1988 Senior Tournament semifinal game 3.
Tom Wickham — an airline pilot from Torrington, Connecticut
Ross Cameron — a student from Vallejo, California
Louise Reyburn Dice — a farmer and writer from Taos, New Mexico
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louise | $1,500 | $1,700 | $9,300 |
$12,401
Finalist |
$8,100
23 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Ross | $-100 | $800 | $6,200 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$6,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Tom | $1,000 | $1,700 | $3,700 |
$7,300
2nd place: $5,000 |
$3,700
10 R, 3 W |
| U.S. GEOGRAPHY | PEOPLE | BODY LANGUAGE | NOAH | TOOLS | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS |
|
$100
[3]
This state with a large Jewish community is the leading grower of temple oranges
Florida
Louise
|
$100
[20]
This 86-year-old British "First Lady of Romance" published 26 more books in 1986
Barbara Cartland
Louise
|
$100
[1]
Someone who quibbles over trifles is said to be splitting these
hairs
Louise
|
$100
[9]
Though it rained this many days, it took 150 days for the waters to subside
40
Ross
|
$100
[26]
It's what a pipe smoker uses a tamper for
to tamp down his tobacco (in the bowl)
Louise
|
$100
[21]
Bob Hope's theme song, he 1st sang it in "The Big Broadcast of 1938"
"Thanks for the Memory"
Ross
|
|
$200
[5]
The son of Daniel Boone laid out this capital of Missouri, but it was named for a president
Jefferson City
Louise
|
$200
[19]
This chairman of Occidental Petroleum has met with every Soviet leader since Lenin except Andropov
Armand Hammer
Ross
|
$200
[2]
You shouldn't stick yours out; chickens do it on the chopping block, & look where it gets them
neck
Tom
|
$200
[10]
It was God's symbol to Noah that he'd never flood the earth again
rainbow
Louise
|
$200
[25]
The tuning variety can raise a pitch; the pitch variety can raise hay
fork
Louise
|
— |
|
$300
[17]
In 1742, merchant Peter Faneuil completed building his hall in this city
Boston
Ross
|
$300
[14]
When the B'way theater named for this actress, now 87, was razed, another was renamed for her
Helen Hayes
Ross
|
$300
[4]
If someone mentions yours following "lunk", "dunder", or "chowder", you should be insulted
head
Tom
|
$300
[11]
According to Genesis 5, Noah is 10th in descent from this man
Adam
Ross
|
$300
[24]
Also called picture puzzles, they're better known by this name, from the tool that used to make them
jigsaw (puzzles)
Louise
Tom
|
— |
|
$400
[18]
98.3% of this U.S. state is owned by the federal government
Alaska
Louise
Tom
|
$400
[15]
Fathering a son at age 75, this Spanish guitarist reportedly said, "I had a grandson directly"
Segovia
Louise
|
$400
[6]
Following the rules, you do this to "the mark" or "the line"
toe
Louise
|
$400
[12]
Created in Genesis 1:20-22, they weren't on the list of things to be destroyed, nor were they on the ark
fish
|
$400
[23]
By definition a palette knife is not used for cutting but for mixing these
paints
Tom
|
— |
|
$500
[8]
Funk & Wagnalls says the farthest east you'll find U.S desert land is in this state east of the Rockies
Texas
Louise
Ross
|
$500
[16]
No lonely widow, this busy chairman of the board of the Washington Post says, "I wish I were lonelier"
(Katharine) Graham
Louise
Tom
|
$500
[7]
Meaning "blows from a clenched hand", it's another name for boxing
fisticuffs
Louise
Tom
|
$500
[13]
With the ark business over, Noah settled down & began to grow these
vines (grapes)
Louise
|
$500
[22]
You use a Phillips screwdriver for Phillips screws & this for Allen screws
Allen wrench
Tom
|
— |
| FIRST LADIES | PAINTERS | BLACK AMERICA | '40s TELEVISION | "F" IN SCIENCE | OH, SHAW! |
|
$200
[11]
When Congress complained the Easter egg roll was ruining the Capitol grass, Lucy Hayes had it moved here
White House lawn
Louise
|
$200
[25]
This Dutchman was also called Jan van der Meer van Delft to distinguish him from others of the same name
(Jan) Vermeer
Ross
Tom
|
$200
[19]
A black literary renaissance of the '20s is named for this neighborhood in which it was centered
Harlem
Ross
|
$200
[8]
This sponsor's "Star Theater" started Tuesday September 21, 1948
Texaco
Ross
|
$200
[10]
Paleontologists really dig these
fossils
Louise
Ross
Tom
|
$200
[29]
Shaw was born in this capital city in 1856
Dublin
Ross
|
|
$400
[26]
She saved Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Geo. Washington just before the British burned the capital
Dolley Madison
Ross
|
$400
[24]
Antonio Bin is smiling; the 300 copies he's done of this famous work sell at up to $1500 each
Mona Lisa
Louise
|
$400
[20]
The 24th Amendment abolished these, making it possible for many more blacks to vote
poll taxes
Louise
|
$400
[7]
The regular band on his variety show was the Pennsylvanians
Fred Waring
Ross
|
$400
[1]
Just the stuff to give your refrigerator a charge
Freon
Louise
Tom
|
$400
[15]
The executioner says of this character, "Her heart would not burn, my lord"
Joan of Arc (Saint Joan)
Louise
|
|
$600
[16]
By court order, photographer Ron Galella must keep at least 25 feet away from her
Jacqueline Kennedy
Louise
|
$600
[21]
In Cocteau's 1959 movie "Le Testament d'Orphee" this bald, easily recognized artist played himself
Picasso
Louise
|
$800
[28]
Playing the accursed Judas on B'way in "Jesus Christ Superstar" proved a blessing to this star's career
Ben Vereen
|
$600
[4]
According to the title, this was Martin Kane's profession
private eye
Ross
|
$600
[9]
The point of support of a lever
fulcrum
Tom
|
$600
[14]
Called Shaw's "surrogate son", this flamboyant hero legally changed his name to "T.E. Shaw"
T.E. Lawrence
Ross
|
|
$1,000
[18]
Before Congress agreed to do it, this steel magnate offered to pay pensions to widowed first ladies
Andrew Carnegie
Tom
|
$800
[22]
His experiments with thick paints gave this 18th c. British portraitist the nickname "Sir Sploshua"
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Louise
|
$1,000
[27]
Upon replacing Frank Carlucci, Lt. Gen. Colin Powell became the 1st black to hold this position
National Security Advisor
Louise
|
$800
[5]
"The Bigelow Show" paired Winchell & Dunninger, a ventrioloquist & one of these
mentalist
Ross
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
Chemical reaction of organic substances brought about by yeasts or bacteria
fermentation
Ross
|
$800
[12]
Sometimes this play opens with an incredibly long prologue spoken at the Temple of Ra in Memphis
Caesar and Cleopatra
Louise
|
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
Clare Booth Luce said this first lady "comforted the distressed" & "distressed the comfortable"
Eleanor Roosevelt
Louise
|
$1,000
[23]
Some 40 portraits of Philip IV of Spain are credited to this artist
Velázquez
|
— |
$1,000
[6]
Talk show host who formerly was a regular on "Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowlege"
Mike Douglas
|
$1,000
[2]
In 1831 this great English physicist discovered the principle of electromagnetic induction
(Michael) Faraday
Ross
|
$1,000
[13]
Shaw was reportedly furious & insulted at winning an Oscar for this film
Pygmalion
Louise
|
2 of the 3 European rivers that begin with "T" on which a national capital is located
(2 of) Thames, Tiber or Tagus