1989 Senior Tournament quarterfinal game 4.
Bob Drez — a teacher from Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Elsie Taulman — a registered nurse from Stockton, California
Ruth Boyd — a librarian originally from New York City
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth | $1,700 | $2,800 | $7,400 |
$4,800
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$7,300
17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Elsie | $100 | $2,200 | $9,600 |
$8,100
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$8,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Bob | $1,300 | $2,400 | $6,600 |
$13,100
Automatic semifinalist |
$6,600
18 R, 0 W |
| ANATOMY | IN THE DICTIONARY | BOTTOMS UP | MUSIC TRIVIA | NORTH CAROLINA | M*A*S*H |
|
$100
[22]
Your nails are made up of cells from this, the top layer of skin
epidermis
Bob
|
$100
[12]
A Portuguese word for "silly" or "stupid" inspired the name of this extinct flightless bird
the dodo
Elsie
|
$100
[14]
In the names of cocktails, this color precedes "squirrel" & "lady"
pink
Bob
|
$100
[7]
In 1948 the Palestine Philharmonic Orchestra was renamed this
the Israel Philharmonic
Ruth
|
$100
[1]
One of the N.C. colony's 1st products, this sticky stuff helped give the state its nickname
tar
Bob
|
$100
[4]
Having him write home in "Dear Dad" worked well; 6 episodes later we had "Dear Dad... Again"
Hawkeye
Ruth
|
|
$200
[13]
You have 2 of these, but a toothed whale only has 1, its blowhole
a nostril
Ruth
|
$200
[15]
It's defined as "a massive floating body of ice broken away from a glacier"
iceberg
Bob
|
$200
[19]
A creme de menthe cocktail, or the insect who might drink it
grasshopper
Bob
|
$200
[8]
This ensemble is the Boston Symphony minus its principal players
the Boston Pops
Bob
|
$200
[2]
The governor not only has no line-item power to do this, he has no power to do it at all
veto
Bob
|
$200
[5]
This teddy bear toter left the series at the start of Season 8
Radar
Ruth
|
|
$300
[23]
A bone that vibrates when it hears "go horsey", or a place for your foot on a saddle
a stirrup
Ruth
|
$300
[16]
From the Latin "abscondere", to hide away, it's a wall bracket for lights or candles
a sconce
Bob
|
$300
[20]
This liquor is 1 of the main ingredients in a bullshot, & that's no bull
vodka
Ruth
|
$300
[9]
Music hall Gracie who sang about "the biggest aspidistra-in the world"
Gracie Fields
Ruth
|
$300
[3]
2 of 3 universities that combined resources to create N.C. Research Triangle Park
(2 of) North Carolina, Duke (or N.C. State)
Ruth
|
$300
[6]
The peg o' his heart was his wife Peg, back in California
B.J. Hunnicutt
|
|
$400
[24]
When you toss a drink down the hatch, it goes down this tube to the stomach
your esophagus
Elsie
|
$400
[17]
The word that can precede trip, mouse or hockey
field
|
$400
[21]
Champagne cocktails traditionally include a dash of this
(Angostura) bitters
Elsie
|
DD
$500
[10]
This composer's wind bands helped introduce the saxophone to the U.S. in the 1890s
John Philip Sousa
Ruth
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$400
[28]
This cape on the Atlantic is the site of a Nat'l Seashore & the tallest lighthouse in the U.S.
Cape Hatteras
Elsie
|
$400
[27]
Character from whom Margaret borrowed a dress for her wedding
Klinger
Elsie
|
|
$500
[25]
Bowman's capsules are found in these filtering organs in your body
your kidneys
Elsie
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$500
[18]
It's the width of a scythe stroke; when you make a grand entrance, you "cut" one
a swathe (swath)
Ruth
|
$500
[26]
Kir cocktails contain this liqueur made from black currants
creme de cassis
Elsie
|
$500
[11]
One of the musicals by Leonard Bernstein with "Town" in the title
On the Town (or Wonderful Town )
Bob
|
$500
[29]
The only trace of this ever found was the word "Croatoan", the name of a local tribe, carved in a tree
the original settlement by Sir Walter Raleigh (on Roanoke Island)
Bob
|
$500
[30]
An occasional visitor, Major Sidney Freedman was this type of doctor
a psychiatrist
Elsie
|
| SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS | THE 1940s | THE RIVIERA | AUTHORS | HORSES | FAMOUS RIDERS |
|
$200
[16]
Strangely, in 1971 Dame Judith Anderson played this Danish prince on stage
Hamlet
Elsie
|
$200
[1]
On February 7,1943 these went on the ration list, limiting civilians to 3 pairs a year
shoes
Ruth
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$200
[30]
"Paris, Texas" isn't on the Riviera, but it won a Palme d'Or in this Riviera city's film festival
Cannes
Bob
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$200
[6]
Nationality of Lope de Vega, who wrote over 1,500 plays & may be the most prolific author in Western lit.
Spanish
Bob
|
$200
[11]
Regardless of its birthdate, a racehorse in the northern hemisphere becomes a year older on this day
January 1st
Bob
|
$200
[27]
Siddhartha Gautama, better known as this, had a horse described as having "breath like dragons"
Buddha
Bob
|
|
$400
[24]
Role played by Mickey Rooney in the 1935 all-star version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Puck
Ruth
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$400
[2]
Due to manpower shortage, the St. Louis Browns hired Pete Gray to play outfield though he had only 1 of these
an arm
Ruth
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$600
[21]
An 1890s song tells the story of "the man who broke the bank" at this resort
Monte Carlo
Elsie
|
$400
[7]
This Italian seducer was in his 60s when he began writing his 12 volume sexual memoirs
Casanova
Elsie
|
$400
[12]
When U.S.horses put on the feedbag, this grain is the most widely eaten
oats
Elsie
|
$400
[17]
During the Civil War, he was often seen riding "Cincinnati", a gift from the people in the Ohio city
(Ulysses) Grant
Elsie
|
|
$600
[25]
In a rare TV appearance, Olivier played this foolish, fond old king
King Lear
Elsie
|
$600
[3]
Completes WWII Navy pilot David F. Mason's 4-word sibilant message "sighted sub,..."
sank same
Elsie
|
$800
[22]
Throngs of celebrants line the promenade Des Anglais during this city's annual carnival
Nice
Bob
|
$600
[8]
He worked as a menial laborer & a cotton picker before he wrote "Tobacco Road"
Erskine Caldwell
Elsie
|
$600
[13]
The small Welsh pony was bred to work in the cramped spaces of these
the (coal) mines
Elsie
|
$600
[18]
A flop-eared mule named Bruin was his favorite mount when he was pres. of Texas
Sam Houston
Bob
|
|
$800
[28]
The 15-year-old actress who played Juliet in Zeffirelli's 1968 version of "Romeo & Juliet"
Olivia Hussey
|
$1,000
[5]
He kept his promise to resign as CIO president when FDR was re-elected
John L. Lewis
Ruth
|
$1,000
[23]
The Italians call it the Riviera, but in France it's known by this name
the Côte d'Azur
Bob
|
$800
[9]
His last novel was "The Reivers"
William Faulkner
Ruth
|
$800
[14]
8 out of 10 horses of this breed descend from the 18th century champion, Eclipse
Thoroughbreds
Ruth
|
$800
[19]
His horse, Tarzan, used to nudge this '20s & '30s movie cowboy into the arms of the leading lady
Ken Maynard
Elsie
|
|
$1,000
[29]
1 of 2 films in which Orson Welles directed himself in a Shakespearean play
(1 of) Macbeth (or Othello )
Bob
|
DD
$2,200
[4]
This play opened on Broadway in '49 with Cameron Mitchell as Happy & Arthur Kennedy as Biff
Death of a Salesman
Elsie
|
DD
$4,000
[26]
This city on the Italian Riviera is famous, among other things, as the birthplace of Columbus
Genoa
Elsie
|
$1,000
[10]
Author of "Notes from the Underground" a.k.a. "Letters from the Underworld"
Dostoevsky
Elsie
|
$1,000
[15]
These gray or white Austrian show horses were originally bred near Trieste in the 16th century
Lipizzaners
Ruth
|
$1,000
[20]
In an 11th century French epic poem, this knight's horse, Veillantif, was killed under him
Roland
Elsie
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The European Community's target year for lifting all economic barriers among its 12 members
1992