1997 College Championship quarterfinal game 5.
Joel Vaughan — a junior from Duke University
Andrea Pinyan — a junior from Alfred University
Craig Barker — a freshman from the University of Michigan
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig | $600 | $2,000 | $12,200 |
$12,500
Automatic semifinalist |
$11,600
22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Andrea | $1,200 | $2,600 | $5,000 |
$9,000
3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$4,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Joel | $1,200 | $3,500 | $5,300 |
$10,001
2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated |
$5,300
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| STATE CAPITALS | PEOPLE | LOVE | LITERATURE | ANCIENT OCCUPATIONS | THE SIMPSONS |
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$100
[3]
Every spring the Alaska Folk Festival attracts lots of folks to this state capital
Juneau
Joel
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$100
[20]
"You Oughta Know" that her "Jagged Little Pill" is the best-selling debut solo album by a female in the U.S.
Alanis Morissette
Joel
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$100
[7]
An unattractive person is sometimes said to have a "face that only" this person could love
A mother
Joel
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$100
[12]
This English lord dedicated an 1880 volume of poetry to his grandson, who was also named Alfred
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Andrea
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$100
[23]
Mesopotamian brewers made at least 16 different types of this potent potable
Beer
Joel
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$100
[1]
Like the governor of Illinois, the Simpsons live in a city named this
Springfield
Craig
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$200
[8]
The origins of this Idaho city date back to a fort built in 1863 to protect gold miners
Boise
Joel
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$200
[21]
Yes Sir! In January 1997 this former Beatle & former leader of Wings was made a knight
Paul McCartney
Craig
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$200
[15]
This word meaning "not reciprocated" is found with "love" in many dictionaries
Unrequited
Andrea
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$200
[13]
His famous story "The Tell-Tale Heart" tells us, "It was not the old man who vexed me, but his evil eye"
Edgar Allan Poe
Craig
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$200
[27]
The earliest cultural level discussed by anthropologists is the hunter-this
Gatherer
Joel
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$200
[2]
Second-grader Lisa Simpson is a prodigy on this jazz instrument
Saxophone
Joel
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$300
[9]
You'll find this capital of Montana in Prickly Pear Valley
Helena
Craig
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DD
$300
[24]
Clyde Tombaugh, the man who discovered this planet in 1930, passed away in 1997; he was 90
Pluto
Joel
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$300
[18]
Psychologist Robert Sternberg's 3 parts of love are passion, intimacy & this step that men allegedly fear
Commitment
Craig
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$300
[14]
18-year-old Carrie Meeber leaves her Wisconsin home & moves to Chicago in this Theodore Dreiser novel
Sister Carrie
Andrea
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$300
[28]
Khayyam, as in Omar Khayyam, means this, a maker of yurts, pups & big tops
Tents
Joel
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$300
[4]
Famous Simpsons expressions include Bart's "Don't Have A Cow" & this Homeric syllable of frustration
"D'Oh!"
Joel
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$400
[10]
In Sept. & Oct. you may watch salmon swim up the fish ladders in this Washington city's Capitol Lake
Olympia
Joel
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$400
[25]
Dana Owens is the real name of this actress & "royal" rap star
Queen Latifah
Joel
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$400
[19]
An ancient Greek philosophy of the ideal gave us this term for love without desire
Platonic
Craig
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$400
[16]
In this Orwell novel, the Ministry of Peace, also known as Minipax, concerns itself with war
1984
Andrea
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$400
[29]
Before becoming a disciple & an apostle, Peter had this occupation
Fisherman
Joel
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$400
[5]
Pronounced correctly, the name of this Simpsons creator rhymes with "caning"
Matt Groening
Andrea
Joel
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$500
[11]
This city's zoo is only 2 blocks away from a museum devoted to Father Damien
Honolulu
Andrea
Joel
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$500
[26]
This retired cartoonist was recently quoted as saying, "I couldn't conceive of ever going back to 'The Far Side'"
Gary Larson
Andrea
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$500
[22]
Chaucer, Shakespeare & Blake are among the poets who have written that love has this disability
It's blind
Joel
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$500
[17]
In the last years of his life, he devoted many of his working hours to "Finnegans Wake"
James Joyce
Andrea
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$500
[30]
Ahmes, one of these copyists, made an ancient Egyptian math table papyrus that is still in existence
Scribe
Craig
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$500
[6]
Simpson kids' favorite TV fare includes Krusty the Clown & this insanely violent cartoon
"Itchy & Scratchy"
Andrea
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| WORLD HISTORY | AWARDS | RELIGION | MATH TERMS | POLITICS | 10-LETTER WORDS |
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$200
[9]
In April 1796 this French officer defeated the Sardinians at Mondovi, gaining Savoy & Nice for France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Craig
Andrea
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$200
[17]
In 1996 this "Doonesbury" creator received the Reuben Award as Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year
Garry Trudeau
Andrea
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$200
[2]
Though a teacher & not divine, temples in China have been erected to this man also called K'ung Fu-Tzu
Confucius
Joel
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$200
[16]
You'll find the word "infinite" within the calculus term for infinitely small, but not quite zero
Infinitesimal
Craig
Joel
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$200
[1]
In 1918 this automaker was nominated for a U.S. Senate seat from Michigan but narrowly lost the election
Henry Ford
Andrea
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$200
[26]
It's a room where a scientist carries out his experiments
Laboratory
Andrea
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$400
[10]
In 1517 Cordova became the first Spaniard to reach Mexico when he landed on this east coast peninsula
Yucatan Peninsula
Craig
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$400
[18]
The Daily News on St. Thomas in this U.S. territory won a 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service
U.S. Virgin Islands
Craig
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$400
[3]
A shrine of the Bab, a forerunner of the Baha'i, is in Haifa in this country
Israel
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$400
[20]
A perfect number is the sum of all of these except itself; for example, 28 is the sum of 1, 2, 4, 7 & 14
Its factors
Joel
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$400
[5]
On January 22, 1997 the U.S. Senate confirmed this former Maine senator as Secretary of Defense
William Cohen
Craig
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$400
[28]
A group of people with common interests, or a Greek letter society for men
Fraternity
Joel
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$600
[11]
In a 1797 Canary Islands battle, this British naval hero's right arm was wounded & later amputated
Lord Nelson
Craig
Joel
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$600
[19]
In 1997 this "Fahrenheit 451" author received the Silver Award from the U.S. Nat'l Commission on Libraries
Ray Bradbury
Joel
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$600
[4]
In 1533 Thomas Cranmer became the first nonpapist archbishop of this see
Canterbury
Craig
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$600
[21]
It describes the shortest line between 2 points on a surface, or a dome made with the least possible material
Geodesic
Craig
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$600
[6]
In December 1996 former Tennessee senator Howard Baker married this state's senator Nancy Kassebaum
Kansas
Craig
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$800
[29]
It describes food such as fruits & vegetables that are subject to spoilage
Perishable
Craig
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$1,000
[13]
In 490 B.C. this Persian king sent an army into Greece but it was defeated at the Battle of Marathon
Darius
Andrea
Joel
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$800
[22]
This country's Bharat Ratna is awarded for exceptional work in art, literature, science or public service
India
Andrea
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$800
[14]
One of the precepts of this nirvana-seeking group is to avoid intoxicating drinks, as they may cause stupidity
Buddhists
Craig
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$800
[24]
This term for complex shapes or the geometry that deals with them comes from the word "fractional"
Fractals
Craig
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$800
[7]
In 1996 this state's Jay Rockefeller won re-election as senator with over 75% of the vote
West Virginia
Craig
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$1,000
[30]
South Africa first issued this 1-ounce gold coin in 1967
Krugerrand
Craig
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DD
$1,400
[12]
On July 22, 1969 he designated Juan Carlos as his successor in Spain
Francisco Franco
Craig
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$1,000
[23]
In 1918 this German received the Nobel Physics Prize for his quantum theory of radiation
Max Planck
Joel
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$1,000
[15]
The Ramayana is one of the great epics of this religion
Hinduism
Andrea
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$1,000
[25]
Represented by an arrow, it's a quantity, like velocity, with both direction & magnitude
Vector
Craig
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$1,000
[8]
In 1996 Arcata, California became the first city in which this Ralph Nader party won a majority in the city council
Green Party
Joel
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DD
$1,200
[27]
From the Latin for "hand written", it's the original text of an author's work
manuscript
Andrea
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From Latin for "under penalty", you're under penalty if you don't obey one
a subpoena