Show #2524 1995-07-20 (taped 1995-02-28) Seniors Tournament

1995-A Seniors Tournament final game 1.

Contestants

Elliot Shteir — an attorney from Somerville, New Jersey

Susan Schubert — a retired teacher from Phoenix, Arizona

Aaron Klein — a religious school director from Des Plaines, Illinois

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Aaron	$500	$1,600	$8,400	$6,400	$8,200 21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Susan	$1,400	$2,800	$5,200	$3,200	$5,200 17 R, 1 W
Elliot	$300	$3,000	$9,400	$4,400	$8,600 18 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

ZOOLOGY	SPORTS	AMERICANA	FOOD & DRINK	BRITISH HISTORY	ABBREVIATIONS
$100 [2] One species of this "reclusive" crab lives in sections of old bamboo cane the hermit crab Aaron	$100 [1] In the 1980s Debi Thomas won 2 U.S. Championships & 1 world title in this sport ice skating Susan	$100 [10] Unofficially, it's the "Everglade State" Florida Aaron	$100 [9] These found on the east coast include the Cape Cod, Lynnhaven & Bluepoint oysters Elliot	$100 [13] With some reluctance, Thomas Becket became Archbishop of this in 1162 Canterbury Susan	$100 [16] A popular play may be SRO, meaning this standing room only Susan
$200 [5] On average this breed of goat yield about 8 pounds of mohair each year the angora goat Susan	$200 [3] Before moving to Candlestick Park in 1960, this NL baseball team played its home games at Seals Stadium San Francisco Giants Aaron	$200 [15] Look for Buffalo Bill's grave atop Lookout Mountain near Golden in this state Colorado Susan	$200 [14] Course for which you'd serve trifle dessert Aaron	$200 [23] Sir Robert Walpole was the first prime minister to live at this London address 10 Downing Street Aaron	$200 [17] Financially speaking, AMEX is this stock exchange the American Exchange Susan
$300 [6] Anteaters feed almost entirely on ants & these insects termites Susan	$300 [4] With 88, Kathy Whitworth leads all men & women in tournament wins in this sport golf Elliot	$300 [21] It's state tree is the Black Hills spruce South Dakota Aaron	$300 [28] 19th century English doctor whose "steak" is a broiled ground beef patty with onions & seasonings Salisbury Susan	$300 [25] Robert Catesby was the chief conspirator in this 1605 plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament the Gunpowder Plot Aaron Elliot	$300 [18] When an application form wants your YOB, it's asking for this year of birth Susan
$400 [7] The demise of Australia's Tasmanian wolf has been blamed on this wild dog the dingo Aaron	$400 [11] In 1986 9-year-old Marc Behan became the youngest ever to win this annual race in Akron, Ohio the Soap Box Derby Elliot	$400 [22] Historic lodgings in this state include the Old Riverton Inn, the Old Lyme Inn & the Old Mystic Inn Connecticut Elliot	$400 [29] This naturally effervescent water is named for a German town seltzer (water)	$500 [27] In 1719 the Royal Academy of Music was founded with this German composer as its director Handel Elliot	$400 [19] Frl. is this German title corresponding to our Miss fraulein Aaron
$500 [8] The eggs of this large flightless South American bird can weigh up to 2 pound the rhea Aaron Susan	$500 [12] In 1912 & 1920 Hall of Famer Duke Kahahamoku won Olympic gold medals in this sport swimming Elliot	$500 [24] 1636, the date on Rhode Island's state seal, is the year he founded Providence Roger WIlliams Elliot	$500 [30] Sercial is the driest type of this wine named for a Portuguese island Madeira Susan	DD $1,000 [26] During the siege of a castle in 1199, this courageous king was struck by an arrow & died Richard the Lionhearted Elliot	$500 [20] ob. can stand for obstetric or for this musical instrument an oboe Aaron

Double Jeopardy! Round

SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS	ARCHITECTURE	BODIES OF WATER	MUSIC	20th CENTURY WRITERS	HOMOPHONES
$200 [23] In 1951 Orson Welles went to London to portray this tragic Moor Othello Aaron	$200 [18] The lancet style of these glass structures is tall, thin & pointed windows Susan	$200 [9] The shortest distance across this ocean is between Senegal in Africa & Brazil the Atlantic Aaron Elliot	$200 [1] A composition of several restatements of a theme; famous ones are the "Enigma" & "Goldberg" variations Susan	$200 [6] During WWII this author of 'The Naked and the Dead" was an infantry rifleman Norman Mailer Susan	$200 [13] Saintly, like Swiss cheese holy (holey) Aaron
$400 [24] At Elsinore in 1937 Vivien Leigh played this role opposite Laurence Olivier's Hamlet Ophelia Aaron	$400 [19] A campanile, which is often freestanding, is this kind of tower a bell tower Elliot	$400 [10] This resort lake on the California-Nevada border was discovered by John C. Fremont in 1844 Lake Tahoe Aaron	$400 [2] Precursor to the opera buffa, the intermezzo was a comic opera performed at these times intermission Aaron	$400 [7] In 1965 he was overheard telling mafia stories & was offered $5,000 for a book about the underworld (Mario) Puzo Aaron	$400 [14] Enthralled, or covered with paper rapt (wrapped) Elliot
$600 [25] In a 1977 production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Maggie Smith doubled as Hippolyta & this fairy queen Titania Elliot	DD $800 [28] From the Latin for "sun", it's a glass-enclosed room or porch that's exposed to the Sun a solarium Elliot	$600 [20] This longest river of southeast Asia enters the South China Sea south of Ho Chi Minh City the Mekong Aaron Susan	$600 [3] He co-owned a Memphis publishing firm that published his "St. Louis Blues" but not his "Memphis Blues" (W.C.) Handy Elliot	$600 [8] His "The Carpetbaggers" has gone through over 80 printings, selling over 10 million copies (Harold) Robbins Elliot	$600 [15] A French cooking thickener, or a French street roux ( rue ) Susan
$800 [26] Jack Palance had "a lean and hungry look" when he played this role in "Julius Caesar" in 1955 Cassius Aaron	$800 [29] Many of his best designs, like Fallingwater & the Guggenheim were based on forms found in nature (Frank Lloyd) Wright Aaron	$800 [21] The Yukon River empties into this sea at Norton Sound the Bering Sea Aaron	$800 [4] The Spoleto Festival U.S.A. was founded by this "Amahl and the Night Visitors" composer (Gian Carlo) Menotti Susan	$800 [11] This author of "North and South" wrote the lyrics to the 1970 musical comedy "Dracula, Baby" John Jakes	$800 [16] A subterranean dwarf in folklore, or a port city on the Seward peninsula gnome (Nome) Elliot
$1,000 [27] Diana Rigg & Vanessa Redgrave have both played Viola in this comedy named for a holiday Twelfth Night Elliot	$1,000 [30] This Moorish palace complex in Granada is known for its delicate marble columns & ornamentation the Alhambra Elliot	DD $1,200 [22] Noted for its salt deposits, the Kara-Bogaz-Gol Gulf in Turkmenistan is an arm of this sea the Caspian Sea Aaron	$1,000 [5] This Respighi work is about those of Vale Giulia, Tritone, Trevi & Villa Medici "The Fountains of Rome" Aaron	$1,000 [12] As of 1994, 5 of his novels had been filmed, 4 with Helena Bonham Carter, including "A Room with a View" (E.M.) Forster Aaron	$1,000 [17] A twilled smooth suit fabric, or to rise like a wave serge (surge) Susan

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

1 of 2 presidents who had military service in 4 wars

(1 of) Andrew Jackson or Zachary Taylor

Susan "Who was Grant?" — wagered $2,000

Aaron "Who was Grant" — wagered $2,000

Elliot "Who was Grant?" — wagered $5,000

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