1991 Seniors Tournament semifinal game 2.
Henry Wold — a retired Marine Corps officer from Darien, Connecticut
Val Sullivan — a retired history teacher from Brooklyn, New York
Mary Webster — a Social Security quality assessor from Los Angeles, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary | $600 | $2,000 | $10,400 |
$20,400
Finalist |
$9,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Val | $1,200 | $4,200 | $9,600 |
$16,801
2nd place: $5,000 |
$10,100
23 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Henry | $600 | $1,800 | $1,200 |
$2,200
3rd place: $5,000 |
$4,200
14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE 1890s | MAMMALS | QUOTES | FACTS & FIGURES | TRAVEL & TOURISM | REX HARRISON |
|
$100
[2]
This group, formed in 1899, didn't put its first Bible into a hotel room until 1908
the Gideon Society
Val
|
$100
[1]
Contrary to its name, this mammal also dines on other insects like bees & termites
an anteater
Henry
|
$100
[17]
Before his heavyweight title fight Joe Louis said of Billy Conn, "He can run, but he can't" do this
hide
Val
|
$100
[20]
90% of the world's ice, accounting for 70% of the world's fresh water, is found on this continent
Antarctica
Val
|
$100
[8]
You can take the Marrakesh Express to go to this country's Nat'l Folklore Festival in Marrakesh
Morocco
Henry
|
$100
[7]
When Rex joined this city's Repertory Theatre at age 16 in 1924, the Beatles weren't even born yet
Liverpool
Mary
|
|
$200
[3]
After the 1898 Volunteer Army Act passed, the 1st volunteer cavalry, nicknamed this, was formed
the Rough Riders
Val
|
$200
[13]
The black panther is not a separate species; it's just the black one of these
a leopard
Mary
|
$200
[18]
"Dear fatherland, no danger thine: firm stands thy watch along" this river
the Rhine
Henry
|
$200
[27]
In 1990 11.9% of the U.S. population was living in this state
California
Henry
|
$200
[9]
In Tokyo to complement a meal, order "choshi" which is a small bottle of this alcoholic drink
sake
Val
|
$200
[21]
Though R. Burton got more publicity, Rex romanced Elizabeth Taylor in this 1963 spectacle too
Cleopatra
Mary
Val
|
|
$400
[5]
About a month after Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech, gold was discovered near this river in the Yukon
the Klondike
Val
|
$300
[14]
When threatened, a pangolin, like an armadillo, does this
curls up (into a ball)
Mary
|
$300
[19]
Former Sec'y of State Shultz said, "Who walks in the middle of" this "gets hit from both sides"
the road
Mary
|
$300
[28]
With a total of 5, this university has graduated more U.S. presidents than any other
Harvard
Val
|
$300
[10]
The Raj Ghat in Delhi marks the spot where his remains were cremated in 1948
Mahatma Gandhi
Val
|
$300
[22]
Of Reginald, Regis or Reynard, Harrison's original first name
Reginald
Henry
|
|
DD
$500
[4]
Comic character seenherewho gave his name to a type of newspaper reporting
the Yellow Kid
Val
|
$400
[15]
This aquatic weasel comes in both freshwater & "sea" varieties
an otter
Mary
|
$400
[25]
In 1849 they wrote, "The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class"
Marx & Engels
Val
|
$400
[29]
Guinness says this math symbol has been calculated out to 1,011,196,691 decimal places
pi
Mary
|
$400
[11]
Leningrad Museum built by Catherine the Great as a gallery for her art collection
the Hermitage
Henry
|
$400
[23]
Following in Rex's footsteps, this son of his has starred in many productions of "My Fair Lady"
Noel Harrison
Val
|
|
$500
[6]
The 1990s have Princess Di; the press back in the 1890s had "Queen Lil", the deposed queen of this
Hawaii
Val
|
$500
[16]
Mammals are the only class of animals that exhibit this outgrowth from the skin
hair
Henry
|
$500
[26]
In 1787 he wrote, "I hold it, that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing"
Thomas Jefferson
Val
|
$500
[30]
With some 2 mil. members, the National Education Assoc. has edged out this union as America's largest
the Teamsters
Val
|
$500
[12]
From Zambia's Knife Edge Footbridge, you can view these magnificent waterfalls head on
Victoria Falls
Mary
|
$500
[24]
Rex won a Tony for his 1948 performance in this regal role in "Anne of the Thousand Days"
Henry VIII
Val
|
| WOMEN AUTHORS | BOTANY | ARTISTS | BROADWAY MUSICALS | LANGUAGES | THE VIETNAM WAR |
|
$200
[2]
Willa Cather's novel "Death Comes for the Archbishop" reflected her interest in this religion
the Roman Catholic religion
Val
|
$200
[4]
As with spinach & kale, this is the part of Brussels sprouts that's eaten
the leaf
Mary
Val
|
$200
[9]
To see his "The Creation of Adam", look up at the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo
Henry
|
$200
[20]
The 1970 flop "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" was based on this novel about a teahouse
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Henry
|
$200
[16]
The standard version of this language is based on the Svea dialect spoken in Stockholm
Swedish
Henry
|
$200
[1]
By 1971 the trail named for him was North Vietnam's main remaining supply route to the south
Ho Chi Minh
Mary
|
|
$400
[3]
Of George Sand, George Eliot or George Orwell, the one who doesn't fit the category
George Orwell
Mary
|
$400
[5]
The Latin name for this "spreading" tree should click with you, it's Castanea
chestnut
Mary
|
$400
[11]
In 1891 he auctioned off about 30 of his paintings to finance a trip to Tahiti
Gauguin
Mary
|
$400
[30]
The title of Barbra Streisand's 1st Broadway musical was "I Can Get It for You" this way
Wholesale
Val
|
$400
[23]
Outside the city of Asuncion, Guarani, not Spanish, is the most widely spoken language in this country
Paraguay
Henry
|
$400
[10]
Daniel Ellsberg leaked this classified study to the press in 1971
the Pentagon Papers
Mary
|
|
$600
[15]
The acclaimed journalist Dorothy Thompson married this author of "Main Street" in 1928
Sinclair Lewis
Mary
|
$600
[6]
This tree has the largest seeds of all, so wear a hard hat when strolling along the beach
coconut
Mary
|
$600
[12]
In a 1988 auction, his painting of the "Acrobat and the Harlequin" sold for over $38 million
Picasso
Mary
|
$600
[29]
The 1957 musical "New Girl in Town" was based on this playwright's "Anna Christie"
Eugene O'Neill
Val
|
$600
[24]
Another name for this language is Cape Dutch
Afrikaans
Henry
|
$600
[17]
Details of the 1968 massacre in this village were kept secret until a year later
My Lai
Val
|
|
$800
[18]
Completes the title of Fannie Hurst's 1933 novel "Imitation of..."
Life
Val
|
$800
[7]
The bristlecone variety of this tree in Calif.'s White Mountains may be the oldest living thing on Earth
pine
Mary
|
$1,000
[14]
Family name shared by French father & son painters Camille & Lucien
Pissarro
Val
|
$800
[28]
Borrowing a kabuki theatre tradition, the stagehands seen in "Pacific Overtures" wore this color
black
Mary
|
$1,000
[26]
It's the official language of Gambia, Ghana, Guyana & Grenada
English
Henry
|
$800
[21]
After 10 unsuccessful attempts, U.S. forces captured this "meaty" hill May 20, 1969
Hamburger Hill
Henry
|
|
$1,000
[19]
This "Gigi" author wrote the libretto for Ravel's opera "L'enfant et les sortileges"
Colette
Val
|
$1,000
[8]
The tomato, potato & belladonna are part of this flower family
nightshade
Mary
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
He became interested in Impressionist art while visiting his brother Theo in Paris
Vincent van Gogh
Mary
|
$1,000
[27]
This winner of 1954's Tony for "Best Musical" was touted as "A Musical Arabian Night"--fatefully
Kismet
Val
|
DD
$3,000
[25]
Foreign language heard in thefollowinghit from 1974: "Oh, oh moja droga jacie kocham / Means that I love you so / Moja droga jacie kocham / More than you'll ever know"
Polish
Henry
|
$1,000
[22]
South Vietnam's second largest city, it was the site of huge U.S. air base
Da Nang
Henry
|
He married Edith Bolling Galt, a widow, on December 18, 1915 in her Washington, D.C. drawing room
Woodrow Wilson