Show #3154 1998-04-23 Regular

Contestants

Jim Wrightson — a graduate law clerk from San Diego, California

Mary Ryan — an author and business owner from Seattle, Washington

Nina Mulligan — a homemaker from Belchertown, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $23,501)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Nina	$1,500	$1,600	$5,000	$9,999 3rd place: NordicTrack Ellipse Exercise Machine	$5,000 15 R, 4 W
Mary	$800	$1,500	$6,400	$12,701 New champion: $12,701	$5,300 15 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Jim	$1,200	$4,700	$6,300	$11,300 2nd place: Trip to Solmar Suites Resort, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico	$5,700 21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

SPORTS	HOT DATES	MEET THE BEATLES	LEX' LAB	SEAFOOD DIET	SPANISH CROSSWORD CLUES "N"
$100 [17] He hit 110 home runs in 1996 & 1997--more than any player in 2 straight seasons except Babe Ruth Mark McGwire Nina Mary	$100 [6] Then the world's longest suspension bridge, it opened over the East River May 24, 1883 Brooklyn Bridge Nina Mary	$100 [1] [audio clue] "I Want to Hold Your Hand" Jim	$100 [8] The most abundant metal in the Earth's crust, Lex wraps his lunch in sheets of it Aluminum Mary	$100 [15] The sockeye species of this fish is highly prized for canning Salmon Nina	$100 [26] "Feliz" holiday(7) Navidad Mary
$200 [18] Buster Douglas' 1990 knockout of this champ has been called the greatest heavyweight title upset Mike Tyson Mary	$200 [7] Delivered November 19, 1863, it lasted only 2 minutes Gettysburg Address Jim	$200 [2] [audio clue] "Can't Buy Me Love" Jim	$200 [9] Lex traded in his optical one for a scanning electron one & increased his magnification 50x Microscope Mary	$200 [16] Probably the first fish raised in captivity, the rainbow species of this fish is most commonly found on farms Trout Jim	$200 [27] Cheese-topped tortilla chips(6) nachos Jim
$300 [23] From 1977 to 1981, this NHL city's Blues played their home games in the Checkerdome St. Louis Jim	$300 [12] This Al Capp comic strip made its last appearance November 13, 1977 "Li'l Abner" Mary	$300 [3] [audio clue] "Eight Days A Week" Jim	$300 [10] The only clique Lex finds rad is the click of this portable radiation detector Geiger counter Mary	$300 [19] Calamari, another name for this mollusk with an edible ink, comes from the Latin for "writing pen" Squid Nina	$300 [28] Nothing(4) nada Jim
$500 [25] Both John Elway & Jim Plunkett were NFL No. 1 draft choices from this university Stanford Mary	$400 [13] Referring to the stock market crash on October 30, 1929, Variety ran the headline: "Wall St." does this Lays an Egg Nina	$400 [4] [audio clue] "Ticket to Ride" Jim	$400 [11] Lex has a whole spectrum of uses for this optical device seen here: Prism Nina	$400 [20] Top quality caviar contains less than 5% of this additive Salt	$400 [29] It's a boy!(4) niño Nina
DD $1,000 [24] (Hi, I'm Jim Lampley) Only 2 Americans have won 5 gold medals in the Winter Olympics: Bonnie Blair & this fellow speedskater Eric Heiden Jim	$500 [14] He was last reported alive July 30, 1975 outside a Bloomfield Township, Mich. restaurant Jimmy Hoffa Nina Mary	$500 [5] [audio clue] "We Can Work It Out" Mary	$500 [22] Lex found separating red & white blood cells by hand tough, so he bought one of these spinners Centrifuge Jim	$500 [21] Some connoisseurs prefer the flesh of the female spider one of these crustaceans Crabs Nina Jim	$500 [30] Direction opposite sur(5) norte Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

GOOD WILL SHAKESPEARE	COMEDIES	HISTORIES	TRAGEDIES	SONNETS	THE GLOBE
$200 [20] Will Shakespeare's father John was a businessman in this town & once held an office equal to mayor Stratford-on-Avon Jim	$200 [1] 1998 will see this NBC sitcom with Jerry, Elaine, George & Kramer sign off the network Seinfeld Jim	$200 [13] This Steven Spielberg film recently renewed interest in William Owen's history "Black Mutiny" Amistad Jim	$200 [12] Skiing accidents recently claimed the lives of Michael Kennedy & this entertainer-turned-congressman Sonny Bono Nina	$200 [9] Sir Philip Sidney addressed this satellite, "With how sad steps...thou climb'st the skies!" Moon Jim	$200 [6] The globe's remotest island is Bouvet Island in the south Atlantic, 1,050 miles north of this continent Antarctica Jim
$400 [21] Will's children Hamnet & Judith were these, like Dromio & Dromio in "The Comedy of Errors" Twins Nina	$400 [2] This sitcom, part of ABC's TGIF lineup, began with Marty eating a stale hamburger & dying Teen Angel Jim	$400 [14] He won the 1953 Nobel Prize for Literature partly for his 6-volume history of World War II Winston Churchill Mary	$400 [16] Though nearby, the Californian never heard this liner's distress call in 1912; its radio operator was off duty Titanic Nina	$1,000 [27] Shelley's poem about the sheltered statue of an arrogant ruler "Ozymandias" Nina	$400 [7] In 1956 one of these, larger than the state of New Hampshire, was seen floating in the south Pacific Iceberg Mary
$600 [22] Will's birth is celebrated on April 23 partly because that's the feast day of this patron saint of England Saint George Nina	$600 [3] 1997 film concerning a cute dog, a gay artist, an earthy waitress & a really strange author As Good As It Gets Jim	$800 [25] Barbara Tuchman won her first Pulitzer for this history of the beginning of World War I "The Guns of August" Nina	$600 [17] This singer left us not in a jet plane, but in a small experimental plane in 1997 John Denver Mary	—	$600 [8] Mt. Wai-'ale-'ale on this "Garden Island" of Hawaii has up to 350 rainy days a year, the most on the globe Kauai Jim
$800 [23] In London, Shakespeare boarded with the Mountjoys, a family of these French Protestants Huguenots Nina	$800 [4] From 1946 to 1955, the man seen here (Shemp Howard) was partnered with these two men in a series of comedy shorts: Moe Howard & Larry Fine Nina Mary Jim	$1,000 [26] The author of "The Gallic War" wrote in third person referring to himself by this one-word title Caesar	DD $1,000 [18] This May 6, 1937 disaster was broadcast live on radio The explosion of the Hindenburg Mary	—	$800 [10] The water pressure at the bottom of this trench, the globe's deepest, is over 18,000 PSI Marianas Trench Mary
$1,000 [24] A perplexing bequest in Will's will left wife Anne the second best one of these Bed Nina	$1,000 [5] This Nathan Lane film is basically "Home Alone" with a rodent MouseHunt Jim	DD $1,500 [15] Stephen Ambrose's "Undaunted Courage" explores the friendship of Meriwether Lewis & this president Thomas Jefferson Mary	$1,000 [19] This writer & wife of a famous author died in a fire at a mental hospital in 1948 Zelda Fitzgerald Nina	—	$1,000 [11] This "sea", the globe's largest lake, has been known to evaporate at an alarming rate of 40 inches per year Caspian Sea Mary

Final Jeopardy!

ENTERTAINERS

In 1997 this entertainer became the first American named an honorary U.S. veteran by Congress

Bob Hope

Nina "Who is Bob Hope?" — wagered $4,999

Jim "Who is Bob Hope?" — wagered $5,000

Mary "Who is Bob Hope" — wagered $6,301

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