Show #1325 1990-05-11 (taped 1990-04-21) College Championship

1990 College Championship quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Sue O'Connor — a senior from Saint Mary's College

David Honea — a junior from North Carolina State

Eryn Brown — a freshman from Harvard College

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Eryn	$100	$1,300	$4,800	$7,800 3rd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$6,300 17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
David	$1,800	$2,900	$7,800	$9,601 Automatic semifinalist	$6,800 19 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Sue	$1,200	$800	$4,000	$7,990 2nd place: $1,000 if eliminated	$4,000 15 R, 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

8-LETTER WORDS	COOKING	SPORTS ARENAS	1981	POTPOURRI	TV & FILM GIRLFRIENDS
$100 [20] It can precede blanket, eel or Light Orchestra Electric Eryn	$100 [26] This beef stroganoff ingredient can be "sour" or "whipping" Cream Sue	$100 [7] The 4th building to bear this name is at 8th Avenue & 33rd Street in NYC, atop Penn Station Madison Square Garden David	$100 [1] This man shot President Reagan, James Brady & 2 security men in March John Hinckley David	$100 [6] The first 13 people to win the Nobel Prize for Literature were from this continent Europe David	$100 [9] We don't know what possessed her to play Dr. Peter Venkman's girlfriend, Dana Barrett Sigourney Weaver ("Ghostbusters") David Sue
$200 [22] A clergyman of any denomination attached to a hospital, ship or university Chaplain Sue	$200 [27] This ground beef dish was named for J. Salisbury, a physician who advocated dietary reform Salisbury steak David	$200 [8] The Mariners baseball team & NFL's Seahawks play their home games in this domed stadium Kingdome Sue	$300 [3] His $25,000 sports car with a stainless-steel finish & gull-wing doors was built in Northern Ireland John De Lorean David	$200 [17] Of mollusks, algae or dinosaurs, the last one to appear on Earth Dinosaurs Eryn Sue	$200 [13] This TV doctor has not only taken his girlfriend Wanda, out, he's taken her appendix out too Doogie Howser, M.D. David
$300 [23] Term for a barrier that impedes progress or a course made up of such barriers Obstacle Eryn	$300 [28] To make chicken a la this, you usually need mushrooms & pimientos Chicken a la king Eryn Sue	$300 [10] This arena used by the Celtics is the oldest in the NBA Boston Garden Sue	$400 [4] To show "Smoking Spoils Your Looks", she posed for an ad with cigarettes in her ears Brooke Shields Eryn	$300 [18] Of the 4 sections in a typical orchestra, the 1 that includes the most musicians String section Eryn	$300 [14] In "Three Men and a Baby", it was his girlfriend who had the baby Ted Danson Sue
$400 [24] The large rounded part of the brain that occupies most of the cranial cavity Cerebrum Sue	$400 [29] Quite simply, this is melted butter with the sediment removed Clarified butter	$400 [11] A Detroit arena named for this heavyweight boxing champ was the site of the 1980 GOP Nat'l Convention Joe Louis David	DD $500 [2] David & Elizabeth Emanuel became world famous as designers of her wedding gown Princess Diana David	$400 [19] 2 of the 6 U.N. members whose names begin with the letter "L" Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya & Luxembourg David	$400 [15] On this TV series Jason Bateman found that someone special in Lisa Rinna The Hogan Family Sue
$500 [25] The name of this flatfish can mean to move about clumsily Flounder David	$500 [30] The name of this French dish means "pot on the fire" Pot-au-feu Sue	$500 [12] 1 of 2 pro sports teams that play in the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey New Jersey Devils/New Jersey Nets Sue	$500 [5] In April 1981 this former V.P. was ordered to pay the state of Maryland $248,735 for bribes he took Spiro Agnew Eryn	$500 [21] Of the planets in our solar system, this one is last alphabetically Venus Eryn Sue	$500 [16] In "Back to the Future Part II", she played Marty's girlfriend in 1985 & his wife in 2015 Elisabeth Shue Eryn

Double Jeopardy! Round

MEDIEVAL PEOPLE	NOVELS	MEXICO	TECHNOLOGY	ART	NAMESAKES
$200 [12] It's believed in 1455 Johann Fust foreclosed on & took over this man's printing operation Johannes Gutenberg Eryn	$200 [18] In "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", he is adopted by the widow Douglas Huckleberry Finn David	$200 [17] Over half of Mexico's trade is with this country United States Eryn	$200 [2] In 1973 push-through tabs began to replace the pull tabs on these Pop/soda cans Sue	$200 [7] Modern movement that is named for the optical illusions created by its geometric patterns Op Art Eryn	$200 [1] Flower named for King George III's royal gardener, William Forsythe Forsythia David
$400 [13] Spanish warrior, knight errant & star of his own epic, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar was known by this name El Cid Eryn	$400 [25] Experience as a gold miner in the Klondike provided the basis for his "The Son of the Wolf" stories Jack London David	$400 [19] In the 16th C. he founded Villa Rica de Veracruz, the site of present day Veracruz Hernando Cortez Sue	$400 [3] Until '39 the clock used to keep Greenwich Mean Time was regulated by one of these crystals Quartz Sue	$400 [8] Greek for "beautiful writing", it's the art of beautiful handwriting Calligraphy Eryn	$400 [23] A city in western Wisconsin named for the Indian game played there in the 19th Century La Crosse Sue
$600 [14] Ethelred the Unready managed to lose most of England to King Sweyn Forkbeard of this country Denmark Sue	$600 [28] Don Quixote chose a peasant girl as his lady love & gave her this name Dulcinea Sue	$600 [20] The 140-mile-wide Isthmus of Tehuantepec separates these 2 major bodies of water Pacific Ocean & Gulf Of Mexico/Atlantic Ocean Eryn David	$600 [4] The first cable of this type laid across the Atlantic went into service in 1988, doubling call capacity Fiber optic David	$600 [9] Building in which you'd find Michelangelo's masterpiece "The Creation of Man" The Sistine Chapel Eryn	$600 [24] This word for a long journey is named for a Homeric hero who took quite a long journey himself Odyssey (Odysseus) Eryn
$800 [15] Known as Friar Roger, this English scientist & philosopher foresaw the airplane Roger Bacon	$800 [29] Before writing "Jaws", this novelist served as a speechwriter for LBJ Peter Benchley David	$800 [21] 1 of the 2 Central American countries that border Mexico Belize or Guatemala David	$1,000 [6] Condition of zero electrical resistance, it occurs in metals cooled to very low temperatures Superconductivity Eryn	$800 [10] You can see "The Maid of Honor" by Velazquez in this Madrid museum The Prado Eryn	$800 [26] A shallow covered dish used to grow microorganisms for research, named after its inventor Petri dish Sue
$1,000 [16] Author of the "Summa Theologica", he held one of the chairs of theology at the Univ. of Paris St. Thomas Aquinas Sue	$1,000 [30] Ole Rolvaag's tale of Norwegian immigrants on the prairie whose title is from the Bible "Giants in the Earth"	$1,000 [22] Honored as the father of independence, he was captured by the Spanish, defrocked & executed in 1811 Father Miguel Hidalgo	DD $1,500 [5] If you see the following symbol at the start of a TV show, it means this service is available: Closed Captioning David	DD $1,500 [11] Renoir depicted this mythical character having to choose the most beautiful of 3 goddesses Paris ("The Judgment of Paris") Eryn	$1,000 [27] A deductive system of algebra named after its creator, a 19th Century English mathematician Boolean algebra David

Final Jeopardy!

MEDICINE

His vaccine was announced safe in April '55, the 10th anniversary of FDR's death

Dr. Jonas Salk

Sue "Who is Jonas Salk?" — wagered $3,990

Eryn "Who is Dr. Jonas Salk?" — wagered $3,000

David "Who is Salk?" — wagered $1,801

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