1990 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.
Jamie Weiss — a high school senior and winner of last year's Teen Tournament from Fairfax, Virginia
Steve Berman — a film executive originally from Toms River, New Jersey
Eric Terzuolo — a foreign service officer from Washington, D.C.
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $1,200 | $1,700 | $3,400 |
$6,800
2nd place: $5,000 |
$7,300
19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Steve | $2,400 | $5,400 | $14,200 |
$14,201
Finalist |
$10,700
26 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Jamie | $600 | $1,400 | $1,400 |
$1,991
3rd place: $5,000 |
$1,400
8 R, 1 W |
| STARTS & ENDS WITH "A" | MODERN HISTORY | KITTY LITERATURE | WORLD CITIES | MEDICINE | TOUGH TV TRIVIA |
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$100
[12]
A partial or total loss of memory
amnesia
Steve
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$100
[1]
The Arditi, a group of nationalists & WWI vets, were 1st to wear the black shirts of this Italian party
the Fascists
Jamie
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$100
[30]
The feline in footwear popularized in Charles Perrault's tale
Puss in Boots
Steve
|
$100
[2]
This capital of El Salvador was ruined by earthquakes in 1854, 1873 & 1917
San Salvador
Jamie
|
$100
[9]
A collection of fluid beneath the outer layer of skin that can be caused by sunburn or a tight shoe
a blister
Jamie
|
$100
[24]
For the Bradys it was Tiger, for the Bundys it's Buck
the family dog
Jamie
|
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$200
[13]
Term for a list of items to be dealt with at a meeting
an agenda
Eric
|
$200
[5]
Kuwait & Iraq were original members of this organization formed in 1960
OPEC
Steve
Jamie
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$200
[29]
"It vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin"
the Cheshire Cat
Jamie
|
$200
[3]
The sister city of Beverly Hills is this French city known for its film festival
Cannes
Jamie
|
$200
[20]
"Needle" is one type of this procedure in which tissue is taken from the body for a microscopic exam
a biopsy
Eric
|
$300
[25]
Last name of the character Marlo Thomas played on "That Girl"
Marie
|
|
$300
[15]
In 1981 this country acted as go-between to secure the release of the 52 Americans held by Iran
Algeria
Steve
|
$300
[6]
The first Asian country to detonate a nuclear bomb
China
Eric
|
$300
[21]
Brick Pollitt's wife, who is the "cat" in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Maggie
Eric
|
$300
[4]
Like the rest of Cyprus, this capital city is divided into 2 sectors
Nicosia
Steve
|
$300
[14]
Someone who's febrile has one of these, & someone who's afebrile doesn't
a fever
Jamie
|
$400
[26]
Patrick Duffy was Mark Harris, "The Man from" this mythical place
Atlantis
Steve
|
|
$400
[16]
The Cajuns of Louisiana are descended from French settlers of this Canadian region
Acadia
Eric
|
$400
[7]
The climax of Ireland's long revolutionary struggles occurred in Dublin in 1916 on this holiday
Easter
Eric
|
$400
[22]
In this play, when the 1st witch cries, "I come, Graymalkin!", she's calling to her cat
Macbeth
Steve
|
$400
[10]
Spain controls the cities of Ceuta & Melilla in this North African country
Morocco
Eric
|
$400
[18]
This hormone, which helps the body adjust to sudden stress, is also called epinephrine
adrenaline
Steve
|
$500
[27]
On "Silver Spoons" he played Edward Stratton II
(John) Houseman
Steve
Jamie
|
|
$500
[17]
She was put to death by order of her son, Nero
Agrippina
Steve
|
$500
[8]
He succeeded his mother on the British throne in 1901 when he was almost 60
Edward VII
Steve
|
$500
[28]
He wrote "The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat"
Ogden Nash
|
$500
[11]
The Canadian & U.S. cities connected by the Rainbow Bridge share this name
Niagara Falls
Eric
Steve
|
$500
[19]
It's defined as rapid deep breathing, which causes an excess of oxygen & a shortage of CO2in the body
hyperventilation
Steve
|
DD
$1,700
[23]
Heard here, the theme to this 1990 series has an air of mystery
Twin Peaks
Steve
|
| SOUTH AMERICA | DRAMA | SCIENCE | RULERS | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | 17th CENTURY QUOTES |
|
$200
[22]
By the late 1530s the Spaniards had completely conquered this Indian empire
the Incan Empire
Eric
Steve
|
$200
[14]
In 1979 Dianne Wiest played Agnes in the first staged reading of this play
Agnes of God
Steve
|
$200
[1]
In 1985 a hole was discovered in the ozone layer over this continent
Antarctica
Steve
|
$200
[15]
At her execution in 1587, this Scottish queen stripped down to a bodice & a petticoat of crimson velvet
Mary, Queen of Scots
Steve
|
$200
[26]
It's the instrument on which you'd perform a drag, flam or roll
a drum
Eric
|
$200
[16]
In his 1659 "Proverbs", James Howell wrote, "All work and no play makes Jack" this
a dull boy
Eric
|
|
$400
[23]
On Apr. 26, 1990 Carlos Pizarro became this country's third presidential candidate killed within 9 months
Colombia
Eric
|
$400
[7]
Scene 1 of this play takes place in Sir Thomas More's house at Chelsea
A Man for All Seasons
Steve
|
$400
[6]
Just using flour & water gives you unleavened bread; add this fungus to leaven it
yeast
Eric
|
$400
[9]
This Southeast Asian country's kings from 1782 to the present are all called Rama
Thailand
Eric
|
$400
[30]
One of the simplest instruments in an orchestra, it's named for its geometric shape
the triangle
Steve
|
$400
[29]
Spinoza is credited with being the first to conclude "Nature abhors" one
a vacuum
Eric
|
|
$600
[20]
Shortly before this country gained independence in 1975, many citizens moved to Holland
Suriname
Eric
|
$800
[28]
"To Be Young, Gifted and Black" is a portrait of this playwright who wrote "A Raisin in the Sun"
(Lorraine) Hansberry
Steve
|
$600
[25]
Meaning "without water", it's one type of barometer
aneroid
Steve
|
$800
[27]
In addition to the famous tomb for his wife, he also built the Khass Mahal, a place of rest in his palace
Shah Jahan
Eric
|
$600
[2]
Among the oldest instruments known, it's featured on Ireland's coat of arms
a harp
Eric
|
$600
[3]
"As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler", he wrote in "The Compleat Angler"
Izaak Walton
Steve
|
|
$800
[19]
Abdicating in 1889, this Brazilian emperor was the last monarch in the Americas
Pedro
Eric
|
$1,000
[21]
Ibsen title character who says, "I'm not going to make any more noise" before she shoots herself
Hedda Gabler
Steve
|
$800
[24]
Miranda, a moon of this planet, was the 1st not named after a god or spirit
Uranus
Steve
|
$1,000
[11]
From 1887-1946 this triple-named family associated with Britain ruled Bulgaria
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
|
$800
[4]
Ravi Shankar is one of the most famous players of this instrument
the sitar
Eric
|
$800
[18]
"You shall now give place to better man", he told the Rump Parliament in 1654
Oliver Cromwell
Eric
|
|
$1,000
[13]
In 1818 this Argentine general refused the governorship of Chile in favor of B. O'Higgins
José de San Martín
Steve
|
DD
$2,600
[8]
In this Arthur Miller play, Abigail claims that she danced for the devil
The Crucible
Steve
|
$1,000
[12]
Heisenberg's uncertainty principle says you can figure out a particle's momentum or this, not both
its position
|
DD
$3,900
[10]
As a result of Henry II's marriage to her, his empire stretched from Scotland to the Pyrenees
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eric
|
$1,000
[5]
In Latin America, this large xylophone can accommodate 3 or 4 musicians at a time
a marimba
Steve
|
$1,000
[17]
"To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize", wrote this mathematician in his "Pensees"
(Blaise) Pascal
Eric
|
Only permanent Common Market member whose official language doesn't use the Latin alphabet
Greece