Show #1832 1992-07-14 (taped 1992-02-25) Seniors Tournament

1992 Seniors Tournament semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Lucy Schilling — a writer from Indianapolis, Indiana

Carolyn Meek — a high school English teacher from Houston, Texas

Pat Fine — a retired teacher from Buena Park, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Pat	$-100	$1,000	$4,600	$0 2nd place: $5,000	$6,600 19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Carolyn	$600	$2,300	$6,100	$9,201 Finalist	$7,100 18 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Lucy	$1,800	$2,300	$4,500	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$4,500 13 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

PARIS	MOVIE SONGS	FAMOUS FIRSTS	FICTIONAL SENIORS	LIBRARIES	"BIG" & "LITTLE"
$100 [9] Unless flooding occurs, you can tour the Paris underground by way of les egouts, which are these the sewers Carolyn	$100 [15] Here, "way up high, there's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby" somewhere over the rainbow Pat	$100 [22] The half eagle minted in 1795 was the first U.S. coin to bear this Latin motto E pluribus unum Carolyn	$100 [4] This "Christmas Carol" curmudgeon is "secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster" (Ebenezer) Scrooge Carolyn	$100 [1] The Department of Libraries in Montpelier has this state's best collection of early newspapers Vermont Pat	$100 [10] He's the tyrannical political leader in George Orwell's "1984" Big Brother Lucy
$200 [20] The gleaming beauty of Paris has earned it the nickname "City of" this Lights Lucy	$200 [16] "I'm an old cowhand from" this river, "but my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tanned" the Rio Grande Pat	$200 [25] Completed in 1885, the 10-story Home Insurance Co. Building in Chicago was the 1st to be called this a skyscraper Lucy	$200 [5] The "Alm-Uncle", who lives on an Alpine peak called the Alm, is the grandfather of this Swiss miss Heidi Pat	$200 [2] This city's public library system is Wisconsin's largest with more than 1.5 million books Milwaukee Carolyn Lucy	$200 [11] It sounds every hour on the hour outside London's houses of Parliament Big Ben Lucy
$300 [21] The Sorbonne is located in this quarter, the oldest part of the Left Bank the Latin Quarter Pat	$300 [17] "Would you like to swing on a star, carry moonbeams home in" one of these a jar Pat	$300 [26] In 1973 Emily Howell became the 1st woman employed by a major U.S. airline in this capacity a pilot Pat Carolyn	$300 [6] The devoted housekeeper Nelly Dean narrates much of the story of this Bronte title house Wuthering Heights Carolyn	$300 [3] This organization's Dag Hammarskjold Library specializes in books dealing with international affairs the United Nations Carolyn	$300 [12] This baseball organization was founded in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, originally for boys aged 9 to 12 Little League Lucy
$400 [23] "The Departure of the Volunteers" is perhaps the best-known sculpture adorning this monument the Arc de Triomphe	$400 [18] Title line preceding "It's the April rose that only grows in the early spring" love is a many-splendored thing Carolyn	$400 [27] In Oct. 1967 he became the first black associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall Carolyn	$400 [7] In this novel Hugh Conway finds out that the High Lama is about 250 years old Lost Horizon Pat	—	$400 [13] In 1928 Commander Richard E. Byrd established this U.S. base on Antarctica Little America Lucy
$500 [24] Place Blanche in this artistic quarter is dominated by a moulin rouge or red windmill Montmartre Pat	$500 [19] "Secret Love", from this 1953 Doris Day film about a famous frontierswoman, won an Oscar for Best Song Calamity Jane Carolyn	$500 [28] Located in Kansas, it was the 1st federal penitentiary authorized for construction Leavenworth Lucy	$500 [8] Laurie's wealthy grandfather gives Beth her own piano in this well-loved novel Little Women Lucy	—	$500 [14] Directions like "Get your girl & take a twirl" were called out during this jitterbug dance of the 1930s the Big Apple Lucy

Double Jeopardy! Round

MARINE BIOLOGY	20th CENTURY POLITICS	CELEBRITY COUPLES	MYTHOLOGY	REVOLUTIONS & REBELLIONS	THE BLUES
$200 [21] Types of this porous animal include red-beard & bath a sponge Pat	$200 [26] In January 1992 this 1st elected black governor pulled out of the presidential race Douglas Wilder Lucy	$200 [6] In 1957 this crooner tied the knot with actress Kathryn Grant in Las Vegas Bing Crosby Lucy	$200 [1] The name of this principal river of the netherworld means "abhorrent" the Styx Pat	$200 [16] This "majority" party led by Lenin won the October Revolution in 1917 the Bolsheviks Pat Carolyn	$200 [11] "Infantile" nickname for light blue eyes baby blue Carolyn
$400 [22] Scientists call these boneless, umbrella-shaped sea animals medusas jellyfish Pat	$400 [27] In January 1992 Zviad Gamsakhurdia fled this ex-Soviet republic of which he was president Georgia Pat	$400 [7] Laraine Day became known as "The First Lady of Baseball" after she married this Dodgers manager Leo Durocher Carolyn	$400 [2] Book II of Virgil's "The Aeneid" is about this famous "gift" the Trojan Horse Pat	$400 [17] Mao Tse-tung launched this "Revolution" in 1966 the Great Cultural Revolution Carolyn	$400 [12] This "mood"y blue color got its name because the dye was from India indigo Lucy
$600 [23] The largest known shell of this bivalve was a 734-pound specimen found off Okinawa in 1956 a clam Carolyn	$800 [29] In 1964 he took over Hubert Humphrey's seat in the Senate Mondale Carolyn	$600 [8] Alfred Steele was Pepsi-Cola's chairman of the board & this actress' husband Joan Crawford Carolyn	$600 [3] In Scyros, Odysseus found this warrior disguised as a girl & his heels were killing him Achilles Pat	$600 [18] In England Wat Tyler was part of the Peasants' Revolt & James Watt was part of this "Revolution" the Industrial Revolution Lucy	$600 [13] Time of day that's a dark shade of blue midnight blue Pat
DD $1,000 [24] Asterias vulgaris is the "common" species of this marine animal a starfish Carolyn	$1,000 [30] Gerald Austin Gardiner set up this post in England for citizen complaints against the government Ombudsman Carolyn	$800 [9] Chief Justice Earl Warren's daughter Virginia was married to this host of "What's My Line" John Daly Lucy	$800 [4] He was Antigone's half brother & father Oedipus Carolyn	$800 [19] This Mexican general led the revolution under the slogan "Land and Liberty" Zapata Pat	$800 [14] The blue he used in hisjasperware is now named for him Wedgwood Pat
$1,000 [25] American & European eels begin their lives in this huge seaweed area of the Atlantic Ocean the Sargasso Sea Pat	DD $2,000 [28] In 1972 he headed the committee to re-elect the president; in 1977 he was in jail John Mitchell Pat	$1,000 [10] Among this big band singer's wives were Joanne Dru & Rita Hayworth Dick Haymes Pat Carolyn	$1,000 [5] On his ninth labor, Hercules was sent to get this queen's girdle Hippolyta Carolyn	$1,000 [20] In 1956 former premiere Imre Nagy led an anti-communist rebellion in this country Hungary Pat	$1,000 [15] This gemstone can be crushed to make ultramarine, a blue pigment lapis lazuli Carolyn

Final Jeopardy!

GERMAN AUTHORS

Composer Paul Dukas based "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" on a story by this poet, novelist & scientist

Goethe

Lucy "Who was Ma" — wagered $4,500

Pat "Who is?" — wagered $4,600

Carolyn "Who Goethe?" — wagered $3,101

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