Show #2350 1994-11-18 (taped 1994-10-11) Tournament of Champions

1994 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

David Venderbush — an attorney from Los Angeles, California

Brian Moore — a Ph.D. candidate originally from Pearland, Texas

Steve Chernicoff — a technical writer from Berkeley, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steve	$1,000	$3,800	$9,800	$10,801 Automatic semifinalist	$7,400 24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Brian	$3,400	$5,000	$5,400	$10,800 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$7,200 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
David	$800	$900	$500	$1 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$500 8 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 1920s	POP MUSIC	FASHION	MAMMALS	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	HOMOPHONES
$100 [10] The Belgians received Rwanda-Urundi as a mandate from this international organization in 1923 the League of Nations David	$100 [4] Prior to The Beatles, he was the drummer for Rory Storm and the Hurricanes Ringo Starr Steve	$100 [26] As its name implies, this lightweight nylon jacket is perfect in a breeze a windbreaker David	$100 [1] Evidence suggests that these humped mammals no longer found here originated in North America camels Steve	$100 [16] Phillip Morris is the largest customer of Universal Corporation, the world's largest dealer in this commodity tobacco Brian	$100 [18] A tree having single flattened needles or the pelt of an animal fir/fur Brian
$200 [12] Now a national park, this arid region of South Dakota was authorized as a national monument in 1929 the Badlands Steve	$200 [6] This American rocker's 1st Top Ten hit in the United Kingdom was "Dancing In The Dark" in 1985 Bruce Springsteen Brian	$200 [27] From the French, it's a sheer, often lacy dressing gown similar to a pegnoir a negligee Steve	$200 [2] Mammals that are currently endangered include the wild yak & this fastest cat of Africa the cheetah Steve	$200 [17] This founder of Wal-Mart began his retail career as a J.C. Penney management trainee Sam Walton Steve	$200 [19] Free from illness or precipitation falling in the form of large ice pellets hale/hail Brian
$300 [13] This Mexican revolutionary was assassinated at his ranch near Parral, Chihuahua Pancho Villa Brian	$300 [8] Prince's #1 hit, "Let's Go Crazy", was from this 1984 film Purple Rain Brian	$300 [28] This waist sash often worn with a mens' formal suit was adopted from a cloth band worn in Eastern countries a cummerbund Steve	$300 [3] The gray wolf is also called this, probably for the forests & wooded regions that it inhabits the timberwolf David	$300 [23] The parent company of this railroad also operates U.P. Resources, a gas & oil exploration business Union Pacific Steve	$300 [20] The actors in a play or one of the hereditary groups that make up Hindu society cast/caste Brian
$400 [14] During the decade, he discovered lysisine, an antibiotic enzyme, as well as penicillin Alexander Fleming Brian	$400 [9] In 1967 Cindy Birdsong replaced Florence Ballard in this trio The Supremes Steve	$400 [29] In the 1930s & '40s, this boned & rigid garment for women gave way to the girdle the corset Brian	$400 [5] The scientific name of this egg-laying mammal, Ornithorincus, means "bird-snout" the duck-billed platypus David	$400 [24] In 1988 this Swedish company acquired Britain's Leyland Bus Company Volvo Steve	$400 [21] A wharf where ships are unloaded or a metal implement used to open a lock quay/key Steve
DD $1,700 [15] In 1926, this Kuomintang leader launched the Northern Expedition against the warlords of Northern China Chiang Kai-shek Brian	$500 [11] This Elton John hit is subtitled "I Think It's Gonna Be A Long, Long Time" "Rocket Man" Brian	$500 [30] He designed the beige pillbox hat that Jackie Kennedy wore to JFK's inauguration Halston Brian	$500 [7] The hamadryas species of this large monkey was revered by the Egyptians as a companion of Ptah baboon	$500 [25] Holly Farms & Tasty Bird are brand names of this Arkansas-based poultry producer Tyson Foods Steve	$500 [22] A river that empties into the Adriatic or an author of macabre verses Po/Poe Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CIVIL WAR	ART & ARTISTS	NOVEL CHARACTERS	HISTORIC NAMES	THE "M"EDITERRANEAN	EDUCATION
$200 [9] George Custer's brother Thomas was the only person in the U.S. Army to win 2 of these medals during the war the Congressional Medal of Honor Brian David	$200 [1] He commissioned Jacques-Louis David to paint his 1804 imperial coronation Napoleon Bonaparte Brian	$200 [19] It's the color of Scarlett O'Hara's eyes--we're "envious" green Steve	$200 [24] While an actor, this president served six terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild Ronald Reagan Steve	$200 [2] Founded around 600 B.C. by Greek adventurers, it's one of the oldest cities in France Marseilles Steve	$600 [16] In 1836 he became president of Cincinnati College & published his 1st "Eclectic Reader" William McGuffey David
$400 [10] Edmund Ruffin, credited with doing this at the war's start, shot himself after hearing of the surrender firing the first shot from the South Brian	$400 [5] Honore Daumier created several works portraying Don Quixote & this squire Sancho Panza Steve	$400 [20] In "Little Women", Margaret is better-known by this nickname Meg Brian	$400 [25] This Israeli stateswoman's maiden name was Mabovitz Golda Meir Steve	$400 [3] It's the westernmost African country on the Mediterranean Morocco Steve	$800 [17] U.S. kindergarten founder Elizabeth Peabody was the first to publish this Thoreau essay Civil Disobedience Steve
$600 [11] The 39th New York Infantry, or "Garibaldi Guard", wore these distinctive items also worn by Garibaldi's men red shirts Steve Brian	$600 [8] He painted "Vampire" in 1893, the same year he painted "The Scream" Edvard Munch Steve	$600 [21] Snowball is an idealistic pig in this George Orwell classic Animal Farm David	$800 [27] In 1718 this British astronomer became the first to state that stars had individual motions Edmond Halley David	$600 [4] The language of this island country whose capital is Valletta is a west Arabic dialect with some Italian Malta Brian	$1,000 [18] In 1889 this "The Life of Reason" author began teaching philosophy at Harvard George Santayana Steve David
$800 [12] At its greatest enrollment, the CSMC, which stood for this, had fewer than 600 men & officers the Confederate States Marine Corps Brian David	$1,000 [15] This American woman impressionist posed for several of Degas' works, including "At the Milliner's" Mary Cassatt Brian	$800 [22] This Booth Tarkington title character's last name is Scofield Penrod Steve David	DD $3,000 [26] This Jamestown settler was the first to make English maps of Virginia & New England John Smith Steve	$800 [6] This barren isle made famous in an Alexandre Dumas novel was known in ancient times as Oglassa Monte Cristo Brian	—
$1,000 [13] Clement Valandingham was the leader of this group of Northerners opposed to the war the Copperheads	DD $3,000 [14] "Unpleasant Surprise" by this primitive painter of "The Hungry Lion" shows a woman menaced by a bear Henri Rousseau Brian	$1,000 [23] Dr. Tertius Lydgate marries the beautiful, but shallow Rosamund Vinci in her novel "Middlemarch" George Eliot Steve	—	$1,000 [7] The sirocco is the hot, dry wind that blows from Africa; this is the opposite cold, dry northern wind the mistral	—

Final Jeopardy!

OPERA

One-word title of the Verdi opera set in Windsor, England in the 15th century

"Falstaff"

David "What is Rigoletto?" — wagered $499

Brian "What is Falstaff?" — wagered $5,400

Steve "What is Falstaff?" — wagered $1,001

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