Show #307 1985-11-12 (taped 1985-10-28) Tournament of Champions

1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

Larry Floyd — an accounting clerk originally from Bridgton, Maine

Jerry Frankel — a musician and a composer originally from Buffalo, New York

Liz Caccese — a generating station operator from Van Nuys, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Liz	$600	$2,500	$4,100	$4,100 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$4,100 12 R, 3 W
Jerry	$900	$2,800	$5,800	$3,300 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$6,400 21 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Larry	$0	$1,300	$6,500	$8,600 Automatic semifinalist	$6,500 18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

NATURE	MUSICAL NUMBERS	AMERICAN INDIANS	HERBS & SPICES	’70s CINEMA	"CC"
$100 [13] Grown on less than 1% of the land of the Netherlands, it's their living symbol tulip Larry	$100 [7] Number of players in a string septet 7 Jerry	$100 [26] A more accurate translation of his name would be “wild” or “unbroken” horse Crazy Horse Liz	$100 [1] “Aroma” was the word for spices in this ancient civilization Greek (Greece) Liz Jerry	$100 [2] Tatum O'Neal won an Oscar for her film debut in this 1973 picture Paper Moon Jerry	$100 [12] Ham, bologna, & pimiento loaf, for example cold cuts Jerry
$200 [18] Mycophagists, including humans, are eaters of this kind of fungus mushrooms Liz	$200 [8] Ratio of quarter notes to a whole note one-fourth Jerry	$200 [27] When Indians made peace, they symbolically buried this weapon hatchet Jerry	$200 [19] In Italian, “finnochio”, it's a basic bottle in spice racks fennel Jerry	$200 [3] Movie that spawned the phrase “I'm as mad as hell, & I'm not going to take it anymore” Network Jerry	$200 [14] TV's Clinton Corners or Jimmy's Plains, Georgia Carter Country
$300 [23] The viceroy mimics this poisonous “royal” butterfly's appearance to avoid predators monarch Jerry	$300 [9] In song “my gal's” height that rhymes with her eyes of blue Five Foot Two Jerry	$300 [28] Canadian Indians played 1st version of this sport with few rules & up to 1000 players in a game lacrosse Larry	$300 [20] From S. American word “kyinha”, this type of pepper makes your mouth hot & beans “chili” cayenne Jerry	$300 [4] Movie that helped launch the careers of Jeff Bridges, Cybil Shepherd, & Peter Bogdanovich The Last Picture Show Liz	$300 [15] When 1400 actresses show up to audition for 1 part Cattle Call Liz Larry
$400 [24] The most common one found in the home is “mus musculus”, which may be where Walt got the initials mouse Liz	$400 [10] Number of movements in Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor 3 Liz	$400 [29] Side the Iroquois supported in the French & Indian War British (English side) Liz Jerry	$400 [21] Romans believed a garland of this garnish worn on the head would prevent drunkenness parsley Liz Larry	$400 [5] Top grossing film ever with budget under a mil., it gave George Lucas clout to make “Star Wars” American Graffiti Jerry	$400 [16] In English this Texas city's name would be “The body of Christ” Corpus Christi Liz
$500 [25] From Arabic “mawsim”, meaning “season”, it's the wind which changes direction with the seasons monsoon Liz	$500 [11] Number of strings on a standard mandolin 8	$500 [30] Inter-tribal language of the North American Plains Indians sign language Larry	$500 [22] From the nightshade family, its fleshy forked root sometimes resembles the human form mandrake Larry	DD $600 [6] 3 of the 4 actors who sought “Deliverance” in that 1972 film Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox & Ned Beatty Jerry	$500 [17] Acute viral disease of upper respiratory tract, marked by a “ruddy dose” common cold Jerry

Double Jeopardy! Round

MEDICINE	FRENCH PHRASES	U.S. STATES	PHOTOGRAPHY	GENERALS	IT TAKES A THIEF
$200 [19] Bacterium responsible for this outbreak was coined “Legionella Pneumophila” Legionnaires' Disease Larry	$200 [9] It means comradeship, comrade camaraderie Jerry	$200 [11] “America's Dairyland” Wisconsin Larry	$200 [24] Both shutter speed & size of lens opening control amount of this let into a camera light Larry	$200 [3] In 1951 he told Congress, “I now close my military career & just fade away” General MacArthur Larry	$200 [1] What a thief called a “dip” dips into pocket Liz
$400 [20] George Washington is one of many whose death is attributed to “bleeding” by these leeches Larry	$400 [10] Cooked in a covering of bread crumbs or cheese or both au gratin Larry	$400 [12] While Rhode Island has 5 counties, Delaware has only this many 3	$400 [25] It's usually plastic, covered with silver salts film Jerry	$600 [8] West Virginian who tried to avoid fighting on Sundays & became 2nd highest general of Confederacy General (Stonewall) Jackson Liz Jerry	$400 [2] He played Alexander Mundy on TV's “It Takes a Thief” Robert Wagner Larry
$600 [21] This most popular U.S. aspirin was originally acquired from a German company as spoils of WWI Bayer Jerry	$600 [16] A railroad or a gambling game you could be railroaded in chemin de fer Jerry	DD $600 [13] Cape May, in this state, is as far south as Washington, D.C. New Jersey Larry	$600 [26] Magazine that raised the photo essay to an art form, it debuted with a photo of a dam on its cover Life Larry	$800 [27] In 1968 he took over U. S. Vietnam command from General Westmoreland General Creighton Abrams	$600 [5] O. Henry's life resembled that of this honest crook he created, perhaps on Feb. 14th Jimmy Valentine Larry
$800 [22] L-Dopa has provided relief for sufferers of this “shaking palsy” Parkinson's Disease Larry	$800 [17] It could be “The final blow“ in boxing or “The finishing stroke” in tennis coup de grace Jerry	$800 [14] “Brown vs. Board of Education” dealt with school segregation in this state's capital Kansas Jerry	$800 [29] Starting in the 1920's, Erich Salomon's spontaneous photographs inspired this term candid snapshots (camera) Larry	DD $1,000 [4] General with whom this movie theme is associated: General Patton Larry	$800 [6] English novelist Ernest Hornung created this “gentleman cracksman” Raffles
$1,000 [23] Antiallergy drug 1st found to help motion sickness when 1 patient took it before riding a streetcar dramamine Liz	$1,000 [18] Strictly required according to etiquette or usage, such as wearing a bow tie with your tux de rigueur Larry	$1,000 [15] Meredith Willson modeled his “River City” on his home town of Mason City in this state Iowa Liz	—	$1,000 [28] French general & WWI Allied commander who predicted another war within 20 years Ferdinand Foch Jerry	$1,000 [7] Created by Edward Hoch, professional thief Nick Velvet will only steal objects of this value valueless Larry

Final Jeopardy!

FLAGS

This color appears on more different national flags than any other

red

Liz "What is red?" — wagered $0

Jerry "What is white?" — wagered $2,500

Larry "What is red?" — wagered $2,100

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