Show #3165 1998-05-08 College Championship

1998 College Championship quarterfinal game 5.From Zellerbach Auditorium at the University of California-Berkeley.

Contestants

Lucas Bergman — a junior at the University of Illinois-Chicago from Quincy, Illinois

Mari Webel — a sophomore at Stanford University from Carbondale, Illinois

Shane Underwood — a junior at the University of Alabama from Summerdale, Alabama

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Shane	$1,600	$3,300	$6,300	$11,900 Automatic semifinalist	$6,100 16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Mari	$1,300	$3,700	$6,600	$2,600 2nd place: $2,500 if eliminated	$7,300 24 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Lucas	$-200	$200	$2,600	$0 3rd place: $2,500 if eliminated	$3,600 8 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

COLLEGE MAJORS	COLLEGE TOWNS	COLLEGE ATHLETICS	COLLEGE SLANG	THE COLLEGE DINING HALL	WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE
$100 [19] At Southern Nazarene Univ., you can find a happy medium by majoring in the print or broadcast type of this journalism Mari	$100 [10] This state's first community college was established in Fresno in 1910 California Mari	$100 [1] In 1997 the Fighting Sioux of the Univ. of this "North" state won their 6th NCAA hockey title North Dakota Lucas	$100 [7] Oil-checking device that's used as slang for a stupid person dipstick Mari	$100 [14] It wouldn't be barbecue night without this, scientific name Zea mays corn	$100 [16] Conan O'Brien sharpened his comedy skills at this university by writing for its famous Lampoon Harvard Mari
$200 [21] The 2 languages you'll most likely have to learn as a classics major Greek & Latin Mari	$200 [5] It's home to Concordia College as well as the University of Michigan Ann Arbor Mari	$200 [2] Pat Summitt has led this school's Lady Volunteers to 5 NCAA basketball championships in the past 11 years Tennessee Shane	$200 [8] Something that doesn't require much use of your gray matter is a "no" this brainer Mari	$200 [30] These Mexican "sandwiches", whose name means "plug", can be made with crisp or soft tortillas tacos Lucas	$200 [17] This magazine editor seenhereplayed Antonio in "The Tempest" when he was a student at Brown in 1981 John F. Kennedy Jr. Lucas
$300 [23] Anthropology majors study them as group ways of life; biology majors grow them in petri dishes cultures Shane	$300 [6] Even if Gallaudet weren't here, it's still quite the party town... a 2-party town mainly Washington, D.C. Lucas	$400 [4] From 1962 through 1997, this North Carolina men's basketball coach had an NCAA record 879 wins Dean Smith Mari	$300 [9] They're referred to as "da 'rents", or "rentals" parents Mari	$300 [29] Italian for "little turnip", these cheese-filled pillows are served on pasta night in the dining hall ravioli Mari	$300 [24] Janet Reno was president, not attorney general of the women's student govt. at this Ithaca, N.Y. school Cornell Mari
$400 [20] Washington State offers majors in both this social science & the "home" version economics Shane	$400 [12] In 1942 the University of this city was the site of the first controlled nuclear chain reaction Chicago Shane	DD $500 [3] (Hi, I'm Summer Sanders.) In 1992 I led this school, now attended by Chelsea Clinton, to a national swimming championship Stanford Shane	$400 [15] If you do it with "a dime" you inform on someone drop a dime	$400 [28] Combine greens, veggies & dressing at this counter the dining hall calls "The Garden of Eatin'" the salad bar Mari	$400 [26] As a student at Berkeley in '76, she had her first short story published, maybe while "Waiting to Exhale" Terry McMillan
$500 [22] College major of the man seen here; he's also taught the subject history Shane	$500 [13] Ex-senator Sam Nunn is on the Emory board of trustees, which meets in this city Atlanta Mari	$500 [11] In 1997 Ohio State's Blaine Wilson won the rings, vault & all-around titles in this sport gymnastics Shane	$500 [18] Hit someone "on his hip" & you've sent him a message this way on his pager	$500 [27] The dining hall's carving board features roast beef & this bird, Meleagris gallopavo turkey Mari	$500 [25] It's no rumour; while studying at Oxford this politician seenheresang with the rock band Ugly Rumours Tony Blair Shane

Double Jeopardy! Round

ARMY MAJORS	CURRENT TV THEMES	GOVERNMENT & POLITICS	SHORT FICTION	ART HISTORY 101	WHAT'S "NU"?
$200 [20] Major John Andre, this traitor's contact on the British side, was hanged in 1780 Benedict Arnold Lucas	$200 [12] Appropriately, a Spin Doctors tune is used as this sitcom's theme Spin City Mari	$200 [15] Of the 3 branches of the U.S. government, it's the one that makes the laws legislative Shane Mari	$200 [6] "A low, dull quick sound... such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton" is from this Poe story "The Tell-Tale Heart" Shane Lucas	$200 [11] It's the event portrayed in a Jan van Eyck painting seen here a wedding Mari	$200 [1] Typical college course in which you learn about proper food & diet nutrition Shane
$400 [21] In 1923 he was an obscure major stationed in Panama; 30 years later he was U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower Shane Mari	$600 [29] Paula Cole wrote the theme to this new WB teen drama Dawson's Creek Mari	$400 [16] He's the current president of the Senate Al Gore Mari	$400 [7] "The Sisters" & "Araby" are 2 of the 15 stories in his "Dubliners" James Joyce Mari	$400 [14] 19th century French romantic who paintedthe following Eugene Delacroix	$400 [2] It's a 4-letter slang term meaning to cook in a microwave nuke Shane
$600 [22] This major's major achievement was proving that mosquitos transmit yellow fever Walter Reed Shane	DD $700 [13] For its 1997-98 season, this show usedthe followingas its theme The Drew Carey Show Mari	$600 [17] Every 10 years when it counts the population, this agency also conducts a study of housing the Census Bureau Lucas	$600 [8] This playwright first wrote short stories while he was a medical student at Moscow University in the 1880s Anton Chekhov Mari	$600 [24] This painter exhibited the work seen here with the Impressionists, who didn't all get the point Georges Seurat Shane Mari	$600 [3] This region on both sides of the Nile was known to the ancient Egyptians as Cush Nubia Shane
$800 [23] One of his first stands, at Gettysburg when he was 23, got him promoted to major in the regular army George Custer Mari	$800 [27] The Bo Deans song heardhereis the theme of this series Party of Five Shane	DD $1,000 [18] (Hi, I'm Pat Schroeder.) In 1972 I became the first woman ever to be elected to Congress from this state Colorado Lucas	$800 [9] The "Secret Life" of this character in a Thurber story ends with him imagining facing a firing squad Walter Mitty Lucas	$800 [25] Post-Impressionist whose work is seen here Paul Cezanne Mari	$800 [4] It's the proper term for a coin collector numismatist Shane
$1,000 [28] A Florida fort named for this major gave its name in turn to a city of 160,000 William Lauderdale	$1,000 [30] This group features Les Claypool performing the theme for "South Park" Primus Lucas	$1,000 [19] This privilege allows members of Congress free use of the mail for official business franking Shane	$1,000 [10] Based on Stephen Crane's experience, it's the story of 4 shipwreck survivors "The Open Boat" Mari	$1,000 [26] Abstract expressionist who paintedthe following Jackson Pollock Mari	$1,000 [5] From the Latin for "to harm", it's a pest, or anything annoying nuisance Lucas

Final Jeopardy!

GEOGRAPHY NEWS

On the initiative of Sen. Patrick Leahy, in 1998 it was designated the sixth Great Lake

Lake Champlain

Lucas "What is The Great Salt Lake?" — wagered $2,600

Shane "What is Lake Champlain?" — wagered $5,600

Mari "What is The Great Salt Lake?" — wagered $4,000

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