Show #1729 1992-02-20 (taped 1991-11-20) Regular

Contestants

Ann Wright — an immunologist from Agua Dulce, California

Gary Vollen — a grad school admissions officer from Marina del Rey, California

Peter Gaffney — a writer originally from Endicott, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Peter	$1,700	$4,500	$2,700	$4,200 2nd place: Hotpoint refrigerator + Foodsaver vacuum packer + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version	$6,500 26 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Gary	$1,000	$900	$2,100	$650 3rd place: Flexsteel sofa + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version	$2,100 9 R, 1 W
Ann	$1,200	$2,800	$6,800	$6,000 New champion: $6,000	$6,800 18 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE FICTION	CHAIRS	DISNEY SONGS	U.S. HISTORY	COLORS	"CAT"CH WORDS
$100 [1] The 1955 novel "The Body Snatchers" became a 1956 film with this slightly longer title Invasion of the Body Snatchers Peter	$100 [24] It's believed that this Founding Father invented the rocking chair (Benjamin) Franklin Peter	$100 [3] "The Perfect Nanny", a song in this film, perfectly describes its title character Mary Poppins Peter	$100 [5] William Henry Jackson's photos of this helped convince Congress to make it the 1st national park Yellowstone Peter	$100 [13] You drive to it if you're a golfer, then putter around a bit green Gary	$100 [18] Montgomery Ward's first one consisted of a single page with about 150 items a catalog Gary
$200 [2] The year in the title of Anthony Burgess' 1978 novel; it's set 1 year later than Orwell's opus 1985 Gary	$200 [25] These extensions found on some chair backs have the same name as your auditory organs ears Peter	$200 [8] He sings "I've Got No Strings" in a puppet show; you might call it a "wooden" performance Pinocchio Peter	$200 [7] Thomas Jefferson had begun this house back around 1770 but didn't finish it until 1809 Monticello Gary	$200 [15] Color of the bird of happiness blue Peter	$200 [19] It's what some call a short, light sleep or siesta a catnap Peter
$300 [4] 1979's "Morlock Night" by K.W. Jeter is a sequel to this author's 1895 work "The Time Machine" H.G. Wells Ann	$300 [26] The sgabello, a chair developed in this country, usually has trestle supports instead of legs Italy Gary	$300 [14] She sings "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" while the little birds help her get dressed Cinderella Peter	$300 [10] It had had a permanent European settlement since 1565, but didn't become a state until 1845 Florida Peter	$300 [16] To saute lightly, it's done to onions or potatoes brown Peter	$300 [21] In cold climates, some species of butterflies remain in this larval stage for 2-3 years a caterpillar Ann
$400 [6] "Robot Visions" contains more robot stories by this author of "I, Robot" (Isaac) Asimov Ann	$400 [29] An upholstered chair was named for this place, the "drowsy" setting of a Washington Irving story Sleepy Hollow Peter	$400 [27] Mrs. Jumbo sings the lullaby "Baby Mine" to this title character Dumbo Peter	$500 [12] Van Buren was president during the Panic of 1837, & he led the country during the Panic of 1873 Grant Ann	$400 [17] This color "guard" is a scoundrel black Ann	$400 [22] In Christian churches, it's a handbook of questions & answers used for religious instruction a catechism Ann
$500 [9] "God's Grace", a post-nuclear war fable, was the last novel by this author of "The Fixer" Malamud Gary	$500 [30] This popular chair with a saddle seat may have been named for an English town known for its castle Windsor (chair) Peter	$500 [28] "Everybody Has a Laughing Place" was also in this film but "Zip-A-Dee Doo-Dah" won the Oscar Song of the South Peter Gary	DD $600 [11] This Kentuckian set up the Missouri Compromise of 1820 & the Compromise of 1850 Henry Clay Peter	$500 [20] This purple comes from the Latin word for "mallow", so a marsh mallow should be purple mauve	$500 [23] In the 12th century, this Romance language was the official language of Aragon Catalan Ann

Double Jeopardy! Round

DETROIT	THE RAILROAD	SPACE EXPLORATION	DEM BONES	LAW	THE ROYAL FAMILY
$200 [1] Of the big three automakers, the one whose headquarters are actually in Detroit General Motors Ann	$200 [4] When it began in 1883, it was Europe's first transcontinental express the Orient Express Peter	$200 [7] 1 of 3 astronauts to whom Richard Nixon awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 (Neil) Armstrong (or Buzz Aldrin or Michael Collins) Gary	$200 [2] Total number of femurs in the normal human body 2 Gary	$200 [3] It's any act against the officers of a ship, not just setting them adrift in a rowboat mutiny Peter	$200 [12] She was 13 when she met Prince Philip during a tour of the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth Elizabeth II Peter
$400 [22] Before becoming the car capital, Detroit was tops in making these appliances found under pots stoves Ann	$400 [5] In 1895 the train running through the 7-mile-long Baltimore tunnel ran on this, not steam electricity Peter	$400 [8] In 1971 this man who 1st flew in space in 1961 became the 1st astronaut promoted to rear admiral Alan Shepard Peter	$400 [17] They're attached to the spine in the back & the breastbone in the front the ribs Peter	$400 [25] The 14th Amend. says states can't deprive a "person of life, liberty, or property without" this due process Peter	$400 [13] In 1990 his daughter Eugenie became the first royal baptized at a public service Prince Andrew Ann
$600 [23] Detroit was ceded to the U.S. in the 1794 treaty signed by this chief justice John Jay Ann	$600 [6] Until it was standardized, early railroads built their cars & engines to fit this the (size of the) track (width) Ann	$800 [10] U.S. astronauts are trained at this center about 25 miles southeast of downtown Houston the Johnson Space Center Ann	$600 [18] From Latin for "little key", it's the name of the key-shaped collarbone the clavicle Ann	$600 [26] New York has divided this crime into degrees based on time of day & dollar value burned arson Peter Ann	$600 [14] Her sister Lady Jane Spencer is married to Sir Robert Fellowes, the queen's private secretary Diana Ann
$800 [29] Later pardoned by James Madison, Gov. Wm. Hull surrendered the city to the British without a fight during this war the War of 1812 Peter	$1,000 [21] The world's first locomotives were used in this country's coal mines Wales Peter Ann	$1,000 [11] Although one of the original astronauts, Deke Slayton didn't fly until this joint U.S.-Soviet mission in 1975 the Apollo-Soyuz mission Peter	$800 [19] They're separated by springy disks of fibrocartilage the vertebrae Peter Ann	$800 [27] Latin for "another", it's a different name by which a person is known alias Ann	$800 [15] This princess & mother of two has been president of the Save the Children Fund for over 20 years Princess Anne (the Princess Royal) Gary Ann
$1,000 [30] This family that brought Roy Howard into its newspaper chain got started in journalism in Detroit the Scripps (family)	DD $2,000 [20] Literally "iron road", it's French for railway chemin de fer Peter	DD $2,000 [9] NASA was created by an act of Congress signed by this president Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike) Peter	$1,000 [24] A Greek fighting formation gave its name to these bones the phalanges	$1,000 [28] In 1974 the U.S. Supreme Court said this presidential right didn't apply to the Watergate tapes presidential privilege (executive privilege) Peter	$1,000 [16] On October 31, 1955 she announced that she had "decided not to marry" a divorced RAF fighter pilot Princess Margaret Ann

Final Jeopardy!

ARTISTS

His 1979-1986 "Retrospectives & Reversals" reversed & juxtaposed images from his earlier work

Andy Warhol

Gary "Who is Pollack?" — wagered $1,450

Peter "Who was Andy Warhol?" — wagered $1,500

Ann "Who is Picasso" — wagered $800

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