Show #1200 1989-11-17 (taped 1989-10-17) Tournament of Champions

1989 Tournament of Champions final game 2.

Contestants

Rich Lerner — a lawyer from Pago Pago, American Samoa (subtotal of $4,100)

Brian Wangsgard — a senior marketing representative originally from Ogden, Utah (subtotal of $3,000)

Tom Cubbage — a law student and winner of last year's College Tournament from Bartlesville, Oklahoma (subtotal of $8,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$0	$1,800	$9,100	$9,100	$9,500 19 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Brian	$1,600	$2,300	$2,900	$2	$4,900 13 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Rich	$1,700	$2,300	$5,700	$11,400	$5,700 20 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

CORPORATE AMERICA	GARDENING	MYTHS & LEGENDS	RECORD ALBUMS	SLAVERY	"CHAIN"S
$100 [6] Joyce Hall began this Kansas City company selling postcards Hallmark Rich	$100 [11] Dates & coconuts both grow on this type of tree Palm Tree Brian	$100 [26] A sincere cavalier, he fooled around with Guinevere Lancelot Rich	$100 [1] He's had the most Top 40 & Top 10 albums during the rock era--not bad for a man who's been singing since 1933 Frank Sinatra Rich	$100 [17] In 1861 by imperial decree, Alexander II liberated 40 million serfs in this country Russia Rich	$100 [16] A shackled group of prisoners, they were formerly used to build roads in the southern U.S. Chain Gang Tom
$200 [7] G.E. was instrumental in starting this communications giant which it bought in 1986 RCA Rich	$200 [12] This relative of the onion is rarely grown from seed; it's grown from parts of its bulbs called cloves Garlic Brian	$200 [28] His 9th hurdle--Hippolyta's girdle Hercules Tom	$200 [2] "You Belong to the City" was part of this television show's No. 1 album "Miami Vice" Rich	$200 [20] This large Middle Eastern country did not abolish slavery until 1962 Saudi Arabia Rich	$200 [18] Knights wore this flexible armor of interlinked metal rings Chain Mail Rich
$300 [8] This company's founder invented condensed milk Borden Rich	$300 [13] Also known as plant lice, these garden pests secrete a "honeydew" that ants eat Aphids Tom Brian	$300 [27] Thru many a metaphysical joust he tried to win the soul of Faust Mephistopheles Brian	$300 [3] "Blue Bayou" & "It's So Easy" are both on her "Simple Dreams" album Linda Ronstadt Tom	$300 [23] In 1865 this amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery in the U.S. 13th Amendment Tom	$300 [19] In the U.S. Army it would be a general to lt. general to major general to brigadier general chain of command Tom
$400 [9] Dole is the best-known brand name of this company founded by missionaries in Hawaii Castle & Cooke Rich	$400 [14] Azaleas are a member of this plant genus whose name means "rose tree" Rhododendron	DD $300 [29] A disembodied head or pumpkin was thrown at this poor country bumpkin Ichabod Crane Tom	$400 [4] This group's name was also the name of its 1st No. 1 album; the 2nd was "Rumours" Fleetwood Mac Rich	$400 [24] The Compromise of 1850 banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C. & admitted this state as a free state California Tom Brian	$400 [21] The constellation Andromeda is sometimes given this nickname "The Chained Lady"
$500 [10] This company that sells Kleenex & Huggies was founded in Neenah, Wisc. in 1872 & is still there KImberly-Clark Brian	$500 [15] Prairie Sunset & Sable are 2 of the bearded varieties of this spring flower Iris Brian Rich	$500 [30] While Ulysses was fighting the war she kept a lock on her bedroom door Penelope Tom	$500 [5] "Heart of Glass" was cut for this group's album "Parallel Lines" Blondie Rich	$500 [25] 11-letter word meaning the formal emancipation of a slave by his owner Manumission	$500 [22] Completes the line from "The Communist Manifesto" "The proletarians...." "Have nothing to lose but their chains" Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS FIRSTS	LITERATURE	ARTISTS	THE BODY HUMAN	PROVERBS	TRAVEL & TOURISM
$200 [11] The Anti-Masons were the 1st U.S. political party to hold one of these to choose its candidates Convention Rich	$200 [1] He collaborated with ex-wife Margaret Bourke White on documentaries but not on "God's Little Acre" Erskine Caldwell Tom	$200 [3] He was one of the finest American portrait artists, but he's best remembered for his "code" Samuel Morse Brian	$200 [27] These very fine blood vessels give oxygenated blood to the tissues & remove deoxygenated blood from them Capillaries Brian	$200 [17] Every month Reader's Digest reminds us it's "the best medicine" Laughter Rich	$200 [16] "The Rock" has been called the grande dame of local hotels on this small peninsula Gibraltar Tom
$400 [30] In 1874 cigar makers, not the ladies garment workers, became the 1st union to have this on their products Union Label Tom	$400 [2] His novels "Ragtime" & "World's Fair" were both set in NYC before WWII E.L. Doctorow Brian	$400 [4] Jan Vermeer lived his entire life in this city known for its pottery Delft	$400 [25] Rejection of organ transplants is caused by the reaction of this defense system Immune System Brian	$400 [18] Samuel Johnson said, "When a man is tired of" this city, "he is tired of life" London Rich	$400 [15] The kind of currency you'd need to play the slot machines in the casino at Monte Carlo French Francs Rich
$600 [29] In 1793 the 1st U.S. ship canal was built near Springfield, in this state Massachusetts Brian	$600 [8] The title of this novel by Charles Jackson has become a catch phrase for a major drinking binge "The Lost Weekend"	$600 [5] Sir Joshua Reynolds was knighted by this king in 1769 George III Tom	$600 [22] 2 of the 3 bones that meet at the shoulder Clavicle, Humerus & Scapula Rich	$600 [19] Over 400 years B.C. Thucydides wrote history tends to do this "Repeat Itself" Tom	$600 [14] There are 137 of them in all & they lead up from Rome's Piazza Dispagna Steps Rich
$800 [28] A veteran of the last Mercury flight & Gemini 5, he was the 1st man to make 2 orbital flights Gordon Cooper	$800 [9] Some of the stories & poems in "We Are Still Married" reflect on this author's life in Minnesota Garrison Keillor Tom Rich	DD $700 [7] English illustrator whose work is seen here; he was a leader of the Art Nouveau movement: Aubrey Beardsley Tom	$800 [23] Muscles used to move a limb away from the central line of the body Abductor Muscles	$800 [20] Jesus taught, "Greater love hath no man than" this "That he would lay down his life for his brother/friends" Brian	$800 [13] African country in which you can visit Aberdare National Park & Mombasa Beach Kenya Rich
$1,000 [26] The 1st woman to win a Pulitzer for fiction was this author of "The Age of Innocence" in 1921 Edith Wharton Tom	$1,000 [10] We wonder what his grandfather, the adding machine inventor, would have thought of "Naked Lunch" William Burroughs Tom	$800 [6] Norwegian whose painting "The Cry", or "The Scream", has been called "an icon of existential anguish" Edvard Munch Tom	$1,000 [24] A tricuspid insufficiency has nothing to do with the teeth, but refers to a valve failure here The Heart Tom	DD $2,000 [21] "In the country of the blind," this "man is king" The Man With One Eye Brian	$1,000 [12] Brazilian airline whose name is an abbreviation of "Empresa de Viacao Aerea Rio Grandense" Varig Rich

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. HISTORY

The states admitted to the Union in the 20th century were Alaska, Hawaii & these 3

Arizona, New Mexico & Oklahoma

Brian "What are NM, AZ & WA?" — wagered $2,898

Rich "What are Ariz Okla + N.M.?" — wagered $5,700

Tom "What are New Mex., Ariz & OKLAHOMA?" — wagered $0

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