Show #2057 1993-07-13 (taped 1993-03-01) Seniors Tournament

1993 Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

Hugh Murphy — a bank officer from Hockessin, Delaware

Marilyn Kneeland — a retired teacher from San Diego, California

Will Herrera — a retired airline pilot originally from Pueblo, Colorado

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Will $600 $1,700 $5,300 $10,300
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$4,100
12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Marilyn $2,100 $4,600 $11,600 $12,600
Automatic semifinalist
$10,200
28 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Hugh $1,200 $100 $7,700 $10,010
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$7,700
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

STATE CAPITALS MOVIE NOSTALGIA FOOD CHAINS RODENTS FRENCH
$100 [1]
Carson City, Nevada was named for this frontier scout--scout's honor
Kit Carson
Will
$100 [6]
Bandleader brothers who played themselves in the musical bio "The Fabulous Dorseys"
Tommy & Jimmy Dorsey
Marilyn
$100 [16]
Baked beans & steamed brown bread are a famous combination from this New England city
Boston
Marilyn
$100 [25]
This southern California newspaper is the flagship paper in the Times Mirror chain
Los Angeles Times
Hugh
$100 [11]
The Shadow knows that this shadow seeker is a marmot
a groundhog
Marilyn
$100 [12]
A sign that says "Chiens interdits" means these pets are not allowed
dogs
Marilyn
$200 [2]
You'll find the Menninger Clinic in this Kansas City
Topeka
Marilyn
$200 [7]
Lee Remick made her film debut as this actor's wife in "A Face in the Crowd" before he moved to Mayberry
Andy Griffith
Marilyn
$200 [19]
This sauce is the traditional topping for eggs Benedict
hollandaise
Marilyn
$200 [26]
This gasoline chain's former song begins, "You can trust your car to the man who wears the star"
Texaco
Marilyn
$200 [15]
Its pond lodge may have a shredded-bark carpet & several entranceways
a beaver
Will
$200 [13]
The French word for this nationality is Irlandaise
Irish
Marilyn
$300 [3]
The Eagle Gate in this capital city was once the entrance to Brigham Young's estate
Salt Lake City
Will
$300 [8]
Ads for "Viva Las Vegas" called her "That 'bye-bye' gal", a reference to "Bye Bye Birdie"
Ann-Margret
Marilyn
$300 [20]
Before making bread, bakers usually "proof" this leavening agent to see if it's alive
yeast
Marilyn
$300 [27]
Rumor has it Wendy's founder Dave Thomas told this man to open a "chicken only" restaurant chain
Colonel Sanders
Will Hugh
$300 [21]
It's name comes from the French for "honeycomb" & it honeycombs the ground with its burrows
a gopher
Will
$300 [14]
If you want to buy this sports equipment, ask for les skis nautiques
water skiing equipment
Hugh
$400 [4]
This state capital of New Mexico is nicknamed "The City Different"
Santa Fe
Marilyn
$400 [9]
John Wayne & Montgomery Clift hit the Chisholm Trail & each other in this western named for a river
Red River
Hugh
$400 [23]
These bivalves should have their beards removed before cooking
mussels
Will Marilyn Hugh
$400 [28]
This major grocery chain began in 1859 when 2 men set up shop on the New York docks to sell tea
the A&P
Marilyn
$400 [22]
Wood rats are also known by this name because they collect shiny objects for their nests
pack rats
$400 [17]
The sky is le ciel, & this phenomenon seen in the sky is l'arc-en-ciel
a rainbow
Marilyn
$500 [5]
It's the capital of the Sooner State
Oklahoma City
Marilyn
DD $500 [10]
J.D. Salinger wrote the story on which this Susan Hayward film with the following them ewas based:
My Foolish Heart
Hugh
$500 [24]
Used in Middle Eastern cooking, tahini is a paste made of these seeds
sesame seeds
Marilyn
$500 [29]
The largest U.S. drugstore chain in terms of sales, it used to be known for its soda fountains
Walgreens
Will
$500 [30]
In one downward leap one of these rodents may glide for over 150 feet
flying squirrels
Will Hugh
$500 [18]
If you want to know who's doing this at a concert, ask, "Qui chante?"
Who is singing?
Will

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS RELIGIOUS HISTORY HEALTH & MEDICINE WORLD FLAGS SHAKESPEARE WHAT'S IN A NAME?
$200 [17]
Explorer Bartholomew Gosnold gave this Massachusetts cape its "fishy" name
Cape Cod
Marilyn
$200 [15]
Because they believed in an afterlife, these people mummified animals as well as pharaohs
the Egyptians
Hugh
$200 [14]
A 1992 study revealed that for an average adult this is 98.2°, not 98.6° as long believed
the body temperature
Marilyn
$200 [9]
Thought to have been designed by an American, Chile's flag features these 3 colors
red, white & blue
Hugh
$200 [3]
The name shared by Claudio's beloved in "Measure for Measure" & Romeo's beloved in another play
Juliet
Will
$200 [1]
Hey, Vern! Vern is short for this name that means "youthful" or "springlike"
Vernon
Hugh
$400 [18]
Legend says Caribbean Indians told him about the Fountain of Youth, for which he explored Florida
Ponce de Leon
Marilyn
$400 [23]
The people of this empire centered in the valley of Mexico worshipped a corn god named Centeotl
the Aztecs
Marilyn
$400 [16]
Scarlatina is another name for this illness characterized by a rash & "strawberry tongue"
scarlet fever
Will
$400 [10]
Appropriately, it's the type of tree found on Lebanon's flag
a cedar
Hugh
$400 [5]
Of Laertes, Claudius or Polonius, the one who's Hamlet's stepfather
Claudius
Hugh
$400 [2]
The English name Jennifer comes from the name of this Arthurian queen
Guinevere
Marilyn
$600 [19]
Fridtjof Nansen was the first to ski across this largest island in the world
Greenland
Marilyn
$800 [25]
The name of these ancient Celtic priests may be derived from daur, an old Irish word for "oak tree"
the Druids
Will
$600 [22]
For women over 50, the American Cancer Society recommends having this breast exam once a year
mammogram
Marilyn
$600 [11]
Israel's coat of arms shows a menorah & its state flag shows this symbol
a star of David
Marilyn
$600 [8]
The sails of her barge were "so perfumed that the winds were love-sick with them"
Cleopatra
Hugh
$600 [4]
From the Greek meaning "of Dionysius", it's a great name for a "menace"
Dennis
Marilyn
$800 [20]
Ibn Battutah, who visited almost all Muslim countries in the 14th century, began with a pilgrimage here
Mecca
Will Hugh
$1,000 [28]
This late Archbishop of New York became a cardinal in 1946
Cardinal Spellman
Hugh
$1,000 [29]
Many people omit raw eggs from their diet because they're known to cause this type of food poisoning.
salmonella
Hugh
$800 [27]
The Union Jack of the U.K. combines the crosses of St. Andrew, St. Patrick & this saint
St. George
$800 [12]
His last speech begins, "I will not yield, to kiss the ground before young Malcolm's feet"
Macbeth
$800 [6]
This female name means "young & verdant", as Daphnis could have told you
Chloe
Hugh
$1,000 [21]
This Norwegian established a shipping business with funds from his conquest of the South Pole
Amundsen
Hugh
DD $2,000 [24]
This leader of the Reformation wrote the famous hymn "A Mighty Fortress is Our God"
Martin Luther
Marilyn
DD $2,000 [26]
In 1902 Dr. Eugene Opie established that this disorder results from damage to the pancreatic tissue
diabetes
Will
$1,000 [30]
Once part of the United Arab Republic, this country adopted the republic's flag in 1980
Syria
Will
$1,000 [13]
One of this title character's last lines is "Strike a free march to Troy!"
Troilus
Hugh
$1,000 [7]
Many women named this are nicknamed Trixie, though Dante's beloved probably wasn't
Beatrice
Marilyn

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS AUTHORS

He used his fishing boat, the Pilar, for counter-intelligence work during World War II

Ernest Hemingway

Will "Who is Hemingway?" — wagered $5,000
Hugh "Who was Hemingway?" — wagered $2,310
Marilyn "Who was Hemingway?" — wagered $1,000

« Back to Games