Show #8086 2019-11-04 (taped 2019-09-17) Tournament of Champions

2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Gilbert Collins — a university administrator from Princeton, New Jersey

Anneke Garcia — an instructional design consultant from Salt Lake City, Utah

Kyle Jones — a music teacher from Aurora, Colorado

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kyle	$-200	$1,200	$8,400	$16,800 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$12,000 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Anneke	$1,800	$3,400	$11,400	$4,799 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$11,400 12 R, 1 W
Gilbert	$5,000	$7,400	$9,000	$16,801 Automatic semifinalist	$7,800 14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

I APPOINTED THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE	HOMOPHONES	SAY YES TO THE CHESS	POETS & POETRY	AUTO FILL	THE HARVARD LAMPOON
$200 [28] John Jay Washington Kyle	$200 [23] Garbage, or where a belt goes waste/waist Kyle	$200 [24] In standard western chess sets, this piece is topped with a cross a king Gilbert	$200 [18] In an ode, John Keats called this bird, renowned for its song, light-winged Dryad of the trees a nightingale Kyle	$200 [27] We have no illusions about the alliterative ___ Mirage Mitsubishi Gilbert	$200 [30] (Alex delivers the clue from a library at the Harvard Lampoon.) Now a fixture as a late-night TV talk show host, in the 1980s this very tall redhead was a 2-year president of the "Harvard Lampoon" Conan O'Brien Anneke
$400 [25] Elena Kagan Obama Anneke	$400 [22] That fancy lodging at your favorite hotel, or the "saccharine" word that describes it suite/sweet Anneke	$400 [20] Chess games are typically divided into the opening, the middle game & this terminal phase the endgame Kyle	$400 [17] As holder of this job in the 1970s, John Betjeman wrote verses honoring Elizabeth II's silver jubilee poet laureate Gilbert	$400 [26] Take a long trip in the ___ Odyssey Honda Gilbert	$400 [29] (Alex holds a framed picture in a library at the Harvard Lampoon.) The style & irreverence of "Harvard Lampoon" had a huge impact in the '70s when alums Doug Kenney&Henry Beardfounded "National Lampoon" & Doug co-wrote this very popular college comedy film Animal House Kyle
$800 [8] William Rehnquist (as associate justice) Richard Nixon	$600 [21] A statement of admiration for another, or a "full" number of soldiers to do a job compliment/complement Anneke	$600 [19] It's the number of white squares on a standard chessboard 32 Gilbert	$600 [16] This Belle of Amherst wrote, "I'll tell you how the sun rose--a ribbon at a time" (Emily) Dickinson Gilbert	$600 [15] Fit for a King Arthur, the ___ Avalon Toyota Gilbert	$600 [12] (Alex delivers the clue from a library at the Harvard Lampoon.)Lisa Hensonwas the "Lampoon"'s first female president & she helpedher dad Jimwrite the speech that was given by this Muppet during the Harvard commencement season in 1982 Kermit Kyle
$1,000 [7] William Rehnquist (as Chief Justice) Reagan Gilbert	$800 [3] The opposite of slack, or what slackers weren't getting in school taut/taught Gilbert	$800 [6] The queen's gambit is marked by white's second-move offer to sacrifice one of these, temporarily a pawn Kyle	$800 [5] This American's verses include "Behold the duck. It does not cluck. A cluck it lacks. It quacks" (Ogden) Nash Kyle	$800 [14] Go here & beyond in the ___ Q50 Infiniti Kyle Anneke	$800 [11] (Alex delivers the clue from a library at the Harvard Lampoon.) Ex-Lampooner Jim Downey not only wrote for "Saturday Night Live" longer than anybody else, he also created this perennial list read by David Letterman the Top 10 List Gilbert
DD $1,800 [9] Ruth Bader Ginsburg Clinton Gilbert	$1,000 [1] An old word for the Christian cross, or a description of one's impolite disposition rood/rude	$1,000 [2] The "hypermodern" Reti opening begins with a move of this piece the white knight	$1,000 [4] John Dryden said this other 17th century man "affects the metaphysics"; in fact he's the leading metaphysical poet (John) Donne Anneke	$1,000 [13] Feel the velocity in the ___ Veloster the Hyundai	$1,000 [10] (Alex holds a framed picture in a library at the Harvard Lampoon.) Writers & performers who've gone from the "Lampoon" to "Saturday Night Live" include this young fellow who co-hosts "Weekend Update" with Michael Che Colin Jost

Double Jeopardy! Round

OPERA & BALLET	ALLITERATION ON THE MAP	HARDPODGE	ABBREV. & ACRONYMS	TO THE STARS	THE PARTY OF THE SECOND PART
$400 [5] This 1818 novel has been adapted as a ballet with an experimentalist named Victor & the discovery of galvanism Frankenstein Kyle	$400 [24] This peak has been officially renamed Denali, from an Athabaskan word meaning "the high one" Mount McKinley Gilbert	$400 [27] During the Middle Ages, Bergen became a trading center of this merchant league that held its last Congress in 1669 the Hanseatic League Anneke	$400 [26] This 5-letter acronym was once a telegraph code word for the occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue POTUS Kyle	$400 [25] The Outer Space Treaty prohibits these weapons or "any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction" from space nuclear weapons Kyle Gilbert	$400 [16] "Grace and Frankie" Lily Tomlin Kyle Anneke
$800 [4] Wagner wrote an opera about this pair of legendary lovers, King Mark's nephew & King Mark's intended bride Tristan and Isolde Kyle	$800 [10] Juba is the capital city of this recently independent nation South Sudan Anneke	$800 [23] It's the culinary verb for theactionbeing done to the bird so it'll hold its shape trussed Kyle	$800 [22] A popular hashtag on Twitter is #icymi, short for this in case you missed it Kyle	$800 [20] In 1960 NASA made this German-born man the first director of the Marshall Space Flight Center Wernher von Braun Gilbert	$800 [18] "Dharma & Greg" Thomas Gibson
$1,200 [3] A courtesan named Violetta is the title fallen woman of this Verdi opera La Traviata Kyle	$1,200 [8] Polar bears & Arctic foxes are found along the shores of this arm of the North Atlantic Baffin Bay Kyle	$1,200 [11] Ever the man in white, he chronicled "Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers" in 1970 Tom Wolfe	$1,200 [21] Some want the NCAA to allow student athletes to be paid for the use of these 3 things often shor than ded as NIL name, image and likeness Gilbert	$1,200 [19] Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan man in space, was not an astronaut but this similar kind of spaceman a cosmonaut Gilbert	$1,200 [28] "Joanie Loves Chachi" Scott Baio Kyle
DD $2,000 [2] You'll find the Queen of Night in this, Mozart's last opera The Magic Flute Kyle	$1,600 [7] This nickname for Dong Ap Bia mountain in Vietnam was inspired by a brutal battle that took place there in 1969 Hamburger Hill	$1,600 [17] Itsinventors, the Dopyera brothers, gave part of their name to this popular country & Western instrument with a resonating disc a Dobro Anneke	$1,600 [12] Wanna boost traffic to your website? Try SEO, short for this search engine optimization Anneke	$1,600 [13] In 2019 this "Heavy" spaceX rocket launched a solar sail testing for space travel powered only by sunlight Falcon Heavy Kyle	$1,600 [29] "Rizzoli & Isles" Sasha Alexander
$2,000 [1] This title girl from an Adolphe Adam ballet dies in the first act & must dance for a ghost queen in the second Giselle	DD $4,000 [9] Before 1910 the area that's home to the southern tip of Africa bore this name Cape Colony Kyle	$2,000 [6] Part of the resume of this Greek deity: smithing; made the first woman (Pandora)... Hephaestus Anneke	$2,000 [15] Abbreviated Bq, this unit of radioactivity is named for a French physicist Becquerel	$2,000 [14] Many of the European space agency's launches happen at its spaceport in this South American territory French Guiana Anneke	$2,000 [30] "Mork & Mindy" Pam Dawber

Final Jeopardy!

ANCIENT HISTORY

According to Herodotus, a messenger was sent 150 miles from Athens to Sparta, just before this 490 B.C. battle

the Battle of Marathon

Kyle "What is Marathon?" — wagered $8,400

Gilbert "What is Marathon?" — wagered $7,801

Anneke "What is Justice for Barb!" — wagered $6,601

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