1990 Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 2.
Arnold Yellin — a manufacturer from Chicago, Illinois
Cecelia Moore — a teacher from San Pedro, California
Marge Mayer — a real estate property manager from Orange County, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marge | $1,100 | $1,600 | $1,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$1,900
12 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Cecelia | $700 | $1,500 | $10,400 |
$13,400
Automatic semifinalist |
$10,900
22 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Arnold | $1,200 | $2,500 | $6,700 |
$2,700
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$6,700
18 R, 1 W |
| FAMOUS NAMES | HUMOROUS QUOTES | TELEVISION | NIAGARA FALLS | POTPOURRI | SING-ALONG SONGS |
|
$100
[9]
Her name was Goldie Myerson before she Hebraized it to this
Golda Meir
Marge
Arnold
|
$100
[8]
Oscar Wilde said, "I like men who have a future and women who have" this
a past
Cecelia
|
$100
[6]
"Dynasty" character who's been married to Blake Carrington, Cecil Colby & "Dex" Dexter
Alexis
Marge
|
$100
[1]
Cities named Niagara Falls are opposite each other in this state & province
New York & Ontario
Marge
|
$100
[14]
Field in which the name Georges-Auguste Escoffier is legendary
cooking
Cecelia
|
$100
[26]
"Oh! How we" did this "on the night we were wed"
dance
Cecelia
|
|
$200
[10]
This British ruler sponsored a translation of the Bible that now bears his name
King James I
Marge
|
$200
[17]
P.T. Barnum once punned, "Every crowd has a silver" one of these
a lining
Marge
|
$200
[7]
On TV, Timothy Hutton's father, Jim, played this detective created by Frederic Dannay & Manfred Lee
Ellery Queen
Arnold
|
$200
[2]
These can be viewed from behind in the Cave of the Winds
the American Falls
Marge
|
$200
[15]
Scientists say in the Devonean Period, 350 mil. years ago, the length of this was about 22 hours
a day
Arnold
|
$200
[27]
Girl who'll "look sweet, on the seat, of a bicycle built for two"
Daisy
Marge
|
|
$300
[11]
On March 24, 1958 he became Army G.I. No. 53310761
Elvis Presley
Arnold
|
$300
[18]
Thomas A, Edision quipped, "When down in the mouth, remember" this biblical prophet, "He came out all right."
Jonah
Marge
|
$300
[19]
Actress who's starred as Coretta King, Marva Collins, Harriet Tubman & Jane Pittman
Cicely Tyson
Cecelia
|
$300
[3]
Experts figure in about 25,000 years the falls will cut all the way back to this lake, their source
Lake Erie
Marge
|
$300
[16]
In 1980, 6 others were tried with this group that supported Mao, making a total of 10
the Gang of Four
|
DD
$700
[28]
Title of thefollowing, 1950's biggest hit: "Last Saturday night I got married / Me and my wife settle down / Now me and my wife are parted / I'm gonna take another stroll downtown"
"Goodnight, Irene"
Marge
|
|
$400
[12]
He was killed in his red Fokker plane near Amiens, France
the Red Baron
Marge
|
$400
[22]
U.S. Grant said, "I only know 2 tunes; one of them is" this patriotic ditty "and the other isn't."
"Yankee Doodle"
Cecelia
|
$400
[20]
In the 1950s Sherman Billingsley was host as well as owner of this elegant Manhattan "Club"
the Stork Club
Arnold
|
$400
[4]
To keep up the spectacle there's a limit on the water that can be diverted into these plants
the electric generating plants
Arnold
|
$400
[24]
Gasohol is a 9-to-1 mixture of gasoline with either ethanol or this other type of alcohol
methyl alcohol
Arnold
|
— |
|
$500
[13]
His father, a violinist, was a founder of the Bombay String Quartet & Bombay Symphony
Zubin Mehta
Cecelia
|
$500
[23]
Paraphrasing Shakespeare, Dorothy Parker called it "the soul of lingerie"
brevity
Marge
|
$500
[21]
Jon Hall was this character "of the Jungle", whose name meant "white medicine man"
Ramar
|
$500
[5]
The tourist boats that go around the pool at the base of the falls are all named this
the Maids of the Mist
Marge
|
$500
[25]
Olympic sport in which opponents face each other on a measured strip called a piste
fencing
Arnold
|
— |
| MAGAZINES | THE 1980s | ARTISTS | GRAMMAR | ANATOMY | THE SOUTH |
|
$200
[7]
In 1941 a "Guaranty Seal" replaced this magazine's "Seal of Approval"
Good Housekeeping
Arnold
|
$200
[26]
After victory in this 1982 war, Margaret Thatcher said, "Those islands belong to us."
the Falkland Islands
Cecelia
|
$200
[12]
This artist's "Manao Tupapau" depicts a superstitious Tahitian girl terrified of a dead spirit
Gauguin
Cecelia
|
$200
[1]
The 2 voices in English grammar are active & this
passive
Arnold
|
$200
[6]
Because it contains no nerves, it doesn't hurt the baby or mother when it's cut
the umbilical cord
Arnold
|
$200
[21]
You can see gators jumping for food at the Gator Jumparoo Show at Kissimmee in this state
Florida
Arnold
|
|
$400
[8]
This humor magazine's price is "$1.75 cheap"
Mad
Marge
|
$400
[27]
On September 1, 1983 the Soviets shot down this airline's flight 007
Korean Air Lines
Cecelia
|
$400
[13]
Augustus John's portrait of this man in a kaffiyeh headdress looks a lot like Peter O'Toole
Lawrence of Arabia
Cecelia
|
$400
[2]
The 3 interrogative pronouns are which, what & this one
who
Marge
Cecelia
|
$400
[17]
The waterproof layer of your skin
the epidermis
Arnold
|
$400
[22]
Of all the southern states, this one is first alphabetically
Alabama
Marge
|
|
$600
[9]
Founded by DeWitt Wallace as a reprint magazine, it began printing some original material in 1930
Reader's Digest
Cecelia
|
$600
[28]
This author's novel, "The Garden of Eden" was published in 1986, 25 years after his death
Ernest Hemingway
|
$600
[14]
His "Burial of the Conde de Orgaz" pictured his son & members of Toledan society
El Greco
Cecelia
|
DD
$500
[5]
English has 6 tenses: present, past, future & these 3
present perfect, past perfect & future perfect
Cecelia
|
$600
[18]
The leg proper is only the segment between the ankle & this
the knee
Arnold
|
$600
[23]
You might say Avery Island is one of Louisiana's hot spots; it's the home of this famous hot sauce
Tabasco
Cecelia
|
|
$800
[10]
Time Inc.'s 2nd successful magazine was this business publication which debuted in 1930
Fortune
Marge
Arnold
|
$800
[29]
"Energy Turns the World" was the theme of this Tennessee city's World's Fair which opened in '82
Knoxville
Cecelia
|
$800
[15]
His art can be divided into Paris, Arles, & Saint-Remy periods
van Gogh
Cecelia
|
$600
[3]
A complex sentence contains 1 or more dependent ones
a clause
Arnold
|
$800
[19]
Blood enters this organ through the hepatic artery
the liver
Cecelia
|
$800
[24]
It's Virginia's state flower & its state tree; we assume its bark is worse than its bite
the dogwood
Cecelia
|
|
$1,000
[11]
It calls itself "The International Magazine of Fine Interior Design"
Architectural Digest
Cecelia
Arnold
|
$1,000
[30]
The 1981 Oscar ceremonies were postponed from March 30th to the 31st due to this
the attempted assassination of President Reagan
Cecelia
Arnold
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
He painted "Fog Warning" & other seascapes after moving to a lonely point on the Maine coast
Winslow Homer
Cecelia
|
$800
[4]
A participle is a verb form used at this part of speech without losing its character as a verb
an adjective
Cecelia
|
$1,000
[20]
You don't need stones in the gall bladder or kidneys; you do need the otoliths, stones in these
the ear
Arnold
|
$1,000
[25]
This state's largest lake, Lake Sidney Lanier, is named for a poet & native son
Georgia
|
President with the most recent birth date
Jimmy Carter