Show #1422 1990-11-06 (taped 1990-10-22) Tournament of Champions

1990 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

Jamie Weiss — a high school senior and winner of last year's Teen Tournament from Fairfax, Virginia

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

Larry McKnight — a computer analyst from Ventura, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Larry	$2,500	$3,700	$8,700	$7,400 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$8,500 21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Jeff	$900	$3,300	$9,900	$8,002 Automatic semifinalist	$9,700 22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Jamie	$-200	$400	$4,800	$4,600 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$5,000 12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE AMERICAN FLAG	QUOTES	TURKEY	ACTORS & THEIR ROLES	HANDICRAFTS	"TRANS" SCIENCE
$100 [6] 1st published in "The Youth's Companion" in 1892, since then, millions of kids have recited it Pledge of Allegiance Jamie	$100 [11] It was Edward Francis Albee who first said "Never give a sucker" one of these An even break Jeff	$100 [20] Turkey is situated on these two continents Europe & Asia Jeff	$100 [25] After his 1960 Army discharge, this rock star was back in uniform playing a G.I. in "G.I. Blues" Elvis Presley Jeff	$100 [28] The layered needlework made at bees in early America Quilting Larry	$100 [1] One can be used to step up or step down an alternating current Transformer Larry Jeff
$200 [7] The American flag flies 24 hours a day over his grave in Paris' Pictus Cemetery Marquis de Lafayette Larry	$200 [15] Nicholas Murray Butler called an expert "One who knows more and more about" this Less and less Jeff	$200 [19] It's the official flower of Turkey, not the Netherlands Tulip Jamie	$200 [24] This actor made his film debut in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", his only outing as James Bond George Lazenby Jeff	$200 [29] The Japanese excel at this art of folding paper into decorative objects Origami Jeff	$200 [2] The inventors of this tiny device won the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics Transistor Larry
$300 [8] Old Glory first flew at the North Pole when this Navy explorer planted it there Robert Peary Larry Jamie	$400 [14] In 1898 William Randolph Hearst cabled Frederic Remington, "You furnish the pictures & I'll furnish" this The war Jeff	$300 [18] Nearly all of its people are Muslims, and these two symbols are on its national flag Crescent & the star Larry	$300 [23] This former NFL lineman first appeared onscreen as Mongo in "Blazing Saddles" Alex Karras Jeff	$300 [30] When the blowpipe was invented about 30 B.C., it us here d in the first golden age of this craft Glassblowing Larry	$300 [3] It describes objects through which light can pass, but through which you can't see clearly Translucent Larry
$400 [9] On June 24, 1912, an executive order by this president established the flag's design specifications William Howard Taft Jeff	DD $500 [12] An 1855 book subtitled "The Economical Relations of Slavery" was titled this "Is King" Cotton Jeff	$400 [17] The highest point in Turkey; Noah is said to have landed there Mount Ararat Jeff	$400 [22] Frank Capra's favorite actress; she appeared in his "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" & "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" Jean Arthur	$400 [27] The first workers who used this device to rotate wood & shape it with a fixed blade were called turners Lathe Jamie	$400 [4] Some botanists believe this process in plants is equivalent to sweating in humans Transpiration Larry
$500 [10] An editorial in this Hartford paper June 14, 1861 led to the first Flag Day observance in Connecticut that same day The Hartford Courant Larry	$500 [13] Leo Rosten said of him, "Anyone who hates babies & dogs can't be all bad" W.C. Fields Jeff	$500 [16] Regarding themselves as rulers of the Muslim world, Turkish sultans held this title until 1924 Caliph	$500 [21] Susan Hayward was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of this Broadway star in "I'll Cry Tomorrow" Lillian Roth Larry	$500 [26] From the French for "to cut out", it's the art of decorating furniture with varnished paper cutouts Decoupage	$500 [5] Any device that turns one kind of energy into another; a microphone is an example of one a transducer Larry

Double Jeopardy! Round

EARLY ART	VICE PRESIDENTS	THEATRE	MOUNTAINS	AMERICAN LITERATURE	PHYSICIANS IN HISTORY
$200 [30] This animal that raised Romulus & Remus was the subject of one of the finest Etruscan sculptures Wolf Larry	$200 [10] John C. Calhoun was the first vice president to resign; he was the second Spiro Agnew Jamie	$200 [25] In Eugene O'Neill's play "Marco Millions", he marries a fat, commonplace Venetian Marco Polo Jeff	$200 [11] 9 of the 10 highest peaks in the world are in this mountain range Himalayas Jamie	$200 [1] "The House of the Seven Gables" is set in this New England town, about 150 years after the Witch Trials Salem, Massachusetts Jamie	$200 [16] Scottish doctor James Lind cured this vitamin deficiency disease among sailors by giving them citrus juice Scurvy Jeff
$400 [29] The innermost of his 3 coffins discovered by Howard Carter is solid gold & painted in his likeness King Tut Jeff	$400 [9] Originally, to become vice president, you had to do this in the general election Come in second Larry	$400 [24] Edward Albee play in which George & Martha appear "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Larry	$400 [12] Ancient Greeks believed this mountain to be the center of the Earth Mount Olympus Jamie	$400 [2] "The Mystery of Marie Roget" followed this Poe story, both featuring detective C. Auguste Dupin "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" Larry	$400 [20] Prior to his fame as a seer of the future, he treated plague victims in 16th C. France Nostradamus Jeff
$600 [28] This art form of setting stones or glass into mortar was the main decorative art of the Byzantine Empire Mosaic Larry	$600 [8] After serving as Buchanan's vice president, John Breckinridge went on to be this president's Secretary of War Jefferson Davis Larry	$600 [23] In an Oscar Wilde comedy, this title character runs off with Lord Darlington Lady Windemere Jeff	$600 [13] The American Indian name for this peak is Denali Mount McKinley Jamie	$600 [3] This first "Mike Hammer" novel is Mickey Spillane's top-selling paperback book I, the Jury Larry	DD $400 [19] Though little is known of his life, he did teach medicine at the school of Kos, the island on which he was born Hippocrates Jamie
$800 [27] "Winged Victory" is the common name of a statue of this Greek goddess whose name means "victory" Nike Jamie	$800 [7] Until this man was sworn in with F.D.R. in 1933, the vice president took the oath of office in the Senate John Nance Garner Jeff	$800 [22] This contemporary comedy by Tom Eyen is set in a womens' house of detention "Women Behind Bars"	$800 [14] At 7,310 feet, Mount Kosciusko is the highest peak on this continent Australia Jamie	DD $1,000 [4] This 1920 Sinclair Lewis novel told the story of Carol Milford & Dr. Will Kennicott "Main Street" Larry	$800 [18] Van Leeuwenhoek figured out capillaries were the missing element in this man's theory of circulation William Harvey Jamie
$1,000 [26] A religious work consisting of 3 hinged or folded panels often used as an altarpiece triptych Jeff	$1,000 [6] Co-winner of the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize for his plan re-scheduling German reparations Charles Dawes Jeff	$1,000 [21] This recent play by Neil Simon is considered to be his first out-and-out farce "Rumors" Jeff	$1,000 [15] Few know that Mount Elbert in this state is the second-tallest in the lower 48 states Colorado Larry	$1,000 [5] Many consider his 1952 book "Invisible Man" the greatest post-war novel about black life in the U.S. Ralph Ellison Jeff	$1,000 [17] Physician at the court of Marcus Aurelius; his writings were used throughout the Middle Ages Galen Larry

Final Jeopardy!

THE BIBLE

This Old Testament book opens "The words of the preacher, the son of David, King in Jerusalem"

Ecclesiastes

Jamie "What was Solomon?" — wagered $200

Larry "What is the Song of Solomon?" — wagered $1,300

Jeff "What is Proverbs?" — wagered $1,898

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