Show #2777 1996-10-01 (taped 1996-08-20) Regular

Contestants

Malcolm Callan — an actor from Austin, Texas

Bill Cute — a social studies teacher from Rehoboth, Massachusetts

Linda Dorney — an attorney from Laurel, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,199)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Linda	$200	$1,000	$4,400	$8,800 2nd place: trip to the 30th Annual CMA Awards	$4,400 10 R, 1 W
Bill	$300	$2,300	$8,500	$8,801 New champion: $8,801	$8,400 20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Malcolm	$-200	$800	$3,500	$0 3rd place: Washburn acoustic guitar	$4,600 19 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WE'RE NO. 1	THE PLANETS	THE MOVIES	FABRICS & TEXTILES	QUOTATIONS	LASTS
$100 [7] The first act to appear on "Soul Train" was this woman & her Pips Gladys Knight Malcolm	$100 [1] In a 1908 book Percival Lowell proposed that its surface markings were irrigation canals Mars Malcolm	$100 [2] In a 1995 post-apocalyptic film, Sylvester Stallone played this judge who served as jury and executioner Judge Dredd Linda	$100 [26] Gauze is named for this Palestinian city where it's thought to have originated Gaza Bill	$100 [8] This "Wizard of Menlo Park" said, "I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill" Edison Bill	$100 [21] Introduced during the Revolution, this execution device was last used in France in 1977 the guillotine Linda
$200 [15] The U.S., the top maker of french fries, sends 48.5% of exports to this country; you want fries with that sushi? Japan Malcolm	$200 [3] In 1975 the Soviet spacecraft Venera 9 provided the first photo from its surface Venus Malcolm	$200 [9] Variety said audiences would "be taken for a thrilling ride in the wild blue yonder" by this Tom Cruise film Top Gun Bill	$200 [27] The name of this fabric with metallic threads comes from lamina, Latin for "thin piece of metal" lamé Malcolm	$200 [13] In 1970 he declared it time for the great silent majority of Americans to stand up and be counted" Richard Nixon Bill	$200 [22] Their last joint operetta, "The Grand Duke", premiered in 1896 Gilbert & Sullivan Malcolm
$300 [16] Nicaragua was the first country to ratify this charter in 1945; the U.S. took another 3 weeks U.N. Charter Bill	$300 [4] On December 7, 1995, a probe from the Galileo spacecraft plunged into this planet's atmosphere Jupiter Malcolm	$300 [10] Clint Eastwood received his first Oscar for directing this 1992 western Unforgiven Linda	—	$300 [14] In 1968 this mayor said, "The policeman isn't there to create disorder, (he) is there to preserve disorder" (Mayor) Daley (of Chicago) Linda	$300 [23] In September 1957 this baseball team played its last game at Ebbets Field, beating the Pirates 2-0 the Brooklyn Dodgers Malcolm
$400 [19] This U.S. state is No. 1 in the number of marriages & Girl Scouts California	$400 [5] Its moon Triton has a thin nitrogen atmosphere Neptune Linda Malcolm	DD $500 [11] Recent film that featured the followingsceneofdestruction: Jumanji Bill	—	$400 [17] In 1774 this orator told the first Continental Congress, "I am not a Virginian but an American" Patrick Henry Linda	$400 [24] At his death in 1832, Charles Carroll of Maryland was the last surviving signer of this document the Declaration of Independence Bill Malcolm
$500 [20] Donovan Bailey is considered the fastest man on Earth for running this distance in 9.84 seconds the 100 meters Malcolm	$500 [6] It's the only planet in our solar system discovered by an American, Clyde Tombaugh Pluto Bill Malcolm	$500 [12] In "My Darling Clementine" he played Wyatt Earp & Victore Mature played Doc Holliday Henry Fonda Bill	—	$500 [18] This Oliver Hazard Perry line precedes "Two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop" "We have met the enemy, and they are ours."	$500 [25] In 1947 Kenneth C. Royall became the last holder of this cabinet post once held by Edwin Stanton Secretary of War Bill

Double Jeopardy! Round

SOCIOLOGY	COUNTRY SINGERS	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	NOTABLE WOMEN	WORLD HISTORY	LITERATURE
$200 [16] This term refers to a society ruled by women or to a family with a mother at the head a matriarchy Bill	$200 [24] This singer once known as "No Show Jones" tells all in his 1996 memoir "I Lived To Tell It All" George Jones Malcolm	$200 [6] Bays in this state include Hingham, Dorchester & Quincy Massachusetts Bill	$200 [19] In 34 B.C. she and her son Caesarion were declared joint rulers of Cyprus, Libya, Coelesyria & Egypt Cleopatra Malcolm	$200 [11] On August 8, 1588, the English defeated this fleet of Philip II at the Battle of Gravelines the Armada Linda	$200 [1] In this Poe tale Captain Kidd's treasure is found with the aid of a secret code & a scarab beetle The Gold Bug Malcolm
$400 [17] Decade in which the student counterculture movement popularized the "Do your own thing" way of life the 60s Bill	$400 [25] This star whose new album is "Fresh Horses" signed autographs for 23 straight hours at 1996's Fan Fair Garth Brooks	$400 [7] This tiny state's southernmost point lies on Block Island in the Atlantic, about 10 miles from the mainland Rhode Island Bill	$400 [20] In 1854 she left England to work in the military hospital at Scutari, Turkey (Florence) Nightingale Malcolm	$400 [12] This "Great" Russian czar's 43-year reign, 1682-1725, was the longest in the Romanov line Peter the Great Bill	$400 [2] Published in 1961, "The Winter of" this was John Steinbeck's last novel The Winter of Our Discontent Malcolm
$600 [18] Late 19th C. invention that caused unemployment for blacksmiths & wagon & buggy whip producers the automobile Linda	$600 [26] "Starting Over Again" is a hit single from this radiant redhead who once rode in the rodeo Reba McEntire Malcolm	$600 [8] Emmons & Nisqually are 2 of about 25 glaciers on this Washington state peak Mt. Rainier Bill	$600 [21] This wife of Rutherford B. Hayes was the first First Lady to graduate from college Lucy Hayes Bill	$600 [13] In 1292 this family of Venetian explorers escorted a Mongol princess to Persia the Polos Bill	$600 [3] Carolyn Meeber is the title character of this Theodore Dreiser novel Sister Carrie Malcolm
$800 [28] A system of laws; Napoleon, Justinian & Hammurabi were known for theirs a code Linda	$800 [27] Don't break his heart, his achy breaky heart: buy his new album "Trail of Tears" Billy Ray Cyrus Bill	$800 [9] The site of a leper colony, this Hawaiian island is nicknamed the "Friendly Island" Molokai Malcolm	$800 [22] In 1984 this U.S. gymnast was named the Associated Press Woman Athlete of the Year Mary Lou Retton Malcolm	$800 [14] In the mid-1500s Akbar the Great, son of Humayun, ruler of Delhi, reigned over this empire in India the Mogul Empire Linda	$800 [4] In this Truman Capote novella, the story of Holly Golightly is narrated by Fred, a struggling writer Breakfast at Tiffany's Malcolm
$1,000 [29] This word for a government's administration system has come to suggest inefficiency, waste & red tape bureaucracy Linda	—	DD $2,400 [10] This city is Pennsylvania's only port on the Great Lakes Erie Malcolm	DD $2,500 [23] Half of the Secretaries of Health & Human Services have been women, including this Clinton appointee Donna Shalala Malcolm	$1,000 [15] In October 1942 General Bernard Montgomery defeated the Germans at this Egyptian city El Alamein Bill Malcolm	$1,000 [5] This Kipling orphan's father was a sergeant in an Irish regiment in the Punjab Kim Bill

Final Jeopardy!

PRESIDENTS

The only 2 consecutive U.S. presidents with the same first name

James Madison & James Monroe

Malcolm "Who are Adams & Jefferson" — wagered $3,500

Linda "Who were James Madison & James Monroe?" — wagered $4,400

Bill "Who were Madison + Monroe?" — wagered $301

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