Show #5652 2009-03-17 (taped 2009-01-08) Tournament of Champions

2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.From Las Vegas.

Contestants

Mark Wales — a substitute teacher from Amherst, New York

Erik Nelson — a grad student originally from Boston, Massachusetts

Deborah Fitzgerald — a retired government employee from McLean, Virginia

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Deborah	$1,000	$2,600	$3,400	$1 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$3,400 9 R, 6 W
Erik	$0	$2,000	$4,800	$3 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$7,800 13 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Mark	$1,800	$5,000	$19,400	$19,400 Automatic semifinalist	$17,000 21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE JOHN C. FREMONT EXPERIENCE	SHOWS BY SHOW TUNES	BUGS	SID & NANCY	YOU'RE IN THE CABI-NOT!	ADVERBIALLY YOURS
$200 [16] In 1856 Fremont, the first Republican candidate for president, lost to this Democrat Buchanan Mark	$200 [2] "I Dreamed A Dream","Master Of The House" Les Miserables Deborah	$200 [15] This red, black-spotted beetle, Coccinella septempunctata, is used to control aphids a ladybug Erik	$200 [10] She served as the whip of the House Democrats from Jan. 2002 to Jan. 2003; she got a big promotion later Nancy Pelosi Mark	$200 [7] Bill Richardson,2009 Commerce Deborah Mark	$200 [1] In song, this, this, this, this precedes "life is but a dream" merrily Mark
$400 [17] On his second expedition to map out this route, Fremont followed it from Missouri to the Columbia River the Oregon Trail Erik	$400 [3] "Almost Like Being In Love","I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" Brigadoon Mark	$400 [23] As a defensive mechanism, some of these "thousand-legged worms" exude hydrogen cyanide fluid a millipede Erik	$400 [11] After lines like "They call me Mr. Tibbs", they call him Mr. this Sidney Poitier Mark	$400 [8] Zoe Baird,1993 Attorney General Mark	$400 [20] This adverb means twice a year biannually Mark
$800 [19] (Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a map on the monitor.) The Great Salt Lake, the Humboldt River & Death Valley are all part of adesert regionof internal drainage Fremont called the Great this the Great Basin Deborah	$600 [4] "Opening Night","Where Did We Go Right?" The Producers	$600 [24] This "pious" predator is the only insect that can move its head from side to side without moving other body parts a praying mantis Erik	$600 [12] He sold 300 million books, including 2000's "The Sky Is Falling", which he wrote in his 80s Sidney Sheldon	$600 [9] Giuliani's pal Bernard Kerik,2004 Homeland Security Erik	$600 [22] For burial at Arlington National Cemetery, a veteran must have been discharged this way honorably Erik
DD $1,000 [18] Beginning in 1842 this frontiersman would be a frequent guide for Fremont on his expeditions Kit Carson Erik	$800 [5] "Mix Tape","School For Monsters" Avenue Q Erik	$800 [25] These insects belong to the superfamily Papilionoidea in the order Lepidoptera butterflies Mark	$800 [13] Nancy was the first name of this "Lady", who in 1929 tried to form a women's party in the British House of Commons Lady Astor	$800 [29] Roger B. Taney, after fighting the Bank of the U.S.,1834 Treasury Deborah	$800 [27] This word completes the "Friends of the Earth" slogan "Think globally, act..." locally Mark
$1,000 [21] In 1841 Fremont secretly married the daughter of this Missouri senator (not the mural guy) Thomas Hart Benton	$1,000 [6] "Cinderella At The Grave","Giants In The Sky" Into the Woods	$1,000 [26] Also called the 17-year locust, this loud insect reaches over 100 decibels a cicada Erik	$1,000 [14] S.J. stood for Sidney Joseph in the name of this New Yorker satirist Perelman Deborah	$1,000 [30] John Tower,1989 Secretary of Defense	$1,000 [28] From the Greek for "diagonal", it means "directly" when found modifying the word "opposed" diametrically Mark

Double Jeopardy! Round

ROCKS & MINERALS	MOVIE STUMPERS	ART & ARTISTS	USA TODAY	BOOK REVIEW	THE ANSWER LIES WITHIN
$400 [20] Green serpentine, seen here, is made into a gemstone that's a common substitute for this one jade Deborah Erik Mark	$400 [1] In 1959's "Some Like It Hot", this then 30-year-old historic event begins the movie & sends our heroes into drag the St. Valentine's Day Massacre Erik Mark	$400 [6] This "Bar at the Folies-Bergere" artist painted several portraits of Impressionist Berthe Morisot, his sister-in-law Manet Deborah	$400 [9] A 1-ounce first-class letter costs this much to mail 42 cents Erik	$400 [14] This Joyce novel is about a trip to a bath, funeral, library, maternity hospital & brothel Ulysses Deborah	$400 [19] The butte rises from the western plain like a stick of this on a plate butter (in butte r ises) Erik
$800 [21] Kernite, a major source of borax, is named for Kern County in this California desert where it is mined the Mojave	$800 [2] Peggy was the real name of this 1950s non-human co-star of Ronald Reagan Bonzo (the Chimp) Mark	$800 [7] His 1911 painting "I and the Village" uses the simple shapes of Russian folk art Chagall Mark	$800 [10] They're the Rose Bowl champs, having beaten Penn State 38-24 USC Mark	$800 [15] It ends, "His... throat a-bellow as he sings a song of the younger world, which is the song of the pack" The Call of the Wild Deborah	$800 [27] To find this type of dictionary on your computer, double click the Alex icon a lexicon (in A lex icon ) Erik
$1,200 [24] (Sarah of the Clue Crew scrapes a rock against a white sample surface.) The chief ore of iron, this mineral, is named for the fact that its powder, or thestreakthat it leaves, is blood red hematite Deborah	$1,200 [3] In response to criticism of her roles, this 1939 Oscar winner said, "I'd rather play a maid than be one" Hattie McDaniel Mark	$1,200 [8] As a child, this Florentine fresco painter was placed in the care of a monastery; he took his vows in 1421 Fra Filippo Lippi	$1,200 [11] By Obama's choice, he remained Secretary of Defense (Robert) Gates Erik	$1,200 [16] "The Last Chronicle of Barset" ends this Victorian author's Barsetshire series Anthony Trollope	$1,200 [28] Show the policeman a clever trick--get your hand out of this restraining device a manacle (in police man a cle ver) Deborah Mark
$1,600 [25] Carrara, Italy is famous for its quarries of this rock marble Deborah	$2,000 [5] This 2004 biblical tale had the biggest U.S. gross of any film in a foreign language The Passion of the Christ Erik	DD $2,000 [22] When he first came to Hoboken from Holland, this abstract Expressionist, who died at 93, painted houses Willem de Kooning Erik	$1,600 [12] The only 2 Dow stocks to rise in 2008 were McDonald's, which posted a 6% gain, & this retail giant, up 18% Walmart Mark	$1,600 [17] Yvonne tries to save her husband Geoffrey on the Day of the Dead in this Malcolm Lowry novel Under the Volcano Deborah	$1,600 [29] I said I'd found this type of cast gold bar, spurring others to look as well ingot (in spurr ing ot hers) Deborah
$2,000 [26] Obsidian is described as having this type of luster, from the Latin for "glassy" vitreous	DD $4,000 [4] When the star wasn't available, his brother Joe Estevez was brought in to do voiceovers on this 1979 film Apocalypse Now Mark	$2,000 [23] Capturing the frothy essence of the Rococo style, "The Swing" by this painter isseen here Jean-Honoré Fragonard Deborah	$2,000 [13] They're the 2 states that seated only one senator each for the opening of the 111th Congress in 2009 Illinois & Minnesota Mark	$2,000 [18] "In the Belly of the Beast" is a prison memoir by Jack Henry Abbott, a protege of this writer who died in November 2007 Norman Mailer Mark	$2,000 [30] To the fear of a cholera epidemic Robert Koch helped put a stop, discovering this type of tiny pathogen microbe (in epide mic Robe rt)

Final Jeopardy!

RIVERS

The name of this river whose lower reaches run through Ghana is from Portuguese for "turn" or "bend"

the Volta

Deborah "What is Niger?" — wagered $3,399

Erik "What is the [scribble]" — wagered $4,797

Mark "What is Volta?" — wagered $0

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