Show #2348 1994-11-16 (taped 1994-10-11) Tournament of Champions

1994 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Bart Thomas — a Senior Tournament winner from Bridgewater, New Jersey

Kurt Bray — a scientist from Oceanside, California

Amy Fine — a wife and mother from Potomac, Maryland

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amy	$1,500	$3,400	$5,200	$3,599 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$5,200 20 R, 3 W
Kurt	$400	$200	$2,700	$5,350 Automatic semifinalist	$4,500 19 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 2 DDs)
Bart	$1,200	$2,000	$3,400	$0 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$3,400 14 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY	TV TO MOVIE STARS	STATE SYMBOLS	WOMEN	NOTORIOUS	FILE UNDER "B"
$100 [12] This traitor took a cut in rank from major general in the U.S. Army to brigadier general in the British Army Benedict Arnold Kurt	$100 [26] "Bosom Buddies" star who went on to make a "Big" splash in "Forrest Gump" Tom Hanks Amy	$100 [7] It's Texas' state dish, & it's con carne Chili Bart	$100 [6] She helped found the Rancho Mirage, California drug treatment center named for her Betty Ford Bart	$100 [1] Frank Galluccio gave him the scar that earned him the nickname "Scarface" Al Capone Amy	$100 [17] The Canadian, or back type, of this is leaner; it comes from the loin area of a hog's back Bacon Amy
$200 [13] In 1765 Dr. James Baker opened his first factory in Massachusetts to make this - how sweet! Chocolate Bart	$200 [27] He looked "mahvelous" on "Soap" & "Saturday Night Live" before becoming a "City Slicker" Billy Crystal Amy	$200 [8] Oregon's state insect is the swallowtail, a type of this Butterfly Bart	$200 [18] Her 1984 assassination was in retaliation for an attack she ordered on the Sikhs' holiest shrine Indira Gandhi Kurt	$200 [2] Vincenzo Peruggia stole the Mona Lisa from this museum in 1911 & kept it for two years The Louvre Amy	$200 [19] The call of the males of these pond creatures sounds like "jug-a-rum" Bullfrog Kurt
$300 [14] Mormons say divine intervention sent these birds to stop a cricket infestation in 1848 Seagulls Kurt	$300 [28] In 1978 "Grease" was the word for this Sweathog; in 1994 he was seen in "Pulp Fiction" John Travolta Kurt	$300 [9] It's the state tree of West Virginia & Vermont Sugar maple	$300 [21] This song came about when Julia Ward Howe wrote new lyrics to "John Brown's Body" "Battle Hymn of the Republic" Amy	$300 [3] A reversed photo of this young outlaw started the legend that he was left-handed Billy the Kid Amy Bart	$300 [20] This interjection is an Irish euphemism for "By God!" Begorrah Amy
$400 [15] In 1949 the Senate ratified this treaty that joined the U.S. with 11 others in a mutual defense pact NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Kurt	$400 [29] A guest part on "Happy Days" led to his own series; later, he gave a genie a voice Robin Williams Kurt Bart	$400 [10] This natural-born mimic is the state bird of Tennessee Mockingbird Kurt Bart	$400 [22] After leaving the presidency of NOW in 1970, she wrote a column for McCall's Betty Friedan Amy	$400 [4] The real name of this assassin assassin was Jacob Rubenstein Jack Ruby Amy	$400 [24] This 1958 treaty created an economic union among the Netherlands, Luxembourg & Belgium Benelux Bart
DD $500 [16] After losing his Senate seat to John F. Kennedy, he was made U.S. representative at the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Kurt	$500 [30] In 1994 this former "Family Ties" star got "Greedy" with Olivia d'Abo & Kirk Douglas Michael J. Fox Amy	$500 [11] This often-carved mineral is Alaska's state gem Jade Bart	$500 [23] This modern dance pioneer lost her two children when they drowned in a 1913 auto accident Isadora Duncan Amy Bart	$500 [5] A county courthouse in Dedham, Massachusetts was the site of this infamous 1921 trial The trial of Sacco & Vanzetti Amy	$500 [25] Bujumbura, on Lake Tanganyika, is the capital of this country Burundi Amy Bart

Double Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY MONARCHS	PULITZER PRIZE NOVELS	DOGS	INVENTORS	GEOGRAPHY	POLITICAL QUOTATIONS
$200 [6] After his cousin, Empress Zauditu, died in 1930, he became emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie Amy	$200 [7] This novel that won the 1937 Pulitzer was originally entitled "Tomorrow is Another Day" "Gone with the Wind" Kurt	$200 [1] This gray hunting dog was formerly called a Weimar pointer Weimaraner Amy	$200 [16] Several U.S. cities & counties are named for this builder of the first successful steamboat Robert Fulton Kurt	$200 [21] This river is responsible for irrigating about 6 million acres of land in Egypt Nile Kurt	$200 [26] Referring to her father, Margaret Truman said, "He loved politicians, even those from" this party Republican Party Kurt
$400 [8] This king of Jordan was only 21 when he divorced his first wife, Queen Dina, in 1957 King Hussein Bart	$400 [12] This 1932 winner begins with the marriage of Wang Lung & O-lan "The Good Earth" Amy	$400 [2] The Bedlington breed of this dog looks like a little lamb Bedlington terrier Kurt	$400 [17] His son was the first president of the International Harvester Company Cyrus McCormick Bart	$400 [22] Katowice & Warszawa are this country's two most populous provinces Poland Kurt	$400 [27] In a 1973 Newsweek article, this Ugandan dictator was quoted as saying, "I am the hero of Africa" Idi Amin Bart
$600 [9] Queen Ena of Spain, the last surviving granddaughter of this queen of England, died in 1969 Queen Victoria Amy	$600 [13] Larry McMurtry won the 1986 prize for this novel "Lonesome Dove" Amy	$600 [3] Despite its name, this small dog is not totally without a coat; it has little tufts on its head & tail Mexican hairless Amy	$600 [18] In 1854 Isaac Singer's company was ordered to pay this inventor royalties for each sewing machine sold Elias Howe Kurt	$600 [23] A British colony until 1959, this island city-state is the smallest nation in southeast Asia Singapore Kurt	$600 [28] In 1984 this San Francisco mayor remarked that "toughness doesn't have to come in a pinstripe suit" Dianne Feinstein Kurt
$800 [10] Olaf V, this country's king from 1957-1991, married his first cousin, Princess Martha, in 1929 Norway Kurt	$800 [14] Von Humboldt Fleischer is the title character of this 1976 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Humboldt's Gift" Kurt	$800 [4] The breed of dog that the British call the Alsatian we call this German shepherd Kurt	$1,000 [20] He was knighted in 1866 not for his temperature scale, but for helping develop the transatlantic cable Lord Kelvin Kurt	$800 [24] This South Dakota peak near Rapid City was named for a New York attorney, who represented mining investors Mount Rushmore	$800 [29] In 1976 this vice president identified 3 periods in life: youth, middle age & how well you look Nelson Rockefeller Amy Kurt Bart
$1,000 [11] This country's current king was born Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus, at the Haga Palace in 1946 Sweden Amy	DD $2,000 [15] She received a 1989 Pulitzer for her bestselling novel "Breathing Lessons" Anne Tyler Kurt	$1,000 [5] This dog famous for the crest along its spine was developed in South Africa Rhodesian ridgeback Bart	DD $1,500 [19] Man seen here via a process he invented: Louis Daguerre Kurt	$1,000 [25] 131 feet below sea level, Argentina's lowest point is on this dry, windy region's Valdez Peninsula Patagonia Bart	$1,000 [30] In 1987 this German chancellor said, "I have been underestimated for decades. I've done very well that way" Helmut Kohl Amy Kurt Bart

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC NAMES

A midshipman at age 9, he served in the War of 1812 at age 11, & became a Civil War hero while in his 60s

David Farragut

Kurt "Who is Farragut?" — wagered $2,650

Bart "Who is" — wagered $3,400

Amy "Who was Meade?" — wagered $1,601

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