Show #4278 2003-03-19 (taped 2002-12-03) Regular

(Sarah: This isJeopardy!Clue Crew member Sarah Whitcomb, callsign "Whitty"; keep a tight formation around your TV set for clues about theBlue Angels. Roger, over and out!)

Contestants

David Frazee — an intellectual property attorney originally from Arkansas City, Kansas

Erica Weinberg — a medical student from Oceanside, New York

Amanda Potocky — a senior clinical data coordinator from Cary, North Carolina (whose 3-day cash winnings total $38,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amanda	$0	$1,400	$12,400	$14,400 2nd place: $2,000	$12,600 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Erica	$2,800	$2,400	$6,800	$6,300 3rd place: $1,000	$8,800 12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
David	$2,400	$4,800	$19,600	$24,800 New champion: $24,800	$18,800 23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

LANGUAGES	MAD	SPORTS	WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?	"LESS" IS MORE	VEGAS, BABY
$200 [12] Scholars agree that the oldest form of this language can be found in the song of Deborah in Judges Hebrew David	$200 [6] TV host seen here on the cover of Mad Magazine Jeff Probst David	$200 [1] Ben Crenshaw & Phil Mickelson are the only 3-time winners of this college sport's championship tournament golf Amanda	$200 [17] Like Ptolemy, about whom he wrote, Theon placed this body in the center of the cosmos Earth Amanda Erica	$200 [11] Type of whisper in the title of a Wham! hit Careless Erica	$200 [26] An illusion, a fantasy, a pipe dream, or a Las Vegas hotel Mirage Amanda
$400 [13] This language is known by its speakers as Nederlands Dutch David	$400 [7] What made this Mel Gibson character mad was outlaw bikers killing his wife & kid Max Erica	$400 [2] (I'm Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett) This man was my coach for my first 11 seasons in the NFL Tom Landry David	$400 [18] Theon's home of Smyrna is now called Izmir & is one of the chief seaports of this country of Asia Minor Turkey Erica	$400 [20] It's Southwest Airlines' name for the paper-free type of travel it introduced on all routes in January 1995 Ticketless Amanda	$400 [27] A legendary weapon that emerged from a lake, or a Las Vegas hotel Excalibur Amanda
$600 [14] Of Inka, Dinka or Doo, an actual language spoken in southern Sudan Dinka David	$600 [8] Back in the '60s Sue Kaufman wrote the "Diary of a Mad" this Housewife Erica	$600 [3] In 1994, at age 45, he became heavyweight boxing champ again & was the AP's Male Athlete of the Year George Foreman Erica	$600 [19] Theon's greatest work, available on Amazon.com, has mathematics useful for understanding this "Republic" author Plato Amanda	$600 [21] Putting it before "Communism", Harry Truman popularized the use of this word meaning "atheistic" godless David	$600 [28] The European playground seen here, or a Las Vegas hotel Monte Carlo Amanda Erica
$800 [15] More than 375 languages & dialects are spoken in this country's Madhya Pradesh state India David	$800 [9] Clicking on the Encarta index entry of Mad Anthony will take you to this man Anthony Wayne Amanda	$800 [4] He was director of athletics at NYC's Downtown Athletic Club from 1928 to 1936 John Heisman David	$800 [24] Writing on these, Theon covers, among others, the circular, oblong, prime & even ones numbers David	$800 [22] (Video clue of a pair of glasses; text unavailable due to sound problems) rimless Amanda Erica	DD $2,000 [29] The bird Phoenicopterus ruber roseus, or a Las Vegas hotel Flamingo Erica
$1,000 [16] Gaspar Karolyi's translation of the Bible in 1590 was influential in the development of this as a national language Hungarian Erica David	$1,000 [10] The Cold War nuclear balance was known as "MAD", mutually assured this destruction Amanda David	$1,000 [5] In the 1992-93 season this Pittsburgh Penguin missed 24 games but still won the NHL scoring title Mario Lemieux David	$1,000 [25] Theon seems to have lived at the same time that this Roman emperor was building his famous wall Hadrian Amanda	$1,000 [23] Jean-Paul Belmondo is the cool criminal Michel in this French New Wave classic Breathless David	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE BLUE ANGELS	TONY-WINNING COMPOSERS	SPEECH! SPEECH!	FEDERAL AID PROGRAMS	"A" PLUS	LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER
$400 [26] (Sarah of the Clue Crew riding in a Blue Angels jet) On takeoff, for a high-performance climb, pilots can experience six times the force of this gravity Amanda	$400 [11] 1980:"Evita" Andrew Lloyd Webber David	$400 [10] Subject of Daniel Webster's March 7, 1850 & Frederick Douglass' July 5, 1852 speeches slavery Amanda	$400 [6] The Black Lung Program benefits those who worked as these, & their widows & their dependents coal miners Amanda	$400 [1] Iran & Pakistan both border this nation Afghanistan David	$400 [21] Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy March have crushes on Rupert Birkin & Gerald Crich in this D.H. Lawrence novel Little Women in Love David
$800 [27] (Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) When the Blue Angels perform the formation known for this precious gem, the jets are only 12 inches apart diamond David	$800 [14] 1993:"The Who's Tommy" Pete Townshend Erica	$800 [12] Nicholas Butler told Columbia grads, "An expert is one who knows more and more about" this and this less and less Amanda	$800 [7] State with the highest average monthly food stamp benefit per person; at over $100, that's a lot of poi Hawaii Amanda	$800 [2] When he launched the comic strip "Dilbert" in 1989, this man was an engineer working for Pacific Bell Scott Adams Amanda	$800 [22] Daisy Miller & Natty Bumppo could have joined forces in a novel by this author Henry James Fenimore Cooper
$1,200 [28] (Sarah of the Clue Crew riding in a Blue Angels jet) With a ceiling of over 50,000 feet, the Blue Angels jets, FA-18s, are known by the name of this insect hornet Amanda	$1,200 [18] 1973:"A Little Night Music" Stephen Sondheim Amanda	$1,200 [15] This onetime governor of Texas delivered the keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic Convention Ann Richards David	DD $1,000 [8] Perkins & Stafford Loans & Pell Grants are for these people college students Amanda	$1,200 [3] In February 1999 several of these killed 38 people in the Austrian towns of Galtur & Valzur avalanches David	$1,600 [24] American ambulance driver Frederic Henry satirizes romantic ideas about war in this work by Hemingway & Shaw A Farewell to Arms and the Man David
$1,600 [29] (Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) Bearing the name of a Greek letter, this classic Blue Angels formation uses all 6 jets Delta Erica	$1,600 [19] 1950:"South Pacific" Richard Rodgers David	$1,600 [16] On July 19, 1988 he was out proclaiming "Keep hope alive" Jesse Jackson David	$1,600 [9] The National School Lunch Program comes from this dept., also concerned with foot-and-mouth disease Agriculture Erica David	$1,600 [4] From Greek words meaning "to watch from both sides", it's a large open arena for public entertainments amphitheatre Erica	DD $2,000 [23] Clym Yeobright comes back home & is killed by Bigger Thomas in this Thomas Hardy-Richard Wright work Return of the Native Son David
$2,000 [30] (Sarah of the Clue Crew on the tarmac) Using only 5 planes, this formation pays tribute to fallen heroes & comrades Missing Man Formation	$2,000 [20] 1949:"Kiss Me, Kate" Cole Porter	$2,000 [17] In 1653 he told the Rump Parliament to get off its rump & "In the name of God, go!" Oliver Cromwell Erica	$2,000 [13] This cabinet department operates over 160 hospitals & has guaranteed over 16 million loans Veterans Affairs Amanda	$2,000 [5] It's the color mentioned in the second line of "America the Beautiful" amber Amanda	$2,000 [25] The horror! The horror! Marlow travels up the Congo to find Kurtz & Rubashov in a totalitarian prison state Heart of Darkness at Noon David

Final Jeopardy!

ALL GOD'S CREATURES

Edison proposed a flying machine based on the flight of this creature, also the subject of a musical work

bumblebee

Erica "What is a firebird?" — wagered $500

Amanda "What is a bumblebee?" — wagered $2,000

David "What is a bumblebee" — wagered $5,200

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