Show #3096 1998-02-02 Tournament of Champions

1998 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Lyn Payne — a librarian from Orlando, Florida

Catherine Ramen — an assistant editor from New York City, New York

Kim Worth — a freelance writer and stand-up comedian from Venice, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kim	$600	$2,300	$4,100	$8,200 3rd place: $2,500 if eliminated	$4,100 11 R, 2 W
Catherine	$2,200	$3,700	$7,500	$10,000 2nd place: $2,500 if eliminated	$7,300 24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Lyn	$500	$1,100	$8,700	$15,001 Automatic semifinalist	$10,700 20 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WHAT'S MY LINE?	COLLEGE BOWL	HIGH ROLLERS	BLOCKBUSTERS	AMERICAN GLADIATORS	PYRAMID
$100 [25] This 4-word phrase precedes "He will come" in the film "Field of Dreams" "If you build it" Catherine	$100 [26] The term "campus" began at Princeton to distinguish its grounds from this school's "yard" Harvard Catherine	$100 [11] After an 1891 roulette run, Charles Wells was known as "The man who broke the bank at" this place Monte Carlo Kim Catherine Lyn	$100 [6] For the 3rd film in this Mel Gibson series, Orlando, Florida let the crew blow up their old city hall Lethal Weapon Kim	$100 [1] Before serving in the Gulf, he led the U.S. ground force that invaded Grenada General Norman Schwarzkopf Catherine	$100 [14] The 48-story pyramid-shaped Transamerica Building dominates this city's skyline San Francisco Kim
$200 [24] After eating quince "with a runcible spoon", the Owl & the Pussycat "danced by" this the light of the moon Catherine Lyn	$200 [27] The colors of Notre Dame's athletic teams are blue & this Gold Catherine	$200 [12] Ethnicity of noted gambling figures Nick Dandolos & Jimmy Snyder, nee Synodinos Greek Lyn	$200 [7] In a 1993 hit, Robin Williams played Daniel Hillard, who dressed up as this title character Mrs. Doubtfire Kim Catherine	$200 [2] Long before this "old soldier" faded away, he was an aide to President Theodore Roosevelt Douglas MacArthur Catherine	$200 [15] A jacket with a pyramid on the back causes confusion for Madonna & Rosanna Arquette in this movie Desperately Seeking Susan Lyn
$300 [22] This advice by General Nathan Bedford Forrest is often misquoted, using "fustest" & "mostest" "Get there first with the most" Catherine Lyn	$300 [28] Sports teams from Grambling, Clemson & Auburn share this nickname Tigers Kim	$300 [19] "Canada Bill" Jones was a 3-card monte wizard on these transports, where Iowans can now legally bet Riverboats Kim	$400 [9] John Grisham's 1st book to make it to the screen, it "cruised" its way into the top 10 films of 1993 The Firm Lyn	$300 [3] He commanded members of 3 state militias & some pirates to victory at the Battle of New Orleans Andrew Jackson Catherine	$300 [16] The temple of Kukulcan sits atop a pyramid called El Castillo in this ruined Mayan city Chichen Itza Catherine
$400 [13] In the Who song "My Generation", this line follows & rhymes with "Things they do look awful cold" "Hope I die before I get old" Kim	$400 [29] Following the Civil War, the University of Florida moved from Ocala to this city Gainesville Lyn	$400 [20] This self-help group's first meeting was held in L.A. on Sept. 13, 1957, but we can't tell you who was there Gamblers Anonymous Catherine Lyn	DD $500 [8] In 1997thisfilm "married" itself to the hit list"You're not up for anything conventional, or anything that's assumed to be a female priority, including marriage, romance..." My Best Friend's Wedding Catherine	$400 [4] During WWII, this tank commander led the 7th Army's assault on Sicily George S. Patton Kim	$400 [17] From the Assyrian for "summit", it's a terraced pyramid of the ancient Babylonians Ziggurat Lyn
$500 [23] Nelson Algren advised, "Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called" this Mom's Lyn	$500 [30] College Station, home to this Texas school, got its name from the railroad station built to serve the college Texas A&M Kim	$500 [21] In "A Day At the Races" he gives Groucho a tip on a horse; in real life he always had a bet down Chico Marx Kim	$500 [10] It followed the "and" in the title of the last Indiana Jones feature the Last Crusade Catherine	$500 [5] In 1917 this general was selected to organize & lead WWI's American Expeditionary Force John "Black Jack" Pershing Catherine	$500 [18] A type of pyramid scheme is named for this swindler who pulled it in the 1920s Charles Ponzi Catherine

Double Jeopardy! Round

WELCOME TO THE 1950s	GOODBYE TO 1997	AROUND THE WORLD	ACCENT ON COMEDY	POPES NAMED CLEM	LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "G"
$200 [30] This center fielder tore up the minors in Trenton, but let's see what he does for the Giants Willie Mays Catherine	$200 [29] It was revealed this $2 billion bomber can be detected in the rain B-2 (Stealth Bomber) Catherine	$200 [7] Cotopaxi, this country's highest active volcano, is only 35 miles south of Quito Ecuador Lyn	$200 [19] Golly! Shazam! He's Mayberry's misfit Marine Gomer Pyle Catherine	$200 [25] Clement I was the fourth bishop of this city; Saint Peter was the first Rome Catherine	$200 [6] He traveled "Swift"ly(8) Gulliver Catherine
$400 [14] We're just cooling down from his "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" & now he's writing one on women Alfred Kinsey Lyn	$400 [28] California offered death row inmate Thomas Thompson these because of the prison's smoking ban nicotine patches Catherine	$400 [18] Bistecca alla Fiorentina, a grilled steak dish, is a specialty of this Italian city Florence Lyn	$400 [20] On "Taxi" Andy Kaufman played this befuddled immigrant Latka Gravas Catherine	$400 [24] Clement VI, pope from 1342 to 1352, gave sanctuary to Jews accused of starting this "dark" plague the Black Death Catherine	$400 [5] Oatmeal, for Oliver(5) gruel Lyn
$600 [11] Not to put down Flushing in this borough, but we're eager to see the U.N. in its new Manhattan HQ Queens Catherine	$600 [15] Jesse Helms blocked William Weld's appointment as ambassador to this country Mexico Kim	$600 [8] Suva is the chief port of this Pacific island country, as well as its capital Fiji Lyn	$600 [21] Things were always "Verrry Interesting" for this "Laugh-In" actor in German garb Arte Johnson Kim	$600 [2] Clement XIII praised this religious order, his successor Clement XIV was chosen to suppress it Jesuits Lyn	$600 [1] Ibsen's "spookiest" play(6) Ghosts Kim
$800 [12] Gandhi would be happy to see this demeaned caste he called Harijan has been abolished Untouchables Lyn	$800 [26] This former Panamanian strongman published the memoir "America's Prisoner" Manuel Noriega Catherine	$800 [9] Crossair is this country's domestic airline; you might fly it into Lugano Switzerland Lyn	$800 [22] "It's always something" about Roseanne Roseannadanna that reminds us of this actress who played her Gilda Radner Lyn	$800 [16] In 1309 Clement V became the first pope to reside in this French town Avignon Lyn	$800 [3] Beowulf Behemoth(7) Grendel Lyn
DD $2,000 [13] I can't wait to see "The Big Lift", starring Monty Clift, set a couple of years ago in this city Berlin Lyn	$1,000 [27] ThisMTV star got a journalism fellowship from Stanford to study "The Transformation of Storytelling" Tabitha Soren	$1,000 [10] The Tortola Museum of these British Caribbean islands is in Road Town, the capital British Virgin Islands Lyn	$1,000 [23] "What a Country" the U.S.A. is; it turned this "Commie" into a comic Yakov Smirnoff Catherine	DD $1,000 [17] Clement VIII ordered revisions of the breviary, the missal & this standard Latin bible the Vulgate Bible Lyn	$1,000 [4] Rolvaag's were "in the Earth"(6) Giants Lyn

Final Jeopardy!

LEGAL EAGLES

In 1931 he narrated "The Mystery of Life", a full-length film about evolution

Clarence Darrow

Kim "Who was Darrow?" — wagered $4,100

Catherine "Who was Darrow" — wagered $2,500

Lyn "Who is Darrow" — wagered $6,301

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