Show #2483 1995-05-24 (taped 1995-01-18) Regular

Contestants

Derek Lowe — a research chemist originally from Arkansas

Tom Mueller — a technical writer and trainer from Ventura, California

Rick Brown — a video tape editor and videographer from South Toms River, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,001)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Rick	$1,200	$1,900	$6,900	$13,800 2-day champion: $26,801	$5,700 17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Tom	$1,700	$2,900	$11,100	$8,100 3rd place: Gibson refrigerator + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or SNES + Jeopardy! home game	$11,100 22 R, 1 W
Derek	$1,600	$2,600	$6,800	$13,599 2nd place: Singer dining room set & Schonbek chandelier + Jeopardy! Sports Edition for home computer or SNES + Jeopardy! home game	$4,400 18 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE BODY HUMAN	HASTY PUDDING AWARDS	TRANSPORTATION	WORLD HISTORY	PARROTS	WORD ORIGINS
$100 [25] Scientist Wilhelm Johannsen first used this term for the units of heredity a gene Derek	$100 [5] In 1994 this "Top Gun" was honored as the Hasty Pudding's Man of the Year Tom Cruise Tom	$100 [15] This vehicle once popular in the Orient was modeled on the horse-drawn carriage, but it was man-drawn a rickshaw Rick	$100 [23] This country's 1919 constitution provided for a parliament consisting of the Reichstag & the Reichsrat Germany Derek	$100 [27] This parrot feature is divided into an upper & lower mandible a beak Tom	$100 [1] This word for an old-fashioned person may come from an old British term for a ragged fellow, duddy fuddiel a fuddy-duddy Rick
$200 [24] This muscle is the chief mechanism for inhalation & exhalation the diaphragm Rick	$200 [6] No one can be "Accused" of overlooking this actress; she was Woman of the Year in 1992 Jodie Foster Rick	$200 [16] In 1937 36 lives were lost when this airship burst into flames over Lakehurst, New Jersey the Hindenburg Derek	$200 [19] In 1608 Samuel de Champlain established a trading post at what is now this French-Canadian city Quebec (City) Tom Derek	$200 [28] The kakapo, an endangered, flightless parrot, was once a principal food of these New Zealand natives the Maori Tom	$200 [2] A marshy area in which peat is found, its name is akin to a Gaelic word for "soft" a bog Derek
$300 [8] The name of this muscle on the back of the arm is Latin for "three-headed" the triceps Derek	$300 [11] A real "Yankee Doodle Dandy", he was Man of the Year in 1982 James Cagney Tom	$300 [20] Created in 1970, the National Railroad Passenger Corp. is more commonly called this Amtrak Tom	$300 [13] In the 1350s the cantons of Zug, Glarus & Bern joined this confederation the Helvetic Confederation of Switzerland Tom	$300 [26] Lovebirds originated in Africa & on this largest African island Madagascar Rick	$300 [7] Cajole comes from cajoler, a verb in this language meaning "to chatter like a jaybird" French Derek
$400 [3] In the body, the total length of these smallest blood vessels is estimated at more than F 60,000 miles capillaries Derek	$400 [12] Though the awards came 9 years apart, the first married couple honored were Paul Newman & this actress Joanne Woodward Derek	$400 [21] The velocipede, a precursor of this vehicle, had a wooden frame & iron-rimmed wheels a bicycle Tom	$500 [18] Around 1380 this Oxford clergyman translated the Bible from Latin into English (John) Wycliffe Rick	$400 [29] Almost all parrot eggs are this color, like those of most birds who nest in holes white Rick Tom Derek	$400 [9] The name of this kind of ray, also called the devilfish, is derived from Spanish for "cape" or "blanket" a manta ray Rick
$500 [4] Insulin is produced by beta cells in the islets of Langerhans in this organ the pancreas Tom	$500 [14] This "bubbly" opera star was the Pudding's Woman of the Year in 1978 Beverly Sills Tom	$500 [22] This twin-hulled sailboat was modeled on a type of Polynesian log raft a catamaran Derek	DD $800 [17] On Nov. 30, 1962 the U.N. General Assembly elected this Burmese diplomat secretary-general U Thant Derek	$500 [30] The scarlet is often considered the most beautiful member of this group of large parrots the macaws Derek	$500 [10] "Colorful" term for ladies with literary leanings, from the type of hosiery they once wore blue stockings Rick

Double Jeopardy! Round

INDIA	ART	BLACK AMERICA	GEOGRAPHY	DRAMA	J LETTER MEN
$200 [28] India was connected to Europe by this type of communications device in 1870 the telegraph Derek	$200 [1] Giotto di Bondone was one of the great masters of this painting form done on wet plaster fresco Rick	$200 [23] With some electronic magic, she was able to record "Unforgettable" as a duet with her late father Natalie Cole Rick	$200 [19] This Hungarian capital is on the Danube river site once occupied by the Roman town of Aquincum Budapest Derek	$200 [8] His wife Olga Knipper created the role of Madame Ranevskaya in his play "The Cherry Orchard" Chekhov Rick	$200 [13] This agency director was born in Washington, D.C. January 1, 1895 & died there May 2, 1972 (J. Edgar) Hoover Derek
$400 [7] On June 12, 1975 she was convicted of corrupt practices in the 1971 election Indira Gandhi Tom	$400 [2] Founders of this art movement included Claude Monet & Camille Pissarro Impressionism Derek	$400 [24] In 1993, after 22 years, Don Cornelius stepped down as host of this music show Soul Train Rick	$400 [14] The Mississippi River enters this body of water about 80 miles southeast of New Orleans the Gulf of Mexico Tom	$400 [9] In this form of theatre, the men who play female roles are called onnagata kabuki Rick	$400 [15] From 1943-45 he was director of the atomic bomb project at Los Alamos (J. Robert) Oppenheimer Tom
$600 [3] Traders from this Iberian country seized ports on India's West Coast in the early 1500s Portugal Rick	$600 [4] Paintings by Caravaggio include "The Martyrdom of St. Peter" & "The Conversion of" this apostle Paul Tom	$600 [25] In 1991 this digest-sized magazine from the publisher of Ebony celebrated its 40th anniversary Jet Rick	$600 [22] Peshawar in Pakistan lies about 10 miles east of this celebrated pass the Khyber Pass Tom	$600 [10] Katharine Cornell starred in a 1928 play based on this author's novel "The Age of Innocence" Edith Wharton Tom	$600 [16] In 1901 he organized U.S. Steel J. P. Morgan Rick Derek
$800 [30] The division of people into these hereditary groups began in Vedic times castes Tom	$800 [5] At a 1994 auction, his drip painting "No. 22" sold for $1.76 million (Jackson) Pollock Tom	$1,000 [27] In 1987 sons of Robert Peary & of this Black explorer visited the U.S. from Greenland for the first time (Matthew) Henson Rick	$800 [20] The highest point of this island where Napoleon spent his final exile is Diana's Peak St. Helena Derek	$800 [11] Creve Coeur is a St. Louis amusement park in this southerner's play "A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur" (Tennessee) Williams Tom	$800 [17] Most of this reclusive author's short stories revolve around the Glass family children (J.D.) Salinger Tom
$1,000 [29] This "Great" Mogul emperor who came to the throne in 1556 was related to Tamerlane & Genghis Khan Akbar	$1,000 [6] In 1965 she completed a 24-foot-wide painting called "Sky Above Clouds IV" Georgia O'Keeffe Derek	DD $2,000 [26] This author best known for his novel "Invisible Man" passed away in 1994 at age 80 Ralph Ellison Rick	DD $3,000 [21] Lake Nasser spans the border of these 2 African countries Egypt & Sudan Derek	$1,000 [12] His 1953 play "Picnic" won the Pulitzer Prize & the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award (William) Inge Tom Derek	$1,000 [18] This Arkansas senator's 1946 act set up a student exchange program (J. William) Fulbright Tom

Final Jeopardy!

ENGLISH LITERATURE

Though not named in the title, Oliver Mellors is the title character of this 1928 novel

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Derek "What is Lady Chatterley's Lover?" — wagered $6,799

Rick "What isLadyChatterly'sLover?" — wagered $6,900

Tom "What is Our Man in Havana" — wagered $3,000

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