Show #1370 1990-07-13 (taped 1990-02-26) Seniors Tournament

1990 Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Bernard Kiernan — a college professor from Middleton, West Virginia

Hank D'Angelo — a retired Army officer originally from Brooklyn, New York

Louise Clemens — a retired registered nurse originally from Connecticut

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Louise	$1,200	$2,800	$3,800	$1,800 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$3,800 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Hank	$400	$2,100	$9,300	$13,000 Automatic semifinalist	$8,100 21 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Bernard	$900	$1,700	$8,500	$10,000 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$7,300 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

IN THE NEWS	MOVIE TRIVIA	THE WHITE HOUSE	NORTH AMERICA	SIGNS & SYMBOLS	BOB HOPE
$100 [24] This totalitarian leader & his wife, Elena, were executed in Romania on Christmas Day '89 the Ceausescus Hank	$100 [1] When this 1939 film was re-issued in 1968, it ranked No. 3 for the year at the box office Gone with the Wind Hank	$100 [15] Shape shared by the Blue Room & a famous office oval Hank	$100 [20] The smallest carnivore on the continent is a member of this family, Pop the weasel Hank	$100 [21] The year that in Roman numerals is MCMXC 1990 Hank	$100 [10] It was during this war that Bob began his overseas trips to entertain the troops World War II Bernard
$200 [25] The 707 currently used as Air Force One is being replaced by a modified version of this Boeing jet the 747 Hank	$200 [6] George Lucas founded the special effects co. Industrial Light & Magic after making this 1977 sci-fi film Star Wars Bernard	$200 [16] Gilbert Stuart's famous portrait of G. Washington dominates this room which has a "directional" name the East Room Hank	$200 [2] Popocatepetl & Ixtacihutatl peaks, both more than 17,000 feet high, tower above this capital city Mexico City Bernard	$200 [22] In astronomy a darkened circle indicates the moon is in this phase New Moon	$200 [11] It precedes "Of sunburns at the shore, nights in Singapore..." "Thanks For The Memory" Louise
$300 [26] Mary Xinh Nguyen won this company's "Unforgettable Woman of 1989" grand prize Revlon	$300 [7] Robert Cremer's biography of this horror star was subtitled "The Man Behind the Cape" Bela Lugosi Louise	$300 [17] The first pres. to do this in the White House was G. Cleveland; he did it in the Blue Room with Frances Folsom get married Louise	$300 [3] The Field Museum of Natural History in this city is one of the largest of its kind Chicago Hank	$300 [23] From the Greek for a "small star", it's a small, starlike symbol used in writing & printing an asterisk Bernard	$300 [12] Referring to an early stab at this sport, Bob said, "I was the only (one)...who was carried both ways" boxing Louise
$400 [29] Zita, last reigning empress of this dynasty, died in Switzerland & was buried in Vienna in 1989 the Hapsburgs Louise	$400 [8] Bill Haley & His Comets' "Rock Around The Clock" served as the theme of this Glenn Ford movie Blackboard Jungle Louise	$400 [18] The Emancipation Proclamation was signed in the room now known by this name the Lincoln Room Hank	$400 [4] The name of this NW river was taken from an animal associated with the Shoshone Indians the Snake Bernard	$400 [27] The international traffic sign for "Yield" is in this shape triangle Louise	$400 [13] According to the title of his 1963 book, Bob owed this country $1200 Russia
$500 [30] In late 1989 & early 1990 Redoubt Volcano in this state came back to life after 25 dormant years Alaska Hank	DD $500 [9] In this 1944 film Lauren Bacall asked Bogie, "You know how to whistle, don't you Steve?" To Have and Have Not Louise	$500 [19] The Green Room is decorated in this style popular between 1800 & 1814 the Federal Style	$500 [5] The highest motor-traffic tunnel in the world is just west of this city Denver, Colorado Louise	$500 [28] In physics the speed of light is symbolized by this small letter c Bernard	$500 [14] In the early '50s Bob was one of many hosts of this company's TV "Comedy Hour" Colgate Louise

Double Jeopardy! Round

AUTHORS	NEW ORLEANS	THE PLANETS	WORLD HISTORY	LATIN PHRASES	ODDS & ENDS
$200 [2] This member of the Sitwell family wrote "I Live under a Black Sun", a novel about Jonathan Swift Edith Hank	$200 [19] "Crescent City", New Orleans' nickname, comes from the sharp bend in this river at the French Quarter the Mississippi River Bernard	$200 [20] The mass of this planet is more than twice that of all other planets in our solar system combined Jupiter Hank	$200 [1] Nomadic tribe that subjugated the Ostrogoths & routed the Visigoths but lost power when Attila died the Huns Louise Bernard	$200 [12] The English translation of "Ave Maria" Hail Mary Hank	$200 [30] A plaza de los toros is a stadium used for this sport bullfighting Bernard
$400 [6] His incarceration in a POW camp in Singapore during WWII inspired him to write "King Rat" James Clavell Bernard	$400 [26] The 27-story Louisiana Superdome is home to the Sugar Bowl & this NFL team the New Orleans Saints Bernard	$400 [21] This planet's reddish hue comes from the oxidized iron on its surface Mars Bernard	$400 [4] Between 1776 & 1924 this country took in over 35 million immigrants the U.S.A. Hank	$400 [3] Abbreviated M.O. by the police, it's a criminal's method of operation modus operandi Bernard	$400 [13] Oops, a recent ad for Virginia Slims moved the 1906 earthquake & fire in this city to 1902 San Francisco Hank
$600 [16] Female novelist playwright who wrote the 1941 novel "Saratoga Trunk" Edna Ferber Hank	$600 [27] During the 7-Years' War, France ceded the territory which included New Orleans to this country Spain Louise Hank	$600 [22] Its 7,500-mile diameter is only slightly less than that of the Earth Venus Bernard	$600 [7] The British were able to fend off the Germans in the Battle of Britain thanks to this warning device radar Bernard	$600 [5] When he defeated Pharnaces II at Zela, Caesar said, "Veni, vidi, vici," which means this "I came, I saw, I conquered" Louise	$600 [14] When artist Robert Indiana put this word on a 1972 U.S. stamp, he put 2 of its letters on top of the other 2 love Hank
$800 [17] "Night and Day" was the second novel by this distaff member of the Bloomsbury Group Virginia Woolf Louise	$800 [28] The H. S. Newcomb Memorial College for Women is affiliated with this New Orleans university Tulane Bernard	$800 [23] This planet's moon Titan was the first moon discovered to have a permanent atmosphere Saturn Bernard	$1,000 [9] When it gained independence in 1975, it became the smallest independent country in South America Suriname Hank	$1,000 [11] In "Dead Poets Society" Robin Williams used the phrase "Carpe diem," which means this seize the day Hank Bernard	$800 [15] In 1990 Procter & Gamble made 1,101 of these that could sink, & finding one could be worth $100,000 bars of Ivory soap Bernard
$1,000 [18] English-born woman whose novels include "This Side of Innocence" & "The Devil's Advocate" Taylor Caldwell	$1,000 [29] This jazz clarinetist has his own nightclub in the Hilton Hotel Pete Fountain Louise Bernard	$1,000 [24] The letter H, for William Herschel, is used in a symbol representing this planet Uranus Bernard	DD $2,000 [8] When the French monarchy was restored after Napoleon, this king took power Louis XVIII Bernard	DD $2,000 [10] In 800 Alcuin wrote to Charlemagne, "Vox Populi Vox Dei," "Voice of the people, voice of God" Hank	$1,000 [25] It's the fear of spiders arachnophobia Louise

Final Jeopardy!

WEAPONS

In the Civil War contact mines, like the ones that didn't slow Farragut in Mobile Bay, were called this

torpedos

Louise "What were" — wagered $2,000

Bernard "What are torpedos" — wagered $1,500

Hank "What are torpedoes?" — wagered $3,700

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