2007 College Championship final game 2.From the University of Southern California.
Craig Boge — a senior from Stanford University (subtotal of $16,000)
Christine Kennedy — a freshman from the University of Notre Dame (subtotal of $3,200)
Cliff Galiher — a sophomore from UCLA (subtotal of $18,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff | $1,600 | $7,200 | $18,000 | $17,900 |
$22,000
27 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Christine | $1,600 | $2,400 | $4,800 | $0 |
$4,800
6 R, 0 W |
| Craig | $3,200 | $3,400 | $9,000 | $11,007 |
$11,000
18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| PICTURE AMERICA | COLLEGE EDUCATION | WRITTEN BY | INCREDIBLE EDIBLES | ON BROADWAY | WORD ORIGINS |
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$200
[22]
He's the member of LBJ's cabinet seenherein 1964
Robert Kennedy
Cliff
|
$200
[2]
We hope the classrooms are air-conditioned during this session, begun at Harvard in 1871
the summer session
Craig
|
$200
[10]
"Measure for Measure","Coriolanus"
(William) Shakespeare
Cliff
|
$200
[16]
The humpback type of this mammal is said to taste like beef, but I'd blubber if you served it to me
the whale
Craig
|
$200
[1]
Memories of Watergate infuse the play inspired by David Frost's 1977 interview with this ex-president
(Richard) Nixon
Craig
|
$200
[30]
The name of these bones that form the spinal column comes partly from a word meaning "to turn"
vertebrae
Cliff
|
|
$400
[23]
The Capital Dome seenherecovers the room called this
the Rotunda
Cliff
|
$400
[3]
Greek, Latin & "myth and text" are categories in this one-word department at Bucknell
Classics
Christine
|
$400
[11]
"This Side of Paradise","Tender is the Night"
(F. Scott) Fitzgerald
Cliff
|
$400
[17]
Iowa State Univ.'s Entomology Club once added mealworms to this fried grain that's a staple in Asian restaurants
rice
Craig
|
$400
[4]
Quirky kids like William Morris Barfee compete in "The 25th Annual Putnam County" one of these contests
a spelling bee
Craig
|
$400
[29]
This, a personal view or belief, comes from the Old French for "to think"
an opinion
Cliff
|
|
$600
[24]
Collective name for the group seenherein 1868
the Supreme Court
Cliff
|
$600
[5]
A library cubicle or stall used for private study around holiday time could be called a Christmas this
a carrel
Cliff
Christine
|
$600
[12]
"Tintern Abbey","The World is Too Much with Us"
(William) Wordsworth
Christine
|
$600
[18]
World Book says that the Pilgrims served this snakelike fish at the first Thanksgiving; I'll stick to turkey
eel
Craig
|
$600
[6]
When in New York, take the "Behind the Emerald Curtain" tour, a behind-the-scenes look at this bewitching musical
Wicked
Cliff
|
$600
[26]
The name of this class of cold-blooded creatures comes from a word for "to creep"
the reptile
|
|
$800
[21]
It's the decade the Rosie American woman seenherecame on the poster scene
the 1940s
Christine
|
$800
[8]
The prefix in this term tells you it's a course you have to take before you can take a more advanced one
a prerequisite
Craig
|
$800
[14]
"Mansfield Park","Northanger Abbey"
(Jane) Austen
Craig
|
$800
[19]
These birds whose young are called cygnets were a "cygnet"ure dish at medieval banquets
swans
Cliff
|
$800
[7]
Angela Lansbury returned to B'way in 2007 as a former champion in this sport in Terrence McNally's "Deuce"
tennis
Craig
|
$800
[27]
This dog breed's name comes from a German word for "to splash about"
the poodle
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Former senator, veep & 1968 presidential candidate seen here
(Hubert) Humphrey
Cliff
Craig
|
$1,000
[9]
Wisconsin has one of the oldest of these programs in which univs. "reach out" to non-full-time students
extension (outreach later accepted)
Cliff
|
$1,000
[15]
"The Executioner's Song","The Castle in the Forest"
Norman Mailer
|
$1,000
[20]
Warning: if you see tete de veau on a French menu, it's this part of a calf
the head
Cliff
|
$1,000
[13]
Revived in 2007, it's Eric Bogosian's play about an acid-tongued talk show host
Talk Radio
|
DD
$1,000
[28]
Appropriately, this adjective that means the giving of one's name to something comes from the Greek for "giving name"
eponymous
Cliff
|
| THEY'RE FROM USC | "D" IN SCIENCE | LIBRARIES | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION | FACTS & FIGURES | 11-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[7]
(Hi, I'm Leonard Maltin.) I teach film at USC, but I'm also the resident film buff on this syndicated TV show about show biz--a job I've held since 1982
Entertainment Tonight
Craig
|
$400
[2]
A 1761 work by the great anatomist Morgagni has records of 640 of these procedures
dissections
Craig
|
$400
[1]
This scientist's collection at the Jewish National & University Library in Jerusalem includes a lot of limericks
Einstein
Craig
|
$400
[30]
When this Paris prison was stormed on July 14, 1789, only 7 prisoners were found
the Bastille
Cliff
|
$400
[29]
Damages for this 2005 disaster have been estimated at $125 billion, not to mention the devastating loss of life
(Hurricane) Katrina
Cliff
|
$400
[12]
Evy. Wrd. Invlvd. Hre. Hs. Bn. Ths.
abbreviated
Cliff
|
|
$800
[8]
(I'm Julie Chen.) I host the CBS reality show "Big Brother", whose title was inspired by this British author
(George) Orwell
Cliff
|
$800
[3]
Gold leads all metals in this property, the ability to be drawn into wires without breaking
ductility
Cliff
|
$1,200
[18]
A Victorian-styled room at the Toronto Public Library is "Holmes" to a collection on this author
Arthur Conan Doyle
Cliff
|
$800
[22]
The French people called this queen who they mistrusted "the Austrian Woman"
Marie Antoinette
Cliff
|
$800
[25]
Nothing to boast about, but the state with the most hazardous waste sites, more than 115, is this "Garden State"
New Jersey
Christine
|
$800
[13]
It's wrongful conduct by a professional, like a doctor, causing injury
malpractice
Craig
|
|
$1,200
[9]
(Hey, I'm Mark McGrath.) I earned a degree in communications from USC before I joined this rock band that was formerly known as The Shrinky Dinx
Sugar Ray
Craig
|
$1,200
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a science lab.) The melting of ice doesn't raise the level of water because ice does thisto a volume of water equivalent to its own volume when it melts
to displace
Craig
|
$1,600
[19]
Want to see if he really said, "God is dead"? Search his collection of papers at the University of Basel's Library
Nietzsche
Christine
|
$1,200
[21]
This nobleman known for his role in the American Revolution was made commander of the Natl. Guard
Lafayette
Craig
|
$1,200
[26]
In the U.S. in 1900 this was 46.3 for males & 48.3 for females; in 2000 it was 74.3 & 79.7
life expectancy
Cliff
|
$1,200
[14]
The act of making or enacting laws
legislation
Cliff
|
|
$1,600
[10]
Thisstar of "8 Simple Rules" was a drama major at USC & a student award for comic acting is given in his honor
(John) Ritter
Cliff
Craig
|
$1,600
[5]
The Flintstones' pet could tell you that these parts of plankton are named in part for appendages called flagella
dinoflagellates
|
$2,000
[20]
The Enoch Pratt Free Library in this U.S. city is known for its H.L. Mencken collection
Baltimore
Cliff
|
$1,600
[23]
It's the English translation of the 3-word slogan of the French Revolution
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
Cliff
|
$1,600
[27]
On the new Airbus A380 plane, the overall length is 239 feet, while this is even longer at 261 feet
the wingspan
Craig
|
$1,600
[15]
(Jon of the Clue Crew holds a small pyramid.) From the Greek for "four faces", it's a solid like the one seen here
a tetrahedron
Cliff
|
|
$2,000
[11]
Alex Hailey saw LeVar Burton play Ali Hakim in "Oklahoma!" at USC before choosing him to star in this TV miniseries
Roots
Craig
|
$2,000
[6]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a micrograph of an organism with radial symmetry on the monitor.) A grungy type of earth used as industrial filler is named for these beautiful symmetrical algae from which it's made
diatoms
|
DD
$4,000
[17]
Irving Berlin's & Walt Whitman's personal papers are held in this library founded in 1800
the Library of Congress
Cliff
|
$2,000
[24]
At her execution, she declared, "I killed one man to save a hundred thousand"
(Charlotte) Corday
Cliff
|
DD
$2,000
[28]
Yikes! This visible surface of the sun below the chromosphere is about 10,000 degrees F.
the photosphere
Craig
|
$2,000
[16]
It wasn't Ling-Ling's summer condo, it's riotous uproar or utter chaos
pandemonium
Cliff
|
It says, "Prudence... will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes"
the Declaration of Independence