Show #2891 1997-03-10 (taped 1996-12-03) Regular

Contestants

Jim Selth — an attorney from Glendora, California

Linda Slyer — a homemaker originally from Saddlebrook, New Jersey

Jeff Horton — a school board member from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jeff	$600	$1,100	$-1,300	$-1,300 3rd place: Samsung 19-inch Color TV/VCR Combo	$200 16 R, 10 W (including 2 DDs)
Linda	$2,000	$3,500	$7,900	$9,900 New champion: $9,900	$7,900 20 R, 3 W
Jim	$0	$300	$4,900	$9,799 2nd place: Trip to Le Montrose Hotel, Hollywood, California	$4,500 12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

CAVING	HISTORIC HOMES	COUNTRY SINGERS	-OLOGIES	FACTS & FIGURES	WEDDING POTPOURRI
$100 [21] Scientists who study these mammals in caves wear respirators to protect themselves from ammonia fumes Bats Linda	$100 [16] You can visit the Victorian home of this unsinkable heroine at 1340 Pennsylvania Street in Denver Molly Brown Jeff	$100 [2] Once known as the Country Cut-Ups, they're nicknamed the Oaks Oak Ridge Boys Jim	$100 [1] While olfactology is concerned with smell, audiology deals with this sense Hearing Jim	$100 [8] On an analog clock the hour hand will make this many revolutions a day 2 Jeff Linda	$100 [25] Hindu priests toss this into a fire during the ceremony as an offering; we toss it at departing couples Rice Linda
$200 [22] Cavers use special dyes to track the flow of these (Underground) Rivers Linda	$200 [17] The Gibson House on Beacon Street in this city is named for its original 19th century furnishings Boston Linda Jim	$200 [3] Randy Traywick is the real name of this man who was a singer & a short order cook at the Nashville Palace Randy Travis Linda	$200 [7] Biology is generally divided into 2 branches: botany & this study of animals Zoology Jim	$200 [12] Continent on which the highest recorded air temperature, 136 degrees F., was recorded Africa Jeff	$200 [28] The person in this post makes the first toast Best man Jeff
$300 [23] Explorers enjoy cave systems inside these ice masses because they constantly change Glaciers Linda Jim	$300 [18] Hulihee Palace on this large island was once the summer home of monarchs, including King Kalakaua Hawaii Jeff Linda	$300 [4] When Mary Chapin Carpenter sang "Shut Up And" do this to "me" on 1994's CMA Awards show, Little Richard complied Kiss me Linda	$300 [9] Areology is the observation & study of this planet Mars Jeff	$300 [13] This country has the largest crude oil reserves, about a quarter of the world's total Saudi Arabia Linda	$300 [29] Tradition says this guest will be the next woman to marry The one that catches the bouquet Linda
$400 [24] Cave diving combines spelunking with this other sport Scuba diving Jim	$400 [19] Moss-draped oak trees surround Shadows-On-The-Teche, one of this state's most famous plantations Louisiana Jeff	$400 [5] Supermodel Kate Moss played the lead in this "Man In Black"'s video "Delia's Gone" Johnny Cash Linda Jim	$400 [10] A person who specializes in Sinology would be an expert on this country's history & customs China Linda	$400 [14] In 1996 this card game with a 108-card deck, most numbered 0-9, turned 25 years old Uno	$400 [27] Meteorologically speaking, it completes the old English saying "Blest be the bride that..." The sun shines on
$500 [30] In 1879 Marcelino de Sautuola discovered the Stone Age paintings in this country's Altamira Cave Spain Linda	DD $500 [20] Woodlawn in Virginia was the home of this president's step-granddaughter Nellie Custis George Washington Jeff	$500 [6] This blonde who was "Country When Country Wasn't Cool" has her own Nashville museum Barbara Mandrell Jeff Linda	$500 [11] It's the science that deals with water & its properties Hydrology Jeff	$500 [15] The elevator ride costs $12 to the observation deck at the 1,136' level of this 1,815' Toronto landmark CN Tower	$500 [26] In a Jewish wedding it serves as a reminder of the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem Breaking of the glass Linda

Double Jeopardy! Round

CIVIL SERVICE	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	NEWSPAPERS	THE OSCARS	THE 1930s	SHORT STORIES
$200 [21] This term for the scholarly elite of the Sung dynasty's civil service came to mean any high official Mandarin	$200 [2] At its widest north-south point, this large sea stretches 1,000 miles from Libya in Africa to Croatia in Europe Mediterranean Sea Jeff	$200 [1] In 1922 the South Bend Tribune established WSBT, this state's first radio station Indiana Jeff	$200 [16] The Best Song Oscars for 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994 & 1995 went to songs from this company's animated movies Disney Linda	$200 [5] A factory to make these "People's Cars" was dedicated May 26, 1938 in Wolfsburg, Germany Volkswagen Linda	$400 [29] It's the occupation of Bartleby, the title character of a Herman Melville story scrivener Jeff
$400 [22] Under this 1966 law that opened government files to the public, civil servants' personnel files may be withheld Freedom of Information Act Jim	$400 [3] This country's highest peak, 7,828' high Mount Maglic, is located about 50 miles southeast of Sarajevo Bosnia Jeff	$400 [12] Name shared by newspapers in Lincoln, Kansas City & Toronto Star Jeff Jim	$400 [17] For 1986 this director's film won a whole "Platoon" of Oscars Oliver Stone Jeff	$400 [6] When Howard Hughes set an air speed record August 13, 1935, she was flying by to help confirm it Amelia Earhart Jim	$600 [28] "Cruising Paradise" is a 1996 collection of short stories by this "True West" playwright Sam Shepard
$600 [23] In 1995 Pres. Clinton urged this 50-year-old organization to trim its bloated bureaucracy United Nations Jeff	$600 [4] This European grand duchy has 2 distinct land regions: the Ardennes & the Bon Pays Luxembourg Jeff Jim	$800 [14] "The Sierra In Peril" series by Tom Knudson won this Sacramento paper a 1992 Pulitzer Prize Sacramento Bee Jim	$600 [18] Clint Eastwood won for directing "Unforgiven" & this man won for acting in it Gene Hackman Linda	$600 [7] Harbour Bridge, one of the largest arch bridges in the world, opened in this city in 1932, mate Sydney Linda	$800 [27] She began writing short stories while working for the W.P.A. in Mississippi Eudora Welty Jeff Linda
$800 [25] In this "system" rampant in the 19th C., election winners filled the government with their supporters "Spoils" system Jeff	DD $1,000 [9] The King George VI falls drop 1,600 feet in this small South American country Guyana Jeff	DD $1,000 [13] This paper has the largest Sunday circulation in New England The Boston Globe Jim	$800 [19] One of the few women directors to have their films nominated for Best Picture, she did it with "Awakenings" Penny Marshall Jeff	$800 [8] On April 7, 1939 this country invaded Albania & about a week later formally absorbed it Italy Jeff	$1,000 [26] Saul Bellow translated this writer's Yiddish short story, "Gimpel The Fool" into English Isaac Bashevis Singer Linda
$1,000 [24] This U.S. asst. Secretary of State was in the news in 1995, running the Balkan peace talks Richard Holbrooke	$1,000 [10] The Kerch Strait connects the Sea of Azov & this larger sea Black Sea Jeff	$1,000 [15] This Des Moines paper is Iowa's largest daily Des Moines Register Jim	$1,000 [20] It was the first color film to win a Best Picture Oscar Gone With The Wind Jeff	$1,000 [11] In September 1933 he led a military coup against the government of Cuba Fulgencio Batista Jeff Linda	—

Final Jeopardy!

NOTABLE WOMEN

As staff director of the Florida House Judiciary Committee, she helped revise the state constitution

Janet Reno

Jim "Who is Janet Reno" — wagered $4,899

Linda "Who is Reno?" — wagered $2,000

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