Show #1366 1990-07-09 (taped 1990-02-26) Seniors Tournament

1990 Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Theron Stimmel — a college professor from Texas

Vonetta Lapidow — a housewife from Essex Junction, Vermont

Bob Carman — an education administrator and editor from Easton, Pennsylvania

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bob	$1,300	$1,900	$4,700	$9,300 Automatic semifinalist	$4,700 19 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Vonetta	$-500	$1,900	$900	$0 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$900 14 R, 8 W
Theron	$1,000	$1,100	$4,900	$400 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$4,500 14 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE & NATURE	RADIO SITCOMS	COLORS	FICTIONAL CHARACTERS	LANDMARKS	NANCY REAGAN
$100 [1] The retinal cells used for night vision are rods, & these are used for reading & color perception cones Theron	$100 [14] The title characters of this classic show ran the Fresh Air Taxi Cab Company of America Amos 'n' Andy Vonetta	$100 [19] The color of the streak you'd expect to find on a coward yellow Bob	$100 [6] This series of books featured Nan & Flossie & their twin brothers Bobbsey Twins Vonetta	$100 [9] It spans the Hudson River between Fort Lee, New Jersey & New York City George Washington Bridge Theron	$100 [26] Nancy said, "My fundamental impression of" this foreign first lady "is that she never stopped talking." Raisa Gorbachev Theron
$200 [2] Partly decayed plant matter commonly used as a fuel in Ireland peat Bob	$200 [15] This series followed the life of a water commissioner whose first name was Throckmorton The Great Gildersleeve Vonetta	$200 [22] Wearing this "battleship" hue might make you feel like fighting gray Bob	$200 [7] Tolstoy novel in which fictional Pierre Bezuhov considers assassinating Napoleon Bonaparte War and Peace Theron	$200 [10] Dodge City site named after the footwear of its early inhabitants Boot Hill Bob	—
$300 [3] World Book says experimenting with this force, Ben Franklin knocked himself unconscious at least once lightning (electricity) Bob	$300 [13] Archie was the manager of this rundown restaurant bar on New York's 3rd Avenue Duffy's Tavern Vonetta	$300 [23] You don't have to be a nut to wear the "nut" shade of this brown Bob	$300 [8] Though he didn't have a nose for poetry, Christian Fell in love with her, Cyrano's cousin Roxane Vonetta Theron	$300 [11] Celebration year in which the Liberty Bell was moved to its current site near Independence Hall 1976 Bob Vonetta Theron	—
$400 [4] Wings appear for the first time during this stage of insect development between larval & adult stages pupal Bob	$400 [16] Beautiful dumb blonde secretary played by beautiful blonde Marie Wilson My Friend Irma Vonetta	$400 [24] Webster's 3rd describes the serpentine shade of this color as "paler than citrine" green Bob Vonetta	$400 [12] Mattie Michael & Etta Mae Johnson are 2 of "The Women of" this "Place", created by Gloria Naylor Brewster	$400 [20] In Bern the zeitglockenturm is one of these that includes a knight in armor & dancing bears clock (clock tower) Bob	—
DD $500 [5] Both freshwater & "sea" varieties of this mammal belong to the weasel family otter Bob	$500 [17] Every week you could "Meet" this teenage girl & her boyfriend Dexter Franklin Corliss Archer Vonetta	$500 [25] Brilliant shade of blue associated with the bird whose scientific name is Pavo cristatus peacock blue Vonetta	$500 [18] Gustave Flaubert's 1857 novel about a dull country doctor & his shallow wife Madame Bovary Vonetta	$500 [21] The name of the special 1 1/2 mile route thru Boston that features most of its famous landmarks Freedom Walk (Freedom Trail) Vonetta	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

CLASSICAL MUSIC	U.S. CITIES	6-LETTER WORDS	SENIORS IN HSITORY	FOOD & DRINK	MONEY
$200 [17] Both Puccini & Leoncavallo created operas called this, based on the play "Scenes of Bohemian Life" La bohème Bob	$200 [4] It was laid out according to Joseph Smith's plan for the city of Zion, with a temple in the center Salt Lake City Bob	$200 [8] A type of bed, apartment or marital status single Vonetta	$200 [18] Empress dowager T'zu-hsi was in her 60s when she was forced to flee Peking after this rebellion failed Boxer Rebellion Theron	$400 [11] German city which lent its name to a type of "red hot" Frankfurt Bob	$600 [19] The value of some Colonial Maryland money was linked not to gold but to this farm product tobacco Bob Vonetta
$400 [16] His father, Leopold, worked as a violinist for the archbishop of Salzburg Mozart Theron	$400 [5] This Okla. city, home of Oral Roberts U. was named by Creek Indians who had migrated from Alabama Tulsa Bob	$400 [9] According to the old kids' riddle, 1 of the 3 people present when you're alone in a room myself	$400 [21] In 1601, when she was in her late 60s, she had her 33-year-old favorite, Robert Devereux, executed Elizabeth I Theron	$600 [12] Carob is used as a substitute for this flavor chocolate Vonetta	$800 [24] All U.S. coins for general circulation are minted in these 2 cities Denver & Philadelphia Bob Vonetta
$600 [1] This Grimm fairy tale was the theme of an opera by Englebert Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Theron	$600 [6] This third largest city in Texas was founded in 1718 when a Spanish expedition built a presedio there San Antonio Vonetta Theron	$600 [10] Strip of wood used to secure a hatch or keep a sail flat batten Bob	$600 [20] This lusty Venetian libertine spent his last years as a librarian in Bohemia--maybe he was tired Casanova Theron	$800 [27] This Chinese dish includes the hardened saliva of swiftlets bird's nest soup Vonetta	$1,000 [26] From the Latin for "let it be done", it's a term for money that gets its value by gov't decree fiat Bob Vonetta
$1,000 [3] Jacqueline du Pré was known for her virtuosity on this instrument cello Bob	$800 [7] In 1950 Hot Springs, N.M. renamed itself for this game show Truth or Consequences Vonetta	$800 [13] 1st applied to the people who fled the French Revolution, it now refers to any refugee émigré Bob	DD $900 [22] He was in his 70s when Pope Alexander VI appointed 4 assistant inquisitors to restrain him Tomas de Torquemada Theron	$1,000 [25] The names salami & sausage both come from words referring to this ingredient salt Bob Vonetta	—
DD $1,100 [2] Composer of the followingthat debuted in Paris in 1928: (Maurice) Ravel Theron	$1,000 [15] The leading producers of paper in the U.S. are the Twin Cities of Neenah & Menasha in this state Wisconsin Bob	$1,000 [14] Matthew 5:29 says, "If thy right eye" does this to "thee, pluck it out" offend Bob Vonetta Theron	$1,000 [23] He was 79 when his boat was blown up near Country Sligo in 1979 Earl Mountbatten Bob	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

SPORTS

This sport requires the largest field of any ball game--12.4 acres

polo

Vonetta "What is soccer" — wagered $900

Bob "What is polo?" — wagered $4,600

Theron "What is lacrosse" — wagered $4,500

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