Show #736 1987-11-16 (taped 1987-10-27) Tournament of Champions

1987 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.

Contestants

Roger Storm — a teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio

Dave Traini — a teacher from Medford Lakes, New Jersey

Richard Cordray — a judicial clerk from Grove City, Ohio

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Richard	$1,200	$2,100	$6,200	$12,400 2nd place: $5,000	$3,200 15 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Dave	$500	$3,100	$10,083	$13,083 Finalist	$9,700 23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Roger	$300	$1,500	$4,500	$1,200 3rd place: $5,000	$4,500 14 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY POETRY	ARKANSAS	BIOLOGY	MONEY	SPORTS STADIUMS	AKA
$100 [27] Frank O'Hara's "The Day Lady Died" is a tribute to this black singer Billie Holiday Dave	$100 [28] This amusement park near Harrison is named for famous Al Capp comic strip community Dogpatch USA Dave	$100 [2] Mycology is the branch of biology that studies mushrooms, yeasts, molds & other types of these fungi Dave	$100 [29] The name of this monetary unit of the Netherlands is from the Dutch for golden the guilder Richard	$100 [18] This Detroit stadium was formerly called Bennett Park, then Navin Field, then Briggs Stadium Tiger Stadium Roger	$100 [30] Until he was six, his name was Michael Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dave
$200 [20] In Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken", it's the color of the wood two roads diverged in yellow Richard	$200 [21] Though not noted for its Chinese restaurants, Arkansas produces more of this grain than any other state rice Richard	$200 [13] Fibrinogen is a protein material that helps the blood in doing this clotting Dave	$200 [25] No. of groschen in an Austrian shilling or no. of centime in a French franc 100 Richard	$200 [19] In 1976, the name of this university's stadium was changed from Denny to Bryant-Denny Alabama Richard	$200 [14] Frank Paul Lovecchio; he rode a "Mule Train" to fame Frankie Laine Roger
$300 [1] It's the first name of Edwin Arlington Robinson's morose Mr. Cheevy Miniver Roger	$300 [8] The state's only national park; it's famous as a health resort Hot Springs Richard	$300 [15] Common term for a female gamete egg Roger	$300 [24] Canada has issued a series of ten sterling coins marking this 1988 event in Calgary Winter Olympic Games Dave	$300 [26] Major League Baseball's oldest stadium is this one in Chicago Comiskey Park Richard	$300 [12] Helen Louise Leonard got this stage name from Tony Pastor & her diamonds, we assume, from Jim Brady Lillian Russell Richard Roger
$400 [3] "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness", he "howled" Allen Ginsberg Richard	$400 [7] The 2 states that border Arkansas across the Mississippi River Tennessee & Mississippi Dave	$400 [16] People usually refer to adipose tissue as this fat Roger	$400 [23] You'd use bills in this monetary unit to buy a tuba in Cuba or magazines in the Philippines the peso Dave	$400 [6] While Huskie Stadium(-skie) belongs to Northern Illinois University, Husky Stadium (-sky) is this school's home field Washington Richard	$400 [11] Born Edith Mariner in Brooklyn, she was nominated for Oscars five times & won for "I Want to Live" Susan Hayward Dave
$500 [5] He went from laboring in a Siberian camp to becoming a US citizen to winning the 1987 Nobel Literature Prize Josef Brodsky	$500 [4] In 1967 he became the first Republican governor of the state since the Reconstruction days Winthrop Rockefeller Richard	$500 [17] In any vertebrate, the occiput is the posterior part of this the skull Roger	$500 [22] It's the monetary unit of Greenland the krone Dave	DD $600 [9] 1 of 4 Major League ballparks named for the counties they're in the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium (or the Kingdome, Milwaukee County Stadium, or the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum) Richard	$500 [10] The famous alias of Doroteo Arango, the Mexican revolutionary who was killed in 1923 Pancho Villa Dave

Double Jeopardy! Round

CORPORATE AMERICA	DEMOCRATS	ISLANDS	GEMS	13-LETTER WORDS	HISTORICAL DRAMAS
$200 [19] First successful 5 & 10; from August '82 to August of '87, it outperformed all other stocks on the Dow Jones Industrial Average Woolworth's Richard	$200 [29] '60s vice president who called his autobiography "The Education of a Public Man" Hubert Humphrey Richard	$200 [6] The Florida Keys stretch some 150 miles from Virginia Key, near Miami Beach, to this one Key West Roger	$200 [1] Varieties of it have included the fire, the white, the black, but not the Buick opal Dave Roger	$200 [12] A "dynamite" medicine for hearts nitroglycerin Roger	$400 [22] This man's Viennese office is the setting for "A Far Country" Sigmund Freud Richard
$400 [28] This largest U.S. hot dog maker also makes sauerkraut & pickles which can go with the hot dogs Oscar Mayer Dave	$600 [24] At the start of his presidential campaign, he said "I'm not from Washington and I'm not a lawyer" Jimmy Carter Richard	$400 [7] According to Guinness, the greatest explosion in the past 3,000 years occured August 27, 1883, on this island Krakatoa Dave	$400 [2] Color of a peridot green Roger	$400 [13] To set the record straight, Thucydides wrote a history of this war the Peloponnesian War Dave	$600 [11] "Becket" opens with this monarch saying, "Well, Thomas Becket, are you satisfied? I am naked at your tomb" Henry II Roger
$600 [27] 1 of the 7 regional phone companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange & commonly called the "Baby Bells" (1 of) Ameritech, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, NYNEX, Southwestern Bell, Pacific Telesis, or US West Richard Dave	$800 [23] Missouri congressman who's making some countries' trade practices a major issue in his Presidential campaign Richard Gephardt Dave	$600 [8] Most of this Scandinavian country's people live on islands Denmark Dave	$600 [3] The name of this gemstone is from the Persian "zargun" meaning gold-colored zircon Dave	$600 [14] As Jack Buchanan, Oscar Levant, Fred Astaire & Nanette Fabray could tell you, "That's" it entertainment Roger	$1,000 [18] The familiar shortened title of the Peter Weiss drama set at the Asylum of Charenton Marat/Sade Roger
$800 [26] On August 19, 1987, the AFL-CIO ended its 10-year old boycott of this Colorado-based company Coors Dave	$1,000 [20] Currently Ambassador to Japan under Reagan, he was formerly Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield Dave	$800 [9] Only independent island nation in the Persian Gulf Bahrain Dave	$800 [4] The largest blue diamond & the largest pearl have been given this name Hope Roger	$800 [15] A sin, for example transgression Dave	DD $1,183 [17] 193 years after the events it portrayed, this 1969 musical featuredthe following:"For I am yet happy, the first family, in the Southern colony of Virginia..." 1776 Dave
$1,000 [21] After creating the US Steel corporation, he went on to head the Bethlehem Steel corporation Charles Schwab Dave	DD $3,300 [25] Both sons of Methodist ministers, they were the party's presidential nominees in 1972 & 1984 George McGovern & Walter Mondale Richard	$1,000 [10] After Britain relocated all the inhabitants, the US built a naval base on this Indian Ocean island Diego Garcia Dave	$1,000 [5] The two gem names that end in the letters -nyx onyx & sardonyx	$1,000 [16] Only state that fits the category Massachusetts Roger	—

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

This former British colony, which gained independence in 1960, is the most populous country in Africa

Nigeria

Roger "What is Kenya?" — wagered $3,300

Richard "What is Nigeria?" — wagered $6,200

Dave "What is Nigeria?" — wagered $3,000

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