1988 Senior Tournament semifinal game 2.
Charmion Burns — a student from Manhattan Beach, California
Joan Erickson — a writer and professional dog walker from Glen Mills, Pennsylvania
Fran Kirchhof — a retired bookstore person from Denver, Colorado
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran | $900 | $2,900 | $8,800 |
$5,799
2nd place: $5,000 |
$10,300
22 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Joan | $300 | $2,500 | $5,900 |
$11,800
Finalist |
$5,900
16 R, 1 W |
| Charmion | $1,000 | $2,300 | $5,900 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$8,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| FAMOUS NAMES | FLAGS | THE 1950s | COOKING WITH JULIA | SPORT OF KINGS | PALINDROMES |
|
$100
[21]
Once mayor of Buffalo, he started a shipping company with partner Henry Wells
(Will) Fargo
Fran
|
$100
[5]
Queen Elizabeth II's personal flag bears a crown with this letter beneath it
E
Charmion
|
$100
[16]
Laika, the 1st living creature launched into orbit, was one of these
a dog
Joan
|
$100
[7]
Julia says to serve this color wine with a cheese souffle
white
Charmion
|
$100
[15]
From age 2 to 5, a female horse is a filly; after 5, she's called this
a mare
Joan
|
$100
[26]
A high-pitched shrill sound, like that of a young bird
peep
Charmion
|
|
$200
[22]
Emily Price was better known by this, her married name, which was proper etiquette, of course
Post
Charmion
|
$200
[1]
Admonition that appeared underneath the rattlesnake on the early U.S. Navy flag
Don't tread on me
Fran
|
$200
[17]
Among the changes in George Jorgensen Jr.'s life was the changing of his 1st name to this
Christine
Fran
Joan
|
$200
[10]
This hot egg yolk & butter sauce is flavored with lemon, unlike its sister "Bearnaise"
Hollandaise
Charmion
|
$200
[14]
In 1919, Man o' War ran & won his 1st race at this Elmont, N.Y. racetrack
Belmont
Fran
|
$200
[27]
For a ballplayer, they can include batting average & RBIs
stats
Fran
|
|
$300
[23]
The name of this family of bankers came from a sign on their house bearing a red shield
Rothschild
Fran
|
$300
[2]
By regulation, when Old Glory is completely folded, it's in this shape
a triangle
Fran
|
$300
[18]
To avoid being linked with communism, this Major League Baseball team changed its name
the Cincinnati Reds (Redlegs)
Fran
|
$300
[8]
Her version of moussaka is this vegetable filled with onions, herbs, garlic, & ground roast leg of lamb
eggplant
Charmion
|
$300
[13]
Popular California track operated by the Los Angeles Turf Club
Santa Anita
Fran
|
$300
[28]
Of the common nicknames for Richard, Robert or Ronald, the one which is a palindrome
Bob
Joan
|
|
$400
[24]
Last name of Revolutionary War general Henry or Scottish religious reformer John
Knox
Fran
|
$400
[3]
U.S. cabinet department whose flag features a buffalo in the center
the Department of the Interior
Fran
|
DD
$300
[11]
According to Cash Box, she had the biggest hit of 1951 with thefollowing:"I was dancing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz / When an old friend I happened to.."
Patti Page
Charmion
|
$400
[6]
The most famous French beef stew, it uses wine as a simmering liquid
beef bourguignon
Joan
|
$400
[9]
All thoroughbred racehorses trace their ancestry back to 3 males of this breed
Arabian
Joan
|
$400
[29]
It's the Chinese lunar new year as celebrated in Southeast Asia
Tet
Fran
|
|
$500
[25]
When Italy entered WWI, he assumed charge of the government's wireless service
(Guglielmo) Marconi
Joan
|
$500
[4]
Symbol found on the national flags of the Maldives, Tunisia & Pakistan
crescent
Joan
|
$500
[19]
Newsweek says regional accents began to fade away in the U.S. due to the influence of this
television
Charmion
|
$500
[20]
For easy opening, set them curved side down on an electric burner & in a minute the shells begin to part
oysters
Joan
|
$500
[12]
The term for a horse's probable odds as figured by the track handicapper & printed in the program
the morning odds (the morning line)
Charmion
|
$500
[30]
Fashionably speaking, it's Tucker's partner
Bib
Joan
|
| WORLD WAR II | BIOLOGY | STARTS WITH "G" | OPERA | RELIGION | THE WIFE MARRIED |
|
$200
[9]
He was the leader of China for the duration of the war
Chiang Kai-shek
Charmion
|
$200
[1]
They're the respiratory organs of a lobster
gills
Charmion
|
$200
[20]
A French or Belgian policeman
a gendarme
Joan
|
$200
[14]
In opera titles, this word precedes "Carlos", "Giovanni", "Pasquale", & "Pedro"
Don
Joan
|
$200
[13]
Though some have several, most mosques have at least 1 of these towers to call people to prayer
a minaret
Joan
|
$200
[24]
Frank Sinatra & Andrew Previn, but not Woody Allen
Mia Farrow
Joan
|
|
$400
[5]
For his daring bombing raid on Tokyo in 1942, he was awarded the Medal of Honor
Jimmy Doolittle
Fran
|
$400
[23]
An undeveloped shoot, an unopened flower, or Billy Gray on "Father Knows Best"
bud
Fran
|
$400
[16]
A place for actors to relax when not on stage
a green room
Charmion
|
$400
[15]
This Italian opera house opened on August 3, 1778 with Salieri's opera "Europa riconosciuta"
La Scala
Fran
|
$400
[12]
In Orthodox Judaism, it is not the rabbi but this individual who usually leads the worship service
the cantor
Charmion
|
$400
[25]
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Franchot Tone & Philip Terry, & Pepsi Cola tycoon Alfred Steele
Joan Crawford
Charmion
|
|
$600
[6]
Later Germany's youngest field marshal, he was responsible for Hitler's safety during invasion of Poland
Rommel
Fran
|
$600
[27]
Of light, oxygen, or moisture, the one most plant seeds don't need in order to germinate
light
Charmion
|
$600
[19]
From the Latin word for "throat", it's a deep narrow pass through mountains
a gorge
Joan
|
$600
[18]
Nationality of the legendary opera singer Feodor Chaliapin
Russian
Fran
|
$600
[11]
Both of these founding leaders of the Mormon Church were born in Vermont
Joseph Smith & Brigham Young
Fran
|
$600
[28]
Robert Walker, David O. Selznick, & Norton Simon
Jennifer Jones
Charmion
|
|
$1,000
[8]
In 1940, Hitler made the French surrender in the same 1 of these in which Germany had signed its WWI surrender
a railroad car
Fran
|
$800
[2]
The blink, knee jerk, & sneeze are all inborn examples of this response
a reflex
Charmion
|
$800
[21]
The metal ring used to hold a sail to its stay or a shoelace on a shoe
a grommet
Fran
|
$800
[4]
Knighted Metropolitan Opera impressario who titled his memoirs "5,000 Nights at the Opera"
Sir Rudolf Bing
Fran
|
$1,000
[10]
Kentucky is home to world's largest monastery of this order associated with vows of silence
Trappist
Charmion
|
$800
[29]
Tony Martin &Phil Harris
Alice Faye
Fran
|
|
DD
$1,500
[7]
In 1943, the president called for this as the minimum length of a work week in war plants
48 hours
Fran
|
$1,000
[26]
The 1-word term for the technique of pressing the venom of a snake into a collection vessel
milking (extraction)
Joan
|
$1,000
[22]
A type of silk or rayon frequently used for ribbon, it features heavy crosswise cords
grosgrain
Joan
|
$1,000
[17]
One source calls this composer of "Cavalleria rusticana" the musical mouthpiece of fascist Italy
Mascagni
Charmion
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
The former tank commander nicknamed "Killer Runcie" is now known by this religious title
the Archbishop of Canterbury
Charmion
|
$1,000
[30]
Wallace Beery, a French marquis & 4 others, but not Joseph Kennedy
Gloria Swanson
Fran
|
More of this state's governors have gone on to be president than any other
New York