1995-B Seniors Tournament semifinal game 1.
Graham Beard — a retired Army doctor from Washington, D.C.
Ange Cardinali — a real estate salesman from Kenosha, Wisconsin
Phyllis Clark — a program coordinator from West Grove, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phyllis | $1,200 | $2,200 | $8,600 |
$11,501
Finalist |
$8,600
22 R, 2 W |
| Ange | $1,900 | $2,900 | $5,700 |
$11,400
2nd place: $5,000 |
$4,900
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Graham | $800 | $1,400 | $5,700 |
$11,400
3rd place: $5,000 |
$4,600
13 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| ASTRONOMY | ETIQUETTE | SOUTHERN ENGLISH | MUSIC | FILMS OF THE '50s | WORLD FACTS |
|
$100
[7]
Records show that this comet was observed as early as 240 B.C.
Halley's Comet
Ange
|
$100
[18]
We're told this "doesn't grow on trees", but it may be tied to an artificial tree at an anniversary party
money
Ange
|
$100
[10]
Some Southern terms for this event are "The War for Southern Rights" & "The Second American Revolution"
the Civil War
Ange
|
$100
[26]
Clef symbol that resembles an ampersand
the treble clef
Phyllis
Graham
|
$100
[1]
In 1958 he starred as a middle-aged Andy Hardy in "Andy Hardy Comes Home"
Mickey Rooney
Ange
|
$100
[6]
The name of Wagga Wagga, a city in this country, is an Aboriginal word meaning "many crows"
Australia
Phyllis
|
|
$200
[17]
Giovanni Cassini discovered the main division in this planet's rings & 4 of it satellites
Saturn
Ange
Graham
|
$200
[19]
Caudle is the traditional drink once widely served at the party following this baby ceremony
a christening
Ange
|
$200
[13]
"Tomorrow is another day", which she says in "Gone with the Wind", goes back at least to the 16th century
Scarlett O'Hara
Phyllis
|
$200
[27]
One legend says a dove sat on this Pope's shoulder & dictated a famous chant
Pope Gregory
Graham
|
$200
[2]
"Cattle Queen of Montana" in 1954, she went on to run a ranch on "The Big Valley"
Barbara Stanwyck
Ange
|
$200
[8]
A statue of the young Queen Victoria graces the Library of Parliament in this capital of Canada
Ottawa
Phyllis
|
|
$300
[23]
To the naked eye this planet appears as a bright red star
Mars
Graham
|
$300
[20]
Etiquette books dispute the propriety of serving this popular shrimp appetizer in sherbet glasses
shrimp cocktail
Phyllis
|
$300
[14]
Ant killer is a humorous term for this body part, especially a big one
a foot
Phyllis
|
$300
[28]
These include triads, seventh, mystic & Petrushka
chords
Phyllis
|
$300
[3]
He played Brick to ELizabeth Taylor's Maggie in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Paul Newman
Ange
|
$300
[9]
Battambang, the 2nd-largest urban area in this country, contains 10th century ruins of the Khmer Empire
Cambodia
Graham
|
|
$400
[24]
First described in 1836, Baily's beads is a short-lived phenomenon seen during one of these
a solar eclipse
Phyllis
|
$400
[21]
Once left at the homes of friends, this kind of card shares its name with a card the phone company sends you
a calling card
Phyllis
|
$400
[15]
Residents of this city call it "The Big Easy"
New Orleans
Phyllis
|
$400
[29]
The Italian term for a gradual increase in loudness, it's used to mean a climactic point
crescendo
Ange
|
$400
[4]
Clare Boothe Luce protested the 1955 Venice showing of this Glenn Ford-Sidney Poitier high school film
Blackboard Jungle
Ange
|
$500
[12]
You'll find this capital of the Dominican Republic at the mouth of the Ozama River
Santo Domingo
Ange
Graham
|
|
$500
[25]
Named for their "quasi-stellar" appearance, they're possibly the most distant objects in the universe
quasars
Graham
|
$500
[22]
For an audience with the Pope, this scarf with a Spanish name is an appropriate woman's head covering
mantilla
Graham
|
$500
[16]
Originally a railroad term, "balling the" this means to move or work swiftly
jack
Ange
|
$500
[30]
This "woodwind" instrument is made of brass & was patented in Paris in 1846
the saxophone
Phyllis
|
$500
[5]
In this 1956 sci-fi classic, Leslie Nielsen found himself on Altair-4 with Anne Francis & Robby the Robot
Forbidden Planet
|
DD
$1,200
[11]
Latakia, which lies on this sea, is one of Syria's busiest ports
the Mediterranean Sea
Ange
|
| SHAKESPEARE | FAMOUS NAMES | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS | TEXTILES | THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART | THE MIDDLE AGES |
|
$200
[16]
This character is sleepwalking when she says "Out, damned spot! Out, I say!"
Lady Macbeth
Phyllis
|
$200
[11]
College Basketball's Player of the Year in 1979, he joined the Celtics the same year
Larry Bird
Phyllis
|
$200
[6]
The annual term of the U.S. Supreme Court begins on the first Monday of this month
October
Phyllis
|
$200
[21]
During the 1850s Levi Strauss began making his jeans from this fabric, rather than from canvas
denim
Ange
|
$200
[1]
Benjamin West's 1791 painting of "The Expulsion of" this pair "from Paradise" is in the gallery
Adam and Eve
Ange
|
$600
[27]
In the 13th century the German town of Halle joined this League
the Hanseatic League
Graham
|
|
$400
[17]
In "Richard III" Thos. Rotherham is Archbishop of York & Cardinal Bourchier is Archbishop of this
Canterbury
Ange
|
$400
[12]
She was criticized for serving hot dogs to King George VI at Hyde Park in 1939
Eleanor Roosevelt
Graham
|
$400
[7]
Currently Gen. John Shalikashvili holds this position in the Defense Department
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Graham
|
$400
[22]
Lillie Langtry helped popularize this fabric named for the British isle of her birth
Jersey
Phyllis
|
$400
[2]
Painted circa 1474, this Italian's portrait of Ginevra de' Benci is somber, not smiling
da Vinci
Ange
|
$800
[25]
The "New Rome", it with stood assaults by Russians * Bulgars but was captured by Ottomans in 1453
Constantinople
Phyllis
|
|
$600
[18]
Play that includes the stage direction: "Enter a fairy at one door, and Puck at another"
Midsummer Night's Dream
Phyllis
|
$600
[13]
In 1695 he moved in with his brother Johann Christoph, an organist at Ohrdruf, Germany
Johann Sebastian Bach
Phyllis
|
$800
[9]
In 1994 Lawton Chiles overcame a challenge by Jeb Bush for the governorship of this state
Florida
Ange
|
$600
[28]
The long, soft hair of the Angora goat is used to make this woolen fabric
mohair
Phyllis
|
$600
[3]
Last name of portrait artist John Singer, who painted his niece Rose-Marie in "Repose" in 1911
(John Singer) Sargent
Graham
|
$1,000
[26]
The 1086 survey ordered by William the Conqueror that registered all English landholders
Domesday Book (Domesday Survey accepted)
Ange
|
|
$800
[19]
He cries out, "Angels and ministers of grace defend us!" when he sees the ghost of his father
Hamlet
Graham
|
$800
[14]
In 1953 he adapted his own novel "The Caine Mutiny" as the play "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial"
(Herman) Wouk
Ange
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
Medicare & Medicaid are administered by a division of this cabinet department
Health and Human Services
Graham
|
$800
[23]
In its early stages, this Du Pont fiber was referred to as Polymer 66
nylon
Phyllis
|
$1,000
[5]
Henry Fuseli painted this tragic figure with his children Polynices, Ismene & Antigone
Oedipus
|
— |
|
$1,000
[20]
In "As You Like It", this heroine is the daughter of a banished dukke
Rosalind
Phyllis
|
$1,000
[15]
During World War II, this "Stars and Stripes" cartoonist created the GIs Willie & Joe
Bill Mauldin
Phyllis
Ange
Graham
|
$1,000
[10]
Former Speaker of the House Thomas Foley represented this state in Congress for 30 years
Washington
Phyllis
|
$1,000
[24]
Fabrics are sanforized to prevent shrinking & go through this process to add luster & strength
mercerize
Phyllis
|
DD
$1,500
[4]
The gallery has one of this sculptor's bronze casts of Jean d'Aire, A Burgher of Calais
(Auguste) Rodin
Graham
|
— |
Frank Lloyd Wright had a fine collection of art from this country where he spent a lot of time 1915-1922
Japan