Show #4194 2002-11-21 (taped 2002-10-06) College Championship

2002 College Championship final game 1.From the Schottenstein Center at the Ohio State University in Columbus.

Contestants

Jara Dorsey — a senior at Carnegie Mellon University from Steubenville, Ohio

Kyle Hale — a senior at Texas A&M University from Katy, Texas

Mark Kehres — a freshman at the Ohio State University from Livonia, Michigan

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mark $1,600 $4,000 $12,000 $18,000 $12,000
14 R, 1 W
Kyle $5,800 $10,000 $21,300 $28,800 $19,800
30 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Jara $-400 $1,200 $10,400 $5,800 $8,400
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

POETS & POETRY MOVIE MAGIC EXPLORERS ORIGINAL CRAYOLA COLORS WATCH OUT FOR ALLIGATORS! TAKE A LETTER
$200 [1]
This hero went "forth upon the Gitche Gumee... with his fishing-line of cedar" to catch a sturgeon
Hiawatha
Kyle
$200 [4]
A pair of magic ruby slippers is at the center of this classic 1939 film
The Wizard of Oz
Kyle
$200 [11]
Capt. Robert FitzRoy commanded the Beagle on the 1831-36 expedition with this naturalist
Darwin
Kyle
$200 [21]
If you were jealous of someone's pack of crayons, you'd be this "with envy"
green
Mark
$200 [26]
While an alligator has about 80 of these at any one time, they wear down & are eventually replaced
teeth
Kyle
$200 [16]
In comic books, a series of this letter is used to represent a person snoring
Z
Kyle
$600 [3]
For writing the pamphlet "The Necessity of Atheism", this "Ode to the West Wind" poet was expelled from Oxford
Shelley
$400 [5]
Harry Potter's teachers include Madam Hooch, who teaches flying on one of these
a broom
Kyle
$400 [12]
Sacajawea gave birth to a son, Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau, during this duo's 1803-06 expedition
Lewis & Clark
Kyle
$400 [22]
Before tan was added in 1949, this was the only 3-letter color in the box
red
Kyle
$400 [27]
On this largest Louisiana city's seal, the alligator represents the city's marshes & swamps
New Orleans
Kyle
$400 [17]
In religious writing, this symbol of the Greek letter chi represents Christ
X
Kyle
$800 [9]
The first line of this poem is "Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus's son Achilles"
the Iliad
Mark
$600 [6]
The Mages, an elite group of magic users, rule the Empire of Izmer in this 2000 film based on a role-playing game
Dungeons & Dragons
Kyle
$600 [13]
He was born Fernao de Magalhaes around 1480 in northern Portugal
Magellan
Jara
$600 [23]
Crayon for the belly of your sapsucker or a caution card in soccer
yellow
Kyle
$600 [28]
The Alligator River of Australia actually contains these related reptiles, not alligators
crocodiles
Jara
$600 [18]
This letter paired with "H" at the end of a word sometimes results in an "F" sound
P (or G)
Mark
DD $1,000 [2]
He wrote his 1914 poem "Chicago" while working as a newspaper writer in that city
Carl Sandburg
Kyle
$800 [7]
Distinctive actor seenhereas 1954's "The Mad Magician""That's his way--to say nothing and then stab you in the back!"
Vincent Price
Kyle
$800 [14]
Famous for his greeting "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?", he discovered Africa's Mountains of the Moon
Stanley
Mark
$800 [24]
These 2 common eye colors are the school colors of Tufts University
brown & blue
$800 [29]
This "Alligator State" made the alligator its official state reptile in 1987
Florida
Mark
$800 [19]
In German, it usually has the sound that English gives to the letter before it in the alphabet
W
Mark
$1,000 [10]
In 1899 this Irish poet & dramatist co-founded the Irish Literary Theatre, which later became the Abbey Theatre
William Butler Yeats
$1,000 [8]
In a 1998 film, Nicole Kidman & this "Miss Congeniality" star are sisters with a gift for "Practical Magic"
Sandra Bullock
Kyle Jara
$1,000 [15]
Between 1903 & 1905 this Norwegian discovered the exact location of the north magnetic pole
Amundsen
Kyle
$1,000 [25]
More recently it's been burnt, outrageous & sunset; back in 1903 it was just this
orange
Kyle
$1,000 [30]
The alligator snapper isn't an alligator but one of these reptiles
a turtle
Jara
$1,000 [20]
Used chiefly in poetic or religious invocations, it's an interjection expressing strong emotion
O
Kyle

Double Jeopardy! Round

ALEX IN AFRICA BRIDE'S HEAD REVISITED FUN WITH THE PERIODIC TABLE PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MEN ALIVE TRAVEL USA 12-LETTER WORDS
$400 [9]
(Alex reports from on location.) At the Sweetwaters Game Reserve in East Africa, chimpanzees are cared for at a sanctuary that works closely with this world-famous chimp researcher
Jane Goodall
Kyle
$400 [26]
Brides often adorn their heads with this delicate fabric; the Alencon type would look lovely on you
lace
Mark
$400 [21]
It's the only element on the chart with exactly the same name as a planet in our solar system
mercury
Mark
$400 [1]
He was People magazine's "Top Gun" for 1990
Tom Cruise
Kyle
$400 [16]
The Grand Ole Opry Museum & the Music Valley Wax Museum are attractions in this city
Nashville
Kyle
$400 [6]
World Book, for example
encyclopedia
Jara
$800 [10]
There are 2 kinds of African rhino, each with a colorful name; this smaller one has a prehensile upper lip
a black rhino
Jara
$800 [27]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew wears a bridal cap.) Despite the ending of the play, many a bride has worn acapnamed for this Capulet
Juliet
Kyle
$800 [22]
The symbols of elements 17, 18 & 19 combine to form the last name of this "Bandstand" & "Other Half" host
Dick Clark
Kyle
$800 [2]
"O Brother", this former star of "ER" was the Sexiest Man Alive in 1997
George Clooney
Mark
$800 [17]
Camel Butte & the Mittens are 2 of the natural sandstone structures that give this Az./Utah "Valley" its name
Monument Valley
Kyle
$800 [7]
This physician specializes in the care of children, from infancy to adolescence
pediatrician
Kyle
$1,200 [11]
An unmarked coat below the knee is a trait of thegiraffe subspeciesnamed this, like an international banking family Alex: "I told you, No tongue."
the Rothschild giraffe
$1,200 [28]
In contrast to chapel length, a veil of this church length sounds perfect for a wedding at St. Paul's
cathedral
Mark
$1,200 [23]
1 of the only 2 letters not found in the abbreviations of elements with atomic numbers up to 100
Q (or J)
Kyle
$1,200 [3]
Maybe it was the luck of the Irish that in 2001 this James Bond star was the Sexiest Man Alive
Pierce Brosnan
Mark Kyle
$1,200 [18]
A midnight trip to this Freeport, Maine retailer founded in 1912 is a tradition for college students in New England
L.L.Bean
Kyle
$1,200 [8]
General term for an animal without a backbone
invertebrate
Kyle Jara
$1,600 [12]
Some say these antelopes were built from spare parts, yet they're among Africa's most numerous mammals
a wildebeest
Mark
$1,600 [29]
The height of Spanish style, it's often worn over a comb & has a name derived from manta, Spanish for "cape"
a mantilla
Mark Jara
$2,000 [25]
After helium, it's the NeXT noble gas on the table
neon
Kyle
$1,600 [4]
This star of "The Mothman Prophecies" took the title in 1999
Richard Gere
Kyle Jara
$1,600 [19]
Located in northwest Montana, this national park has 1,500 square miles of ice-carved terrain
Glacier National Park
Jara
$2,000 [15]
It's the 12-letter adjective for Edison's practical electric bulb, successfully tested at Menlo Park Oct. 21, 1879
incandescent
Mark
$2,000 [13]
(Alex reports from Kenya.) They are not Kenya's largest tribe, but these pastorialists in their bright red traditional shukas are certainly the country's most recognizable
the Maasai
Jara
$2,000 [30]
A ballerina might wear a veil made of this tutu fabric that also starts with the letters "TU"
tulle
Jara
DD $2,500 [24]
The seventh period begins with francium, followed by this element discovered in France in 1898
radium
Kyle
$2,000 [5]
This African-American actor must have been in all his "Glory" when he was chosen in 1996
Denzel Washington
Jara
$2,000 [20]
"Footsteps to Freedom" is an exhibit at this Alabama city's National Voting Rights Museum
Selma
Mark Jara
DD $3,600 [14]
It can mean one's physical health or a 1787 document
constitution
Jara

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN LITERATURE

One of the original titles of this 1925 novel was "Among Ash Heaps and Millionaires"

The Great Gatsby

Jara "What is Of Mice and Men?" — wagered $4,600
Mark "What is The Great Gatsby?" — wagered $6,000
Kyle "What is The Great Gatsby?" — wagered $7,500

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