Show #1430 1990-11-16 (taped 1990-10-23) Tournament of Champions

1990 Tournament of Champions final game 2.

Contestants

Bob Blake — an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia (subtotal of $13,200)

Larry McKnight — a computer analyst from Ventura, California (subtotal of $2,100)

Steve Berman — a film executive originally from Toms River, New Jersey (subtotal of $2,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Steve	$0	$1,500	$1,000	$2,000	$4,200 17 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Larry	$-200	$2,200	$8,800	$2,200	$8,800 20 R, 2 W
Bob	$1,000	$1,800	$7,900	$7,901	$7,800 16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

NEWSPAPERS	MAMMALS	RECORD LABELS	ART	POTENT POTABLES	STARTS WITH "END"
$100 [2] This D.C. paper led all others in pursuing the story of the Watergate break-in The Washington Post Steve	$100 [8] The primate order is characterized by having these instead of claws fingernails Larry	$100 [1] It was named after a nickname of Detroit Motown Larry	$100 [26] This late artist was also a jewelry designer; you might expect his watches to be limp Salvador Dalí Larry	$100 [16] This word that follows golden, silver & gin in cocktail names refers to the addition of soda water fizz Steve	$100 [17] A bequest or gift, especially to a university an endowment Bob
$200 [7] In 1988 Rupert Murdoch sold this NYC tabloid to Peter Kalikow, who's now trying to keep it alive the New York Post Steve	$200 [10] To reach really high foliage the gerenuk, an antelope, does this stands on its hind legs Bob	$200 [3] You'll also find the name of this British label, begun by Richard Branson in 1973, on an airline Virgin Steve	$200 [27] The "Thinker" guards the entrance to the Philadelphia museum devoted to this sculptor Rodin Steve	$200 [18] The flowers of this plant give beer its bitter taste hops Larry	$200 [22] This salad vegetable looks a lot like lettuce except its leaves are curlier endive Bob
$300 [9] Both the Cleveland Plain Dealer & this St. Louis paper are owned by the Newhouse family the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Steve	$300 [11] The horn of the rhino is made of these packed together hairs Steve	$300 [4] This ex-Beatle does his own releases on his own label--Dark Horse George Harrison Bob	$300 [28] An artist dedicated to reviving early Renaissance style & methods is described as "pre-" this Raphaelite Larry	$300 [19] This brandy made from hard cider was called Jersey lightning in Colonial times applejack Larry	$300 [23] It's the brand of dentistry that deals with the tooth pulp & tissues endodontics Steve Larry
$400 [14] This paper is noted for its historic rivalry with the Rocky Mountain News The Denver Post Steve	$500 [13] The largest & fastest members of the dolphin family, they're also known as orcas killer whales Larry	$400 [5] In 1948 this label introduced the first LP Columbia Larry Bob	$400 [29] Egypt's temple of Abu Simbel features 4 figures of this pharaoh carved out of the rock Ramses II	$400 [20] This juice makes a Cape Codder cocktail red cranberry juice Larry	$400 [24] Completes the title of the Walt Whitman poem "Out of the Cradle..." "Endlessly Rocking" Larry
$500 [15] Seattle's leading morning paper has this unusual name the Post-Intelligencer Bob	DD $1,100 [12] Name given to both the smallest rabbit & the smallest shrew on the North American continent pygmy Steve	$500 [6] Folk label whose name means "forefront"; it had its 1st new release in 8 yrs. with "Different World" in 1990 Vanguard Bob	$500 [30] His paintings of flags & targets at a one-man show in 1958 unleashed a storm of controversy Jasper Johns Larry	$500 [21] The name of this California co. means a wooden seat built into a wall near an open fireplace Inglenook	$500 [25] In Greek myth, the moon goddess Selene was in love with this shepherd Endymion Steve

Double Jeopardy! Round

GENERAL SCIENCE	CLASSICAL MUSIC	HISTORY	NEW YORK CITIES	SHIPS	IMPRISONED AUTHORS
$200 [25] If run in reverse an electric motor becomes one of these devices that produces electric current a generator Larry	$200 [17] Johann was his actual first name; Wolfgang was 1 of his middle names (Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus) Mozart Steve	$200 [11] In the first Punic War, the troops of his father, Hamilcar Barca, were defeated by the Romans in Sicily Hannibal Steve	$200 [19] In a song from "42nd Street" people "shuffled off to" this New York city Buffalo Bob	$200 [30] A British crew sailed a replica of this ship from Plymouth, England to Plymouth, Mass. in 1957 the Mayflower Steve	$200 [12] He used incidents from his captivity as a pirates' slave for "Don Quixote" Cervantes Steve
$400 [24] It's the branch of biology dealing with heredity; everybody into the pool! genetics Bob	$400 [20] As a teenager, this Israeli violinist made his American debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1958 Itzhak Perlman Bob	DD $500 [10] Abdicating the imperial throne on August 6, 1806, Francis II was its last ruler the Holy Roman Empire Bob	$400 [18] You can visit Thomas Paine's home there, but not Rob Petrie's New Rochelle Steve	$400 [29] Because many rulers of these Nordic people were buried in their ships, some vessels have survived the Vikings Larry	$400 [13] This author describes "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" at a Stalinist labor camp Solzhenitsyn Larry
$600 [4] It's found in layered beds or as nodules in chalk; early man chipped it to form tools flint Steve	$600 [21] This Spanish cellist gave White House recitals for Teddy Roosevelt in 1904 & JFK in 1961 Casals Bob	$600 [9] Union with this Baltic country in 1386 made Poland Europe's largest country Lithuania Bob	$600 [1] It's home to Kodak & Xerox Rochester Larry	$600 [28] Of the bow, the forecastle & the poop, the one situated at the stern of a ship the poop Larry	$600 [14] To escape debtor's prison, John Cleland wrote this bawdy book about "A Woman of Pleasure" in 1748 Fanny Hill Bob
$800 [3] Tube that forms the basis of an oscilloscope a cathode ray tube Larry	$800 [22] He produced over 30 operas in London from "Rinaldo" in 1711 to "Deidamia" in 1741 Handel Larry	$800 [8] In ancient Greece, Athens had its Delian League of city-states while Sparta had this league the Peloponnesian League Bob	$1,000 [6] At a congress in this city in 1754 Ben Franklin put forth a plan for unity of the colonies Albany	$800 [27] These sailing ships were the largest in the Spanish Armada galleons Larry	$800 [15] In "Midnight Express", Billy Hayes gave his account of time spent in prison in this country Turkey Steve
$1,000 [2] This propulsion proposed for interstellar trips uses a flow of electrons & has been tested in Earth orbit an ion drive Larry	$1,000 [23] After this Russian died, his "Prince Igor" opera was completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov Alexander Borodin Steve	$1,000 [7] Called greatest Catholic missionary of modern times, he introduced Christianity into Japan in 1549 Francis Xavier Bob	DD $2,100 [5] Odysseus might call this city home as it shares its name with the island he was from Ithaca Steve	$1,000 [26] It has surpassed Liberia as the country with the most merchant ships under its flag Panama Larry	$1,000 [16] Though his "Cell 2455, Death Row" became a best seller, it didn't save him from execution Caryl Chessman Bob

Final Jeopardy!

ISLANDS

It's the only inhabited U.S. territory south of the equator

American Samoa

Steve "What is Samoa?" — wagered $1,000

Bob "What is American Samoa" — wagered $1

Larry "What is Guam?" — wagered $6,600

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