Show #1198 1989-11-15 (taped 1989-10-17) Tournament of Champions

1989 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.

Contestants

Ouida Rellstab — a teacher and Seniors Tournament winner from Metairie, Louisiana

Mark McDermott — a freelance writer originally from Schaller, Iowa

Brian Wangsgard — a senior marketing representative originally from Ogden, Utah

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Brian	$1,700	$3,300	$5,700	$5,697 Finalist	$5,700 18 R, 1 W
Mark	$900	$1,300	$1,200	$25 2nd place: $5,000	$4,600 20 R (including 1 DD), 8 W (including 2 DDs)
Ouida	$-200	$-100	$2,700	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$2,700 10 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

JOURNALISM	CITY NICKNAMES	PHYSICAL SCIENCE	U.S. HISTORY	SINGERS	12-LETTER WORDS
$100 [6] The public may subscribe to this paper which features a daily transcript of the activities of Congress the Congressional Record Mark	$100 [9] "The Big Apple" New York City Mark	$100 [1] Every year Australia moves 2 in. away from this nearest U.S. state & Japan moves 3 in. closer Hawaii Brian	$100 [17] Century in which the most states, 29, were admitted to the Union the 19th century Brian	$100 [19] When he got his star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, this Welshman tossed garters to his fans Tom Jones Brian	$100 [16] From the Greek for "fire" & "craft", it's a fancy word for a fireworks display pyrotechnics Brian
$200 [7] This CBS newsman once petitioned Churchill to let him broadcast outdoors so people could hear the Blitz Edward R. Murrow Brian	$200 [12] "The Cradle of Texas Liberty" San Antonio Brian Ouida	$200 [2] France derives a higher percentage of its electricity from this energy source than any other country nuclear power Brian	$200 [18] John Q. Adams & Henry Clay were among those who negotiated the Treaty of Ghent that ended this war the War of 1812 Mark	$200 [21] Katey Sagal of "Married... with Children" used to be one of the Harlettes, who sang back-up for this star Bette Midler Mark	$200 [20] Stereophonic times 2 quadraphonic Mark
$300 [8] Sime Silverman, editor of this weekly trade paper, coined the headline "Sticks Nix Hick Pix" Variety Brian	$300 [13] "The Crescent City" New Orleans Mark	$300 [3] Carbohydrates, such as sugars & starch, contain these 3 elements carbon, hydrogen, & oxygen Brian Mark	$300 [25] The 1st English settlement in Maine occured in this same year as the settlement of Jamestown 1607 Brian	$300 [22] He played a sleazy TV evangelist in the James Bond film "Licence to Kill" Wayne Newton Mark	$300 [28] In other words this exclamation can be "violin bows!" fiddlesticks! Mark
DD $500 [10] Born in Hungary, he ran the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before buying the New York World Joseph Pulitzer Mark	$400 [14] "Kodak City" Rochester, New York Mark	$400 [4] -273.15 degrees C. absolute zero Brian	$400 [26] This disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquto was brought to America on slave ships yellow fever Mark Ouida	$400 [23] Emmy-winning TV hostess whose hometown, Winchester, Tenn., renamed its main street in her honor Dinah Shore Mark	$400 [29] Kids could tell the post office the dinosaur called this on a stamp is actually an Apatosaurus Brontosaurus
$500 [11] UPI journalist who's the senior member of the White House press corps Helen Thomas	$500 [15] "The Athens of the South" Nashville Ouida	$500 [5] A space telescope to be launched by the space shuttle in 1990 is named for this 20th century astronomer Edwin Hubble Mark	$500 [27] In 1954 he was elected to the senate from South Carolina by a write-in vote Strom Thurmond Brian Mark	$500 [24] This Aussie singer was once a commissioner of parks & recreation for the state of California Helen ("I Am Woman") Reddy Mark	$500 [30] Literary term for words like hiss, fizz, kerflop, kerplunk & kerflooey onomatopoeia (or onomatopoeic) Brian Mark

Double Jeopardy! Round

ABBREV.	SCOTLAND	BALLET	MEDICINES	POETRY	FAMOUS EDUCATORS
$200 [2] Abbreviated hdbk., a Boy Scout might consult one Handbook Mark	$200 [3] This term for the extended family comes from the Gaelic for "children" clan Mark	$200 [30] Tamara Karsavina was the 1st to dance the role of this Stravinsky bird, in 1910 The Firebird Ouida	$200 [8] Dramamine or Phenergan taken about 1/2 hour before traveling will help prevent this motion sickness Ouida	$200 [1] 5-line humorous verse named for an Irish county Limerick Brian	$200 [10] In 1978 this future baseball commissioner became the youngest pres. of Yale in 2 centuries A. Bartlett Giamatti Ouida
$400 [4] Artistic field in which you'd find abbreviations such as "sfz", "pp" & 'ff" Music Brian	$400 [17] The Scots word for "twilight"; Sir Harry Lauder used to sing about "roamin' in" it gloamin Ouida	$400 [29] This dame, born Margaret Hookham, has been called "The greatest British ballerina of all time" Margot Fonteyn Mark	$400 [21] Miles Laboratories has been selling this analgesic antacid tablet since 1931 Alka-Seltzer Brian Ouida	$400 [9] His poem "Mending Wall" 1st appeared in "North of Boston", a collection of poems he wrote in England Robert Frost Mark	$400 [14] In 1925 this Dayton, Tenn. biology teacher was arrested for teaching evolution in his class John Scopes Ouida
$600 [5] The abbreviation for manager is mgr. whereas msgr. stands for this Monsignor Brian	$600 [18] Silly-sounding name for the estuary of the river Forth Firth of Forth Mark	$800 [27] Mental illness ended his career after he choreographed his last ballet, "Till Eulenspiegel" Vaclav Nijinsky	$600 [22] On March 20, 1987 this drug became the 1st approved by the FDA for use in combating the AIDS virus AZT Brian	$600 [11] Not only did he write "Don Juan", he proved it was possible to swim the Hellespont by doing it himself Lord Byron Ouida	$600 [15] Both John R. Gregg & Sir Isaac Pitman are famous for developing & teaching systems of this shorthand writing Mark
$800 [6] If you reverse this month's 3-letter abbrev., you get the symbol of 1 of its astrological signs March (mar./ram) Mark	$1,000 [20] Range of hills that was home to Sir Walter Scott's "Bride" & Donizetti's "Lucia" Lammermoor Ouida	$1,000 [26] Balanchine's ballet "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" is based on a 17th c. play by this Frenchman Moliere Mark	$800 [23] In 1988 this prescription acne cream was found to reverse the effects of sun-induced wrinkles Retin-A Mark Ouida	$800 [12] He wrote, "I hope to see my pilot face to face when I have crost the bar" Tennyson Ouida	$800 [16] This Swiss child psychologist was a professor at the University of Geneva from 1929 until his death in 1980 Jean Piaget Ouida
$1,000 [7] Of the 4 main compass points these 3 are also symbols of elements N (Nitrogen), S (Sulphur) & W(Tungsten) Brian	DD $1,500 [19] Scotland's national flag displays the cross of this man, its patron saint St. Andrew Mark	DD $2,000 [28] Tchaikovsky's favorite of his own ballets, it features a wedding &thefollowing: Sleeping Beauty ("Sleeping Beauty Waltz") Mark	$1,000 [24] 1st used for high blood pressure, this drug, the key ingredient in Rogaine, can stimulate hair growth minoxidil	$1,000 [13] In "The Baite" he wrote "Come live with mee, & bee my love" John Donne	$1,000 [25] Though it caused much indignation in the South, Teddy Roosevelt invited this educator to the White House Booker T. Washington Ouida

Final Jeopardy!

VICE PRESIDENTS

At 39 he was the youngest man to take the office of vice president

Richard Nixon (in 1953)

Mark "Who was Theo. Roosevelt?" — wagered $1,175

Ouida "Who is Teddy Roosevelt?" — wagered $2,700

Brian "Who was T. Roosevelt?" — wagered $3

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