Show #2208 - Wednesday, March 23, 1994

Contestants

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Linda McDonnell, a college tutor from Brooklyn, New York

Mark Staib, a lawyer from Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Tom Lakeman, a writer from Beverly Hills, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,801)

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Jeopardy! Round

LAKES
WOMEN IN SPORTS
MONTHS
WAR
THE CIRCUS
ALPHABET SOUP
    $100 7
The Bonneville Salt Flats in the northwestern part of this state is the former bed of Lake Bonneville
    $100 12
In July 1993 this German beat Jana Novotna to take her fifth Wimbledon singles title
    $100 6
A "fest"ive fall month, or an ale brewed in it
    $100 1
The quote "It is magnificent, but it is not war" referred to this famous charge
    $100 18
On April 3, 1793, the first circus in America was staged in Philadelphia with this president in attendance
    $100 26
It's located between EST & MST
    $200 8
Lake Ladoga, about 25 miles east of St. Petersburg, is this continent's largest lake
    $200 13
In April 1993 Sheryl Swoopes scored a record 47 points in an NCAA final in this sport
    $200 14
The second day of this month is devoted to a marmot
    $200 2
The Geneva Protocol of 1925 states that warring nations can't use these weapons
    $200 19
This circus is known as "The Greatest Show on Earth"
    $200 27
Appending these 4 letters to an order means to execute it at once
    $300 9
This Great Lake receives inflow from Lake Superior &, via the Straits of Mackinac, from Lake Michigan
    $300 23
In 1992 Manon Rheaume tended goal for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a preseason game of this sport
    $300 15
September's name comes from its being the seventh month; this was the first month at the time
    $300 3
It's been called the longest "war" in U.S. history; it ended in 1990
    $300 20
To ride this circus animal, you may need a large saddle called a howdah
    $300 28
Azidothymidine, a drug used in AIDS treatment, is called this for short
    $400 10
This lake that forms the boundary between New York & Vermont is named for its 1609 discoverer
    $400 24
In 1993 this Olympic track star became a co-chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness
    DD: $800 16
Month named for the emperor during whose reign Jesus was born
    $400 4
While reporting on this South African war, Winston Churchill was captured but made a daring escape
    $400 21
In the circus a standard one of these is 42 feet in diameter
    $400 29
A level in the office hierarchy, or an automaker
    $500 11
The Golomyanka is one of the many fish found only in this Siberian lake
    $500 25
Often considered the greatest woman athlete in history, she helped found the LPGA in 1950
    $500 17
April showers bring May flowers, but the Mayflower landed in the New World in this month
    $500 5
The Encyclopedia of Military History considers that the first missile weapon was just a plain one of these
    $500 22
This high-wire act was famous for its 7-man walking pyramid
    $500 30
2-letter version of a baseball term or a branch of the U.S. Congress

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

Tom Mark Linda
$300 $800 $700

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Tom Mark Linda
$3,300 $2,400 $2,100

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY
BROADWAY MUSICALS
INVENTIONS
ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS
AQUATIC LIFE
AUTHORS
    $200 2
In 1867 MP John Stuart Mill proposed that this be extended to women but Parliament said no
    $200 1
He played Lancelot when "Camelot" premiered in 1960 & King Arthur in the 1993 Broadway revival
    $200 10
Edison's used a cylinder with grooves cut in a spiral
    $200 18
Around 1615 Rubens completed his painting of this biblical figure praying in the lions' den
    $200 27
A whale doesn't have any & on a shark they're visible slits
    $200 12
Jean Anouilh classified his comedies as "Rosy" & these as "Black"
    $400 3
He went to Moscow in 1959 as Vice President & again in 1972 as President
    $400 7
Gregory Peck provided the offstage voice of this showman in "The Will Rogers Follies"
    $400 14
In 1975 Sony introduced this videotape system for home use
    $400 19
Myron sculpted a famous statue of an athlete hurling one of these in the 5th century B.C.
    $400 28
According to Guinness, the most valuable fish is the Russian species of this
    $400 13
His first book was "Mother Goose in Prose" in 1897; 3 years later he created Oz
    $600 4
A worldwide outbreak of this disease in 1918 was responsible for more deaths than WWI's bombs & bullets
    $600 8
This dancer joined the cast of "Jelly's Last Jam" just 10 months after he nearly died in a highway accident
    $600 23
Carl de Laval's 1878 centrifuge was used by the dairy industry to do this
    $600 20
In 1838 Delacroix painted portraits of Chopin & this woman with a man's name, Chopin's lover
    DD: $400 26
Solaster endeca is one of these bottom dwellers that has more than 5 arms
    $600 15
This "Metamorphosis" author's request that his papers be destroyed after he died was ignored
    $800 5
Dutch for "migration", the Dutch in South Africa made a "great" one in the 1830s & '40s
    $800 9
Don Ameche & Hildegarde Neff starred in this 1955 Cole Porter musical named for fancy hosiery
    $800 24
Using about 40 grams of test soil from here, T.D. Lin created a way to make concrete with it
    $800 21
Hans Holbein the Younger painted his first portrait of this king in 1536; it was a miniature
    $800 16
Beth Henley was under 30 when this, her first play, was performed on Broadway in 1981
    $1000 6
In 1912 this leader of the Nationalist Revolution served only a few weeks as president of China
    $1000 11
Leslie Bricusse & this star wrote the hit musical "Stop the World—I Want To Get Off" in about a month
    DD: $2,500 25
In 1844 John Mercer found a way to give this fabric a lustrous sheen
    $1000 22
His 1906 oil painting of his close friend Gertrude Stein hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
    $1000 17
"Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners" was this "Pilgrim's Progress" author's autobiography

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Tom Mark Linda
$6,500 $7,500 $7,300

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

THE BIBLE
The first person mentioned for whom no children are listed

Final scores:

Tom Mark Linda
$12,999 $14,601 $14,599
3rd place: Ricardo luggage set + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis New champion: $14,601 2nd place: trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Tom Mark Linda
$6,100 $6,400 $7,300
20 R
(including 1 DD),
7 W		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $19,800

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Game tape date: 1993-12-13
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