1989 Senior Tournament semifinal game 3.Missing first six clues.
Elsie Taulman — a registered nurse from Stockton, California
Jim Friguglietti — a college professor from Billings, Montana
Max Hall — an advertising writer from Orlando, Florida
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max | $-300 | $1,000 | $5,800 |
$11,599
2nd place: $5,000 |
$7,800
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jim | $1,100 | $1,200 | $6,600 |
$13,100
Finalist |
$6,400
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Elsie | $400 | $900 | $900 |
$1,800
3rd place: $5,000 |
$900
13 R, 5 W |
| ACTORS & ROLES | TRAVEL & TOURISM | POTENT POTABLES | FAMILIAR PHRASES | ANIMALS | BIG BAND THEMES |
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$100
[13]
Peter Scolari & Julia Duffy play the cutesy-poo yuppies on this sitcom
the Newhart show
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$100
[1]
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Max
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$100
[5]
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Elsie
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$100
[11]
In current scientific parlance this expression would be "warm the ventricles of your heart"
cockles
Max
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$100
[18]
Pet owners often buy their dogs & cats a special collar to protect them from fleas & these arachnids
ticks
Max
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$100
[26]
"Bubbles In The Wine"plays
Lawrence Welk
Elsie
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$200
[14]
In "The Bride of Frankenstein", Elsa Lanchester played both the bride & this author
Mary Shelley
Elsie
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$200
[2]
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Jim
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$200
[6]
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Elsie
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$200
[12]
It was comedian Fred Allen, not the Indians, who 1st concluded the low man on this was least significant
the totem pole
Jim
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$200
[19]
Adult penguins commonly regurgitate to do this
to feed their young
Elsie
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$200
[27]
"Auld Lang Syne"plays
Guy Lombardo (and his Royal Canadians)
Max
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$300
[23]
Activist actress whose daughter Natasha Richardson starred in the 1988 film "Patty Hearst"
Vanessa Redgrave
Max
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$300
[3]
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$300
[7]
Tanqueray Beefeater, Gilbey's
gin
Jim
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$300
[15]
Dove hunters tying live birds to backless chairs for lures gave us this expression
a stool pigeon
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$300
[20]
Hookworms & pinworms are classed as these, from the Greek "nema", meaning thread
nematodes
Elsie
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$300
[28]
"Let's Dance"plays
Benny Goodman
Max
Jim
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$400
[24]
In a '76 miniseries, both MacKenzie Phillips & Jane Alexander played this first lady at different ages
Eleanor Roosevelt
Max
Jim
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$400
[4]
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Jim
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$400
[9]
Tia Maria, Nocello, Chambord
liqueurs
Elsie
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$400
[16]
This phrase doesn't refer to Satan but to a plank on a ship from which you could easily fall
to pay the devil
Max
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$400
[21]
When they're adolescents, these salamanders are called efts
newts
Elsie
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$500
[25]
When John Gielgud played Hamlet in 1936, this "Birth of a Nation" star was his Ophelia
Lillian Gish
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$500
[8]
Rome has sealed off 25 acres for pedestrian traffic in the district named for this fountain
Trevi
Elsie
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$500
[10]
Mumm, Martell, Remy Martin
cognacs (brandys)
Max
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DD
$500
[17]
The original one was a youth given all punishment due England's crown prince
a whipping boy
Max
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$500
[22]
The horned toad isn't really a toad, it's one of these
a lizard
Max
Elsie
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| EUROPEAN HISTORY | FAMOUS EDUCATORS | BOOKS & AUTHORS | NOTORIOUS | WESTERNS | NUMBER, PLEASE |
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$200
[8]
He was emperor of Rome when a great fire destroyed much of the city in 64 A.D.
Nero
Max
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$200
[21]
He taught Alexander the Great & founded the Lyceum
Aristotle
Elsie
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$200
[5]
After escaping from the Chateau d'if, this Dumas hero punishes his enemies one by one
the Count of Monte Cristo
Elsie
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$200
[6]
In 1814 the British offered this New Orleans pirate $30,000 & a captaincy if he would help them
Jean Lafitte
Max
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$200
[13]
The author of "True Grit" had this star of the movie in mind when he wrote the book
John Wayne
Max
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$200
[26]
In most schools it's a perfect grade point average
4.0
Max
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$400
[9]
The Edict of Nantes gave religious freedom to these Frenchmen
the Protestants (the Huguenots)
Jim
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$400
[22]
Milton, the brother of this president, was president of Kansas State, Penn State & Johns Hopkins
Eisenhower
Jim
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$400
[3]
The adventures of Toad, Rat & Mole were featured in this 1908 Kenneth Grahame children's classic
The Wind in the Willows
Max
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$400
[7]
Born Francesco Castiglia, only his hands were televised at the Kefauver hearings in the 1950s
Frank Costello
Jim
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$400
[14]
This 1881 gun battle took less than 1 min. in real life but over 5 minutes on screen in 1957
the gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Max
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$400
[27]
Number of strings on a standard Spanish guitar
6
Max
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$600
[10]
Between 1661-72 this French king established academies of dance & music
Louis XIV
Jim
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$600
[23]
For 47 years this Massachusetts educator remained Helen Keller's teacher & companion
Annie Sullivan
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$600
[1]
In this book Christian journeys from the City of Destruction to the Celestial City
The Pilgrim's Progress
Elsie
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$600
[18]
Anna Sage, the woman who fingered John Dillinger for federal agents, was nicknamed this
the Woman in Red (the Lady in Red)
Max
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$600
[15]
William Boyd played this character in 66 films
Hopalong Cassidy
Max
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$800
[29]
The Democrats countered the Whig campaign slogan "Who is James K. Polk?" with these nos. "or fight!"
54-40 or fight
Max
Elsie
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$800
[11]
After WWI, Germany's new republic was named for this city where its constitution was drawn up
the Weimar
Elsie
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DD
$1,000
[24]
This Canadian communications professor was famous for his oft-quoted maxim "The medium is the message"
Marshall McLuhan
Jim
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$800
[2]
Before N. Webster, many people referred to his "Dictionary of the English Language" published in 1755
Samuel Johnson
Max
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$800
[19]
Fined just $5,000 for her actions, Sydney Biddle Barrows was called this in the press
Mayflower Madam
Jim
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$800
[16]
In movie titles the name of this tribe precedes "Autumn" & "Social Club"
Cheyenne
Jim
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DD
$2,000
[28]
Of the 3 "estates", the 1 designating the clergy in France & the Lords Spiritual in England
the first estate
Max
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$1,000
[12]
Dutch humanist priest & son of a priest, he wrote "The Praise of Folly" in 1509
Erasmus
Max
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$1,000
[25]
This "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" author founded the California Kindergarten Training School
Kate Wiggin
Elsie
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$1,000
[4]
Scottish author whose "The Guns of Navarone" & "Ice Station Zebra" have been made into movies
Alistair MacLean
Max
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$1,000
[20]
Venezuelan-born international terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez is better known by this name
Carlos (the Jackal)
Jim
Elsie
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$1,000
[17]
He made nearly 60 Western films including "Wagon Master" & "The Searchers"
John Ford
Elsie
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2 of the 5 states in the Dust Bowl
(2 of) Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Texas or New Mexico