Show #4291 2003-04-07 (taped 2002-12-11) Regular

Contestants

Dave Tawney — an attorney from Pickerington, Ohio

Sarah Gaymon — a computer systems analyst from Gambrills, Maryland

Andy Vandiver — a director of operations from McLeansville, North Carolina (whose 2-day cash winnings total $44,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Andy	$1,000	$6,000	$6,900	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$9,600 21 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Sarah	$5,900	$7,300	$14,300	$13,801 New champion: $13,801	$12,200 16 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Dave	$1,000	$1,800	$2,200	$4,300 2nd place: $2,000	$2,200 8 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

WALLS OF FAME	SAVE ROOM FOR DESSERT	MOVIE SPORTSMEN	HAIRY	TRUMAN	THE "BUCK" STOPS HERE
$200 [1] Shi Huangdi of the Qin Dynasty started this wall in the 200s B.C. Great Wall of China Andy	$200 [3] Usually yellow, this cake with a springy texture shares its name with something else found in your kitchen sponge cake Andy	$200 [18] 1942:Gary Cooper as this dependable New York Yankee Lou Gehrig Andy	$200 [16] The feet of this arctic ursine creature are partly webbed & have hairy soles to help with traction polar bear Andy	$200 [26] During the Korean War, Truman replaced this commanding general with General Matthew Ridgway MacArthur Andy	$200 [11] Victoria was the first reigning monarch to live here Buckingham Palace Andy
$400 [2] The lifetime of this miles-long wall was 1961 to 1989 Berlin Wall Sarah	$400 [5] Type of cookie tortured by Lord Farquaad in "Shrek" gingerbread (man) Andy	$400 [19] 1977:Muhammad Ali as this man he knows quite well Muhammad Ali Dave	$400 [17] This great ape's name comes from a Greek word referring to a legendary tribe of hairy women gorilla Dave	$400 [27] Harry Truman served with distinction as a captain of artillery during this war World War I Andy	$400 [12] From the Spanish for "cowboy", it's a cowhand who breaks wild horses buckaroo Dave
$600 [4] The Life of Moses by Botticelli is on the south wall of this Italian room but the ceiling gets more P.R. the Sistine Chapel Sarah	$600 [8] After assembling your Charlotte Russe, put it in this appliance for a few hours before serving refrigerator Sarah	$600 [20] 1984:Dorian Harewood as this Olympic hero of 1936 Jesse Owens Andy	$600 [23] The name of this type of insect larva is from the late Latin for "hairy cat" caterpillar Sarah	$600 [28] Nationalists from this U.S. possession tried to assassinate Truman in 1950 Puerto Rico Andy	$600 [13] Any Ohioan Buckeye Dave
$800 [6] Yaz knows "The Green Monster", the left field wall in this Major League venue, is 37 feet high Fenway Park Dave	$1,000 [10] As their name implies, these Italian crisp cookies are "twice-baked" biscotti	$800 [21] 1940:Pat O'Brien as this Norwegian-born coach Knute Rockne Dave	$800 [24] Hairy Himalayans herded here yaks Sarah	$800 [29] Truman celebrated his 71st birthday in 1955 by breaking ground for his presidential library in this Missouri city Independence Andy Dave	$800 [14] He's the bestselling spy novelist seen here William Buckley Sarah
$1,000 [7] There was a small fort every mile of this 73-mile-long English wall Hadrian's Wall Sarah	DD $1,500 [9] This dessert won the top prize in a Dole recipe contest in 1925 pineapple upside-down cake Sarah	$1,000 [22] 1999:Denzel Washington as this imprisoned pugilist Hurricane Carter Andy	$1,000 [25] There are bird-eating & trap door varieties in this hairy spider family tarantula Andy	$1,000 [30] Shortly after leaving office as Truman's Vice President, he was reelected to the U.S. Senate from Kentucky Alben Barkley	$1,000 [15] A horse-drawn carriage with a flexible, mounted seat buckboard Sarah

Double Jeopardy! Round

MAN IN SPACE	AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSIC MAKERS	HISTORIC FRIENDS	MATERIALS	GET YOUR MAPS OUT	HELP ME WITH THIS CROSSWORD!
$400 [7] (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Johnson Space Center in Houston.) The Apollo 17 command module jettisoned this on Dec 15, 1972; hey, they were done with it lunar module Dave	$400 [12] Hits by this "Godfather of Soul" include 1969's "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud" James Brown Andy	$400 [21] Ancient Greek scientist Archytas of Tarentum was a friend of this man who gave his name to a type of friendship Plato Sarah	$400 [6] Kneading develops proteins in this stretchy stuff so it can rise to make bread dough Andy	$400 [1] This country's northernmost point is on Ellesmere Island Canada Andy	$400 [26] 23 Across:Lowly, as labor menial Sarah
$800 [8] His doctoral thesis was on the rendezvous of piloted spacecraft & he had his own rendezvous with Armstrong Buzz Aldrin	$800 [13] In 1955 this "royal" singer had 7 Top 40 hits, including "If I May" & "Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup" Nat King Cole Dave	$800 [22] John Forster, this man's closest friend, was portrayed as Mr. Podsnap in his "Our Mutual Friend" Dickens Andy	$800 [17] Engineers have built on the work of T.Y. Lin, developer of the "pre-stressed" type of this material concrete	$800 [2] You'll find Moscow & Paris in this U.S. state that's also home to the Craters of the Moon Idaho Andy Dave	$800 [27] 15 Across:Calabrian omelette frittata Sarah
$1,200 [9] In Gemini 5, this man called "Gordo" became the first man to make a second orbital flight Cooper Andy	$1,200 [14] As a boy, this master of bebop sax moved to Kansas City, Mo. (a jazz hotbed) from Kansas City, Kansas (not) (Charlie) Parker Andy	$1,200 [23] This science fiction giant who wrote "The Door Into Summer" was "Bob" to his friend L. Ron Hubbard Robert Heinlein Andy	$1,200 [18] It's used in light bulbs because with the highest melting point of any metal it just keeps glowing tungsten Sarah	$1,200 [3] Beihai in China & Haiphong in Vietnam are ports on this gulf Gulf of Tonkin Sarah	—
$1,600 [10] More people visited this Russian space station, launched in 1986, than all previous stations combined Mir Dave	$1,600 [15] (Hi, I'm Buddy Guy.) I'm gonna play a blues number by this Delta blues legend Robert Johnson Dave	$1,600 [24] Reporter Lorena Hickok (1893-1968) was a friend of this first lady for 30 years Eleanor Roosevelt	$1,600 [19] Cryosurgery for the skin usually employs this gaseous element in liquid form, at about -260 degrees nitrogen Andy	$2,000 [5] The Moldau River flows through this city that was the site of a famous 1618 defenestration Prague Sarah	—
$2,000 [11] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Johnson Space Center.) I'm in a trainer for this 1973-74 program that tried to find out how weightlessness affected astronauts Skylab	$2,000 [16] This black soprano born in Augusta, Georgia made "conquests" in roles like Jocasta & Aida Jessye Norman Andy Sarah	$2,000 [25] This friend & assistant to J. Edgar Hoover rose to FBI Associate Director in 1947 Clyde Tolson	DD $2,700 [20] It's the popular & durable 4-letter wood seen here teak Andy	DD $3,000 [4] Patagonia includes the Argentine part of this archipelago Tierra del Fuego Sarah	—

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN LITERATURE

Author of the 1889 novel that opens, "Camelot, Camelot... I don't seem to remember hearing of it before"

Mark Twain

Dave "Who is Twain?" — wagered $2,100

Andy "Who is TH White?" — wagered $6,900

Sarah "Who was?" — wagered $499

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