Show #2064 1993-07-22 (taped 1993-03-02) Seniors Tournament

1993 Seniors Tournament final game 1.

Contestants

Will Herrera — a retired airline pilot originally from Pueblo, Colorado

Hugh Murphy — a bank officer from Hockessin, Delaware

Marilyn Kneeland — a retired teacher from San Diego, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Marilyn	$500	$2,500	$2,500	$4,000	$2,500 14 R, 3 W
Hugh	$100	$1,000	$6,400	$4,800	$6,400 18 R, 4 W
Will	$1,500	$3,100	$5,200	$3,000	$6,100 21 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	REPUBLICANS	BRITISH WORDS	BRAINS	BRAWN	REAL NAMES ON THE MARQUEE
$100 [3] In the 1390s King John I of Castile & King John I of Aragon both died by falling from these animals horses Hugh	$100 [11] This daughter of Ronald Reagan ran fifth in the 1982 California primary for the U.S. Senate Maureen Reagan Will	$100 [2] These rubber boots are called wellies for short wellingtons Will	$100 [12] His writings include the 1920 publication "Relativity: The Special and General Theory" Albert Einstein Will	$100 [23] He's a lumberjack & he's okay, his footprints became the Great Lakes Paul Bunyan Marilyn	$100 [1] Ruth Elizabeth Davis & Lucille Le Sueur in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" Bette Davis & Joan Crawford Hugh
$200 [6] Joachim of Fiore divided history into 3 ages: the ages of the Father, the Son & this entity Holy Ghost Will	$200 [10] On Dec. 19, 1974 this former New York governor became vice president under the 25th Amendment Nelson Rockefeller Will	$200 [4] British theatregoers call it the interval intermission (*entr'acte) Hugh Will	$200 [13] Past winners of this annual event include Bob Verini & Bob Blake Tournament of Champions on Jeopardy! Hugh	$200 [24] You might say that the source of this biblical hero's strength was hair today, gone tomorrow Samson Marilyn	$200 [8] Maria Farrow & Ruth Jones in "Rosemary's Baby" Mia Farrow & Ruth Gordon Marilyn Hugh
$300 [7] Ancus Marcius, the legendary fourth king of this city, may have been the grandson of Numa Pompilus Rome Marilyn	$300 [15] In 1960s this senator from Arizona published "The Conscience of a Conservative" Barry Goldwater Will	$300 [5] Order candy floss at an amusement park & you'll get this fluffy confection cotton candy Will	$300 [14] "A Gardener Touched with Genius" is Peter Dreyer's book on this American hoticulturist Luther Burbank Will	$300 [25] A Big Bad one in song saved miners, a Little one in Sherwood Forest was a Merry Man John Marilyn	$300 [9] Frederick Auserlitz & Virginia McMath in "Flying Down to Rio" Fred Astaire & Ginger Rodgers Hugh Will
$400 [17] In 1616 this Native American created a sensation in London, where she was known as Lady Rebecca Pocahontas Marilyn	$500 [21] This state's Mark Hatfield is the ranking Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee Oregon Hugh	$400 [22] Brits call this part of a car the silencer muffler Marilyn	$400 [29] Blaise Pascal is said to have mastered this Greek mathematician's "Elements" by age 12 Euclid Marilyn Hugh Will	$400 [26] Name shared by a Titan & a former 97-pound runt Atlas Hugh	$400 [19] Greta Gustafsson & Melvin Hesselberg in "Ninotchka" Greta Garbo & Melvyn Douglas Hugh
$500 [18] 2-word "seasonal" term given to the time of reform in Czechoslovakia after March 22, 1968 Prague Spring Marilyn	DD $600 [16] Son of a U.S. president, he served as a senator from Ohio from 1939 until his death in 1953 Robert Taft Will	$500 [28] The ancient name for this city was Mancunium & a person from it is still called a Mancunian Manchester Hugh	$500 [30] After this coil inventor moved to America, he worked briefly with another genius⁠—Thomas Edison Nikola Tesla Hugh Will	$500 [27] This "Mania"-creating wrestler was born Terry Gene Bollea in 1953 Hulk Hogan Will	$500 [20] Bernard Schwartz & Jeanette Morrison in "Houdini" Tony Curtis & Janet Leigh Marilyn

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD WAR II	CLASSICAL MUSIC	MOUNTAINS	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	TELEVISION NOSTALGIA	LITERATURE
$200 [7] On May 27, 1941 torpedoes from the cruiser Dorsetshire finished off this German battleship Bismarck Marilyn	$200 [1] The "van" in his name was from the Dutch, not the German Beethoven Marilyn	$200 [15] A 1954 survey by the Indian government set its official height at 29,028 feet Mount Everest Will	$200 [6] Despite filing for bankruptcy, this retailer's 1992 Thanksgiving Day Parade went off without a hitch Macy's Marilyn	$200 [21] Earl Hamner Jr., later creator of "The Waltons", wrote 8 scripts for this Rod Serling series The Twilight Zone Hugh	$200 [22] His was the first voice Robinson Crusoe heard in 25 years on the island Friday Hugh
$400 [8] In late May 1943 U.S. forces recaptured Attu in this island chain from the Japanese Aleutian Islands Will	$400 [2] His 1st opera, "La Finta Semplice", was composed for Vienna, but was 1st performed in Salzburg Mozart Hugh	$400 [16] Its eruption in 1980 was the first in the 48 contiguous states since Lassen Peak in 1921 Mount St. Helens Marilyn	$400 [12] In 1900 this company lit up New York City with an electric sign--a 40' pickle Heniz Hugh	$400 [26] This con man was staff sergeant of the motor pool at Fort Baxter, Kansas Sgt. Bilko Will	$400 [23] Horace Walpole's 1764 "The Castle of Otranto" was the 1st of these novels with violence & gloomy settings gothic Hugh
$600 [9] This French general entered Paris Aug. 25, 1944 & marched in a parade despite snipers Charles de Gaulle Will	$600 [3] Most of Haydn's works were written while he was a court composer in Eisenstadt, now in this country Austria Marilyn Will	$600 [17] One of the most thickly populated areas in Sicily surrounds this volcano Mount Etna Hugh	$600 [13] Nicknamed "Manny Hanny", it merged with Chemical Bank in 1992 to create the 3rd-largest bank in the U.S. Manufacturers Hanover Marilyn Will	—	$600 [24] Henry Fielding's first wife, Charlotte, was the model for Sophia in this 1749 novel Tom Jones Hugh
$800 [10] Operation Barbarossa, Germany's attack on this country, began June 22, 1941 USSR Hugh	$800 [4] This lieder composer gave his first public concert March 26, 1828, it was a success Schubert Hugh	$800 [18] It's the highest mountain in the world named for a U.S. president Mount McKinley Will	$800 [14] In Japan Bridgestone not only ranks no. 1 in tires, but in these vehicles as well bicycles	—	$800 [25] In this Jane Austen novel, Mrs. Bennet tries to find a husband for each of her 5 daughters Pride and Prejudice Will
$1,000 [11] After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was named Commander in Chief of the U.S Pacific Fleet (Chester) Nimitz Hugh Will	$1,000 [5] Russian composer of "Rhapsody on a Theme by Pagnini" who became a U.S. cit. just before his death in 1943 Rachmaninoff Marilyn	DD $1,100 [19] State in which you'd find 3,290-foot Mount Oglethorpe Georgia Will	DD $1,200 [20] General Telephone added "Electronics" to its name after acquiring this light bulb company in 1959 Sylvania Will	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

QUOTES OF THE 1960s

He once told Newsweek, "I have no country. For me a country is just a place to dance"

Nureyev

Marilyn "Who was Nureyev?" — wagered $1,500

Will "Who is ?" — wagered $2,200

Hugh "Who is ?" — wagered $1,600

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