Show #5465 2008-05-16 (taped 2008-04-12) College Championship

2008 College Championship final game 2.From the Kohl Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Contestants

Danielle Zsenak — a senior from Marquette University (subtotal of $30,000)

Andrew Chung — a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College (subtotal of $11,998)

Joey Beachum — a senior from Mississippi State University (subtotal of $15,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Joey $6,000 $9,400 $24,400 $31,200 $20,600
27 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Andrew $400 $3,400 $10,400 $0 $7,800
8 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Danielle $800 $2,600 $13,000 $16,000 $13,000
17 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

STATE FACTS BIBLE STORIES POTPOURRI WORD ORIGINS TELEVISION NEW REALITY SHOWS?
$200 [6]
Only 3 cities in this state have more than 50,000 people--Billings, Missoula & Great Falls
Montana
Danielle
$200 [1]
In Mark 1, the Holy Spirit came to Jesus like this bird
a dove
Joey
$200 [18]
In 1903 the first pack of this brand carried the line "for educational color work"
Crayola
Danielle
$200 [11]
This part of an egg gets its name from the Old English for "yellow"
the yolk
Joey
$200 [16]
Ellen Pompeo plays one of the healers in training on this drama
Grey's Anatomy
Danielle
$200 [23]
Catherine, Anne, Jane, Anne No. 2, Catherine H. & Catherine P. try to avoid elimination in "Who Wants to Marry" this king
Henry VIII
Andrew
$400 [7]
Not surprisingly, it has the largest economy of any state, with the highest revenue & the highest expenditures
California
Andrew
$400 [2]
Lot fled this city as God burned it behind him
Sodom
Joey
$400 [19]
In 1899 this pair started their research with a biplane flown like a kite
the Wright Brothers
Joey
$400 [12]
This season gets its name from the Sanskrit for "half year"
summer
$400 [17]
Kyle MacLachlan moved onto Wisteria Lane as Orson Hodge, Bree's new husband, on this soapy series
Desperate Housewives
Joey
$400 [24]
Not feeling so tolerant lately? Become Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's successor as this country's "Next Top Despot"
Iran
Joey
$600 [8]
This state could use some crowd control: it's the most populous state in the Midwest
Illinois
Joey
$600 [3]
This king got angry & killed all the babies in Bethlehem
King Herod
Joey
$600 [20]
Title of the chief of the DOJ
the Attorney General
Joey
$600 [13]
The opposite of nadir, it's from the Arabic for "road above"
zenith
Danielle
$600 [28]
Jorge Garcia keeps the humor alive as Hugo "Hurley" Reyes on this enigmatic show
Lost
Danielle
$600 [25]
On "Dancing with Ex-George W. Bush Cabinet Members", this ex-Defense Sec. goes on the offensive--with a sizzling samba!
Donald Rumsfeld
Joey
$800 [9]
The name of this state is Spanish for "colored red"
Colorado
Joey
$1,000 [5]
King Saul didn't let his people eat until they destroyed these enemies
the Philistines
Joey
$800 [21]
Used in martial arts, this hand weapon, 2 sticks joined by a cord or chain, is also called karate sticks
nunchaku (or numchucks)
Andrew
$800 [14]
The name of this element is from the Latin word for "lime", the chemical kind
calcium
$800 [29]
Who can resist John Krasinski as prankster Jim Halpert on this sitcom?
The Office
Danielle
$800 [26]
The fork's now in your hand in "So You Think You Can Eat an Entire" this make of auto, whether Cayenne or Boxster
Porsche
$1,000 [10]
A bus boycott in this state in 1955 helped launch the civil rights movement
Alabama
Joey
DD $1,200 [4]
On this festival, Galileans could suddenly talk like Parthians & Medes
Pentecost
Joey
$1,000 [22]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a diagram on the monitor.) Instead of running around the curve, save strides & run this straight line that touches the curve, from the Latin for "to touch"
a tangent
Joey
$1,000 [15]
The name of this musical instrument comes from Greek words for "wood" and "voice"
the xylophone
$1,000 [30]
Jack Coleman, who plays the mysterious H.R.G. on this show, is a descendant of Benjamin Franklin
Heroes
Andrew
$1,000 [27]
Oops! Rex finds out the hard way this body part's neocortex is no where near the groin in "I Wanna Be a Surgeon!"
the brain
Andrew

Double Jeopardy! Round

HAIL TO THE CHIEF HAPPY MADISON WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME? LET'S GO TO THE BALLET FIGHT SONGS SLANGUAGE
$400 [3]
In 1932 he became the first defeated vice presidential candidate of a major party elected president
FDR
$400 [16]
(Adam Sandler delivers the clue.) The name of my production company, Happy Madison, comes from the titles of these 2 movies I starred in
Happy Gilmore & Billy Madison
Danielle
$400 [21]
Nausea & extreme sensitivity to light & sound often accompany one of these severe headaches
a migraine
Danielle
$400 [22]
Ooh! Ballerinas in green tutus! My favorite part of the ballet "Jewels" is named for these green gems
emeralds
Joey
$400 [1]
Menkaure is our cry! He will crush the Sinai! Ra! Ra! Ra!
Egypt
Joey
$400 [11]
"Snizzle" is not a Snoop Dogg term but a weather word for the mixture of these 2 conditions
snowing & drizzling
Danielle
$800 [4]
With wife Rosalynn, he wrote the book "Everything To Gain: Making the Most Out of the Rest of Your Life"
(Jimmy) Carter
Danielle
$800 [17]
(Adam delivers the clue again.) Drew Barrymore has problems remembering the name of this 2004 movie we starred in that's set in Hawaii
50 First Dates
Danielle
$800 [24]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew explains a diagram of the human eye.) In the normal eye, the focal point of light is on the retina; in hypermitropia, it'sbehindthe retina; in this opposite condition, it'sin front of the retina
myopia (or nearsightedness)
Joey Andrew
$800 [23]
I have to see the NYCB's production of this; the Christmas tree grows about 40 feet high & weighs a ton!
The Nutcracker
Joey
$800 [2]
We once were Gran, but we're still not bad. From Cartagena to Soledad, hail...
Colombia
Joey Danielle
$800 [12]
A "hall walker" is someone who has little to do in this Department of Defense HQ
the Pentagon
Danielle
$1,200 [5]
2 of his 4 sons served as state governors: one in Florida, one in Texas
George Herbert Walker Bush
Joey
$1,200 [18]
(Adam Sandler delivers the clue.) In my new movie "You Don't Mess With The Zohan", I play an intelligence agent from this country founded in 1948 who fakes his death to be a hairdresser
Israel
Danielle
$1,200 [25]
Blood tests that measure vitamin B12 levels are used to diagnose the pernicious form of this
anemia
$1,200 [28]
No way! Way! Act II, Scene One of "Spartacus" is set on this ancient highway
the Via Appia (the Appian Way)
Joey
$1,200 [8]
Hail our banners red flying overhead onward to Pusan--& beyond! Gooooo Army!
North Korea
Danielle
$1,200 [13]
An unnatural & unsustainable evolution in digital media is called these creatures "with feet"
fish
Joey
$2,000 [7]
At the 1880 GOP Convention, this former 2-term president led on each of the 1st 35 ballots; Garfield was nominated
Ulysses Grant
$1,600 [19]
(Adam Sandler delivers the clue.) We produced this 2006 baseball bully revenge movie that starred my friends Rob Schneider, David Spade & Jon Heder
The Benchwarmers
Joey
$2,000 [27]
I see you have flu-like symptoms & a red bull's-eye rash; it could be this tick-borne illness first identified in 1975
Lyme disease
Joey Andrew
$1,600 [29]
I love the music of this Polish-French composer, so we must see "In the Night", which features his nocturnes
Chopin
Danielle
$1,600 [9]
Bring on the fight! We are ready to unite! Victor Emmanuel! He's the man to give them... grief
Italy
Danielle
$1,600 [14]
A new interval-training workout called "wogging" combines the names of these 2 bipedal activities
walking & jogging
Joey
DD $5,000 [6]
In the 1912 election he defeated a sitting president & a former president
Woodrow Wilson
Joey
$2,000 [20]
(Adam Sandler delivers the clue.) Happy Madison's first feature film was this 1999 comedy that saw Rob Schneider go out on a date with a narcoleptic girl
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
Joey
DD $4,200 [26]
If you have a case of singultus, relax, it's just these spasms of the diaphragm
hiccups
Andrew
$2,000 [30]
If you like cowboys--& cowgirls--you'll love this Agnes de Mille ballet named for a cowboy event
Rodeo
Joey
$2,000 [10]
Fight! Fight! Fight! For theblue and white! We will resist the Russian bear! Fight on!
Finland
Danielle
$2,000 [15]
An "empty chair interview" occurred on NPR when this "No Spin" guy walked off before the end of the show
Bill O'Reilly
Joey

Final Jeopardy!

ALLIANCES

The Quadruple Alliance began in 1813 against this country; in 1818 it let this country in & became the Quintuple Alliance

France

Andrew "What is Congrats to the winner. West is Best." — wagered $10,400
Danielle "What is France" — wagered $3,000
Joey "What is France? =)" — wagered $6,800

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