Show #2814 1996-11-21 (taped 1996-10-08) Tournament of Champions

1996 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

Lucien Schmit — a lawyer from Sherman Oaks, California

Bill Dickenson — a college instructor from Richardson, Texas

David Sampugnaro — a writer and consultant from Elmsford, New York

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
David	$600	$2,500	$4,100	$0 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$4,100 15 R, 2 W
Bill	$2,200	$4,000	$9,600	$11,601 Automatic semifinalist	$8,800 21 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Lucien	$700	$1,900	$5,800	$1,800 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$7,200 18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	TV ACTORS & ROLES	MYTHOLOGY	ON THE INTERNET	STATE CAPITALS	"C" CREATURES
$100 [7] This volunteer cavalry unit organized by Teddy Roosevelt included miners, cowboys & college athletes the Rough Riders David	$100 [23] This "Family Ties" star now has political ties as NYC's deputy mayor on "Spin City" Michael J. Fox David	$100 [21] For a while, everything he touched turned to gold, including his daughter Midas Bill	$100 [1] www.si.edu doesn't get you into Sports Illustrated, but into this D.C. institution the Smithsonian Institution Bill	$100 [2] It's part of a metropolitan area that includes Boulder Denver Lucien	$100 [16] They're integral to New England & Manhattan-style chowder clams Lucien
$200 [12] Around 122 A.D. this emperor ordered a wall built to separate the Romans from the Barbarians Hadrian Bill	$200 [24] Showing his flair for both comedy & drama, he won Emmys for "All in the Family" & "In the Heat of the Night" Carroll O'Connor Lucien	$200 [22] Jason died in his old age when the prow of this ship fell on him the Argo David Lucien	$200 [8] Appropriately, web pages abound devoted to this female star of "The Net" Sandra Bullock David	$200 [3] On an isthmus between lakes Mendota & Monona, it's Wisconsin's 2nd largest city Madison Lucien	$200 [17] Some 350 species of this creature form the Great Barrier Reef coral Lucien
$300 [13] The Yi dynasty ruled this country from 1392 until its annexation by Japan in 1910 Korea Bill	$300 [25] Once a P.I., in 1996 he cozied up with Courteney Cox on "Friends" Tom Selleck Bill	$300 [28] These three goddesses who controlled human destiny were called "Moirae" in Greek & "Parcae" in Latin the Fates Lucien	$300 [9] This entrepreneur's Taj Mahal & Castle have their own web pages Donald Trump Bill	$300 [4] If you drove to this state capital, you'd find it's an anagram of one of the words in this answer Dover (from DROVE) David	$300 [18] These tasty freshwater crustaceans resemble small lobsters crawfish (or crayfish) David
$400 [14] The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 ended this numerical war Thirty Years' War Lucien	$400 [26] Norman Buntz on "Hill Street Blues"; now he's Andy Sipowicz on "NYPD Blue" Dennis Franz David	$400 [29] These attendants of Dionysus, part man & part animal, were famous for chasing nymphs satyrs David	$400 [10] At the end of a domain name, .nl would mean this country the Netherlands Bill	$400 [5] To see the grave of Daniel Boone, you have to blaze a trail to this capital Frankfort Bill	$400 [19] The eggs of this squid relative are stained dark brown by the female's sepia the cuttlefish Bill
DD $600 [15] The Mau Mau Rebellion, which began in 1952, was an uprising against British rule in this African country Kenya Lucien	$500 [27] This actor, best known for playing Mr. Mooney on "The Lucy Show", passed away in 1995 Gale Gordon David	$500 [30] For a fee of one obol, he ferried the souls of the dead across the river Styx into Hades Charon Bill	$500 [11] Broadway composer whose "web" site name is "reallyuseful" Andrew Lloyd Webber	$500 [6] There's an annual dogsled race in this capital of the 4th largest state in the U.S. Helena, Montana Bill	$500 [20] A collector's item, the shiny, often speckled shell of this mollusk was once used as money in Africa the cowrie Bill

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY	DOCUMENTARIES	TRANSPORTATION	NATIVE AMERICANS	BALLET	19th CENTURY NOVELS
$200 [1] An autopista, or superhighway, connects this Venezuelan capital with the port of La Guaira Caracas Bill	$200 [9] Her 1990 "Blond Ambition" tour was chronicled in the documentary "Truth or Dare" Madonna David	$200 [22] From Port Said to Al-Qantara, this canal passes through Lake Manzala, a lagoon the Suez Canal David	$200 [6] The Havasupai Tourist Enterprise supplies guides & mules to tourists at this Arizona natural wonder the Grand Canyon Lucien	$200 [28] Meaning "step for two", it's a dance duet that includes an entree, an adagio, 2 solos & a coda pas de deux Bill	$200 [7] Near the end of this novel Long John Silver steals some of the booty & is never heard from again Treasure Island Lucien
$400 [2] The Khitans, who founded the Liao dynasty in 907, called this capital city Nanking Beijing Lucien	$400 [10] Survivors of loved ones with AIDS took part in the documentary "Common Threads--Stories From" this the Quilt David Bill Lucien	$400 [23] Operating since 1901, this country's Schwebebahn is the world's oldest existing monorail Germany Bill	$400 [17] The Sauk chief Keokuk is buried in the city of Keokuk in this state Iowa David	$400 [29] Jerome Robbins' ballet "In the Night" is danced to several of this Polish-born composer's famous nocturnes Chopin Lucien	$400 [8] The title of this Victor Hugo novel could be translated as "The Wretches" Les Miserables Bill
$800 [4] It's the easternmost of Canada's three prairie provinces Manitoba David	$600 [11] The first significant documentary was this 1922 classic about Eskimo life Nanook of the North Bill	$600 [20] During the Boer War, this Indian nationalist leader organized an ambulance corps for the British army Gandhi David	$600 [18] In 1959 at age 99 Jason Betzinez wrote "I Fought with" this Chiricahua Apache, his cousin Geronimo Lucien	$600 [26] Swedish dancer Elsa Marianne von Rosen created the title role in this ballet based on a Strindberg play Miss Julie	$600 [14] Surely you know that "Shirley" was a later novel by this "Jane Eyre" author Charlotte Bronte David
$1,000 [5] In Ireland, Muckross Lake, Upper Lake & Lower Lake are collectively known as "The Lakes of" this Killarney	$1,000 [13] This 1988 film that raised questions about the guilt of convicted killer Randall Adams led to his release The Thin Blue Line Lucien	$800 [24] In the Olympics these vehicles race on oval tracks called velodromes bicycles Lucien	$800 [19] The name Apache is a word for "enemy" among these Arizona pueblo dwellers Zunis Lucien	$800 [27] He stunned Paris with his dazzling performance in the Ballets Russes' "Les Sylphides" in 1909 Nijinsky David Bill	$800 [15] Isabel Archer is the heroine of this 1881 novel by Henry James The Portrait of a Lady
DD $1,500 [3] Norway's 2nd-largest city; it was once known as Bjorgvin, or "hill pasture" Bergen Lucien	DD $1,600 [12] This highly acclaimed 1994 film followed two inner-city youths who hoped one day to play in the NBA Hoop Dreams Bill	$1,000 [25] In 1956 this Finnish-American architect designed the Trans World Airlines terminal at JFK Airport Saarinen Lucien	$1,000 [21] These Mexican Gulf Coast Indians were famous for carving giant heads from basalt Olmecs Bill	$1,000 [30] This charismatic Tartar played Dr. Coppelius in "Coppelia" in 1990, 3 years before his untimely death Nureyev Lucien	$1,000 [16] Dostoyevsky wrote "The Brothers Karamazov" & this Russian wrote "Fathers and Sons" Turgenev Lucien

Final Jeopardy!

TEXTBOOKS

Dr. Henry Van Dyke Carter provided 363 drawings for this work first published in 1858

Gray's Anatomy

David "What is The McGuffey Reader?" — wagered $4,100

Lucien "What is The McGuffey Reader?" — wagered $4,000

Bill "What is Grays Anatomy?" — wagered $2,001

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