Show #1191 1989-11-06 (taped 1989-10-16) Tournament of Champions

1989 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Peggi Malys — a medical student originally from Orlando, Florida

Jim Tompkins-MacLaine — a musician originally from Tiffin, Ohio

Mark McDermott — a freelance writer originally from Schaller, Iowa

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$900	$2,300	$8,000	$3,800 Automatic semifinalist	$9,900 27 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Jim	$800	$400	$1,600	$1 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$3,100 11 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Peggi	$0	$1,700	$6,100	$3,600 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$6,100 15 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

STARTS WITH "KE"	ANIMALS	ACTORS & THEIR ROLES	COMMON BONDS	MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS	THE QUOTABLE FRANKLIN
$100 [6] A cooking pot for Ma & Pa the kettle Peggi	$100 [21] A bat's hands serve as these its wings Mark	$100 [5] In 1935 young Vincent Price played this royal role on Broadway in "Victoria Regina" (Prince) Albert Peggi	$100 [26] Bernard F. Law, Roger Mahony & John J. O'Connor Catholic Cardinals Mark	$100 [12] Its German name means "flank horn" or "wing horn", from its use in battle a flugelhorn Mark	$100 [1] "In the world nothing is certain but" these 2 things death & taxes Mark
$200 [7] The standard version of this gambling game is a lot like lotto keno Jim	$200 [22] On a true sole both of these are on the right side of the head its eyes Mark	$200 [8] Kathleen Turner played the "passion" in "Crimes of Passion" & he played the psycho Anthony Perkins Mark	$200 [27] Mabel Stark, Clyde Beatty & Gunther Gebel-Williams Lion Tamers/Wild Animal Trainers Mark	$200 [14] The body of this instrument used in minstrel shows is similar to a tambourine a banjo Mark	$200 [2] These "fell great oaks" little strokes Mark Peggi
$300 [18] Its national anthem is "Wimbo Wa Taifa", Swahili for "anthem of the nation" Kenya Jim	$300 [23] Lizard that's noted for its ability to walk on ceilings the gecko Jim	$300 [9] He was Geraldine Page's sweetie in both the Broadway & film versions of "Sweet Bird of Youth" Paul Newman Jim	$300 [28] Anna Beth Sully, Mary Pickford & Lady Sylvia Ashley married to Douglas Fairbanks Peggi	$300 [15] The double bassoon is also known by this name the contrabassoon Mark Jim	$300 [3] Completes his line on the death of Georgiana Shipley's squirrel, "Here Skugg lies snug..." as a bug in a rug Mark
$400 [19] The name of this Wisconsin city is Potawatomi for "pike" or "pickerel" Kenosha Jim	$400 [24] The South Africa rhebok is not an athletic shoe but a species of this an antelope Mark	$400 [10] This polo-playing Harvard grad played Loretta Lynn's husband in "Coal Miner's Daughter" (Tommy Lee) Jones Jim	$400 [29] Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Rauschenberg & Roy Lichtenstein Artists Peggi	$400 [16] Sizes of grand pianos include baby grand, parlor grand & this, the largest concert grand Jim	$400 [4] "They are so grateful" was his 8th & last reason for preferring this type of mistress older women Jim
$500 [20] This county is known as the "Garden of England" Kent Peggi	$500 [25] With ancestors as big as elephants, these slow beasts now just hang upside down in trees the sloth Mark	$500 [11] He starred in "Doc" on TV & "Da" on Broadway & in the 1988 film Barnard Hughes Jim	$500 [30] Virginia Apgar, Florence Sabin & Helen Brooke Taussig Doctors/American Women Physicians Peggi	DD $1,500 [17] The Amati family began making violins in this Italian city in the 1500s Cremona Jim	$500 [13] Completes his maxim, "Some are weather-wise..." "some are other-wise"

Double Jeopardy! Round

POLITICAL LEADERS	SHAKESPEARE	PARIS	FOOD	ARCHAEOLOGY	INNS & INNKEEPERS
$200 [24] President who said, "If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it" Calvin Coolidge Mark	$200 [1] Near the end of this play, Theseus says, "Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time" "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Mark	$200 [6] During 1989 this landmark sported a brightly lit sign that said "100 Ans" The Eiffel Tower Mark	$200 [7] This stalked vegetable is commonly cooked standing up in the pot Asparagus Jim	$200 [15] Archaeologists learn about a culture by studying broken pieces of ear then ware called this Shards Mark	$200 [11] The Hotel Rossiya in this foreign capital has 3,200 bedrooms, the most of any hotel in the world Moscow Mark
$400 [30] He was a Dem. governor during the Kennedy & Johnson years then became Nixon's treasury sec'y John Connally Mark	$400 [2] This historical play includes the death of Katharine of Aragon "Henry VIII" Peggi	$400 [8] Overlooking the Champs Elysees, its construction was begun by Napoleon & completed by Louis Philippe Arc de Triomphe Peggi	$400 [10] Emily Post says corn should never be served this way at a formal dinner On the Cob Jim	$400 [16] Early man fashioned this silica rock into sharp tools & weapons; it was later used in firearms Flint Mark	$400 [22] At their 1st meeting, Zsa Zsa Gabor told him, "I theenk I'm going to marry you"--& she did Conrad Hilton Mark
$600 [26] Michigan gov. who ended his 1968 bid for the presidency after he said he was "brainwashed" on Vietnam George Romney Mark	$600 [3] Cordelia's 1st words in this play are "What shall Cordelia speak? Love, and be silent" "King Lear" Jim	$600 [9] The mysterious "man in the iron mask" spent the last 5 years of his life in this prison The Bastille Mark	$600 [12] A cucumber pickled when it's only 2-3 inches long is called this Gherkin Peggi	$800 [18] One of the largest Roman remains in England is this emperor's 73-mile-long wall of stone & turf Hadrian Peggi	$600 [23] In 1976 "Legionnaires' Disease" killed 29 men staying at a hotel in this city Philadelphia Peggi
$1,000 [28] This congressman from Chicago is a 30-year veteran of the House & chairman of the Ways & Means Committee Dan Rostenkowski Mark	$800 [4] Othello kills himself on this island Cyprus Mark	$800 [13] The highest elevation in Paris is in this artsy area, home to the church of Sacre Coeur Montmartre Peggi	$800 [20] Ribbon-shaped noodles, sweet butter, cream, parmesan cheese & black pepper make up this pasta dish Fettucine Alfredo Peggi	$1,000 [19] This British earl who financed the King Tut excavation died 9 months before the sarcophagus was found Lord Carnarvon Peggi	$800 [25] On November 21, 1980 a fire in this 2,076 room Las Vegas hotel killed 84 & injured hundreds The MGM Grand Mark
DD $2,500 [27] 4-time governor who used the following song in his 1928 presidential campaign: Alfred E. Smith Mark	$1,000 [5] Ophelia says "pansies" are "for thoughts", this is "for remembrance" Rosemary Peggi	$1,000 [14] Paris was founded on this island in the Seine, home of Notre Dame Cathedral Ile de la Cite Peggi	$1,000 [21] From Italian for "knot in wood", it's a dumpling made from flour, semolina or potato starch Gnocchi Peggi	DD $1,200 [17] In archaeology, this term refers to any object made by the hand of man Artifact Mark	$1,000 [29] Home builder Kemmons Wilson founded the 1st of this chain on Summer Avenue in Memphis in 1952 Holiday Inn Mark

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. STATES

With over 35,000 miles, this state has the longest highway system in the U.S.

Texas

Jim "What is California?" — wagered $1,599

Peggi "What is California?" — wagered $2,500

Mark "What isCalifornia" — wagered $4,200

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