1996 Olympic Games Tournament semifinal game 2.
Soren Wedderkopp — a creative director from Copenhagen, Denmark
Tom Kinne — a translator from Frankfurt, Germany
Mandi Hale — a pharmaceutical dispenser from Ruddingham, Nottingham England
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandi | $900 | $1,500 | $6,500 |
$10,900
Finalist |
$9,500
25 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Tom | $1,500 | $1,600 | $5,400 |
$10,800
2nd place: $5,000 |
$6,200
16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Soren | $400 | $300 | $0 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$1,100
7 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| EUROPEAN HISTORY | SPORTS | TRAVEL U.S.A. | LATIN WORDS & PHRASES | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | POPES NAMED LEO |
|
$100
[25]
While in exile on the island of St. Helena from 1815-1821, he dictated his memoirs to friends
Napoleon
Mandi
|
$100
[16]
He scored 12 career goals in World Cup competition; now he's Brazil's special minister for sports
Pele
Mandi
|
$100
[6]
Waikiki is probably the most famous beach in this U.S. state
Hawaii
Soren
|
$100
[1]
The phrase "fugit ireparabile tempus" has been shortened to just "tempus fugit" - this "flies"
Time
Tom
|
$100
[11]
Broken Hill, this country's largest company, took its name from a small town in New South Wales
Australia
Tom
|
$100
[26]
Leo I asserted that papal power was granted by Christ only to this man & his successors
St. Peter
Tom
|
|
$200
[21]
This grand duchy was founded in 963 when Siegfried, Count of Ardennes, gained control of the area
Luxembourg
Mandi
|
$200
[17]
From 1987-1995, this German tennis star won 18 womens' singles Grand Slam tournaments
Steffi Graf
Mandi
|
$200
[7]
Fans of Davy Crockett remember the Alamo is in San Antonio in this western state
Texas
Tom
|
$200
[2]
Latin title of the Christmas hymn "O Come All Ye Faithful"
"Adeste Fideles"
Mandi
|
$200
[12]
This largest European tire maker is headquartered in Clermont-Ferrand, France
Michelin
Mandi
Soren
|
$200
[27]
During Leo IX's reign, they became important papal counselors; soon, they formed a sacred college
cardinals
Mandi
|
|
$300
[22]
The treaties ending the Seven Years', Crimean & Spanish-American Wars were signed in this city
Paris
Mandi
|
$300
[18]
Other than the Olympics, this Romanian's only World Gymnastics Championship came in 1978 on the balance beam
Nadia Comaneci
Soren
|
$300
[8]
The French Quarter of this Louisiana city is world-famous for its nightlife
New Orleans
Mandi
|
$300
[3]
It literally means "in glass" & is where some fertilizations occur
In Vitro
Tom
|
$300
[13]
Comau, a subsidiary of this Italian company, makes the robots that build its cars
Fiat
Mandi
|
— |
|
$400
[23]
Except for a brief time, this birthplace of Christopher Columbus was ruled by a doge from 1339-1797
Genoa
Mandi
Tom
Soren
|
$400
[19]
In the 1980s, this Spaniard became the youngest golfer to win the Masters & helped Europe win 3 Ryder Cups
Seve Ballesteros
Tom
|
$400
[9]
When visiting this California city, take a cable car to Fisherman's Wharf
San Francisco
Tom
|
$400
[4]
It's the opposite of "malafide"
Bonafide
Tom
|
$400
[14]
Johnson & Johnson owns Acuvue, the world's leading disposable brand of these
Contact Lenses
Mandi
|
— |
|
DD
$800
[24]
From 930-1262, this country's Althing served as both court & legislature
Iceland
Tom
|
$500
[20]
Jacky Ickx has won this 24-hour French auto race a record 6 times
24 Hours of Le Mans
Mandi
|
$500
[10]
The Cherry Blossom Parade is a highlight of the National Cherry Blossom Festival in this city
Washington, D.C.
|
$500
[5]
The period before this event is called ante-partum
childbirth
Mandi
|
$500
[15]
Phil Knight, founder of this Oregon-based athletic shoe company, owns about 35% of its stock
Nike
Soren
|
— |
| SHAKESPEARE | ASTRONOMY | AMERICAN MOVIE STARS | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD | QUOTATIONS | WORLD LEADERS |
|
$200
[11]
Polonius tells Hamlet he once played this role in a play, and Brutus killed him
Julius Caesar
Mandi
|
$200
[8]
Any point on the Earth's equator moves at a thousand miles per hour; any point on this largest planet's, at 22,000 miles per hour
Jupiter
Mandi
|
$200
[2]
He's three years younger than his sister, Shirley McLaine
Warren Beatty
Soren
|
$200
[19]
This South American country is over 10 times as long as it is wide
Chile
Tom
|
$200
[1]
In "The Descent of Man", this naturalist wrote, "I would have soon been descended from that heroic little monkey"
Charles Darwin
Mandi
Soren
|
$200
[26]
After a 5-year tenure, this Polish president was defeated for re-election in 1995
Lech Walesa
Mandi
|
|
$400
[15]
Her dying words are "O Antony, nay I will take thee to; what, should I stay?"
Cleopatra
Mandi
|
$400
[10]
The Maxwell Montes region contains the highest point on this planet, the third brightest object in the sky
Venus
Tom
Soren
|
$400
[3]
He danced around in his underwear to "That Old Time Rock n' Roll" in the 1983 hit "Risky Business"
Tom Cruise
Mandi
|
$600
[22]
Khartoum is the capital of this largest African nation
Sudan
Soren
|
$400
[7]
This boxer's slogan, "I Am The Greatest", was inspired by wrestler Gorgeous George
Muhammad Ali
Tom
|
$400
[27]
He was recently voted in as president of the new self-rule Palestinian government
Yasser Arafat
Tom
|
|
$600
[16]
He tells his daughter Cordelia "I fear I am not in my perfect mind"
King Lear
Mandi
|
$600
[13]
During a total eclipse of the sun, this outermost layer of the sun remains visible
Corona
Mandi
|
$600
[4]
She married Paul Newman in 1958, the year they starred in their first film together, "The Long Hot Summer"
Joanne Woodward
Mandi
|
$800
[23]
The largest ethnic groups living in this island country are the Sinhalese & the Tamils
Sri Lanka
Mandi
|
$600
[9]
James Joyce called this country, his homeland, "The Old Sow that Eats Her Farrow"
Ireland
Tom
|
$600
[28]
Once sentenced to life imprisonment, he was elected South Africa's first black leader in 1994
Nelson Mandela
Soren
|
|
$800
[17]
The 2 titled ladies in the cast of "Macbeth" are Lady Macbeth & her
Lady Macduff
|
$800
[20]
This British observatory was completed in 1676 from plans prepared by Christopher Wren
Greenwich
Mandi
|
$800
[5]
This star of "East of Eden" & "Rebel Without A Cause" was only 24 when he died in a 1955 car crash
James Dean
Tom
|
$1,000
[24]
Timor is the largest of this country's Lesser Sunda Islands; Bali is one of the smaller ones
Indonesia
Tom
|
$800
[12]
By Article II of this U.S. document, treaties are made with the advice & consent of the Senate
The Constitution
Tom
|
$800
[29]
After 18 years in exile, he returned to Argentina in 1973
Juan Perón
Soren
|
|
$1,000
[18]
In "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Theseus, Duke of Athens, is engaged to this queen of the Amazons
Hippolyta
|
$1,000
[25]
This constellation, "The Hunter", is found between Taurus, the bull, & Monoceros, the unicorn
Orion
Mandi
|
$1,000
[6]
Norma Jean Baker's name was changed to this, after she signed a contract with 20th Century Fox in 1946
Marilyn Monroe
Mandi
|
DD
$3,000
[21]
The Judeo-Galilean Highlands are one of four major land divisions of this country
Israel
Mandi
|
$1,000
[14]
In "Paradise Lost", he wrote of "things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme"
John Milton
Mandi
|
DD
$1,100
[30]
In failing health, he resigned as Greek premier in January of 1996
Andreas Papandreou
Soren
|
This Catalonian city, once the capital of the Visigoths, may be named for a Carthaginian family
Barcelona