Show #1622 1991-09-24 (taped 1991-08-13) Regular

Contestants

John Wolley — a software engineer from Littleton, Colorado

Larry Sein, Jr. — a computer consultant originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Seth Davis — an environmental lawyer from Croton-on-Hudson, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $26,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Seth	$1,900	$3,600	$6,400	$12,800 3-day champion: $39,000 + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$6,000 18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Larry	$1,200	$2,200	$3,400	$399 3rd place: Panasonic deluxe business package + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$3,400 8 R, 0 W
John	$400	$1,900	$11,300	$10,599 2nd place: Basset's Old World bedroom set and a bedding ensemble + Jeopardy! home game or Jeopardy! Challenger	$11,900 28 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

CLASSICAL MUSIC	FOLKLORE	FILMS OF THE '40s	ITALY	TRANSPORTATION	WILDE
$100 [10] Appropriately, "The Blue Danube" debuted in this city Vienna Seth	$100 [3] Couples lucky enough to have new babies could tell you these long-legged birds are considered lucky storks John	$100 [8] While he didn't do one of his Road pictures in 1944, he did do "Going My Way" Bing Crosby Seth John	$100 [17] If the boot that is Italy were to kick, its tow would touch this island Sicily John	$100 [23] These San Francisco vehicles run at a steady pace of 9 1/2 miles per hour cable cars Seth	$100 [1] "Of course America had often been discovered before" him, "but it had always been hushed up" Columbus Larry
$200 [14] This famous group was founded in 1847, a few weeks after its members reached Utah the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Seth	$200 [4] A nerve running from the left hand's 4th finger to the heart is the folklore reason for this putting your wedding ring on that finger Seth	$200 [9] In 1940 titles Brian Donlevy was "The Great McGinty" & Charlie Chaplin was "The Great" this dictator John	$200 [19] Nazi stormtroopers wore brown shirts & the fascists in Italy wore these shirts black Seth	$200 [24] 3 types of these are rescue trucks, pumpers & ladder trucks fire engines (or fire trucks) John	$200 [2] "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is" this not being talked about John
$300 [15] The second movement of this DeBussy work is "Games Of The Waves" La mer Seth	$300 [5] According to Reader's Digest, the reason witches do this is they're afraid of horses ride on broomsticks Larry	$300 [11] 1941's "Two-Faced Woman" was her last film; she then retired from the business Greta Garbo Larry	$300 [20] Italy was one of the 6 original members of this 12-nation group the European Community John	$300 [28] These were nicknamed "blubber ships" whalers John	$300 [25] "No woman should ever be quite accurate about" this her age John
$500 [18] In a Beethoven opera Leonora disguises herself as this title man Fidelio Seth	$400 [6] Dragging his spiked lumberjack pole behind him he cut out the Grand Canyon Paul Bunyan Seth	$400 [12] He directed "My Darling Clementine" & "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" John Ford Seth	$400 [21] Named for a Renaissance figure, this airport near Rome is Italy's largest Leonardo da Vinci Seth	$400 [29] This nickname for early cars pointed out they were not pulled by equines horseless carriages John	$400 [26] "I can resist everything except" this temptation John
DD $800 [16] He composed his 1st symphony at age 8 in 1764, his last, No. 41, in 1788, 3 years before his death Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Seth	$500 [7] In the folklore of flowers, the peony stands for this; gosh it's perfect for a Disney dwarf bashfulness	$500 [13] A series of films featuring this farm couple spun off of 1947's "The Egg and I" Ma & Pa Kettle Larry	$500 [22] The farmland of this valley of the north is said to be Italy's most important natural resource the Po Larry	$500 [30] He named the first Bell X-rocket plane for his wife, Glennis (Chuck) Yeager Seth	$500 [27] "A man cannot be too careful in the choice of" these his enemies Larry John

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN POETRY	WORLD WAR II	PARKS	DESIGN	MYTHOLOGY	NATIONAL COATS OF ARMS
$200 [22] Longfellow wrote, ""O. Caesar, we who are about to die, salute you!' was" their "cry" the gladiator Seth	$200 [1] In 1958 Congress authorized the building of a memorial for this battleship sunk at Pearl Harbor the Arizona Larry	$200 [17] An area in this park near NYC's Dakota apartments was named Strawberry Fields in honor of John Lennon Central Park Seth	$200 [16] The motif called "tete d'ange" represents the head of 1 of these beings with wings attached an angel John	$200 [6] When twins Castor & Pollux died, they were placed in the heavens as this constellation Gemini John	$200 [11] The symbols on its coat of arms represent Aragon, Castile & other historic kingdoms Spain John
$400 [23] It completes Robert Frost's line, "Some say the world will end in fire, some say in..." ice John	$400 [2] In June 1942 this German tank commander captured Tobruk in Libya Rommel John	$400 [18] Exhibits of his life & wild west show can be found in a historical park near North Platte, Nebraska Buffalo Bill Cody Seth John	$400 [27] The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, sells a replica of a thimble this silversmith made for his daughter Maria Paul Revere John	$400 [7] The Maenads were frenzied women who celebrated the rites of this god of wine Bacchus John	$400 [12] The center of the shield on its coat of arms represents a canal between the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans Panama John
$600 [24] According to Emily Dickinson, it "is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed success John	$800 [4] Also known as the Ardennes Offensive, it was the Germans' last major assault of the war the Battle of the Bulge Seth	$600 [19] The Edison Memorial Tower is in Edison State Park in Menlo Park in this state New Jersey Seth	$600 [28] Paloma Picasso designed her first jewelry collection for this 5th Avenue firm in 1980 Tiffany's Seth John	$600 [8] Ceto, a goddess of the sea, was the mother of these three frightful sisters the Gorgons John	$600 [13] A European woman & a Maori warrior appear on this nation's coat of arms New Zealand John
$800 [25] The author of "The Concord Hymn", who immortalized "The shot heard round the world" Ralph Waldo Emerson	DD $1,000 [3] He wrote "Any Bonds Today?" for the U.S. war bond drive as well as thefollowing: Irving Berlin John	$800 [20] A national park in Wyoming is named for this mountain near Jackson Hole Grand Teton John	$800 [29] Her illustrations are reproduced on Wedgwood's Peter Rabbit children's tea set Beatrix Potter	$800 [9] Some legends say it was near Cyprus that she rose from the ocean's foam Aphrodite John	$800 [14] The key on this island nation's coat of arms symbolizes that it's "The key to the Gulf of Mexico" Cuba
$1,000 [26] The humorist who wrote "Portrait of the Artist as a Prematurely Old Man" Ogden Nash John	$1,000 [5] Code name of Sir William Stephenson, the chief British Intelligence Network in N.Y. Intrepid John	DD $1,400 [21] Canada's National Park System began in 1885 with the establishment of this park in Alberta Banff (National Park) John	$1,000 [30] Represented in colonial woodwork, this large tropical fruit was a symbol of hospitality a pineapple John	$1,000 [10] On his way home from the Trojan War, Odysseus spent 7 years with Calypso & 1 year with this enchantress Circe John	$1,000 [15] The eagle on Egypt's coat of arms is a symbol of this 12th century Muslim warrior Saladin Larry

Final Jeopardy!

THE PULITZER PRIZE

In 1991 he won his second Pulitzer for fiction, with a book that was a sequel to his first winner

John Updike

Larry "Who is Clancy?" — wagered $3,001

Seth "Whowasis John Updike?" — wagered $6,400

John "Who is Tom Clancy?" — wagered $701

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