Show #1428 1990-11-14 (taped 1990-10-23) Tournament of Champions

1990 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.

Contestants

Andrew Bernknopf — a writer originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Bob Blake — an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia

Jeff Bandman — an attorney from New York City, New York

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jeff	$100	$200	$200	$5 3rd place: $5,000	$0 6 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Bob	$1,400	$2,400	$8,900	$10,900 Finalist	$8,900 19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Andrew	$1,400	$3,100	$10,500	$3,199 2nd place: $5,000	$10,500 26 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

SHAKESPEARE	DOGS	HODGEPODGE	MOVIE TRIVIA	SCIENTISTS	DOUBLE TALK
$100 [2] The full title of the play includes his title, "Prince of Denmark" Hamlet Bob	$100 [12] In 1926 England opened its first official racetrack for these dogs greyhounds Andrew	$100 [14] USDA meat grade between prime & good choice Jeff	$100 [26] In this 1990 film, a couple dies of spider bites while watching "Wheel of Fortune" Arachnophobia Bob	$100 [16] Former German scientist who became director of the Geo. C. Marshall Space Flight Center in 1960 (Wernher) Von Braun Andrew	$100 [15] Perhaps from a nickname for Louise, it's a slang word for an object or idea that is remarkable lulu Andrew
$200 [3] In "The Taming of the Shrew", this character actually says "Kiss me, Kate" Petruchio Andrew	$200 [27] This royal breed of Japan is commonly used there as a police & guard dog the Akita	$200 [21] In 1919 this company absorbed the Marconi Wireless Co. & got David Sarnoff with it RCA Andrew	$200 [25] Sigourney Weaver's baby got pushed around by poltergeists in this 1989 sequel Ghostbusters 2 Jeff	$200 [17] This chemist was born Marie Sklodowska in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland Marie Curie Andrew	$200 [4] This confection has a creamy center with fruit or nuts & is usually covered with chocolate bonbon Andrew
$300 [6] This character answers to "Gloucester", because he begins the play as duke of Gloucester, not king Richard III Bob	$300 [28] Of the three breeds of this dog, the Gordon is the darkest & heaviest a setter	$300 [22] After WWII he founded the French Navy's Undersea Research Group (Jacques) Cousteau Jeff	$300 [5] Diane Lane & T. Bernard found "A Little Romance" under the Bridge of Sighs in this city Venice Bob	$300 [18] A device used to detect radiation is named for this German physicist (Hans) Geiger Andrew	$300 [11] Descriptive song title Cher used to show how "My baby shot me down" "Bang Bang" Andrew
$500 [10] This king has a fool, said to represent truth, who speaks in rhymes & songs King Lear Bob	$400 [29] Named for a British river, this dog is dubbed the king of terriers the Airedale	$400 [23] Of the 7 deadly sins, the one that's also the name of an animal sloth Andrew	$400 [8] Michael Douglas & Andy Garcia got into big trouble at the Osaka airport in this 1989 film Black Rain Bob	$400 [19] Casimir Funk named these substances, which are essential for normal metabolism vitamins Bob	$400 [13] This African antelope was named for the sound it makes when alarmed dik-dik
DD $700 [7] Cleopatra speaks of these days, "when I was green in judgment" her salad days Bob	$500 [30] The Keeshond, or barge dog, is considered the national dog of this country the Netherlands	$500 [24] "To Anacreon In Heaven" is the original title of the music to which this is set "The Star-Spangled Banner" Bob	$500 [9] In 1949's "Beyond the Forest", B. Davis uttered this famous line about the condition of her home "What a dump!" Bob	$500 [20] In 1609 & 1619 this German astronomer published his 3 laws of planetary motion (Johannes) Kepler Andrew	$500 [1] In June 1990 this Las Vegas-based co. opened the world's largest resort hotel, the 4,000-room Excalibur Circus Circus Andrew

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS	BOOKS & AUTHORS	MUSIC	MATHEMATICS	WORLD CAPITALS	POISONS
$200 [21] The ancestors of the Texas longhorn were brought to the Americas in 1493 by this explorer Columbus Jeff	$200 [18] "Millie's Book...", published in September 1990, is by the presidential dog, as dictated to her Barbara Bush Bob	$200 [17] A male singing voice artificially producing tones above its normal range a falsetto Andrew	$200 [2] The number of degrees in any one angle in a rectangle 90 Andrew	$200 [3] This city's royal palace was built for Philip V on the site of an ancient Moorish fortress Madrid Bob	$200 [26] If a spy's taken a pill containing this poison, his breath will smell like bitter almonds cyanide Jeff
$400 [23] Country in which Scottish explorer Sir Alexander MacKenzie left his name on a big river Canada Andrew	$400 [19] His fourth & he says final Rabbit Angstrom novel is "Rabbit at Rest" John Updike Bob	$400 [16] In Italian this instrument is the corno inglese the English horn Bob	$400 [7] If a pyramid is also a tetrahedron it means its base is in this shape a triangle Jeff Andrew	$400 [4] From 1822 to 1960 this city served as Brazil's capital Rio de Janeiro Andrew	$400 [29] Gas masks were first used in this war to counter the effectiveness of poison gas World War I Andrew
$600 [24] This explorer was about 60 when he died in Cuba in 1521, not too youthful Ponce de León Andrew	$600 [20] Published by the Naval Institute Press in 1984, it became a best seller & a 1990 film The Hunt for Red October Andrew	$600 [15] Beethoven set this F. von Schiller work to music for the Ninth Symphony's choral movement "Ode To Joy" Andrew	$600 [5] A cube has 6 faces & this number of vertices or corners 8 Bob	$600 [6] Belmopan takes its name from this Central American country & a Mayan Indian tribe Belize Andrew	$600 [30] It's used in making transistorized circuits or deadly dinner wine arsenic Bob
$800 [25] The 2 Frenchman, a Jesuit priest & a former Jesuit seminarian, who explored the Great Lakes & Upper Mississippi Joliet & Marquette Jeff Bob Andrew	$800 [10] Robert Rimmer added a new epilogue to the 25th anniversary edition of his novel about this "Experiment" The Herod Experiment Bob	$1,000 [11] At 17 this Russian was an enfant terrible; in 1929 he composed the ballet "L'Enfant Prodigue" Prokofiev Jeff	$800 [13] In a Fibonacci sequence like:1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, each number from the third on is this the sum of the previous two numbers Andrew	DD $1,000 [8] The National Museum in this Northern European capital was co-designed by E. Saarinen Helsinki Jeff	$800 [28] The seeds of the Nux vomica tree of Asia & Australia yield this, used as a rat poison for centuries strychnine Andrew
$1,000 [22] After exploring Arizona & New Mexico, this Spaniard became the first European in Kansas Coronado Andrew	$1,000 [9] Author of 1987's "The Black Dahlia", he calls himself "the demon dog of American literature" James Ellroy	DD $1,500 [12] His operas include "Goya", "Help, Help, the Globolinks!" & "The Saint of Bleecker Street" Menotti Bob	$1,000 [14] A spiral-shaped curve; the threads on a tapered screw form a conical one a helix Andrew	$1,000 [1] This Caribbean capital lies near the foothills of the Blue Mountains Kingston (Jamaica) Andrew	$1,000 [27] This poison producing paralysis in its victims was used on South American Indian arrows curare Bob

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. HISTORY

After Virginia, more Civil War battles were fought in this state than in any other

Tennessee

Jeff "What is Maryland" — wagered $195

Bob "What was Tennessee" — wagered $2,000

Andrew "What is Georgia?" — wagered $7,301

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