THE WRITING ON (AND OFF) THE WALL TRY THIS ONE, KEN JENNINGS.

Byline: TOM HOFFARTH

Don't jeopardize a successful Super Bowl party with a poorly planned pregame activities. If you must, break out this version of Super Bowl ``Jeopardy!''

The categories:

GONE HOLLYWOOD

$200: After winning four Super Bowls, he made three movies with Burt Reynolds in four years, then his movie career cannonballed.

$400: Sergeant Moses Hightower made six ``Police Academy'' flicks after competing in Super Bowl III.

$600: The actor that Joe Montana pointed out to his San Francisco 49ers teammates during a huddle before leading them on a winning touchdown drive in Super Bowl XXIII.

$800: After appearing in Super Bowls XI and XV, he started a run of movie roles with ``North Dallas Forty'' and had the famous line: ``Every time I say it's a game, you say it's a business. Every time I say it's a business, you say it's a game.''

$1,000: He left the field on a stretcher in the first Super Bowl, then appeared in the movie ``M*A*S*H,'' among others.

Questions: $200: Who is Terry Bradshaw? $400: Who is Bubba Smith? $600: Who is John Candy? $800: Who is John Matuszak? $1,000: Who is Fred ``The Hammer'' Williamson?

HALFTIME HIJINX

$200: No kidding, he performed on a stage surrounded by 3,500 children during Super Bowl XXVII in Pasadena.

$400: They're the squeaky-clean group that performed at Super Bowls X, XIV and XX, unfortunately without incident.

$600: After a woman was killed on a bungee-cord malfunction during a rehearsal for a Super Bowl halftime show, this commissioner decreed: ``The overriding thing is we are here to play a football game that will decide the championship of American football. Death is a tragic thing, but you have to put some degree of perspective.''

$800: This university's marching band performed at three Super Bowls, and an alumnus was a Super Bowl MVP.

$1,000: It's the name of the song Justin Timberlake was lip-synching at Super Bowl XXXVIII that led to the ``wardrobe malfunction'' with Janet Jackson.

Questions: $200: Who is Michael Jackson? $400: What is ``Up With People''? $600: Who is Paul Tagliabue (in 1997 at Super Bowl XXXI)? $800: What is Grambling State? $1,000: What is ``Rock Your Body''?

INTO OBSCURITY

$200: He coached the Los Angeles Rams to a 9-7 regular season in '79, good enough for a 1980 Super Bowl appearance.

$400: This former UCLA standout has played in more Super Bowls - six - than any other player.

$600: The MVP of Super Bowl XXX with Dallas signed a large free-agent contract with the Raiders but was hardly heard from afterward.

$800: This Raider special-teams player blocked a punt and fell on it in the end zone to start the scoring in Super Bowl XVIII against Washington.

$1,000: This MTV veejay leaped into the lap of Washington's Dexter Manley on media day for Super Bowl XVIII, which many proclaim as the moment the entertainment world took charge of the game.

Questions: $200: Who is Ray Malavasi? $400: Who is Mike Lodish (four with Buffalo, two with Denver)? $600: Who is Larry Brown? $800: Who is Derrick Jensen? $1,000: Who is ``Downtown'' Julie Brown?

POTPOURRI

$200: Some 1.2 million of these are ordered every Super Bowl Sunday.

$400: Some $4 billion is spent doing this specific thing every Super Bowl Sunday.

$600: The host city of the 2006 Super Bowl, it also is home to one of the seven franchises that has never motored into a Super Bowl.

$800: The two Roman numerals that will be attached to the next Super Bowl, or a very big T-shirt.

$1,000: The trophy given to the game MVP is named after him.

Questions: $200: What are Domino's home-delivered pizzas? $400: What is illegal betting ($80 million is done legally at Nevada casinos and $375 million online)? $600: What is Detroit? $800: What is XL? $1,000: Who is former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle?

FINAL JEOPARDY:

FAMOUS BRONCOS

At the 1993 Super Bowl XXVIII in Pasadena, he presided over the coin flip and drove away without incident.

Question: Who is O.J. Simpson?

CAPTION(S):

7 photos, box

Photo:

(1 -- 2) A Super Bowl version of ``Jeopardy!'' could cover the name of the song Justin Timberlake was performing during Janet Jackson's ``wardrobe malfunction'' (above), or the name of the actor 49ers quarterback Joe Montana (left) pointed out in the crowd before the winning drive at Super Bowl XXIII.

Photos by Getty Images

(3) no caption (LeBron James)

(4) YOGI BERRA

(5) RUDY TOMJANOVICH

(6) SAMMY SOSA

(7) - Academy Award-nominated actor (and frequent Lakers game attendee) Leonardo DiCaprio, on ``Access Hollywood.''

Box:

Sunday PUNCH

- Tom Hoffarth