Show #2518 1995-07-12 (taped 1995-02-27) Seniors Tournament

1995-A Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Elliot Shteir — an attorney from Somerville, New Jersey

Fran Rothman — a psychiatrist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Anne Farrell — a homemaker from Binghamton, New York

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Anne $200 $600 $7,200 $10,000
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$6,900
18 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Fran $3,500 $5,400 $8,200 $5,200
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated
$8,200
24 R, 3 W
Elliot $500 $1,500 $8,300 $12,300
Automatic semifinalist
$7,100
16 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE BIBLE CIRCUS HISTORY GERMAN CUISINE NOTABLE WOMEN MUSEUMS CROSSWORD CLUES "K"
$100 [2]
Jesus' first miracle was turning water into this
wine
Fran
$100 [26]
If this man hadn't changed his name, we would have had a Barnum & McGinnis Circus
Bailey
Fran
$100 [8]
Germans call this salad eiersalat--no "yolk"
egg salad
Anne
$100 [16]
This great jazz singer was the daughter of jazz guitarist Clarence Holiday
Billie Holiday
Elliot
$100 [21]
In 1995 this Calif. county's Museum of Art, LACMA, presented an exhibition of Roy Lichtenstein prints
Los Angeles County
Anne
$100 [1]
Beer barrel(3)
keg
Elliot
$200 [3]
Chapter 6 of the book of Joshua is devoted to the victory at this battle
Jericho
Anne
$200 [27]
These famous brothers started as performers; Al, the oldest, was a juggler & tightrope walker
the Ringlings
Elliot
$200 [9]
The name of the dessert apfel im schlafrock means this fruit "in nightgowns"
apples
Anne
$200 [17]
This former Secretary of Transportation is known to her friends as Liddy
Elizabeth Dole
Anne
$200 [22]
The Queen's Gallery in this English palace has been open to the public since 1962
Buckingham
Fran Elliot
$200 [4]
Work the dough(5)
knead
Fran
$300 [5]
While Matthew says he hanged himself, Acts says he bought a field & there met a gruesome death
Judas
Fran
$300 [28]
Tragically, 2 members of this family died when their 7-man pyramid collapsed in 1962
the Wallendas
Fran
$300 [10]
On German menus, loin of this meat is called schweinefilet
pork
Anne Fran
$300 [18]
Dr. Mathilde Krim is renowned for her efforts to find a cure for this epidemic disease
AIDS
Anne
$300 [23]
Velazquez' famous painting "Las Meninas" is in this Spanish art museum
the Prado
Fran
$300 [13]
Soviet shoe banger(10)
Khrushchev
Fran
$400 [6]
Genesis tells us Noah's ark was made of gopher wood; Exodus 25:10 says this was made of shittim or acacia
the Ark of the Covenant
Fran
$400 [29]
This Frenchman invented the flying trapeze act & had a snug one-piece garment named for him
Jules Léotard
$400 [12]
Make dumplings from these & you'll have kartoffelklosse; mashed ones are called kartoffelpuree
potatoes
Elliot
$500 [20]
This Austrian-born woman known for her family singers was named Catholic mother of year in 1957
Maria (von) Trapp
Fran
$400 [24]
Noted for its modern art, the Stedelijk Museum in this city is a short walk from the Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam
Anne Fran
$400 [14]
Michigan gal's town(9)
Kalamazoo
Fran
$500 [7]
Though his oldest living son, Adonijah, aspired to the throne, David had this son anointed instead
Solomon
Fran
$500 [30]
This animal trainer who had his own circus called his 1933 memoir "The Big Cage"
Clyde Beatty
Elliot
$500 [11]
Traditionally, wiener schnitzel is garnished with slices of this fruit that the Germans call zitrone
lemon
Fran
DD $700 [19]
Vigdis Finnbogadottir, this country's 1st female president, has held office since 1980
Iceland
Anne
$500 [25]
The American Decorative Arts Tour is a feature of the Winterthur Museum near Wilmington in this state
Delaware
Anne Fran
$500 [15]
Patellar reflex(4,4)
knee jerk
Fran

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY ANATOMY HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES THE CIVIL WAR AUTHORS HUMPHREY BOGART FILMS
$200 [9]
This continent represents about a third of the world's land surface
Asia
Fran
$200 [13]
The cerebrum constitutes about 85% of this organ's weight
the brain
Anne
$200 [14]
The Scots & Irish once used turnips instead of this gourd to carve Halloween jack-o'-lanterns
a pumpkin
Fran
$200 [2]
When Lincoln took office, the Union held 4 forts in Confederate terr.: 3 in Fla. & this one in S.C.
Fort Sumter
Anne
$200 [7]
He based Tom Sawyer's half-brother Sid on his own younger brother Henry
Mark Twain
Fran
$200 [1]
Bogart won his only Oscar for his role as the skipper opposite Katharine Hepburn in this film
The African Queen
Elliot
$400 [16]
The Chiapas Highlands in this country are farmed by Mayan descendants
Mexico
Fran
$400 [15]
The digestive tract in humans is also known as this canal, my dear Watson
the alimentary canal
Anne
$400 [21]
On June 17 Bunker Hill Day is celebrated in Suffolk County in this state
Massachusetts
Elliot
$400 [27]
The Army of the James River was created in 1864 out of the Department of this state & North Carolina
Virginia
Elliot
$400 [8]
In a 1926 letter to Ernest Hemingway, she wrote, "You are all a lost generation"
Gertrude Stein
Elliot
$400 [3]
In 1994 a record $398,500 was paid for the much sought-after title statue from this film
The Maltese Falcon
Fran
$600 [18]
About 60% of the population of Manitoba lives in the metropolitan area of this city
Winnipeg
Anne
$600 [17]
The spleen is located behind & to the left of the stomach, just below this dome-shaped muscle
the diaphragm
Elliot
$600 [25]
Each June Clarinda, Iowa gets "In The Mood" with a festival honoring this big band leader
Glenn Miller
Anne Elliot
$600 [28]
In this 1863 battle, Union troops formed a defensive position along Cemetery Ridge
Gettysburg
Elliot
$600 [10]
As a teenager in 1895, poet Edgar Guest was an office boy at this Detroit newspaper
The Detroit Free Press
Anne
$600 [4]
The 2 Humphrey Bogart films with "Sierra" in their titles
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre & High Sierra
Anne
$800 [19]
In 1965 Singapore separated from this Southeast Asian nation
Malaysia
Anne Fran
$1,000 [23]
It's the bone that runs parallel & lateral to the tibia
the fibula
Fran
$800 [24]
In July in Tahiti, the Tiurai Festival centers on this French holiday
Bastille Day
Elliot
$800 [29]
The fall of this city on July 4, 1863 gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Elliot
$800 [11]
"The Story of Muhammad Din" is one of this British author's "Plain Tales from the Hills"
Kipling
Anne
$800 [5]
In this 1946 film, Bogart played gumshoe Philip Marlowe
The Big Sleep
Fran
DD $1,000 [20]
This Venezuelan river's source lies in the Parima Highlands near the Brazilian border
the Orinoco
Anne
DD $2,000 [22]
As it enters the thigh, the external iliac artery becomes this artery
the femoral artery
Elliot
$1,000 [26]
Philadelphia is the site of this annual New Year's Day parade
the Mummers Parade
Anne
$1,000 [30]
When the war broke out, this future president helped drill a volunteer company in Galena, Illinois
Grant
Fran
$1,000 [12]
This Frenchwoman was a music-hall dancer & actress before she wrote "Gigi"
Colette
Fran
$1,000 [6]
In a rare comedic role, he fell for a chauffeur's daughter played by Audrey Hepburn in this film
Sabrina
Anne

Final Jeopardy!

CAMPAIGN SONGS

This 1948 campaign song was written by Eubie Blake for the 1921 musical "Shuffle Along"

"I'm Just Wild About Harry"

Anne "What is I'm Just Wild About Harry?" — wagered $2,800
Fran "What is "I Like Ike"?" — wagered $3,000
Elliot "What is I'm Just Wild about Harry?" — wagered $4,000

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