Show #6238 2011-11-02 (taped 2011-09-26) Tournament of Champions

2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Charles Temple — a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina

Jay Rhee — an oncologist from Annapolis, Maryland

Tom Nissley — a writer from Seattle, Washington

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$3,600	$8,000	$16,400	$16,403 Automatic semifinalist	$14,400 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Jay	$2,000	$4,800	$12,000	$16,401 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$10,800 19 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W
Charles	$1,600	$2,000	$400	$285 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$400 15 R, 8 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA	PAY BALL!	RANKS & TITLES	LITTLE PEOPLE IN LIT	AIRPORT CODES	YOU'RE A "CHAMP"!
$200 [21] In 1870 this "Goober State" became the last to be permanently readmitted to the Union Georgia Charles	$200 [6] His 1927 salary with the Yankees was $70,000, or $1,166.67 per homer Babe Ruth Charles	$200 [17] Title of both Judy Sheindlin & her husband Jerry judge Jay	$200 [7] Part I of a 1726 book is "A Voyage to" this place, home to human creatures "not six inches high" Lilliput Tom Jay	$200 [26] Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has the code DCA but is located in this state Virginia Tom	$200 [1] It begins at the Place de la Concorde the Champs-Élysées Tom
$400 [20] This term was coined to refer to northern whites who went south seeking opportunities carpetbaggers Tom	$400 [8] Say hey! Say what? In 1965 he hit 52 homers & won his ninth straight Gold Glove--& made $105,000 Willie Mays Charles	$400 [22] A vicereine is the wife of one of these officials a viceroy Jay	$400 [9] These factory workers in a 1964 book love cacao beans Oompa Loompas Tom Charles	$400 [27] In 1966 London Airport was renamed this, which uses the code LHR Heathrow Jay	$400 [2] City & state of the place known until 1860 as West Urbana Champaign, Illinois Tom
$600 [14] This man's impeachment trial brought Senate president pro tem Ben Wade within 1 vote of being U.S. president Johnson Charles	$600 [11] This player nicknamed "Big Papi" pulls down $12.5 million with the Red Sox David Ortiz Tom	$600 [23] Deposed in 1797, Ludovico Manin was the last of these chief magistrates to rule Venice the doges Charles	$600 [10] L. Frank Baum's Oz books include these underground folk, spelled without the silent "G" Nomes Jay	$600 [28] (Kelly of the Clue Crew sits in a Qantas flight simulator in Australia.) The Qantas A380 flight simulator has a training visual database of over 130 airports, naturally including Australia's busiest one, which goes by this 3-letter code SYD	$600 [3] In this idiom that refers to an impatient horse, many people substitute "chomp" champing at the bit Tom
$800 [18] In 1868 this amendment gave African Americans full citizenship the 14th Tom Jay Charles	$800 [12] In 1979 this no-hit king became the first major leaguer with a guaranteed $1 million salary Nolan Ryan Tom	$800 [24] In "The Mikado" this grand fellow was the "Lord High Everything Else" the Pooh-Bah Jay Charles	$800 [15] Say "a prayer for" this tiny boy who kills his pal's mom with a foul ball Owen Meany Tom	$800 [29] From the initials of the man it's named for, the larger of Paris' 2 airports has this 3-letter code CDG Jay Charles	$800 [4] 4 old buddies relive glory days of high school hoops in this play That Championship Season Tom Jay
DD $3,000 [19] Charles Sumner & Thaddeus Stevens were leaders of this "extreme" Republican group the Radical Republicans Tom	$1,000 [13] After hitting .350 in 1907, this Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop got his salary doubled for 1908--to a whopping $10,000 (Honus) Wagner Jay	$1,000 [25] An ataman was the leader of a village of these horsemen who gave a Tolstoy novel its title the Cossacks Charles	$1,000 [16] Tyrion's last name in "A Game of Thrones" Lannister Charles	$1,000 [30] Jorge Chavez International Airport has the 3-letter code LIM & is in this country Peru Jay	$1,000 [5] By age 16, this translator of the Rosetta Stone had mastered 8 ancient languages Champollion Jay

Double Jeopardy! Round

MEN OF SCIENCE	TV WHO AM I	BAD HEIR DAY	THEIR ROMAN EQUIVALENTS	NOT OF GOOD CHARACTER	2011 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS
$400 [24] On a scale of 1 to 10, his "Earthquakes" article for the 15th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica was a 10 Richter Charles	$400 [20] Author of the New York Star's "Sex & the City" column Carrie (Bradshaw) Jay	$400 [16] Adonijah, the fourth son of this biblical king, was killed by his brother Solomon David Jay	$400 [1] Zeus Jupiter Jay Charles	$400 [6] You're not yourself today; you're this 8-letter word OED defines as "one who assumes a false character" impostor Jay	$400 [28] Round 2 included this French-derived word for the supporting frame of a car the chassis Tom
$800 [26] Tragically, in 1864, his nitroglycerin factory blew up, killing several people, including his younger brother Emil Nobel Charles	$800 [21] Title blood-splatter expert for the Miami police Dexter Charles	$800 [17] Robert the Steward was heir presumptive to his grandfather, this Scot, who suddenly had a son in 1324 Robert the Bruce Tom	$800 [2] Odysseus Ulysses Tom	$800 [12] One who speaks ill of you when you're not around, or who implants a dagger in your dorsal region a backstabber Jay	$800 [29] A young man lost after placing an "H" in the middle of this Italian bacon pancetta Tom Jay Charles
$1,600 [8] In the 1700s this Italian discovered that electricity could make a dead frog's muscles contract Luigi Galvani Charles	$1,200 [22] Former longtime Red Sox employee, later a bartender at Sam Malone's side Coach Tom	$1,200 [18] A December 2010 news story said this product was angling for Prince William, who was just 28, as a spokesman Rogaine Jay	$1,200 [3] Artemis Diana Charles	$1,200 [13] This term for a rowdy British soccer fan may come from an Irish surname a hooligan Charles	$1,200 [30] From its etymology you can figure out that "sangsue", from Round 15, is a name for this worm leech Jay
DD $2,000 [9] An institute of physical sciences at the University of Copenhagen is named for this physicist (Niels) Bohr Jay	$1,600 [7] Mustachioed director of the Pawnee Parks & Recreation Department Ron	DD $2,000 [11] June 28, 1914 was the last day for this heir to a European throne Archduke (Franz) Ferdinand Jay	$1,600 [4] Demeter Ceres Charles	$1,600 [14] Originally one who renounced his faith, it's now one who "re"bels & becomes an outlaw a renegade Jay	$1,600 [10] Early in Round 3 was this Spanish word for cowboy vaquero Tom Charles
$2,000 [25] According to his law, electric current is equal to the ratio of the voltage to the resistance (Georg) Ohm Tom	$2,000 [23] Original series:Male Viper pilot.Series reboot:Female Viper pilot with the same name Starbuck	$2,000 [19] In June 1461 Prince Carlos' father made him Governor of Catalonia, but in September Carlos died in this city Barcelona Jay	$2,000 [5] Cronus Saturn Tom Charles	$2,000 [15] Miles Davis recorded "Freddie Freeloader"; Cab Calloway recorded "Minnie" this "the Moocher" Tom	$2,000 [27] Round 8 served up this 10-letter Japanese word for meat & vegetables cooked tableside on a griddle teppanyaki Jay Charles

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD CITIES

A member of the Hanseatic League, this city with a 4-letter name was once known as the "Paris of the Baltic"

Riga

Charles "What is Oslo?" — wagered $115

Jay "What is Riga?" — wagered $4,401

Tom "What is Riga?" — wagered $3

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