1986 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.
Gary Giardina — an opera singer from New York City, New York
Jay Rosenberg — a professor of philosophy from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Chuck Forrest — a law student from Grand Blanc, Michigan
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck | $2,000 | $3,600 | $10,800 |
$11,000
Finalist |
$11,200
27 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jay | $800 | $2,600 | $1,800 |
$1,100
2nd place: $5,000 |
$1,800
11 R, 4 W |
| Gary | $800 | $2,300 | $4,400 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$3,300
13 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| WORLD CITIES | CRIME | WESTERN STARS | ALLITERATIVES | TATTOOS | MUSICAL WOOD |
|
$100
[1]
N. European city with a service to fish out cars that fall into its canals, the Dijks, for example
Amsterdam
Gary
|
$100
[15]
In May of '85, 3 members of the Walker family, all navy men, were arrested for this crime
espionage
Jay
|
$100
[21]
Smith Ballew dubbed him in the "Singing Sandy" westerns when his voice showed too much "true grit"
John Wayne
Jay
|
$100
[2]
Feathered denizen of Sesame Street
Big Bird
Chuck
|
$100
[6]
Some versions of this ancient book command "You shall not... tattoo any marks upon you"
the Bible
Chuck
|
$100
[11]
"Reading & 'riting & 'rithmetic" were "taught to the tune" of this
hickory stick
Chuck
|
|
$200
[3]
In legend, Peter the Great indicated this city's site by walking into a swamp & planting his bayonet
Leningrad
Chuck
|
$200
[17]
6 murders may be linked to alleged hit men who advertised in this magazine for mercenaries
Soldier of Fortune
Chuck
|
$200
[27]
Will Hutchins' 1957 TV character was nicknamed this because he wasn't even a tenderfoot yet
sugarfoot
Jay
|
$200
[4]
NBC tape editor Robert Rizzo uses this "Midnight Cowboy" nickname on "NBC News at Sunrise" credits
Ratso Rizzo
Chuck
|
$200
[13]
In 1961, NYC restricted tattooing to doctors because it can spread this liver disease
hepatitis
Chuck
|
$200
[14]
It's what "Gitarzan" does without a trapeze in his B.V.D.'s
swings through the trees
|
|
$300
[5]
Many composers including Haydn, Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, & Strauss, made this capital their home
Vienna
Gary
|
$300
[18]
Country roads, take me to this state with lowest crime rate in U.S. according to latest statistics
West Virginia
Chuck
|
$300
[28]
Spaghetti western star whose recipe for "Spaghetti Western" won a cooking award
Clint Eastwood
Gary
|
$300
[9]
2 1/8" by 3 3/8" wafer of plastic that improperly used, can get you in debt beyond your wildest dreams
credit card
Jay
|
$300
[16]
Distinctive design found on the chests of Serafina's husband & her lover in T. Williams play
rose tattoo
Gary
|
$300
[22]
1st wood that's mentioned in "This Land is Your Land"
redwood (forest)
Chuck
|
|
$500
[8]
Oscar Wilde, Chopin, & Sarah Bernhardt are buried in this city known for its beautiful cemeteries
Paris
Chuck
|
$400
[23]
The Japanese "mafia", or the title of a 1975 movie with Robert Mitchum
yakuza
Chuck
|
$400
[29]
Gail Davis did much of her own trick riding & sharpshooting on this 1953 TV series
Annie Oakley
Gary
|
$400
[10]
Broadway's "one and only" 6' 6" dancer-choreographer-director
Tommy Tune
Gary
|
$400
[19]
He introduced the word "tattoo" into English in the record of his expedition to Tahiti in 1769
Captain Cook
Jay
|
$400
[24]
You weren't supposed to do this with anyone else but the Andrews Sisters
sit under the apple tree
Chuck
|
|
DD
$600
[7]
The 4 cities beginning with "M" that hosted the Summer Olympics in 1968, 1972, 1976 & 1980
Mexico City, Munich, Montreal and Moscow
Chuck
|
$500
[25]
Due to her ill health, her son Jim is gathering signatures to grant her early release from prison
Jean Harris
|
$500
[30]
In 1966, he was TV's "Shane"; in 1972 he came back as a Buddhist named Caine
David Carradine
Jay
|
$500
[12]
The student short that gave him his start was called "Amblin'"
Steven Spielberg
Jay
|
$500
[20]
New Zealand tribe in which long curved tattoos were cut into warrior's face with a bone adze
Maoris
Gary
|
$500
[26]
This "big band" leader's most requested song is "Woodchoppers' Ball"
Woody Herman
Jay
|
| 19th CENTURY | FACTS & FIGURES | TRANSPORTATION | FOOTBALL | BALLET | SPELLING |
|
$200
[5]
In 1819, R. Laennec invented this doctor's instrument, but didn't say to warm it before use
stethoscope
Chuck
|
$200
[4]
Of the 27 people listed on baseball's disabled list on July 29, 1986, 20 played this position
pitcher
Chuck
|
$200
[15]
Exactly a month after the Boeing 747 made its maiden flight, this Anglo-French airliner was 1st flown
Concorde
Gary
|
$200
[24]
The Super Bowl trophy is named for this super coach
Vince Lombardi
Chuck
Jay
|
$200
[1]
Stanley Kowalski trips the light fantastic in the ballet version of this play
A Streetcar Named Desire
Gary
|
$200
[6]
It's the maiden name of "Liza with a Z"
M-I-N-N-E-L-L-I
Chuck
Gary
|
|
$400
[7]
When papa, Pedro, abdicated in 1831, 5-year-old Pedro II acquired this So. American country's crown
Brazil
Chuck
|
$400
[8]
According to Henry Adams, # of letters the average U.S. adult received during entire year of 1800
one
|
$400
[16]
The largest of these, such as Russian Typhoons & U.S. Tridents, are almost 2 football fields long
submarines
Jay
|
$400
[25]
It wasn't until 1947 that participation in the Rose Bowl was limited to these 2 conferences
Big 10 and Pac 8/Pac 10
Chuck
|
$600
[3]
Before they were ballets, "Coppelia" & "The Nutcracker" were "Tales of" his
Hoffmann
Jay
|
$400
[19]
Shared last name of leaders of India assassinated in 1948 & 1984
G-A-N-D-H-I
Chuck
Jay
|
|
DD
$600
[9]
2 of the 4 provinces that formed the new Dominion of Canada in 1867
(2 of) Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
Chuck
|
$600
[11]
Bankrupt in '31, ressurected in '32, it remained airborne by one congressional vote in '71
Lockheed
Chuck
|
$600
[17]
In the 1950s, this European car company introduced gasoline fuel injection
Mercedes
Gary
|
$600
[26]
His Oklahoma teams of the '50s won 47 consecutive games, a major college football record
Bud Wilkinson
|
$800
[18]
On July 3, 1986, Mikhail Baryshnikov danced for the 1st time as one of these
American
Chuck
|
$600
[21]
Last name of "Today" host who gets letters addressed to "Gunball", "Dumble", "Bumvel", etc.
(Bryant) G-U-M-B-E-L
Jay
Gary
|
|
$800
[10]
The ill-planned 1825 Decembrist rising in this country was suppressed on the same day it occurred
Russia
Chuck
|
$800
[12]
It's the longest-running TV game show still in production
The Price Is Right
Gary
|
$800
[20]
Shielded by a car, in 1941 Alf Letourner hit a speed over 108 mph on this
bicycle
Chuck
Gary
|
$800
[27]
University whose teams have appeared in more bowl games than any other
Alabama
Jay
|
$1,000
[29]
L. Bernstein wrote music for ballet "Fancy Free" & for this musical about sailors it inspired
On The Town
Gary
|
$800
[23]
Last name of Chief Justice William H.
R-E-H-N-Q-U-I-S-T
Chuck
|
|
$1,000
[13]
It's what Livingstone was looking for in Africa when Stanley found him
source of the Nile
Chuck
|
$1,000
[14]
The close race between these 2 future presidents resulted in a record 62.8% voter turnout
Nixon and Kennedy
Chuck
|
$1,000
[22]
Introduced during the middle ages, the use of this allowed horses to pull a much greater load
padded horse collar
Jay
|
— |
DD
$1,500
[2]
Legendary dancer who choreographed & danced the title role in the following:
Nijinsky
Gary
|
$1,000
[28]
Full name of the lady who plays Maddie Hayes on "Moonlighting"
C-Y-B-I-L-L S-H-E-P-H-E-R-D
Gary
|
Of 9 "wars" in which the U.S. has been actively involved, these 2 lasted the longest
Vietnam and the Revolutionary War