Show #2815 1996-11-22 (taped 1996-10-08) Tournament of Champions

1996 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Bob Scarpone — an attorney from Flanders, New Jersey

Barbara Walker — an elementary school principal from Westminster, Maryland

Michael Daunt — an accountant from Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Michael	$-200	$2,400	$7,900	$10,300 Automatic semifinalist	$9,300 21 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs)
Barbara	$700	$2,600	$3,400	$0 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$3,400 11 R, 1 W
Bob	$1,500	$2,800	$6,900	$7,901 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$8,400 23 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

TRAITORS	ANATOMY	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	GEOGRAPHY	WHAT A DISH!	SEAN CONNERY FILMS
$100 [12] In 1781 this traitor's troops massacred the American militia at Fort Griswold in CT Benedict Arnold Bob	$100 [22] The cones in the eye allow us to see colors and these light-sensitive cells allow us to see shades of gray rods Bob	$100 [17] This No. 1 U.S. bleach company was originally known as The Electro-Alkaline Company Clorox Barbara	$100 [1] The Ishikari Plain is the largest lowland on this country's Hokkaido island Japan Barbara	$100 [6] Mash & bake these vegetables, add eggs & butter & they're duchesse potatoes Barbara	$100 [7] He was a London publisher who loved a Russian girl in "The Russia House" & a Russian sub captain in this The Hunt for Red October Bob
$200 [13] To punish Quisling & 24 other traitors, this country reinstated the death penalty Norway Michael	$200 [23] 2 muscles, the brachialis & this one, allow you to bend your arm at the elbow the biceps Barbara	$200 [27] When this soda company jokingly offered a Harrier jet for 7 million points, John Leonard tried to claim it Pepsi Michael	$200 [2] Point Tarifa, in Andalusia in this country, is Europe's southernmost point Spain Bob	$200 [18] Gravlax is this red-fleshed fish with mustard sauce salmon Barbara	$200 [8] Connery caught the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this 1987 film The Untouchables Bob
$300 [14] To this Scottish hero, executed as a traitor, August 23, 1305, we raise not our martinis but our Gibsons William Wallace Michael	$300 [24] The hip is a ball-and-socket joint consisting of the acetabulum & the head of this bone the femur Michael	$300 [28] In 1993 Louis V. Gerstner became the first outsider to head this computer giant IBM Michael	$300 [3] This European country's 14,000' mountains include Weisshorn, Taschhorn & Finsteraarhorn Switzerland Michael	$300 [19] The Indonesian gado-gado is vegetables in this legume sauce peanut sauce Bob	$300 [9] In this 1992 film, Connery finds & loses a cancer cure in a rainforest Medicine Man
$400 [15] Epialtes, a Greek traitor, allowed Xerxes I of this empire to capture Thermopylae the Persian Empire Michael	$400 [25] This section of the respiratory tract is also known as the windpipe the trachea Bob	$400 [29] Delta Airlines moved its headquarters from Monroe, La. to this city in 1941 Atlanta, Georgia Barbara	DD $500 [4] This country's Kemijoki River rises near the Russian border and empties into the Gulf of Bothnia Finland Michael	$400 [20] Devils on Horseback are stuffed prunes, & Angels on Horseback are oysters wrapped in this bacon Michael	$400 [10] As Danny to Michael Caine's Peachy, Connery was this title character in a 1975 John Huston film The Man Who Would Be King Bob
$500 [16] This head of Vichy France died in 1951 on Ile de Re off the coast of Brittany Marshal Henri Petain Michael	$500 [26] Among the hormones secreted by these glands are hydrocortisone & aldosterone the adrenal glands Bob	$500 [30] This 825,000 acre Texas ranch introduced the Santa Cruz, a new breed of beef cattle, in 1995 The King Ranch Barbara	$500 [5] This capital of Queensland in Australia was founded as a station for British convicts in 1824 Brisbane Barbara	$500 [21] Sauce you put on the ice cream & peaches of a Peach Melba raspberry sauce Barbara	$500 [11] Although he's Scottish, the luck of the Irish got Connery cast in this 1959 Disney film about the wee folk Darby O'Gill and the Little People Bob

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC PEOPLE	POSTAGE STAMPS	QUOTABLE WOMEN	PHOTOGRAPHY	PENNSYLVANIA	BOOKS & AUTHORS
$200 [1] In 1890 this German emperor forced Otto Von Bismarck to resign as chancellor Kaiser Wilhelm II Michael Bob	$200 [30] Mighty Casey, Pecos Bill, John Henry & this lumberjack appeared on 1996 stamps honoring folk heroes Paul Bunyan Bob	$200 [6] "Husbands are like fires; they go out when unattended" quipped this blonde from Budapest, dahlink Zsa Zsa Gabor Bob	$200 [17] This telegraph pioneer introduced Mathew Brady to photography in the 1840s Samuel Morse Michael Barbara	$200 [16] The section of Hwy. 422 that passes through this town is known as Chocolate Avenue Hershey Michael	$200 [9] Irving Wallace wrote 1959's "The Fabulous Showman" about this "Prince of Humbugs" P.T. Barnum Michael
$400 [2] This Babylonian king's code of laws is said to have been inspired by the sun god, Shamash Hammurabi Barbara	$400 [29] This female gymnast was featured on a 1976 stamp celebrating Romania's Olympic medalists Nadia Comaneci Michael	$400 [7] Fran Leibowitz said, "Never allow your child to call you by this name; he hasn't known you long enough" Your First Name Michael	$400 [18] It's another name for a movie's director of photography Cinematographer Bob	$400 [22] In 1931 this ruffed game bird became the state bird Ruffed Grouse Bob	$400 [12] In 1831 this artist & naturalist began to write "The Ornithological Biography" John James Audubon Bob
$600 [3] This Portuguese sailor was known as "The Admiral of the Indian Seas" Vasco da Gama Michael	$600 [26] A 1982 Cuban stamp commemorated the 15th anniversary of this revolutionary's death Ernesto "Che" Guevara Michael	$600 [8] "America is not old enough yet to get young again", remarked this expatriate who lived in Paris Gertrude Stein Bob	$600 [19] This author excelled as a photographer of children & Alice Liddell was one of his subjects Lewis Carroll Bob	$600 [23] Although called a state, Pennsylvania is actually this, as are Kentucky, Massachusetts & Virginia Commonwealth Barbara	$600 [13] Both he & the publisher of his "Madame Bovary" were acquited on charges of immorality Gustauve Flaubert Bob
$800 [4] In 1994 the NAACP awarded this poetess its Spingarn Medal for highest achievement by a black American Maya Angelou Michael	$800 [27] A U.S. stamp from 1965 commemorated the 700th anniversary of the birth of this Italian poet Dante Aligheri Michael	$800 [10] Round Table wit who noted, "Scratch a lover & find a foe" Dorothy Parker Bob	$1,000 [21] This German camera changed photojournalism in the 1920s with its small size & brief exposure times Leica Bob	$800 [24] These 2 rivers form the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania Allegheny & Monongahela Bob	$800 [14] Allen Drury won a 1960 Pulitzer Prize for this novel about the seamy underside of Congress Advise and Consent Bob
$1,000 [5] On January 6, 1066, one day after Edward the Confessor died, he became king of England Harold Michael Bob	DD $900 [28] A recent stamp honoring this artist featured the work seen here: Georgia O'Keeffe ( Red Poppy ) Michael	$1,000 [11] This member of Parliament reportedly said, "I married beneath me, all women do" Lady Astor Michael Bob	DD $1,500 [20] Minor White succeeded this man as director of photography at the California School of Fine Arts in 1947 Ansel Adams Bob	$1,000 [25] 1 of Pennsylvania's 2 U.S. senators Arlen Specter & Rick Santorum	$1,000 [15] Sally Bowles, a minimally talented nightclub singer, is the heroine of his "Goodbye To Berlin" stories Christopher Isherwood Bob

Final Jeopardy!

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Gunsmoke

Barbara "What is Bonanza?" — wagered $3,400

Bob "What was Gunsmoke?" — wagered $1,001

Michael "What is Gunsmoke?" — wagered $2,400

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