Show #3559 2000-02-10 (taped 2000-01-15) College Championship

2000-A College Championship quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

Kurt Medland — a sophomore at Albion College from Lapeer, Michigan

Anita Brkic — a junior at UCLA from Agoura Hills, California

Peter Breeze — a junior at Ithaca College from Bolton, Massachusetts

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Peter	$200	$1,100	$3,500	$0 3rd place: $2,500 if eliminated	$5,300 12 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Anita	$1,000	$1,700	$1,100	$1,000 2nd place: $2,500 if eliminated	$1,500 15 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)
Kurt	$1,900	$4,300	$8,500	$7,500 Automatic semifinalist	$8,500 25 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

ASIAN HISTORY	SIGNS & SYMBOLS	IT'S WHAT WE DO	BROADWAY	COUNTRIES BY COLLEGE	BASEBALL WORDS
$100 [3] This country's Saud dynasty dates back to the mid-1400s Saudi Arabia Anita Kurt	$100 [15] Term for the type of moon used as a symbol by the Ottoman Turks Crescent Kurt	$100 [13] Paper giant Weyerhaeuser can beat you to this, producing 2.5 million tons a year at 9 mills A pulp Kurt	$100 [5] 19-year-old Laura Benanti played Maria to Richard Chamberlain's Capt. Von Trapp in the recent revival of this musical "The Sound of Music" Anita	$100 [2] Max Planck Institute for Computer Science, Braunschweig Tech, The University of Augsburg Germany Kurt	$100 [1] Spiders catch them in their webs Flies Kurt
$200 [27] In 1934 he & his followers began a 6,000-mile march from Jiangxi province to the village of Yan'an in northern China Mao Tse-tung Peter Anita Kurt	$200 [19] The cross seen here is used as a symbol in the battle against this disease abbreviated TB: Tuberculosis Peter	$200 [14] Salespeople at this athletic shoe retailer are known as "stripers" & dress accordingly The Foot Locker Anita	$200 [6] Set in part in a Brooklyn disco, this musical is based on a film that your mom probably swooned over in 1977 "Saturday Night Fever" Anita	$200 [10] St. Petersburg State, Rostov State, Novosibirsk State Russia Peter	$200 [4] What a catcher might eat his dinner on Home plate Anita
$300 [28] In 1992 rebels overthrew its government; one faction, the Taliban, now controls most of the country Afghanistan Kurt	$300 [20] There are this many rings in the symbol of the Olympics 5 Anita	$300 [18] A leading Italian restaurant chain, it's increasing its expertise by opening the Culinary Institute of Tuscany The Olive Garden Anita	$300 [7] Susan Lucci spent her 1999 Christmas vacation making her Broadway debut as Annie Oakley in this musical "Annie Get Your Gun" Kurt	$300 [17] Menoufia University, Zagazig University, Alexandria University Egypt Anita	$300 [11] A highly prized form of carbon Diamond Kurt
$400 [29] This country was officially reunified July 2, 1976, 2 days before the U.S. Bicentennial Vietnam Kurt	$400 [25] All we are saying is, it began as an anti-nuclear emblem at a 1958 British demonstration Peace sign Anita	$400 [21] Going back to 1906, this all-"American" company predates its rival, Hallmark American Greetings Kurt	$400 [8] Andrea McArdle's daughter Alexis made her Broadway debut in 1996 as young Cosette in this musical "Les Miserables" Kurt	$400 [23] McGill University, University College of the Cariboo, Alberta College of Art & Design Canada Peter	$400 [12] People who used peroxide on their hair Bleachers Anita
$500 [30] In 1192 Japan's emperor gave military leader Yoritomo this title which means "great general" Shogun	DD $400 [26] The original form of the ampersand comes from a combination of these 2 letters in the Latin for "and" Et Anita	$500 [22] Dynegy, whose name comes from "dynamic energy", operates 17,000 miles of these to move oil & gas Pipelines Peter	$500 [9] Christopher Walken starred in "The Dead", a musical adaptation of a story in this Irishman's 1914 book "Dubliners" James Joyce Kurt	$500 [24] Potchefstroom University, Technikon Natal, Rand Afrikaans University South Africa Kurt	$500 [16] It's material from which flags are made, or decorations in the colors of a flag Bunting Kurt

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANIMAL ANCESTORS	THE CINEMA OF JOHNNY DEPP	WHAT THE ELEMENT	ISMs	MARK TWAIN	LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
$200 [14] Animals of this class that includes frogs & salamanders were the ancestors of reptiles Amphibians Kurt	$200 [5] In "Sleepy Hollow", Depp played this crime-solving constable; the character was a teacher in the original story Ichabod Crane Anita	$200 [13] Old dimes, teapots & the Lone Ranger's bullets (which could have killed werewolves) are made of this metal Silver Anita	$200 [3] Copying your term paper directly out of an encyclopedia plagiarism Peter	$200 [1] Mark Twain was a pen name; this was his real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens Peter	$200 [11] The Mississippi flows about 2,340 miles & empties into this body of water Gulf of Mexico Peter
$400 [26] The multiple-toed feet of Eohippus, this domestic animal's ancestor, evolved into 1 toe covered by a hoof Horse Peter	$400 [6] This Depp title character was created by a mad scientist played by Vincent Price Edward Scissorhands Anita	$400 [20] Thallium is said to look like this element, so get the thallium out & give us your question Lead Kurt	$400 [9] One of these can be "of fire" or by immersion in water during a religious rite Baptism Anita	$400 [2] Twain wrote that in "The Deerslayer", this author "scored 114 offenses against literary art out of a possible 115" James Fenimore Cooper Kurt	$400 [12] The clear waters of the upper river are home to this member of the salmon family that spawns upriver Trout Kurt
$800 [29] Moeritherium, with an elongated snout & front teeth, was the ancestor of this present-day animal Elephant Anita Kurt	$600 [7] "What's Eating" this character is probably having to live in a small town with his very dysfunctional family Gilbert Grape Anita	$600 [21] Alphabetically, the noble gases run from Ar, argon to Xe, this Xenon Peter	$600 [17] Ye gods! It's defined as the belief in more than one god Polytheism Kurt	DD $800 [4] This 1889 novel contrasts American homespun ingenuity with the Dark Ages' superstition & ineptitude "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" Peter	$600 [24] The muddy waters of the lower Mississippi are home to bullhead & other types of these barbeled bottom feeders Catfish Anita Kurt
DD $1,000 [27] Ursavus elmensis, the "down" version of this carnivore, was small enough to hunt in treetops Bear Peter	$800 [8] In a 1995 film co-starring Marlon Brando, Depp believes he is this legendary lover Don Juan Peter	$800 [22] The element with this atomic number was created by bombarding bismuth (83) with nickel (28) 111 Peter	$800 [18] Manorialism was the economic basis of this system of political & military obligation in the Middle Ages Feudalism Anita Kurt	$800 [15] In the 1850s Twain was an apprentice one of these under Horace Bixby; he became a licensed one in 1859 Riverboat pilot Kurt	$800 [25] He first sighted the Mississippi in May 1541; fittingly, his men buried him in the river after he died May 21, 1542 Hernando de Soto Anita
$1,000 [30] Arthropods, including shrimps & spiders, are descended from aquatic segmented ones of these Worms Kurt	$1,000 [10] Cross-dressing, angora-sweater-wearing director portrayed by Depp in a 1994 film Ed Wood Peter	$1,000 [23] Lawrencium, named for Ernest Lawrence, was discovered in one of these--the linear type, not a cyclotron Particle accelerator Kurt	$1,000 [19] From a word meaning "dot", it's the style exemplified by the painting seen here: Pointillism Kurt	$1,000 [16] Twain said, "There is no distinctly Native American criminal class except" this body Congress Anita Kurt	$1,000 [28] The mighty Mississippi River begins as a stream out of this lake in northwestern Minnesota Lake Itasca

Final Jeopardy!

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

Title hero whose boarding school's motto is "Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus", "Never Tickle A Sleeping Dragon"

Harry Potter

Anita "Who Holden Caufield?" — wagered $100

Peter "Who is Pete?" — wagered $3,500

Kurt "Who is?" — wagered $1,000

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