Show #2605 1995-12-22 Seniors Tournament

1995-B Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Mark Weissman — a consultant from Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Phyllis Clark — a program coordinator from West Grove, Pennsylvania

Darryl Adams — an attorney and real estate broker from North Potomac, Maryland

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Darryl	$600	$3,500	$8,700	$8,400 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$9,700 23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Phyllis	$1,600	$3,900	$11,900	$14,900 Automatic semifinalist	$11,900 26 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Mark	$100	$300	$500	$0 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$500 6 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY	THE EMMYS	VOCABULARY	MONEY MATTERS	DOGS	TREES
$100 [1] Alaska's Pribilof Islands in this sea are noted as a breeding ground for fur seals the Bering Sea Phyllis	$100 [26] In 1994 he won an Emmy for playing Frasier Crane Kelsey Grammer Phyllis	$100 [8] A woman who practices this is called a yogini yoga Mark	$100 [17] Convertible bonds are convertible into the common type of this, at the option of the lender stock Darryl	$100 [6] Barry, one of these brandy-carrying dogs, rescued 40 people in the early 19th century St. Bernard Mark	$100 [11] Popular ornamental types of this tree include brittle & weeping a willow Phyllis Mark
$200 [2] Much of New Jersey's western border is provided by this river the Delaware River Darryl	$200 [27] Jimmy Smits won a 1990 Emmy for playing attorney Victor Sifuentes on this NBC drama L.A. Law Darryl	$200 [14] It's a "comfortable" name for a teapot cover a cozy Darryl	$200 [18] This "rate" is the price of a currency expressed in terms of another currency the exchange rate Darryl	$200 [7] The Siberian is the only officially recognized variety of this sled dog a Husky Darryl	$200 [12] The coast redwood is the tallest tree & this "giant" relative is the largest living tree the sequoia Phyllis
$300 [3] Canada has a Baffin Bay, as does this state, near Padre Island Texas Darryl	$300 [28] In 1979 this "MAS*H" star did a cartwheel down the aisle when he won an Emmy for Comedy Writing Alan Alda Mark	$300 [15] From the Latin mango, "salesman", this word can stand alone but usually follows "fish" or "gossip" a monger Mark	$300 [19] In a monopoly there is just one supplier of an item; in a monopsony, just one of these a consumer (buyer) Darryl	$300 [9] The British nicknamed this spotted pooch "coach dog" because it loved to trot alongside carriages a Dalmatian Phyllis	$300 [13] Varieties of this fruit tree are grouped into freestone & clingstone a peach Darryl
$400 [4] Rhode Island, Connecticut & this state meet at a point in Fishers Island Sound New York Phyllis	$400 [29] In 1981 this James Clavell miniseries received 14 nominations, but won only 3 awards Shogun Phyllis	$400 [22] Something that is flocculent resembles this animal fiber wool Phyllis Mark	$400 [20] In insurance it's the payment of twice the basic benefit for losses from specific causes double indemnity Darryl	$400 [10] Most litters of this "hairless" dog contain one "powder puff", a puppy with hair the Mexican hairless Darryl	$400 [23] This state tree of Mississippi has the largest undivided leaves & flowers of any tree in the temperate region the magnolia Phyllis
DD $500 [5] Mount Washington in this state's Presidential Range is New England's highest New Hampshire Phyllis	$500 [30] In 1974 Cicely Tyson was named Best Dramatic Actress for her role in "The Autobiography of" this woman Miss Jane Pittman Phyllis	$500 [25] As a verb it means to scurry or run hastily; as a noun, it's a pail in which coal is carried a scuttle Darryl	$500 [21] This Scot coined the term "invisible hand" for the market mechanism that coordinates independent acts Adam Smith Darryl	$500 [16] Tenzing Norgay, conqueror of Everest, was a breeder of these small Tibetan dogs a Lhasa apso Phyllis	$500 [24] The name of this long-lived type of pine tree comes from the spiny scales on its cone the bristlecone pine Darryl

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD WAR II	FAMOUS WOMEN	TRANSPORTATION	POETRY	JOY OF COOKING	MUSICAL THEATRE
$200 [1] On July 20, 1944 Col. Claus von Stauffenberg attempted to assassinate this man with a briefcase bomb Hitler Darryl	$200 [4] In 1939, a year & a half after her disappearance, this aviatrix was declared dead by a California court Amelia Earhart Phyllis	$200 [15] This pioneer trail extended about 2,000 miles between the Missouri & Columbia Rivers the Oregon Trail Mark	$200 [10] The poem about this man "at the Bat" was made into a 1953 opera Casey Phyllis	$200 [20] The book contains recipes for the vanilla, molasses & saltwater types of this candy taffy Phyllis	$200 [25] At the beginning of this musical, Jean Valjean is released on parole from a chain gang after 19 years Les Misérables Phyllis
$400 [2] He was deposed at a meeting of the Fascist Grand Council July 24, 1943 Mussolini Phyllis	$400 [5] This current Attorney General holds a degree in chemistry as well as law Janet Reno Darryl	$400 [16] An overhead electrified cable called a catenary is used to power this type of vehicle a streetcar Darryl	$400 [11] One of Longfellow's last poems was on the 1881 death of this U.S. president Garfield Phyllis Mark	$400 [21] One type of this breakfast item cooked in an iron may be made with boiled mashed yams or winter squash waffles Mark	$600 [26] This star of TV's "Hazel" ran a Coney Island boardinghouse in the 1954 musical "By the Beautiful Sea" Shirley Booth Darryl
$600 [3] This battle, also called the Battle of the Ardennes, lasted from Dec. 16, 1944 to Jan. 31, 1945 the Battle of the Bulge Phyllis	$600 [6] She last performed her famous fan dance in 1978; she passed away the following year Sally Rand Phyllis	DD $400 [19] This city is Ohio's principal port on the Ohio River Cincinnati Darryl	DD $400 [14] One or the most famous of these poems is Basho's "Old pond...a frog leaps in water's sound" a haiku Darryl	$600 [22] This lingual meat may be boiled, then baked with Creole sauce & garnished with parsley tongue Phyllis	$800 [27] In a 1965 revival of this musical, Jerry Orbach played Jigger & understudied the role of Billy Bigelow Carousel Phyllis
$800 [8] Construction began in 1937 on this 700-mile road that connected Lashio with Kunming the Burma Road Phyllis	$800 [7] Katharine Graham, former chairman of this newspaper company, now chairs its executive committee the Washington Post Darryl	$600 [17] In 1959 this type of transportation was installed at Disneyland; Seattle's came 3 years later a monorail Darryl	$600 [12] Charles Baudelaire wrote a poem about this bird also featured in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" the albatross Darryl	$800 [23] Dishes described as lucullus feature these fancy fungi truffles Phyllis	$1,000 [28] His 1892 comedy "Lady Windermere's Fan" inspired the 1960 musical "A Delightful Season" Oscar Wilde Phyllis
—	$1,000 [9] Painter Frida Kahlo was twice married to this Mexican muralist Diego Rivera Phyllis	$800 [18] By 1911 this Russian-born American aviation pioneer had built 2 unsuccessful helicopters Sikorsky Darryl	$800 [13] Welshman who wrote, "Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light" Dylan Thomas Darryl	$1,000 [24] The daikon, a large type of this vegetable, may be cooked like a turnip a radish Phyllis	—

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC AMERICANS

A statue of him stands at Yale's Connecticut Hall; a copy can be found at CIA headquarters in Virginia

Nathan Hale

Mark "Who is Bush" — wagered $500

Darryl "Who is George Bush" — wagered $300

Phyllis "Who was Nathan Hale?" — wagered $3,000

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