Show #5383 2008-01-23 (taped 2007-10-25) Regular

Contestants

Joe McGuinness — a compliance manager from Bear, Delaware

Amanda Freisem — a labor services representative from Brentwood, New York

Buffy Thoms — a schoolteacher from Watson, Louisiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Buffy	$-800	$-1,800	$8,800	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$8,000 10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Amanda	$3,000	$6,000	$21,000	$17,000 New champion: $17,000	$20,000 23 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Joe	$4,000	$5,400	$12,200	$3,200 2nd place: $2,000	$12,200 20 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS SAN DIEGO?	"YOU" TUBE	ALSO A MAGAZINE	STATUE OF LIMITATIONS	ITOS, TITOS & FRITOS	4-LETTER WORDS
$200 [22] San Diego stays classy with its Old Globe Theatre, built in 1935 to present abridged versions of his plays William Shakespeare Amanda	$200 [7] Alana & Jacob are 2 of the kids who have been on this show that's hosted by Jeff Foxworthy Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? Amanda	$200 [1] 12:15 A.M. or3:11 P.M. Time Buffy	$200 [6] Bill Murray referred to this 305-foot, 1-inch New Yorker as "a Harbor chick" the Statue of Liberty Amanda	$200 [16] In 1958 Frito trademarked the rights to this ridged potato chip Ruffles Amanda	$200 [12] The group empowered to make findings of fact in a court procedure a jury Amanda
$400 [23] Check out the "Dolphin Discovery" & "Sea Lions Tonite" shows at this San Diego attraction Sea World Joe	$400 [8] Paul Reiser & Helen Hunt played a happily married couple on this '90s sitcom Mad About You Amanda	$400 [2] XVII Seventeen Joe	$400 [27] This 1904 Rodin guy is more than 6 feet tall & a chiseled 2,000 lbs. The Thinker Buffy	$400 [17] The "King of Mambo", his songs include "Ran Kan Kan" & "Oye Como Va" Tito Puente Joe	$400 [13] This term for the Japanese parliament sounds like a restrictive nutrition program the diet Joe
$600 [24] The San Diego stadium now named for this telecom company is known as "The Q" Qualcomm Joe	$600 [9] In the '90s Bill Cosby starred in a revival of this quiz show that was hosted by Groucho Marx in the '50s You Bet Your Life Joe	$600 [3] It "gathers no moss" Rolling Stone Amanda	$800 [29] Finished in 1504, this 17-foot Michelangelo man had his arm broken in 1527, but not for any gambling debts David Amanda	$600 [18] In 1956 Frito became the first Texas co. to advertise on NBC, on this Dave Garroway show The Today Show Buffy	$600 [14] It can mean a landing pier for a ship, or to deduct from one's pay as a penalty dock Amanda
$800 [25] This venue opened in 1989 crawls with sandmen & Doctor Whos as the home of the annual Comic-Con the convention center	$800 [10] A homeowner is lured away while a loved one redecorates the house as a surprise on this TLC show While You Were Out Amanda	$800 [4] Pennies or dollar bills Money Joe	DD $1,000 [28] A WNBA-worthy 6-foot-8, this Greek statue was created around 130 B.C. but would have a hard time shooting the ball the Venus de Milo Buffy	$800 [19] This judge also presided over Charles Keating's 1992 S&L fraud trial Lance Ito Amanda	$800 [15] Even the Turkish ordu, this, travels on its mide, "stomach" army Joe
$1,000 [26] In Presidio Park, a museum named for this Franciscan missionary has exhibits on early San Diego history Junípero Serra Buffy	$1,000 [11] This Fox reality show is like "American Idol" for those who salsa, krump & jive So You Think You Can Dance? Joe	$1,000 [5] For example:"Be just, and fear not" Maxim Buffy	$1,000 [30] Completed in 1843, his column is 185 feet high; his 17-foot high statue stands atop it Horatio Nelson	$1,000 [20] On May 4, 1980 Tito died in Ljubljana in what was then this country Yugoslavia Joe	$1,000 [21] The name of a bird probably was shortened to this 4-letter term for an eccentric person a kook Amanda Joe

Double Jeopardy! Round

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS DIEGO GARCIA?	BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS BY CHARACTERS	THE EPA P3 EXPO	ANIMALS EN ESPAÑOL	WHEN PUSHKIN COMES TO SHOVE	MISSING LINKS
$400 [21] Important strategically, the small island of Diego Garcia is found in this ocean the Indian Ocean Joe	$400 [1] Clarice Starling,"Buffalo Bill" Silence of the Lambs Amanda	$400 [26] (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the EPA P3 Expo in Washington, D.C.) Albion College's project demonstrates how it's possible to generate energy, here in Expo for this kind of technology, meaning "capable of being continued with minimal long term environmental effects" sustainable Joe	$400 [11] Found in water: cocodrilo a crocodile Joe	$400 [12] The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts is a leading tourist attraction in this capital Moscow Buffy	$400 [6] Puppy _____ bug love Amanda
$800 [22] Diego Garcia was critically important as a refueling base during this Jan. 1991 military operation Operation Desert Storm Joe	$800 [2] Major Strasser, Victor Lazslo Casablanca Buffy	$800 [27] (Jimmy reporting from the EPA P3 Expo in Washington, D.C.)To help tsunami-ravaged Indonesia replace its food supply, students of Duke have made a mechanical aerator, that increases shrimp hatchery yields by adding this element oxygen Joe	$800 [13] 8-legged: araña a spider Joe	$800 [14] Pushkin was part black; one of his great-grandfathers was an Ethiopian general of this "great" Czar Peter the Great Amanda Joe	$800 [7] Charity begins at _____ on the range home Amanda
$1,200 [23] Diego Garcia is named for a man from this nation who explored the region in the 1500s Portugal Joe	$1,200 [3] Alain Charnier,"Popeye" Doyle The French Connection Amanda	$1,200 [28] (Jimmy reporting from the EPA P3 Expo in Washington, D.C.)A team from the University of New Hampshire is using camel power & a rope & washer system to replace gas power with green technology in the drip type of this in the fields of Niger, one of the world's poorest countries irrigation Buffy	$1,200 [15] Toro ('nuff said) a bull Amanda	$1,600 [19] After a number of scandals as a young man, Pushkin was banished to this Ukrainian peninsula the Crimean Joe	$1,200 [8] Great White _____ Diamond Hope Buffy
$1,600 [24] Made from coral reefs and sand, Diego Garcia is one of these ring-shaped islands surrounding a lagoon an atoll Joe	$1,600 [4] Emperor Joseph II, Antonio Salieri Amadeus Amanda	$1,600 [29] (Sarah reporting from the EPA P3 Expo in Washington, D.C.)You might not think of turning manure into a resource, but a team from Western Washington University did; it's powering a hybrid engine using this bio-gas: CH4 methane Joe	$1,600 [16] A reptile: tortuga a tortoise Amanda	$2,000 [20] The life of this 16th century czar was good enough to inspire a classic play written by Pushkin in 1825 Boris Godunov Joe	$1,600 [9] Ride the _____ goodbye wave
$2,000 [25] Diego Garcia is about equidistant from Mauritius & this island country off the southern coast of India Sri Lanka Amanda	DD $3,000 [5] Molly Brown, Jack Dawson Titanic Amanda	$2,000 [30] (Jimmy reporting from the EPA P3 Expo in Washington, D.C.)Using solar power to kill water-borne bacteria at temperatures below the boiling point, Rochester Institute of Technology's team saves energy while accomplishing this, named for a 19th century French scientist Pasteurization Amanda	$2,000 [17] A bird: paloma a dove Buffy	DD $3,000 [18] Pushkin's masterpiece, the verse novel "Eugene Onegin" was turned into an opera by this fellow Russian Tchaikovsky Buffy	$2,000 [10] The long _____ hare march Buffy

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS ENGLISHMEN

Andrew Carnegie's future fortune & career were inspired by an 1873 visit with this inventor & engineer

Henry Bessemer

Buffy "Who was Watt" — wagered $8,800

Joe "Who is A.G. Bell?" — wagered $9,000

Amanda "Who was Besmer?" — wagered $4,000

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