Show #6939 2014-11-13 (taped 2014-09-30) Tournament of Champions

2014 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

Sarah McNitt — a study-abroad advisor originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan

Terry O'Shea — a junior at Princeton University from Bridgewater, New Jersey

Drew Horwood — a law student originally from Maple Grove, Minnesota

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Drew	$1,200	$2,600	$-800	$-800 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$4,200 15 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs)
Terry	$800	$2,000	$8,800	$17,200 Automatic semifinalist	$8,800 11 R, 1 W
Sarah	$-800	$200	$8,600	$500 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$9,600 12 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

1964--50 YEARS AGO	DESSERTS	THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT	FLORIDA GEOGRAPHY	MARVEL: 75 YEARS	OBSOLETE WORDS
$200 [13] In 2014, the National Archives put this actin its Records of Rights exhibit, in time for the act's 50th birthday on July 2nd Civil Rights Act Sarah	$200 [8] AKA silver cake or snow-drift cake, this light cake uses lots of egg whites & no shortening angel food cake Drew	$200 [30] Ringo Starr drums Sarah	$200 [21] Plantation, Windley & Upper Matecumbe are all islands in this chain the Florida Keys Terry	$200 [1] In 1939, the first Marvel comics cover showed this hero, also a name used by the Fantastic Four's Johnny Storm the Human Torch Drew	$200 [4] '50s furry fashion stole
$400 [14] He became the first pope to fly when he visited Jordan & Israel on a "pilgrimage of prayer & penance" Pope Paul VI Sarah	$400 [11] A's are the only vowels you need to spell this Mediterranean treat made with phyllo dough, nuts & honey baklava Terry	$400 [29] Yo-Yo Ma cello Drew	$400 [22] Themetro areathat includes these two twin cities on Florida's West Coast is home to almost 3 million people Tampa and St. Petersburg Drew	$400 [2] This assassin was featured in the movie "Daredevil" & got her own film 2 years later Elektra Drew	$400 [5] Ear end lobe Terry
$600 [20] In March this school completed a 30-0 season & won its first NCAA title in men's basketball UCLA Drew	$600 [12] Dickens told of this sweet pudding, also a rhyming bug roly-poly Drew Terry	$600 [25] Lawrence Welk accordion Sarah	$600 [23] Named for a president & developed around a ford in the St. Johns River, it's Florida's most populous city Jacksonville Sarah	$600 [3] The Superhuman Registration Act led toone of these in the Marvel universe, like the one in Spain from 1936 to 1939 civil war Terry	$600 [6] The office or jurisdiction of a bishop see Sarah
$800 [19] Thomas Berger died in 2014, the 50th anniversary of this novel of his about a 111-year-old survivor of Custer's army Little Big Man	$800 [17] The earl never had this dessert of which a 1900 newspaper article said, "thin wafers...modify the coolness" ice cream sandwich Sarah	$800 [26] James Galway flute	$800 [24] This university in DeLand was named for a hat manufacturer who provided financial assistance Stetson University	$800 [9] In 1964 Marvel began honoring readers who noticed mistakes with this much sought-after prize No-Prize	$800 [7] Chewy evergreen energy booster of Asia betel
$1,000 [15] Nine years before Skylab, this habitat to test human adaptation began operation under the waters off Bermuda SEALAB	$1,000 [18] Thisdessert ofstacked cream puffshas the French for "mouth" in its name croquembouche Sarah	$1,000 [27] Jim Brickman piano	DD $1,000 [28] Its name may be a corruption of the Spanish for "little St. John", & it flows from the Okefenokee Swamp to the Gulf the Suwannee River Sarah	$1,000 [10] Thissix-foot hero bears out his name by shrinking to half an inch in size; oh, he also telepathically talks to bugs Ant-Man Drew	$1,000 [16] Ancient upright slab bearing markings stele Terry

Double Jeopardy! Round

WOMEN'S LIT	MOVIE CENTURY SETTINGS	COME SAIL AWAY	SCIENTIFICALLY RELATED	WHERE THERE'S A WILL...	THERE'S A "WAY"
$400 [10] Like many of her works, this author's 1946 novel "Pavilion of Women" 'takes place in China Pearl Buck Terry	$400 [4] "The Last Samurai" the 19th century Drew	$400 [30] It sounds like a farming term, but it's also an arm attached to a rudder head to help steer tiller Drew Sarah	$400 [25] The order Perissodactyla has 3 families: horses, tapirs & these giant horned beasts rhinoceroses Terry	$400 [29] From his 1788 will: "The philosophical instruments I have in Philadelphia I give to my ingenious friend, Francis Hopkinson" Benjamin Franklin Sarah	$400 [27] Footpads did their robbing on foot; these bad boys commanded victims to stand & deliver from horseback highwaymen Drew
$800 [9] "The women of" this location in the 1982 novel by Gloria Naylor include Etta Mae & Kiswana The Women of Brewster Place Drew	$800 [3] "Atonement" the 20th century Drew	$800 [19] A partition wall that divides a ship's interior into compartments bulkhead	$800 [20] The sumac family gives us mangoes, cashews & these pale green nuts pistachios Sarah	$800 [22] In his 1994 will, Warren Burger didn't give specific powers to his executors--well, it had been 8 years since he'd been this Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Drew	$800 [26] The aromatic "seeds" of this cooking plant are really its small fruits caraway Terry
$1,200 [1] The story of a young divorcee pursuing a Ph.D., the feminist classic "The Women's Room" is by her Marilyn French	$1,200 [2] "The Three Musketeers" (Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland &, of course, Oliver Platt) the 17th century Drew	$1,200 [17] Back in the day, if the sun was over this, lads, it meant it was time for a drink yardarm Drew	$1,200 [21] Allergic to shellfish? Good chance you are also allergic to their kin, the dust type of these tiny arthropods mites Terry	$1,200 [14] Speechwriter Ted Sorensen witnessed the June 18, 1954 signing of this then-senator's will John F. Kennedy Drew	$1,200 [11] This 2-word term for a high-speed computing network zoomed into print in Newsweek in 1983 information superhighway Sarah
$1,600 [7] In 1859 Wilkie Collins published this mystery novel based on an actual criminal case The Woman in White Sarah	$1,600 [5] "The Agony and the Ecstasy" the 16th century Drew Sarah	$1,600 [18] A triangular headsail; the sailor in "All Is Lost" deploys a storm one jib	$1,600 [24] Celery is in the same family as this herb that tastes like licorice & flavors pernod anise Sarah	$2,000 [16] His 1909 will named his daughter Clara & biographer Albert Bigelow Paine to help manage his literary estate Mark Twain	$1,600 [12] Alexander Selkirk, from 1704 to 1709 castaway Sarah
$2,000 [8] Daniel Radcliffe starred in a big screen version of this Susan Hill horror novel about a ghost haunting a town The Woman in Black Terry	$2,000 [6] "Gladiator"starring Russell Crowe the 2nd century Drew Terry	$2,000 [28] They're not rodents' quips; they're rope steps used to climb into the rigging ratlines	DD $2,000 [23] The cypress family includes this conifer named for a Cherokee sequoia Drew	DD $3,000 [15] This heiress' 1993 will disposed of property in NYC, Newport, Beverly Hills & Honolulu & sent $10 million to Durham, N.C. (Doris) Duke Drew	$2,000 [13] Stonepillarsprojecting from the coast of Northern Ireland are known as the Giant's this causeway Drew

Final Jeopardy!

TUNNELS

These 2 islands that begin with the same letter are linked by the 33.5-mile Seikan rail tunnel, the world's longest in operation

Honshu and Hokkaido

Sarah "What are Kyushu and Kyoto?" — wagered $8,100

Terry "What are Hokkaido and Honshu?" — wagered $8,400

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