Show #1601 - Monday, July 15, 1991

1991 Seniors Tournament semifinal game 1.

Contestants

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Malcolm Post, a real estate sales agent from San Francisco, California

Lou Pryor, an attorney from New Canaan, Connecticut

Babs McClellan, an art student from Clearwater, Florida

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Jeopardy! Round

U.S.A.
DESIGN
COLE PORTER LYRICS
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
FAIRY TALES
ANAGRAMMED NAMES
    $100 11
The April 16, 1990 cover of Newsweek depicted this body of water, calling it "Huck's River"
    $100 16
The Prince of Wales' feathers design depicts 3 of this large bird's plumes tied together at the shafts
    $100 1
"You're the Nile, you're the Tow'r of Pisa, you're the smile on" this
    $100 21
It equals 0.45359237 kilograms
    $100 4
She asked Hansel & Gretel, "Nibble, nibble, gnaw, who is nibbling at my little house?"
    $100 23
Talk show hostess Winfrey & 1 of the Marx Brothers
    $200 12
The Dance Theatre of this area of Manhattan celebrated its 20th anniversary in 1989
    $200 17
The cabbage type of this flower was a popular decorative motif during the Victorian era
    $200 2
Title of the song that says, "From this happy day, no more blue songs, only whoop-dee-doo songs"
    $200 22
Your doctor could tell you 37° Celsius equals this in Fahrenheit
    $200 5
French poet Charles Perrault, not a big bird, was the first to publish her tales
    $200 24
TV actress Arthur & President Lincoln
    $300 13
To see the National Museum of Women in the Arts, go to 13th St. & New York Ave. NW in this city
    $300 18
A diamond-shaped figure seen in heraldic designs & architecture, or a diamond-shaped cough drop
    $300 3
"I've got you under my skin, I've got you deep in" this
    $300 28
The ohm, a unit of electrical resistance, is symbolized by this last Greek letter
    $300 8
Some say eggs, honey, butter, wine & snuff were in the basket she carried to granny's house
    $300 25
Actress Cannon & actor Griffith
    $400 14
With some 12,000 students, Baylor University in this state is the largest Baptist university in the world
    DD: $500 19
Asian country that gave its name to a process that emulates its celebrated lacquerwork
    $400 6
"Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use" these words "writing prose, anything goes"
    $400 29
1760 yards is equal to one of these
    $400 9
In one tale by the Brothers Grimm, she had a sister named Rose-Red & they both married princes
    $400 26
Olsen of Olsen & Johnson & one-time Giants' manager Durocher
    $500 15
Legend says pirate Jose Gaspar kept his female captives on Captiva Island in this state
    $500 20
From Greek for "flesh eating", it's a stone coffin often ornamented with sculpture
    $500 7
"If you're ever in a jam, here I am, if you're ever in a mess", send this signal
    $500 30
Slang for a small person, it equals 8 fluid ounces
    $500 10
The miller's daughter promised to give Rumpelstiltskin this if she became queen
    $500 27
Wild West hero Masterson & actor Hunter

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 13):

Babs Lou Malcolm
$800 $2,100 $700

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Babs Lou Malcolm
$1,900 $3,600 $2,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY
BRITISH CITIES & TOWNS
BEST SELLERS
BALLET
BIOLOGY
CRIME TIME
    $200 6
Arthur Phillip established the first European settlement on this continent in 1788
    $200 1
England's oldest institution of higher learning is in this town
    $200 11
In a 1984 best seller, this comedienne told about "The Life & Hard Times of Heidi Abromowitz"
    $200 18
In 1990 PBS observed his birthday by airing the ballet "Martin", a tribute to him
    $200 27
It's the term for the young or larval stage of toads as well as frogs
    $200 12
Known as Scarface, his 1st arrest in Chicago was in '22 for carrying a concealed weapon
    $400 7
Saying he wanted "a window on Europe", Czar Peter the Great founded this city in 1703
    $400 2
Coventry was known for its blue cloth & Lincoln for this color
    $400 17
"What I Saw at the Revolution" is Peggy Noonan's account of her 4 years as a speechwriter for this president
    $400 19
In one version of this ballet, Clara dances the Sugarplum Fairy pas de deux with the Prince
    $400 13
According to the FBI, it was Machine Gun Kelly who coined this nickname for their agents
    $600 8
A defeat at Yorktown in 1781 didn't deter this British lord from becoming India's governor gen. 5 years later
    $600 3
This city upon the Tyne got its name from a building erected in 1080 as a defense against the Scots
    $600 23
Guinness says this Jacqueline Susann work is the all-time best selling novel
    $600 20
In 1965 Nureyev & Fonteyn starred in a ballet about this Shakespearean couple
    $600 25
A pulse is taken where one of these lying close to the skin can be pressed lightly
    $600 14
"A little grease for a big wheel in politics" is slang for one of these
    $800 9
1 of 3 present-day countries beside Colombia that were part of the 19th c. Republic of Gran Colombia
    $800 4
London has a lord mayor & this city has a master cutler
    DD: $3,000 24
This German archaeologist & his wife were the subject of Irving Stone's best seller "The Greek Treasure"
    $800 21
This niece of a film director choreographed "3 Virgins & a Devil" & played the priggish one herself
    $800 29
Protozoans, prairie dogs & ants live in groups called these
    $800 15
This hideout used by Butch Cassidy was about a day's ride from Casper, Wyoming
    $1000 10
This "Short" king of the Franks founded the Carolingian Dynasty in 751
    $1000 5
In England, it's a major port of Hampshire; in the U.S., the main port of New Hampshire
    $1000 26
"Coma" & "Brain" are among the best selling mysteries by this doctor & teacher
    DD: $1,000 22
At the end of the ballet "Orpheus", this musical instrument rises from Orpheus' grave
    $1000 28
Linnaeus used 2 names to classify each living thing; 1 for its genus, the other for this
    $1000 16
In 1951 this "Prime Minister" of the crime syndicate was called before the Kefauver Committee

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Babs Lou Malcolm
$100 $10,000 $6,200

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Final Jeopardy! Round

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
Ronald E. Paul, the candidate of this party, got the third most votes in the 1988 presidential election

Final scores:

Babs Lou Malcolm
$105 $12,401 $12,400
3rd place: $5,000 Finalist 2nd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Babs Lou Malcolm
$3,100 $11,000 $6,700
13 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 25 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $20,800

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Game tape date: 1991-03-26
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