Show #5650 2009-03-13 (taped 2009-01-08) Tournament of Champions

2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 3.From Las Vegas.

Contestants

Dave Simpson — a pastor from Belcamp, Maryland

Lisa Klink — a TV writer from Los Angeles, California

Ben Bishop — a college student originally from Seattle, Washington

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ben	$3,000	$8,000	$14,000	$15,004 Automatic semifinalist	$20,000 22 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs)
Lisa	$2,000	$2,000	$4,000	$1,000 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$4,000 8 R, 1 W
Dave	$400	$3,000	$11,800	$13,000 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$11,400 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

HELLO, NEWTON	DESCRIBING THE TV SHOW	19th CENTURY FRANCE	BUSINESS LETTERS	LESSER-KNOWN LINES	RHYME TIME
$200 [12] Around 1668 Isaac Newton built the first reflecting one of these a telescope Dave	$200 [26] A plane crashes, people die (though it doesn't slow some of 'em down much), much DHARMA but little Greg Lost Dave	$200 [11] Twain said of this dance, "I placed my hands before my face for very shame, but I looked through my fingers" the cancan Dave	$200 [21] Movie theater chain AMC is "American" this "Cinema"--a prefix often found in front of "plex" Multi Ben	$200 [5] You might score with this speech's first line, but the second begins, "Now we are engaged in a great Civil War" the Gettysburg Address Ben	$200 [1] The scowl of a circus buffoon a clown frown Dave
$400 [13] Newton made some of his greatest discoveries while Cambridge University was closed because of this in 1665 the plague Lisa	$400 [27] Gary Coleman co-stars, at home with the Drummonds, what'chu talkin' 'bout, contestants? Diff'rent Strokes Ben	$400 [17] We don't know if she was statuesque, but Rose Beuret was the longtime love of this sculptor Rodin Dave	$400 [22] H&R Block was named for founding brothers Henry & him Richard Dave	$400 [6] "These united colonies... are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown" is a statement from this the Declaration of Independence Ben	$400 [2] The mark of Zorro, when he doesn't charge you for it a free "Z" Lisa
$600 [14] In 1676 Newton opined, "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of" these giants Lisa	$600 [28] Love was all around the newsroom, Chuckles bit the dust, Lou, Lou, Louuuuuuu... The Mary Tyler Moore Show Dave	$800 [19] In the 1870s this type of bon vivant, so called for the wide streets he frequented, came into vogue a boulevardier	$600 [23] The "SC" in NASCAR Stock Car Ben	$600 [7] "Promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty" are 10 of the 52 words of this the Preamble to the Constitution Ben	$600 [3] An African equine born under the sign of the scales a zebra Libra Lisa
$800 [15] Force equals mass times acceleration is the second of these Newtonian formulations the laws of motion Dave	$800 [29] Lonely astronaut hits the bottle,2,000-year-old woman pops out of it, wackiness ensues I Dream of Jeannie Ben	DD $1,000 [18] He designed a towering Gallery of Machines for the Paris Exposition of 1867 (Gustave) Eiffel Dave	$800 [24] The 3 Ms in the original name of 3M Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing	$800 [8] A speech by him included the line "In a sense, we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check" Martin Luther King, Jr. Dave	$800 [4] The only tibia a lone bone Ben Dave
$1,000 [16] This British queen knighted Newton in 1705 Queen Anne Ben	$1,000 [30] Alaskan adventures, Cicely but not Tyson, ah, the casual moose-about-town Northern Exposure Ben	$1,000 [20] This son of the King of Holland followed uncle Napoleon's example & became Emperor of the French in 1852 Napoleon III (or Louis-Napoleon)	$1,000 [25] The "C" in the name of department store founder J.C. Penney; how appropriate Cash Ben	$1,000 [10] "I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" is the last line of this poem "The New Colossus" Ben Dave	$1,000 [9] An aristocratic prestidigitator a patrician magician

Double Jeopardy! Round

SURGERY	_____IN' '80s MOVIES	CITIES	NEXT IN ORDER	GETTING MEDIEVAL WITH ENGLISH LIT	13-LETTER WORDS
$400 [12] The surgeon begins by making an incision above the hairline in this cosmetic procedure aka rhytidoplasty a facelift Lisa Dave	$400 [2] "No. 5 is alive" in this robotic film:"S____ C____" Short Circuit Lisa	$400 [6] This capital is located in the historical region of New Castile Madrid Dave	$400 [26] Typical movie opening credits: producer(s), writer(s), this person director Dave	$400 [16] His 1380s poem "The Parlement of Foules" isn't about idiots in government; it's about birds choosing mates Geoffrey Chaucer Ben	$400 [1] Calling HAZMAT! It's the act of making something impure or polluted contamination Dave
$800 [13] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) Named for a 19th-century surgeon, McBurney's point, 2/3rds the distance between the umbilicus & the iliac crest of the pelvis, is the most tender abdominal area when this organ is inflamed & often requires surgery the appendix Ben	$800 [3] Duracells weren't given with this Cronyn-Tandy epic about tiny spaceships:"b____ n____ i____" batteries not included Dave	$800 [8] For a short time in the 1950s, La Plata, Argentina was named for her Eva Peron Ben	$800 [27] The stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, this--also an economic term depression	$800 [17] An anonymous genius known as "The Pearl Poet" is thought to have been the author of this colorful tale of 2 knights Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Ben	$800 [22] This word means to put off until another day or time procrastinate Dave
$1,200 [14] Hip replacement entails removing the arthritic head of this bone & preparing a new socket in the pelvic bone the femur Ben	$1,200 [4] Lea Thompson & an extra-terrestrial fowl; 'nuff said:"H____ T____ D____" Howard the Duck Lisa	$1,200 [9] Pusan is this country's second-largest city & main seaport South Korea	$1,200 [28] "The Story of Civilization": "The Age of Faith", "The Renaissance", this religious event The Reformation Dave	$1,600 [19] The Chester, Wakefield & York cycles are the major surviving collections of these popular religious dramas mystery plays Dave	$1,200 [23] It's known as both glandular fever & the kissing disease mononucleosis Ben
$1,600 [15] Laser surgery can fix the acute type of this eye disease in which the iris obstructs the flow of the aqueous humor glaucoma Ben	$1,600 [5] Nastassja Kinski unleashes the animal within:"C____ P____" Cat People Ben	$2,000 [11] They're the two rhyming names of the two cities indicated on themap Minsk & Pinsk	$1,600 [29] Royal succession: Princes Charles, William, Harry, him Andrew Ben	$2,000 [20] A popular Middle English lyric begins, "Sumer is icumen in / Lhude sing" this bird the cuckoo	$1,600 [24] Indelibly impressed on the memory, like Nat King Cole unforgettable Dave
$2,000 [21] Surgery may be necessary if this, an enlargement of the thyroid, causes difficulty in breathing & swallowing a goiter Lisa	$2,000 [7] Famous fall doesn't kill big ape; he only needs transfusion:"K____ K____ L____" King Kong Lives Ben	DD $3,600 [10] A center of tulip-growing, this Dutch city gave its name to a section of Manhattan Haarlem Ben	$2,000 [30] Hominids: Australopithecus africanus, Australopithecus robustus, this first Homo Homo habilis Lisa	DD $2,400 [18] In this circa 1470 work, the Brown Knight Without Pity is as bad as his name until Sir Gareth gets 'im Le Morte d'Arthur Ben	$2,000 [25] This military officer is charged with providing shelter, clothing & transportation for troops the quartermaster Dave

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD MONEY

Amounts on the banknotes in this country, one of the world's 10 largest, are in 17 different official languages

India

Lisa "What is China?" — wagered $3,000

Dave "What is India?" — wagered $1,200

Ben "What is India?" — wagered $1,004

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