Show #2519 1995-07-13 (taped 1995-02-27) Seniors Tournament

1995-A Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

Barbara Eschrich — a senior buyer from Brookhaven, Pennsylvania

Caroline Brown — a computer specialist from Elmhurst, New York

Larry Bowman — an attorney from Indian Wells, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Larry	$500	$700	$1,500	$3,000 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$3,600 14 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Caroline	$200	$2,700	$7,300	$6,300 Automatic semifinalist	$9,300 24 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Barbara	$0	$500	$700	$1,400 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$700 8 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

INSECTS	MUSICAL THEATRE	WOMEN'S FIRSTS	GAMBLING	CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY	COMMON BONDS
$100 [12] Sara orangetip, which has orange-tipped wings, is a type of this beautiful insect a butterfly Barbara	$100 [22] In 1994 this indefatigable star embarked on a 30th anniversary tour of "Hello, Dolly!" Carol Channing Barbara	$100 [20] Micheline Bernardi modeled the first of these in 1946, 4 days after an atomic bomb test a bikini Larry	$100 [1] In craps odds are that this number will come up the most frequently 7 Larry	$100 [4] A myth about the poet Epimenides says he did this for 57 years—more than twice as long as Rip Van Winkle slept Larry	$100 [6] Spirit, chewing, bubble gum Barbara
$200 [17] Of the aphid, the flea or the black widow spider, the one that doesn't belong in the category a spider Larry Caroline	$200 [23] In 1960 Tammy Grimes played this "Unsinkable" title character on Broadway Molly Brown Caroline	$200 [21] In 1720 a Mrs. Clements was the first to sell this condiment in paste form rather than as seeds mustard	$200 [2] This game isn't an invention of U.S. states; Augustus ran one to raise revenue for repairs in ancient Rome a lottery Larry	$200 [8] The woodpecker was sacred to this Roman god of war Mars Larry	$200 [7] Boot, Beacon, Breed's Hill Caroline Barbara
$300 [18] Insects are poikilothermic, which is a synonym for this cold-blooded	$300 [27] He starred in the Broadway musical "Top Banana" before he played Sergeant Bilko on TV Phil Silvers Larry	$300 [24] In 1971 this tennis star became the first woman athlete to earn $100,000 in one year Billie Jean King Caroline	$300 [3] Nickname of famous 20th century gambler Nicholas Andrea Dandolos of Rethymnon, Crete Nick the Greek Caroline	DD $300 [9] Like the Pleiades, the Hyades were sisters who were transformed into these stars Larry	$300 [10] Curtain, bird, telephone calls Larry Caroline
$400 [19] Wireworms are the slender larvae of the "click" type of this insect the beetle Caroline	$400 [28] She belted out "You'll Never Get Away From Me" with Jack Klugman in the 1959 musical "Gypsy" (Ethel) Merman Caroline	$400 [25] She was the first British monarch to travel by rail Queen Victoria Barbara	$400 [5] A casino may have a lounge for this game where you pick numbers & hope the blower delivers them keno Caroline	$400 [15] This city made famous by a war was founded on a site indicated by a spotted cow Troy Caroline	$400 [13] Fork, ski, face lifts
$500 [30] These African flies transmit the trypanosomes that cause souma, a disease of ruminants a tsetse fly Caroline	$500 [29] Bobby Short sang "Too Darn Hot" in a 1956 revival of this Cole Porter musical Kiss Me, Kate Barbara	$500 [26] In 1989 Barbara C. Harris became the first woman to reach this rank in the Episcopal Church bishop Caroline	$500 [11] On the Riviera, words spoken during this game might be "trois, rouge, impair, manque" roulette Larry	$500 [16] After they were turned into swine, Ulysses' men "pigged out" on acorns fed to them by this sorceress Circe Barbara	$500 [14] Debutante, meat, base balls

Double Jeopardy! Round

SCIENTISTS	LANGUAGES	GREEN GEOGRAPHY	PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA	LITERARY ALLUSIONS	ART
$200 [26] He moved to Santa Rosa, California using money from the sale of a potato he'd developed Burbank Caroline	$200 [1] Nynorsk, a dialect of this language, was created in the 1800s as a reaction to Danish influence Norwegian (Norse) Caroline	$200 [6] The Green Lake Room is one of the chambers in this New Mexico national park Carlsbad Caverns Larry	$200 [7] As Dan Quayle did in Indiana, Harry Truman served in this military group in Missouri the national guard Larry	$200 [9] To fight imaginary enemies is to "tilt at" these structures, as Don Quixote did windmills Larry	$200 [21] Giovanni Battista Tiepolo's frescoes of Antony & this queen are in the Palazzo Labia in Venice Cleopatra Caroline
$400 [27] Alhazen, Islam's greatest medieval scientist, once boasted that he could control this river's flooding the Nile Larry	$400 [2] The first modern novel in this language was "Love of Zion", published in 1853 Hebrew Caroline	$400 [13] This arm of Lake Michigan is at the mouth of the Fox River Green Bay Barbara	$400 [8] His second inaugural address, the second given & the shortest ever, was 135 words long Washington Caroline	$400 [17] This hero of "Les Miserables" became the prototype of a poor man suffering social injustice Jean Valjean Caroline	$400 [22] "The Actor", painted c. 1904, shows he was moving from his Blue Period to his Rose Period Picasso Caroline
$600 [28] James Chadwick discovered this electrically uncharged subatomic particle the neutron Barbara	$600 [3] Martin Luther translated the Bible into this language using the dialect of Saxony German Caroline	$600 [14] The Jabal al-Akhdar in Oman, or where you find Smugglers' Notch in Vermont the Green Mountains Caroline	$600 [10] This president was not present at the swearing-in of his successor, Thomas Jefferson John Adams Larry Caroline	$600 [18] The name of this father of Sir Galahad is a byword for romantic chivalry Sir Lancelot Barbara	$600 [23] In 1892 he painted Jane Avril entering & leaving the Moulin Rouge Toulouse-Lautrec Caroline
$800 [29] Caroline Herschel, sister of William, was the first important woman in this scientific field astronomy Barbara	$800 [4] Although this is Nigeria's official language, Hausa, Yoruba & Ibo are the most widely spoken English Caroline	$800 [15] In 1960 4 Black students sat at a lunch counter in this N.C. city & began a nationwide protest Greensboro Caroline	$800 [11] In 1976 he was the candidate of the Social Democrats as well as the Democrats Jimmy Carter Larry	$800 [19] A dashing suitor is a Lochinvar, after a hero who steals another's bride in this Scotsman's poem "Marmion" (Sir Walter) Scott Larry Caroline	$800 [24] The largest collection of this magazine illustrator's original art is in a Stockbridge, Mass. museum Norman Rockwell Caroline
$1,000 [30] This Danish physicist amplified Rutherford's model of the atom Niels Bohr Larry	$1,000 [5] Many words, such as brandy, skate & yacht, have been adapted from this language Dutch Barbara	DD $2,000 [16] In 1861 & 1862 it was the Confederate capital of Kentucky Bowling Green Caroline	DD $1,800 [12] His father was named Alphonso, he had 2 half-brothers named Alphonso & his son was Robert Alphonso William Howard Taft Larry	$1,000 [20] The name of this kingdom in "The Prisoner of Zenda" became a synonym for a fanciful, romantic place Ruritania	$1,000 [25] In 1892 this Impressionist began his series of paintings of Rouen Cathedral Claude Monet

Final Jeopardy!

BALLET CHARACTERS

In a famous 1892 ballet, she rules over the Kingdom of Sweets

the Sugar Plum Fairy

Barbara "Who is the Sugar Plum Fairy" — wagered $700

Larry "Who is the Sugar Plum Fairy" — wagered $1,500

Caroline "Who is Queen of" — wagered $1,000

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