Show #3133 1998-03-25 Regular

Contestants

David Cruthers — an arts council director from Groton Long Point, Connecticut

Maryanne Ackershoek — an associate editor and online writer from Wayne, New Jersey

Bill Johnson — a cattle breeder from Fort Mill, South Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,510)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bill	$800	$2,900	$7,500	$14,999 3rd place: Burett Abyss Swiss Watch	$7,400 18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Maryanne	$1,200	$2,200	$11,600	$16,600 New champion: $16,600	$10,200 22 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
David	$700	$1,400	$8,200	$15,800 2nd place: Trip to Beaches Resort, Jamaica	$5,800 16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

A "B" CITY	TV ACTORS & ACTRESSES	STOCK SYMBOLS	3-LETTER WORDS	TRIAL	BALLOONS
$100 [11] You can cross this city's Francis Scott Key Bridge by the dawn's early light Baltimore Bill	$100 [6] Between TV stints as Andy Griffith's son & Tom Bosley's son, he played Henry Fonda's son on "The Smith Family" Ron Howard David	$100 [1] KO is this company that wants to K.O. PEP (Pepsico) Coca-Cola David	$100 [21] Joan Embery's version of Animal House Zoo Bill	$100 [16] This organization was krippled in 1925 when D.C. Stephenson, a Grand Dragon, was convicted of murder Ku Klux Klan Maryanne	$100 [30] Propane-fueled burners provide this to lift balloons; politicians make their own Hot air David
$200 [12] In 1937 the Loyalists in Spain made this city their capital Barcelona David	$200 [7] In 1979 this Canadian made his U.S. TV debut on "Letters from Frank" & added the initial "J." to his name Michael J. Fox Maryanne David	$200 [2] We hope you're not "stuck on" this company, JNJ, but they do Johnson & Johnson David	$200 [22] Below par, off one's feed, under the weather, in short--this Ill Maryanne	$200 [17] Britain's longest trial ended in 1997 with 2 pamphleteers found guilty of libeling this fast-food company McDonald's Maryanne	$200 [26] In 1984 Joe Kittinger in Rosie O' Grady's matched this Lindbergh feat in the Spirit of St. Louis Crossing the Atlantic, non-stop & solo Maryanne
$300 [13] Aurelia Aquensis in ancient times, you may want to take a "double" dip in this German city's baths Baden-Baden David	$300 [8] From 1981 to 1985 Orson Welles provided the voice of the elusive Robin Masters on this series Magnum, P.I. Bill	$300 [3] HD isn't Hugh Downs, but this do-it-yourself store Home Depot Bill	$300 [23] Splash guard for a baby Bib Maryanne	$300 [18] Clarence Darrow & Jimmy Hoffa faced trial for tampering with these to affect earlier trials juries Bill David	$300 [27] In 1783 Jacques Charles took flight No. 1 of a balloon filled with this gas, atomic No. 1 Hydrogen Bill
$400 [14] Its first name was F‑E‑L‑S‑I‑N‑A, not O‑S‑C‑A‑R Bologna Bill David	DD $500 [9] Ann Guilbert, who played Millie on "The Dick Van Dyke Show", now plays a grandma on this sitcom: The Nanny Bill	$400 [4] The business section of The Toledo Blade may report on this company, G Gillette David	$400 [24] Short job for a musician Gig David	$400 [19] Nickname of Black Panther Elmer Pratt, released in 1997 because evidence was suppressed at his 1972 trial "Geronimo"	$400 [28] In one type of race the hare takes off first & is "dogged" by competing balloons called these Hounds Bill
$500 [15] The center of the Czech Republic's wool industry, it looks like it needs to buy a vowel Brno Bill	$500 [10] Originally Lisa Kudrow was set to play Roz on this sitcom but the role was recast with Peri Gilpin Frasier Maryanne	$500 [5] As one of the top stocks, this company, KMB, likes to diaper the bottom line Kimberly-Clark Maryanne	$500 [25] A cackleberry Egg Bill	$500 [20] Caryl Chessman based appeals on the fact that this person died before transcribing his notes Court stenographer/reporter David	$500 [29] The basket a balloon carries & its contents are called this, like a rocket's cargo Payload

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD HISTORY	MOVIE GEOGRAPHY	AMERICAN LITERATURE	DANCE MAGAZINE AWARDS	MOTHERS OF INVENTION	LET'S TALK ENGLISH GOOD
$200 [1] In 1492 he chartered the Santa Maria from Juan de la Cosa, who became its sailing master Christopher Columbus Maryanne	$200 [11] What Bogart actually said in this film was "If she can stand it, I can. Play it!" Casablanca Maryanne	$200 [6] J.N. Reynolds' "Mocha Dick", about a white whale, was published 12 years before this man's "Moby Dick" Herman Melville Bill	$200 [21] Claude Bessy, director of this European capital's Opera Ballet School, won a 1997 award Paris Bill	$200 [16] In 1898 this "radiant" physicist invented a method of extracting radioactive material from ore Marie Curie David	$200 [22] "Flammable" has come into common use because this longer word could be misinterpreted Inflammable Maryanne
$400 [2] Until abolished in 404 A.D., gladiatorial games had been held at this Rome site for over 300 years The Colosseum Bill	$400 [12] Carroll O' Connor played Julie Andrews' father in this film based on a James Michener novel Hawaii Bill	$400 [7] World leader who was the subject of David Halberstam's 1971 book "Ho" Ho Chi Minh Maryanne	$400 [27] 1957 & 1977 award winners Jerome Robbins & Peter Martins took over this Balanchine troupe in 1983 New York City Ballet David	$400 [17] In 1942 this star of "Ecstasy" & "Algiers" received a patent for a radio-controlled torpedo Hedy Lamarr Maryanne	$400 [23] This feminine suffix is more widely accepted after host or heir than after poet -ess Maryanne
$600 [3] On April 10, 1974 she resigned as Israel's prime minister but served as a caretaker until June Golda Meir David	$600 [13] Gary Busey, Karen Black & Keith Carradine wrote songs for this film; Keith's "I'm Easy" won an Oscar Nashville Bill	$600 [8] Thomas Pynchon followed "V" with this novel about the V-2 rocket Gravity's Rainbow Maryanne	$800 [29] This tall co-star/co-director/co-choreographer of "My One And Only" was one of only 5 winners in 1984 Tommy Tune David	$800 [19] In the 1950s Grace Hopper created this "Common Business-Oriented Language" for computers COBOL Maryanne	$600 [24] Churchill called the rule against ending a sentence with this something "Up with which I will not put" Preposition Maryanne
$800 [4] In the 1770s this British sea captain circled Antarctica but ice packs kept him from sighting land James Cook Maryanne	$800 [14] Elvis Presley had "Fun In" this Mexican resort city with Ursula Andress--who wouldn't? Acapulco David	$800 [9] If you read her new book "Sex & The Single Girl" at 21 you're 57 now (& no longer a girl) Helen Gurley Brown Bill	DD $3,000 [28] 1978 winner seenherein a 1985 film: Mikhail Baryshnikov David	$1,000 [20] Stephanie Kwolek of this Delaware chemical firm created Kevlar, a lightweight material used in bulletproof vests DuPont David	$800 [25] It's the preferred past participle of hang when it means "put to death by hanging" Hanged Maryanne
$1,000 [5] This 16-year-old "Black Prince" led his men to victory at the battle of Crecy in August 1346 Edward Bill	$1,000 [15] Luckily, the 1947 Alan Ladd film named for this city wasn't a "black hole" in his career Calcutta Bill	$1,000 [10] Olive Chancellor was into woman's lib in his 1886 novel "The Bostonians" Henry James Maryanne	—	DD $2,000 [18] Type of shoe seen here, invented by Anna Kalso, it made its U.S. debut on April 22, 1970: Earth shoe Maryanne	$1,000 [26] Using this adverb to mean "it is desirable that" has been much debated by writers on language hopefully Maryanne

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY AMERICA

Graders, gaugers, spikers & bolters built these

railroads

Bill "What are Railroads?" — wagered $7,499

David "What were Railroads?" — wagered $7,600

Maryanne "What are railroad tracks?" — wagered $5,000

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