Show #861 1988-05-09 (taped 1988-03-01) Regular

1988 Senior Tournament quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Jim Gaylord — a tax consultant from Laguna Niguel, California

Louise Reyburn Dice — a farmer and writer from Taos, New Mexico

Tom Wickham — an airline pilot from Torrington, Connecticut

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$200	$0	$7,400	$7,800 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$6,800 16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Louise	$1,300	$4,500	$11,900	$16,900 Automatic semifinalist	$10,900 25 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Jim	$0	$1,000	$1,600	$0 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$1,600 8 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN POETRY	WEIGHTS & MEASURES	TREES	NAMESAKES	THE OCCULT	FOLK MUSIC
$100 [16] "Casey's Revenge" & "Casey--20 Years Later" are sequels to this poem Casey at the Bat Jim	$100 [24] Its flow is measured in amperes current (electricity) Tom	$100 [1] It's the Japanese art of creating dwarf trees bonsai Louise	$100 [6] A soldier killed in the Seminole Wars is remembered today in name of this city near Disney World Orlando Louise	$100 [11] "Good" magic is often referred to by this color white Louise	$100 [23] In the song they "are upon you, all the livelong day" "The Eyes of Texas" Jim
$200 [2] In the famous poem, he was "ready to ride & spread the alarm through every Middlesex village & farm" Paul Revere Tom	$200 [25] Its success is measured in rating points & audience share television show Louise	$200 [3] It's reported that early settlers in the west called this tree the bull pine, not the bonanza ponderosa Louise	$200 [7] This container used in laboratories was named for a German bacteriologist Petri dish Louise	$200 [12] Old French for "a sitting", it's a meeting where people sit & wait for messages from beyond séance Tom	—
$300 [8] The 1st animal mentioned in Clement Moore's classic, "A Visit from St. Nicholas" mouse Louise	$300 [17] Its height is measured in hands horse Louise	$300 [4] State trees include the white, red & live varieties of this tree oak Louise	$300 [20] This word for a spouting hot spring comes from the name of a famous one in Iceland geyser Jim	$300 [13] While clairvoyance is extrasensory sight, clairaudience is this extrasensory hearing Louise	—
$400 [9] The 2 things Robert Frost said the world might end in, or a brand of Shell motor oil fire and ice Jim	$400 [18] Its height is measured in fingers drink (liquor) Louise	$400 [5] To identify the family to which the California nutmeg is related, you might sing "It had to be..." this yew Jim	$400 [21] It was the profession of Thomas Chippendale, & the style named for him is still copied today cabinetmaking or furniture making Louise	$500 [15] In folklore of this religion "dybbuks" are evil spirits which take possession of the living Jewish Louise	—
$500 [10] It's who Vachel Lindsay called "The Prairie Lawyer, Master of Us All" Abraham Lincoln Louise	$500 [19] It's what's measured in Kelvins temperature Tom	—	$500 [22] Lively dance so named because it reportedly cured spider bites tarantella Jim	DD $1,000 [14] Palmists "read" the mounts on your hand, which are named for Apollo, the Moon & 5 of these planets Louise	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

20THCENTURY THINKERS	ANCIENT ROME	MOVIE BALLERINAS	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	PLANET EARTH	"G.R."
$200 [5] 1 of the 2 wars against which Bertrand Russell actively demonstrated (1 of) World War I (or Vietnam War) Jim	$200 [8] The war season began with this month, then the 1st month of the year March Louise	$200 [25] As a fading ballerina in "Grand Hotel", she wants to be alone until she meets John Barrymore Greta Garbo Jim	$200 [13] It was the 1st company to sell aspirin over the counter Bayer Jim	$200 [1] The greenhouse effect that traps heat is produced by a layer of this gas in the atmosphere carbon dioxide Tom	$200 [6] Way to say bye-bye to "bad rubbish" good riddance Tom
$400 [19] The basic philosophy espoused by Jean-Paul Sartre in his book "Being & Nothingness" existentialism Louise	$400 [9] Made of wool, this garment was the mark of a Roman citizen toga Tom	$400 [18] She was a Russian ballerina in "Never Let Me Go" but is remembered as "Laura" Gene Tierney Tom	$400 [23] This company was absolutely, positively in charge of delivering the Olympic medals to Calgary sites Federal Express Tom	$400 [2] Due to irregularities in the Earth's rotation, this amount of time was added to the end of 1987 one second Tom	$400 [14] It's home to the John Ball Park & Zoo, Aquinas College, & the Gerald R. Ford Museum Grand Rapids, Michigan Louise
$800 [21] Kenneth Clark was known as a historian & critic in this field art Louise	$600 [10] The Antoine Wall in Britain was further north than this more famous British Roman wall Hadrian's Wall Tom	$600 [15] 10 years after falling in love with him in "The Turning Point", Leslie Browne was his ex-love in "Dancers" Mikhail Baryshnikov Louise	$600 [24] E.T. might want to rent a car from National Car Rental, since as of January 1988 they include these (cellular) telephones Louise	$600 [3] After water itself, it's the most abundant chemical compound in the ocean salt (sodium chloride) Tom	$600 [27] The 2-word phrase used to describe clothing in the 1st verse of "Rock Around the Clock" glad rags
DD $1,000 [20] Humanitarian doctor who won a 1953 Nobel Prize, he's heard here[Organ music plays] Albert Schweitzer Louise	$1,000 [12] Caligula was the 1st of several emperors murdered by these troops, bodyguards to the emperor Praetorian Guard Tom	$800 [16] "Sugar Babies" star who was tapped to play an aspiring ballerina in "You Can't Take It with You" Ann Miller Louise	$800 [29] U.S. News & World Report calls it the world's largest & most secretive airline Aeroflot Tom	$800 [4] Among the thousands of these Earth-shapers in Alaska, the Malaspina is 1 of the largest glacier Louise	$800 [28] Under his leadership, American Motors put out America's 1st successful compact car--the Rambler George Romney Louise
$1,000 [22] Known for her "method", this Italian educator 1st developed her theories by working with retarded children (Maria) Montessori Tom	DD $1,400 [11] The 2 assassins of Caesar defeated by Marc Antony & Octavian at the Battle of Philipi Brutus & Cassius Tom	$1,000 [17] French ballet star Zizi Jeanmarie dances her way into Danny Kaye's heart in this 1952 musical bio Hans Christian Andersen Louise	—	$1,000 [7] Peat is the first stage in the transformation of vegetable matter into this fuel coal Tom	$1,000 [26] The River Jordan, the Red Sea, & Lake Tanganyika lie in this valley that runs from Syria to Mozambique Great Rift Valley Tom

Final Jeopardy!

RADIO

Now numbering some 320, this group has been heard over national radio weekly since 1929

Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Jim "What is the Weather Show?" — wagered $1,600

Tom "What Mormon Tabernacle Choir" — wagered $400

Louise "What is the Mormon Tabernacle Choir?" — wagered $5,000

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