1992 Seniors Tournament final game 1.
Carolyn Meek — a high school English teacher from Houston, Texas
Leonard Schmidt — an optometrist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hansford Epes — a German and humanities professor from Davidson, North Carolina
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hansford | $600 | $2,200 | $8,200 | $10,200 |
$8,200
22 R, 3 W |
| Leonard | $2,000 | $4,100 | $6,700 | $11,200 |
$9,600
27 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Carolyn | $0 | $-400 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
$1,000
6 R, 4 W |
| BODIES OF WATER | OLD RADIO | COLORS | FAMOUS NAMES | MISS MANNERS' MANNERS | ABBREVIATIONS |
|
$100
[12]
Named for the Atlas Mountains, it's the second-largest body of water in the world
the Atlantic Ocean
Hansford
|
$100
[6]
Sgt. Friday worked for the L.A.P.D. & Sgt. Preston worked for them, the N.W.M.P.
the North-West Mounted Police
Leonard
|
$100
[17]
This animal that forms atolls doesn't have to be the color of the same name
coral
Hansford
|
$100
[1]
A Texas city, county & national forest are named for this frontier hero who died at the Alamo
Davy Crockett
Hansford
|
$100
[9]
Miss Manners says you should eat every egg given to you on this holiday & not pass them on to someone else
Easter
Hansford
|
$100
[22]
Whether he's admirable or not, a mayor gets this title, abbreviated Hon., in front of his name
Honorable
Leonard
|
|
$200
[13]
Situated between Quebec & Ontario, James Bay is the southern extension of this bay
Hudson Bay
Leonard
|
$200
[7]
"Mr. District Attorney" was sponsored by Ipana, this type of product
toothpaste
Hansford
|
$200
[18]
In heraldry, this color is known as purpure
purple
Leonard
|
$200
[2]
Civil War soldiers were among the first to benefit from his invention of condensed milk
(Gail) Borden
Leonard
|
$200
[27]
Miss Manners prefers to eat this "vegetarian" course after her entree, as many Europeans do
salad
Leonard
|
$200
[23]
You don't have to have ESP to know that this adverb is abbreviated esp.
especially
Hansford
Leonard
|
|
$300
[14]
This sea's greatest depths, about 13,500 feet, occur at the western end of the Aleutian Islands
the Bering Sea
Hansford
Leonard
Carolyn
|
$300
[8]
Radio "feuds" included Jack Benny & Fred Allen's & W.C. Fields' with this wooden star
Charlie McCarthy
Carolyn
|
$300
[19]
Dove & slate are 2 shades of this
gray
Leonard
|
$300
[3]
Only 200 sets of the 1st edition of his "Birds of America" were printed as each had 435 hand-colored pictures
(John James) Audubon
Leonard
|
$300
[28]
It is "a firm tenet" of Miss Manners' life that these necklaces must have odd numbers of strands
pearls
Leonard
|
$300
[24]
Visc. is an abbreviation of this word for a nobleman who ranks above a baron
viscount
Leonard
|
|
$400
[15]
This sea separates the Scandinavian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe
the Baltic Sea
Leonard
|
$400
[10]
1 of the 2 Arts who hosted "People Are Funny"
(1 of) Art Linkletter (Art Baker)
Hansford
|
$400
[20]
It's the color of the outer border around Time magazine's current covers
red
Hansford
|
DD
$500
[4]
On Dec. 4, 1991, after 2,450 days, he became the last American hostage released by Lebanese captors
Terry Anderson
Leonard
|
$400
[29]
Miss Manners thinks these look better in the refrigerator than they do on the chest or the wrist
corsage
Carolyn
|
$400
[25]
This musical term can be abbreviated ff or fff
fortissimo
Hansford
|
|
$500
[16]
According to tradition, the Incas originated on an island in this lake, the world's highest navigable one
Lake Titicaca
Hansford
|
$500
[11]
Among the regular characters on his show were Honey Chile, Vera Vague & Prof. Colonna
Bob Hope
Leonard
|
$500
[21]
The Teutonic Knights of the Crusades wore crosses of this color on their cloaks
black
Hansford
|
$500
[5]
This man invented the carpet sweeper in 1876 to clean up dust in his China shop
Bissell
Leonard
|
$500
[30]
When asked if it's proper to do this during social events, Miss Manners said, "Madame Defarge did"
knit
Hansford
|
$500
[26]
The official U.S. Postal service abbreviation for this territory is GU
Guam
Leonard
|
| METALS | POETS & POETRY | WORLD HISTORY | TRAVEL & TOURISM | U.S. PRESIDENTS | MAKING SCENTS |
|
$200
[17]
This heavy metal used in storage batteries is extracted from galena, a gray metallic ore
lead
Hansford
|
$200
[1]
The only well-known poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, it describes a baseball defeat
"Casey at the Bat"
Hansford
|
$200
[11]
In the 1940s politician Daniel Francois Malan instituted this policy of "separateness" in South Africa
apartheid
Carolyn
|
$200
[18]
This rock singer's birthplace in Tupelo, Miss. is preserved in a small park named for him
Elvis Presley
Hansford
|
$200
[3]
In March 1968, in the midst of the Vietnam War, he announced his decision not to seek reelection
LBJ
Leonard
|
$200
[12]
This perfume was such a phenomenon it became the financial basis of Chanel's fashion empire
Chanel No. 5
Leonard
|
|
$400
[20]
Also known as wolfram, this metal was first commercially used as lamp filament material
tungsten
Leonard
|
$400
[2]
John Donne's "Song" begins, "Go and catch a falling" one of these
a star
Leonard
|
$400
[13]
This symbol of the Reign of Terror was originally called the Louisette in its inventor's honor
the guillotine
Hansford
|
$400
[19]
To visit Daniel Boone's burial site, travel to this state capital
Frankfort (Kentucky)
Leonard
|
$400
[4]
While an Illinois lawyer, he patented a boat-lifting device
Lincoln
Leonard
|
$400
[27]
"Attar of" these flowers is often made from the Damask variety
roses
Leonard
|
|
$800
[22]
The name of this metal widely used to plate other metals is from a Greek word meaning "color"
chromium
Hansford
|
$600
[6]
Robert Herrick wrote a "Prayer to" this poet in which he called him "Saint Ben"
Ben Jonson
Carolyn
|
$600
[14]
Maximilian I, Duke of Bavaria, played a major role on the Catholic side of this 3-decade war
the Thirty Years' War
Hansford
|
$600
[24]
A newly-issued U.S. adult passport is valid for this number of years
10
Leonard
|
$600
[5]
For six months in 1939, he served as secretary to his father, then U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain
John F. Kennedy
Carolyn
|
$600
[28]
The word perfume comes from the Latin "per fumum", meaning "through" this
smoke
Hansford
Carolyn
|
|
$1,000
[23]
This light, strong metal is used to whiten leather & to make jet engines
titanium
Hansford
Leonard
|
$800
[7]
Scotsman who wrote about his wife, "There's not a bonie bird that sings, but minds me o' my Jean"
(Robert) Burns
Carolyn
|
$800
[15]
He was imprisoned 9 times before he became prime minister of India in 1947
(Jawaharlal) Nehru
Hansford
Leonard
|
$800
[25]
The only imported operating Dutch windmill in the U.S. is located in this Michigan city
Holland
Leonard
|
$800
[9]
He was nicknamed "Old Buck" & "The Bachelor President"
Buchanan
Hansford
|
$800
[29]
"Essential" ones of these obtained from plants such as jasmine are the foundation for perfumes
oils
Carolyn
|
|
DD
$2,000
[21]
Except for iron & steel, the world uses more of this metal than any other
aluminum
Leonard
|
$1,000
[8]
Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a cycle of sonnets about this musician who journeyed to Hades
Orpheus
Hansford
|
$1,000
[16]
She became Great Britain's queen 349 years after the death of Good Queen Bess
Elizabeth II
Leonard
Carolyn
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
This building complex in New Castile, Spain houses the tombs of Spanish monarchs since Charles V
El Escorial
Leonard
|
$1,000
[10]
The Gadsden Purchase of 1853 was during this New Hampshirite's term in office
Franklin Pierce
Leonard
|
$1,000
[30]
It's by far the largest animal from which we get a common perfume
a (sperm) whale
Hansford
|
One of the 1st lines in this William Holden film is "The poor dope. He always wanted a pool."
Sunset Boulevard