Show #1655 1991-11-08 (taped 1991-10-14) Tournament of Champions

1991 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Jim Scott — a legal assistant from Columbia, Maryland

Steve Robin — a marketing consultant from Scottsdale, Arizona

Mark Born — an investment analyst from Los Angeles, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$900	$2,600	$8,600	$16,601 Automatic semifinalist	$8,400 21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Steve	$0	$2,600	$8,300	$14,300 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated + Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary home game or computer version	$7,300 22 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Jim	$1,800	$2,200	$4,800	$9,550 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated + Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary home game or computer version	$4,800 12 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY	SCIENCE FICTION	BASEBALL	FASHION DESIGNERS	BOTANY	FILE UNDER "Y"
$100 [1] This city was founded near rapids on the Ohio River & named for Louis XVI of France Louisville (Kentucky) Jim	$100 [26] "The Other Log of Phileas Fogg" was a 1973 sci-fi retelling of this novel written a century earlier Around the World in 80 Days Steve	$100 [6] Say hey! This Giants centerfielder appeared in a record-tying 24 All-Star games Willie Mays Mark	$100 [8] In the 1930s Balenciaga moved to Paris after civil war broke out in this, his native country Spain Mark	$100 [12] The scientific name of this vegetable is Rheum rhabarbarum rhubarb Steve	$100 [17] Turkish word for a popular food made of milk curdled by bacteria yogurt Steve
$200 [2] In 1989 voters in this town where Wild Bill Hickok died legalized gambling Deadwood (South Dakota) Mark	$200 [27] Walter Tevis' first sci-fi novel was "The Man Who Fell To" this planet Earth Mark	$200 [7] This former Yankee home run hitter served as the Dodgers first base coach in 1938 Babe Ruth Steve	$200 [13] He launched Safari, his new fragrance, in 1990; we don't know if he celebrated with a game of polo Ralph Lauren Steve	$200 [18] Kelp, the largest seaweed known, is a brown form of this primitive plant algae Mark	$200 [22] Abstinence from food, drink, sex & work is a part of the observance of this Jewish holiday Yom Kippur Steve
$300 [3] This city some 30 miles west of Dallas began as an army post on the Trinity River Fort Worth Mark	$300 [28] The novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" inspired this Harrison Ford film Blade Runner Steve	$300 [9] In 1990 this Royals third baseman became the 1st to win batting titles in 3 different decades George Brett Mark	$300 [14] This couturier featured long, full skirts in his "New Look" of 1947 (Christian) Dior Jim	$300 [19] Shortly after formulating the principles of heredity, he became abbot of Brunn Monastery Mendel Steve	$300 [23] A sycophant is this type of "man" yes man Steve
$400 [4] A cog railroad, the first built in the U.S., runs up this New Hampshire mountain Mount Washington Jim	$400 [29] "Ballroom of the Skies" is a sci-fi novel by this creator of Travis McGee (John) MacDonald Steve	$400 [10] "Number 1" was the autobiography of this 5-time Yankee manager Billy Martin Mark	$400 [15] This Italian often marks his clothes with his signature V; how "sheik" Valentino Mark	$400 [20] This fungal tree infection, Ceratocystis ulmi, was 1st identified in the Netherlands around 1919 Dutch elm disease Jim	$400 [24] In 1862 he introduced the dial combination lock Yale Mark
$500 [5] This state borders two Canadian provinces: Manitoba & Saskatchewan North Dakota Mark Steve Jim	DD $1,000 [30] The sci-fi thriller, "Altered States" was this "Network" screenwriter's first novel Paddy Chayefsky Steve	$500 [11] The 2 teams that won their divisions in 1991 after finishing last in 1990 Braves and Twins Jim	$500 [16] She founded the Betsey, Bunky & Nini Boutique with her partners in 1969; she got first billing Betsey Lee Johnson	$500 [21] This fragrant flower is named for the youth Apollo accidentally killed with his discus Hyacinth Mark	$500 [25] The last name of the 4 brothers who rode with the Jesse James gang between 1866-1874 Younger Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

NICKNAMES	FAMOUS SCIENTISTS	PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS	BLACK AMERICA	HISTORIC QUOTES	OPERA
$200 [12] This British prime minister was called "The Grocer's Daughter" Margaret Thatcher Mark	$200 [17] His only Nobel Prize was for the discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect, not relativity Einstein Mark	$200 [2] Of "The Bride", "The Groom" or "The Best Man", the one that's a play by Gore Vidal The Best Man Steve	$200 [1] Established in 1944, it's a nonprofit fund-raising association of 41 educational institutions United Negro College Fund Steve	$200 [26] In his "Advice to a Young Tradesman", he said, "Remember that time is money" Franklin Jim	$200 [7] This opera set in Nagasaki was first performed in Italian in Milan in 1904 Madama Butterfly Steve Jim
$400 [13] This Egyptian president was called "Nasser's Poodle" before succeeding him Sadat Jim	$400 [18] Our main source of knowledge of Greek astronomy is his "Almagest", completed in the 2nd century Ptolemy Mark	$400 [3] Pirandello play in which the father says, "We are here in search of an author" Six Characters In Search of an Author Steve	$400 [21] He was killed in 1965, months after founding the Organization of Afro-American Unity Malcolm X Jim	$400 [27] Addressing the parliament, Louis XIV reportedly said, "L'Etat c'est moi", which means this I am the state Jim	$400 [8] Common translation of the Wagner title "Der Fliegende Hollander" The Flying Dutchman Steve
$600 [14] As a ferry operator, this future railroad magnate was dubbed "The Commodore" (Cornelius) Vanderbilt Mark	$600 [19] The son of anthropologists Louis & Mary, he found an almost complete homo erectus skeleton in 1984 Richard Leakey Steve	$600 [4] The ancient Roman playwright Terence based all his comedies on plays from this country Greece Mark	$600 [22] The bus boycott Martin L. King, Jr. began over the treatment of Rosa Parks lasted over a year in this city Montgomery (Alabama) Jim	$600 [28] Speaking before the Continental Congress, Patrick Henry said, "I am not a Virginian, but" this American Steve	$600 [9] In "La Boheme" Rodolfo lights her fire; they meet when she asks him to light her candle Mimi Mark
$800 [15] General Joe Stilwell disdainfully called this generalissimo "Peanut" Chiang Kai-shek Steve	$800 [20] A visit to the Keeling Islands led to his 1842 work "The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs" Darwin Jim	$800 [5] Late southern playwright who co-wrote "You Touched Me!", a comedy based on a story by D.H. Lawrence Tennessee Williams Steve	$800 [23] He's the first elected black governor in the U.S. (Douglas) Wilder Mark Steve	$800 [29] In "The Rights of Man" he wrote, "My country is the world and my religion is to do good" Thomas Paine	$800 [10] He wrote the libretto for Dessau's "The Trial of Lucullus" & Weill's "The Threepenny Opera" Bertolt Brecht Steve
$1,000 [16] This second lord protector of England was called "Queen Dick" for his timidity Richard Cromwell Mark	$1,000 [24] In 1848 this astronomer became the 1st woman member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Maria Mitchell	DD $1,200 [6] Spanish playwright who set his 1936 play in "The House of Bernarda Alba" (Federico Garcia) Lorca Mark	$1,000 [25] A 1950 Ebony cover called this U.N. statesman "America's Most-Honored Negro" Ralph Bunche Mark	$1,000 [30] At the Battle of Copenhagen he said, "I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes" (Horatio) Nelson Mark	DD $1,500 [11] "The Mother Of Us All", by Virgil Thomson & Gertrude Stein, is about this American feminist Susan B. Anthony Steve

Final Jeopardy!

ACTRESSES & THEIR ROLES

This American actress won a 1960 Tony & a 1962 Oscar for playing the same teacher

Anne Bancroft

Jim "Who is Bancroft" — wagered $4,750

Steve "Who is Anne Bancroft" — wagered $6,000

Mark "Who is Bancroft" — wagered $8,001

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