Show #3773 2001-01-17 (taped 2000-11-07) Regular

Contestants

Peter Brown — a musician and actor from Brooklyn, New York

Heather Young — a biostatistician from Arlington, Virginia

Vaughan Williams — a lieutenant in the United States Navy from Arlington, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,500)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Vaughan	$1,800	$3,200	$7,400	$14,400 2-day champion: $20,900	$7,400 18 R, 1 W
Heather	$200	$400	$-600	$-600 3rd place: Natural Wonders gift certificate	$-600 4 R, 2 W
Peter	$700	$2,100	$6,200	$200 2nd place: a trip to Smuggler's Notch, Vermont	$6,700 23 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

"A" IN GEOGRAPHY	COMICS' BOOKS	IT'S IMAGINARY	20th CENTURY STUFF	GAMES PEOPLE PLAY	IF THEY MARRIED...
$100 [1] It's the capital of Jordan Amman Heather	$100 [22] Books bearing his name include his "Police Blotter: Real-Life Crime Headlines from the Tonight Show" Jay Leno Peter	$100 [21] It's a figure of menace, especially to children, not a guy who loves to dance the boogieman	$100 [11] When Marconi transmitted the letter "S" across the Atlantic in 1901, it was in this form Morse code Vaughan	$100 [6] Water Works, Luxury Tax, Short Line Monopoly Heather	$100 [16] If jazz singer Fitzgerald married the evil empire's Darth, she'd be... Ella Vader Heather
$200 [2] This country controls the eastern half of Tierra del Fuego, largest island in an archipelago of the same name Argentina Peter	$200 [26] Harvard shrink Dr. Alvin Poussaint wrote the afterword to this TV dad's "Fatherhood" Bill Cosby Peter	$200 [23] 1962 would have followed 1914 & 1939 in the sequence if this had resulted from the Cuban Missile Crisis World War III Vaughan Heather Peter	$200 [12] From 1951 to 1953 he was the Swedish delegate to the U.N. Dag Hammarskjold Peter	$200 [7] Right foot yellow, left hand blue (oops... excuse me) Twister Vaughan	$200 [17] French designer Chanel's marriage to punker Iggy would make her... Coco Pop Peter
$300 [3] Morocco, Mali & Tunisia border this country Algeria Vaughan	$300 [28] This Wayans brother, once Homey the Clown, offers his comic take in "Bootleg" Damon Wayans Vaughan	$300 [24] Imaginary thought in the title of the followingshow tune "The Impossible Dream" Heather	$400 [14] Lady Amalia, the wife of this discoverer of penicillin, was a member of Greece's parliament Sir Alexander Fleming	$300 [8] The wrench, the kitchen, Colonel Mustard Clue Vaughan	$300 [18] If actress Weld wed former Indiana basketball coach Bobby, she'd be... Tuesday Knight Peter
$400 [4] In the summer residents of this capital city suffer through the "nefos", a type of smog Athens Peter	$400 [29] Counterculture comic who favored us with his "Brain Droppings" George Carlin Peter	$400 [25] Seen here under a Seattle bridge is a depiction of one of these creatures a troll Vaughan	$500 [15] In 1904 Col. William Gorgas took charge of anti-disease efforts in the building of this the Panama Canal Vaughan	$400 [9] Letter tiles, triple word score, double letter score Scrabble Vaughan	$400 [19] If supermodel Klum catwalks down the aisle with "Tiny Bubbles" singer Don, she'd be... Heidi Ho Vaughan
$500 [5] In the 1970s this Scottish fishing port became the center of the North Sea oil industry Aberdeen Peter	$500 [30] The comic & actor seen here, he wrote a conspiracy book called "UFOs, JFK and Elvis" Richard Belzer Peter	$500 [27] A type of musical pitch or baseball game you hear about, or a type of crime you wouldn't perfect Peter	DD $600 [13] This 1939 Ford model resulted from Edsel Ford's wanting a luxury car like they had in Europe the Continental Peter	$500 [10] Tweezers, funny bone, wish bone, Adam's apple Operation Vaughan	$500 [20] Game show panelist Carlisle gets cozy with comedian Jonathan, voice of a cartoon shrink, & becomes... Kitty Katz

Double Jeopardy! Round

PHILOSOPHY	THE WINE CELLAR	PLAY TIME	ALL "FOUR" YOU	WALTER MATTHAU	GRUMPY OLD MEN
$200 [17] Ethicists criticize the common maxim "The end justifies" these the means Peter	$200 [5] Shiraz, produced in the Coonawarra region, is one of this country's most popular wines Australia Peter	$200 [1] Approrpriately, Nathan Lane played Nathan Detroit in a 1992 revival of this musical Guys and Dolls Peter	$200 [10] An alliterative '60s nickname for the Beatles "The Fab Four" Peter	$200 [25] Walter Matthau coached a ragtag Little League team with a girl pitcher in this 1976 film The Bad News Bears Vaughan	$200 [15] This comedian who also hated bankers & policemen died in 1946 on Christmas, a holiday he despised W.C. Fields Peter
$600 [19] John Rawls' influential "A Theory of" this equates it simply with fairness Justice	$400 [6] Wine associated with the packaging seen here Chianti Vaughan	$400 [2] Toni Braxton & Andrea McArdle have each played Belle in this musical Beauty and the Beast Vaughan	$400 [11] Slang for a home run in baseball a four-bagger Vaughan	$400 [26] Neil Simon wrote this "Odd Couple" role to accommodate Matthau's personality Oscar Madison Peter	$400 [16] This director denied that he said, "Actors are cattle"; "What I said was actors should be treated like cattle" Alfred Hitchcock Peter
DD $700 [18] Schlegel was a romantic philosopher; this rhyming contemporary theorized about the dialectic Hegel Peter	$600 [7] 4-letter adjective for the flavor produced by aging in the most commonly used wood oaky Peter	$600 [3] After years on the road, a man realizes he's a failure as a vendor, father & husband in this drama Death of a Salesman Peter	$600 [12] A bed with a tall pole at each corner a four-poster Vaughan	$600 [28] Matthau was grumpy next-door neighbor Mr. Wilson in this 1993 film Dennis the Menace Vaughan	DD $400 [22] In 1995 this cantankerous N.C. conservative became chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Jesse Helms Peter
$800 [20] The moral type of this "ism" insists that each society be judged by its own standards relativism Peter	$800 [8] This is "the word" for a major French champagne house founded in 1827 Mumm Peter	$800 [4] George S. Kaufman co-wrote "You Can't Take It With You" & "The Man Who Came to Dinner" with this man Moss Hart	$800 [13] They first show up in Revelation chapter 6 the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Vaughan	—	$800 [23] In a 1774 letter to Abigail he wrote, "The business of the Congress is tedious beyond expression" John Adams Vaughan Peter
$1,000 [21] This philosophy asserts free will; the political party "is committed to America's heritage of freedom" libertarianism Peter	$1,000 [9] Released each November, the "Nouveau" type of this wine is to be drunk when it's very young Beaujolais Peter	$1,000 [27] Kathleen Chalfant has won acclaim for her role as a professor dying of cancer in this Pulitzer-prize winning drama Wit	$1,000 [14] Buddha taught these moral "truths" the Four Noble Truths Heather	—	$1,000 [24] In "No Exit" he wrote, "Hell is other people" Jean-Paul Sartre

Final Jeopardy!

RELIGIOUS NAMES

In commemoration of his predecessors, he was the first pope to choose a double name

Pope John Paul I

Peter "Who is Clement" — wagered $6,000

Vaughan "Who is John Paul" — wagered $7,000

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