Show #2602 1995-12-19 Seniors Tournament

1995-B Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

Kay Hoey — a housewife from Bradenton Beach, Florida

David Cuneo — a former history teacher from Reisterstown, Maryland

Grace Amador — a retired language teacher from Sugar Land, Texas

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Grace	$400	$2,300	$9,300	$7,000 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$9,300 19 R, 1 W
David	$4,100	$3,300	$10,600	$10,000 Automatic semifinalist	$11,200 29 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Kay	$100	$1,300	$2,500	$0 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$2,500 8 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE	SOAP OPERA HISTORY	COMPOSERS	SPORTS	FRUITS & VEGETABLES	CROSSWORD CLUES "A"
$100 [16] It's the most massive object in our solar system the Sun Grace	$100 [19] Art Wallace based this '60s gothic vampire soap on "The House", a Goodyear Playhouse story he wrote in 1957 Dark Shadows	$100 [1] At age 12 this "Messiah" composer became assistant organist at the German cathedral of Halle Handel Kay	$100 [6] On May 30, 1911 Ray Harroun won the first running of this auto race the Indy 500 David	$100 [25] This vegetable can be "stuffed", or shredded to make sauerkraut cabbage Grace	$100 [11] Crocodile cousin(9) an alligator David
$200 [17] After a new queen bee emerges from her cell, she goes on a mating flight with these bees the drones David	$200 [20] Once Snapper on "The Young & the Restless", he's a lifeguard on "Baywatch" days & a P.I. on "Baywatch Nights" David Hasselhoff Kay	$200 [2] With his brother Ira, he wrote the songs for the first musical comedy to win a Pulitzer Prize (George) Gershwin David	$200 [7] In the 1960s this NBA player scored 70 or more points a record 6 times for the Warriors Wilt Chamberlain David	$200 [26] These sweet, heart-shaped peppers are usually sold in jars, either alone or stuffed in olives pimentos Grace	$200 [12] Guinevere's groom(6) Arthur David
$300 [18] It's the science of creating extremely low temperatures cryogenics David Kay	$300 [21] When this daytime soap debuted in 1970, it featured 3 families, the Martins, Tylers & Kanes All My Children	$300 [3] In 1907 Hungarian Bela Bartok was appointed professor of piano at this capital's academy of music Budapest David	$300 [8] This Norwegian is the only woman to win 3 straight Olympic gold medals in figure skating Sonja Henie David	$300 [27] A casaba is a melon & a Catawba is one of these a grape Grace Kay	$300 [13] Clinton country(8) Arkansas David
$400 [23] Type of doctor who would perform surgery for glaucoma an ophthalmologist (an oculist) Grace David	$400 [22] In "Mommie Dearest", she wrote about the time her mother Joan subbed for her on "The Secret Storm" Christina (Crawford) Grace David	DD $500 [4] In 1837 Franz Liszt introduced this composer to writer George Sand Chopin David	$400 [9] This Bears running back is the only NFL player to rush for more than 16,000 career yards Walter Payton David	$400 [28] Resembling overgrown scallions, they're an integral ingredient of vichyssoise leeks David Kay	$400 [14] Oak offspring(5) an acorn Grace
$500 [24] Refusing to patent his discovery, this X-ray discoverer died penniless Roentgen David	$500 [30] 1960s prime time title hometown of the Harringtons & the MacKenzies Peyton Place Grace	$500 [5] This American conductor wrote his "Mass" for the opening of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Leonard) Bernstein David	$500 [10] Nicknamed the "Bronx Bull", he won the middleweight boxing title in 1949 & held it for 2 years Jake LaMotta David	$500 [29] Stripped of their reddish-brown shells, these fruity "nuts" often conclude a Chinese meal lychee nuts Grace	$500 [15] Gorgeous Gardner(3) Ava David

Double Jeopardy! Round

DANCE	MOUNTAINS	THE 19th CENTURY	MUSEUMS	WOMEN POETS	TIME
$200 [26] The soles of a clog dancer's shoes are traditionally made of this material wood Grace	$200 [3] Colorado's Arapahoe Peak is located in the front range of these mountains the Rockies David	$200 [8] This Middle East waterway officially opened to traffic November 17, 1869 the Suez Canal David	$200 [1] The Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans has an exhibit on this annual festival the Mardi Gras Kay	$200 [21] This "Sonnets from the Portuguese" poet injured her spine at age 15 in a riding accident (Elizabeth Barrett) Browning Grace	$200 [16] Phrases for times that will never come include "When hell freezes over" & "the 30th of" this month February David
$400 [27] This country line dance was inspired by a 1992 Billy Ray Cyrus hit "Achy Breaky Heart" Kay	$400 [4] In 1840 great masses of this mountain where Noah's Ark landed were torn lose by an earthquake Mount Ararat David	$400 [9] In 1894, he became the last czar of Russia Nicholas II Grace	$400 [2] This city's historical museum is located on the boardwalk's Garden Pier Atlantic City David	$400 [22] This "Belle of Amherst" dressed in white in her later years Dickinson David	$400 [17] The special theory of relativity links this & time in a continuum space Grace
$600 [28] The hora is performed in a circle & the quadrille uses this formation a square Grace	$600 [5] This highest peak of the Alps is located in France's Haute-Savoie Department Mont Blanc David	$600 [10] In 1870 this "Swedish Nightingale" gave her last performance Jenny Lind David	$600 [13] This Chicago Natural History Museum's first collections were from the Columbian Exposition of 1893 the Field Museum Kay	$800 [24] Poet who, in 1883, penned the words "I lift my lamp beside the golden door" (Emma) Lazarus David	$600 [18] The first unit of time mentioned in the Bible day Grace
$800 [29] Argentina's Astor Piazzolla is famous as a composer of music for this ballroom dance the tango Grace	DD $1,000 [6] This mountain group in NE New York is sometimes erroneously included in the Appalachians the Adirondacks David	$800 [11] The original British "Bobby", he served as English prime minister 1834-35 & 1841-46 Robert Peel David	$800 [14] An Austin museum is devoted to this short story writer known for his unexpected endings O. Henry Grace	DD $900 [23] In 1956 she married British poet Ted Hughes while in England on a Fulbright scholarship Sylvia Plath David	$800 [19] A 1483 Flavio Biondo work used this 2-word term for the era between the decline of Rome & his time the Middle Ages David
$1,000 [30] After he quit the ABT in 1989, this dancer nicknamed Misha founded the White Oak Dance Project Baryshnikov Grace	$1,000 [7] Dapsang & Chogori are local names for this, the world's second-tallest mountain K2 David	$1,000 [12] In 1806 Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the emperor of this island nation, was killed in an ambush Haiti Grace	$1,000 [15] An exhibit at the Oklahoma State Museum of History is devoted to this aviator & friend of Will Rogers (Wiley) Post Grace	$1,000 [25] Known for her wedding songs, she was born around 620 B.C. on the island of Lesbos Sappho David	$1,000 [20] For most of the world, Coordinated Universal Time has replaced this as the standard Greenwich Mean Time

Final Jeopardy!

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

The name of this country in the Southern Hemisphere comes from a Latin word for "southern"

Australia

Kay "What is Ecuador" — wagered $2,500

Grace "What is Surinam?" — wagered $2,300

David "What is Argentina" — wagered $600

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