Show #637 1987-05-19 (taped 1987-02-11) Regular

1987 Senior Tournament semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Bill Ward — a resort manager from Kailua, Hawaii

Frank Dillon — a part-time high school sports writer originally from Cleveland, Ohio

Irene Grzywacz — a teacher originally from Connecticut

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Irene	$2,500	$4,400	$5,800	$199 Finalist	$6,800 18 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Frank	$100	$700	$1,700	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$1,400 11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Bill	$400	$1,500	$5,700	$0 2nd place: $5,000	$5,700 13 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

MISS AMERICA	INSECTS	COOKING	OSCAR-LOSING SONGS	BRIDGES	THE YOUNGEST
$100 [1] From its inception, the Miss America Pageant has been held in this city Atlantic City Irene	$100 [26] The skeleton of an insect is called an exoskeleton because it's located here outside (the body) Bill	$100 [16] Term for dipping food in beaten eggs, then in crumbs breading Frank Bill	$100 [11] After she sang "True Love" in "High Society", the song lost an Oscar but then she won a crown Grace Kelly Frank	$100 [18] In the nursery rhyme, it's the bridge that "is falling down" London Bridge Irene	$100 [6] Entering at age 10 & taking 1 month to graduate, William Thompson was youngest student in this type of school university
$200 [2] 1955 pageant saw premiere of song "There She Is, Miss America" & this man as emcee Bert Parks Bill	—	$200 [17] Grain used to make hominy grits & hush puppies corn Frank	$300 [13] Though it lost the 1963 Oscar, this "Theme from Mondo Cane" became BMI's all-time 2nd most played song "More" Frank	$200 [19] While this San Francisco bridge isn't world's longest, it has the tallest towers Golden Gate Bridge Frank	$200 [7] Tho he was not even in his teens, Italians called Benedict IX "Papa" when he assumed this office Pope Bill
$300 [3] Miss America 1987, Tennessee's Kellye Cash, is a grandniece of this celebrity Johnny Cash Irene	—	$300 [21] "Hase" in hasenpfeffer is the meat of this animal hare (rabbit) Bill	$400 [14] 1934 nominees "Love in Bloom" & "The Carioca" are the only 2 songs which share this distinction first 2 nominees and did not win	$300 [20] With 220, Pennsylvania has more of this historic type of bridge than any other state covered Bill	$300 [8] In 1979, Marcus Hooper of England, a 12-years-old, became youngest person to swim this body of water English Channel Irene
$400 [4] Miss America 1971 who became a pioneer woman sportscaster on the Emmy-winning "NFL Today" Phyllis George Irene	—	$400 [22] Jelly, honey, milk or butter can be used for this, which gives a dish a smooth, glasslike finish glaze Irene	DD $500 [12] Celestial songs losing '36 Oscars included "A Melody from the Sky", "When Did You Leave Heaven" &this: [Piano instrumental plays] "Pennies from Heaven" Frank	$400 [24] Currently, bridge with longest suspension in the world crosses River Humber at Hull, in this country England Irene	$400 [9] Though youngest of Jesse's 8 sons, he was the only 1 to become King of Israel David Irene
$500 [5] Shortly after winning the crown in 1944, she appeared as a piano soloist at Carnegie Hall Bess Myerson Irene	—	$500 [23] "Coeur a la creme" is a dessert of whipped cream cheese molded into this shape heart Irene	$500 [15] 1954 holiday film which produced the Oscar-losing "Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep" White Christmas Irene	$500 [25] Virginia's 17 1/2 mile long bridge-tunnel complex takes U.S. Highway 13 across this body of salt water Chesapeake Bay Bill	$500 [10] Though under the constitutionally-required age of 30, in 1806 Henry Clay took this office Senator Irene Frank

Double Jeopardy! Round

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS	HIGHWAY & BYWAYS	JUNE	BUSINESS TRIVIA	ENGLISH LITERATURE	THE OLDEST
$200 [11] A.S. Denny's invention of this steam organ in the 1850s created quite a circus atmosphere calliope Frank	$200 [16] Washington, D.C. street that connects the Capitol & the White House Pennsylvania Avenue Frank	$200 [6] On June 6, 1816, 10 inches of this fell on New England snow Irene	$200 [19] The new Tiffany's jewelry store in London opens at 8 a.m. every Friday to serve this breakfast	$200 [1] Thomas Bowdler was famous for deleting the "obscenities" in this playwright's works William Shakespeare Frank	$200 [9] Guinness lists 57-year-old Mrs. Ruth Kistler as oldest woman in modern times to have done this have a baby Irene
$400 [14] In the Chipmunks, it's Alvin's instrument, & he had a hit song with it in 1959 harmonica Frank	$400 [17] In song about "that toddling town", it's Chicago's "great street" State Street Bill	$400 [7] On June 18, 1983, history was made when the 1st American woman ever visited here space	$400 [20] This head of Occidental Petroleum has gone into a joint venture with the people who make Arm & Hammer Armand Hammer Bill	$400 [2] In "The Rape of the Lock", the "Lock" refers to this lock of hair Irene	$400 [10] "Most people are dead at my age," said this oldest baseball manager in National League history Casey Stengel Irene Bill
$600 [18] Instrument with strings & pedals that you tilt towards you to play harp Irene	$600 [28] New York street synonymous with the women's apparel industry 7th Irene	$800 [12] Ex-Austrian archduke, ex-Mexican emperor, executed June 19, 1867 Maximilian Irene	$600 [21] GMAC was giving out 2.9% auto loans in 1986; its initials stand for this General Motors Acceptance Corporation Frank	$600 [3] During the series of books, this C.S. Forester seafarer rose to the rank of admiral Captain Horatio Hornblower Frank	$600 [15] In 1984, the Sterns, 97 & 91, became oldest couple to do this, giving Zsa Zsa a record to shoot for divorce Bill
$800 [24] Type of bassoon which sounds 1 octave lower than a regular bassoon contrabassoon Bill	—	DD $1,000 [8] Sources vary on # of soldiers killed in this battle, but they all agree it was on June 25, 1876 Little Big Horn Irene	$800 [22] M.J. Holloway & Company introduced this candy in 1926 Milk Duds Bill	$800 [4] Among this author's title characters are "Adam Bede" & "Silas Marner" George Eliot	$800 [26] Oldest non-human mammal on record, "Modoc", who lived to age 78, was 1 of these elephant
$1,000 [25] Odd but "enchanting" job with which a tiktiri player is associated snake charmer	—	$1,000 [13] King George VI munched on hot dogs in June 1939 at a picnic given by this couple the Roosevelts (President & Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt) Bill	$1,000 [23] The product war discussed in Roger Enrico's "The Other Guy Just Blinked" involved these 2 companies Coca-Cola & Pepsi-Cola Bill	$1,000 [5] For her diminutive size, William Dorrit's daughter Amy was nicknamed this Little Dorrit Frank	$1,000 [27] State capital that's oldest city in U.S. west of the Mississippi Santa Fe Frank

Final Jeopardy!

LANGUAGES

Language in which the famous Gutenberg Bibles were printed

Latin

Frank "What isGerLatin" — wagered $1,700

Bill "What is German?" — wagered $5,700

Irene "What is German?" — wagered $5,601

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