2000-B College Championship semifinal game 2.From the University of Washington in Seattle.
Pam Mueller — a junior at Loyola University, Chicago from Wilmette, Illinois
Mitali Banerjee — a freshman at Rice University from Houston, Texas
Suzanne Rivoire — a senior at the University of Texas from Spring, Texas
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suzanne | $2,900 | $4,400 | $10,400 |
$7,399
2nd place: $5,000 |
$10,200
27 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Mitali | $-100 | $200 | $600 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 |
$600
5 R, 3 W |
| Pam | $1,200 | $3,700 | $6,700 |
$13,399
Finalist |
$9,200
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| MOUNTAINS | COLLEGE HODGEPODGE | STARS IN MUSIC VIDEOS | STATE NICKNAMES | BETWEEN WORLD WARS | 10-LETTER WORDS |
|
$100
[25]
Jon Krakauer gave a personal account of the 1996 disaster on this mountain in the book "Into Thin Air"
Mount Everest
Pam
|
$100
[9]
Trojan Family is the alumni magazine of this university
USC (University of Southern California)
Suzanne
|
$100
[19]
Rebecca Gayheart plays one of these in Train's "Meet Virginia", but turns in her order pad at the end of the song
Waitress
Suzanne
|
$100
[1]
"Little Rhody"
Rhode Island
Pam
|
$100
[4]
A 1925 storm spelled disaster for the helium-filled Shenandoah, one of these transports
Zeppelin/airship
Mitali
Pam
|
$100
[2]
It can mean lasting 100 years, or a 100th anniversary celebration
Centennial
Suzanne
|
|
$200
[30]
Yosemite National Park is located in this California mountain range
Sierra Nevadas
Suzanne
|
$200
[11]
In 1938 a Fredericksburg, VA. college was renamed to honor Mary Washington, this relative of George
His mother
Pam
|
$200
[20]
LFO's "Girl on TV" is this girl who has the time of her life in Neutrogena ads
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Pam
|
$200
[3]
"The Sooner State"
Oklahoma
Suzanne
|
$200
[17]
The Allies had a "fixed" income after WWI, asking 132 billion marks in these German compensation payments
Reparations
|
$200
[5]
It's the longest side of a right triangle
Hypotenuse
Suzanne
|
|
$300
[29]
This country's highest peak, Mount Elbrus, lies in the Caucasus Mountains on the Georgian border
Russia
Suzanne
|
$300
[14]
(Hi, I'm Margaret Bickers, a contestant in the 1992Jeopardy!college tournament, now a pilot in Iowa.) This government agency runs a center for aviation systems reliability at Iowa State
FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)
Pam
|
$300
[21]
Appearing in "Real Love" by Slaughter, she's been leading a "Charmed" life since "90210"
Shannen Doherty
Pam
|
$300
[6]
"The Razorback State"
Arkansas
Pam
|
$300
[18]
In 1924 Ramsay MacDonald, son of a servant girl, became Britain's first PM from this working man's party
Labour
Mitali
|
$300
[7]
This branch of medicine deals with the diseases & functions of the heart
Cardiology
Pam
|
|
$400
[28]
This Philippine mountain hadn't erupted for more than 600 years when it became active in 1991
Mount Pinatubo
Pam
|
$400
[15]
30% of Bryn Mawr students spend at least one semester abroad during this year of study
Junior year
Suzanne
|
$400
[22]
"Halo" by Depeche Mode has good karma with this TV Dharma
Jenna Elfman
Suzanne
|
$400
[8]
"The Badger State"
Wisconsin
Suzanne
|
$400
[23]
He's the bright light of '20s lit, seen here
F. Scott Fitzgerald
|
$400
[12]
In a children's song, this bird "sits in the old gum tree"
Kookaburra
Pam
|
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
The Athabascan name for this North American mountain means "The Great One"
Mount McKinley/Mount Denali
Pam
|
$500
[16]
Founded in 1861, this Poughkeepsie school became the first of the Seven Sisters to go co-ed, with 40 WWII veterans
Vassar College
Suzanne
|
$500
[26]
You can see this actress, film's Wednesday Addams, any day in Moby's "Natural Blues"
Christina Ricci
Pam
|
$500
[10]
"The Cowboy State"
Wyoming
Suzanne
Pam
|
$500
[24]
In 1933 the League of Nations voted 42-1 to condemn the invasion of Manchuria, the 1 being this invader
Japan
Suzanne
|
$500
[13]
From the Latin for "growing up", it's another term for a teen
Adolescent
Suzanne
|
| CHEMISTRY | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! | FROM THE KORAN | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS | RATS! | "V" SHALL SEE |
|
$200
[24]
Carbon in this form has every atom linked tetrahedrally to 4 others, making it really hard
Diamond
Pam
|
$200
[29]
As Annie, the reluctant bus driver, Sandra Bullock ground through the gears in this 1994 action hit
Speed
Suzanne
|
$200
[7]
The Koran begins, "In the name of" him, "most benevolent, ever-merciful"
Allah
Mitali
|
$200
[2]
This cabinet department leases offshore areas for oil & natural gas drilling
Department of the Interior
Suzanne
|
$200
[15]
Like deer, male rats are called bucks & female rats are called these
Does
Suzanne
|
$200
[1]
Mr. Spock's home planet
Vulcan
Suzanne
|
|
$400
[28]
Usually colorless, this liquid is the simplest oxygen hydride
Water
Mitali
Pam
|
$400
[30]
Like Scotland in 1995, the American colonies are defended by Mel Gibson in this jingoistic 2000 epic
The Patriot
Pam
|
$400
[16]
"Those who were arrogant...were seized by" this disaster & "lay overturned on the ground in their homes"
Earthquake
|
$400
[3]
In 1998 2 men were elected governor who were not Republican or Democrat: Angus King & this man
Jesse Ventura
Suzanne
|
$400
[17]
Of 5 weeks, 5 months or 5 years, the earliest age at which a rat can begin breeding
5 weeks
Mitali
Pam
|
$400
[11]
From the French for "to see", it's a Peeping Tom
Voyeur
Pam
|
|
$600
[27]
I got an F in chemistry, this F, a gas
Fluorine
Mitali
|
$600
[26]
Arnold Schwarzenegger has come back several times as one of these deadly title movie robots
The Terminator
Suzanne
|
$600
[10]
The title given to chapter 47 is the name of this prophet
Mohammed
Pam
|
DD
$800
[4]
Minimum number of electoral votes a state may have
3 (2 senators & 1 representative)
Suzanne
|
$600
[18]
Ratborne diseases include typhus, rabies & this type of plague AKA the "Black Death" of medieval times
Bubonic plague
Mitali
|
$800
[13]
Destructive animals or insects
Vermin
Suzanne
|
|
$800
[20]
"Willie was a chemist, but Willie is no more, what Willie thought was H2O was" this
H2SO4 (Sulfuric acid)
Pam
|
$800
[25]
$20 million was "Gone" from producers' pockets to pay Nicolas Cage's salary in this 2000 actioner
Gone in 60 Seconds
Pam
|
$800
[9]
"We sent Moses and" this brother "to Pharaoh and his nobles"
Aaron
Suzanne
|
$800
[5]
Created July 24, 1789, it's the main committee in the House that deals with tax bills
Ways and Means
Suzanne
|
$800
[21]
The highly adaptable brown rat also has the name of this Scandinavian country
Norway rat
Pam
|
$1,000
[14]
In mathematics it's a quantity involving both direction & magnitude
Vector
Pam
|
|
$1,000
[19]
Colorful last name of the man famous for describing the motion of small particles in a gas or liquid
Brown
Suzanne
|
$1,000
[23]
This man directed the action hits "Just Heroes" & "The Killer" in Hong Kong before directing "M:I-2" in the U.S.
John Woo
Suzanne
|
$1,000
[8]
"We enjoined upon Abraham and" this son "to keep our house immaculate"
Ishmael
Suzanne
Mitali
|
$1,000
[6]
This South Dakota Democrat has been minority leader in the U.S. Senate since 1995
Tom Daschle
Suzanne
|
$1,000
[22]
Rats are members of this order of mammals whose name is from the Latin for "gnaw"
Rodentia (rodents)
Suzanne
Pam
|
DD
$3,000
[12]
Meaning word-for-word, it's also a brand of computer disk
Verbatim
Pam
|
Since 1578, only 14 men have held this title, including a 1989 Nobel Prize winner
The Dalai Lama