Responses for Show #1426 - Monday, November 12, 1990

1990 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.

Contestants

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Jamie Weiss, a high school senior and winner of last year's Teen Tournament from Fairfax, Virginia

Steve Berman, a film executive originally from Toms River, New Jersey

Eric Terzuolo, a foreign service officer from Washington, D.C.

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Jeopardy! Round responses

STARTS & ENDS WITH "A"
MODERN HISTORY
KITTY LITERATURE
WORLD CITIES
MEDICINE
TOUGH TV TRIVIA
    $100 12
amnesia

Steve
    $100 1
the Fascists

Jamie
    $100 30
Puss in Boots

Steve
    $100 2
San Salvador

Jamie
    $100 9
a blister

Jamie
    $100 24
the family dog

Jamie
    $200 13
an agenda

Eric
    $200 5
(Jamie: What is the Arab League?)

OPEC

SteveJamie
    $200 29
the Cheshire Cat

Jamie
    $200 3
Cannes

Jamie
    $200 20
a biopsy

Eric
    $1,700 23
Twin Peaks

Steve
    $300 15
Algeria

Steve
    $300 6
China

Eric
    $300 21
Maggie

Eric
    $300 4
Nicosia

Steve
    $300 14
a fever

Jamie
    $300 25
(Alex: Her name was Ann [*], hence her last name was [*].)

Marie

Triple Stumper
    $400 16
Acadia

Eric
    $400 7
Easter

Eric
    $400 22
Macbeth

Steve
    $400 10
Morocco

Eric
    $400 18
adrenaline

Steve
    $400 26
Atlantis

Steve
    $500 17
Agrippina

Steve
    $500 8
Edward VII

Steve
    $500 28
Ogden Nash

Triple Stumper
    $500 11
(Eric: What is Windsor?)

Niagara Falls

EricSteve
    $500 19
hyperventilation

Steve
    $500 27
(Steve: Who is Ricky Schroder?)

(John) Houseman

SteveJamie

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 17):

Eric Steve Jamie
$1,200 $2,400 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Eric Steve Jamie
$1,700 $5,400 $1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SOUTH AMERICA
DRAMA
SCIENCE
RULERS
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
17th CENTURY QUOTES
    $200 22
(Eric: Uh, what was the Aztec Empire?)

the Incan Empire

EricSteve
    $200 14
Agnes of God

Steve
    $200 1
Antarctica

Steve
    $200 15
Mary, Queen of Scots

Steve
    $200 26
a drum

Eric
    $200 16
a dull boy

Eric
    $400 23
Colombia

Eric
    $400 7
A Man for All Seasons

Steve
    $400 6
yeast

Eric
    $400 9
Thailand

Eric
    $400 30
the triangle

Steve
    $400 29
a vacuum

Eric
    $600 20
Suriname

Eric
    $2,600 8
The Crucible

Steve
    $600 25
(Steve: What is anhydrous?)

aneroid

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $3,900 10
(Eric: Who was Catherine de' Medici?)

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Eric
    $600 2
a harp

Eric
    $600 3
Izaak Walton

Steve
    $800 19
Pedro

Eric
    $800 28
(Lorraine) Hansberry

Steve
    $800 24
Uranus

Steve
    $800 27
(Eric: Who is Akbar the Great?)

Shah Jahan

Eric
Triple Stumper
    $800 4
the sitar

Eric
    $800 18
Oliver Cromwell

Eric
    $1000 13
José de San Martín

Steve
    $1000 21
Hedda Gabler

Steve
    $1000 12
its position

Triple Stumper
    $1000 11
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
a marimba

Steve
    $1000 17
(Blaise) Pascal

Eric

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Eric Steve Jamie
$3,400 $14,200 $1,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE COMMON MARKET
(Alex: [To Jamie] You are correct. I love the little smiling face in the corner as well. Your wager was... $591. That's an interesting wager. It takes you up to $1,991, and that is the year of your graduation? Correct. All right.)
[Laughter]
...
(Alex: [To Eric] That takes you to the year of your graduation, $6,800.)
...
(Alex: [To Steve] And did he bet big bucks?)
JamieWhat is Greece :)
$591
EricWhat is Greece Ireland
$3,400
SteveWhat is Greece?
$1
Greece

Final scores:

Eric Steve Jamie
$6,800 $14,201 $1,991
2nd place: $5,000 Finalist 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Eric Steve Jamie
$7,300 $10,700 $1,400
19 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 26 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 8 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $19,400

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Game tape date: 1990-10-23
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