Show #1328 1990-05-16 (taped 1990-04-22) College Championship

1990 College Championship semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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

Joey Burgoon — a senior from Georgia Tech

Michael Thayer — a junior from Rutgers College

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Michael	$1,300	$2,200	$6,400	$12,799 Finalist	$6,200 15 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Joey	$1,000	$1,800	$5,800	$800 3rd place: $5,000	$5,800 20 R, 4 W
Katie	$2,000	$3,500	$7,800	$2,799 2nd place: $5,000	$8,800 20 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

TRAVEL & TOURISM	TELEVISION	ECOLOGY	"G" WHIZ	CHILDREN'S LITERATURE	APPLES
$100 [1] Home to "Old Faithful", it's the oldest national park in the world Yellowstone Joey	$100 [16] This NBC sitcom ended its 7-season run with Alex going to Wall Street Family Ties Michael	$100 [11] Disposable diapers can take up to 500 years to do this Decompose Joey	$100 [6] In heraldry this mythical beast is depicted both with & without wings, as Merv could tell you Griffin Michael	$100 [21] He wrote "The Snow Man", "The Snowdrop", "The Ice Maiden" & "The Snow Queen" Hans Christian Andersen Joey	$100 [26] John Chapman, a 19th C. pioneer known by this nickname, planted apple orchards on the frontier Johnny Appleseed Michael
$200 [2] Guinness says, at $3,750 a night, the Astro Village in this city has the USA's most expensive hotel suite Houston Joey	$200 [17] Stephanie nixed Michael's plan to videotape the birth of their baby on this series' Jan. 8, 1990 episode Newhart Michael	$200 [12] CFCs, believed to damage the ozone layer, are commonly used in this kitchen appliance a refrigerator Joey	$200 [7] This astronomer had a brother named Michelangelo who was a musician, not an artist Galileo Michael Joey	$200 [22] "...Nearly every man in the village agreed she was the finest collie he had ever laid eyes on" Lassie Katie	$200 [27] This state produces more than 50% of the fresh apples in the U.S. Washington Katie
$300 [3] This California resort was named for the trees in the vicinity & its natural hot springs Palm Springs Joey	$300 [18] Before playing general practitioner Mike Stratford in "Doctor, Doctor", he was Max Headroom Matt Frewer	$300 [13] 80% of America's trash ends up in these, & within 5 years, 1/3 of them will be full Landfills Joey	$300 [8] This word can precede village, meridian & mean time Greenwich Katie	$300 [23] He wrote 14 books about Oz, & some short stories too L. Frank Baum Katie	$300 [28] Most apples come from trees grown not from seeds but by this process Grafting Joey
$400 [4] Part of Paris whose name comes from the French for "Martyr's Hill" Montmartre Katie	$400 [19] This goggle-eyed cartoon family from "The Tracey Ullman Show" now has its own series on the FOX network The Simpsons Katie	$400 [14] The Environmental Defense Fund has proposed new forests be planted to absorb this gas Carbon dioxide Katie	$400 [9] A Soviet republic, or a U.S. state Georgia Katie	$400 [24] The Big Billy Goat Gruff poked this character's eyes out with his horns & crushed him to bits The Troll Joey	$400 [29] This type of round, tart apple is less than 2 inches in diameter & grows in the wild Crabapples Katie
$500 [5] North American city where you can stay at the Chateau Frontenac on the Rue des Carrieres Quebec City Michael	$500 [20] 30 years ago she was Mary Stone on "The Donna Reed Show"; today she's Christine on "Coach" Shelley Fabares Katie	$500 [15] The neighborhood around this abandoned Niagara Falls, N.Y. canal had to be abandoned due to toxics Love Canal Katie	$500 [10] Baron Monck was the first to hold this office in Canada Governor-General Michael	$500 [25] In "The Sword in the Stone", Kay calls this main character "The Wart" King Arthur Michael	DD $500 [30] More of this variety of apple is grown commercially than any other Red delicious Katie

Double Jeopardy! Round

POLI SCI	PLAYWRIGHTS	MOUNTAINS	TITLES	U.S. HISTORY	FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES
$200 [16] The OAU is the Organization of African Unity, & the OAS the Organization of these American States Joey	$200 [21] Shaw called the universal unquestioning reverence for this playwright "Bardolatry" Shakespeare Michael	$200 [1] The highest point in this state is Mount Elbert, not Pikes Peak Colorado Joey	$200 [11] Dracula, the bloodsucking vampire of Transylvania, sported this title Count Michael Joey	$200 [6] If you want to see the grave this abolitionist "lies a-mouldering in", go to North Elba, N.Y. John Brown Joey	$200 [26] Literally "To God", it's Spanish for goodbye Adios Katie
$400 [17] This term first referred to where the Conservatives sat in the French assembly Right wing	$400 [22] He also wrote the stage version of "Catch-22" Joseph Heller Katie	$400 [2] If you search your atlas for the Atlas Mountains, you'll find them on a map of this continent Africa Joey	$400 [12] Title of address for bishops, abbreviated Exc. Excellency Katie	$400 [7] It's where Lafayette spent the winter of 1777-78 Valley Forge Katie	$400 [27] This Italian word is a musical direction for something you must play; it's obligatory obbligato Joey
DD $500 [20] Mao Tse-tung said, "All reactionaries are" these "...terrifying, but in reality are not so powerful" Paper tigers Katie	$600 [23] This actor-playwright played Dolly Parton's husband in "Steel Magnolias" Sam Shepard Michael	$600 [3] The Matterhorn isn't the tallest Alp in this country; Dufourspitze Peak is about 500 ft. higher Switzerland Joey	$600 [13] This naval rank comes from the Arabic for "commander of the sea" Admiral Michael Joey	$600 [8] Ray Ginger's book "Six Days Or Forever?" covers this famous 1925 Tennessee trial Scopes Trial Michael	$600 [28] This battle cry is Japanese for "10,000 Years", as in "May you live 10,000 Years" Banzai Joey
$600 [18] A group of party policy makers or the meeting they attend to set policies Caucus Joey	DD $1,000 [24] Sophocles, Aeschylus & this man are regarded as the 3 greatest ancient Greek tragedians Euripides Michael	$800 [4] Climbers are challenged by the sheer face of this granite monolith rising 3,593 ft. above Yosemite Valley El Capitan Joey	$800 [14] This title once used only for men can now be used on letters sent to women, especially lawyers Esquire Katie	$800 [9] In 1865 he was granted a patent for his car designed with upper & lower berths George Pullman Katie	$800 [29] Originally applied to a follower of Lenin, it literally means "one of the majority" Bolshevik Joey
$800 [19] They wrote, "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles" Marx & Engels Katie	$1,000 [25] 19th Century Russian novelist who wrote the play "A Month in the Country"; "Fathers & Sons" might enjoy it Ivan Turgenev Joey	$1,000 [5] Mount Everest is located on an undemarcated border between these 2 countries Nepal & Tibet Joey Katie	$1,000 [15] This European title comes from the Latin for "leader" & ranks just below a prince Duke Katie	$1,000 [10] Laws designed to maintain racial segregation were nicknamed this, after a minstrel show character Jim Crow Laws Michael	$1,000 [30] Papier-mache means "chewed paper", & "papier colle", also known as collage, means this Glued paper Katie

Final Jeopardy!

GEOGRAPHY

It's the only country whose name begins with "A", but doesn't end with "A"

Afghanistan

Joey "What is Alsace" — wagered $5,000

Michael "What is Afghanistan?" — wagered $6,399

Katie "What is A" — wagered $5,001

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