Show #2605 - Friday, December 22, 1995

1995-B Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

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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

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

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

Darryl Phyllis Mark
$600 $1,600 $100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Darryl Phyllis Mark
$3,500 $3,900 $300

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
    $200 4
In 1939, a year & a half after her disappearance, this aviatrix was declared dead by a California court
    $200 15
This pioneer trail extended about 2,000 miles between the Missouri & Columbia Rivers
    $200 10
The poem about this man "at the Bat" was made into a 1953 opera
    $200 20
The book contains recipes for the vanilla, molasses & saltwater types of this candy
    $200 25
At the beginning of this musical, Jean Valjean is released on parole from a chain gang after 19 years
    $400 2
He was deposed at a meeting of the Fascist Grand Council July 24, 1943
    $400 5
This current Attorney General holds a degree in chemistry as well as law
    $400 16
An overhead electrified cable called a catenary is used to power this type of vehicle
    $400 11
One of Longfellow's last poems was on the 1881 death of this U.S. president
    $400 21
One type of this breakfast item cooked in an iron may be made with boiled mashed yams or winter squash
    $600 3
This battle, also called the Battle of the Ardennes, lasted from Dec. 16, 1944 to Jan. 31, 1945
    $600 6
She last performed her famous fan dance in 1978; she passed away the following year
    $600 17
In 1959 this type of transportation was installed at Disneyland; Seattle's came 3 years later
    $600 12
Charles Baudelaire wrote a poem about this bird also featured in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
    $600 22
This lingual meat may be boiled, then baked with Creole sauce & garnished with parsley
    $600 26
This star of TV's "Hazel" ran a Coney Island boardinghouse in the 1954 musical "By the Beautiful Sea"
    $800 8
Construction began in 1937 on this 700-mile road that connected Lashio with Kunming
    $800 7
Katharine Graham, former chairman of this newspaper company, now chairs its executive committee
    $800 18
By 1911 this Russian-born American aviation pioneer had built 2 unsuccessful helicopters
    $800 13
Welshman who wrote, "Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light"
    $800 23
Dishes described as lucullus feature these fancy fungi
    $800 27
In a 1965 revival of this musical, Jerry Orbach played Jigger & understudied the role of Billy Bigelow
    $1000 9
Painter Frida Kahlo was twice married to this Mexican muralist
    DD: $400 19
This city is Ohio's principal port on the Ohio River
    DD: $400 14
One or the most famous of these poems is Basho's "Old pond...a frog leaps in water's sound"
    $1000 24
The daikon, a large type of this vegetable, may be cooked like a turnip
    $1000 28
His 1892 comedy "Lady Windermere's Fan" inspired the 1960 musical "A Delightful Season"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Darryl Phyllis Mark
$8,700 $11,900 $500

Final Jeopardy! Round

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

Final scores:

Darryl Phyllis Mark
$8,400 $14,900 $0
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated Automatic semifinalist 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Darryl Phyllis Mark
$9,700 $11,900 $500
23 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 26 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 6 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $22,100

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