Show #4083 2002-05-08 (taped 2002-03-25) Million Dollar Masters

2002 Million Dollar Masters semifinal game 1.

Contestants

Eric Newhouse — a director of technical assistance from Vermillion, South Dakota

Leslie Shannon — a manager of a research lab from Sydney, Australia

Bob Harris — an author, comedian, and radio commentator from Los Angeles, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bob	$0	$2,000	$14,800	$29,600 2nd place: $25,000	$9,200 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Leslie	$-600	$0	$2,800	$0 3rd place: $25,000	$2,800 5 R, 1 W
Eric	$5,500	$11,100	$25,500	$29,601 Finalist	$27,000 31 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES	TV's PRETTY FACES	THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME	LI'L BOW WOW	LET A SMILE BE YOUR UMBRIA	STRAIN THY BRAIN
$200 [24] This future Secretary of the Treasury commanded a battalion under Lafayette at Yorktown Hamilton Eric	$200 [30] Bridget in a '70s sitcom, her TV movies include "Down Will Come Baby" & "Miracle on the 17th Green" Meredith Baxter Birney Bob	$200 [25] He said he was inspired to write the book after finding the Greek word for fate carved in a tower of Notre Dame Victor Hugo Bob	$200 [9] This tiny dog that shares its name with a Mexican state descends from a dog known to the Toltecs centuries ago a Chihuahua Eric	$200 [8] Umbrian painter Perugino helped decorate this (he got to do a wall fresco; Michelangelo did the ceiling) the Sistine Chapel Leslie	$200 [3] Per Genesis 1, God created Adam on this day of creation the sixth Leslie
$400 [1] When Washington asked for a volunteer to spy on the British before the Battle of Harlem Heights, he volunteered Nathan Hale Bob	$400 [19] Marge Simpson had a crush on this singer/actor seen on "Shindig", "Getting Together" & "Here Come the Brides" Bobby Sherman Bob	$400 [26] This cathedral bell ringer is the Hunchback of Notre Dame Quasimodo Bob	$400 [20] The smallest dog on record was a 2.5" tall Yorkie, which is short for this a Yorkshire terrier Eric	$400 [12] This Umbrian town's claim to fame is that it was the birthplace of St. Francis Assisi Eric	$400 [4] The eyes of E.T. were modeled on those of this 1921 Nobel Prize winner Einstein Bob
$600 [2] The Fallen Timbers monument in Toledo, Ohio commemorates a 1794 victory by this "Mad" general Anthony Wayne Eric	$600 [18] African-American actor Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs played this character on "Welcome Back, Kotter" (Freddie "Boom Boom") Washington Eric	$600 [27] This gypsy girl is accused of witchcraft because of the tricks she has taught her pet goat Esmeralda Eric	$600 [21] Developed in this country, the cairn terrier was named for its ability to dig under cairns, or rock heaps, to hunt vermin Scotland Leslie	$600 [13] In 1990 this brand retired raw umber, a color whose name came from Umbria Crayola Eric	$600 [5] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew sizes herself up with an NBA behemoth.) I'm 5'2", & Shawn Bradley is 7'6", so this is the number of inches difference in our heights 28 Eric
$800 [10] In 1778 this frontiersman & his band captured the British settlements of Kaskaskia & Cahokia George Rogers Clark Bob Eric	$800 [17] Seen here, this co-star of "That '70s Show" was born in 1980 Laura Prepon	$800 [28] The novel opens on Jan. 6, 1482, during the Feast of Fools & this post-Christmas festival the Twelfth Night Bob	$800 [22] The largest of the toy breeds, this dog, seen here, still only weighs about 14-18 lbs. a pug Eric	$800 [14] Native to Umbria, the Sangiovese variety of these is grown to produce a popular Italian export grapes Eric	$800 [6] The U.S. National Historic Landmark found in California that moves at a steady 9.5 miles per hour the San Francisco cable cars
$1,000 [11] This general was appointed president of the Board of War for his victory over Burgoyne at Saratoga General Gates Leslie	$1,000 [16] She's the bespectacled anchor of MSNBC's "A Region in Conflict" Ashleigh Banfield Eric	$1,000 [29] The novel praises this style of architecture, that of the cathedral Gothic Eric	$1,000 [23] Bred by eunuchs in Peking, this dog, whose name is Chinese for "lion", was once grouped with the Lhasa apso a shih tzu Eric	DD $1,500 [15] Running through Umbria are the Tiber & Nera Rivers & the Umbrian Range of this mountain system the Apennines Eric	$1,000 [7] In the 16th c., it was the unusual annual rent paid by the Knights of Malta to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V the (real) Maltese Falcon

Double Jeopardy! Round

SHAKESPEARE	ALL THE PRESIDENTS' MEN	I'VE GOT A LITTLE LISZT	BOBBING FOR BOBS	TOUGH GEOGRAPHY	BEFORE, DURING & AFTER
$400 [14] Lavinia has her tongue cut out & Tamora is served her own sons baked in a pie in this far-from-tasteful tragedy Titus Andronicus Bob	$400 [11] He succeeded Janet Reno as Attorney General John Ashcroft Eric	$400 [21] Cosima, Liszt's daughter with a countess who wrote under the pen name Daniel Stern, married this "Ring" cyclist Wagner Eric	$400 [22] In a 1960 hit song, this man's lover was waiting for him "Beyond The Sea" Bobby Darin	$400 [1] Asia's longest river, it rises in China's Kunlun Mountains & empties into the East China Sea near Shanghai the Yangtze Bob	$400 [6] "L.A. Story" comic whose other work includes the 95 Theses & "'Til My Baby Comes Home" Steve Martin Luther Vandross Eric
$1,200 [16] Froth is a foolish gentlemen in this comedy whose title begins & ends with the same 7-letter word Measure for Measure Bob Eric	$800 [12] It might ring a bell that he was John Adams' Secretary of State before he became Chief Justice (John) Marshall Eric	$800 [27] The 1840s excitement over Liszt was dubbed this (later a movie title) by Heinrich Heine Lisztomania Bob	$800 [23] It's the sports team nickname of Ohio University the Bobcats Bob	$800 [2] The Gulf of Aden guards the southern entrance to this sea the Red Sea Bob	$800 [7] Depicting mobile homes on a space near Boardwalk, it sits under your plate Trailer Park Place Mat Eric
$1,600 [19] In "Macbeth", these 3 words immediately precede the line "And damn'd be him that first cries, 'Hold, enough!'" Lay on, Macduff Leslie	$1,200 [13] In 1993 this Texan cashed in his Senate seat to become President Clinton's Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Bentsen Leslie	$1,200 [28] One of Liszt's later works was an 1867 funeral march for this Austrian archduke & emperor of a N. American country Maximilian Eric	$1,200 [24] In 1966 Huey Newton & this man founded the Black Panthers Bobby Seale Bob	$1,200 [3] This Argentine region's name is Spanish for "big feet", perhaps because Spaniards saw Indians who wore large boots Patagonia Eric	$1,200 [8] Flowing warm through the Atlantic, this rapid succession of ideas increases awareness of social needs Gulf Stream of consciousness raising Bob
$2,000 [20] Guiderius & Arviragus, who pretend to be Polydore & Cadwal, are sons of this title king of Britain Cymbeline Eric	DD $2,000 [17] This Defense Secretary under Ronald Reagan received a full pardon for his role in the Iran-Contra affair Caspar Weinberger Eric	$1,600 [29] For one of his few songs in English, "Go Not Happy Day", Liszt took his text from this "Light Brigade" poet Tennyson Eric	$1,600 [25] In the 1980s he twice drove Buicks to victory in the Daytona 500 Bobby Allison Bob Eric	$1,600 [4] This last colony in Africa shares part of its name with a desert & is claimed by Morocco Western Sahara Eric	$1,600 [9] A 19th century Sioux leader who damages porcelain as a labor union representative Sitting Bull in a China Shop Steward Bob Eric
DD $6,400 [15] He has the nerve to woo a widow beside her father-in-law's coffin, but she marries him anyway Richard III Bob	$2,000 [18] In 1989 he made a touchdown scoring the job of HUD Secretary (Jack) Kemp Bob	$2,000 [30] Liszt's "La Clochette Fantasy" is a difficult piano piece based on this violinist's difficult B minor concerto Paganini Eric	$2,000 [26] Just as he was to become Speaker of the House in 1999, this Louisiana politician abruptly resigned Bob Livingston Eric	$2,000 [5] Karafuto is the Japanese name for this large Russian island north of Hokkaido Sakhalin Eric	$2,000 [10] The first to score in overtime wins the game between Hemingway's bull book & Debussy's hoofed deity at midday Sudden Death in the Afternoon of a Faun Eric

Final Jeopardy!

IN THE DICTIONARY

In his dictionary, Samuel Johnson self-effacingly defined this job title in part as "a harmless drudge"

lexicographer

Leslie "What is a dictionary writer?" — wagered $2,800

Bob "What is a lexicographer?" — wagered $14,800

Eric "What is a lexicographer?" — wagered $4,101

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