Show #6549 2013-02-21 (taped 2013-01-16) Tournament of Champions

2013 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Stephanie Jass — a history professor from Milan, Michigan

Colby Burnett — a high school world history teacher from Chicago, Illinois

Dan McShane — a bartender from West Islip, New York

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Dan	$3,800	$7,800	$19,200	$16,399 2nd place: $10,000	$18,200 20 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Colby	$1,400	$5,600	$22,000	$38,401 Finalist	$21,200 22 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Stephanie	$1,000	$1,800	$10,600	$600 3rd place: $10,000	$10,600 14 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE WIT OF OSCAR WILDE	ORGANIZATIONS	HEAVY METAL HEROES	"B" NICE	NAMES IN AMERICAN LORE	THE YEAR THAT WAS
$200 [14] Relatives "haven't got the remotest knowledge of how to live, nor the smallest instinct about when to" do this die Dan	$200 [17] After her daughter was killed by an inebriated motorist, Candy Lightner founded this organization M.A.D.D. Colby	$200 [1] He bedeviled us as the lead singer of Black Sabbath before his reality TV fame (Ozzy) Osbourne Dan	$200 [9] Medically, it's the opposite of malignant benign Dan	$200 [3] Born in New England in 1774, he planted his way to central Ohio & beyond Johnny Appleseed Colby	$200 [22] Grand Rapids, Michigan became the first city in the U.S. to have this added to its water supply fluoride Stephanie
$400 [25] In "A Woman of No Importance", Wilde wrote, "One should never trust a woman who tells one her real" this age Dan	$400 [18] The national association for this board game operates an online catalog at www.wordgear.com Scrabble Colby	$400 [2] With his work on songs like "Hot For Teacher", some rank him as the greatest heavy metal guitarist Eddie Van Halen Stephanie	$400 [10] Insurance entitlements, or things you might share with a really good friend benefits Dan	$400 [4] He said, "Before I'd let your steam drill beat me down, Lord, I'd die with this hammer in my hand" John Henry Colby	$400 [23] In July dense fog caused a B-25 bomber to crash into this building's 78th & 79th floors The Empire State Building Colby
$600 [26] This handsome title guy likes scandals about others, "but scandals about myself...have not got the charm of novelty" Dorian Gray Dan	DD $600 [19] The March of Dimes was established by FDR in 1938 to put an end to this disease polio Colby	$600 [6] 1980s heavy metal included this band that featured Izzy, Duff & Axl Guns N' Roses Dan	$600 [11] A favor or gift, it's a homonym of a Colonial frontiersman's name boon Dan	$600 [5] This Sioux leader surrendered at Fort Buford in 1881, 5 years after winning a "little" battle Sitting Bull Dan	$600 [24] Film releases included this classic with Joan Crawford (not Kate Winslet) as a restauranteur Mildred Pierce Stephanie
$800 [27] This "is the name everyone gives to their mistakes" experience	$800 [20] We salute you if you know the woman seenherewas the first female head of this organization The Salvation Army Colby	$800 [7] "We're not gonna take it" if you can't name this band fronted by Dee Snider Twisted Sister Colby	$800 [12] Robert Burns wrote that the men of Ayr were honest & the lasses were this bonnie Stephanie	$800 [15] It was the nickname of high-living turn-of-the-20th century financier James Brady Diamond Jim Stephanie	$800 [29] On September 2, as supreme commander for the Allies, he accepted Japan's surrender MacArthur Colby
$1,000 [28] "Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always" this one "who writes the biography" Judas Dan	$1,000 [21] The voice for youngsters who "cannot vote, lobby or speak for themselves", the CDF is short for this Children's Defense Fund Dan	$1,000 [8] This "Fistful of Metal" band named itself for a disease Anthrax Dan	$1,000 [13] Officially, it's the "B" in B.P.O.E. benevolent Stephanie	$1,000 [16] Known as "The King of the Keelboatmen", he was a leading pilot on the Mississippi River Mike Fink Colby	$1,000 [30] This is the year that was 1945 Dan

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY	PSYCH! (-OLOGY)	ALMOST BEFORE & AFTER	ROYAL WEDDINGS	DIRECTORS' BIG SCREEN FAREWELLS	THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER
$400 [6] This state's highest point is Britton Hill in the panhandle just south of the Alabama border Florida Stephanie	$400 [26] This musical vehicle "effect" is where people feel pressured to conform; hop on it! bandwagon Colby	$400 [16] "Indestructible" airplane recorder that spawned a 1900 Asian revolt vs. foreigners the Black Boxer Rebellion Colby	$400 [1] Prince Philippe of this country wed Mathilde D'Udekem D'Acoz, who speaks Flemish & French, helping bridge a political divide Belgium Stephanie	$400 [22] The epic "A Passage to India" David Lean	$400 [11] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from CERN in Switzerland.) Visible matter accounts for only 4% of the universe; via the LHC scientists look for particles responsible for this type of matter & energy that make up the other 96% dark matter Colby
$800 [7] Although 500 miles from the Pacific, Lewiston, Idaho is an ocean port thanks to this river's connection with the Columbia Snake Colby	$800 [27] The image, which is a kitten on a cloud obviously, is part of this test named for the man who introduced it in 1921 Rorschach Dan	$800 [17] Fromage-topped potage served at the NFL's championship game French Onion Super Bowl Stephanie	$800 [2] This 14-year-old married the 15-year-old dauphin Louis by proxy in Vienna on April 19, 1770 Marie Antoinette Stephanie	$800 [23] 1990's "La Voce Della Luna" (Federico) Fellini Stephanie	$800 [12] The LHC tries to approximate the time when the universe was a hot, dense soup called a QGP, a quark-gluon this plasma
$1,600 [9] North Carolina's easternmost point lies on this island where you'll also find a famous cape Hatteras Dan	$1,200 [28] Accepting a task & then procrastinating is a classic sign of this oxymoronic disorder passive aggressiveness Stephanie	$1,200 [18] Capote's tale of jewelry window shopping starring a "Beverly Hills 90210" actress Breakfast at Tiffani Amber Thiessen Dan	$1,200 [3] To marry Prince Albert of Monaco, Charlene Wittstock wore a gown with 40,000 Swarovski these crystals Stephanie	$1,200 [24] A gangster saga, not a spaghetti western: "Once Upon a Time in America" Sergio Leone Dan	$1,200 [13] (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from CERN in Switzerland.) In an accelerator, particles circulate in a vacuum tube kept in nearly circular orbits by many of the dipole type of these field-producing objects magnets Colby
DD $2,000 [8] Dubuque, Iowa lies at the junction of 3 states: Iowa, Illinois & this one Wisconsin Colby	$1,600 [29] This Latin word for "mask" refers to one's public image as distinguished from the inner self persona Colby	$1,600 [19] Legendary, perverse French nobleman who uses the surface of the ground to make his old-timey dwelling Marquis de Sod House Stephanie	$1,600 [4] "As marriage must sooner or later come to pass", this king chose Princess Charlotte sight unseen & wed her Sept. 8, 1761 George III Stephanie	$2,000 [25] Filmed in the '40s about a fellow Russian, "Ivan the Terrible: part two" (Sergei) Eisenstein Dan	$1,600 [14] Trillions of these positively charged subatomic particles circle the LHC track at 11,245 times per second protons Colby
$2,000 [10] This Minnesota range is the chief deposit of iron ore in the United States Mesabi (Range) Colby	$2,000 [30] A conflict between overt behavior & belief is known as cognitive this 10-letter word dissonance Colby	$2,000 [20] Satisfaction over the misfortune that came from someone revealing a truth through a verbal miscue Schadenfreudian Slip Dan	$2,000 [5] In 2011 Jigme Wangchuk, the monarch of this Himalayan kingdom, married jetsun pema, a commoner Bhutan Colby	DD $2,600 [21] His second & last talkie, 1931's "The Struggle" (D.W.) Griffith Dan	$2,000 [15] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from CERN in Switzerland.) On July 4, 2012, researchers said they detected a signal with a mass of 125 to 126 billion electron volts that was likely the elusive boson named for this British physicist (Peter) Higgs Colby

Final Jeopardy!

RUSSIAN HISTORY

Launched October 1, 1928, it was brought to a premature end in 1932 amid growing hunger

5-year plan

Stephanie "What is Stalin'sModernzationModernization Plan?" — wagered $10,000

Dan "Whatisare the pogroms?" — wagered $2,801

Colby "What is the 5-year plan?" — wagered $16,401

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