Russ

Double Jeopardy! Round

JOHN RITTER	TOUGH LIT	THE INTERNATIONAL SPY MUSEUM	WINNER OF OUR DISCONTENT	PICTURESQUE	ADJECTIVES
$400 [9] On Nov. 4, 2003, this ABC series said a fond farewell to John with an episode titled simply "Goodbye" 8 Simple Rules ( for Dating My Teenage Daughter ) Russ	$400 [1] In this Dickens novel, there are 2 Martins, grandfather & grandson Martin Chuzzlewit Vinita	$400 [4] (Sofia of the Clue Crew narrates from the Int'l Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.) You could give someone the kiss of death using the lipstick gun provided to employees of this Soviet spy agency the KGB Russ	$400 [19] imdb.com's worst movies of all time includes "From Justin to Kelly", starring 2 performers from this TV show American Idol Russ	$400 [2] Yousuf Karsh created definitive portraiture immortalizing such subjects as Winston Churchill and this author Ernest Hemingway Seth	$400 [14] This adjective that means "of the throat or neck" is used colloquially to mean "the most vital & vulnerable part" jugular Russ
$800 [27] In 1975 John played the cute minister called in from the tennis court to marry Ted & Georgette on this sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show	$800 [3] Joyce Carol Oates wrote a 1987 book "on" this sport, popular with another Joyce, Joyce Brothers boxing	$800 [5] One exhibit recreates an underground secret tunnel in this German city aka "The City of Spies" Berlin Seth	$800 [20] This Windy City fan said in a released statement that he "did not even see Moises Alou, much less that he may have had a play" Steve Bartman Russ	$800 [8] This magazine photojournalist, seen here, interviewed Gandhi hours before his death Margaret Bourke-White	$800 [15] This adjective that means tastelessly flashy dates from the 1500s & may come from the Latin for "joy" gaudy
$1,200 [28] John became TV's clown prince of pratfalls as this appropriately named character on "Three's Company" Jack Tripper Seth	$1,200 [24] He dedicated his "Barrack-Room Ballads" to Wolcott Balestier, an American publisher who was his brother-in-law (Rudyard) Kipling Seth	$1,200 [6] (Sofia of the Clue Crew narrates from the Int'l Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.) Here is the actual mailbox used by this C.I.A. mole with an alliterative name to signal his Russian handlers Aldrich Ames Russ	$1,600 [22] In the 1930s she moved to Germany & became an English teacher for Berlitz, then did a stint on radio Axis Sally	$1,200 [11] Unable to sell his paintings in Paris, this surrealist returned to photography, including the image seen here Man Ray Vinita	DD $800 [18] This proper adjective refers to the Frankish dynasty which reigned from 751 to 987 A.D. Carolingian Vinita
$1,600 [29] John got some of the best notices of his career for this offbeat 1996 film starring his pal Billy Bob Thornton Sling Blade Seth	$1,600 [25] Paging through his "Bells and Pomegranates", you'll pass by "Pippa Passes" (Robert) Browning Russ	$1,600 [7] An exhibit on this famous TV French chef details the work she once did processing documents for the OSS (Julia) Child Vinita	$2,000 [23] Thank Laurence Canter, aka "The Father of" this, which started as a way to sell legal services via usenet groups spam	$1,600 [12] This photographer, whose work is seen here, was the first African-American to direct a film for a major studio Gordon Parks	$1,200 [16] This 10-letter adjective can mean false, spurious, of doubtful authorship or uncanonical apocryphal Russ
$2,000 [30] As a child, John made personal appearances with this famous man, seen here Tex Ritter Seth	$2,000 [26] In 1929 the Nobel Prize for Literature was bestowed on this "Magic Mountain" author Thomas Mann Vinita	$2,000 [10] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew narrates from the Int'l Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.) An umbrella with a ricin tip was used to poison this defector near Waterloo Station in 1978 Georgi Markov	DD $3,500 [21] This governor of New South Wales, once a sea captain, was ousted by his officers in the 1808 Rum Rebellion Captain Bligh Russ	$2,000 [13] Seen here, this jazz trumpeter was later the subject of "Let's Get Lost," a film by photographer Bruce Weber Chet Baker	$1,600 [17] From the Latin for "patcher" or "mender", it refers to tailors or their work sartorial Vinita

Final Jeopardy!

PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS

1 of the 2 novels, both Southern, that won the Pulitzer for fiction & became Best Picture Oscar winners

(1 of) Gone with the Wind or All the King's Men

Seth "What is Gone with the Wind?" — wagered $3,400

Russ "What is Gone with the Wind?" — wagered $2,499

Vinita "What is The Yearling?" — wagered $7,401

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