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Show #2056 - Monday, July 12, 1993

1993 Seniors Tournament quarterfinal game 1.
The Merv Griffin Enterprises logo appears on the game board after the credits.

Contestants

Noel Higgins, an editor and writer from Durham, Connecticut

Lee Gelber, a toy and game marketer from New York City, New York

Sandi Engquist, a college bookstore clerk from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. STATES
RADIO COMEDY
(Alex: Remember that?)
HERBS & SPICES
NOTABLE NAMES
RELIGION
"BIG"
    $100 1
Land regions in this state include the Hudson-Mohawk Lowland & the Adirondack Upland
    $100 24
One of this comedian's running gags was his "feud" with Fred Allen
    $100 6
Sweet basil is native to this country, where a type of it was sacred to Vishnu
    $100 9
This prince broke his right arm playing polo at Cirencester, England on June 28, 1990
    $100 14
This term refers to abstinence from food for a period of time, such as during Lent for Christians
    $100 16
It's also known as Sasquatch
    $200 2
The county governments of this "Garden State" are called boards of chosen freeholders
    $200 25
She created Baby Snooks for Vaudeville in 1912 & brought her to radio in the '30s
    $200 7
This classic pickling seasoning is sometimes given to babies to aid digestion
    $200 10
He was born at Pella, Macedonia in 356 B.C. & died in Babylon in 323 B.C.
    $200 15
While meditating in a cave on Mount Hira around 610, this prophet had the first of his many visions
    $200 17
IBM, or Big Blue, is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, which is nicknamed this
    $300 3
The state tree of this NW state is the western hemlock, an evergreen
    $300 26
"What a revoltin' development this is!" was a catch phrase of William Bendix on this show
    $300 8
For fresh breath, the Chinese used to suck this spice which resembles tiny nails
    $300 11
This president was born at Sinking Spring Farm in Kentucky on February 12, 1809
    $300 21
The dominant form of this religion in Burma is Theravada
    $300 18
It's prison slang for the prison itself
    $400 4
The roadrunner is its state bird
    $400 29
The 2 title characters of this series belonged to the Mystic Knights of the Sea Lodge
    $400 27
Turmeric, an important ingredient in curry powder, is also used to dye cloth this color
    $400 12
In 1936 this Spanish painter designed a sofa in the shape of Mae West's lips
    $400 22
Amaterasu Omikami, the sun goddess, is an important deity in this religion
    $400 19
Teddy Roosevelt said to do these 2 things & "you will go far"
    $500 5
This state's largest city is Manchester
    DD: $2,000 30
This comedy team known by their first names played Wally Ballou & Biff Burns
    $500 28
Long rolls of this baking spice are called quills; the smaller, broken pieces are called quillings
    $500 13
This U.S. oil tycoon was reportedly so cheap that he had a pay phone installed at his British mansion
    $500 23
During prayer Jewish men wear this fringed shawl
    $500 20
An important person in a relatively unimportant place

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Sandi Lee Noël
$1,200 $200 $2,100

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sandi Lee Noël
$4,700 $1,300 $2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

BIOLOGY
THE 20th CENTURY
BALLET
AUTHORS
FAMOUS FIRSTS
"LITTLE"
    $200 26
Pinna can refer to the primary division of a leaf, a bird's wing or this part of a fish
    $200 7
This emperor known as the Lion of Judah was deposed in September 1974
    $200 6
The birds in this Tchaikovsky ballet are young women under the spell of a sorcerer
    $200 1
This James Bond's creator's father, Valentine, was a member of the British parliament
    $200 13
Dedicated on May 1, 1931, it was the first skyscraper to exceed 100 stories in height
    $200 10
She had to "tuffet" out with a spider beside her
    $400 27
Insects don't have lungs, but they do have several of these windpipes
    DD: $1,500 8
Former Air Force general Curtis LeMay was this man's running mate in 1968
    $400 19
In some versions of this famous ballet, a beggar woman turns out to be a fairy godmother
    $400 2
He married Zelda the week after "This Side of Paradise" was published in 1920
    $400 15
On Jan. 25, 1915 A.G. Bell placed the first transcontinental telephone call to this former assistant
    $400 14
It's where Bill Clinton made his home before Washington, D.C.
    $600 28
Sebum, an oily secretion from these glands, waterproofs the hair & skin
    $600 9
In 1950 she started the Missionaries of Charity
    $600 23
A glossary of ballet terms will tell you that this kind of step is called a tour
    $600 3
This author of "The Waste Land" also wrote under the pen name Helen B. Trundlett
    $600 17
In 1964 this state's Patsy Mink became the first Japanese-American woman elected to the House of Reps.
    $600 16
Nickname of Charles Spencer Chaplin
    $800 29
In vivo refers to biological processes within an organism & this refers to ones outside it, as in a test tube
    $800 11
On Sept. 14, 1923 he was knocked out of the ring by Luis Firpo & was pushed back in by some sportswriters
    $800 24
She choreographed her 1942 hit "Rodeo" for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
    $800 4
This author was born in Burlington, N.J. in 1789 & moved to Cooperstown, N.Y. as a child
    $800 18
Born Aug. 18, 1587 on Roanoke Island, she was the first English child born in America
    $800 20
It's the U.S. base on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica
    $1000 30
Deglutition is another term for this common, reflexive process in the throat
    $1000 12
Last name of the father & son who served as prime ministers of Greece
    DD: $4,300 25
Maria Tallchief danced the role of Eurydice in the premiere of Balanchine's ballet about this musician
    $1000 5
C.S. Forester introduced this naval hero in 1937's "The Happy Return"
    $1000 22
An 1811 census showed this city to be the first in history to exceed 1 million residents
    $1000 21
Erskine Caldwell tale in which Ty Ty Walden promises the church the gold he finds in 1 part of his claim

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Sandi Lee Noël
$10,800 $5,200 $9,000

Final Jeopardy! Round

PHILANTHROPY
At the time of his death in 1937, he had given over $500 million to charity

Final scores:

Sandi Lee Noël
$4,100 $10,400 $17,000
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated Automatic semifinalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Sandi Lee Noël
$6,000 $4,100 $9,000
19 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W
16 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
22 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $19,100

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