Show #2617 1996-01-09 Regular

Contestants

Will Lampe — a printing salesman from Englewood, New Jersey

Brian Cull — a graduate assistant from Cleveland, Ohio

Gail Bock — an appraiser from Racine, Wisconsin (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Gail	$100	$2,200	$7,600	$15,100 2-day champion: $30,301	$7,400 16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Brian	$600	$2,600	$6,800	$13,500 2nd place: Hammerman gold brooch + Martin Lawrence Galleries serigraph Hunt Season by Mark King + GameTek Jeopardy!	$6,800 18 R, 2 W
Will	$4,100	$4,800	$10,200	$5,199 3rd place: Oneida gift certificate + GameTek Jeopardy!	$9,600 24 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

ISLANDS	CHRISTMAS MOVIES	GUINNESS RECORDS	20th CENTURY WOMEN	POTENT POTABLES	ODDS & ENDS
$100 [15] This Italian island's 3 chief ports are Messina, Catania & Palermo Sicily Will	$100 [1] This Capra classic was based on a Philip Van Doren Stern short story written for a Christmas card It's a Wonderful Life Will	$100 [6] Jana Novotna & Brenda Schultz have had their serves in this game clocked at 115 mph, a women's record tennis Will	$100 [14] She served as a truck driver & mechanic during WWII, before becoming queen of the U.K. Queen Elizabeth II Brian	$100 [11] Once made from potatoes, this liquor associated with Russia is now produced primarily from cereal grains vodka Gail	$100 [26] Traditionally worn for hunting, a deerstalker is this a hat (cap) Will
$200 [19] The Paracel Islands are claimed by Vietnam but are administered by this northern neighbor China Brian	$200 [2] In this 1988 film network president Bill Murray is visited by the ghosts of Christmas Scrooged Will	$200 [7] Eta Carinae is the most luminous of these, over 5 million times as luminous as our sun a star Brian	$200 [16] This Pakistani PM was the first foreign woman president of the Oxford Union Benazir Bhutto Brian	$200 [12] Green creme de menthe & white creme de cacao are featured in this cocktail named for an insect A Grasshopper Will	$200 [27] A brazier works with brass & a blacksmith works with this metal iron Gail
$300 [20] In 1796 Napoleon returned French rule to this island of his birth Corsica Brian	$300 [3] In a 1988 film this Jim Varney character "Saves Christmas" Ernest Will	$300 [8] This Oak Brook, Illinois corporation operates the world's largest food service chain McDonald's Will	$300 [17] Her third husband, Gregory Bateson, was also an anthropologist Margaret Mead Will	$300 [13] As you might imagine, a Bacardi cocktail contains this liquor rum Brian	$300 [28] Gary Larson, known for this offbeat cartoon, retired at the end of 1994 The Far Side Will
$400 [21] In 1927 this Spanish group in the Atlantic was divided into 2 provinces: Las Palmas & Santa Cruz de Tenerife the Canaries Gail	$400 [4] "The Homecoming", a 1971 TV movie, was a Christmas story that served as a pilot for this series The Waltons Will	$400 [9] The largest of these in the human body is usually the gluteus maximus a muscle Will	$400 [18] Shannon Miller won 5 Olympic medals in this sport in 1992 gymnastics Brian	$400 [24] For a Fuzzy Navel, combine equal amounts of orange juice & this flavor schnapps peach Brian	$400 [29] Originally made in Greece, a flokati is one of these with a thick, rough nap a rug
$500 [22] About half of the Philippines' rice crop is produced on this island, the nation's largest Luzon Gail	$500 [5] In "The Muppet Christmas Carol", she played Bob Cratchit's wife Miss Piggy Will	DD $1,500 [10] This Asian city-state is the world's largest container port Singapore Will	$500 [23] In 1995 this first woman elected to both houses of Congress died in Skowhegan, Maine Margaret Chase Smith Gail	$500 [25] Served over ice, the 2 ingredients in a Rusty Nail are Scotch & this Scotch & honey liqueur Drambuie Brian	$500 [30] It was the original profession of the first group of women hired as stewardesses in 1930 a nurse Gail

Double Jeopardy! Round

1855	AWARDS & HONORS	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	COMPOSERS	THE BIBLE	THE SUPREME COURT
$200 [1] This city's Daily Telegraph began publishing; by the 1870s it was the largest paper in the world London Gail Brian	$200 [22] In 1992 this ex-Mouseketeer received a Disney Legend Award & 2 cakes, 1 day before her 50th birthday Annette Funicello Brian	$200 [6] At 4,145 feet, Black Mountain is the highest point in this "Bluegrass State" Kentucky Brian	$200 [11] "Ritual Fire Dance" composer Manuel de Falla moved from this European country to Argentina in 1939 Spain Will	$200 [12] Cain brought the fruits of the soil to the Lord; this brother offered the firstborn of his flock Abel Brian	$200 [15] This Chief Justice chaired the commission that investigated the assassination of JFK (Earl) Warren Will
$400 [2] This bookstore owner published his compilation of "Familiar Quotations" Bartlett Gail	$400 [23] "Basic Instinct" won 4 of the 1st Rembrandts—not paintings, but film video awards in this country the Netherlands Brian	$400 [7] Washington is bounded on the south by Oregon & on the east by this state Idaho Gail	$400 [13] Marc Wilkinson's cantata "Voices" is based on the play "Waiting for Godot" by this author Beckett Will	$400 [14] An angel told Joseph to arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into" this land Egypt Gail	$400 [27] Before Bush appointed him to the court, he was Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights (Clarence) Thomas Gail
$600 [3] A railroad was built across this isthmus the Isthmus of Panama Will	$600 [24] As a "designated acceptor" in 1988, this "Who's the Boss?" star picked up 9 Emmys but didn't win any himself Tony Danza Brian	$600 [8] Laguna Madre separates this island from the Texas mainland Padre Island Gail Brian	$600 [19] Composer Marc Blitzstein adapted this Brecht-Weill "Opera" into English The Threepenny Opera Will	$600 [16] Sin referred to when Jesus said, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her" adultery Will	DD $400 [29] The son of an Italian immigrant, in 1986 he became the 1st Catholic appointed since Brennan in 1956 (Antonin) Scalia Will
$800 [4] While following the Zambezi to its mouth in this ocean, David Livingstone discovered Victoria Falls the Indian Gail Brian	$800 [25] In 1993 Ethel Kennedy received the first Legacy Award named for this founder of the United Farm Workers Union (Cesar) Chavez Brian	DD $1,000 [9] These 2 states share the Bighorn River & the Bighorn Mountains Montana & Wyoming Gail	$800 [20] Carl Czerny was a student of Beethoven & a teacher of this Hungarian pianist & composer Liszt Brian	$800 [17] This book of the New Testament begins with a genealogy of Christ Matthew Will	$600 [28] Among associate justices, office assignments, seating on the bench. etc. are determined by this seniority Will
$1,000 [5] After an 11-month siege, this Black Sea port fell September 11, 1855 Sevastopol Brian	$1,000 [26] The Helen Hayes Award for Best New Play is named for this playwright & husband of Helen Hayes (Charles) MacArthur Gail	$1,000 [10] The Pamlico & Albemarle Sounds are found along the coast of this southern state North Carolina Gail	$1,000 [21] This Russian "Scheherazade" composer's autobiography "My Musical Life" was published in 1909 Rimsky-Korsakov Gail	$1,000 [18] Luke tells the parable of the rich man & this beggar whose namesake is raised from the dead in John Lazarus Will	$1,000 [30] The court struck down this type of tax in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. in 1895 the income tax Gail

Final Jeopardy!

ENGLISH POETS

"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind" precedes a famous line from his works

(John) Donne

Brian "Who is Donne" — wagered $6,700

Gail "Who is John Dunn?" — wagered $7,500

Will "Who is Milton" — wagered $5,001

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