Show #3552 2000-02-01 (taped 1999-11-17) Regular

Contestants

Sean Lamont — a computer programmer from Independence, Missouri

Amanda Yuzzi — a federal employee from Atlanta, Georgia

Heidi Meyer — a math consultant from Modesto, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Heidi	$800	$1,300	$3,000	$199 3rd place: a Siemens Gigaset 2420 cordless phone	$4,100 13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Amanda	$400	$700	$2,900	$5,800 New champion: $5,800	$2,900 13 R, 6 W
Sean	$300	$3,100	$4,900	$3,700 2nd place: a Toshiba big screen TV & Cambridge Sound Works home theater system	$6,500 23 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE	U.S. CITIES	TV PIONEERS	THE ROMAN VERSION	TRUCKIN'	TIME TO "D"ECIDE
$100 [6] This 8-armed sea creature doesn't always show its true colors; in fact, it changes colors when frightened Octopus Heidi	$100 [14] The names of the 2nd, 3rd & 4th most populous cities in California begin with these 3 letters San (San Jose, San Diego & San Francisco) Amanda Sean	$100 [12] Michael Landon was the man of the Ingalls household on this family drama Little House on the Prairie Sean	$100 [1] Zeus Jupiter Heidi Amanda	$100 [19] Also called splashguards, they're the items on which you'll usually find the ladies seen here: Mud flaps Heidi	$100 [20] It's a joke that doesn't get a laugh, or an explosive that fails to detonate Dud Amanda
$200 [7] Whether they've been removed or haven't grown in, a person who's edentulous lacks these Teeth Heidi	$200 [15] The Walk-In-The-Water, the first steamship on the Great Lakes, ran between Buffalo & this motor city Detroit Amanda	$200 [13] Fess Parker played the title pioneer & Ed Ames his friend Mingo on this '60s series set in Kentucky Daniel Boone Heidi	$200 [2] Ares Mars Sean	$200 [25] The Pierce Initial Attack Pumper is a fast-response type of this truck Fire truck Sean	$200 [21] It's the breed of dog seen here: Dachshund Amanda
$300 [8] This religious leader died in India around 483 B.C., possibly from eating contaminated pork Buddha Sean	$300 [16] In 1799, if you wanted to go to the nation's capital, you went to this city Philadelphia Amanda Sean	$300 [29] This Dan Haggerty character's companions included a Native American, a bear & Denver Pyle Grizzly Adams Amanda	$300 [3] Eros Cupid Heidi Amanda Sean	$300 [26] Instead of "truck", the British use this other 5-letter word Lorry Sean	$300 [22] A regional variety of a language distinguished by pronounciation & vocabulary; Cockney, for example Dialect Sean
$400 [9] This substance found in the cell walls of plants & trees is used to make paper & plastics Cellulose Sean	$400 [17] This Texas city's name refers to a pass or crossing of the Rio Grande El Paso Sean	$400 [11] This city was the Rocky Mountain setting of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" Colorado Springs Sean	$400 [4] Dionysus Bacchus Sean	$400 [27] This company's F-Series pickup, the USA's bestselling car or truck since 1981, turned 50 in 1998 Ford Sean	$400 [23] Averaging just over 152 MPH, Fireball Roberts won this grueling Florida auto race in 1962 Daytona 500 Heidi
$500 [10] The Jordan & the Valencia are popular Spanish varieties of this nut Almond Amanda	DD $600 [18] Its Chamber of Commerce is located at 3720 Howard Hughes Parkway Las Vegas Sean	$500 [30] Ranching came second to ridding New Mexico of lawbreakers on this Chuck Connors series The Rifleman Sean	$500 [5] Hera Juno Heidi Sean	$500 [28] This maker of heavy duty trucks was founded by T.A. Peterman, who needed rigs to haul his lumber Peterbilt Sean	$500 [24] Madame Tussaud's could tell you it's a wax or plaster cast of a mold taken from a nonliving face Death mask Sean

Double Jeopardy! Round

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE	HANNIBAL-ISM	NAME THE NARRATOR	FILM ROLES IN COMMON	CONDUCTORS	20th CENTURY WORDS
$200 [21] This 4-star general was President Bush's top military adviser from 1989 to 1993 Colin Powell Heidi Amanda	$200 [11] On the big screen, Clarice of the FBI knows he enjoyed chianti, fava beans &...other things Hannibal Lecter Heidi	$200 [16] "The Hound of the Baskervilles" Dr. Watson Heidi	$200 [1] Actors who've played this role include Moore, Roger Moore & Dalton, Timothy Dalton James Bond Amanda	$200 [26] Saying "Music, like peas, should not be canned", Sergiu Celibidache was famous for his refusal to make these Recordings Heidi	$200 [6] Now shortened to 5 letters, this 11-letter word for a club where records play appeared around 1950 in English Discotheque Amanda Sean
$400 [22] This "Old Blood & Guts" general once served as military governor of Bavaria George Patton Heidi	$400 [12] This novelist based the fictional town of St. Petersburg on Hannibal, where he grew up Mark Twain Heidi	$400 [17] "Moby Dick" Ishmael Amanda	$400 [2] Wendy Hiller played her in 1938's "Pygmalion"; Audrey Hepburn had the role in "My Fair Lady" Eliza Doolittle Amanda	$400 [27] In 1955 Herbert von Karajan was named conductor for life of this German city's Philharmonic Berlin Sean	$400 [7] The OED lists the first use of "robotic" in a 1941 tale by this author in Astounding Science Fiction Isaac Asimov Sean
$800 [24] Before heading forces in Vietnam, he was superintendent of West Point William Westmoreland Amanda	$600 [13] In the 1980s George Peppard played Hannibal Smith, leader of this TV title team The A-Team Sean	$600 [18] "To Kill a Mockingbird" Scout Heidi	$600 [3] Laurence Olivier reigned as this warrior king in 1945; Kenneth Branagh took the throne in 1989 Henry V Sean	$600 [28] This Italian-born maestro of the NBC Symphony conducted from memory due to poor eyesight Arturo Toscanini Amanda	$600 [8] This name of an airport runway surface comes from a substance in it & inventor McAdam Tarmac Sean
$1,000 [25] During WWII this American general nicknamed "Vinegar Joe" served as chief of staff to Chiang Kai-shek Joseph Stillwell Sean	$800 [14] He was a U.S. representative, a U.S. senator & a governor of Maine before becoming veep Hannibal Hamlin Amanda	$800 [19] "Heart of Darkness" Marlow Sean	DD $1,000 [4] Role played by Clark Gable in 1935, Marlon Brando in '62 & Mel Gibson in '84 Fletcher Christian ( Mutiny on the Bounty ) Sean	$800 [29] This longtime Philadelphia orchestra leader is perhaps best known for his appearance in "Fantasia" Leopold Stokowski Amanda	$800 [9] In a 1991 article Al Gore used this 2-word phrase for a new "driving" force, high-speed fiber-optic networks "Information Superhighway" Sean
DD $1,100 [23] He became General of the Army in 1944 & in 1947 became U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall Heidi	$1,000 [15] The inept bugler of "F Troop" Hannibal Dobbs	$1,000 [20] "A Clockwork Orange" Alex Sean	$1,000 [5] This Tom Clancy character has been played by Alec Baldwin & Harrison Ford Jack Ryan Amanda	$1,000 [30] By Georg, in Chicago's Lincoln Park, you can see a bust of this late symphony conductor Sir Georg Solti	$1,000 [10] This term for a "baby" like 1978's Louise Brown was born decades before her Test tube Heidi

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC NAMES

To honor his work, this man's daughter took the name Maria Celeste when she became a nun in 1616

Galileo

Amanda "Who was Galileo?" — wagered $2,900

Heidi "Who was Cervantes?" — wagered $2,801

Sean "Who is Francis Bacon?" — wagered $1,200

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