Show #1729 - Thursday, February 20, 1992

Contestants

[<< previous game]

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)

 [next game >>]

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

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Peter Gary Ann
$1,700 $1,000 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Peter Gary Ann
$4,500 $900 $2,800

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
    $200 4
When it began in 1883, it was Europe's first transcontinental express
    $200 7
1 of 3 astronauts to whom Richard Nixon awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969
    $200 2
Total number of femurs in the normal human body
    $200 3
It's any act against the officers of a ship, not just setting them adrift in a rowboat
    $200 12
She was 13 when she met Prince Philip during a tour of the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth
    $400 22
Before becoming the car capital, Detroit was tops in making these appliances found under pots
    $400 5
In 1895 the train running through the 7-mile-long Baltimore tunnel ran on this, not steam
    $400 8
In 1971 this man who 1st flew in space in 1961 became the 1st astronaut promoted to rear admiral
    $400 17
They're attached to the spine in the back & the breastbone in the front
    $400 25
The 14th Amend. says states can't deprive a "person of life, liberty, or property without" this
    $400 13
In 1990 his daughter Eugenie became the first royal baptized at a public service
    $600 23
Detroit was ceded to the U.S. in the 1794 treaty signed by this chief justice
    $600 6
Until it was standardized, early railroads built their cars & engines to fit this
    DD: $2,000 9
NASA was created by an act of Congress signed by this president
    $600 18
From Latin for "little key", it's the name of the key-shaped collarbone
    $600 26
New York has divided this crime into degrees based on time of day & dollar value burned
    $600 14
Her sister Lady Jane Spencer is married to Sir Robert Fellowes, the queen's private secretary
    $800 29
Later pardoned by James Madison, Gov. Wm. Hull surrendered the city to the British without a fight during this war
    DD: $2,000 20
Literally "iron road", it's French for railway
    $800 10
U.S. astronauts are trained at this center about 25 miles southeast of downtown Houston
    $800 19
They're separated by springy disks of fibrocartilage
    $800 27
Latin for "another", it's a different name by which a person is known
    $800 15
This princess & mother of two has been president of the Save the Children Fund for over 20 years
    $1000 30
This family that brought Roy Howard into its newspaper chain got started in journalism in Detroit
    $1000 21
The world's first locomotives were used in this country's coal mines
    $1000 11
Although one of the original astronauts, Deke Slayton didn't fly until this joint U.S.-Soviet mission in 1975
    $1000 24
A Greek fighting formation gave its name to these bones
    $1000 28
In 1974 the U.S. Supreme Court said this presidential right didn't apply to the Watergate tapes
    $1000 16
On October 31, 1955 she announced that she had "decided not to marry" a divorced RAF fighter pilot

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Peter Gary Ann
$2,700 $2,100 $6,800
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

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

Final scores:

Peter Gary Ann
$4,200 $650 $6,000
2nd place: Hotpoint refrigerator + Foodsaver vacuum packer + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version 3rd place: Flexsteel sofa + Jeopardy! home game or computerized version New champion: $6,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Peter Gary Ann
$6,500 $2,100 $6,800
26 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 2 DDs)		 9 R,
1 W		 18 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $15,400

[game responses] [game scores] [suggest correction]

Game tape date: 1991-11-20
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.