Show #967 1988-11-15 (taped 1988-10-25) Tournament of Champions

1988 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Roy Holliday — a radiologist from Brooklyn, New York

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

Bruce Naegeli — a librarian from Phoenix, Arizona

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bruce	$2,600	$2,600	$8,400	$16,700 Finalist	$4,800 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Peggy	$2,200	$3,300	$10,800	$4,799 2nd place: $5,000	$10,500 22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Roy	$0	$1,400	$3,600	$2,300 3rd place: $5,000	$3,300 18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

REVOLUTIONS	INSECTS	SILENT MOVIES	HERBS & SPICES	SHORT STORIES	"LONG" SONGS
$100 [12] After the American Revolution, Tom Paine and Lafayette both took part in this revolution the French Revolution Roy	$100 [17] To frighten predators, the owl butterfly has large spots on its wings that resemble these eyes Peggy	$100 [30] This film could have been called "Little Lady Fauntleroy" since it starred her, "America's sweetheart" Mary Pickford Roy	$100 [5] Related to the banana, it's the spice featured in Vernor's soda ginger Peggy	$100 [29] "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" was one of the "Nine Stories" he published after "Catcher in the Rye" J.D. Salinger Roy	$100 [28] Phil Spector overdubbed this last number-one Beatles hit; John and Paul's original version is not for sale "The Long And Winding Road" Roy
$200 [4] It changed the Western world from a basically rural society to a primarily urban one the Industrial Revolution Peggy	$200 [18] When filled with these, the queen termite can be over four inches long eggs Roy	$200 [27] This cowboy star's middle initial stood for Surrey William S. Hart Peggy	$200 [6] One type of dish in which fenugreek seed is used is this relish from India chutney Roy	$200 [26] Hemingway story in which an African mountain comes to represent purity and escape "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" Roy	$300 [24] Title line that follows "Just kiss me once, then kiss me twice, then kiss me once again" "It's Been A Long, Long Time" Roy
$300 [3] This country's revolution had two parts, the February revolution and the October revolution Russia Bruce	$300 [21] The plasmodia aren't space invaders but parasites that mosquitos pass to man causing this disease malaria Roy	$300 [16] This 1903 Edwin S. Porter classic wasn't filmed in the Wild West but in the wilds of New Jersey The Great Train Robbery Peggy	$300 [9] Kummel is one of these flavored with caraway seeds liqueur Peggy Roy	$300 [7] Faulkner wrote short and long versions of this story about hunting an enormous animal called "Old Ben" "The Bear"	$400 [23] In "Oliver!", Nancy, who's in love with Bill Sykes, sings this song of devotion "As Long As He Needs Me" Peggy Roy
$400 [2] Using new strains of corn, rice, and wheat, it's the effort to increase food production in the Third World the Green Revolution Bruce	$400 [20] For sundews and pitcher plants, insects serve this purpose a source of food Peggy	$400 [15] He was White Arm Joe in "The Birth of a Nation", but is better known as the screen's first "Tarzan" Elmo Lincoln Bruce	$400 [10] You can call it laurel leaf or you can call it this, same thing bay leaf Peggy	$400 [8] In this O. Henry story, the kidnappers pay the father $250 to take the kid back "The Ransom of Red Chief" Peggy	DD $500 [25] In 1974 Neil Diamond scored a #5 hit with the following:"Ride, c'mon baby ride..." "Longfellow Serenade" Roy
$500 [1] One-word adjective most commonly used to describe England's bloodless revolution of 1688 Glorious Bruce	$500 [19] This type of wasp gets its name from the abnormal protruding plant growths it causes the gall wasp	$500 [14] In 1914 this actress silently suffered "The Perils of Pauline" Pearl White Bruce	$500 [11] This herb comes in summer and winter varieties, and its name also means appetizing savory Peggy	$500 [13] Twain wrote of a stranger who brought a mysterious sack to this town in order to corrupt it--and succeeded Hadleyburg Bruce	$500 [22] A 1979 hit by Supertramp gave you these directions for finding your way to your abode "Take The Long Way Home"

Double Jeopardy! Round

20TH-CENTURY PERSONALITIES	TRANSPORTATION	DANCERS	SHAKESPEARE	ISLANDS	X, Y, Z
$200 [16] Born in Russian Poland in 1886, he became the first prime minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion Roy	$200 [21] Non-flyer John Madden travels on this, the "Maddencruiser," complete with bed and shower Bus Peggy Roy	$200 [24] She joined the Ballets Russes at 14 and was still a teenager when she married her ballet teacher, Nico Charisse Cyd Charisse Roy	$200 [2] Canada's best-known theatrical event is the annual festival here featuring plays by Shakespeare Stratford, Ontario Peggy	$200 [28] Some call it the island continent Australia Peggy	$200 [7] The name of this lakeside Swiss city is believed to be from the Celtic word for "water" Zurich Roy
$400 [23] Use of the term "psyche" for the whole personality was begun by this great Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung Roy	$600 [19] In addition to a rudder and oars, most keelboats were equipped with these to aid travel Sails Bruce	$400 [10] This tiny star of "Good News" learned to dance by watching a Fred Astaire movie 17 times June Allyson Roy	$400 [3] The ghost of his wife, Anne, haunted him at Bosworth Field Richard III Peggy	$400 [29] A roofed Hawaiian porch, or the Hawaiian island called "The Pineapple Island" Lanai Bruce	$400 [25] Sergeant Preston's beat The Yukon Bruce
$600 [22] Jackie Kennedy authorized him to write "The Death of a President", but later sued to stop publication William Manchester Bruce	$800 [18] Until 1937 the Lakehurst, New Jersey, naval air station was the U.S. transatlantic terminal for these craft Dirigibles Bruce	$600 [9] This ballerina was born on an Indian reservation in Fairfax, Oklahoma, in 1925 Maria Tallchief Roy	$800 [5] Rejected lover whose last words are "If thou be merciful, open the tomb, lay me with Juliet" Paris Bruce Peggy Roy	$600 [30] This island, called "The Rock," had the first lighthouse on the West Coast Alcatraz Peggy	$600 [13] Though Dobie Gillis didn't particularly care for it, she kept calling him "Poopsie" Zelda Gilroy
$800 [15] Sun Yat-sen was trained as and practiced this profession before entering politics Physician/Doctor Peggy	$1,000 [17] Bells were rung across the U.S. as telegraphers relayed news of this event on May 10, 1869 the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad (the driving of the golden spike accepted) Bruce	$800 [8] She was a modern dancer in New York long before playing Cinnamon on "Mission: Impossible" Barbara Bain Roy	DD $900 [4] Not only was this king slain by Macbeth, but rumors said his horses ate each other Duncan Peggy	$800 [27] There are islands with this name in Massachusetts, Washington state, Wisconsin, and Maine, but the biggest is in New York Long Island Peggy	$800 [12] This Michigan city was settled in 1825 and named for a nineteenth-century Greek patriot Ypsilanti Roy
$1,000 [14] Like Churchill, this British prime minister, chosen in 1957, had an American mother Harold Macmillan Bruce	DD $4,000 [20] Doing this comes from the Roman custom of offering a drink to the gods when launching a ship breaking champagne on the Prow Bruce	$1,000 [1] This ballerina wrote a biography of George Balanchine after taking off her "red shoes" Moira Shearer Peggy	$1,000 [6] The title character of this tragedy is governor of Cyprus, where much of the play is set "Othello" Peggy	$1,000 [26] Island group owned partly by Britain and partly by the U.S. Virgin Islands Bruce	$1,000 [11] After his forces were defeated by the Greeks, this Persian king was murdered by his own nobles Xerxes Peggy

Final Jeopardy!

THE NOBEL PRIZE

This country's authors have won more Nobel literature prizes than any other, including the U.S.

France

Roy "What is Sweden?" — wagered $1,300

Bruce "What is France?" — wagered $8,300

Peggy "What is Germany?" — wagered $6,001

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