Show #1137 1989-07-11 (taped 1989-02-27) Regular

1989 Senior Tournament quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

Bill Casey — a motion picture and TV writer from San Juan Capistrano, California

Max Hall — an advertising writer from Orlando, Florida

Freda Mammina — a teacher from Yonkers, New York

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Freda	$700	$1,200	$6,400	$5,000 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$5,600 17 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Max	$200	$2,100	$8,700	$12,700 Automatic semifinalist	$7,100 17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Bill	$500	$3,500	$8,900	$3,900 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$8,900 20 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH POLITICS	FRENCH PHRASES	FOOD	SPORTS	CATS	SEXY SENIORS
$100 [9] Serving from 1916-22 Liberal Lloyd George was the last P.M. not from either of these 2 parties Labour & Conservative Max	$100 [12] "Coup", meaning the violent overthrow of a government, is short for this French phrase coup d'etat Freda	$100 [1] The price of this grain in Japan has run up to 5 times the world price rice Bill	$100 [19] This sport is also known as alpinism, especially in the Alps mountain climbing Bill	$100 [16] Encyclopedia Americana says this breed originated in China: Britannica says Thailand Siamese Freda	$100 [2] They had a son named Seth more than a century after they raised Cain Adam & Eve Bill
$200 [23] He preceded & followed Clement Attlee as prime minister Winston Churchill Max	$200 [13] The French don't build castles in the air but "chateaux en Espagne", which are these castles in Spain Freda	$200 [7] Mix 3 eggs & 3/4 c. sugar; add 1 c. thick cream,2 c. half & half& 2 tsps. vanilla; simmer; then freeze with ice vanilla ice cream Max	$200 [30] En garde! It's the traditional color of a fencer's uniform white Freda	$200 [18] Cats adore this strong-scented herb, but it stimulates them & shouldn't be used continuously catnip Max	$200 [3] In the 1940s this dapper Englishman acquired the nickname "Sexy Rexy" Rex Harrison Freda
$300 [24] The House of Commons has 523 members from England, 38 from Wales, 72 from Scotland & 17 from there Northern Ireland Max	$300 [14] What you'd be on if you were on the "Chemin de Fer Metropolitain" the French subway Bill	$300 [8] Despite its name, this cooking contest with a $40,000 grand prize is not limited to baking the Pillsbury Bake-Off Bill	$300 [29] Deep-sea divers know that this dangerous condition is also called decompression sickness the bends Max	$300 [20] Varieties of this cat include the stumpy & the rumpy; the rumpy has no tail the Manx Bill	$400 [5] This sexy film star said "Lonely Are the Brave" is his favorite of all his movies Kirk Douglas
$400 [26] In 1938 this P.M. signed the Munich Pact, at which time Hitler promised to take no more European land Neville Chamberlain Max	$400 [15] The kind of painting that's called a "nature morte" in French still life	$400 [10] The part of grains that humans eat but don't digest is called this ruffage (fiber) (bran) Freda Max	$400 [28] In 1969 Major League Baseball's Pilots played for one season in this city Seattle Bill	$400 [21] Technically referring to striped markings, this word has become almost synonymous with "cat" tabby Bill	DD $500 [4] Former Cotton Club chorine heard here, singing her signature song:"Life is bare, gloom and misery everywhere..." Lena Horne Freda
$500 [25] In 1919, under this title, U.S.-born Nancy Langhorne became the 1st woman to serve in Parliament Lady (Nancy) Astor Bill	$500 [17] A philosopher saying "plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose" would mean this the more it changes, the more it is the same Bill	$500 [11] Russian for "cereal" or "gruel", in the U.S. it commonly refers to buckwheat kasha Freda Max	$500 [27] This racket game was named for the Duke of Beaufort's estate, where it supposedly originated badminton Max	$500 [22] Bubastis, one of the major cities of this civilization, was dedicated to Bast, the cat goddess Egypt Bill	$500 [6] His on-again, off-again affair with Simone de Beauvoir endured for over half a century Jean-Paul Sartre

Double Jeopardy! Round

FICTION	'50s TV	U.S. CITIES	ANCIENT TIMES	OPERA	"HOUSE"s
$200 [8] Book One of this H.G. Wells work is entitled "The Coming of the Martians" The War of the Worlds Max	$200 [26] On the 1st "Person to Person" TV show in 1953, he "visited" L. Stokowski, G. Vanderbilt & Roy Campanella Edward R. Murrow Freda	$200 [5] William Penn's design for this city made it the1st in the U.S. to use a grid pattern for the streets Philadelphia Freda	$200 [2] It was a complaint by this "good" group that got Pontius Pilate recalled to Rome the Samaritans Freda Bill	$200 [1] Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "The Saint of Bleeker Street" is set in the Italian Qtr. of this city New York City Bill	$200 [14] Paraphrasing Matthew 12:25, Abe Lincoln said this kind of house "cannot stand" a house divided against itself Bill
$400 [9] Published in 1861, the sequel to this novel was called "Tom Brown at Oxford" Tom Brown's School Days Freda	$400 [27] While Don Quixote's sidekick was Sancho, this cowboy's sidekick was Pancho the Cisco Kid Max	$400 [11] Michigan city that's nationally known for its cereals Battle Creek Freda	$600 [23] This river flowed through the city of Babylon but has since shifted its course the Euphrates Bill	$400 [3] This Norwegian never finished his only attempt at opera, "Olav Trygvason" Edvard Grieg Max	$400 [15] Michael Keaton played one of these in "Mr. Mom" a househusband Freda
$600 [10] This 1844 novel was inspired by the memoirs of a 17th c. soldier, Charles de Baatz, d'Artagnan The Three Musketeers Bill	$600 [28] The show's dancers were called "The Toastettes" when "The Ed Sullivan Show" was called this The Toast of the Town Freda	$600 [19] Point Loma & Coronado Peninsulas shelter a natural deepwater harbor for this naval port city San Diego Freda	$800 [24] The book "Ancient World" calls these seagoing trading people the 1st middlemen the Phoenicians Bill	$600 [4] Coloratura sopranos Dame Nellie Melba & Dame Joan Sutherland were both born in this country Australia Bill	$600 [16] "Are you now or have you ever been" is a phrase that was associated with this body the House Committee on Un-American Activities Bill
$1,000 [13] The title of this James Clavell novel refers to Struan's, the oldest trading house in Hong Kong Noble House Max	—	$800 [20] Many encyclopedias say the rapid, post-WWII growth of Phoenix can be credited to this invention air conditioning Max	$1,000 [25] The Palace of Knossos on this Mediterranean island even had bathrooms Crete Bill	$800 [6] Donizetti based his opera about this famous Italian poisoner on a play by Victor Hugo Lucrezia Borgia Max	$800 [17] Nursery rhyme that includes the line "This is the farmer sowing the corn..." "The House that Jack Built" Freda
DD $1,400 [12] The 1st line of this book is "What can you say about a 25-year-old girl who died?" Love Story Freda	—	$1,000 [21] The Smith brothers first made their cough drops in this N.Y. State city, home to Vassar Poughkeepsie	DD $2,000 [22] To make this, an Egyptian took a river reed, split the pith into strips & pounded & rubbed it smooth paper (papyrus) Max	$1,000 [7] Stravinsky's opera "The Nightingale" is based on a story by this Danish author Hans Christian Andersen Max	$1,000 [18] A Quakers "house" of worship a meeting (a meeting house) Bill

Final Jeopardy!

MOVIES

Title of a 1960 S. Tracy film, it completes the bib. quote "He that troubleth his own house shall..."

Inherit the Wind

Freda "What is ?" — wagered $1,400

Max "What is Inherit the Wind?" — wagered $4,000

Bill "X" — wagered $5,000

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