Show #1833 1992-07-15 (taped 1992-02-25) Seniors Tournament

1992 Seniors Tournament semifinal game 3.

Contestants

Lois Rosenfeld — a housewife from Los Angeles, California

Jim Baehler — a negotiations consultant from New York City, 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	$2,000	$2,000	$11,800	$23,001 Finalist	$11,300 25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Jim	$2,000	$3,500	$11,500	$23,000 2nd place: $5,000	$10,500 25 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Lois	$500	$1,300	$2,900	$5,800 3rd place: $5,000	$2,900 8 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS SENIORS	ECONOMICS	BROADWAY LYRICS	ANIMALS	GEMS & JEWELRY	VOCABULARY
$100 [11] This retiree founded Kentucky Fried Chicken at age 66 & was an ambassador for the firm when he died at 90 Colonel Sanders Jim	$100 [26] The strong desire for a product by consumers, it's what "supply" tries to fill demand Hansford	$100 [6] "There is nothin' you can name that is anythin' like" one of these a dame Hansford	$100 [16] These members of the squirrel family live in "towns", which may consist of thousands of them prairie dogs Hansford	$100 [19] The Spaniards named this metal used in jewelry platina for its resemblance to silver platinum Jim	$100 [1] The plant & animal life of a certain region are given the corresponding terms flora & this fauna Jim
$200 [12] Known as the "Ol' Perfesser", he became the 1st manager of the New York Mets in 1962 at age 70 Casey Stengel Lois	$200 [27] From 1934 to 1971 the price of this was fixed at $35 a Troy ounce; now its rate floats gold Jim	$200 [7] "Well ya got trouble, my friend—right here I say trouble right here in" this place River City Jim	$200 [17] This breed of rabbit is raised for its long, white fur which is spun into yarn angora Jim	$200 [21] In the early 1900s Kokichi Mikimoto invented a process to culture these gems pearls Hansford	$200 [2] An open-handed blow, or a turned-up fold on a trouser leg cuff Hansford
$300 [13] When she was 75, this educator of the blind published the book "Teacher" about Anne Sullivan Helen Keller Jim	$300 [28] The Dow Jones Industrial Average is quoted in these, not dollars points Jim	$300 [8] Title that follows "It's delightful, it's delicious..." "It's De-Lovely" Lois	$300 [18] The mehari, a special breed of this desert mammal, is noted for its swiftness a camel Lois	$300 [23] Jet, a type of coal made into buttons & costume jewelry, is this color black Jim	$300 [3] It's the name of the device that helps a musician keep the beat, like clockwork a metronome Hansford
$400 [14] He wrote his last play, "Buoyant Billions", at age 91, 35 years after "Pygmalion" George Bernard Shaw Jim	$400 [29] Named for a video game, this anti-takeover defense has the target company trying to gobble up the acquirer the Pac-Man defense Jim	$400 [9] Mame asks, "Would I be there when he called, if he walked into" this "today?" my life Jim	$400 [20] It's been speculated that the Aztecs bred ancestors of this small dog breed the Chihuahua Lois	$400 [24] Deep green beryl is called emerald & light blue-green beryl is called this aquamarine Hansford Lois	$400 [4] It can describe a fast & furious courtship or a spiraling current of air a whirlwind Hansford
$500 [15] He used his Nobel Prize winnings to improve his hospital in Gabon & set up a leper colony Albert Schweitzer Hansford	$500 [30] It's a stock transaction by a person who has information not available to the general public insider trading Hansford	$500 [10] Sondheim wrote, "Good times and bum times, I've seen 'em all and my dear, I'm" this still here Jim	DD $500 [22] The name of this large deer of the North American tundra is of French-Canadian derivation caribou Hansford	$500 [25] From Latin for "thread" & "grain", this style of jewelry is made by twisting fine wires into patterns filigree Lois	$500 [5] In business it's defined as the practice of giving better jobs & higher pay to relatives nepotism Hansford

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOTANY	WORLD FLAGS	OPERA	THE 17th CENTURY	LITERATURE	POLITICIANS
$200 [23] The U.S.' largest one of these legumes was a 3 11/16" specimen grown in Georgia a peanut Hansford	$200 [11] This symbol of the Christian faith appears on the flag of the South Pacific kingdom of Tonga a cross Hansford Jim	$200 [1] "Madama Butterfly" was 1st performed on February 17, 1904 in this Milan opera house La Scala Jim	$200 [18] "His" authorized version of the Bible, published in 1611, was the work of 47 scholars King James Hansford	$200 [6] She wrote "Jane Eyre" under the pseudonym Currer Bell Charlotte Brontë Hansford	$200 [12] In the 1950s this current New York governor played minor league baseball with the Brunswick Pirates Mario Cuomo Hansford
$400 [24] The bald cypress is not a true cypress, but is related to this giant California tree a sequoia Jim	$400 [14] The flag of Cyprus has a field of this color, symbolic of peace white Hansford Lois	$400 [2] Set entirely at the Tower of London, "The Yeomen of the Guard" is about these spiffy soldiers the Beefeaters Jim	$400 [19] In 1663 this architect began his first major building, a chapel at Pembroke College, Cambridge Christopher Wren Jim	$400 [7] In "The Jungle Book" this Indian boy learns jungle lore from Baloo, the bear Mowgli Jim	$400 [13] He won 6 4-year terms as Chicago's mayor, more than any other person in the city's history Richard Daley Lois
$600 [25] At his Santa Rosa, California farm, this plant breeder developed a spineless cactus Luther Burbank Jim	$600 [28] This British crown colony's flag has a castle denoting its strategic position on the Mediterranean Gibraltar Hansford	$600 [3] Opera in which you'd find Canio, his wife, Nedda & the clowns Tonio & Beppe Pagliacci Lois	$600 [20] In 1608 this explorer founded Quebec & a year later discovered the lake now named for him Champlain Hansford	$600 [8] Muley Graves is the only sharecropper to remain in Oklahoma in this John Steinbeck novel The Grapes of Wrath Jim	$600 [15] In 1991 Ann Richards became the second woman to be sworn in as governor of this state Texas Jim
$800 [26] Turkey red, a variety of this grain, was brought to Kansas in the 1870s by Russian Mennonites wheat Jim	$800 [29] The red & white on this country's flag are the traditional colors of Bohemia Czechoslovakia Hansford	$800 [4] In this Verdi opera, the Duke of Mantua seduces Gilda, the daughter of a court jester Rigoletto Jim	$800 [21] Born Armand Jean du Plessis, he was chief minister to Louis XIII from 1624 to 1642 Richelieu Hansford	$800 [9] This C.S. Forester character was commander of H.M.S. Lydia, a 36-gun frigate Horatio Hornblower Hansford	$800 [16] This North Carolina senator once gave conservative editorials on WRAL-TV in Raleigh Jesse Helms Hansford
$1,000 [27] Popular as a boutonniere, the scarlet variety of this perennial is Ohio's state flower a carnation Jim	$1,000 [30] Its flag combined components of the flags of Zanzibar & Tanganyika Tanzania Hansford	DD $2,000 [5] This Humperdinck opera often opens with a young boy binding brooms & his sister knitting Hansel and Gretel Jim	$1,000 [22] In his 1619 "Harmonies of the World", this Ger. astronomer published his 3rd law of planetary motion (Johannes) Kepler Hansford	$1,000 [10] Evelyn Waugh novel subtitled "The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder" Brideshead Revisited Lois	DD $2,000 [17] 1 of 2 Republicans who represent Oregon in the U.S. Senate (1 of) (Bob) Packwood (Mark Hatfield) Hansford

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD WAR II

During WWII this Mediterranean island was called Britain's "only unsinkable aircraft carrier"

Malta

Lois "What is Malta" — wagered $2,900

Jim "What is Malta" — wagered $11,500

Hansford "What is Malta?" — wagered $11,201

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