1989 Senior Tournament final game 1.The Final Jeopardy! clue from this show can be heard in the 1990 filmPredator 2.
Bob Drez — a teacher from Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Ouida Rellstab — a teacher from New Orleans, Louisiana
Jim Friguglietti — a college professor from Billings, Montana
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim | $1,200 | $1,800 | $3,400 | $6,400 |
$3,400
13 R, 1 W |
| Ouida | $900 | $2,300 | $9,600 | $6,799 |
$8,900
24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Bob | $-400 | $0 | $2,000 | $3,500 |
$3,600
9 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| MYTHOLOGY | PROVERBS | THE ENVIRONMENT | ACTORS OF THE PAST | SING "OUT" | THE FIVE & DIME |
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$100
[3]
A greedy king, or a brand of automobile muffler
Midas
Jim
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$100
[17]
As you do this "so you must lie on it", which is hard to do if you think about it
"As you make your bed"
Bob
|
$100
[16]
On a single day, a satellite counted 7,603 fires burning in the rain forests of this river basin
the Amazon
Jim
|
$100
[1]
In 1895 Henry Irving became the first British actor to receive this honor
he was knighted
|
$100
[8]
"I get no kick from champagne," wrote Cole Porter in this classic from "Anything Goes"
I Get A Kick Out Of You
Ouida
|
$100
[26]
Barbara Hutton's grandad, his NYC skyscraper was built on your parents' nickels & dimes
Woolworth
Bob
|
|
$200
[4]
The muse of history, or an award given for the best advertisements of the year
Clio
Jim
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$200
[18]
"There is a remedy for all things but" this
death
Ouida
|
$200
[22]
The EPA is planning to extinguish all new use of this carcinogenic fire retardant
asbestos
Ouida
|
$200
[2]
Stage name of Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, the "Jersey Lily"
Lillie Langtry
Ouida
|
$200
[9]
In 1941's "Ziegfeld Girl", Tony Martin sang "You Stepped..."
You Stepped Out Of A Dream
Jim
|
$300
[28]
Chenille stems, which are better known as these, are one of the few items you can still buy for a dime
pipe cleaners
Ouida
|
|
$300
[5]
The Greek goddess of victory, or a brand of athletic shoe
Nike
Ouida
|
$300
[19]
"Gold goes in any gate, except" this one
the pearly gate (Heaven's gate)
Bob
|
$300
[23]
The 125 ft. Sebrell Elm, the largest in the U.S., is dying of this fungus disease
Dutch elm disease
Ouida
|
$300
[10]
Historically, this ancient Greek is considered the very 1st actor
Thespis
Jim
|
$300
[13]
A 1932 Rudy Vallee hit said "Let's" do this "and go to sleep"
turn out the lights (put out the lights)
Ouida
|
DD
$600
[27]
This five & dimer is the "K" in K Mart
Kresge
Bob
|
|
$400
[6]
The sea nymph who loved Odysseus, or a type of Caribbean folk music
Calypso
Ouida
|
$400
[20]
According to Dickens, these will happen even in "the best-regulated families"
accidents
|
$400
[24]
Du Pont recently announced it would stop manufacturing chlorofluoro-carbons because they damage this
the ozone layer
Ouida
|
$400
[11]
Born Maude Kiskadden in Utah in 1872, she was best known for playing Peter Pan
Maude Adams
Jim
Ouida
Bob
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$400
[14]
Song that says, "I want you to want me, I need you so badly, I can't think of anything but you"
Going Out Of My Head
|
— |
|
$500
[7]
A priestess of Aphrodite, or a kind of sandwich
Hero
Ouida
|
$500
[21]
In "Lady Clara Vere de Vere", Tennyson wrote, "Kind hearts are more than" these
coronets
Bob
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$500
[25]
In 1988 a canine virus killed thousands of these marine mammals near the coast of Europe
seals
Jim
|
$500
[12]
George Bernard Shaw wrote the part of Eliza Doolittle for this actress, whom he reported loved
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Ouida
|
$500
[15]
1970 Diana Ross hit also heard at the 1984 Summer Olympics opening ceremonies
Reach Out And Touch Somebody's Hand
|
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| 4-LETTER WORDS | BOTANY | U.S.HISTORY | CLASSICAL MUSICIANS | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | LITERARY TERMS |
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$200
[18]
Christmas, or a large log traditionally burned at that time
Yule
Jim
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$200
[11]
Speculation in these bulbs in Holland in the 17th century caused financial chaos
tulips
Jim
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$200
[12]
Around 1839 the Old State House Bell came to be known as this
the Liberty Bell
Ouida
|
$200
[26]
Born in Paris, this noted Chinese cellist is a real "Yo-Yo"
Yo-Yo Ma
Bob
|
$200
[1]
Europe is a huge peninsula that extends westward from this continent
Asia
Jim
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$200
[3]
It can be a collection of 3 works by 1 author or 3 by different authors with a common theme
a trilogy
Ouida
|
|
$400
[22]
To do this involves the respiratory muscles & may be caused by watching other do it
yawn
Ouida
Bob
|
$400
[13]
Called gum trees in Australia, these tall flowering trees provide oil for medicine & leaves for koalas
eucalyptus
Jim
|
$400
[14]
Henry Cabot Lodge led the fight to keep the U.S. from joining this after WWI
the League of Nations
Ouida
|
$400
[27]
This brilliant Israeli-American violinist is a avid New York Knicks fan
Itzhak Perlman
Ouida
|
$400
[2]
This country, at the outlet of the Ganges & 2 other major rivers, had severe floods in September 1988
Bangladesh
Ouida
|
$400
[4]
This type of verse is also called unrhymed iambic pentameter
blank verse
Ouida
|
|
$600
[23]
The 2 four-letter weapons you can fence with
epee & foil
Ouida
|
$600
[15]
After creating the boysenberry. Rudolph Boysen gave his vines to this founder of a California amusement park
Walter Knott
|
$600
[19]
On January 3, 1777 Gen. Washington's forces captured Nassau Hall, this college's administration building
Princeton
Jim
|
$800
[29]
Famed for his 18-K. gold flute, this Irish flautist had a hit playing John Denver's "Annie's Song"
Galway
Bob
|
$600
[8]
2 of the 4 major islands of Indonesia, together the form the Greater Sunda Islands
Sumatra and Java (Celebes and Borneo)
Ouida
Bob
|
$800
[6]
In literature it's not artillery but a body of writings established as authentic
a canon
Jim
|
|
$800
[24]
To push your wares in the streets, or a bird of prey of the order Falconiformes
hawk
Ouida
|
$800
[16]
When talking about plants it means a disease caused by certain fungi, not dirty pictures
smut
Ouida
|
$800
[20]
In 1870 David Porter became the 2nd U.S. admiral; this man, his adopted brother, was the 1st
Farragut
Bob
|
DD
$1,000
[28]
19th century composer on whose work Rachmaninoff based thefollowing:
Paganini
Bob
|
$800
[9]
Africa's highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro, is in this country
Tanzania
Jim
Ouida
|
$1,000
[7]
Term for writings of doubtful authority that's applied to some books associated with the Bible
the Apocrypha
Bob
|
|
$1,000
[25]
From the metaphor of the church as a ship, the term for this part of a church is from the Latin for "ship"
nave
Ouida
|
$1,000
[17]
For flowers, it's considered the 1st stage in the reproductive process
pollenation
|
$1,000
[21]
In 1976's "Koreagate", the Justice Department investigated this South Korean businessman
(Tongsun) Park
Ouida
|
— |
$1,000
[10]
The term "Banana Republic" originally referred to this Central American country
Honduras
|
DD
$1,300
[5]
Latin for "a great work", it's a major literary work, or a writer's masterpiece
magnum opus
Ouida
|
Berengaria, who never set foot in England, was its queen for 8 yrs. after marrying this king on Cyprus
Richard the Lionhearted