Show #1840 1992-09-11 (taped 1992-07-20) Regular

Contestants

Bill Powers — a research attorney from Indianapolis, Indiana

Peter Childress — a computer programmer from New Orleans, Louisiana

Anne Ellis — a managing editor originally from Madison, New Jersey (whose 2-day cash winnings total $12,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Anne	$800	$1,600	$7,000	$9,500 3-day champion: $21,900	$6,400 19 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Peter	$600	$1,000	$2,000	$3,998 3rd place: Michael C. Fina flatware & Nintendo Entertainment System with Super Jeopardy! , Wheel of Fortune featuring Vanna White, & InfoGenius for Game Boy	$4,700 15 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs)
Bill	$900	$1,100	$2,100	$4,100 2nd place: trip to the Cayman Islands	$2,100 12 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANNUAL EVENTS	MODERN HISTORY	TELEVISION	SEASONINGS	THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM	ANIMAL WORDS & PHRASES
$100 [5] In the U.S. a week is set aside each fall to honor these items that Peter Piper picked pickled peppers Bill	$100 [19] Ratified in 1971, the XXVI Amendment established the voting age at this 18 Anne	$100 [3] The theme song to this country singer's variety series was "Gentle On My Mind" Glen Campbell Anne	$100 [13] Garlic is a member of the same genus as these tear producers onions Anne	$100 [12] Since 1800 this member of the park system has been the home of U.S. presidents the White House Anne Peter	$100 [1] You don't have to be an insect to attend a sewing one of these a sewing bee Anne
$200 [6] Each May Holland, Michigan has a festival promoting its Dutch heritage & this flower tulips Anne	$200 [20] In late Oct. 1991, Arabs & Israelis met in this Spanish capital for the first round of peace talks Madrid Peter	$200 [15] Frances Bavier won an Emmy in 1967 for her role as Aunt Bee in this sitcom The Andy Griffith Show Anne Peter	$200 [14] Blocks of this are put out in fields for cows to lick salt Peter	$200 [27] Her Maryland home is cross-filed, or rather "Red Cross"-filed, in the system Clara Barton Bill	$200 [2] The crux of a matter, or the center of a target bullseye Peter
$300 [7] About 300,000 people attend this sporting event, Indiana's most famous the Indy 500 Bill	$300 [21] As commander of the occupation, this U.S. gen. oversaw liberalization of the Japanese constitution Douglas MacArthur Peter	$300 [24] Although this series' theme was "Keep Your Eye On The Sparrow", its hero had a pet cockatoo Baretta Anne	$300 [16] In Hungary the king's variety of this spice is sharper than the regular variety paprika Anne	$300 [28] In 1970 this Confederate prison camp was named a national historic site Andersonville Anne	$300 [4] A domineering, conceited man is one of these "of the walk" cock Peter
$400 [8] A rodeo named for this mountain is held in August in Colorado Springs Pikes Peak	$400 [22] In July 1942 this women's corps was organized as part of the U.S. naval reserves the WAVES Peter	$400 [25] Gene Rayburn hosted this game show for 17 years the Match Game Peter	$400 [17] The fin vert variety of this herb is often used in making pesto basil Anne Peter	$400 [29] Arlington House in Virginia is now run as a memorial to this man Robert E. Lee Peter	$400 [10] Instead of saying, "Wait a moment!" many people say, "Hold" these animals horses Anne
$500 [9] Sunsplash, the world's largest reggae festival, is held each August in this Jamaican resort city Montego Bay Anne Bill	$500 [23] In 1948 the GOP chose Earl Warren as the running mate for this N.Y. governor Dewey Bill	$500 [26] For its last season, this 90-minute Western was retitled "The Men from Shiloh" The Virginian	$500 [18] This name is usually reserved for its seeds; the leaves are called cilantro coriander Bill	DD $700 [30] The former Julia Dent is buried in this memorial with her husband Grant's Tomb Peter	$500 [11] "Feline sleepwear" phrase for something attractive or first-rate the cat's pajamas Anne

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CIVIL WAR	GLASS & GLASSWARE	NOTORIOUS	SCIENCE	THE ARAB WORLD	AUTHORS' BIRTHPLACES
$200 [2] Dorothea Dix' plan for them required they be plain-looking, in their 30s & not wear hoop skirts nurses Anne	$200 [19] Depression glass, named for the Great Depression, was first produced in this decade the '20s Bill	$200 [14] Pirate Bartholomew Roberts flew one with a whole skeleton on it, not a skull & crossbones a flag Bill	$200 [1] Structures called chloroplasts are the main sites for this process in green plants photosynthesis Anne	$200 [22] This country occupies 4/5 of the Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia Anne	$200 [10] She was born in Pepin, Wisconsin in 1867, presumably in a "little house" Laura Ingalls Wilder Bill
$400 [3] Clara Harris & Major Henry Rathbone accompanied the Lincolns to this play April 14, 1865 Our American Cousin Bill	$400 [20] This 19th century glass wasn't named for a BLT but for the Massachusetts village where it was made Sandwich glass Anne	$400 [15] The unidentified murderer who wreaked havoc in London during a 3-month period in 1888 Jack the Ripper Peter	$400 [4] In 1896 this scientist became head of the Tuskegee Institute Dept. of Agricultural Research George Washington Carver Peter	$400 [26] Arabic for "desert dwellers", this nomadic group is known for camel & sheep breeding bedouins Peter	$400 [12] Pat Conroy was born in this city in 1945, Margaret Mitchell, in 1900 Atlanta Bill
$600 [7] On April 12, 1862 James J. Andrews & about 20 volunteers stole this Confederate train in Georgia The General	$800 [25] Simon Gate & Edvard Hald were the master artists of this Scandinavian country's Orrefors factory Sweden Bill	$600 [16] This dictator ordered national mourning after Rommel's death, though Rommel may have plotted to kill him Hitler Bill	$600 [5] Crystals of this mineral are used in wave transmitters of radio & TV sets quartz Peter	$600 [27] The land once known as Mesopotamia lies within this country Iraq Peter	$600 [13] In 1899 H.L. Mencken became a reporter in this city, his hometown Baltimore Peter
$800 [8] In July 1863 troops who had fought at Gettysburg were called in to quell draft riots in this city New York Anne Peter	DD $1,200 [24] Leerdam glass is the best-known glass still made in this country the Netherlands Anne	$800 [17] In 1947 he was gunned down in his girlfriend Virginia Hill's living room Bugsy Siegel Anne	$800 [6] This word from the Japanese refers to a large ocean wave caused by an underwater quake a tsunami Anne	$1,000 [29] They're the 2 symbols common to the flags of Mauritania, Algeria & Tunisia a star & a crescent Peter	$800 [21] He hails from Reading, Pennsylvania, not from "Gorky Park" Martin Cruz Smith Bill
$1,000 [9] He served as attorney general under President Buchanan before becoming Lincoln's Secretary of War (Edwin) Stanton Anne	—	$1,000 [18] In 1934 an ex-Texas Ranger named Frank Hamer laid the trap that caught this outlaw couple Bonnie & Clyde Peter	$1,000 [11] Since 1967 Soviet cosmonauts have been launched into orbit in this manned spacecraft Soyuz Anne	DD $2,000 [28] It's considered the first & model prose work in Arabic the Koran Peter	$1,000 [23] Pierre Corneille's birthplace in this city where Joan of Arc was killed is now a museum Rouen, France Bill

Final Jeopardy!

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

The name of this country is New Latin for "place of freedom"

Liberia

Peter "What is Liberia?" — wagered $1,998

Bill "What is Liberia?" — wagered $2,000

Anne "What is Liberia?" — wagered $2,500

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