Show #5687 2009-05-05 (taped 2009-04-14) College Championship

2009 College Championship quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

Courtney Trezise — a senior from Michigan State University

Scott Menke — a senior from Johns Hopkins University

Kadeem Cooper — a junior from the University of Virginia

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kadeem	$200	$600	$2,600	$5,200 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$2,600 6 R, 3 W
Scott	$2,200	$5,000	$27,600	$25,199 Automatic semifinalist	$23,200 32 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Courtney	$1,800	$2,400	$8,800	$10,000 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$8,800 11 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

ARCHAEOLOGY	HOW MANY PLAYERS ON EACH SIDE?	YOU CAN'T SPELLJEOPARDY!WITHOUT PARTY!	WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?	SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE	HOMOPHONES
$200 [3] In 1996 Franck Goddio discovered her palace underwater in the harbor of Alexandria Cleopatra Scott	$200 [16] Basketball 5 Scott	$200 [21] Our drinking game: if someone on C-SPAN says, "Madam Speaker", take a sip of Darjeeling this tea Scott	$200 [26] Yes, there really is a name for the fear of this number--it's triskaidekaphobia 13 Scott	$200 [1] A merchant's 1919 bequest for music education resulted in this NYC academy's graduate school the Juilliard School Kadeem	$200 [11] Showers, or leather straps that control a horse rains/reins Scott
$400 [4] Rano Raraku, a quarry on this South Pacific island, produced about 900 moai, or statues, some over 30' tall Easter Island Courtney	$400 [17] Ice hockey 6 Scott Courtney	$400 [22] Around 11:00 P.M., we break out the card game "authors"; do you have any of this manseen here? Mark Twain Scott	$400 [27] It's the country someone with sinophobia would be least apt to visit China Courtney	$400 [2] This religious leader bought a building from the Univ. of Deseret, founded a school & named it for himself Brigham Young Scott	$400 [12] A horse's harness, or pertaining to a wedding bridle/bridal Scott
$600 [5] In 1865 John Lubbock became the first to use this term referring to the "Old Stone Age" paleolithic Scott	$600 [18] Olympic synchronized platform diving 2 Kadeem	$600 [23] The karaoke machine is loaded with arias, like this composer's "Celeste Aida" Verdi Scott	$600 [28] Sadly, with panphobia, you're afraid of this, & this, & this & this... everything Scott	$600 [8] N.C.'s Trinity College changed its name to this after a tobacco family that gave the school millions Duke Courtney	$600 [13] To acquire through merit, or a large decorative vase earn/urn Scott
$800 [6] The Clovis people, who date back 13,000 years, were named for the town in this state where artifacts were first found New Mexico	$800 [19] Soccer 11 Kadeem Scott	$800 [24] We get wild with the Greek crowd when our friend Christos stuffs these leaves grape leaves Courtney	$800 [29] If you're a tachophobe, you won't be feeling the need for this speed Courtney	$800 [9] It's no surprise that a New Hampshire university is named for this 14th president Franklin Pierce Scott	$800 [14] A plant of the parsley family, or a unit to measure the fineness of gold carrot/karat Courtney
DD $1,000 [7] Carved in 196 B.C., its text was written by priests to honor Ptolemy V the Rosetta Stone Scott	$1,000 [20] Canadian football 12	$1,000 [25] After too much Jolt, we call MIT's Alan Guth & argue about his inflation model, which modifies this cosmic theory the Big Bang theory Kadeem Courtney	$1,000 [30] Papyrophobia is the fear of this--touching it, seeing it, being cut by it paper Scott	$1,000 [10] James Bayley founded this N.J. university & named it for his aunt, the first American-born saint Seton Hall	$1,000 [15] Transparently thin, or to cut wool sheer/shear

Double Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY	HIGH-TECH CINEMA	RALLY TO THE CAUSE	LET'S GET PHYSICS-AL	LOOK WHAT YOU'VE WON!	LATIN
$400 [6] Kuala Lumpur is on this 5-letter peninsula Malay Scott	$400 [11] A mech war on the planet Cybertron over the Allspark spills out on Earth in this 2007 film Transformers Scott	$400 [16] It's to free this land invaded by China in 1950 Tibet Kadeem Scott	$400 [21] N is the symbol for the unit of force named for him Newton Courtney	$400 [26] For your third-place finish in the Olympic 200m butterfly, just a bit behind Michael Phelps:One of these medals a bronze medal Kadeem Scott	$400 [1] Tempus fugit (meaning this) when you're having fun time flies Scott
$800 [7] Venice, Italy is the "mistress of" this arm of the Mediterranean the Adriatic Scott	$800 [12] Road & Track magazine reviewed the tech-laden Mach 5 of this film Speed Racer	$800 [17] We're against this--a '60s slogan says it's "not healthy for children & other living things" war	$800 [22] It sounds like a pit crew, but it's the branch of physics concerned with motion & the action of forces on matter mechanics Kadeem Courtney	$800 [27] For your expose of the cafeteria:One of these Columbia University journalism awards a Pulitzer Kadeem	$800 [2] The name of this 100-member body comes from the Latin & means "council of elders" the senate Scott
$1,600 [10] In 1990 it was the seat of the German federal government Bonn Scott	$1,200 [13] Shia LaBeouf is tracked & controlled with technology of everyday life in this 2008 film Eagle Eye Scott	$1,200 [18] Bring candles--it's for TBTN, "Take Back" this the Night Scott	$1,200 [23] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram on the monitor.) The distance x that a runner will cover from a standing start is given by the equation x = 1/2 at2, where t is time & a stands for this acceleration Scott	$1,200 [28] For that term paper on the DNA of mice:One of these in physiology or medicine, just like Sir Martin Evans a Nobel Prize	$1,200 [3] We have grave concerns you'll know that requiescat in pace means "may he" do this rest in peace Scott
$2,000 [8] Bloemfontein is the judicial capital of this nation South Africa	$1,600 [14] In this Coen Brothers comedy, 2 gym employees find a disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent Burn After Reading Scott	$1,600 [19] It's organized by this lefty dot-org, motto "Democracy in action" MoveOn Courtney	$2,000 [25] In classical physics, laws of conservation cover mass, energy & this, equal to mass times velocity momentum Kadeem	$1,600 [29] For your all-around fabness:One of these scholarships that have been sending U.S. kids to Oxford since 1904 a Rhodes Scholarship Courtney	$1,600 [4] This type of phone that you may have heard your parents talk of is from the Latin for "wheel" rotary Scott
DD $5,200 [9] This desert's name is from the Mongolian the Gobi Scott	$2,000 [15] In "Swordfish" John Travolta enlists this Aussie actor to hack billions from the government Hugh Jackman Scott	$2,000 [20] It's to save equal Internet speed for all, aka "net" this neutrality Scott	DD $3,000 [24] It's the branch of physics that deals with the relationship between heat, work, temperature & energy thermodynamics Scott	$2,000 [30] For your work in college radio:One of these awards given for radio excellence since 1941; TV shows win them too, now the Peabodys Scott	$2,000 [5] Vox dei translates to this--I hear it speaking now the voice of God Courtney

Final Jeopardy!

ON THE MOON

It's the last word of the inscription on Apollo 11's plaque on the Moon & is also found in a related quotation

mankind

Kadeem "What is mankind?" — wagered $2,600

Courtney "What is mankind?" — wagered $1,200

Scott "What is peace?" — wagered $2,401

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