Show #963 1988-11-09 (taped 1988-10-24) Tournament of Champions

1988 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Peggy Kennedy — a forensic toxicologist and winner of the 1988 Seniors Tournament from Menands, New York

Michael Rankins — a minister and writer from Rohnert Park, California

Steven Popper — an economist originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steven	$800	$2,500	$5,400	$10,800 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$8,200 24 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Michael	$600	$1,600	$7,000	$13,801 Automatic semifinalist	$5,600 15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Peggy	$2,200	$2,700	$6,900	$13,800 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$6,900 18 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

"FOUR" WORDS	MOVIE TRIVIA	POTENT POTABLES	NAMES IN THE NEWS	THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR	HAIR CARE
$100 [1] 50¢ four bits Steven	$100 [15] Woody Allen's first line in this film is "Chapter 1. He adored New York City. He idolized it..." Manhattan Steven	$100 [6] A fifth equals about 1/5 of this a U.S. gallon Steven Peggy	$100 [19] After he moves out of his office on Pennsylvania Avenue, he rents an office in Los Angeles Ronald Reagan Peggy	$100 [12] A statue in New York of this leader was toppled and later made into American bullets King George III Steven	$100 [11] As a dessert, it can add weight to your body; as a styling product, it can add body to your hair mousse Steven
$200 [2] King, king, king, king, or three, three, three, three, for example four of a kind Steven	$200 [18] In "The Wizard of Oz", she was the 1st character to wear the ruby slippers the Wicked Witch of the East Steven Michael Peggy	$200 [7] Claiming U.S. creation of this "Gaelic" drink, San Francisco's Buena Vista Cafe sells some 2,200 cups daily Irish coffee Peggy	$200 [27] Yuri Churbanov, son-in-law of this Soviet leader, was tried for taking bribes Leonid Brezhnev Peggy	$200 [13] Washington attempted to kidnap this man and have him returned to U.S. forces for execution Benedict Arnold Peggy	DD $100 [29] Hair care item that's mentioned in the following song:"Won't you come home Bill Bailey /Won't you come home /She moans the whole day long..." a (fine-tooth) comb Steven
$300 [3] An auto worker on the night shift might install this shift four-on-the-floor (or four-speed) Michael	$300 [23] The names of these two movie elephants differ by just one letter Dumbo & Jumbo Michael	$300 [8] This strong, dark type of beer takes its name from Einbeck, Germany, where it was first made bock beer Peggy	$300 [26] This leader of the yippies in the 1960s recently debuted as a comedian in a New York club Abbie Hoffman Michael	$300 [14] The first page of this 1776 pamphlet reads, "Government even in its best state is but a necessary evil" "Common Sense" Michael	$200 [20] Style in which hair is rolled under at shoulder length, or a young male attendant at a hotel page boy Michael
$400 [4] "Sweet Adeline", sung by a barbershop quartet, features a blend of melody lines described as this four-part harmony Steven	$400 [22] Though he was best known for directing musicals, the last film he directed was a drama, "Star 80" Bob Fosse Michael	$400 [9] It's usually made with bourbon, sugar, mint, and crushed ice a mint julep Peggy	$400 [25] Larry Doyle and Neal Sternecky are reviving this comic strip that Walt Kelly created Pogo Michael	$400 [16] This March 1770 event began with a group of rowdies hurling insults and snowballs at British soldiers Boston Massacre Steven Michael	$300 [28] In dollars, America's biggest-selling shampoo is this one for controlling dandruff Head & Shoulders Steven
$500 [5] A necktie tied a certain way, or a horse-drawn vehicle driven by one person four-in-hand Peggy	$500 [21] Marlon Brando and his motorcycle pals ganged up on a small town in this 1954 film The Wild One Michael	$500 [10] Whiskey sours and daiquiris are similar except that daiquiris contain this instead of whiskey rum Peggy	$500 [24] In September 1988 a storm forced his plane to land at Johannesburg, though it wasn't on his itinerary Pope John Paul II Michael	$500 [17] This Philadelphia building hosted the first Continental Congress, though delegates didn't carry hammers Carpenter's Hall Steven	$500 [30] He was flown from London to Hollywood just to cut Mia Farrow's hair for the film "Rosemary's Baby" Vidal Sassoon Steven

Double Jeopardy! Round

AFRICA	MISSIONARIES	THE STARS	CHILDREN'S LITERATURE	STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS	HISTORIC WOMEN
$200 [18] If we ever did a "Starts with 'Rw' " category, this is the only country you'd find in it Rwanda Peggy	$200 [25] He was the missionary credited with converting Ireland to Christianity St. Patrick Steven	$200 [2] This force is so strong in a black hole that it doesn't even allow light to escape Gravity Steven	$200 [16] In Clement Moore's most famous poem, they "were hung by the chimney with care" "The Stockings" Peggy	$200 [15] Your friendly family physician, or his state postal abbreviation, if he lives in Maryland MD Peggy	$200 [6] In the 1880s Roseanna McCoy added fuel to her family's feud by falling in love with a man named this Hatfield Steven
$400 [20] Ocean on the Ivory Coast's coast Atlantic Ocean Steven	$400 [26] In the sixth century B.C. he sent monks to spread his teachings throughout India Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) Steven	$400 [3] Every second the sun converts about 4 million tons of this into helium Hydrogen Michael	$400 [17] He kept his wife in a pumpkin shell Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater Steven	$400 [14] This postal abbreviation identifies Idaho ID Michael	$400 [7] Iva Toguri d'Aquino, a California-born UCLA graduate, was known by this nickname during WWII "Tokyo Rose" Steven
$600 [21] Despite its name, the Equator does not run through this African country Equatorial Guinea Michael	$600 [27] After the queen of this South Seas island expelled French missionaries, France took over the island Tahiti Steven	$600 [4] No kidding, this star has been described as the nose of the constellation Canis Major Sirius Steven	$600 [19] Ward Greene's story of the same name inspired this 1955 Disney doggie romance "Lady And The Tramp" Steven Peggy	$800 [12] They're the two states whose postal abbreviations end with the letter "C" North & South Carolina (NC & SC) Michael	$600 [8] She became U.S. ambassador to Italy 18 years after marrying the publisher of "Time" Clare Boothe Luce Peggy
$800 [23] The two African countries that share land borders with Egypt Libya and Sudan Steven	$800 [28] in the 1890s, the Missionary party, led by Sanford Dole, forced this queen to abdicate Liliuokalani Steven Michael Peggy	$800 [5] Term for a rapidly spinning neutron star that emits radio waves Pulsar Peggy	$800 [22] Near the end of "Through the Looking Glass", this queen disappears in a bowl of soup White Queen Steven	$1,000 [13] It's the only state whose postal abbreviation is a pronoun Maine (ME) Michael	$800 [9] This Roman emperor's third wife, Messalina, was messing around, so he had her killed Claudius Steven
DD $2,500 [24] It has not one, not two, but three capital cities South Africa Steven	$1,000 [30] Junipero Serra, who founded all those missions in California, was a member of this order Franciscans (the Order of Friars Minor) Peggy	$1,000 [1] This closely spaced group of stars is named after a group of seven sisters Pleiades Peggy	$1,000 [29] This German studied law but was more famous for his "Tales", which inspired an 1881 Offenbach opera Hoffmann Steven	DD $2,000 [11] This state's postal abbreviation is alphabetically first Alaska (AK) Michael	$1,000 [10] This American-born saint was a widow with five children when she converted to Catholicism Elizabeth Seton Michael

Final Jeopardy!

FOREIGN PHRASES

The Greek expression meaning "philosophy (is) the guide of life" is abbreviated by these three Greek letters

phi beta kappa

Steven "What are Phi Beta Kappa?" — wagered $5,400

Peggy "What is Phi Beta Kappa?" — wagered $6,900

Michael "What is Phi Beta Kappa?" — wagered $6,801

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