2009 College Championship final game 1.
Laura Myers — a senior from the University of Missouri
Patrick Tucker — a senior from the University of Notre Dame
Eric Betts — a senior from Emory University
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
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| Eric | $3,400 | $6,400 | $15,900 | $20,000 |
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| Patrick | $3,400 | $3,400 | $14,200 | $20,200 |
$15,000
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| Laura | $1,200 | $4,400 | $10,800 | $13,300 |
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| AT BAY | POP GOES THE CATEGORY | HOOKUPS | ASSERTING AUTHOR-ITY | ECON 101 | ONE-BUTTON TEXT MESSAGING |
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[16]
In 2000 Virginia & Maryland reached an agreement to stop pollution & increase the blue crab population in this bay
the Chesapeake Bay
Laura
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[1]
In April 2009 this mail order DVD rental company delivered its 2 billionth movie
Netflix
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[9]
If you use a TV antenna, you'll need to hook up a converter box for the June 12, 2009 transition from analog to this
DTV
Laura
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[2]
In 2007 Forbes estimated her earnings at $1 billion; Author! Author!
J.K. Rowling
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[21]
Ursine term for an investor who expects share prices to fall
bear
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[20]
You can text the name of this TV network by using only the 2 on your phone; it's spelled on the button
ABC
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[17]
Great Peconic & Napeague Bays are at the tip of this New York island
Long Island
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[3]
Model Bar Refaeli graced the cover of this magazine in 2009 wearing nothing but a bikini
Sports Illustrated
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[10]
This 10-letter item seenherecan be hooked up to a motion sensor in the backyard to detect intrusion
floodlight
Laura
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[7]
Ginsberg called this fellow Beatnik "American lonely prose trumpeter of drunken Buddha sacred heart"
(Jack) Kerouac
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[22]
Rhyming with but less severe than a depression, it's 2 consecutive quarters of negative economic growth
a recession
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[27]
Friendly greeting spelled out on your cell's 4 button
hi
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[18]
Fighters at this Cuban bay in 1961 were ransomed back to the U.S. for $53 million
the Bay of Pigs
Laura
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[4]
His return to bicycle racing took a fall when he fell & was injured during a race in March 2009
Lance Armstrong
Patrick
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[11]
A drain hose on this, such as a Kenmore, may connect to an inlet on the garbage disposal unit
a dishwasher
Eric
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[8]
This Irish novelist's July 4, 1931 marriage occurred 27 years & 18 days after the first date with his intended
(James) Joyce
Laura
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[23]
It's the 4-letter word for the degree of hazard involved in making a loan or investment
risk
Eric
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[28]
Use the 3 button for this nickname of the banking system headed by Ben Bernanke
Fed
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[19]
The 2000 Census recorded only 5 residents in this Alaskan bay, though thousands work the oil rigs
Prudhoe Bay
Patrick
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[5]
Robert Downey Jr. played Aussie actor Kirk Lazarus playing a black U.S. soldier in this recent film
Tropic Thunder
Patrick
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[14]
Radio Shack says its Monster XPMS speaker cable is perfect for this home video setup with stereo audio on all sides
surround sound
Eric
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[12]
Born in 1919, he "caught" acclaim in 1951 & published all of 1 novel & 13 short stories; tends to keep to himself
(J.D.) Salinger
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DD
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[26]
This 3-word concept describes the relationship between buyers, sellers & producers
supply and demand
Laura
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[29]
Day of the week whose abbreviation can be texted using only the letters on the 6 button
Monday
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[25]
The name of this Jamaican bay is from the Spanish manteca, "hog's butter", recalling its early function as a lard center
Montego (Bay)
Laura
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[6]
Born Curtis Jackson, this rap superstar took his stage name from an armed robber he knew in Brooklyn
50 Cent
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[15]
To hook up a DVD player, you may need an RGB cable, RGB standing for these primaries
red, green & blue
Patrick
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[13]
"Anathem" is a 2008 bestseller by this author of "Snow Crash"
Neal Stephenson
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[24]
Alliterative term for what you've got when spending equals income
a balanced budget
Patrick
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[30]
To text the 2-letter postal code of this U.S. state, get your thumb on the 9
Wyoming
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| AMERICAN HISTORY | MIND YOUR SHAKESPEARE "P"s & "Q"s | ALMA MATERS | ACTRESSES | 2-LETTER WORDS | ANGELS & DEMONS |
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[7]
In 1818 U.S. troops sacked Pensacola as they marched into this Spanish territory; soon it was ours
Florida
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[12]
Gertrude's royal title, in "Hamlet" (& don't say mom)
Queen
Patrick
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[1]
William J. Mayo (of clinic founding fame) was a Wolverine, getting his medical degree from this school
the University of Michigan
Eric
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[6]
This "Friend" was Claire on the "30 Rock" episode "The One with the Cast of 'Night Court'"; her life is far from the Pitts
(Jennifer) Aniston
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[26]
It can mean vitality, as when it's paired with "get up &..."
go
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[17]
Langdon finds clues in a work by this Italian called a heretic due to his pro-Copernican views
Galileo
Patrick
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[8]
African Americans, 13% of the U.S., were nearly twice that percentage of U.S. troops in this 1990-91 war
the First Gulf War
Patrick
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[13]
"My little body is aweary of this great world", she sighs in "The Merchant of Venice"
Portia
Laura
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[2]
Lady Bird Johnson & John B. Connally went to the University of this state
Texas
Eric
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[18]
This actress seenhereis godmother to the daughter of Kurt Cobain & Courtney Love
Drew Barrymore
Laura
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[27]
In a proverb this word precedes "fool like an old fool"
no
Laura
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[22]
In "Angels & Demons", this sect, "the enlightened ones" in Latin, useambigram brands, which can still be readupside down
the Illuminati
Laura
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[9]
In 1960 the last of these locomotives was retired from general use in the U.S. & Diesel ones took over
steam engines
Patrick
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[14]
Kate: "if I be waspish, best beware my sting"; his reply: "my remedy is then, to pluck it out"
Petruchio
Eric
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DD
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[3]
This private college in Northern California boasts astronauts Sally Ride & Eileen Collins as alums
Stanford University
Eric
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[19]
She voiced Princess Pea in "The Tale of Despereaux"; oh yeah, she was also Hermione in a few "Harry Potter"s
Emma Watson
Eric
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[28]
It's the name of the long-awaited new White House dog
Bo
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[23]
Langdon in "Angels & Demons" is looking for this type of bomb made of opposing particles like positrons
an antimatter bomb
Eric
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DD
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[11]
In 1899 Secretary of State John Hay proclaimed this "welcoming" policy to preserve U.S. trading rights in China
open-door policy
Patrick
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[15]
Marina's dad (need a hint? he rules Tyre)
Pericles
Eric
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[4]
Presidential kids are welcome at this New Orleans university: both Neil Bush & Amy Carter hold degrees from it
Tulane
Patrick
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[20]
She didn't vamp it up & did a bella job as Em in "Adventureland"
Kristen Stewart
Eric
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[29]
Third syllable intoned by the giant who smells the blood of an Englishman
fo
Patrick
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[24]
Much of "Angels & Demons" takes place at one of these, where Cardinals elect a new pope in secret assemblies
a conclave
Patrick
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[10]
In the 1600s most of New York State was occupied by this Native American confederacy
the Iroquois
Patrick
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[16]
Fruity surname of Peter in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Quince
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[5]
Quincy Jones, Kevin Eubanks & Branford Marsalis are alumni of this college of music in Boston
Berklee
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[21]
In 2009 she returned to being "Fast & Furious" as Letty
Michelle Rodriguez
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[30]
The book of Genesis says this ancient city "of the Chaldees" was the home of Abraham
Ur
Patrick
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[25]
"Habakkuk and the Angel" is one of a series ofcluesby this Renaissance master depicting angels pointing
Bernini
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In medieval England, it meant the smallest unit of time, 1/376 of a minute; it didn't refer to matter until the 16th century
atom