Show #306 1985-11-11 (taped 1985-10-28) Tournament of Champions

1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Ric Moser — a printing broker from The Woodlands, Texas

Elise Beraru — an insurance underwriter from Los Angeles, California

John Genova — a student and a Catholic cantor from North Hollywood, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
John	$100	$600	$1,800	$0 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$2,100 7 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Elise	$100	$1,000	$6,400	$0 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$6,400 17 R, 2 W
Ric	$400	$3,800	$8,200	$3,599 Automatic semifinalist	$10,200 23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

FEMININE FIRSTS	POLAND	CHEWING GUM	6-LETTER WORDS	A.K.A.	"NORTH"
$100 [8] In 1967, 1st woman to run this Mass. distance event had to sneak her way in Boston Marathon Elise	$100 [2] After WWII, over 80% of the buildings in this capital were uninhabitable Warsaw John	$100 [1] 1st produced in 1928, manufacturers blew their wad making it bubble gum Ric	$100 [20] 3 miles, or the one for women voters league Elise	$100 [7] “Season”ed disco queen born LaDonna Gaines Donna Summer Elise Ric	$100 [12] Farms & ranches cover 90% of this border state's land North Dakota Ric
$200 [9] Altho’ founded in 1883, it wasn't until 1976 that Sarah Caldwell became 1st woman to conduct this opera company New York Metropolitan John	$200 [4] Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a general in this North American war, tried to unite Poland in 1794, but failed Revolutionary War Ric	$200 [3] Once kicked out of school, this “chewing gum king” eventually captured 70% of gum market Wrigley Ric	$200 [21] Celtic for “from the red marsh”, it was glamorous Marilyn's surname Monroe Elise	$200 [15] Ernest Evans’ “twist”ed name Chubby Checker John	$200 [16] Tho’ Catholicism is this English province's largest single denomination, it's a “persecuted minority” Northern Ireland Ric
$300 [22] In 1901, Annie Edson Taylor became the 1st person to do this at Niagara Falls go over Niagara Falls in a barrel Ric	$300 [5] Of 1 out of 5, 1 out of 15, or 1 out of 50, approximate ratio of Polish families who own cars 1 out of 50 John	DD $300 [6] Title question asked in this Lonnie Donegan song: "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On The Bedpost Overnight?)" John	—	$300 [17] If you don't believe she was born Shirley Beaty, ask her little brother Warren Shirley MacLaine Ric	$300 [23] 1st to sail it, Roald Amundsen found this “shortcut” a difficult 3-year trip Northwest Passage Ric
$400 [26] For service as a medical officer in 1865 Mary Walker became only woman to win this the Congressional Medal of Honor Ric	$400 [10] Poland is among the world's largest producer of this fuel coal John	$400 [13] A WWII morale booster for Filipinos was gum printed with this famous promise I shall return Ric	—	$400 [18] Honest, Wyatt, his name was originally Hugh Krampe Hugh O'Brian	$400 [24] Begun in 1948, this university's African studies program was 1st of its kind in U.S. Northwestern Ric
—	$500 [11] After 1572, the Poles used this method to select a king election John	$500 [14] A primary part of gum base, it's the natural gum of the sapodilla tree chicle Ric	—	$500 [19] Actor David Meyer changed his name to this before he started playing “Richard Diamond, Priv. Det.” David Janssen Ric	$500 [25] The founder of this aircraft company also helped form its competitor Lockheed Northrop Elise

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE	19TH CENTURY NOVELS	SPORTS BIRDS	TOUGH TRIVIA	ART	"SOUTH"
$200 [19] Behaviorists & dogs drool over the work of this Russian physiologist Pavlov Elise	$200 [15] Of all his books, he said “David Copperfield” was his “favourite child” Charles Dickens Ric	$200 [1] In golf, this bird in the hand is worth 2 under par eagle Elise	$200 [6] Knob you adjust if your picture rolls vertical John Ric	$200 [24] The most delicate of these is made of only 150-200 sable hairs, weighing .000529 oz. altogether paintbrush Ric	$200 [7] State where gold was found in 1874 when Custer led expedition to explore it South Dakota Elise
$400 [20] Though pleasant to kiss under, this plant is poisonous to eat mistletoe Elise	$400 [16] The “official” title of “Alice In Wonderland” Alice's Adventures In Wonderland Elise	$400 [2] Since Pittsburgh's baseball team is the Pirates, their mascot dresses up as this parrot Elise	$600 [10] Role Hans Conried played "relatively" well on "Make Room For Daddy" Uncle Tonoose Ric	$400 [25] The Mogul school introduced western perspective, not a Hollywood one, to art of this country India Elise	$400 [8] Until 1963, Studebakers were made in this Indiana city South Bend Ric
$600 [21] Cryobiologists are interested in doing this to living matter to preserve it for future use freezing Ric	$600 [17] Henry James novel whose New York setting is its title Washington Square Elise	$600 [3] Every fall, these “predators” take wing in the AFC West Seahawks Elise	$800 [11] Of a Sunbeam, Triumph, or Austin-Healey, Maxwell Smart's car Sunbeam Elise	$600 [26] “From today painting is dead”, said a French artist upon seeing this type of picture in 1839 Daguerreotype, photograph Elise	$600 [12] Except for Thailand, all independent states in this area have won their freedom since 1945 Southeast Asia Elise
—	$800 [22] For over 50 years, one of these was “The Man Without A Country's” home ship Ric	$800 [4] Appropriately, these birds play in the National Hockey League Pittsburgh Penguins Elise	$1,000 [14] Miss Landers taught this title character his ABCs Beaver Cleaver Ric	$800 [27] Highest price for painting by a female was $1.1 mil. for “Reading Le Figaro” by this U.S. artist Mary Cassatt Elise	$800 [13] As the Big Dipper points to the North Star, this major constellation points to the sky's South Pole Southern Cross Ric
—	DD $1,000 [23] Captain Nemo “dies” in both these Jules Verne novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea & The Mysterious Island Ric	$1,000 [5] Only NBA team that qualifies for this category Hawks Ric	DD $2,000 [9] Regis Philbin was his Ed McMahon Joey Bishop Ric	$1,000 [28] In 1517, this French king & patron of da Vinci orig. bought the “Mona Lisa” to hang in his bathroom François I er	$1,000 [18] Helping to found it in 1957, Martin Luther King, Jr. headed this civil rights group until his death Southern Christian Leadership Conference John

Final Jeopardy!

THE NOBEL PRIZE

Since it was established in 1901, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to these 2 U.S. Presidents

Theodore Roosevelt & Woodrow Wilson

John "Who are Richard Nixon & T. Roosevelt" — wagered $1,800

Elise "Who are T. Roosevelt & J. Carter?" — wagered $6,400

Ric "Who were Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon" — wagered $4,601

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