Show #2937 1997-05-13 (taped 1997-02-25) College Championship

1997 College Championship quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

Bill McKinley — a sophomore from Wittenberg University

Leslie Campisi — a sophomore from Loyola University (New Orleans)

Oliver Baptiste — a senior from William Paterson College

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Oliver	$-300	$200	$1,600	$2,600 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$1,600 10 R, 5 W
Leslie	$900	$2,700	$7,000	$5,500 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$7,700 19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Bill	$2,300	$4,400	$11,200	$12,400 Automatic semifinalist	$11,000 27 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH HISTORY	IVY LEAGUE COLLEGES	QUOTATIONS	ANIMALS	MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS	THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
$100 [5] Laws of 1911 & 1949 left this upper house of Parliament with only delaying powers House of Lords Bill	$100 [2] In 1861 this New Haven, Connecticut school awarded America's first Ph.D. Yale Bill	$100 [18] This Spanish cubist said, "I am only a public entertainer who has understood his time" Pablo Picasso Bill	$100 [11] Sadly, this "giant" bearlike mammal of China is on the endangered list Giant panda Bill	$100 [1] The snare & timpani are 2 of the most popular types of these Drums Bill	$100 [26] X marks the spot where he won a Best Actor Award for "The X-Files" David Duchovny Leslie
$200 [13] 8th C. King Offa built a 170-mile north-south dike that still partly marks the border of England & this country Wales Oliver Bill	$200 [3] Benjamin Franklin was one of the founders of this school, the first in America designated a university University of Pennsylvania Oliver	$200 [19] This "True Grit" star advised actors, "Talk low, talk slow, and don't say too much" John Wayne Bill	$200 [17] Among the largest flying birds are the California & Andean species of these Condor Leslie Bill	$200 [4] This valveless instrument used for military calls was originally a hunting horn Bugle Oliver Leslie	$200 [27] X marks the spot where she won a Best Actress Award for "The X-Files" Gillian Anderson Oliver
$300 [14] He was 65 when he began his term as prime minister May 10, 1940 Winston Churchill Bill	$400 [7] The John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library is part of this university in Providence, Rhode Island Brown Oliver	$300 [20] This Swiss psychiatrist said the worst problems "can never be solved but only outgrown" Carl Jung Oliver Bill	$300 [23] This domesticated pack animal & its relative the alpaca were referred to as Peruvian sheep by the Spanish Llama Oliver	$300 [8] This instrument that's about half the size of a flute is the smallest woodwind in an orchestra Piccolo Leslie	$300 [28] This "3rd Rock From The Sun" winner told the foreign press, "We aliens have to stick together" John Lithgow Oliver
$400 [15] This monarch on whom the Magna Carta was forced has been called "the worst king ever to rule England" King John Bill	DD $500 [6] The 2 Ivy League colleges located in New York state Columbia & Cornell Bill	$400 [21] In 1875 this church founder wrote, "Jesus...was the most scientific man that ever trod the globe" Mary Baker Eddy Bill	$400 [24] The AKC classifies the miniature schnauzer as a breed within this dog group Terrier Bill	$400 [9] "Weird Al" Yankovic is noted for playing this instrument, as was Lawrence Welk Accordion Leslie	$400 [29] On winning her third Golden Globe, she graciously said half of it "belongs...to Paul Reiser" Helen Hunt Leslie
$500 [16] World condemnation made the 1956 British-French occupation of this canal a disaster Suez Canal Leslie	$500 [12] In a famous court case, Daniel Webster defended this college against government intervention Dartmouth Bill	$500 [22] "I will make you shorter by a head" was one of this Tudor queen's favorite sayings Elizabeth I Bill	$500 [25] Related to corals, this sea creature has been described as "the best known of the so-called flower animals" Sea anemone Leslie	$500 [10] This lowest-pitched member of the violin family stands about 6 feet tall a bass violin Oliver	$500 [30] Geoffrey Rush positively glowed when he won for playing pianist David Helfgott in this film Shine Leslie

Double Jeopardy! Round

FIRST LADIES	THE OLYMPICS	LAKES & RIVERS	GENERAL SCIENCE	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	POETS & POETRY
$200 [1] Too distraught, she did not attend the 1865 funeral of her assassinated husband Mary Todd Lincoln Oliver	$200 [23] Country that netted the men's & women's gold in basketball at the Atlanta games USA Bill	$200 [14] This river flows from its source in Turkey to the Shatt al Arab, where it unites with the Tigris the Euphrates Leslie	$200 [19] Archaeologists measure the fluorine in these animal remains to determine their relative age Bones Bill	$200 [3] In 1996 this fast food chain introduced its "Deluxe Line" for grown-ups McDonald's Leslie	$200 [4] He wrote an ode called "On The Morning Of Christ's Nativity" decades before "Paradise Lost" John Milton Leslie
$400 [2] Our second first lady, she was married to the future president by her father, a minister Abigail Adams Bill	$400 [27] The last summer games of the 20th century will be the 2000 games in this harbor city down under Sydney, Australia Leslie	$400 [15] Deposits of silt are causing this longest Italian river's delta to advance into the Adriatic several feet per year the Po Bill	$400 [22] Ideally, this, the apparent boundary between the sky & the Earth, is at 90 degrees from the zenith Horizon Oliver	$400 [7] This Internet provider's 1996 switch to flat-rate pricing generated more business than it could handle America Online Oliver	$400 [5] "Unlike are we, unlike, o princely heart!" begins one of her "Sonnets From The Portuguese" Elizabeth Barrett Browning Leslie
$600 [8] As first lady during World War II, she traveled abroad to visit American troops Eleanor Roosevelt Oliver	$600 [28] In track & field the marathon is the longest run; the second longest is this many meters 10,000 Oliver	DD $700 [16] Near the German-Dutch border this river splits into 2 channels:the Lek & the Vaal Rhine Leslie	$600 [24] Pumice is a variety of this type of rock formed when lava cools Igneous Leslie Bill	$600 [11] In 1996 Michael Jordan starred in this shoe company's first live sports production, "Hoop Heroes" in Japan Nike Leslie	$600 [6] British author who wrote, "'The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things...'" Lewis Carroll Bill
$800 [9] Her first date with the future president was for drinks at a Grand Rapids, Michigan bar in 1947 Betty Ford Bill	$800 [29] Gimme 5 & gimme the name of this "modern" event Pentathlon Bill	$800 [17] Cities on this river include Louisville, Cincinnati & Wheeling, West Virginia Ohio River Leslie	$800 [25] The neon in a sign produces light when electricity ionizes it into this fourth state of matter Plasma Oliver Bill	$800 [20] This third-largest U.S. automaker owns Dollar & Thrifty Car Rental agencies Chrysler Bill	$800 [12] You might read this New Englander's blank verse play "A Masque of Reason" "On A Snowy Evening" Robert Frost Leslie
$1,000 [10] In 1934 she graduated from the University of Texas Lady Bird Johnson Bill	$1,000 [30] One of the team members in this winter Olympic sport is called the driver Bobsledding Leslie	$1,000 [18] A short channel connects this large lake with the Gulf of Venezuela Lake Maracaibo Leslie	$1,000 [26] This creator of the Periodic Table has an element named for him in the actinide series Dmitri Mendeleev Bill	$1,000 [21] In 1993 Gold Bond-Good Humor merged with this "All Natural" ice cream company Breyers Leslie	DD $1,000 [13] After she died in 1886, her sister Lavinia discovered hundreds of her poems in little handsewn booklets Emily Dickinson Leslie

Final Jeopardy!

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

It's the first in a trilogy of books that also includes "In the Night Kitchen" & "Outside Over There"

Where the Wild Things Are

Oliver "What is Where the Wild Things Are?" — wagered $1,000

Leslie "What is Goodnight Moon?" — wagered $1,500

Bill "What is Where the Wild Things Are?" — wagered $1,200

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