Show #3163 1998-05-06 College Championship

1998 College Championship quarterfinal game 3.From Zellerbach Auditorium at the University of California-Berkeley.

Contestants

Adia Benton — a junior at Brown University from Columbia, South Carolina

Bryan Stofferahn — a senior at Santa Clara University from Marshalltown, Iowa

Claire Ogilvie — a sophomore at Yale University from Branford, Connecticut

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Claire	$1,100	$1,200	$5,000	$9,999 Automatic semifinalist	$6,200 17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Bryan	$1,700	$4,600	$8,200	$9,200 3rd place: $2,500 if eliminated	$7,800 21 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Adia	$700	$1,400	$7,200	$9,400 2nd place: $2,500 if eliminated	$6,200 12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD	PETE THE CAPITOL PAGE	STAR MOVIES	SLOW DOWN	SOUND RECORDING	"A" PLUS
$100 [1] This country's post-apartheid national anthem is "Nkosi Sikelel' Iafrka" South Africa Adia	$100 [12] Much of Pete's time is spent delivering copies of these proposed laws Bills Claire	$100 [5] In "Contact", this actress doesn't go to Vegas but does try to reach the area of the star Vega Jodie Foster Bryan	$100 [17] If you try pouring the blackstrap type of this syrup in January, you may have to wait until February to eat it Molasses Claire Adia	$100 [24] To counteract terrorism, President Clinton proposed increased FBI power to use this recording method Wiretap Bryan	$100 [2] It means not electric, when talking of guitar or piano Acoustic Claire
$200 [3] For centuries before 1939, this country was known as Siam Thailand Claire	$200 [13] Pete thinks it's fitting that Republican senators sit to this side of the Democrats Right side Bryan	$200 [6] Yoda rode again in 1997 as this first "Star Wars" sequel was successfully re-released The Empire Strikes Back Claire Adia	$200 [18] Cinematic effect achieved by filming at faster than projection speed Slow motion Bryan	$200 [25] DAT, which stands for this, uses the same coding system as CDs & allows for home recording Digital Audio Taping Adia	$200 [21] Ancient calculator seen here Abacus Bryan
$300 [4] This country was once part of the Roman Empire & its name means "Land of the Romans" Romania Bryan	$300 [14] Pete admires John Dingell, a former page who now represents this Wolverine State in the House Michigan Bryan	$300 [7] Sigourney Weaver has played the intrepid Ripley in a series of films starting with this one in 1979 Alien Bryan	$300 [19] As its name indicates, it's a slow pitch thrown after a fastball to upset the batter's timing Changeup Bryan	$300 [26] Recording system that's the office counterpart of the home answering machine Voicemail Adia	$300 [23] Never do this, as it "makes an ass out of U & me" Assume Adia
$400 [9] Of Malta, Mauritius or Mauritania, the one that isn't an island Mauritania Adia	$500 [16] Pete's duties include preparing this room before the senators arrive for session in it Senate chamber	$400 [8] 5 years before "E.T.", little Cary Guffey tried to befriend extraterrestrials in this Spielberg film Close Encounters of the Third Kind Claire	$400 [20] If you had only 1 foot & moved by contracting it, you'd also go at this gastropod's pace Snail Adia	$400 [29] It's the most common term for inserting live sounds or bits of other albums into rap songs Sampling Bryan	$400 [27] Appropriate Latin phrase to use when the commercial's been on for so long it's "making you sick" Ad nauseam Bryan
$500 [10] Burgenland, Vorarlberg & Salzburg are 3 of this German-speaking country's 9 provinces Austria Claire	DD $800 [15] This impressive area under the Capitol's dome made Pete dizzy the first time he saw it Rotunda Bryan	$500 [11] The boundary of a black hole, this "horizon" was the title of a 1997 Laurence Fishburne flick Event Horizon Bryan	$500 [22] A plant like ivy, that spreads across a surface, or a person who crawls slowly & stealthily Creepers	$500 [30] A master mixing board, covered with cool levers & knobs; said another way, it means "to comfort" Console	$500 [28] It's what Borgs do; it makes you one of them Assimilate Bryan

Double Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY CLASSICAL MUSIC	TENNIS, ANYONE?	CHANNEL SURFING	SCIENTISTS	ORTHODONTICS	QUOTATIONS
$200 [11] Two of the "Three Tenors" Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti Bryan Adia	$200 [12] In July 1877 the first tennis championships were played on a croquet lawn in this London suburb Wimbledon Claire	$200 [1] Click on this channel & you might find yourself in the middle of "Shark Week" Discovery Channel Claire	$200 [6] This American botanist developed over 400 products from the sweet potato, the pecan & the peanut George Washington Carver Claire	$200 [20] If you wear braces, these devices are attached to your teeth, & rubber ones may help move them Rubber bands Bryan	$200 [13] Of his $20 million fee for "Air Force One", this actor said that it "shocks me, but that's the market" Harrison Ford Claire
$400 [23] The first jazz artist to win a Music Pulitzer, this brother of Branford won for the opera "Blood on the Fields" Wynton Marsalis Bryan	$400 [15] This "affectionate" term refers to a score of zero Love Claire	$400 [2] If you like little bubbles of trivia with your videos, try "Pop-Up Video" on this channel VH1 Claire	$400 [7] In 1891 she moved from Poland to Paris, where she studied math & physics at the Sorbonne Marie Curie Claire	$400 [25] The panoramic type of this century-old diagnostic tool wiil show whether you have extra teeth X-ray Claire	$400 [14] On Sept. 6, 1997 her brother eulogized her by saying "She was the symbol of selfless humanity" Princess Diana Bryan
$600 [24] Classic piece heard here with Melissa Joan Hart as Clarissa explaining it all "Peter and the Wolf"	$600 [19] This 17-year-old, then ranked No. 66, shook up women's tennis by reaching the 1997 U.S. Open final Venus Williams Adia	$600 [3] In early 1997, this show about robots who watch bad movies, moved from Comedy Central to Sci-Fi Mystery Science Theater 3000 Bryan	$800 [9] Last name of the husband, wife & son paleoanthropologists Louis, Mary & Richard Leakey Adia	$600 [26] When Doc wants these, he's not asking you to imitate Elvis, he's going to get a model of your mouth Impressions	$600 [16] On Feb. 9, 1941 Churchill told FDR, "Give us the tools and we will" do this Finish the job
$800 [30] Considered an heir to Beethoven, Gustav Mahler, like Ludwig, completed only this many symphonies 9 Adia	$800 [21] At the center, a tennis net should be exactly this many feet high 3 feet high Claire	$800 [4] It's the obvious name for a cable network that runs "Johnny Bravo" & "Speed Racer" Cartoon Network Bryan	$1,000 [10] This English astronomer taught himself architecture & designed St. Paul's Cathedral Sir Christopher Wren	$800 [29] Diastema is the technical name of this condition for which David Letterman is famous Gap Adia	$800 [17] This poet wrote, "I celebrate myself and sing myself"; he was a one-man party Walt Whitman Claire
DD $2,000 [28] Aaron Copland's "Fanfare for the Common Man", heard here, is commonly associated with this sports event Olympics Adia	$1,000 [22] She retired in 1994 with career earnings of over $20 million, a figure then exceeded by only Ivan Lendl Martina Navratilova Bryan	$1,000 [5] Between shows on this new network, you may have seen the stars do the "Dubba" dance the WB Claire	DD $1,200 [8] Italian whose legendary experiment is recreated in the exhibit (Leaning Tower of Pisa) seen here Galileo Claire	$1,000 [27] 4-letter synonym for occlusion, the relationship between upper & lower teeth with your mouth shut Bite Adia	$1,000 [18] This Prussian king's last words, spoken at Potsdam, were, "I am tired of ruling over slaves" Frederick the Great

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LEADERS

Unopposed, he was elected to his 5th term as president in 1998; he's been in power since 1959

Fidel Castro

Claire "Who is Fidel Castro?" — wagered $4,999

Adia "Who is Castro?" — wagered $2,200

Bryan "Who is Castro?" — wagered $1,000

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