1996 Olympic Games Tournament semifinal game 1.
Jan Mertens — a computer programmer from Antwerp, Belgium
Steinar Madsen — a senior medical officer from Valstad, Norway
Elena Kislenkova — an assistant lecturer from St. Petersburg, Russia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elena | $100 | $300 | $1,500 |
$1,000
2nd place: $5,000 |
$3,500
11 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Steinar | $900 | $1,100 | $4,100 |
$1
3rd place: $5,000 |
$4,100
14 R, 3 W |
| Jan | $800 | $1,400 | $9,200 |
$8,201
Finalist |
$7,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| FOOD | THE OSCARS | COMPANY SYMBOLS | HISTORIC NAMES | THE BEATLES |
|
$100
[21]
Carpaccio, an Italian dish of raw shavings of this meat, is often served with capers
beef
Jan
|
$100
[1]
When he won for directing the Scottish epic "Braveheart", he joked "What I really want to do is act"
Mel Gibson
Elena
|
$100
[11]
This black-and-white flightless bird is the symbol of a British-American book company
a penguin
Steinar
Jan
|
$100
[16]
The international airport that serves Venice is named for this explorer famous for his Asian travels
Marco Polo
Steinar
|
$100
[6]
This drummer joined The Beatles in 1962, replacing Pete Best
Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey)
Steinar
|
|
$200
[22]
Nan, an East Indian form of this, is usually baked in a tandoor
bread
Steinar
|
$200
[2]
She had the "Sense and Sensibility" to win an Oscar for her screenplay adapted from Jane Austen's novel
Emma Thompson
Steinar
|
$200
[12]
McDonald's are "golden"
the Arches
Steinar
|
$200
[17]
This spiritual & political leader of India ended his last fast just days before he was slain in 1948
Mahatma Gandhi
Elena
|
$200
[7]
Yeh, yeh, yeh, this song was The Beatles' 2nd No. 1 hit in the U.S., after "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
"She Loves You"
|
| — |
$300
[3]
His performance as a suicidal alcoholic in "Leaving Las Vegas" won him the Best Actor Oscar
Nicolas Cage
Steinar
|
$300
[13]
The button fasteners on these jeans include the company name & "S.F. Cal"
Levi's
Steinar
|
$300
[18]
In 1817 the remains of Peter Abelard & this woman were entombed together in a Paris cemetery
Heloise
Jan
|
$300
[8]
This 1964 hit begins, "Well, she was just seventeen, you know what I mean"
"I Saw Her Standing There"
Jan
|
| — |
$400
[4]
A "champion" among actors, this star of "Spartacus" earned an honorary Oscar & a standing ovation
Kirk Douglas
Steinar
|
$400
[14]
Audi's symbol is these, 1 fewer than the Olympics uses
4 rings
Jan
|
$400
[19]
England's King Henry VIII had 3 wives named Catherine: Catherine Howard, Catherine of Aragon & this one
Catherine Parr
Steinar
|
$400
[9]
This 1964 film, The Beatles' first, received an Oscar nomination for its musical score
A Hard Day's Night
Steinar
Jan
|
| — |
$500
[5]
Winning for "Dead Man Walking", she told Tim Robbins, "This is yours as much as mine. Thank God we live together"
Susan Sarandon
Jan
|
$500
[15]
This Swiss wristwatch company uses a white cross on a red square as its symbol
Swatch
Elena
|
$500
[20]
In 1487 Pope Innocent VIII appointed him grand inquisitor for all of Spain
Torquemada
Elena
|
$500
[10]
Songs on this 1967 hit album include "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" & "With A Little Help From My Friends"
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Jan
|
| UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIES-GENERAL | THE OLYMPICS | ART & ARTISTS | RELIGION | WORLD LITERATURE | MOUNTAINS |
|
$200
[21]
China vetoed this Austrian's bid for an unprecedented third term as secretary-general
Kurt Waldheim
Jan
|
$200
[11]
At Antwerp in 1920, the Olympic flag debuted & these birds were first released as symbols of peace
Doves
Elena
|
$200
[25]
He was in his twenties when he sculpted the "Pieta" now in Saint Peter's Basilica
Michelangelo
Elena
|
$200
[12]
In January of 1377, Pope Gregory XI moved the papacy back to this city
Rome
Jan
|
$200
[1]
Sancho Panza calls him "The Knight of the Sad Countenance"
Don Quixote
Elena
|
$200
[6]
South America's Apurimac & Marinon Rivers rise in the permanent snows & glaciers of this range
The Andes
Jan
|
|
$400
[22]
This current secretary-general accompanied Anwar Sadat on his historic 1977 trip to Israel
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Steinar
|
$400
[17]
With 8,611 points, Robert Zmelik of Czechoslovakia won this multi-sport event in 1992
Decathlon
Jan
|
$400
[26]
He painted tropical landscapes on Martinique before he moved to Tahiti
Paul Gauguin
Elena
|
$400
[13]
In 1642 this spiritual leader became the ruler of Tibet
Dalai Lama
Jan
|
$400
[2]
This classic story collection includes "The Tales of Sinbad", "Aladdin" & "Ali Baba"
"Arabian Nights"
Elena
|
$400
[7]
The southern slopes of this highest Japanese mountain extend to the shore of Suruga Bay
Mt. Fuji
Steinar
|
|
$600
[23]
This Peruvian diplomat served with the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Cyprus from 1975-1977
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Jan
|
$600
[18]
The Olympic motto, "Citius Altius Fortius", translates to "Swifter, Higher" & this
Stronger
Elena
|
$600
[27]
This Frenchman painted many portraits of ballet dancers including "Dancer With a Fan" in 1879
Edgar Degas
Steinar
|
$600
[14]
His name is a contraction of Arabic for "The God"; The Koran says he is eternal & omnipotent
Allah
Elena
|
$600
[3]
In this 1862 novel, ex-convict Jean Valjean steals the Bishop of Digne's silverware
Les Misérables
Jan
|
$600
[8]
Coffee & bananas are grown on the lower slopes of this mountain, the highest in Africa
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Elena
|
|
$1,000
[30]
After he left office in 1953, he returned to Norway & later served in the cabinet
Trygve Lie
Steinar
|
$800
[19]
The 1968 summer games in this capital city were the first telecast in color
Mexico City
Steinar
|
$800
[28]
This Spanish court artist's 1620s painting "Los Borachos" or "The Drinkers" is in the Prado
Diego Velázquez
Jan
|
$800
[15]
Bodhisattvas are personifications of the virtues of this founder of a religion
Buddha
Jan
|
$800
[4]
His "The Brothers Karamazov" was translated into English in 1912, 32 years after it was 1st published
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Jan
|
$800
[9]
The world's second-tallest mountain, it's also known as Kechu
K2
Jan
|
|
DD
$2,600
[24]
He was press director for Burma's interim government following its vote for independence
U Thant
Jan
|
$1,000
[20]
The first torch relay was run in 1936, taking the flame from Olympia, Greece to this city
Berlin
Steinar
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
This Dutchman's brother Adrian may have been the model for his "The Man With the Golden Helmet"
Rembrandt
Elena
|
$1,000
[16]
The horseradish on the plate for this Jewish holiday symbolizes the bitterness of slavery in Egypt
Passover
|
$1,000
[5]
Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" is based in part on a story from this 14th c. work by Boccaccio
Decameron
Jan
|
$1,000
[10]
Both ends of this mountain chain between Romania & Slovakia lie on the Danube River
Carpathian Mountains
|
Last name of the last man to sit in power on the Peacock Throne
(Shah Reza) Pahlavi (of Iran)