1996 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 1.
Shane Whitlock — a college student from Benton, Arkansas
Mary Hirschfeld — an economics professor from Los Angeles, California
Brad Plovan — an attorney from Baltimore, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad | $1,000 | $1,700 | $5,900 |
$1,800
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$5,700
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Mary | $1,600 | $3,700 | $11,200 |
$17,000
Automatic semifinalist |
$10,700
21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Shane | $2,200 | $3,800 | $8,400 |
$10,100
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$7,700
18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| NATURE | THE '96 FALL TV SEASON | THE NEW TESTAMENT | RANKS & TITLES | AMERICAN HISTORY | GARNISHES |
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$100
[1]
Although these smallest birds are known for drinking nectar, they eat insects as well
hummingbirds
Brad
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$100
[20]
Co-starring Phylicia Rashad, his new series is based on the British series "One Foot in the Grave"
Bill Cosby
Shane
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$100
[13]
No doubt, John 20:24 notes this disciple was absent when Jesus appeared to the others after his resurrection
Thomas
Shane
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$100
[3]
Any bird brain knows it's the highest rank a Boy Scout can attain
Eagle Scout
Brad
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$100
[6]
Nickname given the WWII backyard vegetable patches
"Victory Gardens"
Brad
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$100
[26]
Joy of Cooking says the most popular garnish for clear soups is this citrus fruit
lemon
Brad
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$200
[2]
This cotton pest first reached the U.S. at Brownsville, Texas around 1892
the boll weevil
Shane
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$200
[22]
After her appearance on "Friends" NBC decided to star her in a sitcom & voila--she's "Suddenly Susan"
(Brooke) Shields
Shane
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$200
[17]
According to Mark 12:31 the second- greatest commandment is "Thou shalt" do this "as thyself"
love thy neighbor
Brad
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$200
[12]
From the 12th-19th centuries a person with this title governed Japan; the emperor's rule was nominal
the shogun
Mary
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$200
[8]
In May 1780 Gen. Benjamin Lincoln was forced to surrender this South Carolina port to the British
Charleston
Shane
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$200
[27]
This "heavenly" herb whose name reminds us of Ms. Huston is candied before it decorates desserts
angelica
Mary
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$300
[4]
White, bristlecone & pinon are groups of the soft kind of this tree
pine
Brad
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$300
[23]
Based on the 1995 film, this series stars Annie Potts as an inner-city schoolteacher
Dangerous Minds
Shane
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$300
[18]
Jesus said the wicked will be cast "into a furnace of fire" where there "shall be wailing" & this
gnashing of the teeth
Mary
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$300
[14]
Title for the president of a yacht club, or the rank just below a navy's rear admiral
a commodore
Shane
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$300
[9]
More than 200 U.S. Marines were killed in 1983 by a truck bomb at their barracks in this Mideast capital
Beirut
Shane
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$300
[28]
Pointes d'asperge is the French name for these tips that make a lovely garnish
asparagus
Mary
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$400
[5]
Bell peppers, tobacco & henbane are members of this sometimes deadly plant family
nightshade
Mary
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$400
[24]
Husband & wife pair inked to play divorcees in "Ink"
Ted Danson & Mary Steenburgen
Mary
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$400
[19]
In a letter he wrote, "I am ready to preach the Gospel to you that are at Rome also"
Paul
Brad
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$500
[16]
A count in Germany; Zeppelin was one
a Graf
Mary
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$400
[10]
He related the story of Pocahontas in his "Generall Historie of Virginia" in 1624
(John) Smith
Brad
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$400
[29]
When meat is served a la Chatelaine, it's garnished with hearts of this thistlelike vegetable
artichoke
Mary
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$500
[7]
This "Rocky Mountain" flower is the state flower of Colorado
the columbine
Mary
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$500
[25]
Aliens invade Earth in this NBC series starring Eric Close & Megan Ward
Dark Skies
Shane
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$500
[21]
Jesus said while on the Mount, "Seek, and ye shall find;" do this "and it shall be opened unto you"
knock
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DD
$1,100
[15]
2 of the titles in the Random House Unabridged Dictionary that begin with the letters "kh"
(2 of) khan, khalif & khedive
Shane
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$500
[11]
The Battle of Palo Alto, fought May 8, 1846, was the first battle of this war
the Mexican-American War
Mary
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$500
[30]
Hors d'oeuvres may be garnished with thin slices of these expensive fungi that grow underground
truffles
Shane
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| THE TROJANS | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS | WORLD CITIES | ART & ARTISTS | THEATRE | LLOYDERING |
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$200
[1]
Aeneas was the son of a Trojan prince & this goddess of love
Venus (or Aphrodite)
Brad
Mary
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$200
[16]
"After Many a Summer Dies the Swan" is a 1939 novel by this author of "Brave New World"
(Aldous) Huxley
Mary
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$200
[11]
In 1950 Haifa & this Israeli city were incorporated as a single municipality
Tel Aviv
Brad
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$200
[4]
"The Holy Family" is the only surviving panel painting by this "Pieta" artist
Michelangelo
Brad
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$200
[21]
Mike Nichols directed the original Broadway production of this playwright's "Plaza Suite"
(Neil) Simon
Brad
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$200
[26]
She married John Lloyd in 1979 & went by his name when she won Wimbledon in 1981
Chris Evert
Brad
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$400
[2]
Since Helen was under a spell, this Trojan persuaded her to elope with him
Paris
Shane
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$400
[17]
"Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth", wrote this playwright in "The Little Foxes"
(Lillian) Hellman
Brad
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$400
[12]
A large international airport at Tullamarine serves this second-largest Australian city
Melbourne
Mary
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$400
[6]
Hugo van der Goes painted "The Adoration of the Shepherds" & "The Adoration of" this trio
the Magi
Brad
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$400
[22]
An updated 1996 version of this playwright's "Tartuffe" starred John Glover as a TV evangelist
Molière
Shane
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$400
[27]
He defeated George Bush for a Senate seat long before becoming Secretary of the Treasury in 1993
(Lloyd) Bentsen
Shane
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$600
[3]
Shakespeare based this play on the legend of a pair of Trojan lovers
Troilus and Cressida
Mary
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$600
[18]
A collector of his novels would own copies of "The French Lieutenant's Woman" & "The Collector"
John Fowles
Brad
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$600
[13]
The Church of the Holy Family dominates the skyline of this port in northeastern Spain
Barcelona
Mary
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$600
[8]
In 1810 Jacques Louis David painted this emperor distributing eagle-topped standards
Napoleon
Shane
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$600
[23]
Originally, critics panned his play "The Birthday Party" & its London run lasted only a week
(Harold) Pinter
Mary
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$600
[28]
This silent screen comedian came out of retirement to act in a 1947 film, "The Sin of Harold Diddlebock"
Harold Lloyd
Mary
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$800
[5]
Ancient Greek dramatist who wrote the antiwar play "The Trojan Women"
Euripides
Mary
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$800
[19]
She was only 19 when she published her first novel, "The Outsiders", in 1967
(S. E.) Hinton
Mary
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$800
[14]
Pernis, a suburb of this second-largest Dutch city, has the largest oil refinery in NW Europe
Rotterdam
Mary
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$800
[9]
17th century Dutch painter Samuel van Hoogstraten was proficient in this "fool the eye" style
trompe-l'œil
Brad
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$800
[24]
There are 5 basic types of plays in this form of drama; the third is the katsura mono, or "wig play"
Noh
Mary
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$800
[29]
After succeeding Herbert Asquith as P.M., he reduced the number of policy-making Cabinet members to 5
David Lloyd George
Shane
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$1,000
[7]
Considered the greatest Trojan warrior, he killed Achilles' best friend, Patroclus, which angered Achilles
Hector
Shane
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$1,000
[20]
He set his novel "The Tin Drum" in & around Danzig, his hometown
(Günter) Grass
Shane
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DD
$1,500
[15]
In 1787 British abolitionists founded this capital of Sierra Leone as a home for liberated slaves
Freetown
Mary
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DD
$1,200
[10]
After a nervous breakdown in 1908, he became more positive & painted lovely murals for the Univ. of Oslo
(Edvard) Munch
Brad
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$1,000
[25]
The Irish Literary Theatre's first production was this poet's 1892 play "The Countess Cathleen"
William Butler Yeats
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$1,000
[30]
This abolitionist founder of the "Liberator" was once jailed for libeling a slave trader
(William Lloyd) Garrison
Brad
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He was the first Republican vice president
Hannibal Hamlin