2009 College Championship quarterfinal game 3.Ask Alex #17: College.
Greg Lichtenstein — a freshman from Vassar College
Elyssa Browning — a junior from St. John's College
Eric Betts — a senior from Emory University
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $1,600 | $5,400 | $14,600 |
$15,000
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$14,600
19 R, 0 W |
| Elyssa | $3,800 | $5,600 | $14,400 |
$1
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$14,400
16 R, 1 W |
| Greg | $2,000 | $3,400 | $20,200 |
$23,200
Automatic semifinalist |
$15,600
20 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W |
| LANDMARKS | THE LADY SWINGS | WOULD YOU LIKE FLIES WITH THAT? | FAST FRIENDS | IT'S ELEMENTARY | COMPUTER RHYME TIME |
|
$200
[3]
This dam at the Arizona-Nevada border is 726 feet high
the Hoover Dam
Eric
|
$200
[15]
Crystl Bustos hit .500 in Beijing swinging one of these
a softball bat
Eric
|
$200
[22]
The Hotlix company makes a green lollipop flavored like this fruit--appropriately, with a worm inside
an apple
Elyssa
Greg
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$200
[1]
Jonathan is the BFF (biblical fast friend) of this future king
David
Eric
|
$200
[5]
Today most of the "tin" foil that we use is made from this other metal
aluminum
Eric
|
$200
[9]
A sliver from a Laser Jet that gets under your skin
a printer splinter
Elyssa
|
|
$600
[12]
This Gothic cathedral stands on the eastern end of Paris' Ile de la Cite
Notre Dame
Elyssa
|
$400
[20]
Champion lumberjill Nancy Zalewski swings one of these
an axe
Greg
|
$400
[27]
Crick-ettes (yep, they're made from crickets) come in several tangy flavors, including these breakfast strips & cheese
bacon
Eric
|
$400
[2]
In "Slumdog Millionaire" Jamal & Salim are musketeers, calling themselves Athos & him
Porthos
Greg
|
$400
[8]
This element that makes up about 25% of the sun's mass was first discovered on the sun in 1868
helium
Elyssa
|
$400
[10]
A parasitic insect on the device that moves the cursor
a mouse louse
Greg
|
|
$800
[13]
This Madrid art museum was completed under Ferdinand VII in 1819
the Prado
Greg
|
$600
[21]
Saskatchewan's Hayley Wickenheiser swings this to score
a hockey stick
|
$600
[28]
These winged wood-eaters, aka white ants, are fried as a snack in Africa
termites
Greg
|
$600
[4]
"SNL" parodied him as calling John McCain "a raging maniac and a dear dear friend"
Joe Biden
Elyssa
Greg
|
$600
[16]
When rubber is vulcanized, it's treated with heat & this smelly element
sulfur
Greg
|
$600
[19]
One Air Jordan shoe on your audio component
a sneaker speaker
Eric
|
|
DD
$1,000
[11]
This recumbent statue on the Giza Plateau is 66 feet high & 240 feet long
the (Great) Sphinx
Greg
|
$800
[25]
It's what Elena Dementieva swings
a tennis racket
Eric
|
$800
[29]
edible.com sells ground beans for this hot beverage that have been regurgitated by weasels, cleaned & roasted
coffee
Elyssa
|
$800
[6]
Hector kills Patroclus, this hero's best buddy; mistake
Achilles
Eric
|
$800
[17]
This silvery element often appears as droplets on deposits of cinnabar
mercury
Elyssa
|
$800
[23]
A device to digitally copy a landed estate
a manor scanner
|
|
$1,000
[14]
Prince Charles was born in this London landmark
Buckingham Palace
Elyssa
|
$1,000
[26]
Paula Creamer swings one
a golf club
Eric
|
$1,000
[30]
The snack called Amber Insectnside features these stinging arachnids in amber-colored candy
scorpions
Eric
|
$1,000
[7]
This co-author also supported Karl Marx financially
Friedrich Engels
Elyssa
|
$1,000
[18]
It's no secret--the name of this element that makes up a tiny fraction of the atmosphere is from the Greek for "hidden"
krypton
Elyssa
|
$1,000
[24]
Temporary memory crushed into a jelly
a RAM jam
Elyssa
|
| NAMES IN THE NEWS | INDIE ROCK | BODIES OF WATER | COMPARATIVE LIT | WHEE! IT'S 1893! | COLLEGES IN OTHER WORDS |
|
$400
[7]
In February, 8 months after knee surgery, he was back teeing it up on the PGA Tour
Tiger Woods
Eric
|
$400
[26]
Ben Gibbard is the lead singer of this band that sounds like a ride a hottie should turn down
Death Cab for Cutie
Elyssa
|
$400
[21]
It's the world's second-largest ocean
the Atlantic
Greg
|
$400
[16]
Among the writers in this movement, Byron is more highly esteemed than Darley
the Romantic movement
Greg
|
$400
[1]
This artist painted "Tahitian Landscape"
Gauguin
Eric
|
$400
[6]
In Philly:Flattened region on either side of the forehead
Temple
Eric
|
|
$800
[8]
In April 2009 this 82-year-old strayed from protocol when she briefly put her arm around Michelle Obama
Queen Elizabeth II
Elyssa
|
$800
[27]
Kingsizemaybe's song "Dallas" recalls the day of this man's assassination
JFK
Greg
|
$800
[22]
This most sacred river of India was named for a Hindu goddess
the Ganges
Greg
|
$1,200
[18]
This fifth Harry Potter novel is the longest
Order of the Phoenix
Eric
|
$800
[2]
He returned to the White House in 1893 for his second term
Cleveland
Greg
|
$800
[12]
An Ivy:To saute until color changes
Brown
Eric
|
|
$1,200
[9]
Pilot Sully Sullenberger became a real-life hero after safely landing his plane here
the Hudson River
Eric
|
$1,200
[28]
L.A.'s Silversun Pickups got their name from a store at the corner of Silver Lake Blvd. & this one with a famous "Strip"
Sunset
Greg
|
$1,600
[24]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to a map on the monitor.) The Straits of Mackinac separate the Upper & Lower Peninsulas & connect these two Great Lakes
Huron & Michigan
Greg
|
$1,600
[19]
Of Nobel Prize literature laureates, this documenter of the Gulag has the longest one-word surname
Solzhenitsyn
Greg
|
$1,200
[3]
The U.S. Navy established this rank abbreviated C.P.O.
chief petty officer
Eric
|
$1,200
[13]
Founded in 1701:A lock company
Yale
Greg
|
|
$1,600
[10]
Prime Minister of Israel in the 1990s, he resumed the post in 2009
Netanyahu
Elyssa
|
$1,600
[29]
As a child, Jenny Lewis appeared on "Baywatch"; now she fronts this "Portions For Foxes" band
Rilo Kiley
Greg
|
$2,000
[25]
Golden Sands is a resort on Bulgaria's east coast along this sea
the Black Sea
Elyssa
|
$2,000
[20]
Of the Greek tragedy trinity Aeschylus, Sophocles & him, he was the least honored in his time
Euripides
Elyssa
|
$1,600
[4]
This wit's play "A Woman of No Importance" premiered
Oscar Wilde
Eric
|
$1,600
[14]
For cadets:A fortress or stronghold that commands a city during siege
The Citadel
Greg
|
|
$2,000
[11]
Hilda Solis has her work cut out for her as the new Secretary of this Cabinet department
Labor
Eric
|
$2,000
[30]
Think twice before kissing these "hot" Oklahoma indie stars who sang "Do You Realize?"
The Flaming Lips
|
DD
$3,000
[23]
This river carries more water than the Mississippi, Yangtze & Nile combined
the Amazon
Greg
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
Thackeray took a lot of "pride" in this novel; it was his first major work published under his own name
Vanity Fair
Greg
|
$2,000
[5]
The U.S. facilitated the overthrow of this kingdom's monarchy; annexation came later
Hawaii
Elyssa
|
$2,000
[15]
A Roman Catholic school:"The room" in French
La Salle
Greg
|
Since 1974, the official residence of this public servant has been at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue & 34th Street
the vice president