Show #1829 1992-07-09 (taped 1992-02-24) Seniors Tournament

1992 Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

Paula Reach — a teacher from Oxnard, California

Morty Goldman — an investment consultant from New Rochelle, New York

Hansford Epes — a German and humanities professor from Davidson, North Carolina

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Hansford	$2,300	$5,600	$15,000	$16,000 Automatic semifinalist	$14,800 34 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Morty	$400	$1,500	$4,900	$0 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$4,900 12 R, 1 W
Paula	$100	$0	$4,600	$0 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$4,900 11 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. HISTORY	MUSICAL THEATRE	HEALTH FACTS	STARTS WITH "S"	ORGANIZATIONS	BIBLICAL SENIORS
$100 [10] Though subpoenaed, this president refused to appear at Burr's trial in 1807 Jefferson Hansford	$100 [5] Their 1875 operetta "Trial by Jury" concerns the case of "Edwin, sued by Angelina" Gilbert & Sullivan Morty	$100 [26] Affecting as much as 5 to 10% of the population, it's the most common allergy hayfever Hansford Paula	$100 [15] Damocles sat under one a sword Hansford	$100 [20] It's the acronym for the United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization UNESCO Morty	$100 [1] Genesis says he lived 350 years after the flood, which makes him 600 when it began Noah Hansford
$200 [11] Group to whom MacArthur delivered his "fade away" line April 19, 1951 Congress Hansford	$200 [6] The Mary Martin musical "Lute Song" was based on a play written in this Asian country in the 14th century China Hansford Paula	$200 [27] The HDL or high-density lipoprotein form of this substance seems to protect against arterial disease cholesterol Hansford	$200 [16] If you're invited-to one of these "men only" parties, you don't have to wear deer costume a stag party Morty	$200 [21] In 1948 the Organization of American States was founded in this Colombian city Bogotá Paula	$200 [2] He had 969 candles on his last cake; they must have had to call in the fire dept. to put it out Methuselah Hansford
$300 [12] Occurring between 1934 & 1937, these drove 60% of the population out of the Oklahoma-Tx. panhandle area dust storms Hansford	$300 [7] This brassy Broadway belter starred in Cole Porter's 1940 "Panama Hattie" Ethel Merman Morty	$300 [28] This disease involving an insulin deficiency is a leading cause of adult onset blindness in the U.S. diabetes Morty	$300 [17] Weather condition found in the name of a goose & a leopard snow Hansford Paula	$300 [22] Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the NCSC is the National Council of these people Senior Citizens Hansford Paula	$300 [3] As an old man he still told the tale of how he fought the battle of Jericho Joshua Hansford
$400 [13] Put on trial in 1969, Tom Hayden & Yippie Jerry Rubin were part of this group accused of inciting a riot the Chicago Seven Paula	$400 [8] Bernadette Peters played this silent-screen comedienne in the Broadway musical "Mack and Mabel" Mabel Normand Hansford	$400 [29] Anginal pains can often be relieved with one of these tablets, placed under the tongue nitroglycerin Paula	$400 [18] It can be a bullet, a shot of liquor, a lazy person or a gastropod a slug Hansford	$400 [23] When these people take part in a PTA, the group can be called a PTSA students Hansford	$400 [4] Jacob spent the last 17 of his 147 years in this country, but didn't want to be buried there Egypt Paula
DD $500 [14] Russell, Waddell & Majors, the men who started this service April 3, 1860, went bankrupt with it in 1861 the Pony Express Paula	$500 [9] "Down on the heels, up on the toes. That's the way to do" this drag from "Good News" the "Varsity Drag" Hansford	$500 [30] It's the only remaining childhood rash illness for which there isn't a routine vaccination chicken pox Hansford	$500 [19] O. Henry said, "East is east, and west is" this Northern California city, "according to Californians" San Francisco Morty	$500 [24] ASCAP is the American Society of Composers, Authors & these Publishers Hansford	$500 [25] Adam lived 800 years after he begat this third son, who lived 912 years Seth Hansford

Double Jeopardy! Round

ISLANDS	NONFICTION	FAMOUS WOMEN	MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES	ARTISTS	CHESTER A. ARTHUR
$200 [22] These Alaskan islands cover an arc of about 1100 miles, from Unimak to Attu the Aleutians Hansford	$200 [17] "The World is My Home" is a new memoir by this "Centennial" author James Michener Hansford	$200 [1] Her father was India's first prime minister, & she was its third Indira Gandhi Paula	$200 [6] This verb meaning to tease by keeping something out of reach comes from the legend of Tantalus tantalize Morty	$200 [11] The first of his posters was "Moulin Rouge — La Goulue" in 1891 Toulouse-Lautrec Hansford	$200 [16] The day before leaving office, he asked that this former president be restored to the retired Army list Ulysses Grant Morty
$400 [23] San Giorgio Maggiore is one of the many islands on which this Italian city is built Venice Morty	$400 [18] "In the Eye of the Storm" is a biography of this Desert Storm general Schwarzkopf Hansford	$400 [2] Helen Hunt Jackson & Emily Dickinson were both born in this city, but only Emily was the "Belle" Amherst, Massachusetts Hansford	$400 [7] Someone who is "Junoesque" has the imposing figure of this god's wife Juno Jupiter Hansford	$400 [12] In 1886 he moved to Paris to be with his brother Theo, & stayed for 2 years van Gogh Paula	$400 [27] Arthur was the first person to walk across this bridge when it opened to the public May 24, 1883 the Brooklyn Bridge Paula
$600 [24] This British colony off North Carolina is also known as the Somers Islands Bermuda Morty	$600 [19] This founder of Ms. magazine writes on self-esteem in her new book "Revolution from Within" Gloria Steinem Paula	$600 [3] Diva who once remarked, "First I lost my weight, then I lost my voice, now I've lost Onassis" Maria Callas Hansford	$600 [8] A lecherous, lascivious man, or a goatlike half-human creature known for similar behavior a satyr Morty	$600 [13] In 1940 at the age of 80, she was given a one-woman show at a New York City gallery Grandma Moses Hansford	$600 [28] Of mayor, governor or VP the first public office to which Arthur was elected the vice presidency
$800 [25] The Seychelles in this ocean were named for Moreau de Sechelles, a minister of King Louis XV the Indian Ocean Hansford	DD $1,000 [20] In 1943 he published "Here is Your War", a collection of articles written while a war correspondent Ernie Pyle Paula	DD $1,000 [4] In 1970 this N.Y. Dem. won election with the slogan "A woman's place is in the House of Representatives" Bella Abzug Hansford	$800 [9] Temperamental & volatile, like the Roman messenger of the gods Mercury (mercurial) Morty	$800 [14] One of this Dutchman's few later commissions was for "The Syndics of the Draper's Guild" Rembrandt Hansford	$800 [29] To brighten up the White House, he hired this New York designer of Art Nouveau lamps Tiffany Hansford
$1,000 [26] The world's northernmost land, the 100-foot islet of Oodaaq O, belongs to this island Greenland Hansford	$1,000 [21] Norman Cousins explored the mind's healing ability in his bestseller "Anatomy of" this an Illness Paula	$1,000 [5] In 1919 this Virginia-born "Lady"' became the 1st woman to sit in the British Parliament Lady Astor Hansford	$1,000 [10] Because these "inspiring" goddesses were born in Pieria, inspiration can be called "the Pierian Spring" the Muses Paula	$1,000 [15] A 1735 British copyright law is named for' this "Rake's Progress" artist who campaigned for it (William) Hogarth Hansford	$1,000 [30] It's what the "A." stands for Alan Morty

Final Jeopardy!

LITERATURE

The prologue of "The Canterbury Tales" calls him "the hooly blisful martir"

Becket

Paula "Who is the scribe?" — wagered $4,600

Morty "Who was the Pilgrim" — wagered $4,900

Hansford "Who was Becket?" — wagered $1,000

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