Show #3562 2000-02-15 (taped 2000-01-16) College Championship

2000-A College Championship semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Molley Jesse — a senior at the University of Virginia from Columbia, South Carolina

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

Janet Wong — a senior at Drew University from Eatontown, New Jersey

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Janet	$1,200	$2,300	$8,900	$17,794 Finalist	$8,900 20 R, 2 W
Michael	$1,200	$3,400	$15,300	$12,799 2nd place: $5,000	$11,900 22 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Molley	$200	$400	$1,600	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$1,600 11 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS	COMPUTER CLASSES	TRICKY QUESTIONS	CASPIAN, THE FRIENDLY SEA	COLLEGE TEAM NICKNAMES	"MED" SCHOOL
$100 [1] Nagle Jackson's 1999 comedy "A Hotel on Marvin Gardens" centers on this classic board game Monopoly Molley	$100 [5] Title of the person who handles mail to a website; the U.S. has a "General" one Postmaster Molley	$100 [6] The number of 4-cent stamps in a dozen 12 Janet Molley	$100 [20] The USGS estimates the reserves of this in the Caspian are equal to those of the North Sea Oil Molley	$100 [13] UCLA features these creatures Bruins Molley	$100 [15] It's the playing of a series of songs, one right after the other Medley Janet
$200 [2] Edward Albee's adaptation of this Nabokov novel starred Donald Sutherland as Humbert Humbert "Lolita" Michael	$200 [7] SYSADMIN, one who maintains a computer network, is short for this System administrator Janet	$200 [23] Total cubic feet of earth in a hole 1 yard wide, 1 yard long & 1 yard deep 0 Janet Michael Molley	$200 [12] Botanists believe this fruit, Vitis vinifera, originated in the area of the Caspian Sea Grapes	$200 [14] The Longhorns play for the main campus of the university of this state Texas Janet	$200 [16] Some "transcend" with this type of deep thinking & concentration Meditation Janet
$300 [4] David Henry Hwang wrote his first play, "F.O.B.", while studying at this school near Palo Alto, California Stanford	$300 [3] This 4-letter word from Sanskrit means someone who is a computer knowledge resource Guru Janet	$300 [28] If the vice president & the speaker of the House were to die, the person in this post would be president The (current) president Janet Molley	$300 [25] In addition to carp & herring, the sea is a major source of this caviar fish Sturgeon	$300 [21] Penn's peaceable players Quakers Michael	$300 [17] This monstrous mythological maiden's equally monstrous sisters were Stheno & Euryale Medusa Janet
$400 [10] NYC's Alvin Theatre was renamed in his honor while his hit "Brighton Beach Memoirs" was playing there Neil Simon Michael	$400 [8] A stupid or inept internet user can be called this 3-digit number that means "File Not Found" 404 Janet	$400 [29] The number of eggs left in a carton if a boy eats all but 5 5 Michael	$400 [24] This longest river in Europe enters the Caspian by way of Astrakhan Volga Michael	$400 [22] The University of Maryland's reptilian representatives Terrapins Michael	$400 [18] The prophet Muhammad's escape to this city in 622 A.D. marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar Medina Michael
DD $600 [11] He worked as a stagehand in Prague before writing plays such as "Temptation" & before becoming a president Vaclav Havel Michael	$500 [9] Like a villain in darkness, one who reads others' words in a newsgroup but won't contribute is doing this Lurking	$500 [30] The brother-in-law of your mother's unmarried only sister is this relative to you father Michael Molley	$500 [27] In the 1980s the zebra species of these "strong" bivalves native to the Caspian invaded the Great Lakes Mussels Janet	$500 [26] (Hi, I'm wide receiver Antonio Freeman) In 1999 the Hokies of this school, my alma mater, had one of their greatest seasons, going undefeated Virginia Tech Molley	$500 [19] In vertebrates, it's the lowermost part of the brain Medulla Janet

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE MIDDLE AGES	TV LAW	FICTIONAL CHARACTERS	THOSE AMAZING MAMMALS	OOH, A WISE GUY	PRE-MED
$200 [1] He was elected to Parliament in 1386 & began writing "The Canterbury Tales" about a year later Geoffrey Chaucer Molley	$200 [8] In 1999 this show spun off a "Special Victims Unit" Law & Order Molley	$200 [3] This title character's sister Gretel wins the silver skates (so why isn't the book named for her?) Hans Brinker Michael	DD $100 [27] Newly born calves of this "colorful" mammal can measure 28 feet in length & weigh up to 3 tons Blue whale Michael	$200 [6] This Greek taught the theorem of hypotenuses of right triangles & said that all things are numbers Pythagoras Janet	$200 [5] Comparative Anatomy:The male fiddler crab's small one is used for feeding; the large for signaling Claw Molley
$400 [2] In 1208 in Assisi he gathered 12 disciples who became the original brothers of his religious order Saint Francis Michael	$400 [9] In 1999 Fox tried a 1/2-hour version of this hour show about the law firm of Richard Fish Ally McBeal Janet	$400 [4] In stories by J.D. Salinger, Franny Glass' brother Zachary is better known by this nickname Zooey Janet	$200 [28] Guinness reports a specimen of this land mammal at over 13 feet in height & over 13 tons in weight Elephant Michael	$400 [15] Plato compared the unenlightened to people chained up in one of these looking at shadows Cave Michael	$400 [7] Latin:If your Latin class seems to go on ad infinitum, it goes on this way Infinity/forever Molley
$600 [20] In 1232 A.D. the Mongols were repulsed by "arrows of flying fire", or rockets, at Kaifeng-Fu in this country China Michael	$600 [10] It features Ms. Brenneman on the bench Judging Amy Janet	$600 [13] 4-letter name shared by a character in Dickens' "Bleak House" & a Jules Verne captain Nemo Molley	$400 [29] Pandas have an enlarged wristbone that functions like this digit in humans Thumb Molley	$800 [21] This Danish thinker known for his "Leap of Faith" was a precursor of existentialism Soren Kierkegaard Michael	$600 [25] General Chemistry:It's the main branch of chemistry that deals with carbon compounds Organic chemistry Janet
$800 [19] In 814 Louis the Pious succeeded this "Magne" man, his father, as Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne Janet	$800 [11] Series seen here:(starring Dixie Carter) Family Law Janet	$800 [14] In a Dostoyevsky novel, it's the "silly" title nickname of Prince Myshkin, whose love for 2 women leads to tragedy "The Idiot" Michael	$600 [30] Discovered in 1901, a single colony of these "canines" of the Western U.S. contained about 400 million individuals Prairie dogs Michael	$1,000 [26] His "Two Treatises of Government" influenced the Declaration of Independence with all its talk of rights John Locke Michael	$800 [24] Basket Weaving:Materials used include reed & rush, which is used to make these Japanese mats Tatami Janet
$1,000 [18] "Dark" nickname of Edward, the hero of the Battle of Crecy "The Black Prince" Michael	$1,000 [12] Ed Koch made him a criminal court judge; now he's replaced Koch on "The People's Court" Jerry Sheindlin Michael	$1,000 [17] In "Absalom! Absalom!", it's the "mythological" name of Thomas Stupen's daughter, known as Clytie for short Clytemnestra Michael	$1,000 [22] Known for its mass migrations, this rodent of Scandinavia can become pregnant at the age of 14 days Lemming Janet	DD $4,000 [16] He wrote that "Knowledge is power"--& rumor has it he also wrote Shakespeare's plays Francis Bacon Michael	$1,000 [23] Physics:Helmholtz formulated the first law of this, a statement on the conservation of energy Thermodynamics Janet

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

The 2 U.S. presidents who served as governors of states west of the Mississippi River

Ronald Reagan (California) & Bill Clinton (Arkansas)

Molley "Who are Reagan and W H Harris" — wagered $1,600

Janet "Who are Reagan & Clinton?" — wagered $8,894

Michael "Who were Nixon and Reagan" — wagered $2,501

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