1987 Senior Tournament quarterfinal game 3.
Joe McKenna — a retired professor of economics from St. Louis, Missouri
Madeline Hayes — a practical nurse from Los Angeles, California
Bill Ward — a resort manager from Kailua, Hawaii
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | $0 | $500 | $4,300 |
$6,300
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$4,300
15 R, 4 W |
| Madeline | $400 | $900 | $3,050 |
$4,050
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$2,900
7 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Joe | $1,300 | $1,500 | $7,900 |
$8,700
Automatic semifinalist |
$8,500
24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| SEA LIFE | GEOGRAPHICAL SONGS | THE FUNNIES | SPORTS | AMY VANDERBILT SAYS | ACTORS & ROLES |
|
$100
[16]
A sea otter eats & sleeps while floating in this position
on his back
Joe
|
$100
[11]
"I'll go home & get my panties, you go home & get your scanties" & we'll "shuffle off to" here
Buffalo
Bill
|
$100
[4]
Comic strip character who's given his name to a multilayered sandwich
Dagwood
Joe
|
$100
[1]
In 1930, Don Bradman didn't find many sticky wickets as he scored 974 runs in this sport
cricket
Bill
|
$100
[26]
When you're finished eating, where you should place the napkin in relation to your plate
at the left
Joe
|
$100
[8]
This comedian made "Easy Money" in 1983 & went "Back to School" in 1986
Rodney Dangerfield
Bill
|
|
$200
[17]
A hawksbill, loggerhead or leatherback
sea turtles
|
$200
[12]
"My heart beat like a hammer, my arms wound around you tight, & stars fell on" this state
Alabama
Joe
|
$200
[5]
Broom Hilda's buddy Gaylord is this type of creature
vulture
Joe
|
$200
[2]
In this sport, a pro team usually suits up 20 men per game, including 2 goalies
ice hockey
|
— |
$200
[9]
Of Dick, Jane, or William Powell, the 1 who was in "The Thin Man"
William Powell
Joe
|
|
$300
[18]
Among fish, while a manta is a ray, a moray is one of these
eel
Joe
|
$300
[13]
"When it's springtime" here, "I am coming back to you, little sweetheart of the mountains"
Rockies
Bill
|
$300
[6]
Inseparable pair; when she said "Leapin' lizards", he frequently replied "arf"
Sandy & Orphan Annie
Bill
Joe
|
$300
[3]
In the autumn of 1909, the collegiate death toll in this sport was 33
football
Joe
|
— |
$300
[23]
She married Charles Laughton in real life & was "The Bride of Frankenstein" on screen
Elsa Lanchester
Bill
Joe
|
|
$400
[19]
A sea star doesn't refer to Lloyd Bridges, but to this creature
starfish
Joe
|
$400
[14]
Patti Page lost her "little darlin' the night they were playin' " this
"Tennessee Waltz"
Bill
|
$400
[7]
5-year old "enfant terrible" who turned 35 in 1986
Dennis the Menace
Madeline
|
$400
[21]
In pro basketball, this happens to a player after 2 technical fouls
ejected from the game
Bill
|
— |
$500
[25]
"Pink Panther" regular played by Burt Kwouk
Cato
|
|
$500
[20]
Its varieties include mushroom, horny, brain & staghorn
coral
Bill
|
$500
[15]
This song about night in a N. England state begins "pennies in a stream, falling leaves, a sycamore..."
"Moonlight in Vermont"
Joe
|
$500
[10]
In "The Funnies" by White & Abel, she's described as "The child-woman created by Ernie Bushmiller"
Nancy
|
$500
[22]
Of Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, or George Foreman, heavyweight champ with highest career KO percentage
(George) Foreman
Madeline
Joe
|
— |
DD
$1,000
[24]
2 recent films from Disney Studios in which Bette Midler played distraught wives named Barbara
Ruthless People & Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Joe
|
| MATHEMATICS | RADIO DRAMA | HISTORY | CORPORATE AMERICA | AFRICA | POTPOURRI |
|
$200
[7]
With one you can draw a circle; without one you might travel in a circle
compass
Bill
|
$200
[2]
Its scripts were dramatized stories from the files in the LAPD; the names were changed, of course
Dragnet
Bill
|
$200
[10]
Royal couple who decreed the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492
Ferdinand & Isabella
Joe
|
$200
[19]
For Expo '86, this company built a McBarge, its 1st floating restaurant
McDonald's
Bill
|
$200
[26]
Namib or Kalahari, for example
desert
Madeline
|
$200
[1]
Minimum number of handles on a loving cup
2
Joe
|
|
$400
[12]
Next in the sequence 1,5,9,13,...
17
Bill
|
$400
[3]
Brace Beemer was an announcer on this show before he donned the mask as its star
The Lone Ranger
Joe
|
$400
[11]
During his expedition begun in 1838, Lt. Charles Wilkes proved this was a continent
Antarctica
Joe
|
$400
[20]
In 1904, it was founded by Amadeo Peter Giannini as the Bank of Italy, but became this in 1930
Bank of America
Joe
|
$400
[27]
The highest point in Tanzania; heck it's the highest point in all of Africa
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Joe
|
$400
[8]
The L.A. Times reports this symbol has been removed from most Vegas slots due to its sour image
lemon
Bill
|
|
$600
[15]
Banks compute this by the formula: principal x rate x time
interest
Madeline
|
$600
[4]
The actors who played Paul, Cliff, & Nicky in "One Man's Family", played Jack, Doc, & Reggie on this show
I Love a Mystery
Bill
Joe
|
DD
$750
[16]
2 North American wars in which a "Battle of Wilderness" was fought, 1 in 1755 & 1 in 1864
Civil War & French & Indian War
Madeline
|
$600
[23]
A 3M scientist who sang in his church choir 1st used this lightly glued paper product to mark place in hymnal
Post-It
Bill
|
DD
$1,000
[28]
African explorer referred to in title of the following:[Zeppo, talk-singing] "He went into the jungle / Where all the monkeys THROW nuts" [Groucho] "If I stay here I'll GO nuts" [Party guests] "Hooray hooray hooray!"
Captain Spaulding
Joe
|
$600
[9]
Common item taken on vacations that has an iris, diaphragm & speed control
camera
Madeline
|
|
$800
[21]
In 300 B.C., students who skipped his class in Alexanderia missed the "Elements" of geometry
Euclid
Joe
|
$800
[5]
With his theme "Someday I'll Find You", this character was the "Tracer of Lost Persons"
Mr. Keen
Bill
|
$800
[17]
Technically a Bohemian duke, this murdered 10th century saint is the subject of a Christmas carol
King Wenceslas
Bill
|
$800
[24]
Waldenbooks, which recently bought Brentano's, is owned by this #2 U.S. retailer
Kmart
|
— |
$800
[13]
Albuquerque police learned German & Dutch to work with these European-trained operatives
dogs
Bill
|
|
$1,000
[22]
Analytic geometry combines geometry with this branch of arithmetic
algebra
Joe
|
$1,000
[6]
Virginia Payne played this soap's title character for its entire 27 year run
Ma Perkins
Joe
|
$1,000
[18]
The century in which England last had any queen named Elizabeth prior to Elizabeth II
20th century
Madeline
Joe
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1895, he led bankers who lent U.S. Treasury $31 million so it didn't need to stop currency redemption
(J.P.) Morgan
Madeline
|
— |
$1,000
[14]
Option on ballot offered to Nevada's voters, it "won" the state treasurer primary in 1986
none of the above
Joe
|
The book "Sold American!" deals with this industry
tobacco industry