Show #5922 2010-05-18 (taped 2010-03-24) Tournament of Champions

2010 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Jason Zollinger — an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York

Nick Yozamp — a biology student from St. Cloud, Minnesota

Liz Murphy — a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Liz	$0	$2,600	$15,600	$16,801 2nd place: $10,000	$14,200 17 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Nick	$200	$200	$3,400	$3,400 3rd place: $10,000	$3,600 9 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Jason	$3,200	$6,600	$16,200	$31,201 Finalist	$16,200 21 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

LEGISLATURES OF THE WORLD	McACTORS	GOOD DOGGIE	THE NEW YORK TIMESLETTERS TO THE EDITOR	THE ATMOSPHERE	DOUBLE "E"
$200 [2] This party has a sizable majority (614 of 614) in Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power the Communist Party Jason	$200 [21] This star of "Failure to Launch" was born Nov. 4, 1969, the same day as Diddy Matthew McConaughey Jason	$200 [16] The Pembroke variety of this breed is popular with royalty corgis Jason	$200 [23] This Conn. senator wants to spread Homeland Security funds, as the enemy "will strike wherever there is a... target" (Joseph) Lieberman Liz	$200 [11] The overall effect of these, especially thick stratocumulus ones, is to cool the Earth's surface clouds Jason	$200 [6] It's the genealogical record of an animal's breeding pedigree Liz
$400 [3] This 105 member Canadian body has a mandatory retirement age of 75; Strom Thurmond would have protested the Senate Nick	$400 [22] He's Eric Lensherr, aka Magneto, in the "X-Men" films Ian McKellen	$400 [17] Lord Tweedsmuir bred some yellow these to produce the breed we know as golden these retrievers Jason	$400 [24] This author of "Push" wrote a letter to the editor saying "Silence will not save African Americans" Sapphire	$400 [12] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) Fossil fuel-burning industries emit sulfur dioxide & nitrogen oxide, which combine with water in the atmosphere & fall as this nasty stuff acid rain Jason	$400 [7] 2-word term for an area where hidden police strictly enforce motorist velocity a speed trap Nick
$600 [1] Lithuania has a Seimas; this neighbor to the North has a Saeima Latvia Jason	$600 [28] Oh, yah, we loved her performance as Brainerd Minnesota's pregnant police chief, Marge Gunderson Frances McDormand Liz	$600 [18] Thisbreed was originally raised by the Romans to fight lions a Rottweiler Jason	$600 [25] In a lighter vein, Ogden Nash wrote to complain that these won't stick unless he uses Scotch tape stamps	$600 [13] Rossby waves are formed when air from these 2 chilly spots heads for the equator the poles Nick	$600 [8] 2-word numerical term for burial at sea or just getting rid of something deep sixing
DD $600 [4] This land's legislature is the State Great Hural, hural meaning a council of khans Mongolia Nick	$800 [29] Before he was "Wanted" by Angelina Jolie, he sought "Atonement" with Keira Knightley (James) McAvoy Liz	$800 [19] The pharaohs bred this ancient dog, also called the gazelle hound salukis Jason	$800 [26] A 1998 letter from this longtime head of the Motion Picture Association of America praised China's crackdown on piracy (Jack) Valenti Jason	$800 [14] At about 37,000', this "sphere" begins & the temp. actually rises with altitude; give that blanket back to a flight attendant the stratosphere Nick Jason	$800 [9] To plead or implore urgently beseech Liz
$1,000 [5] (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in an ornate chamber in The Hague, the Netherlands.) I'm at The Hague in the meeting place of the First Chamber, part of this Dutch Parliament for which a New York City borough is named the Staten-Generaal Liz Nick	$1,000 [30] Ilya Kuryakin on "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", he plays Dr. Donald "Ducky" Mallard on "NCIS" David McCallum	$1,000 [20] The name of this breed comes from a Slavic word meaning "swift" a Borzoi Liz	$1,000 [27] In a 1934 letter this economist said a U.S. recovery would be helped by low interest rates, like in Britain John Maynard Keynes Jason	$1,000 [15] The way-up-there ionosphere was defined as where ions are numerous enough to affect the propagation of these waves radio waves Jason	$1,000 [10] To go forward or onward proceed Jason

Double Jeopardy! Round

ALL ROADS LEAD TO CECIL RHODES	RECORD OF THE YEAR GRAMMY WINNERS	RHYME TIME	STATES' LOWEST POINTS	"EU" VEY!	DARWIN IN THE GALAPAGOS
$400 [3] When not in Africa, Rhodes intermittently attended this British university where Rhodes scholars go today Oxford Liz	$400 [17] 1988 for "Don't Worry Be Happy" Bobby McFerrin Liz	$400 [13] I've created this, an exactduplicateof the flower you requested from that field in Afghanistan a copy poppy Liz	$400 [1] 178 feet above sea level on the Mississippi River in metropolitan Memphis Tennessee Nick	$400 [30] The last words of Nazi Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel were this "uber alles" Deutschland Nick	$400 [10] (Alex reports from a field of flowers in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) Specimens of finches from different parts of the Galapagos gave Darwin a deep insight into evolution; later, back home in England, he figured out its mechanism, this 2-word term natural selection Nick
$800 [8] Rhodes' 1902 will called for a new secret society to take back the U.S. for Britain; in 1877 he joined this secret society the Masons Liz	$800 [7] 1994 for "All I Wanna Do" Sheryl Crow Jason	$800 [14] 2-word phrase the photographer on Discovery could have said while closeto the Russian space station in 1998 Mir here (or Mir near) Liz	$800 [2] 479 feet above sea level on the Colorado River in Clark County just south of Laughlin Nevada Jason	$800 [29] Josef Breuer wrote an 1895 book on hysteria with this fellow Austrian Sigmund Freud Jason	$800 [16] Ecuador made the Galapagos its first national park in 1959, the centennial year of this seminal Darwin work The Origin of Species Jason
$1,600 [11] A gold coin bears the name of this South African president whom Rhodes & others tried to overthrow in 1895 (Paul) Kruger Liz	$1,200 [18] 2006 for "Not Ready to Make Nice" The Dixie Chicks Jason	$1,200 [15] Vexing problem seen here preamble scramble	$1,200 [4] 95 feet above sea level on Lake Champlain Vermont Liz Nick	$1,200 [24] This crumbly coffee cake topping is often paired with "swirl" Streusel Liz	$1,200 [21] (Alex sits with some seals at the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) "The circumstance that several of the islands possess their own species strikes me with wonder", Darwin wrote in "Journal of Researches", which today is better known as "The Voyage of" this the Beagle Nick
$2,000 [12] In 1890 Rhodes became prime minister and virtual dictator of this South Africa "Colony" the Cape Colony Jason	$1,600 [19] 1982 for "Rosanna" Toto Jason	$1,600 [27] Within the structure seenherelies the tube that passes food from pharynx to stomach sarcophagus esophagus Jason	$1,600 [5] 282 feet below sea level at Badwater Basin in Inyo County California	DD $2,000 [25] He whipped the Continental Army into shape in the 1770s; the Ohio ville named for him lost the Prussian pronunciation Steuben Liz	$1,600 [22] Young Darwin saw himself as a geologist, & his 1st entry on the isles says, "They are all formed of... rocks" from this event a volcanic eruption
DD $2,200 [9] In 1888 Rhodes secured a near monopoly on South Africa diamond mining & formed this company De Beers Liz	$2,000 [20] 2009 for "Use Somebody" Kings of Leon Nick	$2,000 [28] An invisible member of a U.S. armed service founded in 1775 unseen Marine	$2,000 [6] 679 feet above sea level on the Verdigris River near its southern border with Oklahoma Kansas Liz	$2,000 [26] This mid 20th-century architect designed Palm Springs' Kaufmann house seen here Richard Neutra	$2,000 [23] (Alex reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) Darwin believed the shape of the mouth of this reptile might be an adaptation to its herbivorous diet iguana

Final Jeopardy!

ROMAN EMPERORS

In 59 A.D. Agrippina wrote to this man, her son, "Tell me why I should plot against your life?"--she was killed anyway

Nero

Nick "Who is Nero?" — wagered $0

Liz "Who was Nero?" — wagered $1,201

Jason "Who is Nero?" — wagered $15,001

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