Show #1427 1990-11-13 (taped 1990-10-23) Tournament of Champions

1990 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Larry McKnight — a computer analyst from Ventura, California

Erik Larsen — a graduate student from Ann Arbor, Michigan

Frank Spangenberg — a police officer from Flushing, New York

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Frank	$1,100	$2,800	$5,400	$101 3rd place: $5,000	$5,400 15 R, 1 W
Erik	$2,100	$2,600	$10,400	$8,199 2nd place: $5,000	$10,400 26 R, 1 W
Larry	$1,500	$3,300	$6,300	$12,600 Finalist	$5,800 17 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS TEACHERS	U.S. CITIES	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	TELEVISION	GOLD	"SILVER"
$100 [1] Prof. of math at Cambridge 1669-1701; for every A on his curve there was an equal & opposite F Isaac Newton Erik	$100 [2] Explorer Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne named this Ala. city after the Maubila Indian tribe Mobile Erik	$100 [21] This rubber company spends over $7 million a year just to maintain & operate its blimps Goodyear Erik	$100 [11] This city was the first in the U.S. to have more than 1 TV station in operation New York Erik	$100 [16] The world's largest gold field, the Witwatersrand, is in this country South Africa Frank	$100 [22] Nostalgic name for the movies or the motion picture industry the silver screen Frank
$200 [7] Bertoldo di Giovanni studied under Donatello & taught this great Sistine artist Michelangelo Erik	$200 [3] New Mexico city that got its name from the crosses on the graves of ambushed travelers Las Cruces Frank	$200 [25] After marrying its president, Joan Crawford became a spokesperson for this beverage co. Pepsi-Cola Frank	$200 [12] Gary David Goldberg & Alan Uger won 1987 Emmys for writing this series' "My Name Is Alex" episode Family Ties Larry	$200 [17] This form of gold, beaten thinner than paper, is used for gilding & lettering gold leaf Frank	$200 [23] When the going gets rough, remember that "Every cloud has" one of these a silver lining Frank
$300 [8] She married Harvard teacher John Macy on condition that Helen came first in their household Anne Sullivan Frank	$300 [4] Eisenhower was nominated for his second term as president in the Cow Palace in this city San Francisco Larry	$300 [28] After 42 years, this French co. has ceased making its turtle-shaped car, the Deux Chevaux Citroen Larry	$300 [13] This skinflint comedian played Ralph & Alice Kramden's landlord on 1 episode of "The Honeymooners" Jack Benny Erik	$300 [18] Derived from the metal's Latin name, it's the chemical symbol for gold Au Larry	$300 [24] To produce rain, clouds are sometimes seeded with this chemical compound silver iodide Larry
$400 [9] Educational psychologist who developed a series of dictionaries with Clarence Barnhart (Edward) Thorndike Erik	DD $500 [5] This 2nd largest Oregon city is named for 1 of its settlers, a certain Mr. Skinner Eugene Larry	$400 [29] Whirlpool makes a line of products under this brand name for Sears, Roebuck Kenmore Erik Larry	$400 [14] From 1947 to 1975, Lawrence Spivak was a panelist or moderator on this NBC public affairs program Meet the Press Erik	$400 [19] Pure gold is this many karats 24 Erik	$400 [26] This band has backed up Bob Seger on hits like "Night Moves" & "Still The Same" The Silver Bullet Band Erik
$500 [10] East L.A. teacher famous for helping his kids pass the Advanced Placement calculus test (Jaime) Escalante Erik	$500 [6] The graves of O. Henry & Thomas Wolfe are in this N.C. city where Wolfe was born Asheville Larry	$500 [30] It was first incorporated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. IBM Frank	$500 [15] The announcer called it "The crossword game you've played all your life, but never quite like this" Scrabble Frank	$500 [20] In the 1500s many Spanish explorers went to South America searching for this legendary gold kingdom El Dorado Larry	$500 [27] The U.S. government first issued this paper currency in 1878 silver certificates Frank

Double Jeopardy! Round

STATE FLAGS	ENGLISH LITERATURE	BIRDS	AMERICAN INDIANS	PHILOSOPHY	DESPOTS & DICTATORS
$200 [1] Number of stars on the Texas state flag 1 Larry	$200 [16] Society is divided between Eloi & Morlocks in this futuristic H.G. Wells work The Time Machine Erik	$200 [21] The willow ptarmigan, which makes its home in Arctic areas, is this state's official bird Alaska Erik	$200 [28] From 1881-86 he led the Chiricahua Apaches in the last major Indian stand Geronimo Larry	$200 [6] Empedocles said there are two basic emotions, these love & hate Erik	$200 [11] He attended the Allies' meetings at Tehran, Yalta & Potsdam as the Soviet Union's representative Stalin Frank
$400 [2] This state's flag was designed by Miss Willie Hocker of the Pine Bluff chapter of the D.A.R. Arkansas Larry	$400 [17] The hero of this Old English poem dies killing a dragon that attacked his people, the Geats Beowulf Erik	$400 [22] Sapsuckers are the only members of this bird family to habitually injure trees woodpeckers Erik	$400 [29] Coinciding with the '84 Olympics in L.A. was a memorial powwow & games honoring this athlete Jim Thorpe Erik	$400 [7] He developed his own method of inquiry, but as he didn't write it down we mostly know of it from Plato Socrates Erik	$400 [12] We don't know what his 1st wife did, but his 2nd, Eva, was an actress, & his 3rd, Isabel, a dancer (Juan) Perón Erik
$800 [4] The flag of this 13th state has 13 gold stars & the word "Hope" Rhode Island Erik	$600 [18] British philosopher & mathematician who won the 1950 Nobel Prize for Literature Bertrand Russell Larry	$600 [23] This relative of the crow is prominent in folklore as a bad-luck sign or omen of death the raven Erik	$600 [30] This 6-nation group has not accepted U.S. citizenship & considers itself a separate nation the Iroquois Frank	$600 [8] Thomism, a doctrine of the Catholic Church, was based on the ideas of this man Aquinas Erik	$600 [13] After his reelection in 1961, this Haitian leader named himself president for life Duvalier Erik
DD $1,000 [3] Kentucky's flag indicates it's one of these a commonwealth Larry	$800 [19] "Goodbye to All That" is the autobiography of this "I, Claudius" author (Robert) Graves Frank	$800 [24] These small English birds were first brought to the U.S. in 1850 to eliminate tree worms in Brooklyn sparrows Larry	$800 [27] They call themselves the Dine; since their language has no "V", they found this name unpronounceable the Navajo Erik	$800 [9] 17th c. French philosopher who wrote, "All the sciences are conjoined with one another and interdependent" (Rene) Descartes Larry	$800 [14] Nicknamed "The Incorruptible", he was arrested, tried & guillotined in July 1794 Robespierre Erik
$1,000 [5] It's the only state whose flag features the British Union Jack Hawaii Erik	$1,000 [20] He became a Roman Catholic 14 years before publishing "The Power and the Glory" Graham Greene Frank Larry	DD $1,000 [25] In 1848 this bird saved the crops of Utah by eating swarms of grasshoppers seagulls Larry	$1,000 [26] Among tribes this Spanish explorer met & alienated were the Cherokee, Creek & Choctaw de Sotò Frank Larry	$1,000 [10] Opposing Hegel, this Danish philosopher said man does have free will Kierkegaard Frank	$1,000 [15] It took a revolution in 1911 to unseat this Mexican pres. who'd held power for more than 3 decades Porfirio Díaz

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD HISTORY

The 2 countries that became independent on Aug. 14 & 15, 1947

Pakistan & India

Frank "What are E. & W. Germany?" — wagered $5,299

Larry "What are Pakistan and India?" — wagered $6,300

Erik "What are N. and S. Vietnam" — wagered $2,201

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