Show #2762 1996-09-10 (taped 1996-08-07) Regular

Contestants

Harry Barker — a computer graphics specialist originally from Bloomington, Indiana

Peggy Garvey-McMahon — a training administrator from Phoenix, Arizona

Tim McCoy — an executive chef from Cleveland Heights, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Tim	$100	$2,400	$2,600	$5,200 2-day champion: $9,201	$4,600 14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Peggy	$100	$2,100	$6,100	$2,400 2nd place: Whirlpool side-by-side refrigerator with through-the-door ice & water dispenser, electric range with self-cleaning oven & QuietWash built-in dishwasher with 3-level powerclean wash system + Ashley casual country-style Ashville dining collection (all-wood table, four chairs & hutch) in 2-tone finish + the Jeopardy! Challenger	$6,100 16 R, 2 W
Harry	$1,500	$1,700	$7,300	$2,399 3rd place: Ducane 2004SS gas grill with 2 burners for grilling & 1 for rotissing + the Jeopardy! Challenger	$7,800 18 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

IN THE NEWS	WEIGHTS & MEASURES	MUSIC	STATE CAPITALS	INVERTEBRATES	DOUBLE D WORDS
$100 [6] A bill signed in July 1996 allows taxpayers to sue this agency for up to $1,000,000 for reckless collections the IRS Peggy	$100 [23] In golf a standard one of these is 2 1/8" long & holds up to a 1.62-ounce ball the tee Tim Peggy	$100 [7] The "Black Or White" video from his "Dangerous" album was directed by John Landis Michael Jackson Harry	$100 [1] Grand Canyon University is located in this state capital Phoenix Tim	$100 [13] This feature is internal on a cuttlefish & external on a snail the shell Harry	$100 [17] Walk like a duck waddle Peggy
$300 [28] Worcester in this state declared itself birthplace of the yellow smiley face; Harvey Ball drew it there in 1963 Massachusetts Peggy	$200 [24] Running time in silent films was measured in these, each about 10 minutes long reels Harry	$200 [8] This Big Band clarinetist's 1939 autobiography was titled "The Kingdom of Swing" Benny Goodman Tim	$200 [2] Mendenhall Glacier & Glacier Bay National Park lie near this capital city Juneau, Alaska	$200 [14] On the largest jellyfish, these may be over 100 feet long the tentacles Harry	$200 [18] Siddhartha Gautama's title Buddha Tim
$400 [29] The August 3, 1981 Time cover story was on their wedding; the July 22, 1996 cover story concerned their divorce Prince Charles & Lady Di Tim	$300 [25] In the metric system, dkL stands for this unit a dekaliter	$300 [9] Telma Hopkins & Joyce Wilson provided backup vocals for him on "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree" Tony Orlando Tim	$300 [3] In 1838 Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant became the first settler in what is now this Minnesota capital St. Paul Harry	$300 [15] When a planarian, one of these, is cut in half, both halves will regrow a worm Tim	$300 [19] In 1908 it was proclaimed a national Jewish language Yiddish Tim
DD $500 [12] Summer 1996 event whose route is depicted here: the Olympic torch relay Harry	$400 [26] Size numbers for these run from 1 to the 20s & types include sharps, milliner's & chenilles needles Peggy	$400 [10] His No. 1 country song "A Boy Named Sue" was recorded live at San Quentin Prison Johnny Cash Harry	$400 [4] In 1614 Fort Nassau, a Dutch trading post, was established on the site of this capital Albany (New York) Harry	$400 [16] The skeleton of a starfish is made of this, CaCO3, just like chalk calcium carbonate Peggy	$400 [20] It can mean the mean, or the waist the middle Peggy
$500 [30] He & H. Ross Perot vied for the Reform Party's presidential nomination Dick Lamm Peggy	$500 [27] Following "assay", this 3-letter word is a unit of mass; following "freight", it's a unit of capacity ton Tim	$500 [11] This guitarist's "Blues Summit" was named Best Traditional Blues Album at 1994's Grammys B.B. King Tim	$500 [5] It's Wyoming's largest city & manufacturing center Cheyenne Harry	$500 [22] Barnacles & beetles are classified as this kind of creature, meaning "joint-footed" arthropods	$500 [21] Pamper a person, or cook eggs gently in water without boiling coddle Tim

Double Jeopardy! Round

SHE WAS IN THAT?	SCIENCE	MUSEUMS	MODERN HISTORY	BOOKS & AUTHORS	POTENT POTABLES
$200 [3] This "Murder, She Wrote" star played Delilah's older sister in the 1949 De Mille epic "Samson and Delilah" Angela Lansbury Peggy	$200 [1] This form of oxygen, O3, is a major source of air pollution ozone Harry	$200 [22] This London museum's Department of Egyptian Antiquities houses the famous Rosetta Stone the British Museum Tim Peggy	$200 [21] John Poindexter's conviction for his role in this scandal was overturned in 1991 the Iran-Contra affair Harry	$200 [8] Mary Higgins Clark's recent book "Silent Night" takes place on the eve of this holiday Christmas Peggy	$200 [14] Poteen is the Irish version of this illegally-made U.S. whiskey with this "nocturnal" name moonshine Harry
$400 [4] She was an extra in Charlie Chaplin's "City Lights" before she starred in "Platinum Blonde" Jean Harlow Peggy	$400 [2] In 1865 this chemist saved the French silkworm industry by eradicating pebrine disease Pasteur Peggy	$400 [23] A Milan museum named for this Renaissance man contains models of some of his machines & inventions da Vinci Harry	$1,000 [28] Traced to Argentina in 1960, this Nazi official was transported to Israel, tried & executed Adolf Eichmann	$400 [9] "Morning, Noon & Night" was a 1995 bestseller by this author of "The Other Side of Midnight" Sidney Sheldon Peggy	$400 [15] The Old Tom type of this liquor is perfect for making a Tom Collins gin
$600 [5] This glamorous star born in Hungary played the owner of a strip joint in Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil" Zsa Zsa Gabor Tim Peggy	$600 [13] In this "effect" first described in 1842, the pitch of a train whistle seems to change as it moves the Doppler effect Tim	$600 [24] It opened in Madrid as the Royal Museum of Painting in 1819 the Prado Harry	DD $2,000 [26] The 3 popes who reigned in 1978 Pope Paul VI, Pope John Paul I & Pope John Paul II Tim	$600 [10] His 1981 novel "Midnight's Children" wasn't quite as controversial as "The Satanic Verses" Salman Rushdie Tim	$600 [16] It's the term for pouring a wine from its bottle into a container such as a carafe decant Harry
$800 [6] Rita Moreno is featured as silent screen siren Zelda Zanders in this Gene Kelly musical Singin' in the Rain Peggy	$800 [19] His experiments with light, including those with prisms, were published in his 1704 book "Opticks" Isaac Newton Harry	$800 [25] This playwright's home in Taganrog, Russia is now preserved as a museum Chekhov Tim	—	$800 [11] "Heaven and Hell" was the last novel in his "North and South" trilogy John Jakes Harry	$800 [17] The Rothschild family bought Chateau Mouton in 1853 & this 700-year-old estate in 1868 (Château) Lafite Harry
$1,000 [7] Jean Stapleton played a secretary in this 1971 crime drama that won Jane Fonda her first Oscar Klute Peggy	$1,000 [20] The Crookes tube, used to study these rays, led to the creation of the TV picture tube cathode rays Peggy	DD $1,000 [27] Centre Guillaume-le-Conquerant in Normandy, France contains this celebrated work stitched in the 11th century the Bayeux Tapestry Tim	—	$1,000 [12] A writer named Nathan Zuckerman is featured in several books by this author Philip Roth	$1,000 [18] The Demerara type of this spirit is highly flavored & therefore valued for blending rum Harry

Final Jeopardy!

RELIGION

On Dec. 19, 1894 2 books were formally ordained as the impersonal pastor of this denomination

Christian Science

Tim "What is Christian Science?" — wagered $2,600

Peggy "What is Luthera" — wagered $3,700

Harry "What is Mormon" — wagered $4,901

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