Show #870 1988-05-20 (taped 1988-03-02) Regular

1988 Senior Tournament final game 2.

Contestants

Peggy Kennedy — a forensic toxicologist from Menands, New York (subtotal of $11,400)

Joan Erickson — a writer and professional dog walker from Glen Mills, Pennsylvania (subtotal of $7,000)

Louise Reyburn Dice — a farmer and writer from Taos, New Mexico (subtotal of $4,700)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Louise	$1,700	$3,700	$12,500	$17,500	$10,300 21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Joan	$1,100	$2,200	$2,200	$3,000	$3,200 13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Peggy	$1,200	$2,100	$8,100	$11,100	$8,100 21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

ZOOLOGY	1958	ODD JOBS	WINE QUOTES	BORN IN INDIA	AWARDS
$100 [5] Sloths usually give birth while hanging around this way upside down Joan	$100 [26] Craze that "spun around" all summer Hula Hoop Peggy	$100 [4] While a shaman is an Indian healer, a shamus is this detective Peggy	$100 [22] His definition of paradise was "a jug of wine, a loaf of bread--& thou" Omar Khayyam Peggy	$100 [21] Madras-born baritone who sings "Release Me" but gives his fans "Humper-hugs" anyway (Engelbert) Humperdinck Joan	$100 [30] For its contribution to American culture, this greeting card co. won a National Medal of Arts Hallmark Peggy
$200 [7] Of the 18 species of this bird, only the emperor & Adelie live in Antarctica penguins Joan	$200 [27] Brooklyn youth who, at 15, became youngest chess player named an international grand master Bobby Fischer Joan	$200 [6] If you were known as a trailblazer, you did this to trees along the route mark them with an X (notch them) Peggy	DD $200 [16] Ernest Dowson wrote, "They are not long..."these: "Days Of Wine And Roses" Peggy	$200 [20] He was born in Bombay on December 30, 1865 & set many of his books & stories in India Kipling Peggy	$200 [29] Every year from 1951-57, except one, this mule picked up a Patsy Award Francis the Talking Mule Louise Peggy
$300 [10] Many experts believe this dandy household pest may have been Earth's 1st flying creature cockroach Louise	$300 [24] Born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, he assumed this name & number on November 4 Pope John XXIII Louise	$300 [8] In a fairy tale, elves helped a cordwainer, someone who makes these shoes Joan	$300 [15] Future PM who wrote in an 1845 novel, "I rather like bad wine...one gets so bored with good wine" Disraeli Peggy	$300 [1] Delicate damsel from Darjeeling who was born Vivian Mary Hartley but acted under this name Vivien Leigh Louise	$300 [11] In 1949, he won an Emmy as "Most Outstanding Kinescoped Personality", not "Best in a Dress" Milton Berle Louise
$400 [13] Spending much time alone, this Asian species is the most solitary of the great apes orangutan Louise	$400 [25] 1 of 2 hits running on Broadway in 1958 whose titles begin with "Look" Look Homeward Angel (or Look Back in Anger ) Joan	$400 [9] A phlebotomist draws a paycheck by drawing this blood Peggy	$400 [19] Samuel Johnson said, "Claret is...for boys; port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drink" this brandy Joan Peggy	$400 [2] Bombay-born conductor whose father founded the Bombay String Quartet & the Bombay Symphony Zubin Mehta Louise	$400 [14] Of Bill Blass, Carlos Castaneda, or Federico Fellini, the 1 who won a "Winnie" Bill Blass Louise
$500 [17] A cat's great night vision comes from light passing twice through this rear part of the eye retina Louise	$500 [28] Pair of small islands off Mainland China over which international tensions flared Quemoy & Matsu Louise	$500 [23] Your profession if you just played in a test match at Lord's cricket Louise	$500 [18] It's how Ben Jonson began the famous stanza which ends, "...and I'll not look for wine" drink to me only with thine eyes Peggy	$500 [3] Once a maharajah's stable boy, he starred as Mowgli in the 1942 film "The Jungle Book" Sabu Joan	$500 [12] To win a Pulitzer Prize in History, your book has to be on the history of this United States Peggy

Double Jeopardy! Round

FRENCH HISTORY	U.S. STATES	SHAKESPEARE	THE MILITARY	COMPOSERS	VICE-PRESIDENTIAL LOSERS
$200 [7] Dynasty restored to the throne in 1814 with Louis XVIII Bourbons Joan	$200 [24] 80-90% of this New England state, more than any other, is covered by forests, with lots of pine trees Maine Louise	$200 [5] Escalus, prince of this city, has the last line in Romeo & Juliet Verona Louise	$200 [20] Though U.S. says this country spent $360 billion on its military in 1983, they say it was only $23 billion USSR Peggy	$200 [9] At one time, this composer of "Pomp & Circumstance" regularly led a band at a mental hospital Edward Elgar Louise	$200 [17] When Charles McNary lost for VP in 1940, this Hoosier lost the presidential bid Wendell Willkie Louise
$400 [8] He's the only man to serve as French president in 2 non-consecutive terms Charles de Gaulle Peggy	$400 [25] 1 of 2 states whose state bird is a chicken Rhode Island (or Delaware) Joan	$400 [4] In this play, Gremio is a suitor to Bianca & Grumio is Petruchio's lackey The Taming of the Shrew Joan	$400 [19] Churchill said, "Never...was so much owed by so many to so few" Royal Air Force Peggy	$400 [10] U.S. Immigration misspelled the surname of this composer's parents, which was originally Kaplan Aaron Copland	$400 [6] His political ticket was Goldwater's, his meal ticket, the American Express Card (William) Miller Joan
$600 [21] This long war was considered over with the defeat of the British at Castillon in 1453 Hundred Years' War Peggy	$600 [26] This "Mountain State" is considered to have the most irregular boundary of the lower 48 West Virginia Louise Joan	$600 [1] Their 1st exit line is "Fair is foul, & foul is fair: Hover through the fog & filthy air" three witches in Macbeth Peggy	$600 [18] In 1962, this force's headquarters was moved from Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria to Aubagne, France French Foreign Legion Peggy	$600 [11] He wrote 9 symphonies, the last of which is subtitled "From the New World" (Antonín) Dvořák Peggy	$600 [14] He lost a VP race in 1900, the year he became grandfather of a future namesake presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson
$800 [22] In 1st century A.D., the areas of Aquitania, Lugdunensis & Belgica were collectively called this Gaul Peggy	DD $1,000 [27] Before 1959, a piece of this central state was the northernmost point in the U.S. Minnesota Joan	$800 [2] This play's setting is simply described as "the island" The Tempest Louise	$800 [29] Official term for a 1-star general brigadier Peggy	$800 [12] In 1858, he gave up his Army commission to compose such works as "A Night on Bald Mountain" Mussorgsky Louise	$1,000 [16] Only candidate to run for VP on a losing ticket & later become president Franklin Roosevelt Louise
$1,000 [23] This "Death of Marat" artist voted for the execution of Louis XVI Jacques-Louis David Joan	$1,000 [28] 1 of best-known but least-seen monuments in Alaska is near Barrow, honoring these 2 men who died there in '35 Wiley Post & Will Rogers Louise	$1,000 [3] Line preceding "made glorious summer by this sun of York" Now is the winter of our discontent Peggy	$1,000 [30] British equivalent of America's West Point Sandhurst Louise	$1,000 [13] Due to the huge number of performers required, his 8th symphony was dubbed "Symphony of a Thousand" (Gustav) Mahler Louise	DD $3,000 [15] A loser as Dewey's running mate, he would later have his day--in court Earl Warren Louise

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY AMERICA

Set in England, this play by Tom Taylor was probably the most talked-about play in 1865

Our American Cousin

Joan "What is Our American Cousin?" — wagered $800

Peggy "What is "Our American Cousin"" — wagered $3,000

Louise "What is "Our American Cousin?"" — wagered $5,000

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