Show #634 1987-05-14 (taped 1987-02-10) Regular

1987 Senior Tournament quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

Zeke Sevilla, Jr. — a criminal lawyer from Vienna, Virginia

Barbara Coffey — a retired teacher from Brewster, New York

Jim Murk — a teacher and minister from Wheaton, Illinois

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jim	$800	$300	$1,800	$3,600 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$3,100 7 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Barbara	$300	$700	$2,900	$5,400 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$3,400 13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Zeke	$1,300	$2,300	$6,300	$6,799 Automatic semifinalist	$6,300 22 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

LIFE BEGINS AT 40	TRANSPORTATION	RHYME TIME	SPORTS LEGENDS	ANCIENT TELEVISION	HODGEPODGE
$100 [16] In 1951, this 40-year-old gave birth to a classic sitcom shortly after bearing daughter Lucie Lucille Ball Zeke	$100 [8] Malcolm Forbes flies one resembling his Chateau de Balleroy; talk about castles in the air hot air balloon Zeke	$100 [18] A sad city, or a city's center down town	$100 [1] A month after her 1st "adult" competition, this Romanian won her 1st European gymnastics championship Nadia Comaneci Barbara	$100 [7] The year commercial TV broadcasting began in the U.S., almost 5 months before Pearl Harbor 1941 Zeke	$100 [2] The criminal investigation department of the London Metropolitan Police is better known as this Scotland Yard Zeke
$200 [17] Released from prison at 40, he began career as a fight promoter, apparently a hair-raising experience Don King Barbara	$200 [9] One strong rival to the Wright Brothers was financed by this telephone pioneer Alexander Graham Bell Zeke	$200 [19] A pleased papa glad dad Barbara	$200 [13] On being told Hemingway was a writer, this Yankee catcher supposedly asked, "With what paper?" Yogi Berra Zeke	—	$200 [3] Unlike her brother, the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, this 19th c. author didn't endorse soap or trusses Harriet Beecher Jim
$300 [23] He completed an 8-year literary odyssey when he finished "Ulysses" at 40 James Joyce Barbara	$300 [10] Though it took nearly 3 years, the Columbia was the first U.S. ship to do this go around the world Jim Barbara	$300 [20] The hens of a great English author Pepys cheeps (*Dickens chickens) Barbara	$300 [14] Once desiring to be a priest, he later coached teams that won the 1st two Super Bowls Vince Lombardi Zeke	—	$300 [4] The odds are 600 to 1 against getting a letter printed in either of these twins' advice columns Ann Landers or Abigail Jim
DD $500 [24] This singer didn't have a gold record until 40, with thefollowinghit: “My baby makes me proud / Lord, don't she make me proud…” Charlie Rich Barbara	$400 [11] Common term for hauling truck-trailers on railroad flatcars or kids on daddy's shoulders piggyback Zeke	$400 [21] A woman "with a past" shady lady Zeke	$400 [15] This tennis champ is the only woman to have won U.S. singles titles on clay, grass, carpet & hard courts Billie Jean King Barbara	—	$400 [5] Relatively speaking, a son of a son of a son great grandson Zeke
—	$500 [12] In May 1911, its 1st pace car was a Stoddard Dayton driven by Carl G. Fisher Indianapolis 500 Zeke	—	$500 [22] He's the only golfer to have won a major title in 4 separate decades of his life Jack Nicklaus Jim Barbara Zeke	—	$500 [6] The tune for this popular arboreal German Christmas carol is used for Maryland's state song "O Tannenbaum" Barbara

Double Jeopardy! Round

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS	CITIES IN ASIA	PHYSICAL SCIENCE	ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER	JULY	GO FOR BAROQUE
$200 [12] Both Verdi & Salieri wrote operas about this fat friend of Prince Hal's Falstaff Zeke	$200 [3] Probably only Warsaw suffered more destruction in WWII than this Filipino city Manila Zeke	$200 [15] Newton's 3rd law is sometimes called the law of action & this reaction Zeke	$200 [24] The usual order of business is calling the meeting to order, then reading these from the last meeting minutes Zeke	$200 [2] "Public Enemy" who was shot July 22, 1934, leaving Chicago's Biograph Theater John Dillinger Barbara	$200 [26] His parents wanted him to be a lawyer, but he ended up composing the "Messiah" Handel Barbara
$400 [13] In ape language, his name means "white skin" Tarzan Zeke	$400 [4] You can pay homage to a bone fragment of Buddha at a temple in this Thai city Bangkok Barbara	$400 [1] Term for the temperature at which a liquid solidifies freezing point Zeke	DD $300 [21] These 3 words are proper preface to a motion I move that Jim	$400 [16] This "college" opened on July 11, 1955 at Lowry AFB before moving to Colorado Springs 3 years later Air Force Academy Jim	$400 [27] At 56, this German composer fathered Regina, the last of his 20 children Johann Sebastian Bach Barbara Zeke
$600 [11] In "Through the Looking Glass", Tweedledee recites this poem about a creature & a craftsman The Walrus and the Carpenter Barbara	$600 [5] In 1842 Britain got this "city" as partial spoils for the Chinese loss of the Opium War Hong Kong Zeke	$600 [8] Hydrates are defined as compounds containing molecules of this water Jim Zeke	$400 [25] Proper form of address to a woman chairman, whether she is married or not madame chairman Barbara	$600 [18] The 1st issue of this British humor magazine appeared on July 17, 1841 Punch Zeke	$600 [23] Technique of interweaving melodies popular in Baroque music, or 1/2 of an Alexander/Kilpatrick debate counterpoint Zeke
$800 [14] Born James Gatz, he was at one time engaged to Dasy Buchanan The Great Gatsby Barbara	$800 [6] This Indian city & its "New" namesake have been described as "5 miles & 300 years apart" Delhi & New Delhi Zeke	DD $1,000 [9] In aerodynamics, 2 of the 4 basic forces that act on an aircraft (2 of) thrust, drag, lift & weight Jim	$1,000 [22] It is recommended that this advisory expert on rules "should not be an elected officer" parliamentarian Jim	$800 [19] On July 16, 1964, he said that "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" Barry Goldwater Zeke	—
$1,000 [17] In this J.M. Barrie novel, it's Gavin Dishart, a Presbyterian preacher The Little Minister	$1,000 [7] Since it was just founded in early 1700s, this city, Pakistan's largest, is new by South Asian standards Karachi Jim	$1,000 [10] This unit of light wavelength equals only 1 ten-billionth of a meter angstrom	—	$1,000 [20] This neighboring country 1st celebrated its independence from the Netherlands on July 21, 1831 Belgium Jim	—

Final Jeopardy!

WARS

If you "Remember the Maine", you know it blew up February 15, 1898 in this city's harbor

Havana

Jim "What is Havana, Cuba" — wagered $1,800

Barbara "Where isMexHavana?" — wagered $2,500

Zeke "What is Havana" — wagered $499

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