Show #5004 - Thursday, May 18, 2006

2006 Tournament of Champions final game 1.

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Vik Vaz, a medical student from Austin, Texas

Michael Falk, a meteorologist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

HEALTH MATTERS
FAMOUS PAIRS
(Alex: This is an interesting twist on the traditional FAMOUS PAIRS. We hope you have fun with it.)
MACHINERY
VICE PRESIDENT... THE SITCOM!
3 OF A KIND
BACKWORDS
(Alex: Each correct response will be found in the clue itself, but in reverse order.)
    $200 14
Best to avoid dark chocolate before bed; 2 oz. contain about as much of this stimulant as a cup of black tea
    $200 1
One newspaper headline described the 1997 heavyweight fight between this duo as a Pay-Per-Chew event
    $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
    $200 3
Tonight on "Fuzzy Math", he finds out the hard way that sometimes, 50,456,062 can be more than 50,996,582
    $200 9
Coddled,
deviled,
hard boiled
    $200 20
Dennis mined for gold wearing this
    $400 15
The postage stamp seen here raises awareness as well as money to help fight this
    $400 2
Their marriage helped bring about the English Reformation
    $400 27
In 1738 Lewis Paul patented a machine for this--processing fibers into yarn, not doing aerobics on a bike
    $400 4
After serving from 1857 to 1861, tonight he finally tells President Buchanan, "For the last time, my name's not Myra!"
    $400 10
George Lazenby,
David Niven,
Pierce Brosnan
    $400 21
The worship of the deity Zeus probably isn't popular in this seaport
    $600 16
Approximately 7 out of every 10 people over 75 are affected by these, a clouding of the eye lenses
    $600 8
The Biblical message some might get from this couple is "Move forward and don't look back!"
    $600 28
A device in which one circuit controls another, Marconi won the race to design one, seen here, for the telegraph
    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
    $600 11
Golf,
Beetle,
Karmann Ghia
    $600 22
I'll swap you my Oreos if you'll keep these off them
    $800 17
Pray for a good anaesthetic when having this procedure in which the nerve & pulp of a tooth are removed
    $800 19
This felonious couple met in 1930 & ended it in 1934
    $800 29
In 1895 Dr. Shields invented one of these machines that simulated the action of a calf
    $800 6
On a very special episode, this Virginian's run as the first Whig VP comes to a stunning end
    $800 12
Innocent,
Formosus,
Celestine
    $800 23
Eva liked to use this Latin salutation to hail a cab
    $1000 18
Headache & nausea are symptoms of Chinese restaurant syndrome, a reaction to this flavor enhancer
    $1000 24
Robert Louis Stevenson thought this duo made a "Strange Case"
    $1000 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 the wheel that is caught & then gets free
    $1000 7
When his boss tells him he won't be on the ticket again, this Northeastern man snaps, "Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Abe?"
    $1000 13
Sinhala,
Xhosa,
Novial
    $1000 25
The fires helped Gunnar read this fine line that finishes a letter stroke

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Bill Michael Vik
$1,800 $1,000 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bill Michael Vik
$3,200 $5,000 $3,200

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
(Alex: It's sort of like BEFORE & AFTER, but with that added element that'll make it most enjoyable for the three of you.) [Laughter]
    $400 9
While recovering from back surgery, JFK penned this 1957 winner, the stories of 8 U.S. Senators
    $400 1
This "Law & Order" star played the unsuspecting hubby of a serial killer in "Serial Mom"
    $400 17
"Ha! Welch' ein Augenblick" is a famous example of the "vengeance" type of this operatic solo
    $400 22
For zavtrak in this country, you might have tea, black bread & kasha in the city of Gorky
    $400 16
At university in the 1920s he met U Nu
    $400 6
Borden spokesanimal on the front of a locomotive to clear a Salinger work lacking the first "the"
    $800 5
The winning book of 1978 was a bio of this man by W. Jackson Bate, not Boswell
    $800 27
This director of the "Spider-Man" movies has also acted in films like "The Hudsucker Proxy" & "The Flintstones"
    $800 19
Aptly, a female fox is the heroine of the 1924 opera "The Cunning Little" this
    $800 23
In the Murcia region of this European country, desayuno might be chocolate con churros
    $800 15
He served in the German army, years not entirely clear
    $800 7
Circular spinning food tray on a table set for a suffragist pioneer & a "Clockwork Orange" scribe
    $1200 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"
    $1200 28
He fell for Jessica Lange when they co-starred in "Frances" in 1982
    DD: $5,000 18
Act III of this Verdi opera unfolds near a temple of Isis
    $1200 24
Arouchat boker in this country would include yogurt, herring, cucumber & fresh vegetables from the cooperative
    $1200 12
He died tragically in Africa
    $1200 8
Hastert's job before joining the Dutch royal family & starting a Roman leader's fruit drink chain
    DD: $3,200 3
Glory, Hallelujah! She was the subject of the first Pulitzer Prize-winning biography in 1917
    $1600 29
The last works he directed weren't Westerns but music videos starring Julian Lennon
    $1600 20
Anthony Davis' opera "Tania" is a surreal depiction of the 1974 abduction of this young woman
    $1600 25
Called Frustuck & petit-dejeuner in this country, breakfast might be rosti potatoes & the native muesli
    $1600 13
He was the first Arab & first African in the job
    $1600 10
Bellicose Elton John weekend tune regarding a Notre Dame team & a large red hunting dog
    $2000 4
The 1946 winner, "Son of the Wilderness", detailed the life of this Sierra Club founder
    $2000 30
"A Third Face" is the gutsy autobiography of this highly independent director of "The Big Red One"
    $2000 21
You'll need a contralto or a mezzo to play Tituba in the 1961 opera based on this Arthur Miller play
    $2000 26
Kavalti in this country includes tarhana wheat & yogurt soup, ekmek bread & kahve, their famous coffee
    $2000 14
In 1946 he called the U.N. "a going organization"
    $2000 11
Edith Piaf tune that's at home in the White House flower beds, admiring a Hieronymous Bosch painting

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bill Michael Vik
$5,200 $15,400 $17,400

Final Jeopardy! Round

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

Final scores:

Bill Michael Vik
$0 $17,400 $30,800

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Bill Michael Vik
$4,800 $15,400 $16,800
15 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 19 R,
1 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $37,000

[game responses] [game scores] [suggest correction]

Game tape date: 2006-04-11
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.