Show #2576 1995-11-13 (taped 1995-10-10) Tournament of Champions

1995 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Ben Lyon — a College Championship winner from Edmond, Oklahoma

Gordon Wean — a teacher from Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Bruce Borchardt — a metrologist from Washington, D.C.

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bruce	$200	$1,900	$7,100	$12,201 Automatic semifinalist	$8,900 20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Gordon	$800	$1,500	$3,900	$7,750 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$3,900 14 R, 1 W
Ben	$1,300	$2,300	$6,100	$3,100 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$6,600 17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

NEVADA	NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES	COLORFUL BOOKS	TELEVISION HISTORY	GUINNESS RECORDS	MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s
$100 [1] Built by the federal government, Boulder City is the only community in Nevada where this isn't legal Gambling Ben	$100 [26] Originally a social satire magazine, it became a pictorial weekly when bought by Luce in 1936 Life Gordon	$100 [7] It was Alice Walker's third novel "The Color Purple" Ben	$100 [21] In 1992, 29 years after her last NBC show, she began "Lamb Chop's Play-Along" on PBS Shari Lewis Ben	$100 [13] This D.C. structure is the world's tallest obelisk Washington Monument Ben	$100 [8] It's an untrained person pretending to have medical knowledge Quack Gordon
$200 [6] The largest lake entirely within Nevada, or the shape of the Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas Pyramid Gordon	$200 [27] The United States' oldest continuously published newspaper is this city's Courant Hartford Gordon	$200 [5] In 1935 Hemingway wrote about these hills of Africa Green Hills Bruce Ben	$200 [22] This star, called "Mr. Television", hosted a prime-time bowling series for NBC in the 1960s Milton Berle Bruce	$200 [17] The largest land gorge is this one on the Colorado River Grand Canyon Bruce	$200 [9] In 1912, a reticulated one of these animals was measured at 32' 9 1/2" long Python Gordon
$400 [15] William Randolph Hearst's father George made a "lode" of money when he invested in this mining area Comstock Bruce	$300 [28] Modern Maturity is a bi-monthly publication of this organization for those over 50 AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) Gordon	$300 [4] In it, Billie Holiday said she didn't like singing the same song the same way two nights in a row "Lady Sings the Blues" Gordon	$300 [23] The FCC deleted this channel number from VHF allocations in 1948 1 Bruce	$300 [18] The greatest tides occur in this Canadian bay Bay of Fundy Bruce	$300 [10] The first free-fall jump using one of these devices was from a damaged airplane in 1922 Parachute Ben
DD $500 [14] The state capital was named for this man Christopher "Kit" Carson Ben	$400 [29] Columbia is the magazine of this fraternal order of Roman Catholic men Knights of Columbus Bruce	$400 [3] Conan Doyle's "The Sign of Four" & this Oscar Wilde novel were commissioned at the same time "The Picture of Dorian Gray"	$400 [24] This first host of "The Tonight Show" emceed "Meeting of Minds" for PBS in 1977 Steve Allen Bruce	$400 [19] A Fender Stratocaster belonging to this man who died in 1970 sold for a record $338,580 in 1990 Jimi Hendrix Gordon Ben	$400 [11] Today most of this medicine comes from cinchona trees in Java Quinine Ben
$500 [16] Saloons in this city include the Bucket of Blood & the Ponderosa Virginia City Ben	$500 [30] His famous open letter "J'accuse" was published in the newspaper L'Aurore Emile Zola Bruce Ben	$500 [2] In 1941 Walter Farley created this now-classic animal tale "The Black Stallion" Bruce Ben	$500 [25] In 1957 this duo created the musical "Cinderella" expressly for television Rodgers & Hammerstein	$500 [20] The highest price paid for one of these was $3.315 million for a Patek Philippe Calibre 89 Watch Gordon	$500 [12] Used in jellies & compotes, this fruit of the rose family puckers the mouth when tasted raw Quince Bruce

Double Jeopardy! Round

18th CENTURY AMERICANS	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	MUSIC	FAMOUS WOMEN	ISLANDS	PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
$200 [9] When caught as a spy in September of 1776, he was disguised as a Dutch schoolteacher Nathan Hale Ben	$200 [2] This university has campuses at Tuscaloosa, Huntsville & Birmingham University of Alabama Bruce	$200 [20] A composer's works are often numbered & appear with the abbreviation Op., which stands for this Opus Gordon	$200 [14] This founder of the American Red Cross also founded one of New Jersey's first public schools Clara Barton Gordon	$200 [1] Victoria, the capital of British Columbia, is located on this island Vancouver Island Ben	$200 [23] A defrocked minister-turned-tour guide is the leading character in his play "The Night of the Iguana" Tennessee Williams Bruce
$400 [10] During the last years of the revolution, he worked on his "Notes on the State of Virginia" Thomas Jefferson Bruce	$400 [5] Churchill College is one of 31 residential colleges at this British university Cambridge	$400 [22] Earlier composers used these large drums in pairs; modern composers may use 3 or more Timpani Gordon	$400 [15] A candidate for vice president in 1984, she ran for the Senate in 1992 Geraldine Ferraro Bruce	$400 [3] What Argentina calls the Islas Malvinas, England calls this Falkland Islands Gordon	$400 [25] He was a writer for "The Garry Moore Show" when he began his first play "Come Blow Your Horn" Neil Simon
$600 [11] He protested the Stamp Act through his widely circulated copper engravings Paul Revere Ben	$600 [6] The oldest U.S. university west of the Alleghenies is Transylvania University, at Lexington, in this state Kentucky Bruce	$600 [24] Styles of music in the titles of the JVC & Playboy festivals Jazz Gordon	$600 [16] Urged by Louis Leakey, she went to Africa to study mountain gorillas in 1966 Dian Fossey Ben	$600 [4] The last pureblooded Aborigine on this Australian island died in 1876 Tasmania Ben	$600 [30] "Plutus" is the latest extant play by this master of ancient Greek comedy who gave us "The Birds" Aristophanes Gordon
$800 [12] About 60% of the essays in "The Federalist" were written by him Alexander Hamilton Bruce	$800 [17] The University of Cape Town is on the grounds of Groote Schuur, the estate of this 19th century diamond king Cecil Rhodes Bruce	$800 [27] Sousa wrote "Semper Fidelis" during the 12 years he directed this group Marine Corps Marching Band Ben	$800 [18] In 1975 a New Jersey park was named for this swimmer of the English Channel Gertrude Ederle Bruce	$800 [7] This unincorporated U.S. territory includes the islands of Olosega, Ofu & Tutuila American Samoa Bruce	$800 [26] The women in his play "Three Tall Women" are known by the letters "A", "B" & "C", not by names Edward Albee Ben
DD $1,200 [13] In 1770, this future president defended the British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre & won the case John Adams Bruce	$1,000 [21] Established in 1881, this Atlanta college is America's oldest college for black women Spelman College	$1,000 [28] After his 1901 opera "Feuersnot" flopped, he found a wild story, "Salome" Richard Strauss	$1,000 [19] As well as MADD, she founded SADD, Students Against Driving Drunk Candy Lightner	DD $2,000 [8] Mount Fengari, the highest point in the Aegean, is on this island, famous for its "Winged Victory" statue Samothrace Bruce	$1,000 [29] "Master Harold...and the Boys" was the first of this South African's plays to premiere in the United States Athol Fugard Bruce

Final Jeopardy!

THE ELEMENTS

At its standard mass, it puts the red in red fireworks; its 90 isotope is found in nuclear fallout

Strontium

Gordon "What is strontium?" — wagered $3,850

Ben "What is iron?" — wagered $3,000

Bruce "What is strontium?" — wagered $5,101

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