Show #638 1987-05-20 (taped 1987-02-11) Regular

1987 Senior Tournament semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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

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

Dorothy McClellan — an airline employee from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Dorothy $-300 $500 $5,500 $11,000
2nd place: $5,000
$5,500
13 R, 3 W
Phil $100 $800 $5,600 $5,600
3rd place: $5,000
$3,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Zeke $-700 $600 $5,800 $11,201
Finalist
$6,800
18 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BANKING WINES PRISONS PATRON SAINTS NURSERY RHYMES
$100 [12]
Savings & loans were established originally to help people buy these
houses
Zeke
$100 [1]
Like some sturdy people, a wine is "sturdy" if it can withstand this ongoing process
aging
Zeke
$100 [2]
Creditors could send people who owed them money to these prisons which were abolished in late 1800s
debtor's prison
Phil
$100 [7]
If St. George wants to continue being patron saint of these, he'd better "be prepared"
Boy Scouts
Phil
$100 [21]
Among his many adventures, Simple Simon went to catch a bird by putting this on its tail
salt
Zeke
$200 [13]
When you put money in a time deposit account, some banks will issue you a "CD", which is this
certificate of deposit
Phil
$200 [17]
This monk is credited with inventing champagne
Dom Perignon
Phil
$200 [3]
If sentenced to less than a year behind bars, you'll probably do time in this kind of county or city prison
jail
Zeke
$200 [8]
Tho St. Florian was patron saint of these public servants, he didn't keep a dalmatian around his "house"
firemen
Phil
$200 [22]
"Bye, baby bunting, daddy's gone a-hunting, gone to get" this "to wrap the baby bunting in"
rabbit's skin
Dorothy
$300 [14]
To stem a panic in 1933, FDR declared this, to begin March 6
bank holiday
Dorothy
$300 [18]
Bottles of older red wine should be placed in this position several hours before serving
upright
Dorothy Zeke
$300 [4]
It's said insanity ran high under the Auburn system of 1800s, since inmates were forbidden this communication
speaking
Zeke
$300 [9]
Though St. Joseph's name is on a famous brand of aspirin, St. Teresa is patron saint of these
headache sufferers
Dorothy Phil Zeke
$300 [23]
Last line of "There was an old woman lived under the hill, & if she's not gone..."
she's there still (She lives there still)
Phil
$400 [15]
Italian bankers used to conduct business on these "bancos", from which the word "bank" comes
bench
Zeke
$400 [19]
The Encyclopedia Americana says that tobacco smoke can enhance the taste of this dry appetizer wine
sherry
Dorothy
$400 [5]
From Greek for "the study of penalty", it's a scientist who studies prisons
penologist
Zeke
$400 [10]
Seems St. Raymond Nonnatus, patron of these unlucky souls, was on vacation during Dreyfus trial
people who were unjustly accused
Zeke
$400 [24]
In "Ding, Dong, Bell", Little Johnny Green put pussy in the well, but this boy pulled her out
Little Tommy Stout
Dorothy
$500 [16]
In 1891, Marcellus Berry, general agent of the American Express Company, created these
traveler's checks
Dorothy
$500 [20]
Of 51, 75 or 100, % of named grape an American wine must now contain to be labeled "varietal"
75%
Dorothy Zeke
DD $1,000 [6]
The 2 California prisons mentioned in titles of LPs for which Johnny Cash received gold records
San Quentin & Folsom
Zeke
$500 [11]
St. Erasmus is patron saint of sailors, & this glow, said to symbolize his presence, bears his nickname
St. Elmo's Fire
Zeke
$500 [25]
Where "the Muffin Man" lives
Drury Lane

Double Jeopardy! Round

ART BODIES OF WATER COMMUNISM 10-LETTER WORDS ASTRONOMY "SMITH"
$200 [1]
In Michelangelo's "The Creation of Adam", Adam is stretching forth this hand to God
left
Phil
$200 [6]
Ocean in which you'd be swimming if you swam from Mauritius to Madagascar the short way
Indian Ocean
Phil
$200 [11]
Using the ideas of Karl Marx, he established the Russian Communist Party
Lenin
Zeke
$200 [16]
Lighting fixture from which they say you swing when drunk or rowdy
chandelier
Phil
$200 [26]
Under ideal conditions the green flash occurs in atmosphere seconds before this evening event
sunset
Zeke
$200 [21]
According to this N.Y. "Daily News" reporter, "Gossip is news in a red satin dress"
Liz Smith
$400 [2]
This Spaniard was world's most prolific major artist, with over 150,000 paintings, sketches & sculptures
Pablo Picasso
$400 [7]
Of the Gulfs of Alaska, California, or Mexico, the 1 that doesn't touch the U.S.
California
Dorothy Zeke
$400 [12]
The main issue of the Sino-Soviet split was Khrushchev's plan to improve relations with this country
United States
Zeke
$400 [17]
Your brother's daughter's daughter
grandniece
Dorothy Phil
$400 [27]
As the moon changes from new to full, it is said to be doing this household chore
waxing
Phil
$400 [22]
In 1964 she became 1st woman to campaign for a major party presidential nomination
Senator Margaret (Chase) Smith
Dorothy
$600 [3]
Early 16th c. Italian artist whose Madonnas set the standard for future generations
Raphael
Dorothy
$600 [8]
For Harvard's 350th birthday, a 600; gas-filled plastic rainbow was arched across this river
Charles
Phil
$600 [13]
Until Suharto had many killed, this island country had largest Comm. Party in a non-comm. country
Indonesia
Zeke
$600 [18]
To risk peril or invite loss, or what you do to your winnings every time you buzz in during this show
jeopardize
Zeke
DD $2,800 [28]
1 theory says it was the conjunction of Jupiter & Saturn in Pisces about 7 B.C.
star of the East at Jesus' birth (Star of Bethlehem)
Phil
$600 [23]
"Empress of the Blues" who reigned supreme from 1923-28
Bessie Smith
Dorothy
$800 [4]
"Reading Le Figaro", by this late American brought highest price for a work by a female artist
Mary Cassatt
Dorothy
$800 [9]
Body of water mentioned in penultimate phrase of the song, "California Here I Come"
Golden Gate
Dorothy
$800 [14]
Famed Mexican muralist David Siqueiros was jailed for trying to assassinate this exiled communist
Trotsky
Zeke
$800 [19]
Sounding like a guy on the go, he's a tradesman working for another person
journeyman
Zeke
$800 [24]
In 1843, he instituted polygamy among his followers, &, 1 year later, was killed in jail by dissenters
Joseph Smith
Phil
$1,000 [5]
"Marriage a la Mode" & "The Rake's Progress" are 2 of this English satirist's best known works
(William) Hogarth
Dorothy
$1,000 [10]
From the Greek, the word "archipelago" was originally applied only to the many islands in this sea
Aegean
Phil Zeke
DD $1,000 [15]
These 3 Southeast Asian countries all came under full Communist control within 1 year, 1975
South Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia
Zeke
$1,000 [20]
From Latin for "forward slope", it's having a natural inclination or propensity for something
proclivity
$1,000 [25]
Turned down as a ball boy in '63 because he was awkward, he helped win Davis Cup for U.S. in '71
Stan Smith
Phil

Final Jeopardy!

THE OSCARS

Tied with Olivier for most "Best Actor" nominations at 9, he won 2 years in a row as a sailor & a priest

Spencer Tracy

Dorothy "Who was Spencer Tracy" — wagered $5,500
Phil "Who is Spencer Tracy" — wagered $0
Zeke "Who was Spencer Tracy?" — wagered $5,401

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