Show #5459 2008-05-08 (taped 2008-04-11) College Championship

2008 College Championship quarterfinal game 4.From the Kohl Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Contestants

Katie Winter — a senior from Tufts University

Suchita Shah — a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Danny Devries — a junior from the University of Michigan

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Danny	$2,000	$2,200	$12,600	$25,011 Automatic semifinalist	$10,600 16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Suchita	$4,600	$7,400	$12,200	$14,208 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$11,800 23 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Katie	$800	$2,000	$6,800	$9,800 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$8,000 9 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

MADISON MEN	MUSICAL STYLES	FISHIN' IMPOSSIBLE	BY, THE BOOK	SHEER LUNAR SEA!	RHYME TIME
$200 [7] After the death of this friend of his, Madison succeeded him as the rector of the University of Virginia Jefferson Suchita	$200 [19] "Western" used to be a part of this musical style's name"I've been running from the law /Living in flashing lights /I've been..." country Suchita	$200 [16] In 2006 we learned that Antarctic fish have proteins that keep their blood from doing this freezing Suchita	$200 [2] He wrote "Redburn", "Omoo" & a seafaring novel of some repute (Herman) Melville Suchita	$200 [23] The "Sea of" these, whether altostratus or cirrocumulus clouds Suchita	$200 [1] A fat & sagging striped house cat a flabby tabby Danny
$400 [8] Ben Franklin & James Madison were 2 of the 39 men who signed this document; Madison was its last living signer the Constitution Danny Suchita	$400 [21] Encyclopedia Britannica calls it a "cultural movement" as well as "backing music"sample hip-hop Danny	$400 [17] AKA barbels, these on a South American catfish can reach 4 feet in length & are covered with taste buds whiskers Suchita	$400 [4] False advertising alert! In 1933 she penned "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" Gertrude Stein Katie	$400 [25] The "Bay of" this, early morning precipitation dew Suchita	$400 [3] What's that putrid odor coming from Paris & Nice? a French stench Danny
$600 [13] John Jay, Madison & Hamilton wrote these "papers", which stressed the need for a strong central government the Federalist Papers Suchita	$600 [22] In the mid-1950s, this style got its name, combining a type of music & a rural fellow"Riding down Sunset /Santa Monica, too /Over to the Valley /To pick up Peggy Sue" rockabilly Katie	$600 [18] The largest fish, the whale shark, won't eat you; he likes algae & protozoa known by this collective term plankton Danny	$600 [5] In addition to "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", he penned "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" Douglas Adams Katie	$600 [26] The "Marsh of" this, when REM activity can occur sleep Suchita	$600 [10] A minuscule spirit in a magic lamp a teeny genie Danny
$1,000 [15] President Madison promoted him to captain in honor of his victory in the Battle of Lake Erie (Oliver Hazard) Perry Suchita	$800 [29] A Jamaican musical genre is part of the name of this Latin style"We got you jammin', /Eh /Oh, oh /Mamacita say /Oh, oh /Me amigos say /Oh, oh" reggaeton Danny Suchita	$800 [20] The 4-winged version of this alliterative swimmer has been known to "glide" up to 200 meters a flying fish Danny	$800 [6] The second part of his "The Sound and the Fury" is told by a neurotic on the day of his suicide Faulkner Suchita	$800 [27] The "Sea of" this sweet plant secretion that attracts insects & birds nectar Katie	$800 [11] A nearer food merchant a closer grocer Danny
DD $1,200 [14] He was Secretary of State for part of Madison's first term & stayed in the post for the second term Monroe Suchita	$1,000 [30] The name of this style of music may come from an alteration of the French word for "beans""Shot below /Dig a hole" zydeco Katie	$1,000 [24] As the quinnat, a type of this, goes upstream, it changes color, stops eating & lives off its fat a salmon Suchita	$1,000 [9] The first book by this "Chocolate Factory" guy was "The Gremlins" in 1943, written for Walt Disney Roald Dahl Katie	$1,000 [28] The "Ocean of" these; perhaps a blizzard or 2? storms Suchita	$1,000 [12] Fine powdery remains from a piece of oxidized metal rust dust Suchita

Double Jeopardy! Round

MEDICINE	THE BRAT FEST	LET'S VISIT THE MIDEAST	PRODUCT PLACEMENT	WOMEN IN HISTORY	GET YOUR "B.A."
$400 [5] Rene Laennec invented this to save a young woman from the shock of a man listening directly to her chest a stethoscope Suchita	$400 [13] After her release from jail in 2007, she promised to stop partying but then had her 27th birthday in Vegas wearing lingerie Paris Hilton Suchita	$400 [2] The hotel Le Meridien Haifa By The Sea overlooks this sea the Mediterranean Sea Danny Suchita Katie	$400 [15] This disc is a registered trademark of Wham-O a Frisbee Danny	$400 [1] Before she was First Lady, this woman from New England was the wife of the first U.S. vice president Abigail Adams Danny	$400 [8] If you win the tournament, yours will have $100,000 more in it a bank account Danny
$800 [6] In this type of illness, the physical ailment (such as peptic ulcers) is real, but the cause is believed mental a psychosomatic Suchita Katie	$800 [18] Sister Ali will have to undress the part if she wants to compete with this older sister of "Mean Girls" fame Lindsay Lohan Katie	$800 [3] This 830,000-square-mile kingdom is not a lifeless desert but teems with quince trees & wild gerbils Saudi Arabia	$800 [16] Kraft's "cheese food", melting since 1928 Velveeta Suchita	$800 [14] She was the only surviving child of Henry VIII's first wife Mary Tudor Danny	$800 [25] Monsieur, here is your poulet saute petit-duc, & as we do in France, let me wish you this bon appetit Danny
DD $1,200 [7] The "mellitus" in the full name of this disease comes from the Latin for "honey-sweet" diabetes Katie	$1,200 [19] This Heisman-winning Cardinals QB was sacked in the off-season by photos of his hot tub party (Matt) Leinart Danny	$1,200 [4] Thedude in whiteis one of these nomads, from a word for "desert-dweller" a Bedouin Suchita	$1,200 [17] Tussis is Latin for "cough", hence the name of this Wyeth product Robitussin Katie	$1,200 [22] After Julia Ward Howe heard Union soldiers singing "John Brown's Body", she wrote this song to the same tune "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" Suchita	$1,200 [26] It's the specialty of Kat Von D's seen here a body artist Suchita
$1,600 [11] In 1906 a German doctor first presented his findings about this memory-loss disease that's now named for him Alzheimer's Suchita	$1,600 [20] This blonde "American Pie" actress was number one...on In Touch magazine's top party animals list (Tara) Reid Danny	$1,600 [9] Iran has called itself this type of republic since an April 1, 1979 declaration by Ayatollah Khomeini Islamic republic Danny	$1,600 [27] This alphanumeric lubricant is "the can with a thousand uses" WD-40 Suchita	$1,600 [23] St. Thomas' Hospital, where she founded a training school for nurses in 1860, is now home to her museum Florence Nightingale Katie	$2,000 [29] In John 3, Jesus said, "Except a man be" this, "he cannot see the Kingdom of God" born again
$2,000 [12] The original Hippocratic oath mentioned Asclepius & this son of Zeus who was called "the physician" Apollo	$2,000 [21] In 2007 this ex-Mr. Pamela Anderson got in one fight with Tommy Lee & another one at a Waffle House Kid Rock Katie	$2,000 [10] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates a map of the Middle East on the monitor.) In 1958 the spell of President Nasser's Pan-Arab Movement persuaded this country to join Egypt in the United Arab Republic Syria Suchita	$2,000 [28] Your room could use this "windy" product--"It's a breath of fresh air" Febreze Danny	$2,000 [24] In the late 1940s she founded a female branch of her husband's political party in Argentina Eva Peron Danny Suchita	DD $3,600 [30] The introduction of ironworking around 1100 B.C. brought it to an end the Bronze Age Danny

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS AUSTRIANS

The home on Vienna's Domgasse where he lived in the 1780s was reopened amid fanfare in January 2006

Mozart

Katie "Who was Mozart?" — wagered $3,000

Suchita "Who is Mozart?" — wagered $2,008

Danny "Who is Motzart?" — wagered $12,411

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