1991 Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 3.
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
| 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 |
| 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
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$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
|
| 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
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$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
|
A 40-year old widower, he was engaged to remarry when he died mysteriously in Baltimore in 1849
Edgar Allan Poe