Show #3565 2000-02-18 (taped 2000-01-16) College Championship

2000-A College Championship final game 2.

Contestants

Greg Hodgin — a senior at Emory University from Columbia, South Carolina (subtotal of $0)

Adam Center — a senior at Georgetown University from Atlanta, Georgia (subtotal of $7,800)

Janet Wong — a senior at Drew University from Eatontown, New Jersey (subtotal of $3,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Janet	$900	$1,700	$9,800	$18,500	$8,700 14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Adam	$3,100	$4,100	$7,500	$9,499	$6,400 23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Greg	$100	$1,000	$2,400	$0	$3,600 14 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

GEOMETRY	MEN ON FILM	SNAKES ALIVE!	WORLD CAPITALS	TOY STORY	BEFORE & AFTER
$100 [16] This type of triangle has sides that are all the same length Equilateral Adam	$100 [1] "The Man in the Iron Mask"(1998) Leonardo DiCaprio Adam	$100 [26] This "monarch" of Southeast Asia is the longest venomous snake King cobra Greg	$100 [6] This capital is linked to the North Sea via the Thames River London Greg	$100 [21] In 1999 this Hasbro action figure celebrated his 35th year in the service G.I. Joe Greg	$100 [11] Cotton gin inventor who needed a big screen "Bodyguard" Eli Whitney Houston Adam
$200 [17] A dodecahedron is a solid figure that has this many faces 12 Greg	$200 [2] "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo"(1999) Rob Schneider Adam	$200 [27] Capable of speeds of 12 MPH, this aggressive "black" snake of tropical Africa is the world's fastest Black mamba Janet Adam	$200 [7] Indira Gandhi International Airport lies just outside this capital New Delhi Adam	$200 [22] They're the conversation pieces seen here Furbys Greg	$200 [12] Female "Party of Five" star who's "Mm! Mm! Good" Neve Campbell Soup Adam
$300 [18] An X-axis & Y-axis divide a plane into 4 of these aptly-named areas Quadrants Adam	$300 [3] "Johnny Mnemonic"(1995) Keanu Reeves Adam	$300 [28] It's the "metallic" name for the American pit viper seen here: Copperhead Greg	$300 [8] As its name implies, this Middle Eastern capital was once known for its damascened steel sword blades Damascus Adam	$300 [23] The snacktime version of these "Kids" went up for adoption in 1996, until they began snacking on kids' hair Cabbage Patch Kids Greg	$300 [13] "The Bone Collector" star who penned "Rip Van Winkle" Denzel Washington Irving Adam
$400 [19] It has no height, weight or depth & can be located by an ordered pair Point Greg	$400 [4] "Stuart Little"(1999)(Voice) Michael J. Fox Adam	$400 [29] Eunectes notaeus, the "yellow" variety of this South American snake, is much smaller than its "giant" cousin Anaconda Adam	$500 [10] In this capital on the Danube you can stroll the Nagy Korut (Great Boulevard) or the Kis Korut (Small Boulevard) Budapest Adam	$400 [24] In the late '60s Mattel took on Matchbox with this line of toy cars; today it owns both Hot Wheels Adam	$400 [14] "Gilligan" actor's football team that won back-to-back Super Bowls in '98 & '99 Bob Denver Broncos Janet
$500 [20] To find the volume of one of these solids, multiply the area of its circular base by its height Cylinder Janet	$500 [5] "Titus"(1999) Anthony Hopkins Janet	$500 [30] One of these reticulated snakes shot in Indonesia in 1912 measured 32 feet 9 1/2 inches Python	DD $1,500 [9] 1 of 2 capitals on South America's Rio de la Plata Buenos Aires/Montevideo Adam	$500 [25] This classic seen here first "drew in" kids in the mid-'60s: Spirograph Janet Greg	$500 [15] A Watchtower distributor's relocation service provided by U.S. marshals Jehovah's Witness Protection Program

Double Jeopardy! Round

GEE, I'M A TREE	PEN NAMES	POP GOES THE MUSIC	"Q" TIPS	BAD FOREIGN STUDY CHOICES	REALLY OLD NEWS
$200 [6] Species of this evergreen include the aleppo, limber & loblolly Pine Adam	$200 [26] This author of "Jurassic Park" put himself through Harvard medical school writing under the name John Lange Michael Crichton Adam	$200 [1] On this band's first album, Dave Grohl played all of the instruments Foo Fighters Janet	$200 [7] It's a spread for a bed Quilt Adam	$200 [17] Largely because of high crime, no one will call you chicken if you avoid this Ukranian capital Kiev Adam	$200 [12] The second of these military campaigns was proclaimed by Pope Eugene III in 1147 Crusades Greg
$400 [22] The name of this type of tree sounds like the name of a large Mediterranean island: Cypress Greg	$400 [27] Under the name Richard Bachman, he wrote "Thinner", about a man with a wasting disease Stephen King Greg	$400 [2] Her CD "Mirrorball" includes live versions of her songs "Adia" & "I Will Remember You" Sarah McLachlan Janet	$400 [8] According to its name, a 10-gallon hat would hold 40 of these Quarts Adam	$400 [18] Things are still unstable in this country that received over 440,000 Kosovar refugees in 1999 Albania Adam	$400 [13] Spanish navigator Vincente Yanez Pinzon captained this vessel on a famous 1492 voyage Nina Janet Adam Greg
$600 [23] The Chinese & Siberian elms are resistant to this fungal disease, but the American elm isn't Dutch elm disease Janet	$600 [28] Edith Van Dyne, who wrote a series of books about "Aunt Jane's Nieces", was actually this Oz author L. Frank Baum Greg	$600 [3] With help from Matchbox 20's Rob Thomas, he topped the charts with the song "Smooth" Carlos Santana Janet	$600 [9] This archaic word for "said" is associated forevermore with a raven Quoth Adam	$600 [19] This area, an Indonesian province since the 1975 invasion, got really scary in 1999 East Timor Adam	$600 [14] As a boy in 238 B.C, this general accompanied his father Hamilcar on an expedition to conquer Spain Hannibal Greg
$800 [24] Long, droopy branches give this tree, Salix babylonica, its weepiness Weeping willow Janet	$800 [29] Newsweek columnist Joe Klein was "Anonymous", the author of this 1996 political novel "Primary Colors" Janet	$800 [4] (Hey, how ya doing, I'm Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray) It's the title of my band's song that says, "Once again as predicted left my broken heart open and you ripped it out" "Every Morning" Janet	$800 [10] It can be the object of a hunt or a place to excavate stone Quarry Janet	$800 [20] In border areas of Eritrea, avoid wandering into this country from which Eritrea broke away in 1993 Ethiopia Greg	$800 [15] This British general surrendered at Saratoga October 17, 1777, 4 years before Cornwallis did John Burgoyne
DD $2,100 [25] The name of this tree comes from a Native American word for a dish made from its nuts, pocohiquara Hickory Janet	$1,000 [30] Originally, his 1893 novel "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" appeared under the pseudonym Johnston Smith Stephen Crane Greg	$1,000 [5] The group Len rides motor scooters in the video for this song that samples from "More, More, More" "Steal My Sunshine" Janet	$1,000 [11] In 1981 the U.S. placed one on Japanese car imports Quota Adam	DD $1,200 [21] To learn this European language, you'll be safer in Europe than in Angola or Mozambique, where it's official Portuguese Greg	$1,000 [16] The name of these ancient invaders of India comes from a Sanskrit word meaning "aristocrat" Aryans Greg

Final Jeopardy!

GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES

The city of Tromso in this country is home to the world's northernmost university & brewery

Norway

Greg "What is Sweden?" — wagered $2,400

Adam "What is Norway?" — wagered $1,999

Janet "What is Norway?" — wagered $8,700

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