1995-A Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 1.
Al Vedro — an independent video producer from Menlo Park, California
Jan Van Faasen — a high school library secretary from Holland, Michigan
Marty Eshkov — a dentist from Hernando Beach, Florida
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty | $300 | $0 | $1,400 |
$2,799
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$1,900
16 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jan | $700 | $1,100 | $6,100 |
$8,100
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$6,100
14 R, 2 W |
| Al | $1,600 | $3,100 | $13,300 |
$13,300
Automatic semifinalist |
$12,300
22 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| HEALTH & FITNESS | TELEVISION | HISTORY | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | DANCE | QUOTATIONS |
|
$100
[21]
You should visit your dentist right away if you notice these are swollen or bleed easily
gums
Marty
|
$100
[16]
Bruce Willis got his first big break playing David Addison on this series
Moonlighting
Jan
|
$100
[1]
It was the military code name for the Persian Gulf War
Desert Storm
Marty
|
$100
[9]
Since 1896 Prudential Insurance has used this as a symbol of its company
Rock of Gibraltar
Jan
|
$100
[13]
Soft shoe is similar to this kind of dancing, but without the metal plates
tap dancing
Marty
|
$100
[6]
Henry Adams said these people, not enemies, "are born, not made"
friends
Jan
|
|
$200
[22]
Chiropractors believe the misalignment of this series of bones is a major cause of health problems
spine
Marty
|
$200
[17]
In a 1994 TV movie, "Bionic Woman" Jaime Sommers married this character
Six Million Dollar Man
Al
|
$200
[2]
While president of the Philippines in the late 1960s, he encouraged foreign firms to invest in his country
(Ferdinand) Marcos
Marty
|
$200
[10]
On Wall Street this oil company is known as "OXY"
Occidental Petroleum
Al
|
$200
[27]
In romantic ballets such as "Les Sylphides", this ballet skirt is calf-length
tutu
Al
|
$200
[7]
Poor Richard's Almanack tells us, "A fine genius in his own country, is like" this metal "in the mine"
gold
Al
|
|
$300
[23]
One of the best ways to avoid this "common" illness is to wash your hands often
common cold
Marty
|
$300
[18]
George Clooney, formerly of "Sisters" plays Dr. Doug Ross on this series
ER
Jan
|
$300
[3]
In 1947 Pakistan & this country went to war over the state of Kashmir
India
Marty
|
$300
[14]
In 1887 William Bristol joined with this man to form the Clinton Pharmaceutical Company
(John) Myers
Al
|
$300
[28]
At the end of the Ukrainian Arkan dance, performers leap over a roaring one of these
fire
|
$300
[8]
Herodotus wrote, "Men trust their ears less than" these sense organs
their eyes
Jan
|
|
$400
[24]
Kidney beans & 100% bran cereal are high in the soluble & insoluble kinds of this
fiber
Marty
Jan
|
$400
[19]
Vicki Lawrence played Thelma Harper & Ken Berry played her son Vint on this sitcom
Mama's Family
Marty
Jan
|
$400
[4]
From 1951 to 1960 this future Ugandan dictator was heavyweight boxing champ of his country
Idi Amin
Al
|
$400
[15]
In 1941 this company built its first aluminum foil plant in Alabama
Reynolds
Marty
Jan
|
$400
[29]
This risque dance may be of Algerian origin, though it's most associated with France
can-can
Marty
|
$400
[11]
Job said, "I am a brother to" these mythical beasts, "and a companion to owls"
dragons
|
|
$500
[25]
This test gives you your diastolic reading
blood pressure test
Al
|
$500
[20]
The Ropers, the landlord couple on this series, later got their own series
Three's Company
Al
|
$500
[5]
In 1680 the Portuguese founded Colonia in this small country between Brazil & Argentina
Uruguay
|
$500
[26]
Among this company's products are various calculators & the Laser Jet 4 Plus printer
Hewlett-Packard
Al
|
DD
$500
[30]
The legends, art & dances of this religion inspired Ruth St. Denis' 1906 dance work "Radha"
Hinduism
Marty
|
$500
[12]
"The minority is always right" is a line from his 1882 play "An Enemy of the People"
Henrik Ibsen
Al
|
| FICTIONAL SENIORS | IN THE OCEAN | CROONERS | WORLD CAPITALS | CONTEMPORARIES | WORD ORIGINS |
|
$200
[6]
In this novel Jo reads to her aged Aunt March, who has a fine library & a Spanish-speaking parrot
Little Women
Marty
|
$200
[16]
A single one of these can bud into a large reef-building colony
coral
Marty
|
$200
[21]
He'd been recording for 12 years when he cut his theme, 1962's "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
Tony Bennett
Al
|
$200
[1]
This Hungarian capital is considered one of Europe's most beautiful cities
Budapest
Marty
|
$200
[26]
In 1699 William Penn made his 2nd trip to Pennsylvania & this William was arrested as a pirate
William Kidd
Marty
|
$200
[11]
The natural force of attraction between 2 massive bodies, it comes from gravis, Latin for "heavy"
gravity
Al
|
|
$400
[7]
A baker named Drusila Fawley is Jude's great-aunt in this 1895 Thomas Hardy novel
Jude the Obscure
Marty
|
$400
[17]
Young pilchards that are canned are called these
sardines
Marty
Jan
|
$400
[22]
This crooner's brother Bob also recorded "Where the Blue of the Night Meets the Gold of the Day"
Bing Crosby
Jan
|
$400
[2]
It's where you'd find the Benaki & Acropolis Museums
Athens
Al
|
$400
[27]
While Heloise & Abelard's romance developed, this Persian was writing his romantic Rubaiyat
Omar Khayyam
Al
|
$400
[12]
The name of this bird comes from gugubarra, a Wiradjuri word
kookaburra
Marty
|
|
$600
[8]
Little Nell's grandfather loses his store to the evil Daniel Quilp in this 1840s novel
The Old Curiosity Shop
Marty
Jan
|
$600
[18]
Some species of this animal eject a cloud of luminous ink to escape under cover of light
squid
Marty
|
$600
[23]
In 1955, when he crooned "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup", he was "Unforgettable"
Nat Cole
Al
|
$600
[3]
ash-Sham is an Arabic name for this Syrian capital
Damascus
Marty
Jan
|
$600
[28]
While Dante was writing "The Divine Comedy" 1308-1321, this liberator sat on the throne of Scotland
Robert the Bruce
Jan
|
$600
[13]
The name of this plant cultivated for its reddish leafstalks comes in part from Latin for "barbarian"
rhubarb
Jan
|
|
$800
[9]
In this author's novel "The Possessed", Karmazinov, a pompous writer, is a parody of Turgenev
Dostoyevsky
Al
|
$800
[19]
It's the largest plankton eater on earth
(blue) whale
Al
|
$800
[24]
He hit the Top 40 in the 1960s with "And Roses and Roses" & "Days of Wine and Roses"
Andy Williams
|
$800
[4]
This capital of Afghanistan lies on a river of the same name
Kabul
Marty
|
$800
[29]
Shakespeare was only 8 when this Danish astronomer discovered his "new star"
Tycho Brahe
Jan
|
$800
[14]
A partial story between stories of a building, its name comes from Latin meaning "in the middle"
mezzanine
Al
|
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
At the beginning of a Coleridge poem, this title character "stoppeth one of three"
Ancient Mariner
Al
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
These commonly have 5 arms, but some may have up to 40
starfish
Al
|
$1,000
[25]
"It's Not For Me To Say", that "Chances Are" he's a "Wonderful Wonderful" singer
Johnny Mathis
Al
|
$1,000
[5]
Sucre, the judicial capital of this country, was named for the country's first president
Bolivia
Al
|
$1,000
[30]
When Joan was burned at the stake in 1431, this future Spanish inquisitor was about 11 years old
Torquemada
Al
|
$1,000
[15]
This word meaning "tearfully sentimental" comes from the name of Mary Magdalene
maudlin
Jan
|
When he died in 1926, he was buried in the bronze casket he had toured with
Harry Houdini