1994 Seniors Tournament semifinal game 2.
Frances Taliaferro — a guidance counselor and teacher from New York City, New York
Madeline Wilhoft — a retired printer from Uniondale, New York
Joe Clonick — a composer and musician originally from Chicago, Illinois
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe | $1,500 | $3,800 | $13,200 |
$14,200
Finalist |
$13,000
25 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Madeline | $1,300 | $2,700 | $2,500 |
$5,000
3rd place: $5,000 |
$2,500
17 R, 3 W |
| Frances | $-100 | $400 | $3,000 |
$6,000
2nd place: $5,000 |
$3,500
14 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| SEA CREATURES | AWARDS | AROUND THE KITCHEN | THE 1850s | TRANSPORTATION | COMMON BONDS |
|
$100
[1]
Unlike true ones of these crustaceans, the spiny or rock types don't have large claws
lobsters
Madeline
|
$100
[25]
The Goya is considered the Spanish equivalent of this American film award
the Oscar
Madeline
|
$100
[6]
A pitter takes the pit out of an olive & this specialized device takes the middle out of an apple
a corer
Madeline
|
$100
[11]
This prince was largely responsible for the Crystal Palace exhibition in Hyde Park
Prince Albert
Madeline
|
$100
[16]
From the shape of its tunnels, it's the British term for a subway
the tube
Joe
|
$100
[21]
Doris, Dennis, D-
Day
Madeline
|
|
$200
[2]
This relative of the octopus is sometimes called a sea arrow
a squid
Frances
|
$200
[26]
Studs Terkel won a 1985 Pulitzer Prize for "The Good War: An Oral History of" this conflict
World War II
Frances
|
$200
[7]
In the kitchen you may use the kitchen or poultry ones of these; the pinking type is for another room
a shears
Madeline
|
$200
[12]
In May 1857 the Prussian king renounced his rights to this country's Neuchatel Canton
Switzerland
Frances
|
$200
[17]
In 1984 this airline dropped the wings from its flying kangaroo logo
Qantas
Madeline
|
$200
[22]
Chop, drum, pick-up
sticks
Frances
|
|
$300
[3]
Mesogloea is the gelatinous substance that gives this creature its name
a jellyfish
Madeline
|
$300
[27]
In 1984 this comedic actress became the 1st woman inducted into the TV Academy Hall of Fame
Lucille Ball
Madeline
Frances
|
$300
[8]
It's a metal stand with little feet used to separate a hot dish from a tabletop
a trivet
Joe
|
$300
[13]
This abolitionist leader of the raid on Harpers Ferry was hanged in Charles Town, Va. in 1859
John Brown
Joe
|
$300
[18]
Discontinued 22 years earlier, the Hoboken Ferry was relaunched between these 2 states in 1989
New York & New Jersey
Madeline
|
$300
[23]
Snow, blood, piggy
bank
Joe
|
|
$400
[4]
The 2 parts of this "giant" bivalve's shell often weigh as much as 500 pounds
the giant clam
Madeline
|
$400
[28]
"The Dreamer of Oz", a TV movie about this author, won a 1991 Christopher Award
(Frank) Baum
Joe
|
$400
[9]
A runcible spoon combines a spoon with one of these utensils
a fork
Frances
|
$400
[14]
All 2,500 copies of this Hawthorne book were sold within 10 days of its release in 1850
The Scarlet Letter
Joe
Madeline
Frances
|
$400
[19]
A popular car of the early 1900s was this company's Bearcat
Stutz
Frances
|
$400
[24]
Coins, pancakes, your wig
flip
Madeline
|
|
$500
[5]
The world's best caviar comes from the beluga, a species of this fish
the sturgeon
Madeline
|
$500
[30]
LBJ awarded this pope a posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963
Pope John XXIII
Joe
|
DD
$500
[10]
Raytheon's microwave ovens were first sold in 1947 under this name
Radaranges
Frances
|
$500
[15]
In the 1856 treaty ending this war, Russia ceded Southern Bessarabia
the Crimean War
Joe
|
$500
[20]
Italian for "wasp", it's a famous make of motor scooter
Vespa
Joe
|
$500
[29]
Crow, salad, singles
bar
Joe
|
| BODIES OF WATER | VICE PRESIDENTS | ANNUAL EVENTS | FAMOUS BROTHERS | ANATOMY | OPERAS & OPERETTAS |
|
$200
[16]
Jean Laffite once lived on Grand Terre Island in Barataria Bay in this famous gulf
the Gulf of Mexico
Joe
|
$200
[26]
He was the last man to serve as FDR's vice president
Harry Truman
Frances
|
$200
[21]
On January 8 Louisiana commemorates this battle of the War of 1812
the Battle of New Orleans
Joe
Frances
|
$200
[1]
They founded Rome but it took more than a day to build it
Romulus & Remus
Frances
|
$200
[11]
The cerebrum is the largest & most highly developed part of this organ
the brain
Madeline
|
$200
[3]
Act II of "Die Fledermaus" includes a hymn to this bubbly beverage
champagne
Madeline
|
|
$400
[17]
The Severn & the Wye are the longest rivers that enter this country, part of the United Kingdom
Wales
Frances
|
$400
[27]
He was the last vice president to serve more than 4 years in the office
Bush
Joe
|
$400
[22]
Each August this large city hosts the Elvis International Tribute Week
Memphis
Madeline
|
$400
[2]
In the early 1800s they published "Kinder-und Hausmarchen", tales for kids & adults
the Brothers Grimm
Joe
|
$400
[12]
Near its origin, this largest artery gives rise to the coronary arteries of the heart
the aorta
Joe
|
$400
[4]
Sancho Panza is a silent role in "Master Peter's Puppet Show", based on an episode in this novel
Don Quixote
Frances
|
|
$600
[18]
When visiting Liverpool, you can ride a ferry across this river, as Gerry and the Pacemakers could tell you
the Mersey
Joe
Frances
|
$600
[28]
He was the first vice president to serve more than 4 years in the office
John Adams
|
$600
[23]
A popular October event in North Carolina is the Mello Yello 500 auto race in this city
Charlotte
Joe
Madeline
|
$600
[5]
When he was about 15, he joined his older brother Frank in Quantrill's Raiders
Jesse James
Madeline
|
$600
[13]
It's the joint formed by the lower end of the humerus & the 2 upper ends of the ulna & radius
the elbow
Joe
|
$600
[6]
"Trial By Jury" is this duo's only operetta without spoken dialogue
Gilbert & Sullivan
Joe
|
|
$800
[19]
Lake Winnipegosis lies in the southern part of this Canadian province
Manitoba
Frances
|
$800
[29]
A nephew of this Jefferson vice president sponsored the Erie Canal
George Clinton
Frances
|
$800
[24]
International Falls in this state is the site of the annual Ice Box Days Winter Festival in January
Minnesota
Joe
Frances
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
In 1884 they left Baraboo, Wisconsin with a small wagon show
the Ringling Brothers
Joe
|
$800
[14]
There are 3 pairs of these glands in the body, including the sublingual ones under the tongue
the salivary glands
Frances
|
$800
[7]
"Threepenny Opera" composer whose opera "Down in the Valley" is based on American folk songs
Kurt Weill
Joe
|
|
$1,000
[20]
Jordan's only seaport, Al-Aqabah, lies on this sea
the Red Sea
Frances
|
$1,000
[30]
1 of the 2 presidents under whom John C. Calhoun served as vice president
(1 of) John Quincy Adams & Andrew Jackson
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
Each July this Canadian province celebrates its heritage with the Highland Games in Antigonish
Nova Scotia
Joe
|
$1,000
[10]
Though these Frenchmen invented the hot air balloon, they weren't the first to go up in it
the Montgolfier brothers
Joe
Madeline
|
$1,000
[15]
After a meal bile that's stored in this sac is released into the small intestine
the gall bladder
Joe
|
$1,000
[8]
Heinrich Sutermeister based his 1948 opera "Raskolnikoff" on this Dostoyevsky novel
Crime and Punishment
Joe
|
D.H. Lawrence said he probably did "more than any writer to present the Red Man to the white man"
James Fenimore Cooper