Show #2761 1996-09-09 (taped 1996-08-07) Regular

Contestants

Steve Toigo — a contracts administrator from Rockville, Maryland

Tim McCoy — an executive chef from Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Robert Daguillard — a doctoral candidate originally from Montreal, Canada

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Robert	$1,600	$2,400	$4,600	$100 2nd place: trip to Bahamas & stay at Bahamas Princess Resort and Casino + GameTek Jeopardy!	$7,500 19 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Tim	$2,400	$2,600	$8,000	$4,001 New champion: $4,001	$7,200 18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Steve	$100	$1,000	$2,000	$1 3rd place: Go Video dual deck VCR + GameTek Jeopardy!	$2,000 10 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

MYTHOLOGICAL MONSTERS	HISTORY	SPORTS '96	ROCKS & MINERALS	ANNUAL EVENTS	DONALD DUCK
$100 [2] Part goat & part lion, the Chimera breathed out this fire Steve	$100 [1] When this British sea captain first reached Botany Bay in 1770, he named it Stingray Bay Cook Tim	$100 [7] This L.A. Laker scored 19 points January 30, in his first NBA game since 1991 Magic Johnson Robert	$100 [25] Pressure converts this fuel into graphite coal Steve	$100 [19] The first Sunday in May, the O. Henry Museum in this Texas capital sponsors an O. Henry pun-off Austin Robert	$100 [16] The 1943 anti-Nazi release "Der Fuehrer's Face" was the only Donald Duck cartoon to win this award the Academy Award Tim
$200 [12] Stheno shared her pad with her Gorgon sisters, Euryale & this one Medusa Tim	$200 [3] On January 31, 1948, his body was cremated at the Raj Ghat shrine in New Delhi Gandhi Tim	$200 [8] Dale Jarrett won this 500-mile Florida NASCAR race over Dale Earnhardt by 0.12 seconds the Daytona 500 Robert	$200 [26] Term for an icicle-shaped mass hanging from a cave roof stalactite Steve	$200 [20] A May festival devoted to these 2 explorers is held in St. Charles, Mo., their starting point Lewis & Clark Tim	$200 [17] Donald began his long romance with this vivacious girlfriend in the 1940 cartoon "Mr. Duck Steps Out" Daisy Tim
$300 [13] This sea monster with 6 dogs' heads lived "strait" across from Charybdis, another man-eating monster Scylla Tim	$300 [4] On April 11, 1979, his dictatorial rule of Uganda was ended by exiles & Tanzanian forces Idi Amin Tim	$300 [9] Super Bowl XXX, in which this team beat the Steelers, drew a record 138.5 million U.S. viewers the Dallas Cowboys Robert	$300 [27] Until about 1926 20-mule teams hauled this mineral from mines in Death Valley to the railroad borax Steve	$300 [21] The lighting of Temple Square in this city signals the beginning of the Christmas season Salt Lake City Tim	$300 [18] In the cartoon "Donald's Nephews", Donald's sister Dumbella sends these 3 to visit Huey, Louie & Dewey Robert
$400 [14] The breath of this multi-headed Greek serpent could kill you the Hydra	$400 [5] In 1740 this Prussian king began his reign by taking Silesia from the Austrian Hapsburgs Frederick the Great Tim	$400 [10] In February NFL owners approved the Cleveland Browns' move to this city, with a new name & new colors Baltimore Tim	$400 [28] Cassiterite, SnO2, is the only commercially important ore of this metal tin Steve	$400 [22] The W.C. Handy Blues Awards are part of this city's Beale Street Music Festival Memphis Robert	$400 [24] In this country Donald Duck is known as Paperino Italy Steve
$500 [15] It was difficult to sneak past this giant; of his 100 eyes, some were always open Argus Tim	$500 [6] Angkor became capital of this empire in the late 9th c. & remained the capital for over 500 years the Khmer Empire Robert	$500 [11] This tattoo-covered Chicago Bull was suspended for 6 games for head-butting an official Dennis Rodman Robert	$500 [29] The copper ore chalcopyrite occurs in large deposits in Chile & the Freiberg area of this country Germany Steve	DD $500 [23] In the West this holiday is the first Sunday after the full Moon on or following the vernal equinox Easter Robert	$500 [30] The world's richest duck, he wears a red broadcloth coat Uncle $crooge Robert

Double Jeopardy! Round

OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!	AUTHORS	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	ART	INVENTORS	HOLLYWOOD FAMILIES
$200 [10] Matthew 14:3-11 deals with the beheading of this man St. John the Baptist Robert	$200 [9] He was born Truman Streckfus Persons on September 30, 1924 in New Orleans Truman Capote Tim	$200 [1] Canada's Ellesmere Island is separated from this Danish island by 35-mile-wide Smith Sound Greenland Robert	$200 [21] She may have been Botticelli's favorite goddess; he placed her at the center of his famous painting "Primavera" Venus Robert Tim	$200 [6] In 1824 the Supreme Court ended his monopoly of steamship navigation on the Hudson River Robert Fulton Steve	$800 [27] At 7 Laura Dern appeared briefly in "Alice doesn't Live Here Anymore" with this actress, her mother Diane Ladd
$400 [11] Henry VIII became betrothed to Jane Seymour the day after her decapitation Anne Boleyn Robert	$400 [12] In 1933 this Tarzan creator served as mayor of Malibu Beach, California Edgar Rice Burroughs Robert	$400 [2] This Chinese region consists of 3 provinces & once included a part of Inner Mongolia Manchuria Robert Steve	$400 [22] French artist, Robert Delaunay was the founder of Orphism, a variation of this other "geometric" art movement Cubism Robert	$400 [7] His lock, introduced around 1860, was noted for its small, flat key Yale Steve	$1,000 [26] Sam Warner, who convinced his brothers to make this talking picture, died 1 day before its 1927 premiere The Jazz Singer Robert
$600 [16] Marino Faliero was beheaded in 1355 for trying to make this Venetian office despotic the doge Steve	$600 [13] This author's 3 novels, "The Trial", "The Castle" & "Amerika", were published posthumously Franz Kafka Robert	$600 [3] When Guy of Lusignan took over Cyprus in 1192, he made this city his capital Nicosia Tim	$600 [23] This Dutchman's self-portraits include 1887's "With a Gray Felt Hat" & "With a Straw Hat" van Gogh Robert	$600 [8] Black inventor Garrett Morgan developed the gas mask first used by American soldiers during this war World War I Robert	—
$800 [19] Balboa was beheaded in 1519 at Acla near Darien in what's now this country Panama Steve	$800 [14] The given first name of this author of "Our Man in Havana" was Henry Graham Greene	$1,000 [5] Because it loses about 90% of its water by evaporation, this lake in Bolivia & Peru is quite salty Lake Titicaca Steve	$800 [24] "Lobster Trap and Fish Tail", one of his most famous mobiles, is in the Museum of Modern Art Alexander Calder	$800 [17] Before perfecting a photographic process using metal plates, this Frenchman was a scene painter for the opera (Louis) Daguerre Tim	—
$1,000 [20] This "Impaler", a prince of Walachia, was beheaded by the Turks around 1476 Vlad Tepes Tim	$1,000 [15] Last name of the "Goosebumps" author whose initials stand for Robert Lawrence (R.L.) Stine Tim	DD $1,600 [4] This French city lies on an island in the Strait of Dover Calais Tim	DD $2,400 [25] This art movement derived its name from the 1872 painting seen here: Impressionism Robert	$1,000 [18] In 1862 he published the Weekly Herald on a Grand Trunk Railroad freight car Thomas Alva Edison	—

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICANA

The canceled check for this purchase, in the amount of $7.2 million, is on display at the National Archives

the Alaska Purchase

Steve "What is Louisiana Purchase?" — wagered $1,999

Robert "What is the Louisiana Purchase" — wagered $4,500

Tim "What is the Louisiana Purchase?" — wagered $3,999

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