Show #1831 1992-07-13 (taped 1992-02-25) Seniors Tournament

1992 Seniors Tournament semifinal game 1. Missing first three clues.

Contestants

Martha Thompson — a stockbroker from San Marino, California

Leonard Schmidt — an optometrist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Hugh Mulvaney — a technical writer from Plainfield, New Jersey

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Hugh	$2,000	$3,700	$9,700	$700 2nd place: $5,000	$7,400 22 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Leonard	$800	$2,400	$9,000	$18,000 Finalist	$9,000 21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Martha	$400	$1,200	$600	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$600 10 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT HISTORY	SHOW BIZ BIOGRAPHIES	THE AMERICAN FLAG	GARDENING	WOMEN IN SPORTS	COMMON BONDS
$100 [1] = = Martha	$100 [6] Bert Lahr's son wrote a book about him called "Notes on a Cowardly" one of these a Lion Hugh	$100 [22] Dating from 1776, the oldest known stars & stripes belonged to N. Fillmore, grandfather of this president Millard Fillmore Leonard	$100 [21] The 2 basic methods of applying insecticides & fungicides to plants are dusting & this spraying Hugh Leonard Martha	$100 [16] Donna de Varona was elected to this sport's International Hall of Fame in 1965 swimming Leonard	$100 [11] Huey P. Long, George Washington, Golden Gate bridges Martha
$200 [2] = = Martha	$200 [7] Donald Spoto called his book about her "Falling in Love Again" Marlene Dietrich	$200 [23] The original Star-Spangled Banner from this Baltimore fort is preserved at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. (Fort) McHenry Leonard	$200 [27] The Green Giant could tell you this tillage tool is a thin, flat blade set almost 90° from the handle a hoe Hugh Leonard Martha	$200 [17] Bertha Tickey, also known as "Blazing Bertha", pitched 757 winning games in this sport softball Leonard	$200 [12] Albert, Victoria, Superior lakes Hugh
$300 [3] = = Hugh	$300 [8] "A Leap Into Madness" is Peter Ostwald's biography of this late Russian ballet star Nijinsky Leonard	$300 [24] It was sea captain William Driver who gave the flag this nickname Old Glory Leonard	$300 [28] 5-10-5 on a bag of this means it's 5% nitrogen, 10% phosphate & 5% potash fertilizer Martha	$300 [18] From 1949-1951 this woman who mastered many sports was the leading money winner among female golfers Babe Zaharias Martha	$300 [13] Macmillan, Knopf,McGraw-Hill publishing houses Hugh
DD $500 [4] The Senate gave Octavian this title, which means "exalted" or "sacred", in January 27 B.C. Augustus Hugh	$400 [9] One biography of this silent film comedian is subtitled "The Man on the Clock" Harold Lloyd Hugh	$400 [25] In 1778 the flag flew over foreign soil for the first time when Fort Nassau in these islands was captured Bahamas Leonard	$400 [29] It's best to do this to the elm or maple while it's dormant or "bleeding" will occur pruning Hugh	$400 [19] This tennis star of Aboriginal descent won the French Open in 1971 Evonne Goolagong Leonard	$400 [14] Locks, typewriters, pianos (things that have) keys Hugh
$500 [5] Around 1450 B.C. the Mycenaeans conquered this civilization on the island of Crete the Minoan Hugh	$500 [10] Silent film idol whose 2nd wife, Natasha Rambova, published her book about him in 1926, the year he died Rudolph Valentino Leonard	$500 [26] In 1909 he sent the message "Stars and Stripes nailed to the Pole" (Robert) Peary Hugh Leonard	—	$500 [20] A few weeks after winning an Olympic gold medal in 1976, she won the women's world figure skating title Dorothy Hamill Martha	$500 [15] Mansard, gambrel, gabled roofs (styles) Leonard

Double Jeopardy! Round

PLAYWRIGHTS	MUSEUMS	MOUNTAINS	ZOOLOGY	RELIGION	IDENTITY CRISIS
$200 [6] His play "The Comedy of Errors" was inspired by the ancient Roman comedy "Menaechmi" Shakespeare Martha	$200 [11] The building housing this hall of fame in Canton, Ohio has a "pigskin"-shaped dome the hall of fame for football Martha	$200 [21] The name of this Asian mountain range is from the Sanskrit for "abode of snow" the Himalayas Martha	$200 [24] The only truly venomous lizards are the beaded lizard of Mexico & this "monster" the Gila monster Hugh	$200 [1] The name of this religion which began in the 2nd century A.D. is Chinese for "the way" Daoism Hugh Martha	$200 [16] The title character of this Danish fairy tale is a cygnet who doesn't know his true identity "The Ugly Duckling" Leonard
$400 [7] Frenchman whose 1943 play "The Flies" is an existentialist retelling of the legend of Orestes Sartre Leonard	$400 [12] Maryland has a maritime museum named for this bay featuring ships & a saltwater aquarium Chesapeake Hugh	$400 [30] Its summit was 1st conquered from the Swiss side July 14, 1865 & from the Italian side 3 days later the Matterhorn Hugh Leonard	$400 [26] In a honeybee hive, there are 3 kinds of bees: the queen, the drones & these the workers Hugh	$400 [2] Traditional Rastafarian belief is that Haile Selassie is a god & that this country is heaven Ethiopia Hugh Leonard	$400 [17] Female writer whose brief disappearance in 1926 was blamed on amnesia—what a "mystery" Agatha Christie Hugh
$600 [8] This "Waiting for Godot" author later married a woman he met after he was stabbed in a 1938 attack (Samuel) Becket Hugh	$600 [13] Works by this Sat. Evening Post illustrator can be found at a museum devoted to him in Stockbridge, Mass. (Norman) Rockwell Hugh	$600 [29] In 1899 Halford Mackinder became the 1st to climb this 17,058-foot African peak on the equator Mount Kenya Hugh	$600 [27] The male of the great gray species of this Australian animal is often called the "boomer" or "old man" the kangaroo Hugh	$600 [3] Singer George Beverly Shea has been associated with this evangelist since the late 1940s Billy Graham Hugh	$600 [18] In France, this prisoner whose identity was a secret is known as "L'homme au masque de fer" the Man in the Iron Mask Leonard
$800 [9] This author of "Miss Julie" wrote an autobiographical novel, "Son of a Servant", in 1886 Strindberg	$800 [14] Woodrow Wilson's boyhood home is preserved as a museum in this South Carolina capital Columbia Leonard	$1,000 [22] This state's highest point is Mount Cheaha in the Talladega Mountains Alabama Hugh Martha	$800 [25] According to Guinness, the longest horns of any animal belong to this "aquatic" ox of Asia the water buffalo Leonard	$800 [4] From the Hebrew for "a sitting", it's a school for Talmudic studies, or a seminary for Orthodox rabbis yeshiva Leonard Martha	$800 [19] Claiming to be this grand duchess was more popular than claiming to be her sisters Olga, Tatiana & Marie Anastasia Martha
$1,000 [10] He collaborated on the 1955 musical "Silk Stockings" with Leueen MacGrath & Abe Burrows, not Moss Hart George Kaufman Leonard	$1,000 [15] Antique timepieces are displayed at the American Clock & Watch Museum in Bristol in this state Connecticut	DD $3,000 [28] Due to Spain's isolation from the rest of Europe, its said that Africa begins with these mountains the Pyrenees Hugh	$1,000 [23] Standing about 5 feet at the shoulder, the okapi is this African animal's closest relative the giraffe Leonard	DD $1,000 [5] Since the 6th century B.C., Jainism has been practiced in this country India Leonard	$1,000 [20] Virginia Tighe's "Memories" of a past life as this Irishwoman were actually inspired by a neighbor's life Bridey Murphy Hugh

Final Jeopardy!

OPERA

Operas by Rossini, Bizet & Beethoven are set in or near this city

Seville

Martha "What isMaParis" — wagered $600

Leonard "What is Seville?" — wagered $9,000

Hugh "What is Vienna?" — wagered $9,000

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