Show #5692 2009-05-12 (taped 2009-04-15) College Championship

2009 College Championship semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Andrew Ceppos — a senior from Tufts University

Laura Myers — a senior from the University of Missouri

Greg Lichtenstein — a freshman from Vassar College

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Greg	$1,000	$2,200	$12,300	$5,799 2nd place: $10,000	$13,400 19 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Laura	$1,800	$3,400	$9,400	$18,401 Finalist	$9,200 13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Andrew	$2,400	$4,400	$9,200	$0 3rd place: $10,000	$9,200 14 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

FUN WITH SCIENCE	TV GEOGRAPHY	KICKIN' IT OLD SCHOOL	WORLD COINS	CITIES' NEWER NAMES	YOU'RE A "Q____T"
$200 [26] If you make a house for these flying mammals, mount it at least 15 feet above the ground to attract them bats Andrew	$200 [4] "Medium" heats up in this Arizona city Phoenix Laura	$200 [11] This university 50 miles west of London dates back to the 12th century Oxford Andrew	$200 [1] In 2004 Somalia issued 6 coins in the shape of this instrument, including a Fender Stratocaster guitar Greg	$200 [13] Peking Beijing Greg	$200 [21] To give up or resign quit Andrew
$400 [27] In an annual contest in Oatman, Arizona, folks try to fry these on the sidewalk with solar power eggs Laura	$400 [5] "Everybody Hates Chris", who lives in this borough Brooklyn Greg	$400 [12] Attending the university founded in 1348 in this Czech capital might make you feel like a real Bohemian Prague Greg	$400 [2] A map of Europe on this country's 1997 1,000-lire coin had such errors as depicting Denmark as part of Germany Italy Greg	$400 [15] Leningrad St. Petersburg Greg	$400 [22] The coverlet for a bed quilt Laura
$600 [28] (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows some colored-changed objects.) When exposed to air, a cutappleturns brown & copper turnsgreenbecause of a chemical process called this oxidation Greg	$600 [8] Abby, Kovac & Neela played doctor in this city Chicago Laura Andrew	$600 [18] Cairo's Al-Azhar University was founded in 970 around this type of religious building mosque Greg	$600 [3] A 2008 Cook Islands 5-dollar coin issued in this shape depicts Cupid, 2 roses & the words "my everlasting love" heart Andrew	$600 [16] New Amsterdam New York Laura	DD $800 [23] Having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm quaint Laura
$800 [29] Add 4 tbsp, vinegar & 3 tbsp. baking soda to a glass of water & this gas will make raisins bounce in it carbon dioxide	$800 [9] The green spaces of "Parks and Recreation" can be found in fictional Pawnee in this real Midwestern state Indiana Laura	$800 [19] This country's Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo was founded in 1538, 98 years before Harvard Dominican Republic Andrew	$800 [6] In 2007 this late pope was honored with a coin in Nauru; his image pops up perpendicular to the coin Pope John Paul II Greg	$800 [14] Danzig Gdansk Greg Laura	$800 [24] An adventurous expedition quest Andrew
$1,000 [30] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a little veggie before & after.) Put celery in red-colored water, & after 24 hours, the leaves turnredbecause of this process by which plants absorb fluids, from the Greek for "push" or "thrust" osmosis	$1,000 [10] Lilly Rush of this city's P.D. tries to find the killer of each "Cold Case" Philadelphia	$1,000 [20] Bethlehem, Penn.'s St. Luke's Hospital School of this offers the oldest diploma program for it in the nation School of Nursing	$1,000 [7] In 2006 Canada issued a 25-cent coin depicting a pink ribbon to raise awareness of this disease breast cancer Andrew	$1,000 [17] Salisbury, Rhodesia Harare Greg	$1,000 [25] An arc of 90 degrees quadrant

Double Jeopardy! Round

BIBLE BOOK HIGHLIGHTS	RESCUE ME	DENIZENS OF THE UNDERGROUND	GET A JOB, KID!	VIVA MEXICO!	CROSSWORD CLUES "I"
$400 [26] Moses goes-es, the Ark of the Covenant is made, the tabernacle is tented Exodus Greg Andrew	$400 [12] (Dennis Leary delivers the clue.) Firefighters have to deal with this dangerousphenomenonthat can happen when super-heated gases are fed with oxygen backdraft Andrew	$400 [2] After a mating flight, male ants wander off & die; queen ants tear these off & search for a nesting site wings Greg	$400 [15] A golf course worker who carries clubs & assists golfers a caddy Andrew	$400 [1] As a colony of that country, from 1521 to 1821 Mexico was known as New this Spain Laura	$400 [7] To contaminate, as with germs(6) infect Greg
$800 [27] In the beginning was the word, resurrection, gospel but not synoptic John Andrew	$800 [13] (Hey, I'm Michael Lombardi.) On "Rescue Me" along with remembering our lines we often have to lug these heavy tanks around; know as SCBA's, they provide air in hostile environments self-contained breathing apparatuses Greg	$800 [14] This largest of spiders spins a tripwire to signal when something approaches its burrow tarantula	$800 [16] Not as superfluous as it sounds, it's a person with a nonspeaking background part in a movie an extra Laura	$800 [3] President from 2000 to 2006, this "sly" guy had formerly been president of Coca Cola de Mexico (Vicente) Fox Andrew	$800 [8] Free from stain, like a certain conception(10) immaculate Greg
$1,200 [28] God & Satan debate about him, has it super rough, patience gets him "twice as much as he had before" Job Andrew	$1,200 [20] (Hi, I'm Larenz Tate.) Wounded aredealt withon a case by case basis determined by medical priority, termed this, from the French for "sorting"; the term also applies to the order in which engulfed structures are fought triage Laura	DD $1,000 [25] Earthworms give off waste matter via organs called nephridia, the counterpart of these human organs kidneys Greg	$1,200 [17] 11-letter word for one who acts for others in buying shares in a business or corporation a stockbroker Laura	$1,200 [4] They're the 3 colors of the vertical stripes on Mexico's flag red, green & white Greg	$1,200 [9] "Fishy" science(11) ichthyology
$1,600 [29] Has only 1 chapter, deals with false teachers, nanana na... hey this Jude Andrew	$1,600 [21] (Dennis Leary delivers the clue.) In the Crusades the knights of this Mediterranean island had to contend with fire-hurling Saracens; the FDNY later adopted their crossas a badge of honor Malta Greg	$1,200 [23] This "pocket" rodent's name is from the French for "honeycomb", referring to its labyrinth of burrows the pocket gopher	$1,600 [18] A Japanese woman who plays classical Japanese music & performs traditional dances at private parties a geisha Andrew	DD $1,500 [5] Mexico celebrates Labor Day on the same date as many European nations & this holiday 4 days later Cinco de Mayo Greg	$1,600 [10] Bliss, proverbially(9) ignorance
$2,000 [30] 7 seals,7 trumpets, Satan gets his, don't add "S" to the response Revelation	$2,000 [22] (You may not know this. I know I didn't know it before Rescue Me, but...) The radioactive element americium-241 knocks off electrons from oxygen & nitrogen in this type of smoke detector named for the process ionization	$1,600 [24] Kalahari, one of these at a California wildlife center, was the model for Timon in "The Lion King" a meerkat Laura	$2,000 [19] From the Latin for "goddess", it's a distinguished female opera singer a diva Laura	$2,000 [6] This archduke of Austria who became emperor of Mexico died before a firing squad in 1867 Maximilian Greg	$2,000 [11] Poetic foot(4) iamb Laura

Final Jeopardy!

WORDS OF INSPIRATION

A professor's 2007 address at Carnegie Mellon on "really achieving your childhood dreams" inspired millions under this title

The Last Lecture

Andrew "What is Success?" — wagered $9,200

Laura "What is The Last Lecture?" — wagered $9,001

Greg "What is the Audacity of hope?" — wagered $6,501

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