Responses for Show #2582 - Tuesday, November 21, 1995

1995 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.

Contestants

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Jim Vercolen, a part-time teacher from Rochester, New York

Matt Zielenski, a Teen Tournament winner from Broadview Heights, Ohio

David Siegel, a paralegal from Los Angeles, California

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Jeopardy! Round responses

NOVELIST-PLAYWRIGHTS
DECORATIVE ARTS
MUSEUMS
MOVIE RELATIVES
THE 20th CENTURY
TOUGH FACTS
(Alex: As if we featured easy facts on the program.)
    $100 2
Agatha Christie

Matt
    $100 10
India

David
    $100 17
La Scala

David
    $100 26
The Godfather

David
    $100 7
Charles Lindbergh

Jim
    $100 1
(Matt: What is a fork?)
...
(Alex: The fork came much later.)

the knife

MattJim
    $200 3
Truman Capote

Jim
    $200 11
Mexico

Matt
    $200 18
Tiananmen Square

David
    $200 27
Julia Roberts

David
    $200 8
John Mitchell

Jim
    $200 22
Yorkshire

David
    $300 4
(David: What is Rutgers?)

Princeton

DavidMatt
    $300 12
art deco

Matt
    $300 19
Enola Gay

David
    $300 28
Ron Howard

Jim
    $300 9
(David: What is the Sinai Peninsula?)

Gaza Strip

DavidMatt
    $300 23
The Gang of Four

David
    $400 5
William F. Buckley

Jim
    $400 13
tapestries

David
    $400 20
The Rijksmuseum

Jim
    $400 29
Hannah and Her Sisters

David
    $400 15
Bangladesh

Matt
    $400 24
Committees of Correspondence

David
    $500 6
Norman Mailer

David
    $500 14
scrimshaw

Jim
    $500 21
Victoria & Albert Museum

Triple Stumper
    $500 30
Maggie Smith

Jim
    $1,500 16
(Matt: Who is Ortega?)

Jose Napoleon Duarte

Matt
    $500 25
(Jim: What is Bey?)

Sultan

DavidJim

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

David Matt Jim
$400 $1,500 $1,500

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

David Matt Jim
$3,100 $0 $2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. STATES
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
APOSTLES
OBSERVATORIES
THE CIVIL WAR
GREAT SCOTS
    $200 1
Maryland

Matt
    $200 30
Japan

Matt
    $200 21
Thomas

David
    $200 16
Stonehenge

David
    $200 11
Mathew Brady

Jim
    $200 6
Alexander Graham Bell

David
    $400 2
Maine

David
    $400 29
(Matt: What is a ton?)

barrel

Matt
Triple Stumper
    $400 22
Simon Peter

David
    $400 17
Light

Matt
    $400 12
(David: What is Richmond?)

Montgomery, Alabama

DavidMatt
    $400 7
Sir Thomas Lipton

Jim
    $600 3
Montana

David
    $600 28
pound

David
    $600 23
Matthew

Matt
    $600 18
(Jim: What is a reflecting telescope?)

refracting telescope

DavidJim
    $600 13
Bull Run

Matt
    $600 8
James Boswell

David
    $800 4
Louisiana

Matt
    $2,200 27
ampere

Matt
    $800 24
Andrew

Triple Stumper
    $800 19
Caltech

David
    $800 14
Cemetery Ridge

Matt
    $800 9
Adam Smith

David
    $1000 5
Indiana

David
    $1000 26
5

Matt
    $1000 25
(Jim: What is the north wind?)

thunder

Jim
Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
(Jim: What are the Urals?)

Caucasus

MattJim
    $1000 15
Shiloh

David
    $500 10
(David: I don't know.)
...
(Alex: He spells it differently, of course.)

Duncan Phyfe

David

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

David Matt Jim
$9,600 $7,800 $200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERARY CHARACTERS
JimWho was Fagin?
$200
MattWho was Oliver Twist?
$1,801
DavidWho was Fagin?
$7,500
Fagin

Final scores:

David Matt Jim
$17,100 $5,999 $400
Finalist 2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

David Matt Jim
$10,100 $7,900 $200
26 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $18,200

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Game tape date: 1995-10-11
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