Show #6940 2014-11-14 (taped 2014-09-30) Tournament of Champions

2014 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Mark Japinga — a graduate student in public affairs from Madison, Wisconsin

Sandie Baker — a data and translation coordinator from Eastpointe, Michigan

Jared Hall — a consultant from Washington, D.C.

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jared	$4,400	$5,000	$9,800	$16,800 Automatic semifinalist	$12,600 13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Sandie	$800	$3,000	$9,000	$15,500 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$9,000 12 R, 4 W
Mark	$3,600	$5,400	$13,900	$15,003 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$13,400 21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE	FUNNY PEOPLE	CITY OF BIRTH	LETTER PERFECT	AUTHORS	NOT A POP GROUP, YET A POP GROUP
$200 [30] "On" this school, "On" this school, "Fight on for her fame, fight, fellows, fight, fight, fight", fight to say its name! Wisconsin Mark	$200 [29] This funny family includes Damon, Marlon, Shawn & Keenen the Wayans Jared	$200 [28] Bill Gates Seattle Mark	$200 [17] 007's boss M Sandie	$200 [21] "Slaughterhouse-Five" was the first of his novels to feature his own drawings (Kurt) Vonnegut Mark	$200 [22] Singer Bing, a series of single photo prints &poet Ogden Crosby, Stills & Nash Mark
$400 [2] In 1825 this state university of New Jersey was renamed to honor a revolutionary war colonel Rutgers Jared Sandie	$400 [11] In 2014, Spike hosted an all-star comedy tribute to this beloved comedian pictured here Don Rickles Mark	$400 [27] Robert Louis Stevenson Edinburgh Mark	$400 [16] "Special" serving, now with red berries K Sandie	$400 [7] Thistale spinner continues to delight with more frights to come Stephen King Mark	$400 [23] Auto racing's Mr. Fittipaldi, Huron or Erie &golfer Arnold Emerson, Lake & Palmer Jared
$600 [3] The tide most certainly does not roll at this school established in 1856 as the East Alabama Male College Auburn Mark	$600 [8] Though she came around, Barbara Walters said she initially hated this funny lady's "Baba Wawa" impression Gilda Radner Sandie	$600 [12] Jerry Garcia San Francisco Mark	$600 [18] 1969 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film Z Sandie	$600 [1] Fittingly, this last name of "Girl With A Pearl Earring" historical novelist Tracy means "Knight" Chevalier	$600 [25] Scone or Rosetta; a Jewish house of worship; Chuck Yeager & the Red Baron Stone Temple Pilots Mark
$800 [4] An ex-governor of California hired Frederick Law Olmsted to design the physical plan for this university Stanford Mark	$800 [9] She'sdone HBO specials & had her own late-night talk show, & in 2014, she was a mentor on "Last Comic Standing" Wanda Sykes Mark	$800 [13] Aung San Suu Kyi Rangoon (or Yangon) Jared	$800 [19] Proverbial sign that oysters are safe to eat R	$800 [6] In 2010, the 25th anniversary of his "Less Than Zero", he published a sequel called "Imperial Bedrooms" (Bret Easton) Ellis Sandie	$800 [26] Nationality of Jenny Lind & Stieg Larsson; last name of a Hugh Laurie TV M.D.; the Cosa Nostra Swedish House Mafia Mark
$1,000 [5] One of these 2 "directional" schools is in Evanston, Illinois; the other, on Huntington Avenue in Boston Northwestern University & Northeastern University Jared	$1,000 [10] She does a lot of improvising as the rather abrasive Fiona Wallice on "Web Therapy" Lisa Kudrow Sandie	DD $2,200 [15] Arianna Huffington Athens, Greece Jared	$1,000 [20] In physics, the most common symbol for momentum p	$1,000 [14] In 1960 she delivered a campus lecture titled "Faith and Force: The Destroyers of the Modern World" Ayn Rand	$1,000 [24] The two items seen here Arcade Fire Sandie

Double Jeopardy! Round

SHAKESPEARE'S FOOLS	FURNITURE	LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY	KILLER TV	READING THE METER	FROM THE...
$400 [29] Trinculo in this play is a follower of Stephano & Caliban in a murder plot--not so funny The Tempest Jared	$400 [19] With bookshelves, drawers & a writing surface, an escritoire or a secretary is one of these a desk Mark	$400 [6] In 1520 this Portuguese navigator became the first European to reach what is now Chile Magellan Sandie	$400 [1] Christopher Moltisanti The Sopranos Sandie	$400 [30] 3M's Edge eg5 Personal Noise Dosimeter measures local noise levels from 70 to 140 of these units decibels Mark	$400 [15] Italian for "detached", it refers to a singing style where notes are disconnected staccato Mark
$800 [28] The 2 gravediggers in "Hamlet" argue whether her drowning was a suicide Ophelia Mark	$800 [20] This name was once used for a divan introduced to Europe from Turkey; today it's a low footstool an ottoman Mark	$800 [7] The 1881 addition of this region stretching south from Argentina's Colorado River expanded the nation's territory Patagonia Jared	$800 [2] Leland Palmer, AKA Killer Bob Twin Peaks Sandie	$800 [16] You can make a simple inclinometer with a protractor, string & washer; you'll need this, the study of angles, to read it trigonometry Mark	$800 [10] Yiddish, it means gall, audacity or nerve; you've got a lot of it, pal! chutzpah Jared
$1,200 [8] This play's title characters have corresponding fools: Valentine's servant Speed & Proteus' servant Launce The Two Gentlemen of Verona	$1,200 [21] A little bird gave us this term for the space-saving furniture seen here nesting tables Sandie	$1,200 [12] Zapatista rebels seized towns in this Mexican state in 1994, protesting possible economic damage from NAFTA Chiapas Sandie Mark	$1,200 [3] Brian Moser, AKA the Ice Truck Killer Dexter	$1,200 [13] (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a thermometer.) Look at the number on the lowest of the floatingspheresto read the thermometer named for this Italian who discovered that the density of a liquid changes according to its temperature Galileo	$1,200 [14] French for "to cloy"--don't be this, sooo unimpressed with life blasé Sandie
$1,600 [23] In "Troilus & Cressida", Thersites says this commander of the Greek Forces "has not so much brain as ear-wax" Agamemnon Jared	$1,600 [22] This chair, a molded plywood seat & back connected by stainless steel tubing, is named for its designer an Eames chair Jared	$1,600 [9] When Hugo Chavez died in 2013, this V.P. became president of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro	$1,600 [4] Lester Nygaard Fargo Mark	$1,600 [27] The Dynojet 224x dynamometer uses software to give readings up to 2,000 foot-pounds of this rotational force torque Jared	$1,600 [17] Spanish for "to bake in pastry", these tasty meat pies are usually single-serving turnovers empanadas Mark
DD $4,000 [24] "The more fool I", says Touchstone on arriving at his new forest home in this comedy As You Like It Jared	$2,000 [25] This Scottish-born furniture maker was a leading exponent of the Neoclassical style Duncan Phyfe Jared	$2,000 [11] In 1949 this Central American nation abandoned its army & established a Civil Guard in its place Costa Rica Mark	$2,000 [5] Red John The Mentalist Sandie	$2,000 [26] Physicists use a "mass" this to measure the characteristics of molecules; the output is called a "stick diagram" spectrometer Sandie	DD $2,500 [18] German for "form" or "shape," it's used to mean the overall mood or quality of something gestalt Mark

Final Jeopardy!

OPERA CHARACTERS

In an 1893 opera that was its composer's greatest success, Peter & Gertrud are the parents of these 2 characters

Hansel & Gretel

Sandie "Who are Hansel & Gretel?" — wagered $6,500

Jared "Who are Hansel & Gretel" — wagered $7,000

Mark "Who are Hansel & Gretel" — wagered $1,103

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