2002 College Championship quarterfinal game 4.From the Schottenstein Center at the Ohio State University in Columbus.
Corrie Loeffler — a junior at Azusa Pacific University from Los Banos, California
Mark Kehres — a freshman at the Ohio State University from Livonia, Michigan
Arianna Haut — a junior at Washington University at St. Louis from Topanga, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arianna | $1,400 | $3,000 | $8,600 |
$17,200
Automatic semifinalist |
$10,600
14 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mark | $3,600 | $10,000 | $12,000 |
$14,500
2nd place: $2,500 if eliminated |
$11,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Corrie | $2,800 | $2,800 | $17,200 |
$10,399
3rd place: $2,500 if eliminated |
$16,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| SPACED OUT | ASIAN AMERICANS | HARVARD DEGREE HONOREES | 21st CENTURY MUSIC | THE FIFTH | FAMILIAR PHRASES IN OTHER WORDS |
|
$200
[13]
In 1965 the Mariner 4 spacecraft made the first flyby of this fourth planet from the Sun
Mars
Mark
|
$200
[26]
When she skates, this ice princess wears a Chinese good luck charm given to her by her grandmother
Michelle Kwan
Arianna
|
$200
[11]
In 1993 he got an honorary degree from Harvard & retired from the U.S. military; today he's a secretary
Colin Powell
Mark
|
$200
[6]
In September 2002 this Texan won Fox' "American Idol"
Kelly Clarkson
Arianna
|
$200
[1]
It's the traditional gift for a fifth wedding anniversary, so don't "knock" it
wood
Arianna
|
$200
[15]
Entomb a tomahawk
bury the hatchet
Corrie
|
|
$400
[14]
At about 100 times the mass of the Sun, the most massive one of these known is Eta Carinae
a star
Corrie
|
$400
[27]
Rocky Aoki founded this chain of Japanese restaurants where the chef puts on a show at the table
Benihana
Mark
|
$400
[12]
This Bostonian's name was on an honorary degree in 1792; today it's on a beer
Samuel Adams
Corrie
|
$400
[7]
2001's No. 1 Album of the Year was this 1960s quartet's "1"; amazingly, it was their 1st ever No. 1 Album of the Year
The Beatles
Corrie
|
$400
[2]
This South American nation is the world's fifth-largest country in both area & population
Brazil
Corrie
|
$400
[16]
One Panthera pardus will never be able to modify the markings he has
a leopard can't change his spots
Corrie
|
|
$600
[20]
On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong took "one small step" onto this "peaceful" lunar sea
Sea of Tranquility
Mark
|
$600
[28]
She followed her bestseller "The Joy Luck Club" with "The Kitchen God's Wife"
Amy Tan
Arianna
|
$800
[24]
One of the special singularities in this British physicist's life is an honorary degree from Harvard in 1990
Stephen Hawking
Arianna
|
$600
[8]
Just 1 month after her "A New Day Has Come" CD was released, it was certified multi-platinum
Celine Dion
Corrie
|
$600
[3]
This former governor of Virginia seenherewas also our fifth U.S. president
James Monroe
Mark
|
$600
[17]
To flip within one's crypt
to turn over in one's grave (to roll over in one's own grave)
Mark
|
|
$800
[21]
It's the "breezy" name for the flow of high-speed ionized particles from the Sun into interplanetary space
solar winds
Mark
|
$800
[29]
This politician seenhereis a native of Honolulu
Daniel Inouye
Mark
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1968 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, better known by this title, received an honorary doctorate
the Shah of Iran
Mark
|
$800
[9]
In July 2002 this group's "By the Way" CD debuted at No. 2 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Mark
|
$800
[4]
Corresponding to our letter "E", it's the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet
epsilon
Mark
|
$800
[18]
Cinch up thy mid-body drawstring
tighten your belt (tighten the belt)
Mark
|
|
$1,000
[22]
Abbreviated the VAB, this Cape Canaveral structure is where the space shuttle & rocket are put together
the Vehicle Assembly Building
Mark
|
$1,000
[30]
In 2002 this maestro ended his 29-year tenure as director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Seiji Ozawa
|
DD
$1,400
[23]
1982 recipients included Mother Teresa & this "Big Daddy" of Southern playwrights
Tennessee Williams
Mark
|
$1,000
[10]
In 2001 Alicia Keys won an MTV Award for Best New Artist in a Video for this song
"Fallin'"
Mark
|
$1,000
[5]
Well, fiddle-dee-dee! He was the fifth emperor of Rome
Nero
Arianna
|
$1,000
[19]
Refrain from enumerating poultry until each is postnatal
don't count your chickens before they're hatched
Mark
|
| GROVER CLEVELAND | ARE YOU EATING RIGHT? | STAR WARSCHARACTERS | THE TOWER OF LONDON | YOU KNOW MORE THAN YOU THINK | IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME |
|
$400
[26]
Grover was known to some as "Uncle" this, a size for jets & elephants
Jumbo
Arianna
|
$400
[8]
You can eat ice cream from a dull, ordinary cone, or from one named for this breakfast food
waffle cone
Corrie
|
$400
[16]
She's Luke Skywalker's twin sister
Princess Leia
Corrie
|
$400
[21]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from London.) The oldest part of the Tower of London, the White Tower, was begun more than 900 years ago by this conqueror
William the Conqueror
Mark
|
$400
[1]
About German cinema:1930's "The Blue Angel" is considered the country's first film using this innovation
sound
Corrie
|
$400
[6]
From the Greek for "wise" & "foolish", it's the term for a second year college student
sophomore
Corrie
|
|
$800
[27]
Cleveland began his second term as president this many years after his first term ended
4
Mark
|
$800
[9]
It's cooking food by immersing it in hot oil; it's a Scottish practice to do it to Mars bars
deep-fat frying
Arianna
|
$800
[17]
These 2 droids were the only witnesses when Anakin Skywalker & Padme Amidala were married
R2-D2 & C-3PO
Arianna
|
$800
[22]
These black birds who traditionally live at the Tower each get one egg a week as a treat
ravens
Arianna
|
$800
[2]
About the Talmud:It was written in Aramaic & this language
Hebrew
Mark
|
$800
[7]
This machine takes its name from the Greek for "earthquake writer"
seismograph
|
|
$1,200
[28]
Cleveland put a stop to the Senate's efforts to annex this island group & tried to get its queen restored
Hawaiian Islands
Arianna
|
$1,200
[10]
Sweet & sour sauce is a popular dip for these fried Chinese dumplings for which a soup is also named
won tons
Arianna
Corrie
|
$1,200
[18]
This Wookiee's voice is a blend of animal sounds, including bears, badgers, walruses & camels
Chewbacca
Arianna
|
$1,200
[23]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from London.) This future queen narrowly escaped execution when she was sent to the Tower by her half-sister Mary in 1554
Queen Elizabeth I
Corrie
|
$1,200
[3]
About your lymphatic system:Small roundish tissue masses called these filter out bacteria
nodes
Arianna
|
$1,200
[12]
This prefix that often comes before "science" or "Intellectual" is from the Greek for "false"
pseudo
Corrie
|
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
The fact that the 1894 Pullman Rail Strike was interfering with this allowed Cleveland to send in federal troops
mail delivery (they used to deliver mail by rail)
Arianna
|
$1,600
[11]
It can be an apparatus to make a popular movie snack, or a jalapeno & cheese concoction
popper
Corrie
|
$1,600
[19]
Ahmed Best was the voice of this bumbling Gungan from Naboo
Jar Jar Binks
|
$1,600
[24]
The yeoman warriors guarding the Tower once got hefty rations of meat, which may be why they're nicknamed this
Beefeaters
Corrie
|
$1,600
[4]
About the Republic of Zambia:This cataract is its best-known tourist attraction
Victoria Falls
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
This term for the science of setting off fireworks is from the Greek for "fire craft"
pyrotechnics
Corrie
|
|
$2,000
[30]
In the popular vote of the 1884 election, Cleveland beat this man from Maine by fewer than 30,000 votes
James Blaine
|
$2,000
[15]
Popular in Cajun cooking, this sausage with a French name is full of tripey goodness
Andouille
|
$2,000
[20]
This bounty hunter, seen as a child in Episode II, is actually a clone of his father, Jango
Boba Fett
Corrie
|
$2,000
[25]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from London.) The ghosts of these two boys who died in 1483 haunt the bloody Tower; they stand silently, hand-in-hand, & fade into the stone
the Little Princes
|
$2,000
[5]
About cheesemaking:This final stage is technically called affinage
aging
|
$2,000
[14]
From the Greek for "five scrolls", it's the term used for the first 5 books of the Bible
Pentateuch
Corrie
|
In 2002, at age 104, Gregorio Fuentes, an inspiration for this tale, died in the Cuban fishing village of Cojimar
The Old Man and the Sea