Show #3932 2001-10-09 (taped 2001-08-21) Regular

(Sofia: I'm Sofia of the Clue Crew. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to be onJeopardy!, but you do if you want to workhere.Jeopardy!'s next.)

Contestants

Andrea Yanes — a high school biology teacher from Brookline, Massachusetts

George Evanko — a public relations executive from Washington, D.C.

Rod Sanders — a master control operator from Corpus Christi, Texas (whose 4-day cash winnings total $31,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Rod	$300	$2,000	$6,200	$4,500 3rd place: a trip to Eden Roc Resort, Miami Beach	$6,800 24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
George	$1,700	$2,100	$3,500	$7,000 New champion: $7,000	$3,500 11 R, 4 W
Andrea	$300	$1,500	$3,900	$6,900 2nd place: a trip to St. James's Club, Antigua	$4,100 12 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

JPL	"NEW" GEOGRAPHY	TOP 40 DEBUTS	1946	HAVE FUN	SOME CHOICE 4-LETTER WORDS
$100 [26] (Sofia of the Clue Crew is at the JPL in Pasadena.) The inflatable rover, in action here, was designed like the Sojourner rover to crawl over this planet Mars Rod	$100 [17] The first road constructed in this state after the Europeans arrived was along the Rio Grande New Mexico Rod	$100 [6] 1974:"Piano Man" Billy Joel Rod	$100 [11] Boosting membership to 54, Afghanistan, Iceland & Sweden all joined this organization on November 11, 1946 United Nations Andrea	$100 [12] It's what you're doing when you're "cutting a rug" dancing Andrea	$100 [1] Last name of 2 presidents, or a small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant Bush Rod
$200 [27] JPL spacecraft have visited every planet in our solar system except this one Pluto Rod	$200 [18] This country's North Island is on the Australian Continental Plate; South Island is on the Pacific Plate New Zealand Rod	$200 [7] 1973:"Space Oddity" David Bowie Rod	$200 [22] Now docked in Long Beach, CA. this ship docked in New York on February 10, 1946 with 1,666 British war brides aboard the Queen Mary George	$200 [13] Ecclesiastes says, "A man hath no better thing under the sun than to eat, and to drink and to be" this merry George	$200 [2] The little sister of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or Tony Orlando's backup singers Dawn George
$300 [28] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the JPL in Pasadena.) The thermal vacuum chamber can cool to 5 degrees Kelvin, which is 5 above this hypothetical point absolute zero Rod	$300 [19] Once the capital of New Netherland, New York City was originally named this New Amsterdam Rod	$300 [8] 1974:"Mandy" Barry Manilow Rod Andrea	$300 [23] This former first lady suffered minor injuries when she crashed her car in Yonkers, N.Y. on August 14, 1946 Eleanor Roosevelt George	$300 [14] You've let loose when this animal precedes "around" or "play" horse Andrea	$300 [3] "I'm gonna live forever...light up the sky like a flame...baby remember my name" & also this tune Fame Rod
$400 [29] JPL was transferred from Army control in 1958 to this newly created government agency NASA George	$400 [20] It was the first American colony to declare its independence from Great Britain in 1776 New Hampshire George	$400 [9] 1970:"Your Song" Elton John George	DD $300 [25] This 50-year-old ex-colonel was elected president of Argentina on March 28, 1946 Juan Peron Andrea	$400 [15] Spelled one way, it's to have casino fun; spelled another, it's delightful skipping gamble/gambol Rod	$400 [4] It's a still, deep place in a stream; I lost $5 in our office one for the Super Bowl pool George
$500 [30] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the JPL in Pasadena.) Scientists at JPL are learning to navigate a vessel close to this type of celestial body, Latin for "long-haired star" comet George Andrea	$500 [21] This Connecticut city, one of the first planned communities, was also the first to have antipoverty programs, in 1962 New Haven Rod	$500 [10] 1975:"Love To Love You Baby" Donna Summer George Andrea	$400 [24] In 1946 this dictator said the world was divided into "two camps" & war was inevitable while capitalism existed Joseph Stalin Andrea	$500 [16] Fancy, as in what's tickled when you are amused, is a shortened form of this word fantasy Rod Andrea	$500 [5] Old English for "to stuff", it's what you might have done late last night before your appearance here cram Andrea

Double Jeopardy! Round

McGRAW-HILL	LITTLE BROWN	OXFORD	FACTS ON FILE	POMEGRANATE PRESS	RANDOM HOUSES
$200 [15] While growing up, one of Tim McGraw's heroes was this ballplayer whom he later learned was his father Tug McGraw George	$200 [7] There are little brown & big brown species of this winged cave dweller bats Rod	$200 [13] At Oxford, to be "sent" in this direction is to be expelled down George Andrea	$200 [2] The constellation Crux points to this pole South Pole Rod	$200 [22] This gem seenheregot its name because of its pomegranate-like color garnet George	$200 [1] One can hold hunters, caretakers or beavers lodge Rod
$400 [16] While Faith Hill hails from Mississippi, Tim McGraw grew up in Richland Parish in this state Louisiana Rod	$400 [8] 3-letter term for a little brown young member of Ursus arctos (bear) cub Rod	$400 [14] The ceremony called Encaenia awards this type of degree, as in 2000 to Judi Dench honorary degree Rod	$400 [3] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Santa Monica Pier.) These planes named after their wing configurations were flown by the Wright Bros. but disappeared after World War II biplanes Rod	$400 [23] Because she ate his pomegranate seeds, Persephone had to return to his underground home for 4 months every year Hades Rod	$400 [12] Often having a veranda, this single-storied, gable-roofed cozy little house is "of Bengal" bungalow Andrea
$600 [25] Let it out nice & slow... it's the name of Faith's No. 1 album that includes the hit "The Way You Love Me" Breathe George	$600 [9] This small "nutty" bird may be red-breasted, white-breasted or brown-headed nuthatch	$600 [20] This is the usual word that combines the names of Oxford & its main rival Oxbridge (Oxford & Cambridge) Andrea	$600 [4] He experimented with prisms & published his theories on light & color in 1704's "Opticks" Sir Isaac Newton	$800 [27] "Madonna of the Pomegranate" is one of the many Madonnas in the Uffizi by this "Venus on the Half Shell" artist Sandro Botticelli Rod Andrea	$600 [17] A small house by the lake known for its "cheese" or "industry" cottage Rod
$800 [26] Tim & Faith kindled their relationship during this 1995 concert tour; it also means to catch fire without an outside source "Spontaneous Combustion" Andrea	$800 [10] This small rodent whose name rhymes with mole is closely related to the lemming vole Andrea	$800 [21] Oxonians do it in a flat-bottomed boat in summer term; across the pond we do it on fourth down punt Rod	$800 [5] Jan Van Riebeeck led the first European settlement of what would become this South African seaport Cape Town Rod	DD $1,200 [24] Pomegranate syrup is sold under this name grenadine Rod	$1,000 [19] John Patrick's post-WWII comedy was this "of the August Moon" Teahouse George
—	$1,000 [11] This small mouselike animal makes up the largest family among the insectivores shrew	—	$1,000 [6] The Mayflower had to return to port twice because of this leaky companion ship, then left it behind the Speedwell	—	DD $1,400 [18] From the name of a hill in Rome, it's an official residence of a ruler or archbishop palace Rod

Final Jeopardy!

WOMEN AUTHORS

In 1935 she sent a telegram to a Macmillan editor: "Please send manuscript back I've changed my mind"

Margaret Mitchell ( Gone with the Wind )

George "Who is Margaret Mitchell?" — wagered $3,500

Andrea "Who is Margaret Mitchell?" — wagered $3,000

Rod "Who is Agatha Christie?" — wagered $1,700

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