2000-A College Championship semifinal game 3.
Julia Becker — a senior at Brandeis University from Cranford, New Jersey
Kurt Medland — a sophomore at Albion College from Lapeer, Michigan
Adam Center — a senior at Georgetown University from Atlanta, Georgia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | $-800 | $1,000 | $5,400 |
$10,800
Finalist |
$5,400
12 R, 3 W |
| Kurt | $1,200 | $4,200 | $9,400 |
$7,999
2nd place: $5,000 |
$8,800
28 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Julia | $0 | $400 | $3,700 |
$7,400
3rd place: $5,000 |
$4,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| WOMEN RULE! | RADIO WAVES | BAD NEWS | THE BIBLE | CLIFFS NOTES | A.T. |
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$100
[1]
She was less than a week old when she became queen of Scotland in 1542
Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary I)
Kurt
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$100
[21]
With over 2,300 stations, this format featuring artists like Alan Jackson is the USA's most popular
Country & Western
Kurt
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$100
[2]
Defending this Texas site in 1836, Davy Crockett learned no further reinforcements would be coming
The Alamo
Kurt
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$100
[22]
In Biblical book titles in English, the only "song" is the "Song of" this wise king
Solomon
Julia
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$100
[6]
Preppie runs away from school; spends memorable weekend in New York; gets even more depressed
"Catcher in the Rye"
Kurt
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$100
[14]
A person lacking coordination is this; in other words, butterfingered
All thumbs
Kurt
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$200
[12]
Hearing bad news from the Boer War, she stated, "We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat"
Queen Victoria
Kurt
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$200
[23]
This romantic advice show hosted by Adam & Dr. Drew began on California's KROQ over 15 years ago
Loveline
Adam
Julia
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$200
[3]
Residents of Montserrat were ordered to evacuate in 1997 when one of these began heating up
Volcano
Kurt
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$200
[27]
The word "bible" comes from the ancient Greek word for this
Book
Julia
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$200
[8]
Man loses leg; loses mind; loses battle with large cetacean
"Moby Dick"
Julia
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$200
[15]
In this 1999 film, Billy Crystal treated Robert De Niro well
Analyze This
Adam
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$300
[13]
Lucius Apuleius called this Egyptian goddess the queen of heaven
Isis
Kurt
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$300
[24]
This word dating back to the 1940s refers to a program aired at the same time on radio & TV
Simulcast
Kurt
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$300
[4]
Philip II learned that his 1588 invasion of England had failed when only half of this fleet returned home
Spanish Armada
Kurt
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$300
[28]
Though much of Leviticus is ritual, chapter 19 has the sweeping "Thou shalt love" this person "as thyself"
Thy neighbor
Kurt
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$300
[9]
Achilles goes into a snit when the king steals his babe; he doesn't get over it for several hundred pages
"The Iliad"
Adam
Julia
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$300
[16]
Kenan & Kel got their start on this Nick show
All That
Julia
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$400
[19]
Boadicea led a 1st century revolt against these foreigners whose legions occupied Britain
Romans
Kurt
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$400
[25]
Art Bell's show from Pahrump, Nevada often discusses these "objects", one of which Bell says he's seen
UFOs
Adam
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$400
[5]
On Sept. 1, 1939 citizens of this nation discovered their country had been invaded by the Nazis, beginning WWII
Poland
Julia
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$400
[29]
In the New Testament, Jesus recruited apostles on the shore of this "sea" on which he later walked
Sea of Galilee
Kurt
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DD
$400
[10]
Boy grows up in Dublin; argues a lot, has an epiphany; leaves
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Julia
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$400
[17]
Oh lord, he was made poet laureate of England in 1850
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Kurt
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$500
[20]
Peter III had been Russia's czar for about 6 months when this "Great" woman, his wife, grabbed the throne
Catherine the Great
Adam
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$500
[26]
Bruce DuMont's national political talk show is called "Beyond" this Washington-area road
The Beltway
Adam
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$500
[7]
On January 19, 1793 this man learned the French Revolutionary Convention had voted for his execution
Louis XVI
Adam
Julia
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$500
[30]
In the King James Version, it finishes the line "Blessed are the meek: for..."
They shall inherit the Earth
Kurt
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$500
[11]
Wang Lung & O-Lan suffer through 34 chapters of war, pestilence, famine, floods, drought, disease & even locust swarms
"The Good Earth"
Kurt
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$500
[18]
In her novel "The Hundred Secret Senses", Kwan, a Chinese mystic, can talk with the dead
Amy Tan
Kurt
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| THE CIVIL WAR | CAPITAL TOURISM | ARTISTS | STRICTLY BUSINESS | F. SCOTT FITZGERALD | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s |
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$200
[12]
About 180,000 black soldiers served in the Union army; 23 won this highest military award
Congressional Medal of Honor
Julia
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$200
[2]
You can take classes in Thai-style massage at the temple compound of Wat Po in this Thai city
Bangkok
Julia
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$200
[17]
The secret art of this man is seen here:(illustration of "The Cat in the Hat")
Dr. Seuss
Kurt
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$200
[22]
It's an itemized list of a firm's goods that have not yet been sold
Inventory
Julia
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$200
[1]
Fitzgerald attended this New Jersey university but left for the Army in 1917 without a degree
Princeton
Kurt
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$200
[7]
It can be a fake doctor or a sound Daffy might make
Quack
Kurt
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$400
[18]
Not one person was killed in the battle for this fort, the first battle of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
Kurt
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$400
[8]
The Chateau Laurier, seen here, is an elegant hotel near the Parliament buildings in this Canadian city
Ottawa
Kurt
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$400
[27]
Part of this artist's "Water Garden in Giverny" is seen here:
Claude Monet
Kurt
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$400
[23]
Formerly called the Cost-of-Living Index, it's abbreviated C.P.I.
Consumer Price Index
Adam
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$400
[3]
Fitzgerald's wife; her view of their marriage inspired her 1932 novel "Save Me the Waltz"
Zelda
Julia
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$400
[13]
A small cucumber preserved in vinegar
Pickle
Kurt
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$600
[19]
In addition to his march through Georgia, he also marched through the Carolinas in 1865
William T. Sherman
Kurt
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$600
[9]
Visitors may feed giraffes at this Kenyan capital's Langata Giraffe Center
Nairobi
Kurt
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$600
[28]
This surrealist was buried at the Theater-Museum in Figueres, Spain that contains most of his works
Salvador Dali
Kurt
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$600
[24]
The right of a government to take private property for public use is called this "domain"
Eminent domain
Adam
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DD
$500
[4]
In 1925 Fitzgerald first met Ernest Hemingway in a bar in this European city
Paris
Julia
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$600
[14]
It's the auto that leads the competitors at the start but doesn't compete in the race
Pace car
Adam
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$800
[20]
On the first day of this battle, there was heavy fighting along Seminary Ridge
Gettysburg
Kurt
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$800
[10]
Neigh! The world-famous Spanish Riding School isn't in Madrid but in this other world capital
Vienna
Adam
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$1,000
[30]
A typical work by this painter is seen here:
Mark Rothko
Kurt
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$800
[25]
Done by an expert, it's a formal valuation of property, or estimate of its market value
Appraisal
Adam
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$800
[5]
As an uncredited screenwriter, Fitzgerald contributed to this 1939 Civil War epic
Gone With The Wind
Adam
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$800
[15]
In mathematics it's a second-degree polynomial equation where the highest power of the unknown variable is 2
Quadratic equation
Julia
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$1,000
[21]
In May 1861 the Confederacy moved its capital to this city 100 miles south of Washington, D.C.
Richmond, Virginia
Adam
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$1,000
[11]
Skirts called sulus make fine "Suva"nirs of Suva, the capital of this Pacific island country
Fiji
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DD
$1,400
[29]
His work, seen here, was influenced by his Jewish upbringing in Russia:("The Fiddler")
Marc Chagall
Kurt
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$1,000
[26]
From Latin for "beside", they're the assets a borrower "puts up" to ensure repayment
Collateral
Adam
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$1,000
[6]
In the title of a story Fitzgerald wrote for The Saturday Evening Post, "Bernice Bobs" this
Her hair
Julia
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$1,000
[16]
Guatemala's national currency was named for this bird
Quetzal
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Its final scene includes the line "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner"
The Silence of the Lambs