Show #2496 1995-06-12 (taped 1995-02-07) Regular

Contestants

Susan Cheatham — a secretary from Arlington, Virginia

Charlie Baumann — a contracts approver from Cranford, New Jersey

Mark Mullinax — a fish and wildlife volunteer originally from Paxton, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,300)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mark	$2,200	$8,400	$9,000	$11,000 2-day champion: $23,300	$9,300 32 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD)
Charlie	$600	$1,600	$3,000	$1,401 2nd place: The Hitter, The Hero and the American Dream serilithograph autographed by Joe DiMaggio + Bulova Sportstime watches + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computers or Super Nintendo Entertainment System	$5,000 13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Susan	$-200	$-100	$700	$0 3rd place: Curtis Mathes 25" TV + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computers or Super Nintendo Entertainment System	$700 8 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

INSECTS	A.K.A.	PHOTOGRAPHY	1933	HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES	STARTS WITH "Z"
$100 [9] Types of this chirping insect include tree, house & field crickets Susan	$100 [4] We uncovered this cover girl's real name: it's Mary Laurence Hutton Lauren Hutton Susan	$100 [15] In 1955 Henri Cartier-Bresson became the first photographer to have an exhibit in this French museum the Louvre Mark	$100 [1] On May 26 the Australian government laid claim to one-third of this continent Antarctica Charlie	$100 [2] This Chinese observance moves between January 21 & February 20 on the Gregorian calendar the Chinese New Year Mark	$100 [16] To expedite mail service, this numerical system was introduced in 1963 ZIP codes Susan
$200 [10] The plague is transmitted to humans by these insects, which get the bacteria from infected rats fleas Mark	$200 [5] Her original name was Rose Diane Ladner & her daughter Laura Dern followed in her footsteps Diane Ladd Mark	$200 [21] Most SLR or single-lens reflex cameras use this size film 35mm Mark	$200 [3] Members of a British expedition climbed to within 1,000 feet of the summit of this highest mountain Mount Everest Mark	$200 [27] Though no longer celebrated, this city's oldest festival was the Pana then aea Athens Charlie	$200 [17] This last surviving Marx brother passed away in 1979 Zeppo Mark
$300 [11] In the U.S. this insect falls into 3 groups: subterranean, damp-wood & dry-wood termites Mark	$300 [12] Gangster Benjamin Siegel preferred to be called Ben; this famous nickname made him angry Bugsy Mark	$300 [22] It's 2 shots on the same frame of film a double exposure Mark	$300 [6] Control of this historic Baltimore fort was transferred to the National Park Service Ft. McHenry Mark	$300 [28] April 21, the day of Muhammad Iqbal's death, is a holiday in this country that split from India in 1947 Pakistan Mark	$300 [18] This California wine comes in many varieties, from the dry red to the sweet "white" Zinfandel Mark
$400 [24] The destructive gypsy type of this winged insect was introduced to the U.S. from Europe in the 1860s a moth Charlie	$400 [13] As a child actor in the '50s, this future Monkee starred in TV's "Circus Boy" under the name Mickey Braddock Mickey Dolenz Mark	$400 [23] A 1916 trip to Yosemite inspired him to photograph the American wilderness Ansel Adams Charlie	$400 [7] He was elected mayor of New York on a Fusion ticket, combining Republicans & Reform groups Fiorello La Guardia Mark Susan	$500 [30] The observances that accompany Halloween are believed to go back to these ancient British people the Druids Mark	$400 [19] The Tower of Babel is believed to have been one of these pyramidlike towers a ziggurat Mark
$500 [25] Tropical varieties of this insect that resembles a twig can reach a foot in length a walking stick Mark	$500 [14] This singer's real name isn't Lady Marmalade, it's Patricia Holt Patti LaBelle Mark	$500 [26] In 1877 Eadweard Muybridge's photos proved at one point when it runs, all 4 of its feet are off the ground a horse Mark	$500 [8] Engelbert Dollfuss dissolved Parliament in this European country & began to rule by decree Austria Charlie	DD $2,500 [29] It wasn't made a U.S. legal holiday until 1941, 165 years after it was first observed the Fourth of July (Independence Day) Mark	$500 [20] It's the capital of Croatia Zagreb Mark

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 18th CENTURY	ORGANIZATIONS	BODIES OF WATER	PLANTS & TREES	LITERATURE	NEXT IN LINE
$200 [11] In 1795 he defended the Tuileries with cannon fire that became known as the "Whiff of Grapeshot" Napoleon Mark	$200 [13] This U.S. agency assigns call letters to radio & TV stations the FCC Susan	$200 [1] This canal is approached from the Atlantic side via Limon Bay the Panama Canal Mark	$200 [15] This tree is sometimes called the Douglas spruce the Douglas fir Mark	$200 [4] This George Orwell work includes an appendix on "The Principles of Newspeak" 1984 Mark	$200 [8] The Pope heads the Roman Catholic Church, followed by the cardinals, then these clergymen (arch)bishops Susan
$400 [12] In 1769 & 1770 he surveyed the coast of New Zealand, proving it wasn't part of a southern continent Capt. Cook Mark Charlie	$400 [14] Rank of the top officer in the Salvation Army general Susan	$400 [2] Principal Indian ports of this bay include Calcutta & Madras the Bay of Bengal Mark Charlie	$400 [22] Socrates died after he drank a potion made from this poisonous plant hemlock Charlie	$400 [5] He set his story "The Gold-Bug" on South Carolina's Sullivans Island Poe Charlie	$400 [9] Moving from the inside of the Earth outward, it's the core, the mantle & this the crust Charlie
$600 [25] At his death in 1775, Prithvi Narayan Shah had conquered most of what is now this Himalayan kingdom Nepal Charlie	$600 [19] A club devoted to this TV series includes chapters named for Barney & the Mayberry Sheriff's Dept. The Andy Griffith Show Mark	$600 [3] The Poles call this river the Wisla the Vistula Mark	$600 [23] Winterberry is a variety of this shrub that's popular at Christmas holly Mark Charlie	$600 [6] This book about the patients of a psychiatric ward was Ken Kesey's first novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Mark	$600 [10] Moving up the line of winning poker hands, it's one pair, two pair, three of a kind, then this a straight Mark Susan
$800 [28] In 1745 her husband Francis Stephen, became Holy Roman Emperor as Francis I Maria Teresa Charlie	$800 [20] The 2 branches of advanced masonry are the York Rite & this rite the Scottish Rite Charlie	$800 [17] The Gulf of Trieste is a northern extension of this arm of the Mediterranean the Adriatic Mark	$800 [24] The gebang palm, whose large leaves are used for thatching, is native to this Se Asian peninsula the Malay Peninsula Susan	$800 [7] Katherine Anne Porter's last book, "The Never- Ending Wrong" deals with the 1920s legal case of this pair Sacco & Vanzetti Susan	$800 [27] Seen on ascending U.S. currency, it's Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Hamilton, this man (Andrew) Jackson Mark
—	DD $2,000 [21] The American Thoracic Society is the medical arm of this organization founded in 1904 the American Lung Association Charlie	$1,000 [18] The Lukuga River is the only outlet of this deepest African lake Lake Tanganyika Charlie Susan	$1,000 [26] Epiphytes are popularly called these because they don't root in the ground air plants Mark	$1,000 [16] William Kennedy turned his nonfiction study of Albany's street people into this Pulitzer-winning novel Ironweed Mark	DD $2,400 [29] Alben, Richard, Lyndon, Hubert,.... Spiro Mark

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS NAMES

In a 1987 interview, he said, "In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people"

Marcel Marceau

Susan "Whowasis Richard Avedon?" — wagered $700

Charlie "Who is Will D" — wagered $1,599

Mark "Who is Marcel Marceau?" — wagered $2,000

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