Show #2544 1995-09-28 Regular

Linda Roberts game 4.

Contestants

John Dowling — an editor from Chicago, Illinois

Ray Fastiggi — a publisher from Mamaroneck, New York

Linda Roberts — a registered nurse from Houston, Texas (whose 3-day cash winnings total $41,003)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Linda	$3,500	$6,700	$13,700	$9,401 4-day champion: $50,404	$15,300 34 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Ray	$-200	$100	$4,700	$2,001 2nd place: Kingsdown sleep set & down comforter from Pacific Coast + Jeopardy! Sports edition	$4,700 16 R, 3 W
John	$100	$600	$1,000	$1,990 3rd place: Amana dishwasher + Jeopardy! Sports edition	$1,100 7 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 1990s	WORD ORIGINS	PREGNANCY & CHILDCARE	THE SWORD	INDIA	STONE
$100 [11] In 1992 this Cuban president dismissed his son as head of Cuba's nuclear energy program Fidel Castro Linda	$100 [6] Ukulele came to us from this language Hawaiian Ray	$100 [1] Meruvax II vaccine has almost eradicated this "German" disease as a cause of birth defects (German) measles Linda	$100 [16] Edward Bulwer-Lytton wrote that this instrument "is mightier than the sword" the pen Ray	$100 [20] This classical Indian musical instrument is most closely associated with Ravi Shankar the sitar Ray	$100 [17] If you're quick you can spot Sharon on a train in this director's film "Stardust Memories" Woody Allen Ray
$200 [12] In 1990 he defeated Douglas Hurd & Michael Heseltine in the battle to succeed Margaret Thatcher John Major Ray	$200 [7] An institution for the treatment of chronic diseases, its name comes from sanus, "healthy"' sanitarium Linda	$200 [2] At about 8 weeks the developing child changes from an embryo to this a fetus Ray	$200 [27] When a medieval squire was ceremonially tapped with a sword, he became one of these a knight Linda	$200 [23] The largest mosque in India is in this city, the site of a deadly 1984 gas leak Bhopal Linda	$200 [18] In this 1994 thriller, Stone & Stallone heat up Miami The Specialist Linda
$300 [13] In the summer of 1995 the U.S. opened an embassy in this Vietnamese capital Hanoi Linda Ray	$300 [8] A place for storing food, its name comes from the Latin word for bacon, lardum larder Linda	$300 [3] This substance found in tobacco can affect the placenta & produce a low birth-weight baby nicotine Linda	$300 [28] This warrior wore 2 swords & followed a code of ethics called bushido a samurai Linda	$300 [24] The British jailed him 9 times between 1921 & 1945; in 1947 he became prime minister (Jawaharlal) Nehru John	$300 [19] Sharon appeared in "Citizens on Patrol", the 4th installment of this comedy cop series Police Academy John
$400 [14] In January 1995 former Treasury Minister Lamberto Dini was named premier of this country Italy Linda	$400 [9] The Persian word isfanakh grew into our word for this leafy vegetable spinach Linda	$400 [4] This sac is also called the bag of waters the amniotic sac Linda Ray John	$400 [29] The Gillie Callum is a sword dance from this country Scotland Linda	DD $300 [25] The opening of the Suez Canal helped make this port city India's leading financial center Bombay John	$400 [21] This 1990 futuristic tale featured Sharon as Schwarzenegger's "wife" Total Recall Linda John
$500 [15] In November 1994 Paul J. Hill was convicted of murdering a doctor at an abortion clinic in this Florida city Pensacola John	$500 [10] Enology comes from oinos, Greek for this beverage wine Linda	$500 [5] Striae are these silvery marks that sometimes appear in the skin after pregnancy stretch marks Linda	$500 [30] This sword was named for the person it hung over, not for Dionysius the elder who had it hung Damocles Linda	$500 [26] In 1497 he was sent by King Manuel of Portugal to reach India by sea Vasco da Gama Linda	$500 [22] To receive an R rating, 45 seconds were trimmed from this 1992 film that co-starred Michael Douglas Basic Instinct Linda

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC THOMASES	CARTOONISTS	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	FAMOUS WOMEN	BIOGRAPHIES	WE'RE NO. 2
$200 [6] Poverty forced this future pamphleteer to drop out of school at age 13 & become a corset maker Thomas Paine Linda	$200 [1] "Sparky" is the nickname of this creator of Snoopy Charles Schulz Ray	$200 [15] Harney Peak, South Dakota's highest point, lies in these hills the Black Hills Ray	$200 [11] On April 3, 1995 she became the first woman to preside over the U.S. Supreme Court Sandra Day O'Connor John	$200 [21] He wrote "The Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc" 14 years after "The Prince and the Pauper" Mark Twain Ray	$200 [26] Moving away from the Sun, it's the 2nd planet Venus John
$400 [7] The men who murdered him in Canterbury Cathedral were ordered to do penance in the Holy Land Thomas à Becket Linda	$400 [2] He created the character of Mike Doonesbury in a Yale strip entitled "Bull Tales" Garry Trudeau Linda	$400 [16] More than 30 mountain streams flow into this lake on the Nevada-California border Lake Tahoe Ray	$400 [17] Before she was Helen of Troy, she was Helen of this city-state ruled by her husband Sparta Linda John	$400 [22] Peter Petre collaborated with this general on his 1992 book "It Doesn't Take a Hero" (Norman) Schwarzkopf Ray	$400 [27] It's the 2nd-longest river in the world the Amazon John
$600 [8] The first invention he patented was an electric vote recorder, but he couldn't find a buyer Thomas Edison Linda	$800 [4] This "Pogo" creator worked on Disney's "Dumbo" & "Fantasia" Walt Kelly Ray	$600 [14] This Alaskan mountain consists of North Peak & 20,320-foot South Peak Mount McKinley Ray	$600 [18] In 1950 Florence Chadwick swam this south to north; in 1951, north to south, the 1st woman to do both the English Channel Linda	$600 [25] Faye Resnick's book about this woman is subtitled "The Private Diary of a Life Interrupted" Nicole Brown Linda	$600 [28] Natural History Magazine ranks the pronghorn species of this animal the next fastest after the cheetah the antelope Linda
$800 [9] This author of "Utopia" was a close friend of the great Renaissance humanist Erasmus Sir Thomas More Linda	$1,000 [5] Known for his complicated contraptions, he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for Editorial Cartooning Rube Goldberg Ray	$800 [13] Dauphin Island, Alabama's largest coastal island, lies at the entrance to this bay Mobile Linda	$800 [19] Audrey Hepburn was on location in France when this author saw her & chose her for the play "Gigi" Colette Ray	$800 [24] "American Caesar" is William Manchester's 1978 biography of this WWII & Korean War general MacArthur Linda	$800 [29] He was the 2nd-youngest person inaugurated U.S. president John F. Kennedy Linda
DD $3,000 [10] Thomas was the first name of this U.S. president nicknamed the "Schoolmaster in Politics" Thomas Woodrow Wilson Linda	DD $2,000 [3] His morbid humor graced the pages of The New Yorker for more than half a century Charles Addams Linda	$1,000 [12] The only natural passage into the Appalachians is along the Hudson River & this tributary the Mohawk River	$1,000 [20] Germany's 100 deutsche mark note features this pianist-wife of composer Robert Clara Schumann Ray	$1,000 [23] Max Brod is remembered for his biography of this "Metamorphosis" writer, his friend (Franz) Kafka Linda	$1,000 [30] He was the 2nd man to walk in space, though he was the 1st American (Ed) White Ray

Final Jeopardy!

THE OLYMPICS

The last Summer Olympic Games of the 20th century are scheduled to be held in this city

Sydney, Australia

John "What is Sydney Australia" — wagered $990

Ray "What is Atlanta?" — wagered $2,699

Linda "What is Athens?" — wagered $4,299

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