1991 Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 4.
Mary Webster — a Social Security quality assessor from Los Angeles, California
Nancy Pearson — a fashion consultant from Encinitas, California
Babs McClellan — an art student from Clearwater, Florida
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babs | $2,000 | $3,500 | $11,000 |
$12,000
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$11,300
28 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nancy | $500 | $1,200 | $3,800 |
$7,600
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$4,300
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mary | $500 | $1,900 | $7,700 |
$15,400
Automatic semifinalist |
$7,700
13 R, 0 W |
| 1981 | CLICHÉS | BODIES OF WATER | POTENT POTABLES | TRANSPORTATION | CLASSIC COMEDY TEAMS |
|
$100
[16]
New President Reagan put a glass jar full of this candy on the cabinet room table
Jelly Bellies
Nancy
|
$100
[6]
A person who is well off lives "in the lap of" this
luxury
Nancy
|
$100
[24]
Located near Guadalajara, Chapala is this country's largest lake
Mexico
Babs
|
$100
[1]
As you might expect, you need 1 1/2 ounces of this liquor to make a shillelagh
Irish whiskey
Babs
|
$100
[11]
The Arabian type of this can carry up to 600 pounds on its back
a camel
Mary
|
$100
[13]
Their real first names were Leonard, Arthur, Julius, Herbert & Milton
the Marx Brothers
Nancy
|
|
$200
[17]
Her engagement was announced February 24, she wed July 29, & was expecting in October
Princess Diana
Babs
|
$200
[7]
Adults warn children to be on their best behavior by telling them to "mind" these 2 letters
your "P"s & "Q"s
Nancy
|
$200
[27]
This Canadian bay covers more than 3 times the area of all the Great Lakes combined
Hudson Bay
Babs
|
$200
[2]
A fallen angel cocktail calls for lemon juice or this juice
lime juice
Babs
|
$200
[12]
More than 15 million of these cars were sold before they were discontinued in 1927
the Model T
Nancy
|
$300
[15]
They were regulars on Rudy Vallee's radio show before getting their own show, knock wood
Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy
Babs
|
|
$300
[18]
They were released the day Ronald Reagan took office January 20, 1981
the Iranian hostages (the U.S. hostages in Iran)
Nancy
|
$300
[8]
The phrase "to" do this "by a thread" alludes to the legendary sword of damocles
to hang by a thread
Nancy
|
$300
[30]
From Paris, the Seine River flows to Le Havre, where it empties into this body of water
the English Channel
Babs
Nancy
|
$300
[3]
Of single sec, double sec or triple sec, the one you're likely to find in a margarita
triple sec
Babs
|
$300
[21]
This Soviet national airline has the largest fleet of planes in the world
Aeroflot
Nancy
|
$400
[22]
Pianner man with Clayton & Jackson
Durante
Nancy
|
|
$400
[19]
The Writers Guild of America, PATCO & the Major League Baseball players, to name 3 groups
went on strike in 1981
Babs
|
$400
[9]
To be active in many endeavors is to "have a finger in every" one of these desserts
pies
Babs
|
$400
[29]
The Greek islands of Lesbos & Samothrace are in this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean
the Aegean
Mary
|
$400
[4]
In the name of a gin cocktail, this ordinal number precedes "heaven"
7th
Nancy
Mary
|
$400
[25]
During the Civil War they were used to direct cannon fire & to report troop movements
balloons
Nancy
|
DD
$500
[14]
They were married in 1926 in real life but not until the '40s on their radio show
Gracie Allen & George Burns
Nancy
|
|
$500
[20]
Husband & wife historians who died within 2 weeks of each other in 1981
Will & Ariel Durant
Babs
|
$500
[10]
If you're very frightened or anxious, you "have your heart in" this body part
your mouth
Babs
|
$500
[28]
There's no oxygen below 510 ft. in the center of this sea the Russians call Chernoye More
the Black Sea
Babs
|
$500
[5]
The apricot flavor of this liquor is one of the main ingredients in a fairy belle cocktail
brandy
Babs
|
$500
[26]
The autogiro is considered a predecessor of this aircraft
a helicopter
Mary
|
$500
[23]
Clark had McCullough & Smith had him
Dale
Mary
|
| FICTIONAL CHARACTERS | MONTHS | ANATOMY | SOUTH DAKOTA | FAMOUS NAMES | COMPLETES THE PLAY TITLE |
|
$200
[2]
He's Bertie Wooster's impeccable butler
Jeeves
Nancy
|
$200
[19]
In Spanish this month is Julio
July
Babs
|
$200
[16]
By the time of birth, this tube connecting the fetus to the placenta is about 2 feet long
the umbilical cord
Nancy
|
$200
[17]
The land that is South Dakota was acquired by the U.S. in this 1803 deal
the Louisiana Purchase
Mary
|
$200
[11]
The total value of his inventions before his death in 1931 was estimated to be at least $15 billion
Edison
Babs
|
$200
[1]
"You Can't Take It..."
with You
Babs
|
|
$400
[7]
In "Breakfast at Tiffany's" she gets mixed up with a criminal named Sally Tomato
Holly Golightly
Babs
|
$400
[20]
Back in the 16th century, Thomas Tusser associated these 2 months with showers & flowers
April & May
Babs
|
$400
[24]
The three main types of these are smooth, skeletal & cardiac
muscles
Mary
|
$400
[18]
With about 8,000, South Dakota has more of these bearded beasts than any other state
bison
Babs
|
$400
[12]
After capturing the tea market, he set out to capture the America's Cup but lost 5 times
(Sir Thomas) Lipton
Babs
|
$400
[3]
"Suddenly Last..."
Summer
Babs
|
|
$600
[8]
In a Mark Twain novel, it's the nickname of lawyer David Wilson
Pudd'nhead
Nancy
|
$800
[22]
Columbus left Palos, Spain on his 1st voyage in this month, arriving in the New World 2 months later
August
|
$600
[25]
The atria comprise the upper chambers of the heart & these comprise the lower
ventricles
Mary
|
$600
[27]
Harney Peak, the highest point in the state, is in these hills
the Black Hills
Babs
|
$600
[13]
In 1926 he became Spain's youngest general
Franco
Nancy
|
$600
[4]
"The Barretts of..."
Wimpole Street
Babs
|
|
$800
[9]
This H.G. Wells novel ends with Griffin slowly materializing upon the ground
The Invisible Man
Babs
|
$1,000
[23]
Burns wrote, "O, my luve is like a red, red, rose, that's newly sprung in" this month
June
Mary
|
$800
[26]
Each pair of ribs is joined at the back of the rib cage to one of these bones in the spine
a vertebrae
Babs
|
$800
[28]
This national memorial in South Dakota is also called the "Shrine of Democracy"
Mount Rushmore
Babs
|
$800
[14]
One of Charles Darwin's grandfathers was this maker of fine English jasperware
Wedgwood
Mary
|
$800
[5]
"The Imaginary..."
Invalid
Mary
|
|
$1,000
[10]
In books by B. Malamud, Frank Alpine is "The Assistant" & ballplayer Roy Hobbs is this
The Natural
Nancy
|
DD
$1,500
[21]
Joseph Stalin & Julius Caesar both died in this month
March
Babs
|
$1,000
[30]
This small, pear-shaped pouch beneath the liver can store up to 2 ounces of bile at one time
the gallbladder
Mary
|
DD
$1,200
[29]
The state casts this many electoral votes, the fewest a state can have
3
Babs
|
$1,000
[15]
In "Thus Spake Zarathustra" he discusses the concept of the "superman"
(Fried) Nietzsche
Mary
|
$1,000
[6]
"Knickerbocker..."
Holiday
Babs
|
The only real-life couple Astaire & Rogers played in their 10 films together was this dance team
Vernon & Irene Castle