Show #1598 1991-07-10 (taped 1991-03-25) Seniors Tournament

1991 Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Val Sullivan — a retired history teacher from Brooklyn, New York

Lou Pryor — an attorney from New Canaan, Connecticut

Bill Lyons — a marine consultant from San Francisco, California

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bill $-100 $1,100 $3,500 $0
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$3,500
13 R, 2 W
Lou $1,600 $3,900 $9,700 $10,200
Automatic semifinalist
$9,700
20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Val $2,400 $3,200 $9,000 $10,000
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$8,800
21 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

STATE CAPITALS SINGERS FURNITURE TV SPORTS WORLD LEADERS ASTROLOGY
$100 [1]
According to the 1990 Census, this Missouri capital has a population of just 35,481
Jefferson City
Val
$100 [6]
This star of "Your Hit Parade" got his nickname from the Irving Berlin song "Snooky-Ookums"
Snooky Lanson
Val
$100 [26]
Your whole collection of wearing apparel, or a tall piece of furniture where you might keep it
a wardrobe
Lou
$100 [11]
He was "The Mouth" of "Monday Night Football" until he retired in 1984
Howard Cosell
Lou
$100 [21]
Commander of the Egyptian Air Force from 1972-75, he became president in 1981
(Hosni) Mubarak
Bill
$100 [16]
People born under this "bullish" sign don't just bellow: many of them are fine singers
Taurus
Bill
$200 [2]
Pari-mutuel dog racing is held at this city's Mile High Kennel Club
Denver
Lou
$200 [7]
This "Vagabond Lover" kept his love letters from Alice Faye, Hedy Lamarr & Dorothy Lamour in a safe
Rudy Vallee
Val
$200 [27]
A bergere is an upholstered one of these, usually with a cushioned seat
a chair
$200 [12]
Jim McKay ABC series that shows "the thrill of victory" & "the agony of defeat"
Wide World of Sports
Val
$200 [22]
Queen Elizabeth II recently bestowed upon this former prime minister the Order of Merit
(Margaret) Thatcher
Bill
$200 [17]
This sign is identified with the ram that carried Phrixus across the Hellespont to Colchis
Aries
Bill
$300 [3]
It was chosen capital in 1824 because it was located between St. Augustine & Pensacola, 2 earlier capitals
Tallahassee
Bill
$400 [9]
Her rendition of "Misty" earned her the nickname "Misty Miss Christy"
June Christy
$300 [28]
A psyche is a cheval type of one of these & can be tilted backward or forward
a mirror
Bill
$300 [13]
"TODAY" he's a host, but his "Baseball World" show won a Peabody Award in 1973
Joe Garagiola
Lou
$300 [23]
In 1988 he celebrated his 35th anniversary as king of Jordan
(King) Hussein
Lou
$300 [18]
Perhaps appropriately, this quick-tempered sign is symbolized by an animal that stings it prey
Scorpio
Bill
$400 [4]
Founded in 1851 as Eagle Station, it served as a stop for those passing over the nearby Sierra Nevadas
Carson City
Bill Val
DD $500 [8]
He sobbed his way to stardom in the '50s with thefollowing: "If your sweetheart sends a..."
Johnny Ray
Val
$400 [29]
A desk with a small bookcase on top, or an office worker
a secretary
Lou
$400 [14]
Sport you'll see if you watch NBC's late-night specials, "Saturday Night's Main Event"
wrestling
Val
$400 [24]
During most of WWII, these leaders were known as "The Big 3"
Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin
Val
$400 [19]
Sagittarians are ruled by this planet named for the king of the gods
Jupiter
Val
$500 [5]
You'll find the Governor Alfred E. Smith State Office Building in this capital
Albany
Lou
$500 [10]
This Peruvian known for her incredible range claims to be descended from Inca kings
Yma Sumac
Lou
$500 [30]
The simple, austere furniture produced by this celibate sect was usually made of maple
Shaker (Shakers)
Lou
$500 [15]
Thousands protested in 1968 when NBC left a Jets-Raiders game to telecast this kids' special
Heidi
Val
$500 [25]
In 1989, after a showdown with his cabinet, he stepped down as president of South Africa
(Pieter) Botha
Lou
$500 [20]
This sign is represented by a maiden carrying a sheaf of wheat
Virgo
Lou

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR PUBLISHING FLOWERS SCIENTISTS ORGANIZATIONS FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
$200 [2]
He took a cut in rank from major general in the U.S. Army to brigadier general in the British army
Benedict Arnold
Lou
$200 [20]
Using 100 million pounds of paper a year, this federal agency is the world's largest printer under one roof
the Government Printing Office
Val
$200 [26]
The scientific name for this flower is "Lilium tigrinium"
the tiger lily
Bill
$200 [16]
This chemist's research into ascorbic acid led to the 1970 book "Vitamin C and the Common Cold"
Linus Pauling
Bill
$200 [11]
Watson's Erroneous Deductions is 1 of many societies devoted to this fictional partner of Watson
Sherlock Holmes
Val
$200 [1]
This title of this highest priest of Tibet translates to "ocean chief"
the Dalai Lama
Val
$400 [3]
His family believed this American spy, disguised as a schoolmaster, was betrayed by a relative
Nathan Hale
Bill
$400 [21]
The feature section of this city's Daily News is called "Yo!"
Philadelphia
$400 [27]
This bell-shaped flower of the primrose family is found in red, white, blue & of course, "scarlet"
the pimpernel
$400 [17]
When he entered the Augustinian monastery at Brunn in 1843, he added Gregor to his given name, Johann
Mendel
Val
$400 [12]
In 1962 Cuba was suspended from this union of Western Hemisphere nations
the Organization of American States
Bill
$400 [7]
You don't have to speak Yiddish to know it means "a gossipy woman"
a yenta
Val
$600 [4]
Parliament didn't repeal all of the Townshend Acts in 1770, if left this tax in place
the tax on tea
Val
$600 [22]
In 1914 publisher Conde Nast started this pattern company, named for a magazine he already owned
Vogue
Lou
$600 [28]
Despite the nursery rhyme, it's neither blue, "Dilly Dilly", nor green; it's pale purple
a lavender
Lou
$600 [18]
At the time of his death in 1727, this English physicist held the post of Master of the Mint
Newton
Val
$600 [13]
When founded in London in 1855, the YWCA sought to find housing for nurses returning from this war
the Crimean War
Val
$600 [8]
Russian for a three-horse sled, it's also three ideas represented metaphorically
a troika
Lou
$800 [5]
In a July 6, 1775 declaration, this body still hoped for a reconciliation, not a split
the 2nd Continental Congress
Val
DD $800 [23]
In 1954 he became CEO of Harcourt Brace, in 1970 his name was added to the firm's
(William) Jovanovich
Lou
$800 [29]
This colorful violet has been called the "flower with a face"
the pansy
$800 [19]
In 1899 he claimed his 20-million volt "coil" passed current around the world sufficient to light 200 lamps
(Nikola) Tesla
Bill Lou
$800 [14]
Composer Victor Herbert was among those who founded this music licensing association in 1914
ASCAP
Val
DD $800 [9]
Gilbert & Sullivan fans know Japanese emperors once had this title meaning "exalted gate"
mikado
Lou
$1,000 [6]
The Civil War featured the Monitor vs the Merrimack, the Revolution, the H.M.S Serapis vs this ship
the Bonhomme Richard
Lou
$1,000 [24]
The Hearst Corporation still owns this West Coast paper, the first in William's empire
the San Francisco Examiner
Val
$1,000 [30]
In a poem by Walt Whitman, type of flowers that "last in the dooryard bloom'd"
lilacs
Lou
$1,000 [25]
This Frenchman's 1857 paper "On Lactic Fermentation" put forth his germ theory of disease
Louis Pasteur
Bill
$1,000 [15]
This association, noted for its Christmas Seal campaign, was founded in 1904 to combat tuberculosis
the American Lung Association
Bill
$1,000 [10]
We often use this French word for "surroundings" to describe a restaurant's atmosphere
ambience
Lou

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN AUTHORS

A 40-year old widower, he was engaged to remarry when he died mysteriously in Baltimore in 1849

Edgar Allan Poe

Bill "Who was Stephen Foster" — wagered $3,500
Val "Who is EA Poe" — wagered $1,000
Lou "Who is E.A.Poe?" — wagered $500

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