Show #2208 1994-03-23 (taped 1993-12-13) Regular

Contestants

Linda McDonnell — a college tutor from Brooklyn, New York

Mark Staib — a lawyer from Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Tom Lakeman — a writer from Beverly Hills, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tom	$300	$3,300	$6,500	$12,999 3rd place: Ricardo luggage set + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis	$6,100 20 R (including 1 DD), 7 W
Mark	$800	$2,400	$7,500	$14,601 New champion: $14,601	$6,400 17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Linda	$700	$2,100	$7,300	$14,599 2nd place: trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands	$7,300 16 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

LAKES	WOMEN IN SPORTS	MONTHS	WAR	THE CIRCUS	ALPHABET SOUP
$100 [7] The Bonneville Salt Flats in the northwestern part of this state is the former bed of Lake Bonneville Utah Mark	$100 [12] In July 1993 this German beat Jana Novotna to take her fifth Wimbledon singles title Steffi Graf Mark	$100 [6] A "fest"ive fall month, or an ale brewed in it October Tom Mark Linda	$100 [1] The quote "It is magnificent, but it is not war" referred to this famous charge the Charge of the Light Brigade Tom Linda	$100 [18] On April 3, 1793, the first circus in America was staged in Philadelphia with this president in attendance George Washington Tom	$100 [26] It's located between EST & MST CST Mark
$200 [8] Lake Ladoga, about 25 miles east of St. Petersburg, is this continent's largest lake Europe Tom Mark Linda	$200 [13] In April 1993 Sheryl Swoopes scored a record 47 points in an NCAA final in this sport Basketball Linda	$200 [14] The second day of this month is devoted to a marmot February Tom	$200 [2] The Geneva Protocol of 1925 states that warring nations can't use these weapons chemical weapons Tom	$200 [19] This circus is known as "The Greatest Show on Earth" Ringling Brothers, (Barnum & Bailey Circus) Linda	$200 [27] Appending these 4 letters to an order means to execute it at once ASAP Linda
$300 [9] This Great Lake receives inflow from Lake Superior &, via the Straits of Mackinac, from Lake Michigan Lake Huron Mark	$300 [23] In 1992 Manon Rheaume tended goal for the Tampa Bay Lightning in a preseason game of this sport professional hockey Mark	$300 [15] September's name comes from its being the seventh month; this was the first month at the time March Tom	$300 [3] It's been called the longest "war" in U.S. history; it ended in 1990 the Cold War Linda	$300 [20] To ride this circus animal, you may need a large saddle called a howdah an elephant Tom	$300 [28] Azidothymidine, a drug used in AIDS treatment, is called this for short AZT Mark
$400 [10] This lake that forms the boundary between New York & Vermont is named for its 1609 discoverer Lake Champlain Mark	$400 [24] In 1993 this Olympic track star became a co-chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness Florence Griffith-Joyner Mark	$500 [17] April showers bring May flowers, but the Mayflower landed in the New World in this month December Linda	$400 [4] While reporting on this South African war, Winston Churchill was captured but made a daring escape the Boer War Linda	$400 [21] In the circus a standard one of these is 42 feet in diameter a ring Tom	$400 [29] A level in the office hierarchy, or an automaker GM Tom
$500 [11] The Golomyanka is one of the many fish found only in this Siberian lake Lake Baikal	$500 [25] Often considered the greatest woman athlete in history, she helped found the LPGA in 1950 Babe Didrikson Linda	DD $800 [16] Month named for the emperor during whose reign Jesus was born August Tom	$500 [5] The Encyclopedia of Military History considers that the first missile weapon was just a plain one of these a rock Tom	$500 [22] This high-wire act was famous for its 7-man walking pyramid the Wallendas Mark	$500 [30] 2-letter version of a baseball term or a branch of the U.S. Congress HR Tom

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	BROADWAY MUSICALS	INVENTIONS	ARTISTS & THEIR SUBJECTS	AQUATIC LIFE	AUTHORS
$200 [2] In 1867 MP John Stuart Mill proposed that this be extended to women but Parliament said no suffrage (the vote) Linda	$200 [1] He played Lancelot when "Camelot" premiered in 1960 & King Arthur in the 1993 Broadway revival Robert Goulet Mark	$200 [10] Edison's used a cylinder with grooves cut in a spiral a phonograph Tom	$200 [18] Around 1615 Rubens completed his painting of this biblical figure praying in the lions' den Daniel Tom	$200 [27] A whale doesn't have any & on a shark they're visible slits gills Tom Linda	$200 [12] Jean Anouilh classified his comedies as "Rosy" & these as "Black" tragedies Tom
$400 [3] He went to Moscow in 1959 as Vice President & again in 1972 as President Richard Nixon Tom	$400 [7] Gregory Peck provided the offstage voice of this showman in "The Will Rogers Follies" (Flo) Ziegfeld Tom Linda	$400 [14] In 1975 Sony introduced this videotape system for home use Betamax Tom	$400 [19] Myron sculpted a famous statue of an athlete hurling one of these in the 5th century B.C. a discus Tom	$400 [28] According to Guinness, the most valuable fish is the Russian species of this sturgeon Tom Mark	$400 [13] His first book was "Mother Goose in Prose" in 1897; 3 years later he created Oz (Frank) Baum Mark
$600 [4] A worldwide outbreak of this disease in 1918 was responsible for more deaths than WWI's bombs & bullets influenza Mark	$600 [8] This dancer joined the cast of "Jelly's Last Jam" just 10 months after he nearly died in a highway accident Ben Vereen Tom	$600 [23] Carl de Laval's 1878 centrifuge was used by the dairy industry to do this separate cream from milk Tom Mark	$600 [20] In 1838 Delacroix painted portraits of Chopin & this woman with a man's name, Chopin's lover George Sand Linda	DD $400 [26] Solaster endeca is one of these bottom dwellers that has more than 5 arms a starfish Mark	$600 [15] This "Metamorphosis" author's request that his papers be destroyed after he died was ignored Franz Kafka Tom
$800 [5] Dutch for "migration", the Dutch in South Africa made a "great" one in the 1830s & '40s trek	$800 [9] Don Ameche & Hildegarde Neff starred in this 1955 Cole Porter musical named for fancy hosiery Silk Stockings Mark	$800 [24] Using about 40 grams of test soil from here, T.D. Lin created a way to make concrete with it the moon	$800 [21] Hans Holbein the Younger painted his first portrait of this king in 1536; it was a miniature Henry VIII Linda	—	$800 [16] Beth Henley was under 30 when this, her first play, was performed on Broadway in 1981 Crimes of the Heart Tom
$1,000 [6] In 1912 this leader of the Nationalist Revolution served only a few weeks as president of China Sun Yat-sen Tom	$1,000 [11] Leslie Bricusse & this star wrote the hit musical "Stop the World—I Want To Get Off" in about a month (Anthony) Newley Linda	DD $2,500 [25] In 1844 John Mercer found a way to give this fabric a lustrous sheen cotton Mark	$1,000 [22] His 1906 oil painting of his close friend Gertrude Stein hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Picasso Linda	—	$1,000 [17] "Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners" was this "Pilgrim's Progress" author's autobiography (John) Bunyan Linda

Final Jeopardy!

THE BIBLE

The first person mentioned for whom no children are listed

Abel

Tom "Who is Abel" — wagered $6,499

Linda "Who is Abel?" — wagered $7,299

Mark "Who is Abel?" — wagered $7,101

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