Show #5005 2006-05-19 (taped 2006-04-11) Tournament of Champions

2006 Tournament of Champions final game 2.

Contestants

Vik Vaz — a medical student from Austin, Texas (subtotal of $30,800)

Michael Falk — a meteorologist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin (subtotal of $17,400)

Bill MacDonald — an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida (subtotal of $0)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bill	$1,400	$5,200	$10,400	$399	$10,400 14 R, 1 W
Michael	$3,800	$5,000	$23,600	$31,801	$21,800 24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Vik	$1,000	$5,600	$9,200	$0	$8,000 16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

CIVIL WAR GENERALS	SUPPORTING ACTOR EMMY WINNERS	GOVT. ABBR.	ALMA MATER MATTERS	MY HEAVENS!	NOVEL PICTURE PUZZLES
$200 [9] After routing Union troops at the first battle of this, P.G.T. Beauregard was promoted to the rank of general Bull Run Vik	$200 [8] 2005:Voters like Brad Garrett, too Everybody Loves Raymond Michael	$200 [3] It promotes technical research & education programs:the NSF the National Science Foundation Michael	$200 [29] At 10,000 feet in elevation, the Timberline campus of this state's Mountain College is the highest in the U.S. Colorado Michael	$200 [16] Because of the greenhouse effect, the surface temperature on this planet is over 800 degrees F. Venus Michael	$200 [1] This Henry James novel centers on a plain girl Washington Square Bill
$400 [13] The Library of America has a boxed set of the memoirs of these 2 Union generals Grant & Sherman Vik	$400 [22] 1981:Danny DeVito gets an Emmy dispatch Taxi Bill	$400 [7] It protects Grandma's money in the bank:the FDIC the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Bill	$400 [28] In 1946 Congress designated January 5 as the "Day" of this Tuskegee Institute agriculture professor (George Washington) Carver Michael	$400 [17] The hottest stars, such as Rigel, are this color & have surface temperatures over 30,000 degrees blue Bill	$400 [2] Thisis a horror classic Frankenstein (frank in stein)
$600 [10] Replaced by Pres. Lincoln on November 7, 1862, he challenged the president as the Democratic nominee in 1864 (George) McClellan Michael	$600 [23] 1990:Legal practice makes perfect for Jimmy Smits L.A. Law Bill	$600 [14] Providing assistance around the globe:AID the Agency for International Development Vik	$600 [25] The USA's oldest college debating club is at this university where Aaron Burr & James Madison were members Princeton Michael Vik	$600 [19] In the northern hemisphere, latitude is equal to the angle above the horizon of this star, Alpha Ursae Minoris the North Star (or Polaris) Bill	$600 [4] Thisnovel was sent to sinners in 1850 The Scarlet Letter Vik
$800 [11] At Gettysburg, he said, "Up, men, and to your posts! Don't forget today that you are from Old Virginia" (George) Pickett Michael Vik	$800 [24] 2001:Bradley Whitford joshes around The West Wing Vik	$800 [15] It protects against workplace discrimination:the EEOC the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Bill Vik	$1,000 [27] This 1968 presidential candidate once was a professor at Macalester College in St. Paul (Hubert) Humphrey Vik	$800 [20] In 1801 Ceres became the first one of these to be discovered an asteroid Bill Vik	$800 [5] Egoism & genius prevail inthis1943 bestselling novel The Fountainhead Vik
$1,000 [12] Nicknamed "Fighting Joe", he replaced Ambrose Burnside as commander of the Army of the Potomac in 1863 (Joe) Hooker Michael	$1,000 [30] 1985:John Larroquette's prosecutorial misconduct earns an Emmy Night Court Bill	$1,000 [18] Analyzing global business & tariffs:the USITC the United States International Trade Commission Vik	DD $2,000 [26] In 1779 the nation's oldest law school was founded at this southern college William & Mary Vik	$1,000 [21] This Frenchman prepared the first systematic catalog of nebulous objects; each object has an "M" number (Charles) Messier Michael	$1,000 [6] The writer's own experiences served as source material forthis1929 novel A Farewell to Arms Michael

Double Jeopardy! Round

AFRICAN CAPITALS	THE DA VINCI CODE	1966	TUTU MUCH!	ARCHITECTURE	SHORT CLUES ABOUT LONG WORDS
$400 [5] 90 miles from the equator, this mile-high Kenyan capital rarely exceeds 80 degrees in temperature Nairobi Michael	$400 [14] The events in "The Da Vinci Code" are set off by the murder of the curator of this place the Louvre Michael	$400 [6] March 2:Robert McNamara announces that U.S. troops in this country total 215,000 Vietnam Vik	$400 [17] It's the adjective for tutus that fall below the calf (or for the poetry of Keats & Coleridge) romantic Michael	$400 [24] This U.S. president designed more than one home for himself--thisis the one at Poplar Forest Jefferson Vik	$400 [8] Meaning sent on operations abroad, it's the E in AEF expeditionary Michael
$800 [4] Until 1974 much of the land in this capital belonged to Haile Selassie's family, members of the nobility & the National Church Addis Ababa Bill Michael	$800 [29] Robert Langdon is a professor of religious symbology at this Ivy League university Harvard Vik	$800 [9] August 5:This man gets hit in the head by a rock while leading a civil rights march in Chicago Martin Luther King Bill	$800 [18] Men in tutus portray ballerinas like Tatiana Youbetyabootskaya in Les Ballets Trockadero De this Riviera resort Monte Carlo Vik	$800 [26] This man who held up the heavens lent his name to a sculptural male figure used as a supporting column Atlas Vik	$800 [10] For a Major League baseball it's 9 to 9 1/4 inches circumference Bill
$1,600 [2] To reach this capital from Marrakech, hop on a train & travel about 200 miles northeast Rabat Vik	$1,200 [30] Robert says Ariel's flowing red hair in Disney's "Little Mermaid" is an allusion to this Biblical woman Mary Magdalene Vik	$1,200 [7] April 8:This "Magnolia State" becomes the last to end statewide prohibition Mississippi Bill	$1,200 [19] This Ziegfeld star donned a tutu for zany ballet spoofs, which inspired "The Swan" number in the film "Funny Girl" Fanny Brice Bill	$1,200 [22] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands on the set of Beauty and the Beastat the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.) The castle in "Beauty and the Beast" reimagines this architectural style that evolved from the Romanesque in the 12th century Gothic Michael	$1,200 [11] eBay has about a million collectibles in the category "entertainment" this memorabilia Michael
$2,000 [3] Bujumbura shares its first 2 letters with this small country of which it's the capital Burundi Michael	$1,600 [28] Bishop Aringarosa heads this Catholic prelature that spreads the message of "God's work" Opus Dei Michael	$1,600 [15] April 27:This pope meets Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in the Vatican Paul VI Michael	$1,600 [20] His 1860s painting of "The Orchestra of the Opera" has some pretty tutus in the background (Edgar) Degas Vik	DD $2,000 [23] Appropriately, he designed the Swiss Dormitory at Cite Universitaire in Paris Le Corbusier Michael	$1,600 [12] Promptness, in 11 letters punctuality Michael
DD $5,000 [1] They are the two capitals located on the banks of the Nile Cairo & Khartoum Michael	$2,000 [27] Thisingenious device is worthy of an inventive mind like Leonardo's"If you force it open, the vial breaks, vinegar dissolves papyrus, and your secret is lost forever." a cryptex	$2,000 [16] July 28:One of these U.S. military reconnaissance planes crashes in Bolivia a U-2 Michael	$2,000 [21] In "Swan Lake", it's traditional for this seductive daughter of Von Rotbart to wear a black tutu Odile	$2,000 [25] The Kennedy Librarywas designed by this world-famous architect who gave it a soaring glass-enclosed pavilion (I.M.) Pei Michael	$2,000 [13] From "The Faerie Queene", it's an Italian-sounding word for boasting braggadocio Bill

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LITERATURE

It says, "'O Poet... I beg you, that I may flee this evil & worse evils, to lead me... that I may see the gateway of Saint Peter'"

Dante's Inferno

Vik "What Pilgrim's Progress?" — wagered $9,200

Bill "What is Paradise Lost?" — wagered $10,001

Michael "What is the Divine Comedy?" — wagered $8,201

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