2008 College Championship quarterfinal game 1.From the Kohl Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Gabrielle McMahan — a junior from Florida A&M University
Meredith Johnson — a senior from University of Minnesota
Brandon Hensley — a sophomore from Caltech
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon | $1,000 | $3,400 | $4,600 |
$9,200
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$7,000
12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Meredith | $2,400 | $3,600 | $7,200 |
$9,201
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$7,200
15 R, 3 W |
| Gabrielle | $1,000 | $4,600 | $9,000 |
$10,000
Automatic semifinalist |
$12,000
16 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs) |
| AROUND THE WORLD | MUSICALS | AN HISTORIC OCCASION | COMPLETE IT | PLEASE DON'T SET THE DORM ON FIRE | 2- OR 3-LETTER WORDS |
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$200
[6]
After it gained its independence, Belarus adopted its own version of this basic currency
the ruble
Meredith
|
$200
[11]
Richard Burton played this king in "Camelot"; Tim Curry has played him in "Spamalot"
King Arthur
Brandon
|
$200
[26]
This organization was formally born Oct. 24, 1945 with Soviet ratification of the charter
the United Nations
Brandon
Meredith
Gabrielle
|
$200
[1]
A work from George Gershwin:"___ In Blue"
Rhapsody
Gabrielle
|
$200
[16]
Helium is OK, but this gas that filled the Hindenburg isn't; no containers of it in your room
hydrogen
Meredith
|
$200
[17]
Exist/unwanted "bonnet" intruder
be/bee
Meredith
|
|
$400
[7]
Hey mon! Blue Mountain Peak is the highest point in this island country
Jamaica
Brandon
|
$400
[12]
"It's alive!" This Mel Brooks film, a "monster" hit in 1974, has been galvanized into a musical
Young Frankenstein
Gabrielle
|
$400
[27]
It's not Hillary, it's Rebecca Latimer Felton, who on Nov. 21, 1922 became the first woman to serve in this body
the Senate
Gabrielle
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$400
[2]
Attributed to Lincoln:"The ___ is stronger than the bullet"
ballot
Brandon
|
$400
[22]
Hey, chem majors! This alliterative heater seenhereis not to be used at Herringbone Hall
a Bunsen burner
Gabrielle
|
$400
[18]
Nominative plural of "I"/"Willie Winkie" preceder
we/wee
Brandon
|
|
$600
[8]
Paris Opera House architect Charles Garnier also designed the world-famous casino in this town
Monte Carlo
Gabrielle
|
$600
[13]
The website for "A Catered Affair" features this kind of album; fans share photos & memories of their own ceremonies
a wedding album
Meredith
|
$600
[28]
An act passed by Parliament July 2, 1767 allowed duty-free exports of this to America--Party!!
tea
Brandon
|
$600
[3]
Where the Bishop of Rome lives:The Holy ___
See
Meredith
|
$600
[23]
No re-creations in your room of this yearly event conceived by Larry Harvey & held many times in Black Rock Desert
Burning Man
|
$600
[19]
Conjunction/mineral
or/ore
Brandon
|
|
$800
[9]
Thredbo & Perisher Blue are popular ski resorts in these aptly named Australian mountains
the Snowy Mountains
|
$800
[14]
Now a one-act musical on its own, "The Lorax" was originally part of this show based on Dr. Seuss books
Seussical
Gabrielle
|
$800
[29]
The April 17, 1722 inoculation of 2 daughters of the Prince of Wales against this made the practice widely accepted
smallpox
|
$800
[4]
A Beatles tune:"___ singing in the dead of night"
Blackbird
|
$800
[24]
This item seenhereis definitely not a university-approved dorm fixture
a flamethrower
Gabrielle
|
$800
[20]
Gardening tool/interjection following "Westward" or "Land"
hoe/ho
Gabrielle
|
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew indicates a map on the monitor.) The waterway that separates South America from Antarctica is known as this passage, for an explorer who may have navigated it in 1578
the Drake Passage
Gabrielle
|
$1,000
[15]
Like "Hairspray", the new musical "Cry-Baby" is based on a film by this highly unconventional director
John Waters
|
$1,000
[30]
On Jan. 1, 1993 this republic came into being, & some of its people sought citizenship in the neighboring Czech Republic
Slovakia
Gabrielle
|
$1,000
[5]
A poem from Keats:"The Eve of St. ___"
Agnes
Meredith
|
$1,000
[25]
No oily rag heaps; poor air circulation plus oxidation leads to this 2-word term, as Spinal Tap's drummer learned
spontaneous combustion
Meredith
|
$1,000
[21]
Next to/automatic advance to second round without having to play
by/bye
Brandon
|
| ENGLISH LITERATURE | MOVIE DIRECTORS | QUAD FOOD | OTHER GREAT LAKES | COUNTRIES IN OTHER WORDS | ANNUAL EVENTS |
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$400
[2]
At the end of this Henry Fielding novel, the title character marries Squire Western's daughter Sophia
Tom Jones
Gabrielle
|
$400
[16]
This "Sicko" director's prescription is to give free health care to every American for life
Michael Moore
|
$400
[18]
This quadrangular Kellogg toaster pastry originally came in 4 flavors & wasn't frosted
Pop-Tarts
Meredith
|
$400
[1]
This almost 27,000-square-mile African lake is named for a queen
(Lake) Victoria
Meredith
|
$400
[9]
Thanksgiving sleep inducer
Turkey
Brandon
|
$400
[23]
The Sony Open golf tournament takes place in January at the Waialae Country Club in this state capital
Honolulu
Brandon
|
|
$800
[3]
This non-James Bond book by Ian Fleming was subtitled "The Magical Car"
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Gabrielle
|
$800
[17]
He went from directing the Aaron Burr "got milk" ad to a little film called "Transformers"
Michael Bay
|
$800
[19]
This rectangular thick-crust pizza is not popular on the Italian island from which it gets its name
Sicilian
Meredith
|
$800
[7]
This Swiss-French lake is also called Lac Leman
Lake Geneva
Meredith
|
$800
[12]
Any porcelain ware
China
Brandon
|
$800
[24]
September was the month chosen for the holiday honoring these relatives because it signified their autumn years
grandparents
Meredith
|
|
$1,200
[4]
Book I of this Edmund Spenser work relates the adventures of the Redcrosse Knight of Holiness
The Faerie Queene
Gabrielle
|
$1,200
[28]
After directing "Thank You for Smoking", Jason Reitman didn't suffer from a sophomore jinx with this feature
Juno
|
$1,200
[20]
"What would you do" for this ice cream bar whose name refers to the Canadian area of an 1890s gold rush
a Klondike
Meredith
|
$1,200
[8]
Just past Astrakhan, the Volga flows into this inland "sea" that is actually a lake
the Caspian
Meredith
|
$1,200
[13]
Ms. O'Keeffe or Ms. Frontiere
Georgia
Gabrielle
|
$1,200
[25]
Since becoming a federal holiday in 1983, the holiday honoring him has occurred on his birthday, Jan. 15, only 4 times
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Gabrielle
|
|
$1,600
[5]
Squire Trelawney outfits the schooner Hispaniola & hires its crew in this 1883 tale
Treasure Island
Meredith
|
$1,600
[29]
These brothers escaped "The Matrix" & raced to release their new movie "Speed Racer"
the Wachowski Brothers
Brandon
|
$1,600
[21]
Thomas Jefferson brought this type of "iron" back from Europe & served the treats in the White House
a waffle maker
|
$1,600
[10]
The Catatumbo River flows into this lake, an extension of the Gulf of Venezuela
Lake Maracaibo
Meredith
|
$1,600
[14]
Pungent tapering pepper
Chile
Gabrielle
|
$1,600
[26]
Symbols of spring, a lamb shank & an egg are part of the traditional plate used during this Jewish holiday
Passover
Brandon
|
|
$2,000
[6]
Chapter 1 of this 1932 novel begins at the Central London Hatching & Conditioning Centre
Brave New World
Brandon
|
$2,000
[30]
His first try at a "King Kong" remake was stopped, as "Mighty Joe Young" & "Godzilla" were being produced
Peter Jackson
|
$2,000
[22]
Birdseye invented this product that was originally sold as "herring savouries"
fish sticks
Meredith
|
$2,000
[11]
Grande Isle & Isle La Motte are in this, the fourth-largest freshwater lake entirely in the U.S.
Lake Champlain
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
Pachyderm dentin seaside land
Ivory Coast
Gabrielle
|
DD
$2,400
[27]
This corp. is the engine behind the first National Train Day, May 10, 2008, remembering the golden spike of May 10, 1869
Amtrak
Brandon
|
"I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude", he wrote in a chapter on solitude in an 1854 work
Henry David Thoreau