Show #968 1988-11-16 (taped 1988-10-25) Tournament of Champions

1988 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.

Contestants

Sandra Gore — a researcher originally from Boston, Massachusetts

Steven Popper — an economist originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Richard Perez-Pena — a journalist originally from Cuba

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Richard	$0	$300	$5,700	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$5,700 12 R, 1 W
Steven	$2,600	$4,600	$8,000	$7,600 2nd place: $5,000	$7,800 22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Sandra	$1,600	$2,400	$12,700	$16,001 Finalist	$9,600 21 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

PLAYS	AVIATION	FOOD	HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES	PIRATES	JOLLY "ROGER"S
$100 [6] First performed in the 1550s, "Ralph Roister Doister" is the first known comedy in this language English Steven	$100 [1] San Diego, where the plane "Spirit of St. Louis" was built, named its airport for this man Charles Lindbergh Steven	$100 [8] Different types of this in the supermarket are labeled "all purpose" & "self-rising" flour Steven	$100 [27] If Leon Spinks is in England on December 26, he might join in the observance of this Boxing Day Sandra	$100 [19] In 67 B.C. Pompey's Roman forces cleared out the pirates from this large sea Mediterranean Sandra	$100 [25] Maroon Studios star who enjoyed a Diet Coke while watching his wife, Jessica, perform Roger Rabbit Sandra
$200 [7] "Little Johnny Jones" was the first play he wrote expressly for Broadway, not for Vaudeville George M. Cohan Sandra	$200 [2] Not surprisingly, in 1939 this nation had the strongest air force in Europe Germany Richard	$200 [12] Called an artichoke, its name isn't from a Mideast city but from "girasole", Italian for sunflower the Jerusalem artichoke Steven	$200 [28] A miss, hoping to be a mrs., might want to observe this November holiday created by Al Capp Sadie Hawkins Day Sandra	$200 [20] "Recruitment" procedure of kidnapping men to work on pirate ships, it's named after a Far Eastern port Shanghaiing Steven	$300 [23] In one episode, she coached Rob's brother, Stacey Petrie, through a practice date Sally Rogers Steven
$300 [9] Chekhov play that opens with Andrei Prozorov's siblings talking about going to Moscow ( The ) Three Sisters Richard	$300 [3] By definition, a "VTOL" plane can take off & land in this direction vertically Steven	$300 [17] Add blood, cornstarch, or arrowroot, or try reduction how to thicken a sauce Sandra	$300 [29] During the Fiesta de San Fermin, these animals run through the streets bulls Richard	$300 [18] Term for a pirate, like Drake, licensed by the crown to capture enemy ships & cargoes a privateer Steven	DD $400 [24] Singer of thefollowing, a Jolly Roger if we ever heard one:"You can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd, can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd..." Roger Miller Steven
$400 [13] Richard Chamberlain & Mary Tyler Moore starred in a 1966 musical flop based on this Truman Capote story Breakfast at Tiffany's Sandra	$400 [4] A plane's wings are necessary to create this primary force in flying lift Steven	$400 [16] Shepherd's pie is a meat hash covered with a layer of this mashed potatoes Steven	$400 [30] To commemorate this event, some New Englanders celebrate Forefathers' Day on December 21 the landing of the Mayflower Steven	$400 [21] Sent to Madagascar in the 1690s to battle pirates, this captain allegedly became one himself Captain William Kidd Steven	$400 [10] As Harcourt Fenton Mudd, he gave Captain Kirk no end of trouble Roger C. Carmel
$500 [14] He was almost 90 when he wrote one of his greatest plays, "Oedipus at Colonus" Sophocles Sandra	$500 [5] In 1909 Louis Bleriot electrified the world by flying the 23 1/2 miles of this body of water in 37 minutes the English Channel Steven	$500 [15] Government graded AA, A, B, or C, the best is composed of at least 80% fat & has 12-16% water butter Richard Steven	$500 [26] Military bases are often open to the public on Armed Forces Day, the third Saturday of this month May	$500 [22] 1 of the 2 well-known women pirates tried & convicted in Jamaica in 1720 Anne Bonny (or Mary Read)	$500 [11] Both Elliott Gould and this man played Trapper John McIntyre in "MAS*H" Wayne Rogers Sandra

Double Jeopardy! Round

"C" IN GEOGRAPHY	AUTHORS	THE CABINET	CLASSICAL MUSIC	HISTORY	FAMOUS WOMEN
$200 [20] Perry, the barber turned singer, might enjoy visiting this lake & province in Lombardy Como Steven	$200 [18] The success of his first novel, "This Side of Paradise", allowed him to marry Zelda F. Scott Fitzgerald Richard	$200 [30] The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is part of this department Treasury Department Steven	$200 [1] Mendelssohn was one of the first to use this to conduct a baton Sandra	$200 [7] He became King of Jordan after his mentally ill father was deposed in 1952 King Hussein (I) Sandra	$200 [2] Dame who played Mme. Arcati in "Blithe Spirit" & Miss Marple in the film "Murder She Said" Margaret Rutherford Steven
$400 [21] This port city on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island was founded by Anglicans Christchurch Richard	$400 [25] Born in India, this English author was the youngest person to win a Nobel prize in literature Rudyard Kipling Richard	$400 [29] In 1961 JFK invited our ambassador to this to attend the cabinet meetings United Nations Richard Steven	$400 [3] In a pipe organ, a pipe's shape affects its tone quality, & its length determines this pitch Sandra	$400 [10] The only First Lady it ever had was a Mississippi aristocrat named Varina the Confederacy Richard	$400 [8] In 1955 this miniskirt innovator opened her first shop on King's Road in Chelsea Mary Quant Sandra
$600 [22] Ancient village in Mexico known for the temples & pyramids the Mayans made of brick & stone Chichen Itza	$600 [26] Creator of "archy and mehitabel", this humorist once was assistant editor for "The Uncle Remus Magazine" Don Marquis Sandra	$600 [19] In the '70s & 80s, he was in charge of first the welfare & later the warfare departments Caspar Weinberger Steven	$800 [5] Perhaps the greatest violinist ever, this Italian could play a whole piece on just one string Niccolo Paganini Sandra	$600 [11] This lawyer became the leader of the Indian National Congress in 1920 Mahatma Gandhi Sandra	$600 [9] In 1755 Maria Theresa, Queen of Hungary & Bohemia, gave birth to this future queen Marie Antoinette Steven
$800 [23] Called France's most famous cheese, it's named for this Normandy village where it was first made Camembert Sandra	$1,000 [28] Author of "Fathers and Sons", he was the first Russian to be widely read & admired in Europe Ivan Turgenev Steven	$800 [17] Interior Secretary Harold Ickes was the only cabinet member to serve the full duration of his presidency FDR Sandra	$1,000 [6] This great concert pianist & Polish premier was a friend of Liberace's family Ignace Jan Paderewski Steven	$800 [14] Sir Humphrey Gilbert, half brother of this Elizabethan courtier, drowned while trying to colonize America Sir Walter Raleigh Richard	$800 [12] The first woman Democrat elected a senator in her own right is this Maryland senator Barbara Mikulski Richard
$1,000 [24] This capital of Canada's Prince Edward Island was named for the wife of King George III Charlottetown Sandra	DD $3,000 [27] Outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare, this woman is the best-selling romance writer of the twentieth century Barbara Cartland Sandra	$1,000 [16] In 1973 Henry Kissinger became Nixon's second secretary of state, replacing this man William P. Rogers Richard	DD $1,500 [4] Of the three "B"'s, the one who left town when rejected as Philharmonic conductor in his native Hamburg Johannes Brahms Sandra	$1,000 [15] An eighteenth-century war was named for this part of Robert Jenkins' body, reputedly cut off by Spaniards the ear Richard	$1,000 [13] Patron saint of South America, she was the first canonized saint from the Western hemisphere St. Rose of Lima

Final Jeopardy!

MAN IN SPACE

3 months after John Glenn, he became the second American to orbit the Earth

(Malcolm) Scott Carpenter

Richard "Who is Alan Shepard?" — wagered $5,700

Steven "Who was Grissom?" — wagered $400

Sandra "Who was Scott Carpenter?" — wagered $3,301

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