Show #1322 1990-05-08 (taped 1990-04-21) College Championship

1990 College Championship quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

Brad Williams — a junior from the University of Northern Iowa

Katie Polk — a senior from the College of William and Mary

Bobbie Diamond — a junior from Oberlin College

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bobbie	$300	$1,700	$4,100	$6,100 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$4,100 12 R, 3 W
Katie	$1,000	$2,000	$7,000	$9,001 Automatic semifinalist	$8,200 22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Brad	$0	$1,500	$4,500	$8,500 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$5,000 17 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	FAMOUS QUOTES	INSECTS	THE 3 R's	FRUITS & VEGETABLES	MACY'S PARADE
$100 [1] At the same time Joan of Arc led the French, Itzcoatl was leading this group in Mexico Aztecs Brad	$100 [6] T. Tusser's 16th C. book "A Hundred Good Points of Husbandry" says, "Sweet April showers do spring" these May flowers Katie	$100 [30] The lac insect secretes a substance used to make this varnish Shellac/lacquer Katie	$100 [13] Originally 43, this was reduced to 32 by the Soviet government in 1918 to increase literacy Number of characters in the alphabet Katie	$100 [11] They were once called "Saratoga Chips" after the town in New York where they were first made Potato chips Katie	$100 [18] Traditionally he is the last "celebrity" to appear in the parade Santa Claus Brad
$200 [3] People began digging up this Italian city in 1748, only 1,669 years after it was buried Pompeii Brad	$200 [7] According to Lincoln, you can't do this to "all of the people all the time" Fool them Bobbie	$200 [29] The largest one of these in the world is the Queen Alexandria birdwing, not the monarch Butterfly Brad	$200 [14] In subtraction the difference is found by subtracting the subtrahend from this Minuend	$200 [12] These red "berries" grown on the ground aren't true berries because the seeds are on the outside Strawberries Brad	$200 [19] A band from Jupiter led off the 1989 parade, & this guy from Melmac served as a TV host ALF Brad
$300 [5] 4 treaties to mitigate the horrors of war were signed in this city in August 1949 Geneva Katie Brad	$300 [8] It's not clear who said "Don't...fire until you see the whites of their eyes" at this 1775 battle Bunker Hill/Breed's Hill Brad	$300 [28] To distinguish termites from ants, look at this feature: an ant has a slim one, like a wasp Waist	$300 [23] The Romans gave us this letter by adding a small stroke to the letter C G Bobbie	$300 [15] Of jams, jelly or preserves, the one that contains no fruit, only fruit juice Jelly Bobbie	$300 [20] Though 1989 was his 50th year in show biz, his new balloon wasn't in the parade, Doc; it broke Bugs Bunny Bobbie
DD $500 [4] The Pope excommunicated her in 1570 after she made the Anglican church England's official religion Elizabeth I Brad	$400 [9] Vocation of the man of whom Longfellow said, "The muscles of his brawny arms are strong as iron bands" Blacksmith Bobbie	$400 [27] Some insects have 3 of these sense organs, called ocelli, arranged in a triangle on the head Eyes Bobbie	$400 [24] The symbol "y" was once used in place of these 2 letters; hence the word "ye" as in "ye olde pub" TH Katie	$400 [16] Thos. Jefferson is credited with introducing this vegetable, named for its ovoid shape, to the U.S. Eggplant Bobbie	$400 [21] Other than humans, most live animals in the parade nowadays are these Horses Katie
$500 [2] This cardinal helped establish the Academie Francaise in the 1630s Cardinal Richelieu Bobbie	$500 [10] Juvenal wrote a Roman's longings are limited to 2 things, "panem et circenses", meaning this Bread & circus games Katie	$500 [26] Of the 5 senses, it's the 1 a honeybee doesn't have Hearing Katie Brad	$500 [25] The invention of the 1st mechanical adding machine is credited to this French mathematician in 1642 Blaise Pascal Brad	$500 [17] Supreme Court said this salad ingredient could be classified as a vegetable (but it's botanically a fruit) Tomato Bobbie	$500 [22] The Snoopy balloon travels with this companion balloon Woodstock Katie

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. CITIES	WORLD LITERATURE	COMPUTERS	ACTORS & THEIR ROLES	VOCABULARY	HEADS OF GOVERNMENT
$200 [8] Pierre Laclede named this Missouri city after not 1 but 2 French kings St. Louis Brad	$200 [1] This student of Plato's wrote treatises on metaphysics, physics, poetics & rhetoric Aristotle Brad	$200 [11] Piece of peripheral hardware whose name comes from "Modulator Demodulator" Modem Katie	$200 [16] Alex Winter & Keanu Reeves played these title characters who had an "excellent adventure" Bill & Ted Katie	$200 [21] Slang for someone doomed to failure, or an expired mallard Dead duck Katie	$200 [26] Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Canada Brad
$400 [6] Though Nashville is the capital, this is Tennessee's largest city Memphis Bobbie	$400 [2] Scheherazade told her husband stories for this many nights before he decided to let her live 1,001 Katie	$400 [12] Like spouses who don't get along, computers that use different operating systems are said to be this Incompatible Katie	$400 [17] Chas. Fleischer provided the voice of Benny the Cab & the title character in this 1988 blockbuster Who Framed Roger Rabbit Bobbie	$400 [22] A type of crane, ora type of cough Whooping Brad	$400 [28] Chancellor Helmut Kohl West Germany Brad
$600 [7] Sherman's famous march to the sea ended 18 miles inland at this city Savannah Katie Brad	$600 [3] Upton Sinclair's story of a Lithuanian immigrant family employed in the meat-packing industry The Jungle Katie	$600 [13] Term describing materials like silicon, halfway between an insulator & a conductor Semiconductor Katie	$600 [18] Her recent roles include an alien named Celeste & a photographer named Vicky Kim Basinger Katie Brad	$600 [25] A speleologist specializes in the scientific study or systematic exploration of these Caves Bobbie	$600 [29] President Hashemi Rafsanjani Iran
$800 [9] This is the largest U.S. city with "Fort" in its name Fort Worth Bobbie Katie	DD $1,000 [4] Aeschylus' dramatic account of the Titan who was condemned for giving fire to mere mortals "Prometheus Bound" Katie	$800 [14] The simple operating system permanently written into main storage, it's what "ROM" stands for Read-Only Memory Katie	$800 [19] In August 1989 he was in 3 films: "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids", "Parenthood" & "Ghostbusters II" Rick Moranis Bobbie	$800 [24] By definition, an ungulate is an animal which has these Hoofs Brad	$800 [27] Prime Minister Robert Hawke Australia
DD $1,400 [10] This Alaskan city was named after a senator from Indiana who became vice president Fairbanks Katie	$1,000 [5] In the era of colonialism, this British author wrote, "Take Up the White Man's Burden" Rudyard Kipling Brad	$1,000 [15] The digits 0-9 & the letters A-Z are collectively known as this type of characters Alphanumeric Katie	$1,000 [20] In the 1989 film it was a sure thing he'd "Say Anything" to get Ione Skye John Cusack Bobbie	$1,000 [23] This adjective that describes an eagle-like nose comes from the Latin word for eagle Aquiline Katie	$1,000 [30] Marshal Kim Il-sung North Korea Brad

Final Jeopardy!

ISLANDS

The largest island in the Tuscan Archipelago, its most famous resident left in 1815

Elba (former home of Napoleon)

Bobbie "What is Elba?" — wagered $2,000

Brad "What is Elba?" — wagered $4,000

Katie "What is Elbe?" — wagered $2,001

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