Show #2347 1994-11-15 (taped 1994-10-11) Tournament of Champions

1994 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

Jeff Stewart — a College Tournament winner originally from The Dalles, Oregon

Fred Frank — a medical student from Palo Alto, California

Bill Pitassy — an attorney from Cranford, New Jersey

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bill	$-400	$600	$8,600	$17,200 Automatic semifinalist	$8,200 20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Fred	$5,800	$6,100	$7,500	$4,000 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$6,000 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jeff	$500	$1,900	$9,300	$8,100 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$5,900 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

MYTHS & LEGENDS	SPORTS	NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES	NOTABLE NAMES	U.S. CITIES	5-LETTER WORDS
$100 [27] In Native American myth, Thunderbird's beating wings cause thunder & his flashing eyes create this Lightning Bill	$100 [19] The Iron Man Triathlon consists of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike race & this 26.2-mile run Marathon Jeff	$100 [30] Along with its famous 500 list of U.S. companies, this magazine also ranks the 50 largest U.S. banks Fortune Jeff	$100 [29] In the 1860s Alexis Millardet saved this French beverage industry from a plant lice plague Wine Bill	$100 [1] This Illinois city's lakefront on Lake Michigan is over 25 miles long Chicago Fred	$100 [25] This populous country is Hindio or Barato in Esperanto India Fred
$200 [18] The legend of these one-eyed giants may have been inspired by miners who wore lamps on their foreheads Cyclopses Fred	$200 [5] On August 6, 1994 Jeff Gordon won the Brickyard 400, the first stock car race on this track Indianapolis Motor Speedway Fred	$200 [23] From 1917 to 1929, Nikolai Bukharin was editor of this official Communist Party newspaper Pravda Bill	$200 [24] William Aspinwall built a railroad across this isthmus in the 1850s Panama Jeff	$200 [28] On August 11, 1683 William Penn issued a warrant to lay out this Delaware capital Dover Jeff	$200 [26] To touch lightly in passing, or to feed on growing grasses Graze Jeff
$300 [17] Also called lycanthropes, they revert to human form when they are wounded Werewolves Bill	$300 [4] In the 1920s & 1930s Helen Wills Moody was the top-ranked women's player in this sport a record 9 times Tennis Fred	$300 [10] George Brown founded this Canadian city's Globe newspaper in 1844 Toronto Fred	$300 [8] In 1967, Adrian Kantrowitz became the first in the United States & the second in the world to perform this operation Heart transplant Fred	$300 [15] The Museum of Flight, south of this major city, features the Red Barn, Boeing's first plant building Seattle Jeff	$300 [22] This word for a decorative sticker comes partly from calquer, meaning "to trace" Decal Jeff
$400 [16] A mirage that may resemble castles in the air is called a Fata Morgana, Italian for this Arthurian sorceresses' name Morgan le Fay Bill	$400 [3] In 1930 this golfer became the first recipient of the AAU's Sullivan Award, as the year's top male athlete Bobby Jones Fred	$400 [11] This insurance organization's List is one of London's oldest papers Lloyd's of London Fred	$400 [12] Around 1512 Bartolome de las Casas became the first priest ordained in the New World on this island Hispaniola Bill Fred	$400 [7] A fountain at its Point State Park symbolizes the confluence of the Ohio, Monongahela & Allegheny Rivers Pittsburgh Fred	$400 [20] This large African antelope's name comes from the Dutch word for an elk Eland Bill
$500 [6] This gigantic white bird of Arabian myth carries off elephants to its nest & devours them Roc Jeff	$500 [2] This jockey is the only man to ride 2 Triple Crown winners: Whirlaway & Citation Eddie Arcaro Fred	$500 [9] From 1925 to 1987 this magazine had just 2 editors: Harold Ross & William Shawn The New Yorker Fred	DD $2,000 [13] In 1951, this American biologist went to Cambridge, where his life became intwined with Francis Crick's James D. Watson Fred	$500 [14] Before a new facility was built, Love Field was this Texas city's main airport Dallas Fred	$500 [21] The books of the Bible accepted as holy scripture, or the works of an author considered authentic Canon Bill Fred

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. PRESIDENTS	LANGUAGES	20th CENTURY WOMEN	ASTRONOMY	COLLECTIONS	PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
$200 [23] In his will, he left a plot of land in Grandview, Missouri to his Masonic lodge Harry S. Truman Jeff	$200 [28] This language's mainland dialects are divided into 3 groups: Eastern, Western & Kyushu Japanese Jeff	$200 [30] The entries in her famous diary were addressed to an imaginary friend named Kitty Anne Frank Jeff	$200 [27] The Geminids is an important winter shower of these Meteors Jeff	$200 [29] Ted Schuler of Tennessee has 3,997 full bottles of this on his walls; take one down, pass it around & he has 3,996 Beer Bill	$200 [25] Pierre de Beaumarchais wrote "The Marriage of" this wily valet of Count Almaviva of Andalusia Figaro Bill
$400 [21] In 1902 he became the first layman chosen as president of Princeton Woodrow Wilson Bill	$400 [22] Written materials in this language date back to the Oaths of Strasbourg of 842 French Fred	$400 [26] In 1942 she published "And Keep Your Powder Dry: An Anthropologist Looks at America" Margaret Mead Jeff	$400 [20] The midday forecast for this planet is 750 degrees Fahrenheit & sunny Mercury Fred	$400 [24] This Kentucky fort has a collection of World War II German vehicles & weapons worth its weight in gold Fort Knox Jeff	$400 [14] At the end of this Beckett play, Vladimir & Estragon consider hanging themselves, but have no rope Waiting for Godot Bill
$800 [5] This president's nephew & the editor of the Washington Globe were part of his "Kitchen Cabinet" Andrew Jackson Bill Fred	$600 [1] A variety of Malay called Bahasa Jakarta is spoken in the capital of this island nation Indonesia Jeff	$800 [10] In 1986 Kerr-McGee Corporation agreed to pay her estate $1.38 million while admitting no blame Karen Silkwood Bill	$600 [19] This Jovian feature is abbreviated GRS the Great Red Spot Bill Jeff	$600 [15] This St. Petersburg museum has the largest collection of Scythian jewelry The Hermitage Fred	$600 [13] In a Jean Giraudoux play, Countess Aurelia is known as the "Mad Woman of" this part of Paris Chaillot Bill
DD $1,000 [6] Among the scandals of his administration were the Credit Mobilier & the Whiskey Ring Ulysses S. Grant Bill	$800 [3] The language of the Faroe Islands is Faroese, but this national language is taught in schools Danish Fred	$1,000 [11] Running under the slogan "Unbought and Unbossed", she became the first black woman in the U.S. Congress Shirley Chisholm Bill	$800 [18] One of these is annualar if a ring of the photosphere remains visible Solar eclipse Bill	$800 [2] Known for its Hebraica collection, Hebrew University of Jerusalem bought 3 of these, found in 1947 Dead Sea Scrolls Bill	$800 [9] In this Peter Shaffer play, Martin Dysart tells the story of Alan Strang, a disturbed adolescent Equus Jeff
$1,000 [4] In 1897 he was hired as a mining engineer at Coolgardie, Australia Herbert Hoover Bill	$1,000 [7] This dialect is also called Northern Chinese Mandarin Jeff	DD $4,000 [17] Founder Candy Lightner partly funded this organization with insurance money from her daughter Cari's death MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) Jeff	$1,000 [16] Voyager II discovered six more moons around this planet; one is bigger than the previously known Nereid Neptune Bill Jeff	$1,000 [12] This Oxford museum of art & archaeology opened in 1683 as Britain's first public museum the Ashmolean Museum Bill Jeff	$1,000 [8] This American playwright won the first of his four Pulitzer Prizes for 1920's "Beyond the Horizon" Eugene O'Neill Bill

Final Jeopardy!

AFRICAN LANDMARKS

Discovered November 16, 1855, its Makalolo name, Mosioatunya, means "the smoke that thunders"

Victoria Falls

Fred "What is Kilimanjaro?" — wagered $3,500

Bill "What is Victoria Falls?" — wagered $8,600

Jeff "What is Kilimanjaro?" — wagered $1,200

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