Show #3170 1998-05-15 College Championship

1998 College Championship final game 2.From Zellerbach Auditorium at the University of California-Berkeley.

Contestants

Andrew Hutchings — a senior at Harvey Mudd College from Tucson, Arizona (subtotal of $8,000)

Shane Underwood — a junior at the University of Alabama from Summerdale, Alabama (subtotal of $2,500)

Alex Weathers — a sophomore at MIT from Greenville, South Carolina (subtotal of $13,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Alex $600 $1,900 $7,500 $2,799 $7,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Shane $600 $1,600 $1,000 $2,000 $1,000
11 R, 4 W
Andrew $2,000 $3,200 $8,800 $9,100 $9,600
23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS & AUTHORS HELOISE'S COLLEGE HINTS WILD THINGS MOMMY DEAREST SINGERS ON FILM MATH VOCABULARY
$100 [6]
With no "Time to Kill", he recently turned out another legal thriller, "The Street Lawyer"
John Grisham
Shane
$100 [15]
After dabbing this behind your ears, put some on your light bulb to make your room smell nice
Perfume
Shane
$100 [1]
This striped mammal can fire numerous jets of its foul-smelling liquid before it has to "reload"
Skunk
Alex
$100 [20]
This comedian has daughter Melissa by her side when she critiques clothes at the Oscars
Joan Rivers
Shane
$100 [9]
Singer heard here, who also starred in the film("Viva Las Vegas")
Elvis Presley
Andrew
$100 [8]
Raise a number to the third power, or a common form for ice & sugar
Cube
Shane
$200 [7]
This author is famous for giving readers "Goosebumps" & leading them down "Fear Street"
R.L. Stine
Andrew
$200 [19]
It may make you look "Hefty", but Heloise says a plastic one of these is a great substitute for a raincoat
Garbage/trash bag
Alex
$300 [3]
Some smaller species of this largest marsupial live in the trees of New Guinea
Kangaroo
Andrew
$200 [21]
Hunter Tylo won $5 million after she was dropped from this drama while pregnant with daughter Izabella
Melrose Place
$200 [10]
Once Miss America, she's gone from hosting "The Soul of VH1" to starring in "Soul Food"
Vanessa Williams
$200 [11]
The average value of a set of numbers, or cruel
Mean
Andrew
$300 [16]
In this Stephen King novel, author Paul Sheldon is held hostage by his No. 1 fan
"Misery"
Alex
$300 [28]
Many students make these out of concrete blocks & wood; to dress them up, cover the blocks with cloth
Shelves
Andrew
$400 [4]
Creature seen here in one of its more familiar "colors"
Chameleon
Shane
$300 [25]
This TV personality rises early, even for a mother of 2
Katie Couric
Shane
$300 [22]
Dr. Frankenstein, played by this "Police" man, gave Jennifer Beals every breath she took as "The Bride"
Sting
Alex
$300 [12]
The operation of combining numbers, or a wing appended to a building
Addition
Andrew
$400 [17]
Sinclair Lewis dedicated this book about a real estate broker to Edith Wharton
"Babbitt"
Shane
$400 [29]
If the eraser on your pencil smudges, rub it a few times with this manicure utensil
Nail file/emery board
Andrew
DD $500 [2]
This type of rattlesnake seen here is named for the way it moves
Sidewinder
Alex
$400 [26]
Afeni Shakur, a member of the Black Panthers, named her son this, for an Inca chief
Tupac
Alex Shane
$400 [23]
The Lemonheads' Evan Dando & this former Blondie singer were in 1995's "Heavy"
Debbie Harry
Alex
$400 [13]
An angle greater than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees, or lacking sharpness of intellect
obtuse
Andrew
$500 [18]
This author of "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" is an ordained Unitarian minister
Robert Fulghum
Shane Andrew
$500 [30]
Wrap some wide rubber bands around bottles of this & they won't slip out of your hands in the shower
Shampoo
Shane
$500 [5]
Bred in captivity, dozens of these rare "masked" weasels were introduced into the Wyoming wilderness in 1991
Ferrets
$500 [27]
On a plane showing "One Fine Day", this star wouldn't let her daughter see mommy kiss George Clooney
Michelle Pfeiffer
Shane
$500 [24]
Gangsta rapper Ice Cube played Doughboy, an ex-con living in south central L.A., in this 1991 film
Boyz n the Hood
Alex
$500 [14]
A trigonometric function that equals sine/cosine, or a conversational digression
Tangent
Andrew

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY BIBLICAL PROPHETS IN THE CREDITS CARBON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CROSSWORD CLUES "F"
$200 [1]
2 years after exploring the Northwest with William Clark, he was named gov. of the Louisiana territory
Meriwether Lewis
Andrew
$200 [11]
This prophet's accomplishments include being "vomited out" of a great fish
Jonah
Alex
$200 [21]
There may be a second & a second second one of these people, called "A.D."s, who keep things moving
Assistant director
Andrew
$200 [16]
This carbon compound found in auto exhaust can prevent body tissues from getting oxygen
Carbon monoxide
Shane
$200 [26]
Ancient city seen here (the Colosseum is in the middle) in a National Geographic illustration
Rome
Alex
$200 [6]
The big "wheel" of ride inventors(6)
Ferris
Shane
$400 [2]
This group of volunteers, created on Mar. 1, 1961, works to improve living conditions in other nations
Peace Corps
Alex
$400 [12]
Reclusive Ezekiel trimmed this with a sword & wove the trimmings into his robe
His hair
Andrew
$400 [22]
Piece of machinery run by a genny operator
Generator
Shane
$400 [17]
This mineral is the most stable form of carbon, though not when you sharpen your pencil too fine
Graphite
Andrew
$400 [27]
The Vogalonga, an annual regatta seen here, takes place in this city
Venice
Andrew
$400 [7]
Jetsam's partner(7)
Flotsam
Andrew
$600 [3]
On April 24, 1980 an attempt to rescue 53 hostages in this capital city was called off
Tehran
Alex Andrew
$600 [13]
Nathan's grim story about a slaughtered lamb made this king feel bad for the death of Uriah
David
Andrew
$600 [23]
A "dresser" helps actors with costumes; this type of "dresser" gives the film its props
Set dresser
Alex
$600 [18]
This isotope with a half-life of about 5,730 years is used to date organisms that didn't last quite so long
Carbon 14
Alex
$600 [28]
Mayor Yuri Luzhkov led the recent effort to restore this city's cathedral, seen here
Moscow
Shane
$600 [8]
Vulpine dance(3,4)
Fox trot
Andrew
$800 [4]
'Ullo, Gouverneur! This signer of the Constitution gave the document its final wording
Gouverneur Morris
Alex
$1,000 [15]
Elisha cured a general of this skin disease, then gave it to a servant
Leprosy
Alex
$800 [24]
The credits of "The Flintstones" report none of these "were harmed in the making of" the movie
Dinosaurs
Andrew
$800 [19]
The structures of compounds like this one, C6H6, have a certain "ring" to them
Benzene
Alex
$1,000 [30]
This German university city is seenherebehind the fossil named for it
Heidelberg
Andrew
$800 [9]
Boston hall of fame(7)
Faneuil
Alex
$1,000 [5]
On Dec. 9, 1992, the first group of U.S. Marines arrived in this African nation to restore order
Somalia
Alex
DD $1,500 [14]
Elijah told Ahab that this wicked woman, Ahab's wife, would be eaten by dogs...& she was
Jezebel
Andrew
$1,000 [25]
"The Naked Gun 2 1/2" credits a "loaded filmer" right after this person who works with the camera
Film loader
Alex
$1,000 [20]
Plant products called alkaloids contain carbon & this element, the next one up on the periodic table
Nitrogen
Andrew
DD $1,500 [29]
Caribbean island seen here (with a volcanic eruption) in a recent photo
Montserrat
Andrew
$1,000 [10]
It's spoken in Hameenlinna & Hyvinkaa(7)
Finnish
Andrew

Final Jeopardy!

POWER PEOPLE

Under current succession laws, this former university head is the last woman in line for the U.S. presidency

Donna Shalala (former chancellor of the University of Wisconsin)

Shane "Who is Donna Shalala?" — wagered $1,000
Alex "Who is Albright?" — wagered $4,701
Andrew "Who is Shalala?" — wagered $300

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