Show #5925 2010-05-21 (taped 2010-03-24) Tournament of Champions

2010 Tournament of Champions final game 2.

Contestants

Stefan Goodreau — a video game tester from Los Angeles, California (subtotal of $5,800)

Vijay Balse — a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey (subtotal of $9,200)

Jason Zollinger — an engine assembler from South Dayton, New York (subtotal of $0)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jason $1,800 $2,400 $10,200 $18,900 $10,600
13 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Vijay $1,000 $4,000 $8,800 $13,800 $8,800
13 R, 1 W
Stefan $3,800 $6,200 $17,000 $12,999 $17,000
22 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

YEATS IS GREATS SONG LYRICS FASHIONABLE WORDS CELEBRATIONS OF THE MONTH MISSING PERSONS CAUSED BY...
$200 [6]
Yeats rhymed, "In courtesy I'd have her chiefly learned; hearts are not had as a gift but hearts are" this
earnéd
Vijay Stefan
$200 [1]
"Stairway To Heaven" explains what's up "if there's" this "in your hedgerow"
a bustle
Jason
$200 [26]
It's the animal name for a high-heeled shoe or a slipper with no back
a mule
$200 [16]
D-Day anniversary &Magna Carta day
June
Stefan
$200 [11]
On December 21, 1970 this man, missing here, asked Nixon if he could become a federal drug agent
Elvis Presley
Jason
$200 [19]
Aeolian, like certain vibrations
wind
Vijay
$400 [7]
This Dublin theatre that opened in 1904 grew out of the Irish Literary Theatre, which Yeats co-founded
the Abbey Theatre
Vijay
$600 [3]
They were the "3 men I admire most" in Don McLean's "American Pie"
the Father, Son & the Holy Ghost
Stefan
$400 [27]
Jackie Kennedy's iconic look included this classic round brimless hat
pillbox
Vijay
$400 [17]
National Philanthropy Day &All Souls' Day
November
Stefan
$400 [12]
In 1943, Tehran was the stage for aphotoof FDR, Churchill & this other leader
Stalin
Jason
$400 [20]
Anthropogenic, as in some environmental problems
us (humans)
Stefan
$600 [8]
Irishman Yeats wrote a poem entitled this holiday "1916"
Easter
Vijay
$800 [4]
Young Money (featuring Lloyd) just wants you to call him "Mr." this "I can make your bed rock"
Flintstone
Stefan
$600 [28]
The name of these riding breeches is derived from a city in India
jodhpurs
Stefan
$600 [18]
National Teacher Day &Kentucky Derby Day
May
Jason
$600 [13]
This woman missingherequietly gets from "a" to "B" after a Supreme Court ruling in 1956
Rosa Parks
Stefan
$600 [21]
Diluvial, like some debris
flooding
Vijay
$800 [9]
A Yeats poem ends, "By his command these words are cut: cast a cold eye on life, on death." Then these 3 words
"Horseman, pass by"
DD $1,000 [2]
In R.E.M.'s "It's The End Of The World As We Know It", 2 of the 4 men with the initials "L.B."
(2 of) Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce, Lester Bangs & Leonard Bernstein
Jason
$800 [29]
Weskit is a synonym for this part of a 3-piece suit
a vest
Stefan
$800 [24]
Administrative Professionals Day& National CPAs Goof-off Day
April
Vijay
$800 [14]
Known as a detective, this guy missing in thephotowas a spy for Lincoln
(Allan) Pinkerton
Vijay
$800 [22]
Affective, in psychology
emotions
$1,000 [10]
Yeats fell in love with this Irish beauty who later played the title role in his play "Cathleen Ni Houlihan"
Maud Gonne
Vijay
$1,000 [5]
This 1995 hit begins, "If God had a name what would it be?"
"One Of Us"
Stefan
$1,000 [30]
This skirt with a German name is still worn in the Austrian & Bavarian Alps
a dirndl
Vijay
$1,000 [25]
National Magic Day& Nevada Admission Day
October
$1,000 [15]
With a flick of the pen in 1961, this mystery man summoned Vatican II
John XXIII
Stefan
$1,000 [23]
Hypovolemic, a type of shock
loss of blood

Double Jeopardy! Round

ORES 1970s TV CASTS TREATIES GERMAN LITERATURE ABBREV. THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL
$400 [6]
This precious metal can be obtained from pure deposits & from ores such as argentite
silver
Stefan
$400 [11]
Gavin MacLeod, Bernie Kopell & Ted Lange as your bartender
The Love Boat
Jason
$400 [1]
The I979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty allowed Israel access to this man-made waterway
the Suez Canal
Jason
$400 [21]
Karl May has been called the German Louis L'Amour for works like "Old Surehand" in this genre
Western
Stefan
$400 [16]
To Frodo (& others), "LOTR" stands for this
Lord of the Rings
Stefan
$400 [26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a cello at the Juilliard School in New York.) Cello players at Juilliard have quite a legacy to live up to; alumni include this performer, who's even graced the "Jeopardy!" stage
Yo-Yo Ma
Stefan
$800 [7]
Cu2S is the chemical formula of chalcocite, mainly valued as an ore of this metal
copper
Stefan
$800 [12]
Lee Majors & 3 different guys as Dr. Rudy Wells; this show could both rebuild & recast
The Six Million Dollar Man
Stefan
$800 [2]
This U.S. president negotiated the Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the Russo-Japanese War
Teddy Roosevelt
Vijay
$800 [22]
His 1922 novella "Siddhartha" tells the story of an Indian boy on a spiritual journey during the time of Buddha
(Hermann) Hesse
Stefan
$800 [17]
In the computer world, NAVI is Norton this
Antivirus
Vijay
$800 [27]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands with a portrait at the Juilliard School in New York.) One of the school's illustrious presidents was William Schuman, who established the Juilliard String Quartet; he composed a little, too, & in 1943, won the first music version of this prize
the Pulitzer
Stefan
$1,200 [8]
Goethite & magnetite are ores of this metal
iron
Stefan
$1,200 [13]
Robert Urich, Bart Braverman & Tony Curtis as Philip Roth (no, not the author)
Vega$
$1,200 [3]
The Munich Agreement of 1938 was signed by Hitler, Mussolini, Daladier & this British Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain
Jason
$1,200 [23]
This German-language writer's novels were all published after his 1924 death, including "The Trial"
Kafka
Stefan
$1,200 [18]
B.I.D. means you take an Rx this many times a day
twice
Vijay
$1,200 [28]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a violin at the Juilliard School in New York.) Juilliard has priceless instruments like a Guarnerius, from this country that brought violin making to a peak in the 1600s
Italy
Jason
$1,600 [9]
Black jack & ruby jack are forms of the chief ore of this metal, symbol Zn
zinc
Jason
$1,600 [14]
Angie Dickinson, Earl Holliman & Ed Bernard; Pepper was salty!
Police Woman
$1,600 [4]
This French king recognized William of Orange as William II, King of England, under the terms of 1697's Treaty of Ryswick
Louis XIV
$1,600 [24]
In "Heroes Like Us" the hero's father works for this East German secret police
the Stasi
Jason
$1,600 [19]
This metric land measure is abbreviated ha
a hectare
Stefan
$1,600 [29]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew listens to a string quartet at the Juilliard School in New York.) The students are playing his great fugue of the 1820s, which was so revolutionary, the publisher begged him to replace it; uncharacteristically, he agreed
Beethoven
Jason
$2,000 [10]
This principal ore of aluminum is also used for oil filtration & the making of abrasives
bauxite
Stefan
$2,000 [15]
Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether & Mark Shera; a Quinn Martin production
Barnaby Jones
DD $4,000 [5]
The Montreux Convention of 1936 returned control of these 2 straits to Turkey
the Bosporus & the Dardanelles
Jason
DD $3,000 [25]
During World War I he fought on the Western Front & was wounded several times; he later wrote a 1929 novel about it
Erich Maria Remarque
Jason
$2,000 [20]
SRB stands for this kind of booster
a solid rocket booster
Jason
$2,000 [30]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew listens to a piano piece at the Juilliard School in New York.) Admission to Juilliard goes beyond good SAT scores; one mandatory part of the piano audition is playing a prelude & fugue by this Baroque master
J.S. (Johann Sebastian) Bach
Vijay

Final Jeopardy!

FROM NOVEL TO FILM

First published in 1880 & made into a film in 1907, 1925 & 1959, it was the first work of fiction blessed by a pope

Ben-Hur

Vijay "What is Ben-Hur?" — wagered $5,000
Jason "What is Ben-Hur?" — wagered $8,700
Stefan "What is I got none right" — wagered $4,001

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