Show #308 1985-11-13 (taped 1985-10-28) Tournament of Champions

1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

John Hnat — a chemical lab technician from Cleveland, Ohio

Paul Boymel — an attorney from Potomac, Maryland

Paul Croshier — a United States Marine staff sergeant from Camp Pendleton, California

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
SSGT Paul $-300 $0 $-800 $-800
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$-800
7 R, 6 W
Paul $1,200 $800 $6,000 $7,601
Automatic semifinalist
$7,100
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
John $400 $1,000 $3,800 $4,800
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$3,200
9 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

ROCKS & MINERALS DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS SHAKESPEARE MS. SODA POP QUIZ HOLLYWOOD DOGS
$100 [1]
Term for the minerals from which metals are extracted
ore
Paul
$100 [14]
He raises & tends the honey kind
beekeeper
John
$100 [7]
“Sweets to the sweet: Farewell!” were Hamlet's mother's words at this woman's funeral
Ophelia
Paul
$100 [11]
Nancy Ross, Angela Davis, & Geraldine Ferraro all sought this office in 1984
vice president (of the United States)
Paul
$100 [6]
It's what gives soda pop the bubbles
carbon dioxide
Paul
$200 [18]
Higgins played the title role of this 1974 film
Benji
SSGT Paul
$200 [16]
Single-letter chemical designation of a diamond
C
SSGT Paul
$200 [12]
On a sailor's chest it might say “Mother”; on Cher it's a butterfly
tattoo
Paul
$200 [5]
Part of Cassius' anatomy Brutus calls “itching” when accusing him of greed
palm
John
$200 [8]
Joan Benoit was 1st to win this Olympic event, finally offered for women in '84
marathon
John
$200 [9]
Caleb Bradham named his elixir this because it was supposed to relieve dyspepsia
Pepsi Cola
SSGT Paul
$300 [17]
Largest block ever found of it in U.S., 56 tons, was used for Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
marble
SSGT Paul Paul
$400 [15]
Quality of ice, eels, & banana peels
slipperiness
Paul
$300 [2]
“Other women cloy the appetites they feed, but she makes hungry where most she satisfies”
Cleopatra
$300 [23]
Kristine Holderied was 1st to graduate top in her class from 1 of these
service academy
SSGT Paul
$300 [10]
They spent $250,000 to develop a can so the shuttle crew could drink their new formula in space
Coke
Paul
$400 [19]
Mark Twain defined it as a hole in the groud with a liar standing at the top
mine
DD $500 [13]
1984 film which featuredthe following:
Footloose
Paul
$400 [3]
Susanna & the twins, Hamnet & Judith
Shakespeare's children
$400 [21]
Fenton & Fowler's calls this elite Detroit ginger ale the best soft drink in the world
Vernor's
$500 [20]
Fizzing when acid is applied, this mineral is the base of the Portland cement industry
limestone
$500 [24]
A tenant under lease
lessee
SSGT Paul
$500 [4]
The lines "And thereby hangs a tale" & "All the world's a stage" come from this comedy
As You Like It
SSGT Paul Paul
$500 [22]
It was originally called bib-label lithiated lemon-lime soda
7 Up
John

Double Jeopardy! Round

POLITICAL SLOGANS TREES RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN BRITISH HISTORY HOLIDAYS "SAINTS"
$200 [18]
“Hell no, we won't go” was a chant often heard at rallies against this war
Vietnam War
John
$200 [3]
Arboreal symbol of strength
oak
Paul
$200 [8]
The pair's lyricist
Hammerstein
Paul
$200 [11]
They've been guarding British royalty since 1485 & gin bottles since 1820
Beefeaters
Paul
$200 [27]
October holiday which Mexicans call Dia de la Raza is celebrated in the U.S. as this
Columbus Day
Paul
$200 [1]
A patron saint of Russia, he was probably skinny & never wore a red suit
St. Nicholas
John
$400 [17]
In the early 1930s Americans were told that it was “just around the corner”
prosperity
John
DD $200 [25]
Continent on which the densest, tallest & most valuable stand of timber is found
North America
Paul
$400 [7]
The “Times’” Brooks Atkinson called it “an original & beautiful excursion into... the Far East
The King and I
Paul
$400 [10]
Founder of the nursing profession, she was named after the city in which she was born
Florence Nightingale
SSGT Paul
$400 [26]
Meaning “removal of meat”, it's Rio's 4-day pre-Lenten festival
Carnival
SSGT Paul
$400 [2]
At 5th & 50th, its Lady Chapel is the place to get married, if you're in NYC - & Catholic
St. Patrick's Cathedral
$600 [14]
He railed against the “do-nothing 80th congress” during his whistle-stop campaign
Truman
Paul
$400 [19]
Of the Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge, or the Tree of Righteousness, the 1 forbidden to Adam
Knowledge
Paul
$600 [6]
Their 1st professional collaboration was this 1943 landmark musical
Oklahoma!
Paul
$600 [9]
First Roman army to invade Britain was led by this general
Caesar
SSGT Paul
$600 [20]
O. Henry called it the most “purely American” holiday
Thanksgiving
SSGT Paul
$600 [21]
“St. Elsewhere” is the nickname for this TV hospital
St. Eligius
Paul
$800 [15]
“Four more years of the full dinner pail” symbolized this president's re-election campaign in 1900
McKinley
Paul
$600 [28]
The cry “sap's a runnin’” refers to this tree
maple tree
John
$800 [5]
Character who is “corny as Kansas in August”
Nellie Forbush
$800 [12]
The penultimate Anglo-Saxon king, Edward was known by this pious title
Edward the Confessor
$800 [22]
Muslims fast during daylight hours for this entire month
Ramadan
Paul
DD $1,400 [29]
Chorea, as in choreographer, is a condition associated with rheumatic fever formerly called this
St. Vitus (Dance)
John
$1,000 [16]
In 1912, this pres. candidate declared, “We stand at Armageddon, & we battle for the Lord”
Teddy Roosevelt
SSGT Paul
$1,000 [24]
Hindu for “trader” this unusual tree whose branches grow down can look like a mini-forest
Banyan
SSGT Paul
$1,000 [4]
Stuart Damon & Lesley Ann Warren starred in this only R & H musical written for TV
Cinderella
$1,000 [13]
Though it sounds like a grim volume, it's just William the Conqueror's survey of the British kingdom
The Domesday Book
$1,000 [23]
Until 1752, the 13 colonies observed Annunciation Day, the 25th of this month, as New Year's
March

Final Jeopardy!

BIOLOGY

Of the 4, blood group of the universal recipient

AB

John "What is AB positive?" — wagered $1,000
Paul "What is AB?" — wagered $1,601

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