Show #969 1988-11-17 (taped 1988-10-25) Tournament of Champions

1988 Tournament of Champions final game 1.

Contestants

Mark Lowenthal — a State Department employee from Reston, Virginia

Sandra Gore — a researcher originally from Boston, Massachusetts

Bruce Naegeli — a librarian from Phoenix, Arizona

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bruce	$0	$600	$6,400	$12,800	$6,400 14 R, 1 W
Sandra	$2,900	$5,400	$10,500	$13,000	$7,800 24 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Mark	$1,000	$2,000	$6,800	$5,000	$7,800 16 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WORD ORIGINS	SINGERS	PHYSICAL SCIENCE	AMERICAN LITERATURE	BOTTOMS UP	IN THE NEWS
$100 [18] The adjective "ruddy" comes from the Old English "rudig", meaning this color red Mark	$100 [21] Country singer Lacy J. Dalton was vice president of the ACM, which is this the Academy of Country Music Bruce	$100 [26] An American, Theodore Maiman, built the first of these light-amplifying devices in 1960 a laser Mark	$100 [14] An ex-football player who enters the ministry is the subject of this Sinclair Lewis novel Elmer Gantry Bruce	$100 [5] Legend says bats lived in a shed at its rum distillery & one of them is still on its labels Bacardi Sandra	$100 [4] Business is no longer "hopping" in these clubs, now that the last one in the U.S., in Lansing, Michigan, has closed Playboy Clubs Sandra
$200 [15] It's a French word meaning "Dutch," and in English it usually refers to a sauce hollandaise Sandra	$200 [22] Some stores refused to stock his "Lovesexy" album because he was nude on the cover Prince Sandra	$200 [27] When burning, sulfur becomes this compound that's used to keep dried fruit from turning brown sulfur dioxide Sandra	$200 [16] James M. Cain's first novel; think letters & bells for a clue to its title The Postman Always Rings Twice Sandra	$200 [6] Almond-flavored liqueur whose name comes from the Italian for "bitter," not the Italian for "love" Amaretto Mark	$200 [7] Forbes magazine said this singer has overtaken Bill Cosby as the highest-paid entertainer in the world Michael Jackson Mark
$300 [3] From the Latin for shield, "scutum," it's a shield bearing a coat of arms escutcheon Mark	$300 [23] He made his first tour of the U.S. as a solo performer in 1988, & Wham!, he was a smash George Michael Sandra	$300 [28] It's defined as a form of an element with the same atomic number but different atomic weight Isotope Bruce	$300 [17] J.P. Marquand, who won a Pulitzer for "The Late George Apley," created this Japanese spy/detective Mr. Moto Bruce	$300 [11] The recipe for Tia Maria came from this island & "has been closely guarded for generations" Jamaica Sandra	$300 [8] This U.N. Secretary General negotiated a cease-fire between Iraq & Iran Javier Perez de Cuellar Mark
$400 [2] An Arabic word for "poor" gave us this term for a Muslim or Hindu beggar said to have mystical powers fakir	$400 [24] The 1968 song about "Sittin' On The Dock Of The Bay" was a posthumous No. 1 hit for him Otis Redding Mark	$400 [29] Named for an English scientist, it's a division of classical physics Newtonian Sandra	$400 [19] Among his many books for boys are the Ragged Dick & Tattered Tom series Horatio Alger Mark	$400 [12] This hazelnut liqueur was named for the mysterious monk who made it 300 years ago Frangelico Sandra	$400 [9] Canada's maple sugar industry is directly endangered by this pollution acid rain Sandra
$500 [1] Named for a town in France, this sheer net fabric is used to make bridal veils & tutus tulle Sandra	$500 [25] Mrs. Andrew Lloyd Webber, she starred on Broadway in "Phantom of the Opera" Sarah Brightman Sandra	$500 [30] This era, the age of mammals, represents less than 1 percent of geologic time the Cenozoic Era	$500 [20] Richard Henry Dana's 1840 classic based on a voyage he took around Cape Horn Two Years Before the Mast Sandra	$500 [13] Called "the world's oldest whiskey distillery", it's in County Antrim, Ireland Bushmills	DD $1,100 [10] A sharp decline in Cabbage Patch doll sales contributed to this toy company's filing Chapter 11 Coleco Sandra

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY	THEATER	LAKES & RIVERS	PRESIDENTIAL HOMES	MUSICAL EUROPE	"AND" SO IT GOES
$200 [9] According to legend, he was a swineherd before he conquered the Incas Francisco Pizarro Mark	$200 [29] In the female version of this Neil Simon play, the title characters are named Olive & Florence "The Odd Couple" Bruce	$200 [17] The longest river in Europe, it's noted for its boatmen Volga Bruce	$200 [2] Rancho del Cielo Ronald Reagan Sandra	$200 [3] Some evidence indicates Beethoven moved 79 times during his 35-year stay in this central European capital Vienna Bruce	$200 [30] In the Pledge of Allegiance, these four words follow "with liberty" "and justice for all" Bruce
$400 [10] As a result of the Napoleonic Wars, this country lost Norway to Sweden in 1814 Denmark Bruce	$400 [28] "The Fantasticks" opens with El Gallo singing this song "Try To Remember" Sandra	$400 [20] River that runs from Pittsburgh to Cairo--Illinois that is Ohio River Bruce	$400 [6] La Casa Pacifica Richard Nixon Sandra	$400 [7] "Troldhaugen" is the name of the house this Norwegian built a few miles outside Bergen Edvard Grieg Sandra	$600 [23] Title of 1956 French film & its 1988 American remake, both directed by Roger Vadim And God Created Woman Sandra
$600 [11] "Great" King of Prussia whose last words were "I am tired of ruling over slaves" Frederick the Great (Frederick II) Mark	$800 [26] She adapted the stage version of "The Member of the Wedding" from her own novel Carson McCullers Mark	$600 [19] The German-speaking Swiss call it the Genfersee Lake Geneva Mark	$600 [5] The Hermitage Andrew Jackson Bruce	$600 [8] On a 1969 album cover, the Beatles are shown crossing this road outside the recording studio Abbey Road Mark	$800 [22] Monty Python's Flying Circus borrowed this catch phrase from BBC announcers "And now for something completely different" Sandra
$800 [12] He had a wife named Cleopatra, a daughter named Cleopatra, & a famous son, Alexander the Great Philip of Macedon (Philip II) Sandra	DD $1,000 [27] In this play, Audrey II is described as "a cross between a Venus fly trap and an avocado" Little Shop of Horrors Mark	$800 [18] Shreveport, Louisiana, and Hanoi, Vietnam, are both on rivers that have this colorful name Red River Bruce	$800 [4] The Elms Lyndon B. Johnson	$800 [13] For 10 years, his widow, Constanze, lived in Copenhagen with her second husband, Georg Nissen W.A. Mozart Bruce	$1,000 [21] Pepys often ended his diary entries with these four words referring to the end of the day's affairs "And so to bed" Bruce
$1,000 [15] The Cuban missile crisis made this the tensest month of 1962 October Bruce	$1,000 [25] His 1956 play "Look Back in Anger" was called "A landmark in the history of the theatre" John Osborne Sandra	$1,000 [16] Over 300 rivers flow into this largest freshwater lake in Asia, & only one flows out, the Angara Lake Baikal Mark	$1,000 [1] Hickory Hill, which he later sold to his brother John F. Kennedy Sandra Mark	$1,000 [14] You'd have to go to this country to visit museums honoring composer Bedrich Smetana Czechoslovakia Sandra Mark	DD $2,500 [24] The exit line which usually followed the music heard here: "And Away We Go!" Sandra

Final Jeopardy!

GEOGRAPHY

Now independent, this island has been ruled by Phoenicians, Romans, Arabs, Normans, French & British

Malta

Bruce "What is Malta?" — wagered $6,400

Mark "What is Cyprus?" — wagered $1,800

Sandra "What is Malta?" — wagered $2,500

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