Show #4751 2005-04-11 (taped 2005-03-08) Tournament of Champions

2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, game 44.

Contestants

David Venderbush — a lawyer from New York, New York

Scott Gillispie — a project manager and expectant father from Atlanta, Georgia

Steven Popper — an economist from Topanga, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steven	$-800	$1,000	$12,200	$299 3rd place: $5,000	$12,200 19 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Scott	$2,000	$4,800	$11,600	$7,100 Winner: $15,000 + an advance to UToC Round 2	$11,600 17 R, 3 W
David	$800	$4,400	$15,500	$6,500 2nd place: $5,000	$13,200 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

ASSASSINS	THE REEL STORY	SIGNS & SYMBOLS	GOVERNMENT	VISUALIZE	WORLD "P"s
$200 [5] In May 1981 would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Agca shot this man in St. Peter's Square Pope John Paul II David	$200 [6] Kate Winslet wears a blue diamond necklace called the "Heart of the Ocean" in this 1997 film Titanic David	$200 [1] The first seal designed for what is now this U.S. state depicted icebergs, igloos & the Northern Lights Alaska Steven	$200 [7] Since 1909 every government in Denmark's parliament has been this type that needs to strike deals minority government (a coalition accepted) Scott	$200 [30] Deadly ladyseen here a black widow Steven	$200 [22] The "4 questions" asked on this occasion include wondering why we have to eat unleavened bread Passover David
$400 [16] Reginald Fitzurse was among the Knights who took Henry II's remark literally to rid him of this archbishop Thomas à Becket Scott	$400 [9] Keanu Reeves is a supernatural detective in this 2005 flick based on the Hellblazer comic book Constantine Scott	$400 [2] It's the calendar year depictedherein Roman numerals 2004 Steven	$400 [12] In 1978 Ricardo Bordallo was Guam's head of government & this man was its head of state Jimmy Carter Steven	$400 [11] Numerical name for the unruly group seenhereduring their trial in 1970 the Chicago Seven Steven	$400 [23] Malay or Sinai peninsula David
$600 [19] In 1994, 31 years after the crime, Byron de la Beckwith was convicted of murdering this Civil Rights leader Medgar Evers David	$600 [10] This singer starred in "Waiting to Exhale" & "The Bodyguard" Whitney Houston David	$600 [3] Sleepy Bear has been this motel chain's logo since 1954 Travelodge Steven	$600 [13] This country's National People's Congress has had up to around 3,500 members China Scott	$600 [27] Try to photograph this swift critter & you might only get its tail, seen here a cheetah David	$600 [24] Gunmen after this South American dictator in 1986 used rockets, bazookas, rifles & grenades--& missed! Pinochet Scott
$800 [20] Yigal Amir, a student at Bar-Ilan University, is serving a life sentence for assassinating this leader in 1995 Rabin Steven	$800 [17] He played Mozart in the 1984 film "Amadeus" Tom Hulce Scott	$800 [4] The 3 Zodiac signs with horns Aries, Capricorn & Taurus Steven Scott	$800 [14] Brazil has 2 federal legislative houses, the Chamber of Deputies & this the Senate David	$800 [28] Viceroy of India was one of the titles of this military man Mountbatten Steven	$800 [25] World Heritage sites in this nation include the Nasca Lines Peru David
DD $1,000 [21] Ramon Mercader, who killed this man in 1940, was later awarded the Order of Lenin Trotsky Steven	$1,000 [18] M. Night Shyamalan wrote & directed this creepy Bruce Willis-Haley Joel Osment film The Sixth Sense Scott	$1,000 [8] The same 2 letters in the same order make up Arkansas' postal abbreviation & the symbol of this chemical element argon Steven Scott	$1,000 [15] This country with "Republic" in its name was less republican after a 2003 coup by General Francois Bozize the Central African Republic Steven Scott David	$1,000 [29] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a hefty-looking sewing kit.) In "Moby Dick", Ahab asks Starbuck for one of these with a triangular point to pierce through materials a sailmaker's needle Steven	$1,000 [26] Named for an adviser to Catherine the Great, this type of "village" looks deceptively impressive a Potemkin village David

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPE	MUSICALS OF THE '20s	NOVELS OF THE PAST	TRANSPLANTS	CITY OF BIRTH	CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
$400 [1] In 1917 the name of this castle that dates back to the 11th century was adopted by a royal house Windsor David	$400 [15] The 1924 musical revue "I'll Say She Is" made these goofy brothers legitimate Broadway stars the Marx Brothers Steven	$400 [2] In Barry Unsworth's "The Songs of the Kings", the Greek fleet bound for here is trapped by unfavorable winds Troy Steven	$400 [12] (I'm Dr. Thomas Starzl.) In 1967, on a patient suffering from hepatoma, I performed the first successful human transplant of this organ the liver Steven	$400 [7] The controversial Ahmed Chalabi Baghdad David	$400 [26] A "bear"y nice Alaskan island(6) Kodiak Steven
$800 [3] This country whose abbreviation is a conjunction joins Spain to France Andorra Scott	$800 [16] In a 1927 title, this phrase preceded "Bonnie" (it didn't precede "Birdie" until 1960) Bye Bye Scott	$800 [13] James Fenimore Cooper's "Mercedes of Castile" combines a love story with the voyages of this man (Christopher) Columbus Scott	$800 [22] This organ was first successfully transplanted in 1981, as a package deal with a heart a lung Steven	$800 [8] Mad magazine illustrator James Warhola Pittsburgh Steven Scott	DD $500 [29] Shy-sounding swimmers(3) koi David
$1,200 [4] The person with this title gets to appoint people to Luxembourg's Council of State & they get to stay on for life the Grand Duke Scott	$1,200 [17] The big attraction of the 1923 hit "Poppy" was this future film comic as Eustace McGargle W.C. Fields Scott	$1,200 [14] The hero of Neal Stephenson's "Quicksilver" has to settle the calculus dispute between Leibniz & him Newton David	$1,200 [23] (Dr. Thomas Starzl reads the clue.) A pioneering kidney transplant of 1954 was from Ronald Herrick to Richard Herrick, this very specific type of relative an identical twin Scott	$1,600 [10] Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was not born in France; his birthplace was this European city Geneva David	$800 [27] Jean-Claude of the slopes(5) Killy David
$1,600 [5] France has about 100,000 of these Defense Ministry employees who perform police functions outside the main cities gendarmes David	$1,600 [18] The saucy 1928 musical "Paris" introduced this composer's immortal song "Let's Do It" Cole Porter Steven	$1,600 [20] This antagonist of the Crusaders looks back on his life in a novel by Tariq Ali Saladin Scott	$1,600 [24] He'sseenherein 1967, the year of his historic operation (Dr. Christiaan) Barnard David	$2,000 [11] Sidney Bechet New Orleans Scott	$1,600 [28] Its alias is turnip cabbage(8) kohlrabi
$2,000 [6] Until recently, Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia & Slovenia was part of this Yugoslavia David	$2,000 [19] As a servant in the musical "Bombo", he sang "Toot, Toot, Tootsie!" & "California, Here I Come" Al Jolson Steven	$2,000 [21] It's the second name of Taras, a 16th century Cossack in a 19th century Gogol novel Bulba Steven Scott	$2,000 [25] (Dr. Thomas Starzl reads the clue.) In 1992 my team transplanted a liver from one of these primates into a man a baboon Steven David	DD $4,000 [9] Frederick the Great & Mike Nichols Berlin David	$2,000 [30] Ceremonial chamber you'd "Hopi" into(4) a kiva Steven

Final Jeopardy!

ARLINGTON'S TOMB OF UNKNOWNS

Sentinels at the tomb walk exactly this many steps at a time before they stop & turn

Scott "What is 13?" — wagered $4,500

Steven "What is 50?" — wagered $11,901

David "What is 10" — wagered $9,000

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