Show #2517 1995-07-11 (taped 1995-02-27) Seniors Tournament

1995-A Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

Pete Herborn — a retired teacher from Columbia, Missouri

Diane Graham — a training executive from Potomac, Maryland

Dotty Carew — a communications specialist and writer from Brooklyn, New York

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Dotty	$500	$200	$400	$0 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$400 6 R, 3 W
Diane	$1,200	$3,800	$12,200	$10,200 Automatic semifinalist	$12,200 31 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Pete	$1,700	$3,100	$4,300	$1,300 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$4,300 15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

MAMMALS	SAINTS	SINGERS	LAKES & RIVERS	COOKING	ODD WORDS
$100 [15] These humped mammals once carried mail across arid parts of the U.S. camels Diane	$100 [4] This pope has canonized more saints than his 7 predecessors combined John Paul II Dotty	$100 [10] This country music queen wrote her own hit songs "You Ain't Woman Enough" & "Coal Miner's Daughter" Loretta Lynn Dotty Pete	$100 [6] The Susquehanna River flows past this infamous power plant Three Mile Island Diane	$100 [20] This spice that flavors a special toast comes from the bark of an evergreen tree cinnamon Diane	$100 [1] To recite an orison is to say one of these, amen a prayer Dotty
$200 [22] Unlike most marsupials, the murine opossum lacks this a pouch Dotty	$200 [5] In 1224 this saint of Assisi began suffering from stigmata St. Francis Pete	$200 [16] Mac Davis told TV Guide Elvis wanted to appear on this TV show & ride a tricycle like Arte Johnson Laugh-In Diane	$200 [11] Lake Tiberias on the Jordan is better known as the Sea of this the Sea of Galilee Pete	$200 [21] The juices that collect in the bottom of a roasting pan are given this term from how they got there pan drippings	$200 [2] Hebetic describes something happening during this period of adolescence puberty
$300 [23] In some species of this armored mammal, the tail is protected; in others, it's not an armadillo Pete	$300 [7] This saint called "the Divine" was a fisherman & brother of St. James the Greater St. John (the Divine) Diane	$300 [17] Born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania in 1912, his original first name was Pierino Perry Como Diane	$300 [12] The 80-mile-long Moscow Canal connects the Moskva River with this river the Volga Pete	$300 [26] It's put on a fruit tart to give it a sheen & to keep the fruit from drying out glaze Pete	$300 [3] It's the part of a candle also called a snaste a wick Diane
$400 [24] Scrabble players know that the ai is a type of this "lazy", slow-moving mammal a sloth Diane Pete	$400 [8] Saint Athananius was born in & later became bishop of this northern Egyptian city Alexandria Dotty	$400 [18] This star of "Your Hit Parade" got his famous nickname from the Irving Berlin song "Snooky Ookums" Snooky Lanson Diane	$400 [13] The Irrawaddy is a river road to Mandalay in this country Myanmar or Burma Pete	$400 [27] In Greek cooking these leaves are blanched, then stuffed with rice, currants, raisins, mint, dill, pine nuts & spices grape leaves Pete	$400 [29] When people do this late in life, it's called opsigamy marry Diane
$500 [25] This brown bear of Alaska rivals the polar bear as the largest carnivore a Kodiak Dotty Pete	$500 [9] Fellow novices nicknamed this saint born near Aquino, Italy "Dumb Ox" St. Thomas of Aquinas Diane	$500 [19] Like Hank Snow, this woman who sang the 1970 hit "Snowbird" hails from Nova Scotia Anne Murray Diane	DD $500 [14] The Dnepr River empties into the Black Sea in this former Soviet Republic the Ukraine Pete	$500 [28] To make this beverage, a Turk gets the contents of his ibrik boiling coffee Diane Pete	$500 [30] "Check" this out: a patzer is an inferior or amateur player of this game chess Diane

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY	'50s FILM FACTS	TRANSPORTATION	FLAGS	LITERARY CHARACTERS	EVEN WORDS
$200 [2] Incorporated as a city in 1881, it later became the territorial capital, then state capital of Arizona Phoenix Diane	$200 [3] This creator of "Jeopardy!" was one of Kathryn Grayson's love interests in 1953's "So This is Love" Merv Griffin Diane	$200 [11] Popular for children to ride, this small pony breed comes from islands north of Scotland Shetlands Diane	$200 [8] Its state flag has a white star placed between the yellow letters N & C North Carolina Pete	$200 [1] At the end of this novel, Winston Smith acknowledges his love for Big Brother 1984 Diane Pete	$200 [24] This term indicates you're matching an expert golfer's score for a round par Diane
$400 [17] From 1818 to 1846 the area of Oregon was occupied jointly by the U.S. & this country Great Britain Pete	$400 [4] In this 1959 comedy, Jack Lemmon compares Marilyn Monroe's walk to "Jello on springs" Some Like It Hot Diane	$400 [12] Roald Amundsen & Fridtjof Nansen were among the explorers who used Samoyeds to pull these dog sleds Dotty	$400 [9] The stripes on the U.S. flag stand for these the (original) colonies Dotty Pete	$400 [13] It's the first name shared by Theodore Dreiser's "Sister" & Stephen King's telekinetic teen Carrie Diane	$400 [27] Nautically speaking, if you're in a stable condition you're on "an even" one of these keel Diane
$600 [18] In 1624 this trading company sponsored a Dutch colony along the Hudson River the Dutch West India Company Dotty Diane	$600 [5] Grace Kelly acted in 11 feature films in the 1950s; 3 were directed by this man Alfred Hitchcock Diane	$600 [21] 9-letter term for a parade of cars motorcade Diane	DD $500 [25] The flag of this smallest Canadian province depicts 3 saplings & a large oak tree Prince Edward Island Diane	$600 [14] Sid Halley is an ex-jockey turned investigator in books by this author Dick Francis Diane	$600 [28] Horses running evenly in a race are anatomically described as this neck and neck Diane
$800 [19] In 1985 James A. Baker 3rd succeeded this man as Ronald Reagan's Secretary of the Treasury Donald Regan	$800 [6] Jo Van Fleet won a 1955 Oscar for her 1st screen role, as James Dean's mother, Kate, in this film East of Eden Diane	$800 [22] In 1892 this German patented an internal-combustion engine that didn't use spark plugs Diesel Diane	$600 [10] The orange stripe on the flag of Niger represents this desert the Sahara Diane	$800 [15] He's Bertie Wooster's manservant Jeeves Diane	$800 [29] A palindromic synonym for even; a bubble-headed carpenter has one a level Pete
$1,000 [20] The 1835 Toledo War was a border skirmish between Ohio & this present state Michigan Diane	$1,000 [7] Kim Novak & William Holden danced to "Moonglow" in this 1955 film Picnic Diane	$1,000 [23] This luxury airline that serviced only Los Angeles, New York & Las Vegas was sold January 3, 1995 MGM Grand Air	$1,000 [26] The flag of Cambodia has a representation of this temple dedicated to Vishnu Angkor Wat Diane	DD $1,500 [16] This title realtor in a novel by Sinclair Lewis later appeared in "Elmer Gantry" (George F.) Babbitt Diane	$1,000 [30] Scales perfectly balanced are in a state of this, from the Latin for "equal balance" equilibrium Diane

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS NAMES

"The Great Gatsby" author's 3-letter middle name

Key

Dotty "What is Scott?" — wagered $400

Pete "What is Ray?" — wagered $3,000

Diane "What is?" — wagered $2,000

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