1987 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.All Jeopardy! Round categories begin with an "A" and all Double Jeopardy! Round categories begin with a "T" as a tribute to Alex Trebek.
Roger Storm — a teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
Doug Molitor — a writer from Brentwood, California
John Ryan — an economist from Santa Barbara, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | $0 | $500 | $6,100 |
$12,200
Automatic semifinalist |
$5,900
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Doug | $900 | $3,600 | $10,000 |
$10,000
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$9,900
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Roger | $500 | $1,500 | $4,100 |
$8,100
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$4,100
15 R, 4 W |
| ANIMALS | ARTS & CRAFTS | ADVERTISING | AMERICAN MOUNTAINS | AUTO SHOP | "APRIL" SONGS |
|
$100
[6]
A mosquito's hum is actually the sound made by these
its wings
Doug
|
$100
[13]
From Greek "kolla", or glue, it's a picture made by gluing various objects onto a surface
a collage
Roger
|
$100
[12]
Over the years, this company has described its products as "Mm! Mm! Good!"
Campbell's Soup
Roger
|
$100
[1]
While there are green mountains in Vermont, there are white mountains in this neighboring state
New Hampshire
Roger
|
$100
[25]
What the "U" in U-joint stands for
universal
Roger
|
$100
[7]
A 1957 No. 1 song says, "It's for the very young"
"April Love"
Doug
|
|
$200
[2]
Though its name means "Flemish cowherd", a Bouvier des Flandres is a breed of this
a dog
Doug
|
$200
[14]
To fire clay, you don't give it a pink slip, but put it in this
a kiln
Doug
|
$200
[29]
This Coca-Cola song promoting "The Real Thing" was turned into a Top 20 hit
"I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing"
Doug
|
$200
[17]
1931 completion of the Bagnell Dam created a beautiful lake in these Missouri mountains
the Ozarks
John
|
$200
[26]
Of very hot, very cold, or rainy, weather condition in which vapor lock usually occurs
very hot
Doug
|
$200
[8]
Bing Crosby said it "is the song of the immortal Jolson"
"April Showers"
Doug
|
|
$300
[3]
The only African bird of prey with terrestrial habits, it can't type or take dictation
the secretarybird
Roger
|
$300
[15]
Process in which you bind a piece of clothing, so that only certain parts of the article absorb color
tie-dye
Doug
|
$300
[16]
In his first commercials ever, George C. Scott became spokesman for this car
Renault
Roger
|
$300
[18]
Until the Soviets completed a bigger one in 1974, the world's largest telescope was here
Mt. Palomar
John
|
$300
[27]
MacPherson struts are not dance steps but types of these
shock absorbers (or suspension devices)
Roger
|
$400
[10]
Title song of the 1969 movie starring Jack Lemmon and Catherine Denueve
"The April Fools"
Doug
|
|
$400
[4]
The number of toes on the foot of a hippopotamus; especially the ones in Disney's "Fantasia"
four
Doug
Roger
|
$400
[24]
Twining, coiling, and weaving are the three basic methods of making these
baskets
John
Roger
|
$400
[22]
On television, the Heinz entry always lost this contest
the ketchup pouring contest
Doug
|
$400
[19]
The continuation of California's Sierra Nevada into Washington and Oregon is called this
the Cascades
John
|
$400
[28]
Part that is "capped" after putting in points & condenser
the distributor
Doug
|
DD
$500
[9]
The title of this song might describe a European spring vacation:
"April In Portugal"
Doug
|
|
$500
[5]
Types of this aquatic creature include chimney, sheep's-wool, & common bath
the sponge
Roger
|
$500
[23]
From Latin "to close", this process closes off colored enamels from each other with thin metal strips
cloisonné
Doug
|
$500
[21]
Slogan created in 1921 when a pal of an R.J. Reynolds ad man ran out of cigarettes on a golf course
"I'd walk a mile for a Camel"
John
|
$500
[20]
In the Washington Irving story, Rip Van Winkle fell asleep in these mountains
the Catskills
Doug
|
$500
[30]
It changes exhaust hydrocarbons & carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide & water
a catalytic converter
John
Roger
|
$500
[11]
1973 hit by 3 Dog Night that could be the result of blowing up the month
"Pieces Of April"
|
| TRAVEL & TOURISM | TWAIN | THE TROJAN WAR | TAXES | TEXAS | TOUGH DISNEY |
|
$200
[19]
Visiting the New York Transit Exhibit in Brooklyn, you can pay the admission fee with 1 of these
a subway token
John
|
$200
[17]
Twain said "the art" of frying this fowl "cannot be learned north of the line of Mason & Dixon"
chicken
John
|
$200
[10]
In the "Illiad" he's described as a huge, slow-witted warrior, not a foaming cleanser
Ajax
John
|
$200
[1]
It was in 1943 that the federal government began having this done to workers' paychecks
withholding
John
|
$200
[5]
When the United States became a nation in 1776, Texas was ruled by this country
Spain
John
Doug
|
$200
[3]
Both Disneyland & Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom are located in counties with this name
Orange County
John
|
|
$400
[20]
The Boston Tea Party Ship & Museum allows visitors to engage in this unique activity
throw tea overboard
Roger
|
$400
[18]
Character who refers to "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" in the 1st line of his book
Huckleberry Finn
Roger
|
$400
[13]
Menelaus, husband of Helen, was king of this city, later the historic rival of Athens
Sparta
John
|
$400
[2]
The IRS estimates that for fiscal 1987, this will happen to 1 of every 68 tax returns
auditing
Doug
|
$400
[27]
It's said the line between the East & the West lies between these 2 large neighboring cities
Dallas & Fort Worth
John
|
$600
[7]
For "Pinocchio", he was painted with 27 colors; for "Mickey Mouse Club", they used only 9
Jiminy Cricket
Doug
|
|
$600
[23]
This city's World's Fair, held in 1967, is perpetuated each summer under title "Man & His World"
Montreal
John
Doug
|
$600
[21]
On their 1st "date" Twain took his future wife to a reading given by this English author in 1867
Charles Dickens
Doug
|
$600
[14]
Some say it was this wandering warrior from Ithaca who suggested the Trojan Horse
Odysseus
Doug
|
$600
[4]
At 7 1/2%, Connecticut has the highest statewide tax of this kind
sales tax
Roger
|
$600
[28]
Largest lake entirely in Texas is named for this long-time Speaker of the House
Sam Rayburn
John
Roger
|
$800
[8]
According to the 1953 cartoon, these four sounds are "where the music comes from"
a toot, a whistle, a plunk & a boom
Doug
|
|
$800
[24]
Located 3 miles outside town, it's Hodgenville, Kentucky's most famous tourist attraction
Lincoln's birthplace
Roger
|
$800
[22]
His actual middle name
Langhorne
John
|
$800
[15]
He killed Hector, then Paris killed him
Achilles
Doug
|
DD
$1,000
[11]
The Tax Foundation says that in 1930 it was February 13, but in 1987 it was May 4
Tax Freedom Day
John
|
$800
[29]
Each year from 1932-86, up to 100,000 attended this annual event sponsored by the Texas Dept. of Corrections
the Texas Prison Rodeo
|
DD
$1,000
[6]
Technical reason the 3rd Mickey Mouse cartoon "Steamboat Willie" was released 1st, on Nov. 18, 1928
because it had sound
Doug
|
|
$1,000
[26]
You can visit the infamous Andersonville Civil War Prison, a National Historic Site, in this state
Georgia
Roger
|
$1,000
[25]
According to the title, it's what Twain was "Following" in his last travel book
the equator
|
$1,000
[16]
Virgil says this man escaped the fall of Troy along with a few followers & later founded Rome
Aeneas
John
|
$1,000
[12]
Chief Justice John Marshall said, "The power to tax involves the power to" do this
to destroy
Doug
|
$1,000
[30]
A national seashore covers much of this 100-mile-long island named for Fr. Nicolas Balli, a Spanish priest
Padre Island
Roger
|
$1,000
[9]
Title character of this 1961 live-action hit was named Ned Brainard
The Absent-Minded Professor
Doug
Roger
|
1 of 2 Cabinet dept. heads who have held their position for the entire Reagan administration thus far
Caspar Weinberger (Secretary of Defense) or Samuel Pierce of HUD