Show #1654 1991-11-07 (taped 1991-10-14) Tournament of Champions

1991 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

Scott Gillispie — a graduate student and College Tournament winner from Atlanta, Georgia

Sara Cox — a second grade teacher from Bangor, Maine

Tom Halpern — a researcher and writer from New York City, New York

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$300	$1,600	$1,400	$2,800 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated + Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary home game or computer version	$1,400 11 R, 3 W
Sara	$700	$1,000	$7,200	$9,200 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated + Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary home game or computer version	$8,200 18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Scott	$2,700	$6,100	$12,900	$14,500 Automatic semifinalist	$12,600 28 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

BODIES OF WATER	NEWS 1991	FILM BIOGRAPHIES	FICTIONAL CHARACTERS	NAME BRANDS	FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
$100 [25] This ocean's deepest point, about 28,000 feet, is in the Puerto Rico Trench Atlantic Sara	$100 [18] In April 1991 The Washington Post pointed out that this chief of staff seemed to fly free a lot John Sununu Scott	$100 [16] In 1953 Tony Curtis portrayed this magician in a highly fictionalized account of his life Harry Houdini Scott	$100 [10] Her married name was Hedda Tesman Hedda Gabler Tom	$100 [1] Eagle, Tiempo & Arriva are three tire brands from this rubber company Goodyear Tom	$100 [4] This Hebrew drinking toast literally means "To Life!" L'chaim Tom
$200 [26] The Navy shipyard at Bremerton in Washington state is on this inlet of the Pacific Puget Sound Sara	$200 [22] In August 1991 Shannon Lucid became the first U.S. woman to spend more than 430 hours here Space Scott	$200 [17] This composer was portrayed by Don Ameche in "Swanee River" & Bill Shirley in "I Dream of Jeannie" Stephen Foster Tom	$200 [11] A 1962 Solzhenitsyn work describes one day in the life of this prisoner Ivan Denisovich Scott	$200 [2] This Kansas City-based greeting card company also produces Springbok jigsaw puzzles Hallmark Scott	$200 [5] For bravery in action a French soldier might receive this decoration meaning "cross of war" the Croix de Guerre Scott
$300 [27] Qeshm, the largest island in the Persian Gulf, is located in this strait Hormuz Scott	$300 [23] A 6,000-pound segment of this was put on display at the Reagan Library Berlin Wall Tom	$300 [19] "I Aim at the Stars" told the story of this German rocket scientist & his adjustments to life in the U.S. Wernher von Braun Scott	$300 [12] According to the title of a D.H. Lawrence novel, it's who Mellors is "Lady Chatterley's Lover"	$300 [3] Western Forge makes this brand of hand tools for Sears Craftsman Sara	$300 [6] This French term can describe a chicken, ham & cheese dish or the master chef who prepared it Cordon bleu
$400 [28] Divided between Switzerland & France, it's the largest Alpine lake in Europe Lake Geneva Tom	$400 [24] On August 9, 1991, General Joseph Hoar replaced this man as chief of the U.S. Central Command Norman Schwarzkopf Tom	$400 [20] Herbert Marshall portrayed this writer in "The Moon and Sixpence" & "The Razor's Edge" Somerset Maugham Scott	$400 [13] In this Ray Bradbury novel, fireman Guy Montag has the job of burning books Fahrenheit 451 Scott	$400 [7] This company introduced Bartles & Jaymes wine coolers in 1985 Gallo Sara	$400 [8] Negus, Amharic for king, was the title formerly given to emperors of this African country Ethiopia Scott
$500 [29] An underwater cable in this sea provides communication between Australia & New Zealand Tasman Sea Scott	$500 [30] "60 Minutes" spent 14 of its minutes in a tribute to this newsman, August 11, 1991 Harry Reasoner Scott	$500 [21] In 1929 George Arliss played this prime minister & won an Oscar Benjamin Disraeli Scott	$500 [14] The murder of this perfumery girl "occurred about two years after the atrocity in the Rue Morgue" Marie Roget Scott	DD $800 [9] This chemical company makes Saran Wrap & Handi-Wrap Dow Scott	$500 [15] "Locos y niños dicen la verdad" is the Spanish way of saying fools & children do this speak the truth Scott

Double Jeopardy! Round

OHIO	MILITARY LEADERS	MUSIC	UNDER THE MICROSCOPE	HENRY VIII'S WIVES	POETS
$200 [11] Ohio's state beverage is this, the juice that looks like V-8 Tomato juice Tom	$200 [16] Robert E. Lee's truce flag was delivered to this general in 1865; in 1876 he was killed at Little Bighorn Custer Sara	$200 [17] Usually, a prelude is an introduction to a fugue & this is one to an opera Overture Sara	$200 [26] With some helpful & some harmful to humans, they come in 3 shapes: rod-shaped, round & spiral Bacteria Sara Scott	$200 [1] Henry's 2nd wife, she was the sister of one of his former mistresses Anne Boleyn Sara	$200 [3] In 1838, she moved with her family to 50 Wimpole Street in London Elizabeth Barrett Sara
$400 [12] The white-tailed species of this animal is the only large game mammal in the state today Deer Scott	$400 [19] This U.S. tank commander's diary, "War As I Knew It", was published posthumously in 1947 Patton Scott	$400 [18] Détaché, ricochet & tremolo are ways to use this on a violin a bow Scott	$400 [27] To reproduce asexually a paramecium just does this Divides Tom	$400 [2] She was the younger sister of the tragic Spanish queen known as "Joan the Mad" Catherine of Aragon Scott	$400 [7] British poet who wrote, "If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you" Rudyard Kipling Sara
$600 [13] This U.S. senator is chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee John Glenn Tom Sara	$600 [20] Nicknamed "Hap", he's the only man to hold the rank of General of the Army & General of the Air Force Arnold Scott	$600 [23] From the Italian for broad, it's a direction indicating "play at a slow speed" largo Tom Sara	$600 [28] The Latin for "poison", it needs to be in a living cell to reproduce Virus Scott	$600 [4] She was the 3rd Catherine who married Henry, I kid you not Catherine Parr Sara	$600 [8] In his 30s, he supplemented his income by teaching at the Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire Robert Frost Sara
$800 [14] A presidential library in Fremont houses the papers of this 19th president, & Lucy's, too Rutherford B. Hayes Sara	$800 [21] In May 1918 this French marshal became Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in World War I Ferdinand Foch Tom Sara	$800 [24] This symbol is usually used to mark the end of a composition Double bar lines Sara	$800 [29] Observations by this deft storekeeper in Delft began the science of microbiology Anton van Leeuwenhoek Scott	$800 [5] She was probably Henry's favorite wife because he was buried beside her at Windsor Jane Seymour Sara	$800 [9] As a wedding gift, this poet's father-in-law gave him Craigie House in Cambridge, Massachusetts Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Sara
$1,000 [15] The largest single employer of this city associated with aviation is Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Dayton Scott	$1,000 [22] Hannibal was defeated at Zama in north Africa by this Roman general, who was then called Africanus Scipio Scott	$1,000 [25] Term for the distance in pitch between two tones; C to E is a major third Interval Tom	$1,000 [30] If an amoeba wanted to trip a passing protozoan, it would stick this out a pseudopod (the false foot) Tom Scott	DD $2,000 [6] Henry's rude nickname for her was "The Flanders Mare" Anne of Cleves Sara	DD $2,000 [10] This black poetess won a Pulitzer for "Annie Allen" & became Illinois' poet laureate in 1969 Gwendolyn Brooks Sara

Final Jeopardy!

THE BIBLE

The English title of this book is a translation of the Greek word "arithmoi"

Numbers

Tom "What is Numbers?" — wagered $1,400

Sara "What is Numbers?" — wagered $2,000

Scott "What is Numbers?" — wagered $1,600

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