Show #1373 1990-07-18 (taped 1990-02-27) Seniors Tournament

1990 Seniors Tournament semifinal game 3.

Contestants

Margot Cameron — a junior high school teacher originally from Kimberly, Nevada

Bob Carman — an education administrator and editor from Easton, Pennsylvania

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

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Hank	$2,400	$2,500	$5,400	$10,800 Finalist	$6,400 17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Bob	$400	$2,400	$7,800	$4,799 2nd place: $5,000	$7,600 21 R (including 1 DD), 7 W
Margot	$0	$1,700	$2,900	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$2,900 12 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

MAMMALS	FILMS OF THE '40s	HOUSTON	FASHION HISTORY	THE BIBLE	GILBERT & SULLIVAN
$100 [1] This bear has hair on the soles of its feet to protect it from the cold & facilitate movement on ice the polar bear Hank	$100 [14] In 1943 Claude Rains played this title character who lived in the sewers under the Paris Opera House the Phantom of the Opera Bob	$100 [24] It's officially known as the Harris County Domed Stadium the Astrodome Margot	$100 [18] An ornamental cap often worn by brides was named for this Shakespearean ingénue the Juliet Margot	$100 [7] In the Bible you didn't just put these on, you "girded" them on, as David did in I Samuel 25:13 swords Bob	$100 [26] Gilbert hired a geisha girl to help at rehearsals for this operetta The Mikado Hank Margot
$200 [2] African & Sumatran types of rhinos have 2 of these; the Indian & Javan have only 1 a horn Hank	$200 [6] This 1945 film, based on a novel by James M. Cain, earned Joan Crawford a career boost & her only Oscar Mildred Pierce Margot	$200 [15] The annual Offshore Technology Conference is the world's largest show for this industry oil drilling Bob	$200 [20] In 1988 a pair of 49-year-old sequined shoes once worn by this star was auctioned off for $165,000 Judy Garland Margot	$200 [8] He's said to have been the oldest person who ever lived, reaching the age of 969 Methuselah Bob	$200 [27] Because Gilbert had ridiculed some British institutions, only Sullivan was knighted by this queen Victoria Margot
$300 [3] World Book says the flesh of these bony-plated mammals is good to eat the armadillo Bob	$300 [9] Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell & Ann Sothern played the 3 wives in the title of this 1949 film A Letter to Three Wives Margot	$300 [16] Named for a person, not a crop, this university was tuition-free until 1965 Rice Bob	$300 [21] Some nuns still wear these headcloths drawn in folds about the chin, popular during the Middle Ages a wimple Margot	$300 [10] It wasn't the name of just one king but a dynasty that ruled in the Holy Land in New Testament times Herod Margot	—
$400 [4] Native to Africa, this nocturnal mammal that feasts on ants is the only living member of its order the aardvark Bob Margot	$400 [12] He was a well-respected actor in England before taking his 1st U.S. role in "Anna & the King of Siam" Rex Harrison Hank Margot	$400 [17] A 570-foot tall monument marks the spot where Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna in this 1836 battle the Battle of San Jacinto Margot	$400 [22] In the 1770s a fashionable one might reach 3 ft. in height & be adorned with a ship in full sail a wig (hairdo) Bob	$400 [11] The three languages in which Pilate wrote "Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews" on the cross at the crucifixion Latin, Greek & Aramaic Bob	—
$500 [5] The horny substance most large whales use to filter food from the sea is called this baleen Hank	DD $1,200 [13] Murder mystery whose theme, written over a weekend by D. Raskin, was thefollowing: [Instrumental music plays] Laura Hank	$500 [23] The Houston ship channel linking the city with this bay has made Houston the USA's third busiest port Galveston Bay Bob	$500 [25] Knights wore jambeaux, also called greaves, on this part of the body the legs Bob	$500 [19] Psalms has the most chapters, 150, & this prophetic book is second with 66 Isaiah Margot	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD	COLONIAL AMERICA	LITERARY QUOTES	POTLUCK	ARCHITECTURE	CRIME
$200 [2] Francois Mitterrand & Msgr. Joan Marti y Alanis are co-princes of this country in the Pyrenees Andorra Hank	$200 [1] This college was founded in Connecticut in 1701 to counter the liberalism of Harvard Yale Hank	$200 [15] "Poor people know poor people, & rich people know rich people," he wrote in "Act One" Moss Hart Hank	$200 [20] A Mouseketeer is a sweet little kid, & a muscatel is a sweet little one of these a wine Bob	$400 [25] The Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York was designed by this Chinese-American I.M. Pei Hank	$400 [21] Attorney who defended Dr. Sam Sheppard, Patty Hearst & the Boston Strangler F. Lee Bailey Hank
$400 [3] This nation's land area includes the Jutland Peninsula & 482 islands Denmark Hank	$400 [7] A pillory locked a criminal's arms & head between 2 boards; this device held the legs the stocks Bob	$400 [11] "I write from the worm's-eye point of view," said this WWII correspondent who was killed by Japanese fire Ernie Pyle Hank	$400 [16] In "Fugue For Tinhorns", a song from this musical, Paul Revere is the name of a horse Guys and Dolls Hank Bob	$800 [27] The tallest surviving Mayan pyramid is in this country, Mexico's neighbor Guatemala Hank Bob	$600 [22] National detective agency founded in 1850 whose motto is "We Never Sleep" the Pinkertons Bob
$600 [4] 7 Trucial states merged in the early 1970s to form this independent country the United Arab Emirates Hank Bob	$600 [8] In 1626 this Dutch governor bought Manhattan from the Indians using trinkets worth about 60 guilders Peter Minuit Bob	$600 [12] "It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others," he wrote in "The Little Prince" Saint-Exupéry Bob	$600 [17] A mournful poem composed to lament someone who has died an elegy (*a dirge) Hank Bob Margot	$1,000 [26] In the early 1700s Sir J. Vanbrugh designed this palace in Oxfordshire for the Duke of Marlborough Blenheim Palace Bob	$800 [23] Netting only £62,000 from a 1962 London airport holdup, the same gang carried out this job in 1963 the Great Train Robbery Bob
$800 [5] 8 of the 10 highest mountains in the Andes are located in this Atlantic coast country Argentina Margot	$800 [9] This document bound the 41 signatories in a "civil body politick" to enact "just and equall lawes" the Mayflower Compact Hank Bob	DD $1,000 [13] Poet who wrote of his friend John Keats, "I weep for Adonais--he is dead!" Shelley Bob	$800 [18] American William Walker conquered & became president of this Central American country in 1856 Nicaragua Bob	—	$1,000 [24] Last name of Albert, Lord High Executioner of Murder, Inc., who was gunned down in a barbershop in 1957 Anastasia Bob
$1,000 [6] This country's chief seaport was named for an Indian chief, Guaya, & his wife, Quila Ecuador Margot	DD $1,700 [10] By 1775 it was the second largest city in the British Empire Philadelphia Hank	$1,000 [14] In "Negro" this poet wrote, "I am...black as the night is black, black like the depths of my Africa." Langston Hughes Bob	$1,000 [19] In the 17th century this English physician discovered how blood circulates in the human body (William) Harvey Bob	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

FIRST LADIES

The two 20th century first ladies whose first name was Elizabeth

Ford & Truman

Margot "Who was Wilson & Truman" — wagered $2,900

Hank "Who are Ford & Truman" — wagered $5,400

Bob "Who were Taft & Coo" — wagered $3,001

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