Show #6242 2011-11-08 (taped 2011-09-26) Tournament of Champions

2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Christopher Short — a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana

Justin Sausville — a urologist from Baltimore, Maryland

Mark Runsvold — a student and waiter from Moscow, Idaho

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$3,800	$6,200	$12,200	$24,000 Automatic semifinalist	$12,200 19 R, 1 W
Justin	$2,600	$5,600	$15,200	$18,599 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$17,600 19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Christopher	$0	$1,100	$5,900	$0 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$7,400 11 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

IT'S YES-VEMBER	CLASSIC COUNTRY MUSIC	BOOK 'EM!	ALL SAINTS DAYS	ABBREV.	TAKE A DRIVE ON I-65
$200 [26] On Nov. 20, 1789 New Jersey became the first state to ratify this, all 10 parts the Bill of Rights Mark	$200 [1] In 1963 Johnny Cash sang, "And it" this, this, this, "the ring of fire, the ring of fire" burns, burns, burns Justin	$200 [11] Fagin Oliver Twist Justin	$200 [2] October 18:This third evangelist Luke Justin	$200 [21] M.P. is short for member of this British body Parliament Justin	$200 [16] Well, it winds from I-N-D to A-L-A / Ending at this city that has its own bay Mobile Mark
$400 [27] The Maastricht Treaty came into effect on November 1, 1993, providing for the currency now called this the euro Christopher	$400 [4] No "Dumb Blonde" (the name of her first hit in 1967), this buxom beauty was Country Music Entertainer of the Year in 1978 (Dolly) Parton Mark	$400 [12] Atticus Finch To Kill a Mockingbird Justin	$400 [3] October 4:This birdman of Assisi Francis Mark	$400 [22] A C.S.W. is a certified one of these, who helps improve the welfare of a community a social worker Mark	$400 [17] Well, it goes through Indianapolis / Down to Columbus / This largest Kentucky city is oh so pretty Louisville Mark
$600 [28] Philipp Scheidemann said "yes" to this new republic on Nov. 9, 1918 from the balcony of the Reichstag the Weimar Republic Mark	$600 [5] In 1953 "Your Cheatin' Heart" was a big hit for this country singer who lived fast & died young that same year Hank Williams, Sr. Mark	$600 [13] Phoebe Caulfield The Catcher in the Rye Justin	$600 [8] December 29:This man for whom it was a bad day in the cathedral (Thomas à) Becket Mark	$600 [23] D.O. can stand for doctor of this, using manipulative therapy as well as conventional medicine osteopathy Mark	$600 [18] Say a lot worse than "heck" / In the lousy bottleneck / Where I-40 meets 65 / In this country music hive Nashville Christopher
$800 [29] In November 1957 the USSR said yes, we have a second Sputnik; this passenger was unavailable for comment Laika (the dog) Christopher	$800 [6] In a 1975 crossover hit, Freddy Fender put this word before his "Days" & "Nights" Wasted	$800 [14] Tashtego Moby-Dick	$800 [9] June 24:This man who had a good head on his shoulders before he met Salome John the Baptist Mark	$800 [24] C.J. is short for this title held by Roger Taney & William Howard Taft Chief Justice Christopher	$800 [19] You'll see Merrillville, Indiana & don't forget / This university in West Lafayette Purdue Justin
DD $1,500 [30] In 1848 ladies said "Yes!" when the USA's first medical school for women opened in this state capital Boston Christopher	$1,000 [7] This country music legend didn't weigh "Sixteen Tons", but he was known as "The Ol' Pea Picker" Tennessee Ernie Ford Justin	$1,000 [15] Pierre Bezukhov War and Peace ( Voina i mir )	$1,000 [10] June 22:This all-seasonable Sir (Thomas) More Mark	$1,000 [25] C.P., short for this, is a military unit's headquarters a command post Justin	$1,000 [20] Won't you get hip to this timely jive / & just south of this Great Lake arrive / At the north end of I-65 Lake Michigan Justin

Double Jeopardy! Round

INSIDE THE COUNTRY	CURRENT TV SHOWS BY EPISODES	OOO, SORRY	KING OF QUEEN	TURTLES & TORTOISES	MAKE YOUR OWN SPY NOVEL TITLES
$400 [23] You've got "men" in Armenia & a "gent" in this nation Argentina Christopher	$400 [30] "Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency" &"Blowing Smoke" Mad Men Justin	$400 [9] Did you say "Phineas Fogg"? No, the hero of "Around the World in Eighty Days" is named this Phileas Fogg Mark	$400 [1] Marie Antoinette Louis XVI Justin	$400 [29] As the sea turtle's kidneys can't handle all of this it absorbs from its environment, a gland has evolved to excrete it salt Mark	$400 [24] The +a king of Phrygia with a golden touch +the bottom number in a fraction The Midas Denominator Christopher
$800 [22] You can "ham" it up in the middle of this commonwealth in the Atlantic the Bahamas Christopher	$800 [18] "Sing for Your Life--Top 24" &"Hollywood Week--Final Solos" American Idol Christopher	$800 [10] You're 20 years late--Lagos was replaced in 1991 as the capital of this country Nigeria Mark	$800 [2] Isabella I Ferdinand Justin	$800 [14] Chelydra serpentina osceola is the snapping turtle subspecies named for this state Florida Christopher	$800 [25] The +the zodiac sign covering June 1 +an autograph on a legal document The Gemini Signature
$1,200 [21] You can find "Mali" spelled out in the name of this other African country Somalia Christopher	$1,200 [17] "Fizbo" &"Manny Get Your Gun" Modern Family	$1,200 [11] Not hockey but this summer sport was "the de facto national sport for many decades" per the Canadian Encyclopedia lacrosse Justin	$1,200 [3] Ka'ahumanu Kamehameha Mark	$1,200 [8] (Alex kneels next to a tortoise on the beach in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) On lush islands, dome-shaped tortoises slowly plow through the brush; but where there's less vegetation & they have to reach higher to obtain food, some tortoises can do this because their shellsare shaped like this equine accessory a saddle Mark	$1,200 [26] The +an island prison in San Francisco Bay +a straight line that touches a circle at only one point The Alcatraz Tangent Mark
$1,600 [20] Mind the "gap" here, at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula Singapore Mark	$1,600 [16] "In Sickness" &"Closing Arguments" The Good Wife	$1,600 [12] I'm afraid the Canary Islands weren't named for birds but for these dogs Justin	$2,000 [5] Sofia of Greece, born 1938 Juan Carlos of Spain	DD $1,400 [7] The genus Kinixys includes the only turtles with a hinge on this, the upper shell the carapace Justin	$1,600 [27] The +any one of Jason's sailors in Greek myth +any line of geographic longitude The Argonaut Meridian Mark Christopher
$2,000 [19] We can have a "ton" of fun in this northernmost Baltic state Estonia Justin	$2,000 [15] "Mac's Mom Burns her House Down" &"Frank Sets Sweet Dee on Fire" It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Christopher	$2,000 [13] Alexander Pope didn't write "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" but "a little" this "is a dang'rous thing" learning	DD $2,200 [4] Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, formerly Duchess of York George VI Justin	$2,000 [6] This third "T" word refers to turtles of brackish water, especially one in genus Malaclemys in the Eastern United States terrapins Justin	$2,000 [28] The +a German "land" remilitarized in 1936 +what Brando's Terry Malloy "coulda been" The Rhineland Contender Justin

Final Jeopardy!

18th CENTURY AUTHORS

In a poem he named himself Cadenus, an anagram of Decanus, or "Dean"

Jonathan Swift

Christopher "Who is Tennyson?" — wagered $5,900

Mark "Who is Swift?" — wagered $11,800

Justin "Who is Swift?" — wagered $3,399

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