2007 College Championship quarterfinal game 1.From the University of Southern California.
Haritha Sudanagunta — a junior from University of California-San Diego
Dean Malec — a junior from Northwestern University
Alice Luo — a junior from Georgia Institute of Technology
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice | $4,000 | $5,800 | $19,200 |
$16,400
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$16,600
19 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Dean | $6,000 | $10,000 | $17,200 |
$25,000
Automatic semifinalist |
$17,200
24 R, 0 W |
| Haritha | $600 | $2,800 | $12,800 |
$14,000
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$10,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| WORKING FOR DADDY | TRAVELING ABROAD | FLIPPIN' BURGERS | HOW ABOUT MED SCHOOL? | OR "LAW" SCHOOL? | I'M GOING TO DISNEYLAND |
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$200
[21]
Charles Walgreen Jr. grew up working for his dad in this type of store
a pharmacy (or drugstore)
Dean
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$200
[1]
You can rest up at the Churchill, Claridge's or the Ivanhoe Suites, hotels in this city
London
Alice
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$200
[16]
Warren Burger retired from this job in 1986
Justice of the Supreme Court
Alice
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$200
[11]
This branch of medicine is devoted to the care of children & the treatment of their diseases
pediatrics
Alice
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$200
[3]
Specific type of nail-knocker seen here
a claw hammer
Alice
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$200
[26]
That spooky woman's head in a crystal ball always freaks me out on this scary ride
The Haunted Mansion
Haritha
|
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$400
[22]
With his dad, Robert Stephenson built an engine for these in 1829 that did an amazing 36 mph
trains (or locomotives)
Alice
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$400
[2]
Life is a carnival when you travel to this country
Brazil
Dean
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$400
[17]
Rodin's classic group "The Burghers of" this city isseen here
Calais
Alice
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$600
[13]
In 1893 this Baltimore university became the first major medical school to admit women as well as men
Johns Hopkins
Haritha
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$400
[5]
It's from the Dutch for "cabbage salad"
cole slaw
Dean
|
$400
[27]
I'll feel like a kid again on this flying elephant ride, a fixture at Disneyland since 1955
Dumbo
Haritha
|
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$600
[23]
Robert McCormick invented a hempbrake, but it was his son Cyrus who came up with this machine
a reaper
Dean
|
$600
[4]
Go sail into this port city, "Kaapstad" in Afrikaans, founded in 1652 by a Dutch official
Cape Town
Dean
|
$600
[18]
A burger is a German townsman; a burgermeister is this local authority in a town
the mayor
Dean
|
$800
[14]
Using this insect, geneticist Thomas Morgan proved that some traits pass on to only one sex or the other
a fruit fly
Dean
|
$600
[6]
An adjective meaning without imperfection
flawless
Alice
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$600
[28]
I love the theme of global unity on the ride in which international dolls sing this interminable tune
"It's A Small World"
Haritha
|
|
$800
[24]
In the 1880s he turned his dad's floundering San Francisco Examiner newspaper into a profitmaker
(William Randolph) Hearst
Alice
|
$800
[7]
You can go visit this "glorious" nation seen here
Kazakhstan
Alice
|
$800
[19]
Hans Berger developed this brain-wave-analyzing device, EEG for short
an electroencephalograph
Dean
|
$1,000
[15]
(Jon of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on a monitor.) In the spinal cord & the brain, these specialized cells consist of an axon, one or more dendrites & a nucleus
a neuron
Dean
|
$800
[9]
This river flows 800 miles between the U.S. & Canada
the St. Lawrence
Dean
|
$800
[29]
Aaargh! I can't wait to go on this classic ride now that Captain Jack Sparrow is part of the fun
Pirates of the Caribbean
Dean
|
|
$1,000
[25]
In the 1500s Andrea Amati & his 2 sons started a dynasty making these musical instruments
violins
Dean
|
$1,000
[8]
Take firth things firth; the Antonine Wall was built across Scotland from the Firth of Clyde to this firth
the Firth of Forth
Dean
|
$1,000
[20]
Berger sings "Donna" in Act 1 of this musical; later, he explains that Claude has to go before the draft board
Hair
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
In 1984 the FDA approved this drug for over-the-counter sales; popular brands include Advil & Motrin
ibuprofen
Alice
|
$1,000
[10]
Chewa & Ngonde are among the main ethnic groups in this African country
Malawi
Dean
|
$1,000
[30]
Well, zip-a-dee-doo-dah! I can't wait to get soaked on this ride that has a 5-story plunge near the end
Splash Mountain
Haritha
|
| HISTORICAL FICTION | THE ROLES OF A LIFETIME | OPERA 101 | 21st CENTURY QUOTATIONS | "E"COLLEGEY | INTRA-MURALS |
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$400
[1]
In James Michener's "Journey", it's 1897 & 5 men are in a rush to find this in the Klondike
gold
Dean
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$400
[2]
Ichabod Crane, Gilbert Grape, Willy Wonka
Johnny Depp
Dean
|
$400
[28]
From the French for "opening", it's the music played before the opera begins
an overture
Dean
|
$400
[12]
In 2005 on the "Today" show, this actor told Matt Lauer, "You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do"
Tom Cruise
Dean
|
$400
[22]
Some of these "activities" you won't be graded on are intramural sports & student government
extracurricular activities
Dean
|
$400
[23]
The three guys seenhereare part of a mural painted by this man
Da Vinci
Haritha
|
|
$800
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Bloomsbury Square, London.) His "Barnaby Rudge", a novel of the 1780 anti-Catholic riots, describes the rioters' actions, & later their hanging, here--in Bloomsbury Square
Dickens
Dean
|
$800
[3]
Siddhartha, Johnny Mnemonic, Neo
Keanu Reeves
Alice
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$800
[27]
The "di sortita" type of this solo is sung by a character about to make an exit--sometimes not a moment too soon
an aria
Alice
|
$800
[13]
On the Aug. 6, 2003 "Tonight Show", he announced "Say hasta la vista to Gray Davis"
Schwarzenegger
Dean
|
$800
[21]
You probably wrote this short literary composition as part of your college application
an essay
Dean
|
$800
[30]
The fresco seenhereshows monks practicing martial arts in this country
China
Alice
Haritha
|
|
$1,200
[11]
This Dumas hero is incarcerated for allegedly carrying letters from Elba to Paris
the Count of Monte Cristo
Haritha
|
$1,200
[5]
Memphis Raines, Sailor Ripley, Johnny Blaze (aka Ghost Rider)
(Nicolas) "Nic" Cage
Haritha
|
$1,200
[26]
"I got plenty o' nuttin'"--I'm not complaining, I'm quoting a song from this American opera
Porgy and Bess
Dean
|
$1,200
[14]
Of campaigning with her husband, she said in 2007, "I'm absolutely ready for this... I don't look sickly, I don't feel sickly"
Elizabeth Edwards
Haritha
|
$1,200
[20]
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has majors in 14 types of this, including aeronautical
engineering
Alice
|
$1,200
[29]
The two men seen here have similar last names & share this grand title
Ayatollah
Haritha
|
|
$1,600
[10]
Brother William, the hero of this Umberto Eco novel, is a buddy of William of Occam
Name of the Rose
Alice
|
$1,600
[7]
Papa Klump, Mama Klump, Ernie Klump, Prof. Sherman Klump
Eddie Murphy
Haritha
|
$1,600
[25]
Darn! Bullwinkle isn't in this opera we're studying today; it's not "Boris Badenov", it's this 1874 Mussorgsky opera
Boris Godunov
Alice
|
$1,600
[16]
In 2001 this Vt. senator left the GOP, saying, "I have changed my party label, but I have not changed my beliefs"
James Jeffords
|
$1,600
[19]
This type of exam, like the SAT, is part of the college admissions requirement
an entrance exam
Dean
|
$1,600
[24]
Sari! The two gals seenheredon't clash with the image of this edifice behind them
the Taj Mahal
Alice
|
|
DD
$3,000
[9]
Her 1956 novel "Imperial Woman" is about China's Dowager Empress Tz'u-Hsi
(Pearl) Buck
Alice
|
$2,000
[6]
James Joyce, Rodney Copperbottom, Obi-Wan Kenobi
Ewan McGregor
Haritha
|
$2,000
[8]
If a big buxom blonde is belting out "rhue, rhue, du Gott!", your're watching this opera that ends the "Ring" cycle
Twilight of the Gods ( Gotterdammerung )
Alice
|
DD
$4,000
[15]
In June 2006 this mayor said, "This is the Big Easy, and sometimes we lay back a little too much. Get off your duffs"
Ray Nagin
Haritha
|
$2,000
[18]
Someday you might give your university this type of fund in which the income earned is used for programs
an endowment
|
$2,000
[17]
The bug seenhereabove Anubis' head is one of these beetles
a scarab
Haritha
|
It's Mexico's northernmost state, but part of its name means "low"
Baja California