2001 College Championship quarterfinal game 3.From the campus at UCLA.
Sam Weaver — a sophomore at Bradley University from Pleasanton, California
Susan Haarman — a sophomore at Marquette University from Louisville, Kentucky
Sara Dean — a junior at Syracuse University from Olney, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sara | $1,200 | $2,600 | $10,600 |
$8,100
Automatic semifinalist |
$10,500
23 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Susan | $800 | $900 | $3,700 |
$0
3rd place: $2,500 if eliminated |
$4,700
17 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sam | $300 | $200 | $400 |
$800
2nd place: $2,500 if eliminated |
$400
7 R, 4 W |
| ON THE BOOKSHELF | VIDEO GAME WORLD | SECOND-LARGEST CITIES | STIMULANTS | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | IN THE DICTIONARY |
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$100
[1]
He concludes Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" by saying, "God bless us, every one"
Tiny Tim
Sara
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$100
[6]
To compete with the Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft has the Xbox & this company has the Game Cube
Nintendo
Sam
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$100
[11]
Alexandria
Egypt
Sam
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$100
[26]
This stimulant is considered the most commonly consumed drug in the U.S.
caffeine
Susan
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$100
[16]
Museum-hopping? You'll find the Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture on this Seattle school's campus
University of Washington
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$100
[21]
This 2-letter word is one of only 4 in the English language in which an F is pronounced like a V
of
Sara
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$200
[2]
The object of Quasimodo's affections, she was later executed for witchcraft
Esmeralda
Susan
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$200
[7]
The game for this 2001 Disney under-the-sea animated feature has a multiplayer online mode
Atlantis
Susan
Sam
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$200
[12]
Quezon City
the Philippines
Susan
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$200
[27]
Because it acts as a bronchodilator, theophylline is used to treat emphysema, bronchitis & this chronic disease
asthma
Susan
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$200
[17]
In 1997 Jodie Foster received an honorary doctorate from this Connecticut university, her alma mater
Yale
Sara
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$200
[22]
Meaning "having imagined while asleep", it's one of the few English words that end with "MT"
dreamt
Susan
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$300
[3]
This old charismatic vampire initiates Louis in "Interview with the Vampire"
Lestat
Sara
Susan
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$300
[8]
"Exile", seen here, is the third installment in this top-selling series
Myst
Sara
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$300
[13]
Thessaloniki
Greece
Sam
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$300
[28]
In the mid-1990s the diet drug with this homophonic name dangerously paired an appetite suppressant & a stimulant
fen-phen
Sara
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$300
[18]
This Nashville school named for a commodore is famed for its Intelligent Robotics Lab
Vanderbilt
Sara
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$300
[23]
This day of the week is the only day with an anagram that's a real English word (it's "dynamo")
Monday
Sam
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DD
$500
[4]
It's the nickname of John Updike's Harry Angstrom
Rabbit
Sara
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$400
[9]
You like action? Hunt for this author's Red Storm games like "Rainbow Six" & "Ghost Recon"
Tom Clancy
Susan
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$400
[14]
Lodz
Poland
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$400
[29]
Often used as rodent poison, this alkaloid has been used medicinally as a tonic & a stimulant
strychnine
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$400
[19]
If you're walking around this Durham, North Carolina university, watch out for gargoyles like the one seen here
Duke
Susan
Sam
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$400
[24]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew pans for gold along the banks of the river at Marshall Gold Discovery Park.) From the Latin for "outlook", he's often depicted as a grizzled man who searches for gold
prospector
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$500
[5]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Central Park.) From up here on Alice's mushroom, I can read lines from this poem that begins, "Twas brillig, and the slithy toves..."
"Jabberwocky"
Susan
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$500
[10]
Dr. Aki Ross, seen here, is from the 2001 film inspired by this game series
Final Fantasy
Susan
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$500
[15]
Mombasa
Kenya
Susan
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$500
[30]
Also called adrenaline, this hormone is used to restore heart rhythm in cardiac arrest
epinephrine
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$500
[20]
To find out more about this East Coast university, check out the online version of its Encyclopedia Brunoniana
Brown University
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$500
[25]
The shortest name of a scientific "-ology" is this one that means the study of eggs
oology
Sara
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| ANT HISTORY | FUN WITH FUNGUS | DIAGNOSIS MURDER | 2 OUT OF 3 AIN'T BAD | TAKE ME TO THE THEATRE! | FORWARDS & BACK-WORDS |
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$200
[9]
The first stone for this Roman basilica was laid in 1506, following the plan of Italian architect Donato Bramante
St. Peter's
Susan
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$200
[21]
Like the breathing organs of fish, some fungi have openings called these
gills
Susan
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$200
[26]
Drew a chalk outline near the Roman Senate for this man in 44 B.C.; perps used knives
Julius Caesar
Sara
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$200
[1]
Of Kix, Trix & Crispix, this cereal maker makes 2
General Mills
Sam
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$200
[4]
I'm crazy about dancing dinnerware, so "be my guest" at a performance of this Disney musical
Beauty and the Beast
Sara
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$200
[14]
A woodwind mouth part & a hoofed, ruminant mammal
reed & deer
Sara
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$400
[10]
The Louvre's sculpture of this Greek goddess of Samothrace is also called "Winged Victory"
Nike
Susan
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$400
[22]
This name is used to identify plants that consist of both algae & fungi
lichen
Susan
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$400
[27]
A real Greek tragedy: this future king of Thebes offed his old man & shacked up with his mom
Oedipus
Sara
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$400
[2]
Solids & stripes & dots, oh my! Willie Mosconi only sank 2 of the 3 in this game
pool
|
$400
[5]
Thou shalt not miss "Thou Shalt Not" because it features songs by this singer & pianist seen here
Harry Connick
Sam
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$400
[15]
A heavenly body & long-tailed rodents
star & rats
Susan
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$800
[12]
This painter married Diego Rivera in 1929, divorced him in 1939 & married him again in 1940
Frida Kahlo
Susan
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$600
[23]
Buy them a beer! These fungi cause the fermentation that produces alcoholic beverages
yeast
Sara
Sam
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$600
[28]
This advisor to Czar Nicholas II was poisoned, shot & drowned in 1916; guess we can rule out suicide
Rasputin
Sara
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$600
[3]
Of 1001, 2001 & 3001, only 2 were odyssey years for this author's space tales
Arthur C. Clarke
Susan
Sam
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$600
[6]
You might find "Me And Bobby McGee" at "Love, Janis", the Off-Broadway show about this '60s singer
Janis Joplin
Sara
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$600
[16]
A starchy, tuberous root & the month it can be planted
yam & May
Sara
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|
DD
$1,000
[11]
The influence of Cubism on this artist is apparent in the work seen here
Piet Mondrian
Susan
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$800
[24]
Tinea pedis is the technical name for this fungal sports malady
athlete's foot
Sara
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$800
[29]
This mobster who developed Vegas was rubbed out in his girlfriend's mansion in 1947; forget it, Jake, it's Beverly Hills
(Benjamin) "Bugsy" Siegel
Sara
Susan
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$800
[19]
Of Oscar, Tony & Grammy, Yul Brynner picked up 2 of the 3 in the 1950s for his role in this
The King and I
Sara
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$800
[7]
"Let's Do The Time Warp" at this musical that does not--repeat, does not--have the word "Picture" in its title
The Rocky Horror Show
Sam
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DD
$800
[17]
To arrange the video & audio of a film & the rise & fall of the ocean
edit & tide
Sara
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$1,000
[13]
This society painter's "Portrait of Madame X" seenherecaused such a scandal that he left Paris for London
John Singer Sargent
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$1,000
[25]
Fungi are distinguished from other plants by a lack of this green pigment
chlorophyll
Sara
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$1,000
[30]
Found this revolutionary in a bloody bathtub in 1793 France; had to get a painter to recreate the crime scene
(Jean-Paul) Marat
Sara
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$1,000
[20]
Of furniture, handicrafts & babies, this Quaker offshoot led by Ann Lee makes only 2 of the 3
the Shakers
Susan
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$1,000
[8]
I could see this long-running musical over & over because I'm nuts about the song "Seasons Of Love"
Rent
Susan
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$1,000
[18]
The Greek god of love & having aches & pains
Eros & sore
Sara
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Of the 4 state capitals named for U.S. presidents, it's the one that's farthest south
Jackson, Mississippi