Show #3557 2000-02-08 (taped 2000-01-15) College Championship

2000-A College Championship quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

Michael LaMasse — a sophomore at Eastern Michigan from Canton, Michigan

Natalie Tindall — a senior at Florida A&M from Tallahassee, Florida

Adam Center — a senior at Georgetown University from Atlanta, Georgia

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Adam	$2,200	$3,900	$4,900	$9,201 Automatic semifinalist	$4,400 17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Natalie	$200	$600	$4,600	$7,600 3rd place: $2,500 if eliminated	$5,600 15 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Michael	$1,300	$2,100	$7,800	$8,812 2nd place: $2,500 if eliminated	$9,300 18 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

SHAKESPEARE	NEW YORK CINEMA	THE BUG PARADE	MONEY MEN	TEEN PEOPLE	"MM" BOP
$100 [4] Disguised as a lawyer, Portia foils Shylock's plan to collect a pound of flesh in this play "The Merchant of Venice" Michael	$100 [6] He played New York cop James Edwards who became MIB Agent J Will Smith Natalie	$100 [28] Seen here, it's a helpful "feminine" predator of other bugs: Ladybug Natalie	$100 [1] There's a pyramid on the back of his greenback George Washington Adam	$100 [7] Having jumped in a lake during their Orlando photo shoot, these "Boys" sported the wet look on a 1998 cover Backstreet Boys Adam	$100 [15] If I can never die, I'm this Immortal Adam
$200 [8] This character who loved Cressida was a prince of Troy Troilus Natalie Michael	$200 [20] According to the title of a 1984 movie musical, they "Take Manhattan" The Muppets Adam	$200 [29] In the U.S. these insects are divided into 3 main groups: damp-wood, dry-wood & subterranean Termites Natalie	$200 [2] On the back of his bill is the front of his memorial Abraham Lincoln Adam	$200 [24] In 1998 Brandy & this teen country diva were among the "Hottest Stars Under 21" LeAnn Rimes Adam	$200 [16] On the football field, this line separates the Lions from the Bears Line of scrimmage
$300 [10] In Act I of this play, Cordelia says, "What shall Cordelia speak? Love, and be silent" "King Lear" Michael	$300 [21] "Lost in New York" is the subtitle of the 1992 sequel to this film Home Alone Natalie	$300 [5] This common pest is quite the leaper: Flea Natalie	$300 [3] The only dueling fatality on the front of a current bill Alexander Hamilton Michael	$300 [25] This Yankees shortstop reveals he's "a big movie person"; "Seven" is his favorite Derek Jeter Adam	$300 [17] IDG books "For" these people include ones on "Bird Watching", "Opera" & "Windows 98" Dummies Michael
$400 [18] Shakespeare laid the scene of this tragedy in "Fair Verona" "Romeo and Juliet" Natalie	$400 [12] She played a New York photographer who's a stepmom-to-be in 1998's "Stepmom" Julia Roberts Adam	$400 [9] Unlike the grasshopper, the 17-year "locust" is really one of these winged insects noted for their loud buzzing Cicada Michael	$400 [13] This president seen on a bill lost all his money to swindler Ferdinand Ward in 1884 Ulysses S. Grant Adam	$400 [26] For this Wallflower, when it comes to style & fashion, "Black...rocks like no other color" Jakob Dylan Adam	$400 [11] "Tell me more" about this song from "Grease" "Summer Nights"
$500 [23] "'Tis incredible to believe how much she loves me. O the kindest Kate!" Petruchio says in this play "The Taming of the Shrew" Michael	$500 [22] Tea Leoni & the Big Apple are destroyed by a tidal wave when a meteor hits the Earth in this 1998 disaster film Deep Impact Adam	$500 [30] Imitations of this "monthly" flier are used as fishing lures: Mayfly	DD $1,000 [14] Of people on the front of current U.S. bills, he was born the earliest Benjamin Franklin Adam	$500 [27] Talk about most embarrassing moments, she said hers was on "Jeopardy!": Kirsten Dunst	$500 [19] For 1/3 & 1/4, it's 12 Lowest common denominator

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS	HOT ENOUGH FOR YOU?	POP MUSIC RHYME TIME	TAFT!	SHUT YOUR MOUTH	WATCH YOUR TONGUE
$200 [1] Just 17 when he set sail for Kublai Khan's court, this Italian didn't return home for 24 years Marco Polo Adam	$200 [24] The Union of Concerned Scientists says thermal expansion has raised this level 4-10 inches in the last century Sea level Natalie	$200 [8] Doggy Dogg's chicken houses Snoop's coops Michael	$200 [17] In 1921 former president William Howard Taft achieved his life's goal--an appointment to this body Supreme Court Michael	$200 [9] To keep a secret one might seal or button these body parts Lips Michael	$200 [25] The Mycenean form of this language was spoken in Knossos on Crete & in Pylos & Mycenae on the mainland Greek Adam
$400 [2] This Icelandic explorer whose statue is seen here visited America almost 500 years before Columbus Leif Ericson Adam	$400 [11] If the temperature is 90 degrees & this figure is 80 percent, the heat index rises to 113 degrees Humidity Natalie	$400 [7] Jagger's ballpoint pens Mick's Bics Adam	$400 [18] Seen here, Taft began this presidential tradition at the 1910 season opener: Throwing out the first pitch Natalie	$400 [22] In the phrase "on the Q.T.", Q.T. is short for this word Quiet	$400 [26] Before Latin spread, Oscan was the most widely spoken group of dialects on this country's Apennine Peninsula Italy Natalie
$600 [3] He served in the Confederate army & the Union navy before hooking up with Livingstone Henry Stanley Adam	$600 [14] This innovation that makes summer bearable was named by engineer Stuart Cramer in 1906 Air conditioner Natalie	$600 [6] Bono's band's ballet wear U2's tutus Natalie	$600 [19] Taft was the first civil governor of these islands, acquired from Spain in 1898 after the Spanish-American War Philippines Michael	$600 [23] In a familiar phrase for becoming silent, "up" follows the name of this bivalve mollusk Clam Michael	$600 [12] It's Libya's official language Arabic Natalie
$800 [4] For his circumnavigation of the world, he was knighted aboard his Golden Hind in 1581 Sir Francis Drake Michael	$800 [15] For this cliche to be true, the sidewalk must reach at least 130 degrees to permit coagulation Fry an egg on the sidewalk Natalie	$800 [16] Hagar's nightclothes Sammy's jammies Natalie	$1,000 [21] After the presidency, Taft was a law professor at this Connecticut university, his alma mater Yale Natalie	$800 [27] You won't get enough coconut cream or key lime if you keep this slang term for your mouth shut Piehole Adam Natalie Michael	$800 [10] This South African language has been called Cape Dutch Afrikaans Michael
$1,000 [5] This Portuguese explorer commanded the first fleet to reach India from Europe Vasco da Gama Michael	$1,000 [28] Sweating doesn't cool the body--the perspiration has to leave the skin by this process Evaporation	$1,000 [30] Mr. Vicious' children Sid's kids Michael	DD $1,500 [20] These 2 states were admitted to the Union during Taft's presidency New Mexico & Arizona Michael	$1,000 [29] You might be told to put one on; the real thing keeps a dog from biting Muzzle Michael	DD $1,000 [13] In 1967 newly identified dialects of the language spoken by these people were found in Guatemala & Chiapas, Mexico Mayans Natalie

Final Jeopardy!

POETRY

Title hero who "silently rowed to the Charlestown shore, just as the moon rose over the bay"

Paul Revere

Natalie "Who is Paul Revere?" — wagered $3,000

Adam "Who was Paul Revere?" — wagered $4,301

Michael "Who is Paul Revere?" — wagered $1,012

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