Show #3590 2000-03-24 (taped 2000-01-11) Regular

Contestants

Bryan Marcus — a sales clerk from Montevallo, Alabama

Cecelia Raxter — a software consultant from Tucker, Georgia

Donna Malcomb — an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Donna $900 $2,100 $4,900 $2,999
3rd place: Ducane 2002S Gas Grill
$5,300
19 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Cecelia $1,200 $2,500 $3,300 $3,199
2nd place: Trip to New Zealand courtesy of Collette Tours
$3,900
15 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Bryan $500 $2,000 $3,400 $6,799
New champion: $6,799
$2,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 1980s ACTOR-DIRECTORS AUTHORS BELLS GOING POSTAL MILITARY RHYME TIME
$100 [12]
The war over these islands was fought in May & June of 1982
Falkland (or Malvinas) Islands
Donna
$100 [1]
"Hello Princess!" directed by & starring Roberto Benigni, this film was re-released in 1999 & dubbed in English
Life is Beautiful
Donna
$100 [6]
In 1852 this "Scarlet Letter" author wrote a campaign biography for his friend Franklin Pierce
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Cecelia
$100 [11]
A bell in Dublin is supposed to have belonged to this man--maybe he used it to lure snakes to their doom
Saint Patrick
Donna
$100 [17]
On the list of the Top 10 most popular commemorative U.S. stamps, he's the only rabbit
Bugs Bunny
Donna
$100 [15]
Food on a ship that's designed to go underwater
Sub grub
$200 [13]
On March 24, 1989 it made headlines after it hit a reef in Prince William Sound
Exxon Valdez
Donna
$200 [2]
This actor considered running for president after directing himself in 1998's "Bulworth"
Warren Beatty
Donna
$200 [7]
In addition to his "Alice" books, he wrote many math works including "Euclid and His Modern Rivals"
Lewis Carroll
Cecelia
$200 [22]
(Hi, I'm Catherine Bell) In a popular Christmas song, these bells ring; "Are you listening?"
Sleigh bells
Donna Cecelia
$200 [21]
Of 60 cents, $1.60 or $2.60, the cost to send a half-ounce letter to any country except Canada or Mexico
60 cents
Cecelia
$200 [16]
A moist F-16
Wet jet
Bryan
$300 [14]
In a controversial election, this former U.N. secretary-general became president of Austria in 1986
Kurt Waldheim
$300 [3]
Replacing Kubrick as the director of 1961's "One-Eyed Jacks" was an offer this actor could not refuse
Marlon Brando
Donna
$300 [8]
Articles he wrote for the Atlantic Monthly in 1875 became Chapters IV to XVII in "Life on the Mississippi"
Mark Twain
Donna
$300 [23]
In this traditional ceremony of expulsion, a priest tolled a bell as for the dead
Excommunication
Cecelia
$300 [26]
Special services for domestic mail include this type of "receipt" service that confirms who received it
Return receipt
Donna Cecelia Bryan
$300 [18]
A genuine member of the Navy's elite commando force
a real SEAL
Bryan
$400 [20]
Fearing the extinction of a mammal species, Kenya called for a worldwide ban on the trade of this in 1989
Ivory
Donna Bryan
$400 [4]
This director was back on screen playing a TV reporter in his 1999 film "Summer of Sam"
Spike Lee
Cecelia
DD $400 [9]
The Samoans gave him the title "Tusitala", or "Teller of Tales"
Robert Louis Stevenson
Donna
$400 [24]
Common 2-word term for a campanile, such as the one seen here:
Bell tower
Cecelia
$400 [27]
Express mail offers next-day delivery; this U.S. postal "mail" service offers delivery within 2 days
Priority mail
Bryan
$400 [28]
A football kick on fourth down by a lowly infantryman
Grunt punt
Donna
$500 [19]
In April 1980 Samuel K. Doe led a coup in this African country, deposing William R. Tolbert, Jr.
Liberia
Donna
$500 [5]
As a divorce attorney, director Danny DeVito narrated this 1989 comedy
The War of the Roses
Bryan
$500 [10]
His "Screwtape Letters" & other works examining Christianity were first heard on the BBC or serialized in newspapers
C.S. Lewis
Cecelia
$500 [25]
At sea the bells ring every half hour, & 8 bells signals the end of one of these shifts
Watch
Cecelia
$500 [30]
It's the official 2-letter U.S. postal abbreviation for the Pine Tree State
ME (Maine)
Donna
$500 [29]
The high-pitched sound an ICBM might make
Missile whistle
Bryan

Double Jeopardy! Round

ENGLISH MONARCHS UNCOMPLIMENTARY NICKNAMES THE WESTERNMOST TELEVISION THE MINOR PROPHETS HEY "LADY"!
$200 [1]
On June 22, 1897 London celebrated her diamond jubilee with cannon fire & a ceremony at St. Paul's
Queen Victoria
Donna
$200 [11]
Feature that made Jimmy Durante "The Schnozz" & Ken Harrelson "The Hawk"
Nose
Bryan
$200 [23]
Cumberland Gap, Monument Valley, Pikes Peak
Monument Valley
Cecelia
$200 [2]
He's the host of the American version of "Whose Line is it Anyway?"
Drew Carey
Cecelia
$200 [13]
Chapter 1 of the book of Joel concerns the day of this crop-ravaging type of grasshopper
Locust
Bryan
$200 [18]
A steamy spaghetti scene heats up the action in this 1955 Disney animated romance
Lady and the Tramp
Donna
$600 [8]
In 1714 the Prince of Hanover, who spoke little English, became king of England under this name
George I
Bryan
$400 [12]
It was just Baby Fats when he was earning his nickname playing piano in New Orleans in the '40s
Fats Domino
Donna Bryan
$400 [27]
Rangoon, Bangkok, Hanoi
Rangoon
Cecelia
$400 [3]
On her spinoff "Time of Your Life", this former "party" girl is partying in the Big Apple
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Donna
$400 [14]
At 21 verses, the book of Obadiah holds this distinction in the Old Testament
Shortest book
Cecelia
$400 [19]
In her big screen debut, Diana Ross was nominated for an Oscar for her work in this film
Lady Sings the Blues
Cecelia Bryan
$800 [9]
In 1603 he became the first Stuart king of England
James I
Bryan
$600 [15]
'30s killer Vincent Coll had this 2-word nickname because he reminded some of a rabid animal
"Mad Dog"
Donna
$600 [28]
The Urals, the Pyrenees, the Carpathians
The Pyrenees
Bryan
$600 [4]
From 1988 to 1991 Conan O'Brien wrote for this long-running NBC series
Saturday Night Live
$600 [24]
Hosea warns that his people "Have sown the wind, and they shall reap" this
The whirlwind
$600 [20]
It's the dessert item seen here:(type of cookie)
Ladyfingers
Donna
DD $1,000 [7]
This monarch was born in Falaise in the Normandy region of France around 1027
William the Conqueror
Bryan
$800 [16]
"Twisted" nickname of country singer & mystery novelist Richard Friedman
"Kinky"
$800 [5]
On "The West Wing", this former Brat Packer plays deputy communications director Sam Seaborn
Rob Lowe
Cecelia
DD $600 [25]
When God called him to prophesy in Nineveh, he fled by ship
Jonah
Cecelia
$800 [21]
First performed in 1892, this comedy of manners by Oscar Wilde is a study in human jealousy
"Lady Windermere's Fan"
Donna Cecelia
$1,000 [10]
Because of her admirable character, this daughter of James II was known as the "Good Queen"
Anne
Cecelia Bryan
$1,000 [17]
Nickname of "Guys and Dolls" comedian-actor Kaye, who wouldn't tell his real first name
"Stubby"
Donna
$1,000 [6]
(Hi, I'm Gil Bellows) In addition to "Ally McBeal", this man has created such great shows as "Chicago Hope" & "PIcket Fences"
David E. Kelley
Bryan
$1,000 [26]
Haggai prophesied during the reign of this great king of Persia
Darius the Great
Bryan
$1,000 [22]
In Mallory's version, the magic sword Excalibur is given to King Arthur by this legendary character
The Lady of the Lake
Donna Bryan

Final Jeopardy!

FUN WITH FIRST FAMILIES

If the mother of the 35th president married the father of the 41st, she would have been named this

Rose Bush

Cecelia "What is?" — wagered $101
Bryan "What is Rose Bush" — wagered $3,399
Donna "What is Rose Clinton?" — wagered $1,901

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