2001 College Championship quarterfinal game 5.From the campus at UCLA.(Jimmy: [Austrian accent] I'm Jimmy of the Clue Crew.Flex your mental muscle. We're here to pump... [claps]you up... next onJeopardy!)
Brett Dvorak — a junior at Indiana University from Granger, Indiana
Mysti Kofford — a junior at Boston University from New Orleans, Louisiana
Thomas Zamora — a junior at the University of Southern California from Cypress, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas | $1,700 | $2,400 | $8,200 |
$14,801
Automatic semifinalist |
$8,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Mysti | $500 | $2,400 | $7,400 |
$7,600
2nd place: $2,500 if eliminated |
$7,300
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Brett | $700 | $1,000 | $3,300 |
$6,600
3rd place: $2,500 if eliminated |
$3,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| YOU SEE "LA" | STATE CAPITALS OF THE WORLD | RELIGION | GUINNESS RECORDS | PATRIOTIC SONGS | 20th CENTURY NOVELS |
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$100
[4]
A major New York City airport
La Guardia
Mysti
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$100
[15]
25 miles north of Terre Haute in this state, you'll find Parke County, the Covered Bridge Capital of the World
Indiana
Mysti
|
$100
[2]
The world headquarters for this religion is in Salt Lake City, Utah
Mormon
Brett
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$100
[22]
Guinness lists the official altitude record for this soaring sport as 14,250.69 feet
hang gliding
Mysti
|
$100
[13]
Colorful images in this patriotic classic include "purple mountain majesties" & "amber waves of grain"
"America The Beautiful"
Mysti
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$100
[1]
In a 1961 Joseph Heller novel, "There was only one catch and that was" this
Catch-22
Brett
|
|
$200
[5]
Revolutionary hero seen here
Lafayette
Thomas
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$200
[18]
Most cities would cringe, but Hidalgo in this U.S. state embraced being the Killer Bee Capital
Texas
Brett
|
$200
[3]
This sacred text contains the revelations of Allah to the Prophet Muhammad
the Koran
Mysti
|
$200
[23]
A woman from Cyprus spent a record 6 days trapped in one of these, & probably without muzak
an elevator
Brett
|
$200
[14]
This anthem is sung to the tune of the old drinking song "To Anacreon In Heaven"
"The Star-Spangled Banner"
Brett
|
$200
[10]
The narrator of his "Remembrance of Things Past" is named Marcel
Marcel Proust
|
|
$300
[6]
North American team sport played with a netted stick
lacrosse
Brett
|
$300
[19]
A killer place to visit is the Shark's Tooth Capital of the world in Sarasota County in this state
Florida
Brett
|
$300
[7]
During religious services, Jewish boys & men traditionally wear these skullcaps
yarmulkes
Thomas
|
$300
[24]
This 70-something actor is listed as the oldest racing driver
Paul Newman
Thomas
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$300
[28]
Kate Smith blessed the world with the first public rendition of this Irving Berlin song in 1938
"God Bless America"
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$300
[11]
The 8,000-copy first printing of this 1967 Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel sold out in a week
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Thomas
|
|
DD
$500
[16]
Home of Sancho Panza's partner
La Mancha
Mysti
|
$400
[20]
Miss USA, not Al Gore, was grand marshal at this state's Mule-lennium Party in Columbia, the Mule Capital
Tennessee
Mysti
|
$400
[8]
This form of Buddhism developed in China in the 500s, then later spread to Japan
Zen
Thomas
Mysti
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$400
[26]
Someone get this man a burger! He's starred in more TV ads than any other company founder
Dave Thomas
Mysti
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$400
[30]
Originally released in 1984, this Lee Greenwood crowd pleaser is back on the charts in 2001
"God Bless The USA"
Brett
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$400
[12]
This Catherine Marshall novel became a TV series with Kellie Martin teaching in the Appalachians
Christy
Mysti
|
|
$500
[17]
It confined the Minotaur
a labyrinth
Thomas
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$500
[21]
Vidalia is not only this state's official vegetable but the city that's the Sweet Onion Capital of the World
Georgia
Mysti
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$500
[9]
During a visit to Connecticut in 1741 he delivered his "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon
Jonathan Edwards
Thomas
|
$500
[27]
Using dishwashing liquid, glycerol, water & a wand, Alan McKay created one of these 105 feet long
a bubble
Mysti
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$500
[29]
Written by clergyman Samuel Smith, this "country" song has the same melody as "God Save The Queen"
"My Country, 'Tis Of Thee"
Mysti
|
$500
[25]
This E. Annie Proulx novel gives the "News" on Quoyle, a sad man with a huge chin
The Shipping News
Thomas
|
| YOU SEE L.A. | GREEK LETTERS | HODGEPODGE | SWEET NOVEMBER | DAVID E. KELLEY TV | TALK LIKE A SAILOR |
|
$200
[8]
This over 20-mile-long boulevard has great views of the daily event it's named for
Sunset Boulevard
Mysti
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$200
[19]
Dear Pindar, good news: when this Macedonian sacked Thebes in 335 B.C., I hear he spared your house
Alexander the Great
Brett
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$200
[16]
It's the TV cable network that presents "Divas Live"
VH1
Mysti
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$200
[1]
This author of "Roughing It" was born on November 30, 1835
Mark Twain
|
$200
[4]
All was not well in Beantown when Billy, played by Gil Bellows, died of a brain hemorrhage on this Kelley show
Ally McBeal
Mysti
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$200
[26]
All is well if things are on an "even" one of these
keel
Thomas
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|
$400
[10]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew bench presses... with a little help.) I'm doing some reps at this beach in Venice where Hulk Hogan & Schwarzenegger pumped up
Muscle Beach
Brett
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$400
[20]
Good news, Praxiteles! Copies of your statue of this kind of part-goat guy... I can't keep 'em in stock
a satyr
Thomas
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$400
[17]
While today's pool balls are made of plastic, they used to be made from this valuable substance
ivory
Brett
|
$400
[2]
In Great Britain, every November 5 is his "Day", celebrated with fireworks & bonfires
Guy Fawkes
Brett
|
$400
[5]
All was not well in Beantown when D.A. Richard Bay was gunned down in his car on this ABC drama
The Practice
Mysti
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$400
[27]
"Batten down" these to prepare for trouble
the hatches
Thomas
|
|
$600
[11]
"First thing you know, ol' Jed's a millionaire, kinfolk said, Jed, move away from there" to this city (in song, that is)
Beverly Hills
Brett
|
$600
[21]
Dear Xenophon, I couldn't put down your book "Memorabilia" about this philosopher & his conversations
Socrates
Thomas
Brett
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$600
[18]
Among this state university's songs are "A Hymn To Queens" & "In A Quaint Old Jersey Town"
Rutgers
Mysti
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$600
[3]
On Nov. 28, 1520 this explorer & his ships entered the Pacific Ocean, which he named for its calmness
Magellan
Thomas
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$600
[6]
All was not well in Beantown when teacher Harry Senate couldn't save a gangbanger from his fate on this show
Boston Public
Thomas
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$600
[28]
"To take" this "out of someone's sails" is to make him halt his activity
the wind
Mysti
|
|
$1,000
[13]
This venue, home to the first Super Bowl, was also the site of the 1932 & 1984 Olympic games
the Coliseum
Thomas
Brett
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$800
[22]
Hey guy! Aristophanes sure satirized you in "The Frogs"; it was much funnier than your "Medea"
Euripides
Thomas
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$800
[24]
A cavalry horse named Comanche who survived this 1876 battle is preserved & displayed at a museum in Kansas
Little Bighorn
Thomas
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
On Nov. 10, 1994 this Mideast king made his first official visit to Israel
King Hussein of Jordan
Thomas
|
$800
[7]
After getting shot by a gang member, there was no more hope on this medical drama for Alan Birch
Chicago Hope
Brett
|
$800
[30]
"Lower" this on someone when it's time to make him pay
the boom
Mysti
|
|
DD
$1,100
[12]
In 1989 Martin Sheen, honorary mayor of this beach city, home of Pepperdine U., declared it a nuclear-free zone
Malibu
Brett
|
$1,000
[23]
Dear Aristeides, I can't believe this author paralleled your life with that Roman loser Marcus Cato
Plutarch
Brett
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$1,000
[25]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Central Park.) Some people think Mother Goose was inspired by Queen Goosefoot, the mother of this King of the Franks
Charlemagne
Thomas
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$1,000
[15]
The Continental Congress adopted these on Nov. 15, 1777 & submitted them to the states for ratification
the Articles of Confederation
Brett
|
$1,000
[9]
Spontaneous combustion claimed the mayor of Rome, Wi. on this drama with Ray Walston as Judge Bone
Picket Fences
Mysti
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$1,000
[29]
Someone who's a "loose" one of these can be unpredictable trouble in the making
a cannon
Mysti
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First & last names of the 2 First Ladies who each had a husband & son serve as president
Abigail Adams & Barbara Bush