1990 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 3.
George Soule — a teacher from Northfield, Minnesota
Elaine Zollner — a physician from Los Angeles, California
Eric Terzuolo — a foreign service officer from Washington, D.C.
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $2,700 | $4,000 | $8,800 |
$9,601
Automatic semifinalist |
$8,200
25 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Elaine | $700 | $1,400 | $3,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$3,200
8 R, 2 W |
| George | $800 | $2,000 | $4,800 |
$0
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$4,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| ANIMALS IN LITERATURE | FOLK SONGS | ART | WEAPONS | FRUITS & VEGETABLES | HOMOPHONES |
|
$100
[15]
After losing her own baby, Kala the ape adopted & raised this human infant
Tarzan
Elaine
|
$100
[18]
Song in which a gal does in a man who "done her wrong"
"Frankie & Johnny"
Eric
|
$100
[1]
This gemlike carving material was obtained from walruses as well as elephants
ivory
Eric
|
$100
[19]
It's hollow, has a mouthpiece, shoots poison darts & can be 25 feet in length
a blowgun
Eric
|
$100
[6]
The head varieties of this vegetable are divided into butterhead & crisphead
lettuce
Eric
|
$100
[16]
The lowest part of a column or the lowest singing voice in a vocal composition
base/bass
George
|
|
$200
[11]
This first sister of Peter Rabbit married Benjamin Bunny
Flopsy
Eric
|
$200
[27]
The Dust Bowl balladeer who wailed, "You won't find it so hot, if you ain't got the do re mi"
Woody Guthrie
Eric
|
$200
[2]
This diminutive poster artist broke his legs in childhood falls, inhibiting their growth
Toulouse-Lautrec
Eric
|
$200
[20]
From the Latin for "fly", this shoulder gun let fly with ammo throughout the 17th & 18th centuries
musket
George
|
$200
[7]
Santa Claus, casaba & Crenshaw are types of this fruit
melon
Elaine
|
$200
[24]
A segment of a curve or a chest for 10 Commandments
arc/ark
George
|
|
$300
[12]
Reynard, the hero of a popular Medieval epic, was this type of animal
a fox
Eric
|
$300
[28]
"Whenever we go out, the people always shout" this long name
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
Elaine
|
$400
[4]
New & unknown in Paris, at 22 he painted "The Old Guitarist" in shades of blue that reflected his mood
Picasso
Eric
|
$300
[21]
Built in the 16th century, the Czar Pushka is the world's largest one of these & is now in the Kremlin
a cannon
George
|
$300
[8]
This root vegetable looks like, sounds like & is related to parsley
parsnip
George
|
$300
[17]
Peel the skin of 2 identical pieces of fruit
pare/pair/pear
|
|
$400
[13]
In Goethe's version of the story, this character first appears to Faust as a dog
the Devil (Mephistopheles)
Eric
|
$400
[29]
In 1990 this "Queen of Protest Pop" came to a "Crossroads" with her 2nd album of inner city angst
Tracy Chapman
Elaine
|
DD
$500
[3]
The animal featured both in Rousseau's "The Sleeping Gypsy" & "The Dream"
a lion
Eric
|
$400
[22]
Guy Fawkes was part of the conspiracy known as this
the Gunpowder Plot
Eric
|
$400
[9]
It's both a type of gourd & a small immature cucumber
a gherkin
|
$400
[25]
To fly high above the clouds or something painful to the touch
soar/sore
George
|
|
$500
[14]
In "Out of Africa", she wrote of raising a gazelle named lulu
Isak Dinesen
Eric
|
$500
[30]
Legend says this song's about a train whose light shining on a prisoner's cell could set him free
"Midnight Special"
Eric
|
$500
[5]
The most famous "Sunday Afternoon" this pointillist painted was on the "Grand Jatte"
(Georges) Seurat
Elaine
|
$500
[23]
Also called onagers, the largest one could throw a missile weighing 60 lbs. a distance of 500 yards
a catapult
Elaine
|
$500
[10]
Ponderosa, Big Boy hybrid & Sunray are popular varieties of this
tomato
George
|
$500
[26]
The vertical part of a doorframe or the current fashion
stile/style
|
| FAMOUS NAMES | U.S. CITIES | BRITISH ROYALTY | ASTRONOMY | DANCE | THOSE PHABULOUS PHOENICIANS |
|
$200
[14]
An authority on card & board games, his last name completes the expression, "According to..."
Hoyle
George
|
$200
[1]
This Colorado resort city was named for a type of poplar tree growing in the area
Aspen
Eric
|
$200
[10]
This granddaughter of George III became queen of England in 1837
Victoria
Eric
|
$200
[21]
As can be seen thru a telescope, the sizes of this red planet's polar ice caps change with the seasons
Mars
Eric
|
$200
[11]
This sensuous Hawaiian dance evolved from a religious form to a hip story-telling device
the hula
Eric
|
$200
[28]
The Phoenician city of Berytus is known known by this name
Beirut
Eric
|
|
$400
[18]
In 1850 he left the Chicago police force, having started his own national detective agency
Pinkerton
George
|
$400
[2]
This South Dakota capital was named for a French fur trader
Pierre
Eric
|
$400
[9]
Hefty king whose sister Mary was the grandmother of Lady Jane Grey
Henry VIII
Eric
|
$400
[30]
17 days after this planet was discovered in 1846, William Lassell found one of its satellites, Triton
Neptune
George
|
$400
[12]
Formerly called Ballet Society, it changed its name in 1948 when it gave its 1st performance at City Center
the New York City Ballet
George
|
$400
[27]
The ancient city of Byblos was known for its production of this material, hence bible, meaning book
papyrus
George
|
|
$600
[17]
After setting up shop in Hollywood, he developed the first make-up for films
Max Factor
Elaine
|
$600
[3]
In population it's the second-largest city on the Pacific Coast
San Diego
Eric
|
$600
[7]
This castle, where the Royal family goes for Grouse shooting, was built in the Scottish Baronial style
Balmoral
Eric
|
$600
[22]
Streaming out of coronal holes, it causes comet tails to point away from the sun
solar wind
|
$600
[13]
Irene & Vernon "strolled" their way to fame with this dance
the Castle Walk
|
$800
[26]
The Phoenicians were known for this skill; even the Greeks called the North Star the Phoenician Star
navigation
George
|
|
$800
[19]
In 1817 he founded America's first free school for the deaf in Hartford, Conn.
Thomas Gallaudet
George
|
$800
[4]
Oliver H. Perry's flagship, the Niagara, can be seen on the lakefront of this Pennsylvania city
Erie
George
|
$800
[5]
After she was born in March 1990 a hotline was set up offering the Palace's pronunciation of her name
Princess Eugenie
Elaine
|
$800
[23]
Its twisting back & forth as it orbits Jupiter generates heat & drives its volcanoes
Io
|
$800
[15]
This dance associated with sailors was named for the instrument accompanying it
the hornpipe
Eric
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
Seaport city known for its very expensive purple dye
Tyre
Eric
|
|
$1,000
[20]
She served as president of the Girl Scouts until 1920, when she was given the title of founder
(Juliette) Low
Elaine
|
$1,000
[8]
Michigan City is not in Michigan but in this state to the south
Indiana
George
|
DD
$1,000
[6]
He had at least 13 illegitimate children--a "Merry Monarch" indeed
Charles II
George
|
$1,000
[24]
When he found Venus had phases like the moon, he cautiously announced it in the form of an anagram
Galileo
|
$1,000
[16]
This founder of an American ballet troupe was born Abdullah Jaffa Bey Khan
Robert Joffrey
George
|
$1,000
[29]
Zeno, a Phoenician, founded this "Greek" school of philosophy
Stoicism
Elaine
|
The 3-word title of this play begins & ends with the same 7-letter word
Measure for Measure