Show #8738 2022-11-09 (taped 2022-09-21) Tournament of Champions

2022 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.

Contestants

Tyler Rhode — a director at a start-up from New York, New York

Maureen O'Neil — an executive assistant from Cambridge, Massachusetts

Amy Schneider — a writer from Oakland, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amy	$4,400	$12,600	$19,600	$19,664 Finalist	$15,800 26 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Maureen	$0	$400	$600	$600 3rd place: $10,000	$3,600 3 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Tyler	$2,200	$4,200	$7,000	$7,000 2nd place: $10,000	$7,000 17 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

SUPREME COURT CASES	SHAKESPEARE JUST KILLS ME	CHESS FOR CHAMPS	TRAVEL	I'M "EN" IT!	STANFORD ATHLETICS
$200 [23] RBG dissented in the 2000 case Bush v. him Gore Amy	$200 [24] Holding the dead Cordelia in his arms, he hears that Edmund is dead & is dead himself a few lines later Lear Amy	$200 [1] It's the only chess piece that can hop over an opposing piece when it moves a knight Amy	$200 [26] Stamps in your passport of this entry endorsement are a thing of the past on visits to many countries, like South Korea a visa Amy	$200 [28] Headed that way now en route Tyler	$200 [12] (Haley Jones presents the clue.) In 2018, Isignedmy Stanford letter of intent on national TV; in 1993, it made news when this teenager, already playing PGA Tour events, declared he was going to Stanford Tiger Woods Tyler
$600 [19] Dobbs v. this city's Women's Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade Jackson, Mississippi	$400 [25] The last words this king hears are from Hamlet: "Is thy union here? Follow my mother" Claudius Amy Tyler	$400 [2] In 2016 Timur Gareyev played a record 48 simultaneous games wearing one of these; he won 35, lost 6 & drew 7 a blindfold Tyler	$400 [27] Some business road warriors bring an electronics version of this handy toiletries carrier named after Charles Doppelt a Dopp kit Maureen	$400 [29] Term for what the dancer seenhereis en pointe Tyler	$400 [30] (Haley Jones presents the clue.) In 1896, the first intercollegiate women'sbasketballgame pitted Stanford against this team, our biggest rival; with only women allowed as spectators for modesty, Agnes Morleycame up big, & we beat them 2-1 Cal (Berkeley) Amy
$800 [20] 1896's him (train passenger) v. him (judge) was decided 7-1 for the wrong guy Plessy v. Ferguson Amy	$600 [3] In "Romeo & Juliet", he gets the point from Tybalt, who makes worms' meat of him Mercutio Tyler	$600 [9] The Ruy Lopez is also known as the Spanish Opening; the Giuoco Piano, as this one (not to be confused with the Sicilian Defense) the Italian Opening Amy	$600 [6] In 1936 the Clipper was the first of these sleek, silvery travel trailers made of aluminum an Airstream Amy Tyler	$600 [14] Type of bathroom that can only be accessed through a bedroom en suite Amy	$600 [13] (Haley Jones presents the clue.) The coaches wanted to movehimto defensive end & later made him the sixth-stringer, but in 1970, quarterback Jim Plunkettbecame the Cardinal's first winner of this trophy instituted in 1935 the Heisman Tyler
$1,000 [21] 2015's him v. him upheld the right to same-sex marriage Obergefell & Hodges Amy	$800 [4] In "Macbeth", it's not healthy for this man to be in a scene with first, second & third murderers but at least his son Fleance escapes Banquo Tyler	$800 [10] In an anticlimax, a 1978 World Championship game was this kind of draw on the 124th move a stalemate Amy	$800 [7] This cruise line got "Back to Fun" in 2021, launching the fittingly named new flagship Mardi Gras Carnival Amy	$800 [15] It's how the food seenhereis being prepared en brochette	$800 [17] (Haley Jones presents the clue.) Pitcher Mike Mussina & third baseman Ed Spraguewere on the 1988 Stanfordteamthat was victorious in the first title game of this event broadcast on network TV the College World Series Tyler
DD $4,000 [22] 2022's West Virginia v. this federal agency went in favor of West Virginia the EPA Amy	$1,000 [5] This title guy kills Lavinia, stabs Tamora, gets killed by Saturninus, who in turn is whacked by Lucius, the said title guy's son Titus Andronicus Tyler	$1,000 [11] In 1997 the chess world was shocked when world champ Garry Kasparov lost a match to this IBM computer program Deep Blue Amy	$1,000 [8] Eugene was the first name of this man, whose series of guides made travel feel accessible to mid-century Americans (Eugene) Fodor Amy	$1,000 [16] Charles-Francois Daubigny was one of the first painters to work this way, meaning outside en plein air Amy	$1,000 [18] (Haley Jones presents the clue.) Just like me, shewent from Archbishop Mitty High to Stanford, where sherecorded more than 1,500 kills; shewent on to be the most decorated beach volleyball Olympian Kerri Walsh Tyler

Double Jeopardy! Round

RIVER RUN	GEOLOGY	3-NAMED PEOPLE	INTERNATIONAL FILM STYLE	FRONTIER FOLK	ONOMATOPOEIA
$400 [25] In Babylonian myth the eyes of the dragon goddess Tiamat were the source of these 2 rivers the Tigris & the Euphrates Tyler	$400 [30] It's the point on Earth's surface directly above the internal point where an earthquake rupture begins the epicenter Amy	$400 [1] Elected to Congress in 1830, he wrote, "My election as President of the United States was not half so gratifying" John Quincy Adams Amy	$400 [6] Dario Argento & Bernardo Bertolucci worked on "C'era una volta il West", this "tasty" type of Western a Spaghetti Western Amy	$400 [28] Trained back east by Harriet Beecher Stowe's sister, Harriet Bishop was a frontier one of these in a single room in St. Paul a schoolteacher Tyler	$400 [29] You might hear this hyphenated term "of little feet" pitter-patter Tyler
$1,200 [21] The Camargue, a wild & wildlife-rich region of France, is in the delta of this river that rises in Switzerland the Rhone	$800 [26] Chalk & tufa are varieties of this sedimentary rock that's mostly calcium carbonate limestone Amy	$800 [2] Many students learn the history of African Americans from John Hope Franklin's antonym-titled history "From ____ to ____" From Slavery to Freedom	$800 [7] There's Bollywood, but there's also Pollywood from India & Pakistan, with hits like "Carry on Jatta" in this language Punjabi Amy	DD $1,000 [27] In 1874 this frontier dentist lost his practice in Dallas because his coughing alarmed patients Doc Holliday Amy	$800 [11] "Bible" can precede this word, also a Disney rabbit thumper Tyler
$1,600 [22] Good Catholics know South Bend, Indiana is named for a curvature of this river the St. Joseph Amy Tyler	$1,200 [17] Used in the Stone Age for spear points & arrowheads, this form of quartz later found a use in firearms flint Amy	$1,200 [3] She's the first Black woman on the Supreme Court & the first justice to have been a federal public defender Justice (Ketanji Brown) Jackson	$1,200 [8] Before directing blockbusters like "The Professional" & "The Fifth Element", he influenced France's cinema du look era Luc Besson	$1,200 [15] Dr. John Eisner, frontier this, a ritual circumciser, brought 169 Jewish babies into the faith from New Mexico to Wyoming a mohel Tyler	$1,200 [10] Apiarists know this word can mean a rumor or enthusiasm buzz Maureen
$2,000 [23] Sharing its name with a mountain range, this major river of Europe flows into the Caspian Sea at Atyrau, Kazakhstan (the) Ural (River) Maureen	$1,600 [18] A horseshoe lake is also called this kind, from a type of collar worn by a different draft animal an oxbow lake Tyler	$1,600 [4] 2022 is the 150th birthday of Ralph Vaughan Williams, the British composer of beloved works like this bird "Ascending" Lark Amy	$1,600 [9] "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" & "Metropolis" were part of the golden age of cinema in this German "Republic" the Weimar Republic Tyler	$1,600 [16] William Green T'Vault, frontier editor, ran Oregon's first newspaper, with this title meaning "onlooker" or "observer" the Oregon Spectator	$1,600 [12] This 5-letter word that starts & ends with the same pair of letters means "be quiet" shush Amy
DD $3,000 [24] Rivers that border Manhattan include the East River & these 2 "H" rivers the Hudson and the Harlem Maureen	$2,000 [19] From Greek for "fire", this "flow" is super-hot rock & gas emitted by a volcanic eruption pyroclastic Amy	$2,000 [5] This3-named naturalist came up with the natural selection theory around the same time as Darwin, spurring Darwin to go public Alfred Russel Wallace	$2,000 [14] Hollywood star Choi Min-sikcemented his legacy in Korean cinema with this 2003 movie, later remade by Spike Lee Oldboy Amy	$2,000 [20] Horace Vesey, frontier hotelier, ran the Gold Hill Hotel in the boomtown called this "City", biggest in Nevada Territory Virginia City	$2,000 [13] "The Bells" pairs clamor with this word that also starts with "C-L-A" clangor Amy Tyler

Final Jeopardy!

CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS

A trip to El Paso with his young son & wondering what the city might look like years in the future inspired a novel by this author

Cormac McCarthy

Maureen "Who is?" — wagered $0

Tyler "Who is Cormac McCarthey?" — wagered $0

Amy "Who is Cormac McCarthy?" — wagered $64

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