Show #1835 1992-07-17 (taped 1992-02-25) Seniors Tournament

1992 Seniors Tournament final game 2.Last game of Season 8.

Contestants

Carolyn Meek — a high school English teacher from Houston, Texas (subtotal of $2,000)

Leonard Schmidt — an optometrist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (subtotal of $11,200)

Hansford Epes — a German and humanities professor from Davidson, North Carolina (subtotal of $10,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Hansford $500 $2,900 $8,900 $900 $7,200
18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Leonard $2,800 $3,900 $7,500 $0 $7,500
24 R, 2 W
Carolyn $600 $2,300 $8,500 $7,500 $7,500
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. STATES SPORTS 1956 HISTORIC NAMES COOKING EQUIPMENT RHYME TIME
$100 [26]
This state leads all others in the production of apples
Washington
Leonard
$100 [6]
In saddle-bronc riding, the cowboy's feet must remain in these
the stirrups
Leonard
$100 [1]
The first of these rare birds ever born in captivity was hatched on May 29 — Whoopee!
a whooping crane
Hansford
$100 [12]
John Brown called her "General Tubman"
Harriet Tubman
Leonard
$100 [8]
You can make waffles shaped like Mickey Mouse's head with a special one of these sold in many stores
a waffle iron
Leonard
$100 [21]
A feline fedora
a cat hat
Hansford
$200 [27]
"The Old Colony State", one of Massachusetts' nicknames, refers to this early colony
Plymouth
Leonard
$200 [7]
In the 1950s, this sport's top American female player was Leah Thall Neuberger, who was nicknamed "Ping"
table tennis (ping-pong)
Carolyn
$200 [2]
His ex-wife Ellen Borden Stevenson announced she was going to vote for Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Leonard
$200 [13]
This explorer's brother Thorvald was killed by a native during an expedition to the New World
Leif Erikson
$200 [16]
Interlocked ones of these give your cookies fancy shapes with a minimum of handling
cookie cutters
Carolyn
$200 [22]
The cash you could make by selling rabbits
bunny money
Hansford Leonard Carolyn
$300 [28]
In 1976 the Great Falls of the Passaic River, in this state were dedicated as a national historic site
New Jersey
Leonard
$300 [9]
Unlike most sleds, toboggans don't have these on the bottom
runners
Leonard
$300 [3]
A boulevard in Monaco was renamed in honor of this new princess
Princess Grace
Leonard
$300 [14]
His less famous brothers Ira & Levi helped found the Green Mountain Boys
Ethan Allen
Leonard
$300 [17]
"Joy of Cooking" says these fruit ballers can be used to make butter balls, too
melon ballers
Carolyn
$300 [23]
Samuel F.B.'s equines
Morse's horses
Leonard
$400 [29]
In pioneer days, it was known as the Bear State; later it became the "Land of Opportunity"
Arkansas
Hansford
$400 [10]
An opening in a fence, or an opening between flags that a skier must pass through in a slalom event
gates
Leonard
$400 [4]
This British statesman's son Randolph was a losing contestant on "The $64,000 Question"
Winston Churchill
Hansford
$400 [15]
This Catherine was the last wife Henry VIII beheaded, & the charge of adultery was probably true
Catherine Howard
Carolyn
$400 [18]
Used to pound meat, it's a bit smaller than the piece of croquet equipment of the same name
a mallet
Carolyn
$400 [24]
A fight between cows & steers
a cattle battle
Leonard
DD $1,200 [30]
This state ranks first in the manufacture of machine tools & rubber products
Ohio
Hansford
$500 [11]
In fencing, the foil & epee are thrusting weapons only but this is a thrusting & cutting weapon
the saber
Leonard
$500 [5]
She was paroled from a women's prison in Alderson, W.Va. after serving 6 years for treason
Tokyo Rose
Leonard
$500 [20]
Alessandro, an illegitimate member of this family, was a 16th century Duke of Florence
the Medicis
Carolyn
$500 [19]
This bowl-shaped cooking utensil is used especially for Chinese food & stir-frying
a wok
Hansford
$500 [25]
Late columnist Wilson's witticisms
Earl's pearls
Carolyn

Double Jeopardy! Round

LONDON MOVIE SEQUELS NOVELS THE CIVIL WAR SCIENCE ANNUAL EVENTS
$200 [8]
Marble Arch was moved to its present location in 1851; it used to be in front of this palace
Buckingham
Leonard
$200 [2]
Its sequels were "The Empire Strikes Back" & "Return of the Jedi"
Star Wars
Hansford
$200 [1]
"Wallis: The Novel" is a fictionalized version of this woman's fascinating life
the Duchess of Windsor
Leonard
$200 [26]
The South's export of this crop was shut down, causing massive unemployment in northern New England
cotton
Leonard
$200 [12]
Found in watches, mattresses & automobiles, it's a device that can store mechanical energy
a spring
Leonard
$200 [20]
Britt, Iowa is the site of an annual convention for these tramps
hobos
Hansford
$400 [14]
Selfridges is one of many famous stores on this street whose name may remind you of a university
Oxford Street
Hansford
$400 [7]
The sequels to "The Paleface" & "King Kong" share these 2 words in their titles
Son of
Hansford
$400 [3]
This 1971 Herman Wouk novel begins, "Commander Victor Henry rode a taxicab home..."
The Winds of War
Hansford Carolyn
$400 [27]
In June 1862 he was appointed Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
Lee
Hansford Leonard
$400 [13]
On a temperature scale, "C" can stand for centigrade or this
Celsius
Hansford
$400 [21]
"The Lost Colony" drama is an annual event at Fort Raleigh Nat'l Historic Site on this island
Roanoke Island
Hansford
$600 [15]
This "Confessor" is entombed in the chapel named for him in Westminster Abbey
Edward the Confessor
Leonard
$600 [9]
This first sequel to "The Pink Panther" was loosely based on the French play "L'idiote"
A Shot in the Dark
Leonard
$600 [4]
This Pulitzer Prize winner set his 1983 novel "Ancient Evenings" in Ancient Egypt
Norman Mailer
Hansford Carolyn
$600 [28]
To help finance the war, the Union issued this paper currency which became known by its color
greenbacks
Carolyn
$600 [16]
Argon was formerly abbreviated "A" & this element is "B"
boron
Leonard Carolyn
$600 [22]
Each October a World Dairy Expo is held in this state
Wisconsin
Leonard
$800 [18]
The Garrick, the Phoenix & Wyndham's are 3 of these found on Charing Cross Road
theatres
Carolyn
$800 [10]
Bing Crosby received Oscar nominations for acting in both "Going My Way" & this sequel
The Bells of St. Mary's
Leonard
$800 [5]
Chapter VI of this French foreign legion classic is titled "A 'Viking's Funeral'"
Beau Geste
Carolyn
$800 [29]
1 of the 4 border slave states that remained in the Union
(1 of) Kentucky (Missouri, Maryland, Delaware)
Hansford
$800 [17]
In geology, pluvial refer to a prolonged period of this
rain
Carolyn
$800 [24]
Merle Haggard could tell you there's an Azalea Festival every April in this Oklahoma City
Muskogee
Hansford
$1,000 [19]
You can see the Gipsy Moth IV in which he sailed around the world, at Greenwich Pier
(Sir Francis) Chichester
Hansford
$1,000 [11]
Victor Mature starred in "Demetrius and the Gladiators" as well as this film which preceded it
The Robe
DD $2,000 [6]
Maxim's last line in this novel is "That's not the northern lights, that's Manderley"
Rebecca
Carolyn
DD $2,000 [30]
8 days after receiving a gunshot wound at Chancellorsville, this Confederate general died
Stonewall Jackson
Hansford
$1,000 [23]
Voyager 1 found 9 volcanoes erupting on this moon of Jupiter
Io
Carolyn
$1,000 [25]
The Paul Bunyan Dog Sled Races are usually held in January in Bemidji in this state
Minnesota
Carolyn

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

He was the last president elected with less than 50% of the popular vote

Nixon

Leonard "Who was Hayes" — wagered $7,500
Carolyn "Who was J. Carter?" — wagered $1,000
Hansford "Who was Kennedy?" — wagered $8,000

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