Show #1604 1991-07-18 (taped 1991-03-26) Seniors Tournament

1991 Seniors Tournament final game 1.

Contestants

Bob Olsen — a marketing teacher from Northbrook, Illinois

Lou Pryor — an attorney from New Canaan, Connecticut

Mary Webster — a Social Security quality assessor from Los Angeles, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mary	$2,400	$3,600	$5,800	$5,800	$4,300 14 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Lou	$0	$1,700	$8,300	$7,300	$8,100 20 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Bob	$800	$3,200	$9,200	$7,200	$9,200 22 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

ACTRESSES	MYTHOLOGY	COOKING	SCIENCE & NATURE	TRACK & FIELD	MUSICAL TERMS
$100 [16] Her hometown, Jamestown, NY, holds a comedy festival in her honor called the Lucyfest Lucille Ball Lou	$100 [1] Legend says Cecrops was the first king of this Greek capital Athens Mary	$100 [24] New Englanders make traditional red flannel hash with this meat corned beef Lou	$100 [6] Taste buds are usually divided into 4 types, salt, acid, bitter & this sweet Mary	$100 [10] For women the metal ball for this event weighs 8 pounds, 13 ounces the shot put Bob	$100 [13] At concerts, the French call out "bis", not this French word meaning "again" encore Bob
$200 [17] If you know that Shirley Jones was named for this child star, "stand up and cheer" Shirley Temple Bob	$200 [2] A hippogriff is a mythical beast with the head of a griffin & the hindquarters of this animal a horse Mary Lou	$200 [26] A special tool known as a "larding" one of these is used to thread strips of fat into meat a needle Mary Lou	$200 [7] A red corundum is a ruby, a blue corundum is this a sapphire Lou	$200 [11] Dutch Warmerdam, the 1st man to vault over 15', in 1940, used poles made of this natural substance bamboo Bob	$200 [18] The sign which lowers a note a semitone a flat Mary
$300 [22] The Hollywood Reporter says this sex symbol left 75% of her estate to her acting coach, Lee Strasberg Marilyn Monroe Lou	$300 [3] Accounts of this gigantic hunter's death differ; some say the goddess Artemis killed him Orion Mary Lou	$300 [28] Andalouse sauce is made with tomato puree & this sandwich spread mayonnaise Lou	$300 [8] If you're running from one of these, the largest of all monitor lizards, remember they can climb trees a Komodo dragon Lou	$300 [12] Excluding the marathon, it's the only non-metric race on the IAAF list of world records the mile Mary	$300 [19] When a dot is placed above a note, you play it this way, the opposite of "legato" staccato Lou Bob
$400 [23] This actress said, "I could have died when I finally saw ("The Outlaw")...I was terrible" Jane Russell Mary	$400 [4] This Egyptian ruler of the dead was murdered by his brother Seth Osiris Mary	$400 [29] Term for the top crust of a pie when it's "woven" in a crisscross pattern a lattice Mary	$400 [9] According to the 3rd law of thermodynamics, a body can't be brought down to this temperature absolute zero Bob	$400 [14] This Olympic decathlon champ is descended from the man who discovered a vaccine for smallpox Bruce Jenner Bob	$400 [20] A Mexican folk music ensemble that usually includes 2 violins, a guitar, a harp & large guitar a mariachi group Lou
$500 [25] James Woods took the photo on the cover of this late "Jezebel" star's book "This 'n That" Bette Davis Bob	DD $1,000 [5] Oedipus became king of Thebes after he answered this monster's riddle the Sphinx Mary	$500 [30] A langue-de-chat is a confection shaped like one of these, which is what its name means in French a cat's tongue Lou	$500 [27] Rock crystal is a colorless variety of this mineral, & amethyst is the purple variety quartz Lou	$500 [15] Between 1977 & 1987, this American won 122 consecutive races in the 400-meter hurdles (Edwin) Moses Bob	$500 [21] These Cuban gourd instruments can be made of Bakelite filled w/lead shot for a stronger sound maracas Bob

Double Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY AMERICA	MIDDLE NAMES	4-LETTER WORDS	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	LITERARY CHARACTERS	HATS
$200 [13] The 1825 opening of this drastically reduced the freight rates between Buffalo & New York City the Erie Canal Lou	$200 [12] Our only president whose middle name was Clark Hoover Bob	$200 [23] This archaic word the third person singular present indicative of have hath Lou	$200 [7] The railroad between Jining, China & Ulan Bator, Mongolia crosses this desert the Gobi Bob	$200 [1] In a Thos. Hardy novel, Henchard's asst. Donald Farfrae also becomes "The Mayor of" this Casterbridge Lou	$200 [6] One may be war or Easter a bonnet Bob
$400 [18] In 1845 this former commander of the Texas armed forces became 1 of that state's first 2 U.S. senators Sam Houston Mary	$400 [14] Middle name of "First Lady of the American Theater" Helen Brown Hayes Lou	$400 [24] To invent a new word or phrase coin Bob	$400 [8] Ceuta, a free port on the Moroccan coast, is administered as part of this country's Cadiz province Spain Bob	$400 [2] Jonas Chuzzlewit marries Mercy Pecksniff & makes her life miserable in a novel by this author Dickens Lou	$400 [19] The animal whose fur is used in most men's fur felt hats today is this one often pulled from hats rabbits Bob
$600 [20] In 1819 this Chief Justice said, "The power to tax involves the power to destroy" (John) Marshall Bob	$600 [15] Father of Kansas Senator Kassebaum; his middle name was Mossman Alf Landon Bob	$600 [25] Sharp as in a blade or sense of hearing keen Lou	$600 [9] Known to the Roman as Albis, this river marked their farthest advance into Germany the Elbe Lou	$600 [3] Henry Fleming, the hero of "The Red Badge of Courage", reappeared in his short story "Lynx-Hunting" Stephen Crane Mary	$600 [28] Nautical-sounding name for a stiff-brimmed, flat-crowned straw hat a sailor hat (boater) Bob
$800 [21] This country's King Mongkut offered Pres. Buchanan a herd of elephants to help develop U.S. transportation Siam Lou	$800 [16] Middle name of Dixy Ray, who was Washington state governor 1977-1981 Lee Lou	$800 [26] It's Scottish for a church kirk Lou	$800 [10] This continent's northernmost point, Cape York Peninsula, has extensive deposits of bauxite Australia Bob	$800 [4] "Floral" name of Henry James' "strikingly, admirably pretty" heroine from Schenectady Daisy Miller	$800 [29] Muslim men wear a tarboosh alone or as the inner part of one of these a turban Mary Bob
$1,000 [22] This president replaced some officeholders with his own supporters, thus creating the "spoils system" (Andrew) Jackson Bob	$1,000 [17] Middle name of jurist Billings Hand, who served a record 52 years on the federal bench Learned Bob	DD $1,200 [27] These 2 4-letter words for sticky, slimy mud are both from Old Norse & both begin with "M" muck & mire Lou	$1,000 [11] Madhya Pradesh is this country's largest state, Uttar Pradesh, its most populous India Lou	DD $2,000 [5] Trilby loses her voice when this mesmerizing musician dies Svengali Mary	$1,000 [30] The pillbox hat worn by the French army; the Confederate cap was based on it a kepi Lou

Final Jeopardy!

TELEVISION

She has won 8 Emmys, more than any other performer, the 1st for Best Female Singer in 1954

Dinah Shore

Mary "Who is Carol Burnette?" — wagered $0

Lou "Who is Garland" — wagered $1,000

Bob "Who is Peggy Lee" — wagered $2,000

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