Show #2290 1994-07-15 (taped 1994-03-07) Seniors Tournament

1994 Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Ann McGahran — a nanny from Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey

Alec MacKenzie — a producer and publisher from Chappaqua, New York

Dodge Crockett — an attorney and ranch manager from Santa Barbara, California

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Dodge $900 $2,500 $5,300 $300
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$5,300
14 R, 0 W
Alec $2,700 $4,200 $12,000 $12,000
Automatic semifinalist
$10,100
29 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Ann $300 $1,300 $4,500 $0
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$5,500
11 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE SINGERS BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ROYAL CHILDREN POTENT POTABLES ABBREVIATIONS
$100 [2]
When they're huge, these lunar features are called basins
craters
Dodge
$100 [4]
It's been said this late Broadway belter "could hold a note as long as the Chase Manhattan Bank"
Ethel Merman
Alec Ann
$100 [9]
In 1987 this Japanese film company introduced the world's 1st 35mm one-time-use camera
Fuji
Alec
$100 [1]
Isabella II was just 2 years old when she was proclaimed queen of this country in 1833
Spain
Alec
$100 [15]
Usquebaugh is the original Celtic name for this potent potable
whiskey
Dodge
$100 [21]
qt., an abbreviation for quantity, is also an abbreviation for this specific quantity
a quart
Dodge
$200 [14]
This part of the spectrum has wavelengths shorter than violet light but longer than X rays
ultraviolet
Dodge Alec
$200 [5]
This singer known by one name said, "I was the first person to show her bellybutton on television"
Cher
Dodge
$200 [10]
Founded in 1897, it's America's largest chemical company after Du Pont
Dow
Alec
$200 [3]
His second daughter, Princess Eugenie Victoria Helena of York, was born on March 23, 1990
Prince Andrew
Ann
$200 [16]
While a martini is often served with an olive, a Gibson is usually served with this
an onion
Alec
$200 [27]
To a baseball player, his ERA is this
earned run average
Ann
$300 [24]
Radon gas is produced by the breakdown of this element in the earth's crust
radium
Dodge
$300 [18]
His real name is Arnold George Dorsey, but his fans call him Enge, not Arnie
Engelbert Humperdinck
Alec
$300 [11]
This American company is the No. 1 seller of motorcycles in the U.S.
Harley-Davidson
Alec
$300 [6]
At his birth in 1811, Napoleon II was proclaimed king of this major Italian city
Rome
Dodge
$300 [17]
This juice is the mixer in a Scarlett O'Hara or a Cape Codder cocktail
cranberry juice
Alec Ann
$300 [28]
sr. not only stands for senior, it's also an abbreviation for this early time of day
sunrise
Dodge
$400 [25]
In the fovea of the retina, cones are concentrated but these light-sensitive cells are absent
rods
Dodge
$400 [19]
She recorded a new version of "White Christmas" in 1989 with daughter-in-law Debby Boone
Rosemary Clooney
$400 [12]
In 1986 this company acquired RCA & NBC for $6.3 billion
General Electric
Alec
$400 [7]
He was only 9 when he succeeded his brother Smenkhkare as king of Egypt around 1350 B.C.
King Tut (Tutankhamun)
Alec
$400 [22]
With the possible exception of Armagnac, this French brandy is considered the world's finest
Cognac
Alec
$400 [29]
Scholars commonly refer to this reference work as the OED
the Oxford English Dictionary
Alec
$500 [26]
In geology the littoral is the environment between the highest & lowest ones of these on a beach
the tides
Alec
$500 [20]
She co-wrote her 1948 million-seller "Manana" with her first husband, Dave Barbour
Peggy Lee
Ann
DD $1,000 [13]
This company first entered the lipstick market with the slogan "Matching lips and fingertips"
Revlon
Alec
$500 [8]
The Czarevitch Alexis was the only son of Czar Nicholas II & this empress
Alexandra
Alec
$500 [23]
A Peppermint Pattie can be made with creme de menthe or the peppermint type of this liquor
schnapps
$500 [30]
k. is an abbreviation for krone & this Russian currency
kopeck
Dodge

Double Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES SAINTS MEXICO FEDERAL AGENCIES LITERARY POTPOURRI
$200 [11]
In 1981 it was reported that this president's false teeth were missing from a museum
George Washington
Alec
$200 [16]
In 1972 a coed state college named for this inventor opened in Trenton, N.J.
Edison
Alec
$200 [1]
Legend said that this woman of Magdala had been betrothed to St. John the Apostle
Mary Magdalene
Alec
$200 [20]
In 1985 2 of these struck Central Mexico, killing over 7,000 people
earthquakes
Ann
$200 [25]
It's with whom you file your federal income tax returns on or before April 15
the Internal Revenue Service
Alec
$200 [6]
This author's father, John, illustrated the original 1894 edition of "The Jungle Book"
Rudyard Kipling
Alec
$400 [12]
Rutherford B. Hayes was wounded 4 times while serving in this war
the Civil War
Alec
$400 [17]
Colleges in this state include Hannibal-LaGrange College & the College of the Ozarks
Missouri
Alec
$400 [2]
It's likely that this man, considered the first pope, died sometime between 64 & 67 A.D.
St. Peter
Alec
$400 [21]
The most important river in Northern Mexico is the Rio Bravo del Norte, called this in the U.S.
Rio Grande
Dodge
$400 [26]
This agency establishes safety standards for aircraft & helps plan & develop airports
the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)
Alec
$400 [7]
Chapter 1 of this Agatha Christie novel is titled "An Important Passenger on the Taurus Express"
Murder on the Orient Express
Ann
$600 [13]
When Lincoln was shot on this holiday, many likened him to Christ
Good Friday
Alec
$800 [19]
The full name of this city's Rice University is William Marsh Rice University
Houston
Dodge
$600 [3]
In 1979 John Paul II declared this saint of Assisi the patron of ecologists
St. Francis
Alec
$600 [22]
Mexico is the world's largest miner of this precious metal
silver
Dodge
$600 [27]
Created in 1891, it's called the INS for short
the Immigration and Naturalization Service
Alec
$600 [8]
This "Private Lives" playwright wrote a book of poems under the pen name Hernia Whittlebot
Noël Coward
Alec
$800 [14]
In 1897 President McKinley formally dedicated this president's New York City tomb
(Ulysses) Grant
Ann
$1,000 [29]
The University of Vermont is located in this city, the state's largest
Burlington
Alec
$800 [4]
Before his martyrdom, this author of "Utopia" took the time to carefully adjust his beard
St. Thomas More
Alec
$800 [24]
This type of strolling musical group includes guitarists, violinists & trumpeters
mariachi
Ann
$800 [28]
The Social Security Administration is an agency of this department
Health and Human Services
$800 [9]
The heroine of this Willa Cather novel eventually marries a farmer named Anton Cuzak
My Ántonia
DD $1,000 [15]
Early in their careers, Harry Truman was a haberdasher & this Tennessean was a tailor
Andrew Johnson
Ann
DD $2,000 [18]
The state universities of Lvov, Kharkov & Kiev are this country's largest
the Ukraine
Alec
$1,000 [5]
Thomism is the theological school that follows the teaching of this Dominican philosopher
St. Thomas Aquinas
Ann
$1,000 [23]
On Dec. 17, 1992 this Mexican president signed the North American Free Trade Agreement
(Carlos) Salinas (de Gortari)
Dodge
$1,000 [30]
This bureau collects & publishes data on employment, unemployment, working hours, wages & prices
the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Alec
$1,000 [10]
This author of "Beloved" set her first novel, "The Bluest Eye", in her hometown, Lorain, Ohio
Toni Morrison
Ann

Final Jeopardy!

ISLANDS

The Dutch & French, who occupied this Caribbean island, divided it between them on March 23, 1648

St. Martin (Saint-Martin, Sint Maarten)

Ann "What is St. Martens?" — wagered $4,500
Dodge "What is St. Bar" — wagered $5,000
Alec "What is St. Kitts" — wagered $0

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