Show #5115 2006-12-01 (taped 2006-09-20) Regular

Contestants

Sean Dillon — a college instructor from Pasadena, California

Terry Pflaumer — a foreign service officer from Fairfax, Virginia

Lynne Sherwin — a features editor from Akron, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,301)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Lynne $1,200 $3,000 $11,400 $7,198
3rd place: $1,000
$11,400
15 R, 1 W
Terry $4,000 $5,600 $10,800 $15,800
2nd place: $2,000
$10,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Sean $2,200 $7,000 $15,600 $23,100
New champion: $23,100
$18,600
25 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

NATIONAL COATS OF ARMS CHICO, HARPO OR GROUCHO MOUSE PADS ALSO A PRESIDENTIAL NAME WHAT'S UP, CLOCK? "AMP" IT UP
$200 [4]
Canada's coat of arms contains depictions of a Scottish unicorn, gold fleur-de-lis & sprig of these leaves
a maple leaf
Lynne
$200 [17]
Hosted a successful quiz show on TV & radio
Groucho
Terry
$200 [7]
To no surprise, Basil, "The Great Mouse Detective", resides on this London street
Baker Street
Lynne
$200 [15]
In Exodus 3:2 it "burned with fire and...was not consumed"
the bush
Lynne
$200 [26]
In a Mother Goose nursery rhyme, these 3 words precede "the mouse ran up the clock"
hickory dickory dock
Sean
$200 [1]
It's the&in this clue
an ampersand
Sean
$400 [9]
A banner reading "The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here" tops this West African nation's coat of arms
Liberia
Terry
$400 [18]
Re-created his famous mirror scene from "Duck Soup" on an episode of "I Love Lucy"
Harpo
Sean
$400 [8]
In "Alice in Wonderland" this rodent is seen dozing at the tea party & is rudely awakened
the Dormouse
Terry
$400 [22]
Burn on, big river; in 1969 this city's Cuyahoga River actually caught fire
Cleveland
Lynne
$400 [27]
In "Peter Pan", it swallowed Captain Hook's right hand & an alarm clock, so you could hear it coming
the crocodile
Terry
$400 [2]
Oval auditorium with tiers of seats around a central open area
an amphitheater
Lynne
$600 [10]
This country's coat of arms dates back to the 13th century, when an ax & the crown of St. Olaf were added to a lion
Norway
Sean
$600 [19]
Coming only 3 days after the death of Elvis his passing attracted less attention
Groucho
Sean
$600 [11]
In this "royal" 1987 movie, the "Rodents Of Unusual Size" are living it up big-time in the Fire Swamp
The Princess Bride
Sean
$600 [23]
In 1907 Murray Spangler invented a "suction sweeper" that led to this company's formation the following year
Hoover
Lynne
$600 [28]
In "My Cousin Vinny", Marisa Tomei complains about the ticking of this type of "clock" specific to women
a biological clock
Sean
$600 [3]
Describes military forces trained to fight on both land & sea
amphibious
Terry
$800 [13]
The white lion with a double tail on its coat of arms was granted to Bohemia in the 1100s
the Czech Republic
Terry
$800 [20]
His real first name was Adolph
Harpo
Sean
$800 [12]
A cat named Oil Can Harry was the nemesis of this rodent who was introduced in the 1940s & lived in Terrytown
Mighty Mouse
Lynne Terry
$800 [24]
Perforate
pierce
$800 [29]
You can recognize Germany's House of 1000 Clocks by its water wheel & this type of clock on the side of the house
a cuckoo clock
Lynne Sean
$800 [5]
By definition, your AM radio modulates it
amplitude
Sean
DD $1,000 [14]
This country's coat of arms is framed by the Pillars of Hercules, which are topped by crowns
Spain
Terry
$1,000 [21]
The oldest
Chico
Terry
$1,000 [16]
"Better beans & bacon in peace than cakes & ale in fear" is from the tale of these 2 title Aesop rodents
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Sean
$1,000 [25]
To bestow or confer, especially by a formal act
to grant
Sean
$1,000 [30]
It's a rigid body, on a fixed horizontal axis, that is free to rotate under the influence of gravity
a pendulum
Sean
$1,000 [6]
Scientist who wrote "Memoir on the Mathematical Theory of Electrodynamic Phenomena"
(André-Marie) Ampère
Lynne

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE DUTCH ROYAL FAMILY THE DONALD '90s POP CULTURE LIGHTHOUSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE THE QUOTABLE FRAN LEBOWITZ
$400 [18]
The future Queen Beatrix had her marriage blessed in the Westerkerk, steps away from the Anne Frank House in this city
Amsterdam
Sean
$400 [21]
A popular urban legend says that Finland banned Donald Duck because he doesn't wear these
pants
Sean
$400 [1]
The "Baywatch" version of this doll raced to the rescue on his own Wave Runner (but Barbie got her own dolphin)
Ken
Sean
$400 [6]
In 1937 a lighthouse was built on Howland Island to honor this aviatrix
Amelia Earhart
Lynne
$400 [9]
"Sip" your favorite libation while you're in this state
Mississippi
Sean
$400 [14]
"If you're a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater... suggest that he wear" this appendage
a tail
Lynne
$800 [19]
Prince Maurits paid a visit to this island in 1998; he & the island were both nmed for an earlier Prince Maurits
Mauritius
Sean
$800 [22]
Mercury astronaut Donald Slayton was better known by this nickname
"Deke"
Sean
$800 [2]
Not Turmeric or Fennel, but this singer was the first Spice Girl to leave the group
Ginger
Terry
$800 [7]
Boston Light in Boston Harbor is the last named U.S. lighthouse; its keeper is from this military organization
the Coast Guard
Terry
$800 [10]
The General Assembly legislates this state's "law"
Delaware
$800 [15]
Fran warns that "spilling your" these in conversation "is just exactly as charming as it sounds"
your guts
Lynne
$1,600 [29]
In 2003, Princes Catharina-Amalia, who is 2nd in line to the throne, was born in this city, seat of the Dutch government
The Hague
Terry
$1,200 [23]
This Donald Lipskisculptureshares its name with a Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings work
The Yearling
Lynne
$1,200 [3]
It's O.K. to ask Allison Janney if she's seen Howard Stern's these--she was in the 1997 film with that title
Private Parts
Sean
$1,200 [8]
The lighthouse on Kilauea Point on this "garden island" of Hawaii has the world's largest clamshell lens
Kauai
Sean
$1,200 [11]
"Eva" feels surrounded by it
Nevada
Sean
$1,200 [16]
In a hotel, "twenty-four-hour" this "refers to the length of time... it takes for the club sandwich to arrive"
room service
Sean
$2,000 [30]
In accordance with her wishes, when this queen abdicated in 1948, she became known once again as "Princess"
Wilhelmina
Terry Sean
$1,600 [27]
Donald Glaser's invention of this "chamber" used to view subatomic particles made him a 1960 Nobel Prize winner
a bubble chamber
Terry
$1,600 [4]
Tim Curry & Daryl Hannah were "altogether ooky" as this morbid TV duo in a direct-to-video "reunion" film
Gomez & Morticia Addams
Sean
$1,600 [17]
To build this state's Alligator Reef Light, the piles had to be driven 10 feet into solid coral
Florida
Terry
$1,600 [12]
You can kick this state in its "shin"
Washington
$1,600 [24]
"Perhaps the least cheering statement ever made on the subject of" this "is that life imitates it"
art
Lynne
DD $4,000 [20]
Since 1980, Prince Willem-Alexander, as the heir to the throne, has held the "colorful" title Prince of this
Orange
Sean
$2,000 [28]
This fictional female sleuth & Donald Bain are listed as co-authors on the "Murder, She Wrote" series
Jessica Fletcher
Lynne
$2,000 [5]
It's true, the 2 guys passed off as this group didn't really sing their hit "Girl You Know It's True"
Milli Vanilli
Lynne
$2,000 [26]
In 1733 this Georgia Governor ordered Tybee Island Lighthouse to be built; it was America's tallest at 90 feet
James Oglethorpe
DD $3,000 [13]
We're pro-this state, though it has a "con" in the middle
Wisconsin
Sean
$2,000 [25]
"Large, naked, raw" these "are acceptable as food only to those who live in hutches eagerly awaiting Easter"
carrots
Sean

Final Jeopardy!

BROADCASTING FIRSTS

In 2005, at New Mexico State, Cuyler Frank made history by being the first to call a football game in this language

Navajo

Terry "What is Navajo?" — wagered $5,000
Lynne "What is Spanish" — wagered $4,202
Sean "What is Navajo?" — wagered $7,500

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