Show #2749 1996-07-11 Regular

Missing prizes.

Contestants

Donna Beckage — an administrative assistant from Los Angeles, California

Jack Call — a college instructor from Whittier, California

Stephen Lewis — a hotel owner from Calico Rock, Arkansas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Stephen	$2,000	$4,100	$13,800	$14,800 2-day champion: $29,300	$13,500 30 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Jack	$1,000	$2,900	$4,900	$1,900 3rd place	$4,900 16 R, 0 W
Donna	$800	$1,300	$6,300	$9,801 2nd place	$4,900 10 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

PENNSYLVANIA	-OLOGIES	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	WOMEN	NAUTICAL TERMS	NAME THE DECADE
$100 [1] Besides Harrisburg, 1 of 2 other cities that served as state capital Philadelphia Stephen	$100 [6] Answers about Hera, Hermes & the Hesperides often appear in this "Jeopardy!" category mythology Jack	$100 [16] In its ads this communications giant calls itself "Your True Choice" AT&T Stephen	$100 [11] On May 16, 1975 Junko Tabei from Japan became the first woman to reach its peak Mount Everest Stephen Donna	$100 [26] Bird term for a small platform below the masthead light used as a lookout station crow's nest Jack	$100 [18] The Soviet Union breaks up the 1990s Stephen
$200 [2] The Amish, Moravians & Mennonites are parts of the group collectively known as this Pennsylvania Dutch Stephen Donna	$200 [7] This study of the supposed effect of the stars on human life could be called zodiacology astrology Jack	$200 [17] 3M is headquartered in this state Minnesota Jack	$200 [12] Named a "Papal Countess" in 1951 by the Vatican, this mother of a president died in 1995 Rose Kennedy Stephen	$200 [27] A VLCC, very large crude carrier, is this type of ship supertanker Jack	$200 [20] India & Pakistan gain independence & the nation of Israel is proclaimed the 1940s Jack
$300 [3] In 1889, 1936 & 1977, this city in the Conemaugh Valley was hit by disastrous floods Johnstown Stephen	$300 [8] It's the scientific study of antiquities from the land of the pharaoahs Egyptology Jack	$300 [19] 1996 marks the 50th birthday of this personnel company once famous for its "Girls" Kelly Jack	$300 [13] Shannon Lucid told her male roommates she wouldn't be a maid for the 5 months they'd be here in 1996 the Mir space station Stephen	$300 [28] An escutcheon is a board on the stern of a vessel that lists its port of registry & this it's name Stephen	$300 [21] The Titanic sinks the 1910s Stephen
$400 [4] A town is named for this winner of the pentathlon & decathlon at the 1912 Olympics Jim Thorpe Stephen	$400 [9] It's the study of such phenomena as extrasensory perception & psychokinesis parapsychology Jack	$400 [24] Launched in the U.S. in 1993, this company's Captiva camera produces pictures about the size of a credit card Polaroid Jack	$400 [14] Her "Live" album won a Grammy in 1994 for Best Mexican-American Album Selena Stephen	$400 [29] Wigwag is a simpler type of this, signaling with coded hand-held flags semaphore Stephen	$400 [22] The Spanish-American War breaks out the 1890s Stephen
$500 [5] These mountains lent their names to Penn State's Lions the Nittany Mountains Stephen	$500 [10] This branch of zoology deals specifically with fish ichthyology Donna	$500 [25] In 1995 this maker of Kleenex acquired one of its major rivals, Scott Paper Kimberly-Clark Jack	DD $700 [15] This former White House press secretary teamed with Mary Matalin to host CNBC's "Equal Time" Dee Dee Myers Stephen	$500 [30] This word can mean a vessel's national flag or the most junior commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy ensign Stephen	$500 [23] The Great Plague sweeps through London, soon followed by the Great Fire the 1660s Donna

Double Jeopardy! Round

BARITONES	THE 9th CENTURY	PHOTOGRAPHERS	FAMOUS ITALIANS	BAYS & GULFS	BOOKS & AUTHORS
$200 [2] 1942's "I Married an Angel" was his last film with Jeannette MacDonald Nelson Eddy Jack	$200 [14] New ones invented in the 9th century included Hiragana & Cyrillic alphabets Donna	$200 [26] In 1974 he exhibited portraits of his dying father, Jacob Israel Avedon Richard Avedon Stephen	$200 [1] The last Italian pope, he reigned just before the current one Pope John Paul I Stephen	$200 [3] It's bordered by the southeast coast of the U.S. from Florida to Texas Gulf of Mexico Jack	$200 [20] Like his book "Roots", his book "Queen" inspired a TV miniseries Alex Haley Jack
$400 [5] Sherrill Milnes' first major role was Masetto in this composer's "Don Giovanni" Mozart Stephen	$400 [16] Pope Leo IV built the Leonine Wall to protect this Roman basilica from Muslim invaders St. Peter's Basilica Stephen	$400 [27] Louis & Auguste Bisson made the first photos from the summit of this highest Alpine peak Mount Blanc Donna	$400 [8] Before coming to America, Arturo Toscanini was principal conductor at this Milan opera house La Scala Stephen	$400 [4] Sri Lanka is bounded on the west by the Gulf of Mannar & on the east by this bay Bay of Bengal Stephen	$400 [21] This "Exodus" author continued his "Trinity" saga in a 1995 sequel, "Redemption" Leon Uris Stephen
$600 [6] Dietrich Fisher-Dieskau specialized in singing cycles of this man's lieder, like "Die Winterreise" Schubert Jack	$600 [17] In 859 Al-Qarawiyin University was founded at Fez in this north African country Morocco Stephen	$800 [29] This photojournalist worked with future husband Erskine Caldwell on "You Have Seen Their Faces" Margaret Bourke-White	$600 [11] Born in Montona, Italy in 1940, he won his only Indy 500 in 1969 Mario Andretti Stephen	$600 [7] The tides of this bay between New Brunswick & Nova Scotia rise as high as 70 feet Bay of Fundy Donna	$600 [23] He switched locales from Madison County to Mexico for his 1995 novel "Puerto Vallarta Squeeze" Robert James Waller Stephen
$800 [12] Hakan Hagegard portrayed Papageno in this Swedish director's film of "The Magic Flute" Ingmar Bergman Stephen	$800 [18] In the 890s Arpad led this group across the Carpathians into Hungary the Magyars Donna	$1,000 [30] His studies of a horse's gallop were interrupted by his trial for the murder of his wife's lover Eadweard Muybridge	$800 [15] She won an Oscar in 1962 & received an honorary one in 1991 Sophia Loren Stephen	$800 [9] The French islands of Belle-Ile & Oleron are in this bay Bay of Biscay Jack	$800 [24] This 1983 Stephen King novel focused on a Plymouth Fury with a mind of its own Christine Stephen
DD $1,100 [13] This celebrated actor & bass-baritone was born in Princeton, N.J. in 1898, the son of a former slave Paul Robeson Stephen	$1,000 [22] In 886 this English king retook London from the Danes Alfred the Great Stephen	DD $2,000 [28] Joseph Niepce began photographic research with this more famous Frenchman in 1829 Louis Daguerre Donna	$1,000 [19] In 1980 he designed the uniforms for the Italian Air Force Giorgio Armani	$1,000 [10] This longest river of Poland empties into the Gulf of Gdansk the Vistula Donna	$1,000 [25] Using his initials in reverse, this horror novelist wrote "Chase" under the name K.R. Dwyer Dean R. Koontz Stephen

Final Jeopardy!

NATURE

In December 1995 cold weather killed millions of these wintering in Michoacan

monarch butterflies

Jack "What are BIRDS?" — wagered $3,000

Donna "What are Monarch butterflies?" — wagered $3,501

Stephen "What are monarch butterflies?" — wagered $1,000

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