Show #4997 2006-05-09 (taped 2006-04-10) Tournament of Champions

2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

Aaron Thompson — a special assistant from Washington, D.C.

David Rozenson — a lawyer from Newton, Massachusetts

Kevin Marshall — a student from Metairie, Louisiana

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kevin $800 $7,200 $16,400 $16,402
Automatic semifinalist
$17,800
24 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
David $600 $-400 $3,200 $6,399
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated
$3,200
6 R, 3 W
Aaron $2,600 $4,400 $13,000 $16,401
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated
$15,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

STAR TREK,STAR WARSORLORD OF THE RINGS ACTION FIGURES DINNER FOR ONE IN NEED OF A DATE STILL LIVING WITH "MOM" & "DAD" YOU HAVE NO LIFE
$200 [1]
A council that takes place at Rivendell is central to its plot
Lord of the Rings
Aaron
$200 [26]
Paddy Doyle's fitness records include throwing 470 of these in 1 minute--that should win the round
punches
Kevin
$200 [11]
Send in 10 UPC symbols to get a "crispy cheesy fast & easy" T-shirt from this stuffed sandwich brand
Hot Pockets
Kevin
$200 [20]
The Japanese fleet left home on the 26th of this month in 1941, headed for Pearl Harbor
November
Kevin
$200 [6]
What Genghis Khan was to Kublai Khan
granddad
Aaron
$200 [3]
This lifeless planet has virtually no atmosphere or water & is only 29 to 43 million miles from the sun
Mercury
David
$400 [2]
In its lore, a Bajoran wormhole leads to the Gamma Quadrant
Star Trek
Aaron
$400 [27]
In 2003 Paul Crake ran up the 1,576 steps of this NYC building in 9 minutes 33 seconds
the Empire State Building
Kevin
$400 [12]
Husband & wife Abraham & Mahala put their last name on this line of frozen entrees; meatloaf again?
Stouffer's
Aaron
$400 [21]
Billions of mourners worldwide watched Princess Diana's funeral on Sept. 6 of this year
1997
Aaron
$400 [7]
The names of many Mexican cities include this Spanish word for "city"
ciudad
Aaron
$400 [4]
Don't plan a Europan vacation--Jupiter's moon Europa is awash in this, also called battery acid
sulfuric acid
$600 [13]
This one lent its name to a defensive weapons system that many felt was a pie-in-the-sky fantasy
Star Wars
Kevin
$600 [28]
In 2006 Leyan Lo, a student at this Pasadena school, solved a Rubik's Cube puzzle in 11.13 seconds
Caltech
Kevin
$600 [16]
When I say I'm dining with a woman, I mean this brand of frozen dinners named for a California piemaker
Marie Callender
Kevin Aaron
$600 [22]
The Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812 was signed Dec. 24 of this year
1814
Kevin
$600 [8]
The name of this daisylike plant used to make an herbal tea is from the Latin for "apple on the ground"
chamomile
David
$600 [5]
The international symbol seenhereshows that food has gone through this process to eliminate bacteria
irradiation
Kevin
$800 [14]
A race called the Andorians causes trouble for the humans in this one
Star Trek
David
$800 [29]
A term for a tireless Soviet worker comes from the name of Alexei Stakhanov; he mined 102 tons of this in 6 hours
coal
Aaron
$800 [17]
The name of this brand, started by Con Agra CEO Mike Harper after a heart attack, tells me I'm opting to eat better
Healthy Choice
Kevin
$800 [23]
Year in which Custer & his force of more than 200 men were killed
1876
Kevin
$800 [9]
My heart belongs to this early 20th century art movement founded in Switzerland
Dadaism
Kevin
$800 [25]
In May 1980 life on the north side of this Washington mountain was obliterated by an 1,100-degree flow
Mount St. Helens
Kevin
$1,000 [15]
Its creator was born in South Africa
Lord of the Rings
David Aaron
$1,000 [30]
Ted Martin kept one of these fad items aloft with 63,326 consecutive kicks in just under 9 hours
a Hacky Sack
Kevin
$1,000 [18]
If I'm in the mood for seafood, I whip up some fish sticks from this company whose logo is seen here
Gorton's
Aaron
$1,000 [24]
The first Olympics held in the U.S. were in St. Louis in this year
1904
Kevin
DD $1,400 [10]
The dominating feature of this East African port is Fort Jesus, a Portuguese stronghold built around 1593
Mombasa
Kevin
$1,000 [19]
This 600-mile-long South American desert is noted for its extreme aridity that basically makes life impossible
the Atacama
Kevin David Aaron

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE NEW YORK TIMESSCIENCE TIMES TARZAN'S BOOK REVIEWS WHO WEARS THE CROWN ALPHABETICALLY FIRST LET'S GO TO TALLINN AMERICANISMS
$400 [26]
A researcher has shown that this feared Amazon fish may gather in packs for safety, not to hunt
a piranha
Kevin
$400 [6]
Over year on bestseller list. Magic train. Christmas Eve. This Chris Van Allsburg book. Make Tarzan feel warm, fuzzy
The Polar Express
Aaron
$400 [1]
She's the lifelong bachelorette seen here
Elizabeth I
Kevin
$400 [25]
Alphabetically, it's the first of the five Great Lakes
Lake Erie
Kevin
$400 [11]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Tallinn, Estonia.) Before Estonian independence, the flags of many nations flew over Pikk Hermann; "Pikk" just means this physical quality
tall
Kevin
$400 [16]
This numerical expression signifies every hour of every day; you may doze but never close
24-7
Aaron
$800 [27]
This 8-letter particle named for its lack of charge is being studied by beaming it 450 miles in .0025 seconds
the neutrino
Kevin
$800 [7]
Poems. This 1855 collection. First edition include "I Sing The Body Electric". Tarzan note simple, natural style
Leaves of Grass
Aaron
$800 [2]
Wife of Akhenaton, she's best known for her bust, seen here
Nefertiti
Aaron
$800 [24]
Of Miriam's Biblical brothers
Aaron
Kevin
$800 [12]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from an Estonian restaurant.) In Estonian, "kapsas" is cabbage, &"mulgikapsad"is a dish of meat stewed with this fermented substance
sauerkraut
Aaron
$800 [17]
Once this term was just a break in sports; now it's a break to discipline a child
a time out
Aaron
$1,200 [28]
Glen Canyon, inundated by the formation of this man-made Utah lake, is becoming visible again as the lake dries up
Lake Powell
$1,200 [8]
I, Tarzan. Him, this 1934 Robert Graves title guy. Weak. Drooling. Some Roman emperor! Tarzan kick butt!
Claudius
Aaron
$1,200 [3]
In legend, this crowned guy had a nephew named Roland
Charlemagne
Aaron
$1,600 [21]
Of counties in New York state
Albany
Aaron
$1,200 [13]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a street in Tallinn, Estonia.) Tallinn has one of these old-fashioned pharmacies that's been in use since 1422; it's said to be Europe's oldest functioning one
an apothecary
Aaron
$1,200 [18]
You might take the footpath to get to this word, paired with "Surfin'" in a Jan & Dean skateboarding hit
sidewalk
Kevin
$1,600 [29]
No, that's fine. Of course you're right. Science Times says "hostile cooperation" is part of this behavior pattern
passive-aggressiveness
Kevin
$1,600 [9]
This big series of Balzac works. Also title of 1943 Saroyan novel. Tarzan confused
The Human Comedy
David
$2,000 [5]
Revenge is taken on this crowned guy after he sacrificesdaughter Iphigenia
Agamemnon
David
$2,000 [22]
Of non-radioactive chemical elements
aluminum
Aaron
$1,600 [14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Tallinn, Estonia.) Tallinn has many houses of these medieval economic groups; the Brotherhood of the Blackheadswere unmarried merchants
guilds
Kevin
$1,600 [19]
From the 19th c., it can mean to stop annoying someone, or to make him temporarily unemployed
lay off
$2,000 [30]
28 years after its 1977 launch, it passed through a sort of space sound barrier called the termination shock
Voyager
Kevin
$2,000 [10]
1931. Jean de Brunhoff create. This title Tantor wear suit. Tarzan laugh! Tantor in suit! That funny!
Babar
David
DD $2,500 [4]
This crowned guy's problem was the thought thatthe kneeling guymight be Quetzalcoatl
Montezuma
Aaron
DD $3,500 [23]
Of all U.S. Supreme Court justices in history by last name
Samuel Alito
Aaron
$2,000 [15]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Tallinn, Estonia.) I'm just leaving the Russian Orthodoxchurchnamed for this leader who stopped Swedish & German expansion
Alexander Nevsky
Kevin
$2,000 [20]
This was once a braided cord worn by Boy Scouts; it's now a wasteful project that often involves graft
a boondoggle
David

Final Jeopardy!

COMPOSING CONTEMPORARIES

One of 2 hyphenated composers who flourished in the 1870s, one with "The Maid of Pskov" & one with "Samson et Dalila"

(1 of) Camille Saint-Saens & (Nicolai) Rimsky-Korsakov

David "Who is Saint-Saens?" — wagered $3,199
Aaron "Who were Saint-Saens + Rimsky-Korsakov?" — wagered $3,401
Kevin "Who is Saint-Saens" — wagered $2

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