Show #1656 1991-11-11 (taped 1991-10-15) Tournament of Champions

1991 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.Clip of this game shown in the movieGroundhog Day.

Contestants

Jim Scott — a legal assistant from Columbia, Maryland

Mark Pestronk — a travel attorney from Washington, D.C.

Leslie Frates — a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Leslie	$3,300	$4,300	$6,900	$1,399 3rd place: $5,000+ Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary home game or computer version	$6,600 22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Mark	$800	$1,900	$5,300	$1,500 2nd place: $5,000 + Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary home game or computer version	$5,700 15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Jim	$700	$1,200	$6,200	$1,750 Finalist	$6,200 16 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE OLD TESTAMENT	MUSICALS	DAN QUAYLE	GOLF	MODERN HISTORY	4-LETTER BIRDS
$100 [21] During the Exodus God provided the Israelites with this food which tasted "like wafers made with honey" manna Leslie Mark	$100 [1] This musical made its Paris debut in 1986 as "La Petite Boutique des Horreurs" Little Shop of Horrors Leslie	$100 [7] In 1982 Quayle and this Mass. senator co-sponsored the Job Training and Partnership Act Kennedy Jim	$100 [25] This golf feat is also called an ace hole-in-one Jim	$100 [16] In December 1989 U.S. troops launched Operation Just Cause to capture this Panamanian gen. Noriega Jim	$100 [6] An elated person is sometimes said to be "as happy as" this songbird lark Jim
$200 [22] Job tells us that the behemoth "eateth grass as an ox" & "moveth his tail like" one of these Lebanese trees cedar (of Lebanon) Leslie	$300 [3] Completes the title of the Leslie Bricusse-Anthony Newley musical "The Roar of the Greasepaint ____" The Smell of the Crowd Leslie	$200 [8] In 1972 he married this woman, in 1974, they set up a law practice together Marilyn Quayle Leslie	$200 [27] A fairway laid out at an angle is given this "canine" name dogleg Mark	$200 [17] In November 1945 some 55 deputies unanimously declared him president of France de Gaulle Mark	$200 [9] This bird isn't biologically distinct from the pigeon, it's just smaller dove Leslie
$300 [23] These 3 men were cast into a fiery furnace but "the fire had no power" over their bodies Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego	$400 [4] He not only wrote & directed "Little Johnny Jones", he also played the title role George M. Cohan Leslie	$300 [12] "Current Biography" claims Quayle's car once sported "AuH2O" plates, boosting this candidate Barry Goldwater Leslie	$300 [28] This beheaded queen was the first woman golfer Mary Queen of Scots Jim	$300 [18] On July 27, 1953 the armistice to end this war was signed at Panmunjom Korea Mark	$300 [10] The rook is the most common member of this bird family found in Europe crow Leslie
$400 [24] Nebuchadnezzar offered the governorship of the province of Babylon to this prophet, but he refused it Daniel Mark	DD $500 [2] Lerner & Loewe musical that featuredthe following:"If ever I would leave you / It wouldn't be in summer..." Camelot Leslie	$400 [14] In 1986 Quayle voted to override Reagan's veto of sanctions against this country South Africa Mark	$400 [29] The 3 most important types of these are baseball, interlocking & overlapping grips Leslie	$400 [19] In 1945 he declared Indonesia's independence & became its first president Sukarno Mark	$400 [11] Ancient Egyptians believed this bird to be a representative of the god Thoth ibis Mark
$500 [26] The oldest son of King Saul, he is best known for his friendship with David Jonathan Mark	$500 [5] Hajj, Caliph of Baghdad & Omar are among the characters in this musical Kismet Leslie	$500 [15] Through his father, Quayle is descended from this military leader of the Plymouth Colony Miles Standish Leslie	$500 [30] Willie Park won the first of these annual competitions at Prestwick, Scotland in 1860 British Open	$500 [20] From 1931-33 excavations in this country uncovered the palaces of Kings Darius & Xerxes Iran (Persia) Leslie	$500 [13] Species of this bird include the Caspian, South & Arctic tern Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

IRELAND	INVENTORS	DESPOTS & DICTATORS	ANATOMY	LAKES & RIVERS	THE ODYSSEY
$200 [17] No connection has been established between this 3rd-largest city & the 5-line poem of the same name Limerick Leslie	$200 [6] He was inspired to invent the telegraph after a chance conversation on the steamship Sully in 1832 Morse Jim	$200 [9] In the early 1800s Juan Manuel de Rosas went from gaucho to head honcho of this country Argentina Leslie	$200 [13] If digestive enzymes build up in this insulin-producing organ, it can digest itself pancreas Jim	$200 [1] This country's largest lake, Chapala, is located near the city of Guadalajara Mexico Leslie	$200 [22] This earth-shaking Greek sea god delays Odysseus' return home Poseidon Mark
$400 [25] The Irish play Gaelic, soccer & rugby versions of this game football Leslie	$400 [7] Until his death in 1867, this inventor got royalties on every sewing machine sold in the U.S. (Elias) Howe Leslie Jim	$400 [12] Volgograd used to be named after this dictator Stalin Leslie	$400 [18] It's the medical name for the knee cap patella Mark	$400 [2] Seneca is the largest of these lakes in west-central New York Finger Lakes Jim	$400 [26] While looking for his father, Telemachus visits Spartan King Menelaus & this woman, his queen Helen Jim
$600 [27] Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker & John Millington Synge attended the University of Dublin, which is also called this Trinity Leslie	$600 [8] In 1893 this German engineer published "Theory and Design of a Rational Heat Engine" (Rudolf) Diesel Leslie Mark Jim	$600 [14] Yuan Shih-K'ai was president of China from 1912-16, but really wanted to be this title emperor Jim	$600 [19] Blood enters the right atrium of the heart through these two veins, one superior, the other inferior vena cava Leslie Mark	$600 [3] This South American lake drains into the smaller Lake Poopo in Bolivia Lake Titicaca Jim	$600 [29] When Odysseus returns, she tests him on details of their bed to confirm his identity Penelope Leslie
$800 [30] The distillery that makes this "Old" Irish whiskey was first licensed in 1608 (Old) Bushmills Mark	$800 [10] Scottish-born veternarian who invented the pneumatic tire in 1887 for his son's tricycle (John) Dunlop	$800 [15] As president of this S. American country 1908-35, Gen. Gomez granted oil concessions to foreign firms Venezuela Leslie	$800 [21] The most common ulcers are those that affect the stomach, or this part of the small intestine duodenum Leslie	$800 [4] It's been estimated that this lake in Siberia contains as much water as the Baltic Sea Baikal Jim	$800 [28] This Greek messenger of the gods gives Odysseus an herb that protects him from Circe's spell Hermes Mark
DD $2,000 [23] This 8th century illuminated copy of the Gospels is named for a monastery in county Meath Book of Kells Mark	$1,000 [11] This 19th century inventor's father authored "Visible" to help teach the hearing-impaired to speak (Alexander Graham) Bell Mark	$1,000 [16] She had her son Charles IX kill thousands of Huguenots on St. Bartholomew's Day Catherine de Medici Jim	$1,000 [20] It's the longest bone in the arm humerus	$1,000 [5] Milky-colored from glacial clay when entering Lake Geneva, this river is clear blue upon exiting Rhone Jim	DD $2,600 [24] After passing the Sirens, Odysseus loses 6 men sailing between these 2 monsters Scylla and Charybdis Mark

Final Jeopardy!

AUTHORS

His father was a general under Napoleon & he took part in Garibaldi's liberation of Sicily in 1860

Alexandre Dumas

Mark "Who was Hugo? [The "o" in "Who" had a smiley face]" — wagered $3,800

Jim "Who is Flaubert?" — wagered $4,450

Leslie "Who wasHugoFlaubert?" — wagered $5,501

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