Show #635 1987-05-15 (taped 1987-02-10) Regular

1987 Senior Tournament quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Lee Saunders — a part-time textbook editor from Orlando, Florida

Jane Weaver — a registered nurse originally from Minnesota

Phil Stehle — a production control supervisor from Seneca, South Carolina

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Phil	$900	$2,000	$7,600	$7,200 Automatic semifinalist	$7,200 18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jane	$-100	$1,400	$3,400	$5,800 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$3,400 13 R, 4 W
Lee	$500	$1,500	$3,000	$6,000 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$3,200 14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

QUOTES	COLLEGES	'50s TRIVIA	EQUIVALENCIES	GERMANY	LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS
$100 [2] Lauren Bacall said "He cried at every one of his own weddings--& with good reason" Humphrey Bogart Phil	$100 [8] The best known "Longhorns" in Austin attend this University of Texas Lee	$100 [13] Where "I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus" underneath the mistletoe Phil Jane	$100 [1] It's soccer's equivalent to sailing's America's Cup World Cup Lee	$100 [7] Of growing or declining in number, what Germany's population is presently doing declining Jane Lee	$100 [20] Just ask Porky Pig if the meaning of this flower isn't "you soothe me" petunia Jane
$200 [16] What Richard Grafton was talking about in 1570 when he concluded with "all the rest have 31" months Phil	$300 [10] Some scenes in "The Exorcist" take place & were shot at this D.C. university Georgetown Phil	$200 [14] A popular chocolate syrup, "Mommy puts it in my milk for extra energy" Bosco Phil Jane	$200 [3] As Venus was the Roman god of love, she was the Greek Aphrodite Phil	$200 [27] In East Germany, study of this foreign language is compulsory from 5th grade on Russian Lee	$200 [21] Not only do some say it means "welcome", this yellow flower is one of the first to welcome spring daffodil Jane
$300 [17] When Horace Greeley said it, he continued with "& grow up with the country" Go west, young man Jane	$400 [11] To end confusion with African maned lion, this school sports a 13-ton statue of a Nittany lion Penn State Lee	$300 [15] Stepping on Elvis' blue suede shoes wouldn't show as much as stepping on these, Pat Boone's trademark white buck shoes Lee	$300 [4] As pressing valves changes a trumpet's tones, pressing these changes a saxophone's keys Phil Lee	—	$300 [22] Fittingly, this creeping vine means "I cling" ivy
$400 [18] Architect Le Corbusier said this "is a machine for living in" a house Lee	DD $500 [9] College in whose Sorin Hall Michael & John Shea wrote thefollowingin 1908:[instrumental music plays] University of Notre Dame Lee	$400 [25] The slogan said Carnation evaporated milk came from this kind of cow contented Phil	$400 [5] By law our VP presides over the Senate; by custom Britain's deputy PM usually leads this group House of Lords	—	$400 [23] This flower means both "faithfulness" & "loneliness" because no one will pick it to dance wallflower Phil
$500 [19] Order George Pope Morris gave to the woodman Spare that tree! Jane	$500 [12] Originally endowed by philanthropist Peter Cooper, this NYC private college is still tuition-free Cooper Union Lee	$500 [26] Stars of "Life is Worth Living" & "Texaco Star Theater", which faced off for TV ratings on Tuesdays in 1952 Milton Berle & Bishop Fulton Sheen	$500 [6] As Lyons is this to France, so Chicago is to the U.S. third largest city	—	$500 [24] Though a red rose stands for "love", this color rose means "worthy of love" white Jane

Double Jeopardy! Round

LANDMARKS	PIRATES	SECRETARIES OF STATE	5-LETTER WORDS	GEOLOGY	DANCES
$200 [2] For M.L. King Jr. Day in '87, each state tolled its replica of this, while the original was symbolically rung Liberty Bell Jane	$200 [18] This term for a pirate comes from the cooking grill they used, the "boucan" buccaneer Jane	$200 [9] Sec'y of Labor & later of the Treasury under Nixon, he's now Sec'y of State under Reagan Schultz Jane	$200 [1] Tight shoes will do this to your toes as pince-nez glasses do it to your nose pinch Lee	$200 [23] It's a vent in the earth's crust from which gasses, pyroclastic material & lava come out volcano Jane	$200 [10] Among the "sly' steps in this, the most popular ballroom dance, are the magic & the box foxtrot Phil Jane
$400 [7] Edward VII Park & St. George's Castle sound like they should be in London, but they're in this Iberian capital Lisbon Phil Lee	$400 [19] In a 1935 film, Errol Flynn played this pirate created by Rafael Sabatini Captain Blood Lee	$400 [12] With John Foster Dulles mortally ill, this President appointed Christian Herter Sec'y of State Eisenhower Phil	$400 [3] From Arabic for "a forbidden place", it's a section of a Muslim house usually forbidden to men harem Phil	DD $500 [25] Along with amorphous carbon, which includes coal, 1 of the other 2 forms of the element carbon diamond or graphite Lee	$400 [11] This line dance of Afro-Cuban origin had bursts of popularity in the U.S. in the '30s & '40s conga Lee
$600 [8] San Francisco threw tourists a curve when it considered closing this curvy street in January 1987 Lombard Lee	$600 [20] It was the only Gilbert & Sullivan opera to be performed in New York before London The Pirates of Penzance Phil	$800 [14] This FDR appointee held the office longer than anyone else, nearly 12 years Cordell Hull Jane Lee	$600 [4] An athletic contest, a perfect counterpart, or a fire starter match Phil	$600 [26] Herodotus reasoned that Egypt's fertile soil was deposited by this annual event flood of the Nile Phil	$600 [24] Originating in South American brothels, this dramatic dance was exported to Europe in 1907 tango Phil Lee
$800 [16] On this city's Piazza Dante you can visit the Casa Cristoforo Colombo Genoa	$800 [21] Though Shakespeare didn't tell us so, in 75 B.C. pirates kidnapped this man & held him for ransom Julius Caesar	DD $1,000 [13] 2 Presidents under whom William Seward, who arranged the Alaska Purchase, served Abraham Lincoln & Andrew Johnson Phil	$800 [5] It describes an unsheathed sword, a finished sketch, or a haggard look drawn Jane	$800 [27] A sedimentary rock composed of rounded fragments, or a big diverse company conglomerate Jane	$800 [29] Ballroom dance developed from the "weller", a German peasant dance, & the "landler" an Austrian dance waltz
$1,000 [17] You'll find the key to this French landmark at Mt. Vernon, but its hated walls were torn down in 1789 Bastille Phil	$1,000 [22] Now pictured in rum ads, he was commander of English forces in Jamaica Sir Henry Morgan Jane	$1,000 [15] Our 1st, he resigned because he felt the President was favoring his arch-rival, Hamilton Thomas Jefferson Lee	$1,000 [6] Word which precedes jump, cloth, ax, & in our case, cast broad Phil	$1,000 [28] As astrobleme is an ancient mark on the earth's surface that was produced by this meteorite	—

Final Jeopardy!

WORD ORIGINS

New York City borough named for Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II of England

Queens

Lee "What is Queens?" — wagered $3,000

Jane "What is Queens?" — wagered $2,400

Phil "What is the Bronx?" — wagered $400

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