Show #5004 2006-05-18 (taped 2006-04-11) Tournament of Champions

2006 Tournament of Champions final game 1.

Contestants

Vik Vaz — a medical student from Austin, Texas

Michael Falk — a meteorologist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Bill MacDonald — an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bill	$1,800	$3,200	$5,200	$0	$4,800 15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Michael	$1,000	$5,000	$15,400	$17,400	$15,400 19 R, 1 W
Vik	$1,600	$3,200	$17,400	$30,800	$16,800 18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HEALTH MATTERS	FAMOUS PAIRS	MACHINERY	VICE PRESIDENT... THE SITCOM!	3 OF A KIND	BACKWORDS
$200 [14] Best to avoid dark chocolate before bed; 2 oz. contain about as much of this stimulant as a cup of black tea caffeine Vik	$200 [1] One newspaper headline described the 1997 heavyweight fight between this duoas a Pay-Per-Chew event (Evander) Holyfield & (Mike) Tyson Vik	$200 [26] (Jon of the Clue Crew uses a power tool.) The belt drive used in many devices is basically two of these simple machines pulleys Michael	$200 [3] Tonight on "Fuzzy Math", he finds out the hard way that sometimes, 50,456,062 can be more than 50,996,582 Al Gore Bill	$200 [9] Coddled, deviled, hard boiled eggs Bill	$200 [20] Dennis mined for gold wearing this denim (mined) Michael
$400 [15] The postage stamp seenhereraises awareness as well as money to help fight this breast cancer Vik	$400 [2] Their marriagehelped bring about the English Reformation Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn Bill Vik	$400 [27] In 1738 Lewis Paul patented a machine for this--processing fibers into yarn, not doing aerobics on a bike spinning Michael	$400 [4] After serving from 1857 to 1861, tonight he finally tells President Buchanan, "For the last time, my name's not Myra!" John Breckinridge Bill	$400 [10] George Lazenby, David Niven, Pierce Brosnan James Bonds Michael	$400 [21] The worship of the deity Zeus probably isn't popular in this seaport Suez (Zeus) Michael
$600 [16] Approximately 7 out of every 10 people over 75 are affected by these, a clouding of the eye lenses cataracts Michael	$600 [8] The Biblical message some might get from this coupleis "Move forward and don't look back!" Lot & his wife Michael	$600 [28] A device in which one circuit controls another, Marconi won the race to design one, seen here, for the telegraph a relay Vik	$800 [6] On a very special episode, this Virginian's run as the first Whig VP comes to a stunning end (John) Tyler Vik	$600 [11] Golf, Beetle, Karmann Ghia Volkswagen models Bill	$600 [22] I'll swap you my Oreos if you'll keep these off them paws (swap) Bill
$800 [17] Pray for a good anaesthetic when having this procedure in which the nerve & pulp of a tooth are removed root canal Michael	$800 [19] This felonious couplemet in 1930 & ended it in 1934 Bonnie & Clyde Bill	$800 [29] In 1895 Dr. Shields invented one of these machines that simulated the action of a calf a milker Michael	DD $1,000 [5] In tonight's episode, "Take This Job & Shove It", he quits as a power line worker to attend the Univ. of Wyoming Cheney Bill	$800 [12] Innocent, Formosus, Celestine popes Vik	$800 [23] Eva liked to use this Latin salutation to hail a cab ave (Eva) Vik
$1,000 [18] Headache & nausea are symptoms of Chinese restaurant syndrome, a reaction to this flavor enhancer MSG Vik	$1,000 [24] Robert Louis Stevenson thought this duomade a "Strange Case" Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Michael	$1,000 [30] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew holds a ticking metronome.) This mechanism that provides periodic energy to devices like a metronome gets its name from thewheelthat is caught & then gets free an escapement Bill	$1,000 [7] When his boss tells him he won't be on the ticket again, this Northeastern man snaps, "Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Abe?" Hannibal Hamlin Vik	$1,000 [13] Sinhala, Xhosa, Novial languages Bill Vik	$1,000 [25] The fires helped Gunnar read this fine line that finishes a letter stroke serif (fires) Bill

Double Jeopardy! Round

PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING BIOS	SAMS OF THE CINEMA	OPERA, LIKE IT OR NOT	CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST	U.N. SECRETARIES-GENERAL	BEFORE, DURING & AFTER
$400 [9] While recovering from back surgery, JFK penned this 1957 winner, the stories of 8 U.S. Senators Profiles in Courage Bill	$400 [1] This "Law & Order" star played the unsuspecting hubby of a serial killer in "Serial Mom" Sam Waterston Vik	$400 [17] "Ha! Welch' ein Augenblick" is a famous example of the "vengeance" type of this operatic solo aria Vik	$400 [22] For zavtrak in this country, you might have tea, black bread & kasha in the city of Gorky Russia Michael	$400 [16] At university in the 1920s he met U Nu U Thant Michael	$400 [6] Borden spokesanimal on the front of a locomotive to clear a Salinger work lacking the first "the" Elsie the Cow Catcher in the Rye Bill
$800 [5] The winning book of 1978 was a bio of this man by W. Jackson Bate, not Boswell (Samuel) Johnson Bill	$800 [27] This director of the "Spider-Man" movies has also acted in films like "The Hudsucker Proxy" & "The Flintstones" Sam Raimi Bill	$800 [19] Aptly, a female fox is the heroine of the 1924 opera "The Cunning Little" this Vixen Michael	$800 [23] In the Murcia region of this European country, desayuno might be chocolate con churros Spain Michael	$800 [15] He served in the German army, years not entirely clear Waldheim Michael	$800 [7] Circular spinning food tray on a table set for a suffragist pioneer & a "Clockwork Orange" scribe Lazy Susan B. Anthony Burgess Michael
$1,200 [2] Still on a high from a 1933 win for a bio of this 22nd & 24th Pres., Allan Nevins won again in 1937 with "Hamilton Fish" (Grover) Cleveland Vik	$1,200 [28] He fell for Jessica Lange when they co-starred in "Frances" in 1982 Sam Shepard Bill	$1,600 [20] Anthony Davis' opera "Tania" is a surreal depiction of the 1974 abduction of this young woman Patty Hearst Vik	$1,200 [24] Arouchat boker in this country would include yogurt, herring, cucumber & fresh vegetables from the cooperative Israel	$1,200 [12] He died tragically in Africa Dag Hammarskjold Michael	$1,200 [8] Hastert's job before joining the Dutch royal family & starting a Roman leader's fruit drink chain Speaker of the House of Orange Julius (Speaker of the House of Orange Julius Caesar accepted) Bill Vik
$2,000 [4] The 1946 winner, "Son of the Wilderness", detailed the life of this Sierra Club founder John Muir Vik	$1,600 [29] The last works he directed weren't Westerns but music videos starring Julian Lennon Sam Peckinpah Bill	$2,000 [21] You'll need a contralto or a mezzo to play Tituba in the 1961 opera based on this Arthur Miller play The Crucible Vik	$1,600 [25] Called Frustuck & petit-dejeuner in this country, breakfast might be rosti potatoes & the native muesli Switzerland Michael	$1,600 [13] He was the first Arab & first African in the job Boutros Boutros-Ghali Vik	$1,600 [10] Bellicose Elton John weekend tune regarding a Notre Dame team & a large red hunting dog "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting Irish Setter" Michael
DD $3,200 [3] Glory, Hallelujah! She was the subject of the first Pulitzer Prize-winning biography in 1917 Julia Ward Howe Vik	$2,000 [30] "A Third Face" is the gutsy autobiography of this highly independent director of "The Big Red One" Sam Fuller	DD $5,000 [18] Act III of this Verdi opera unfolds near a temple of Isis Aida Vik	$2,000 [26] Kavalti in this country includes tarhana wheat & yogurt soup, ekmek bread & kahve, their famous coffee Turkey Vik	$2,000 [14] In 1946 he called the U.N. "a going organization" Trygve Lie Michael	$2,000 [11] Edith Piaf tune that's at home in the White House flower beds, admiring a Hieronymous Bosch painting "La Vie En Rose Garden Of Earthly Delights" Bill

Final Jeopardy!

LEGAL TERMS

Congress has passed 2 laws named for this, defined as inciting rebellion: one in 1918 and one 120 years earlier

sedition

Bill "What is insurrection?" — wagered $5,200

Michael "What is sedition?" — wagered $2,000

Vik "What is sedition" — wagered $13,400

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