2009 College Championship final game 2.
Laura Myers — a senior from the University of Missouri (subtotal of $13,300)
Patrick Tucker — a senior from the University of Notre Dame (subtotal of $20,200)
Eric Betts — a senior from Emory University (subtotal of $20,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $2,000 | $5,000 | $13,400 | $10,501 |
$13,400
17 R, 1 W |
| Patrick | $1,400 | $3,200 | $19,000 | $11,399 |
$18,800
22 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W |
| Laura | $4,200 | $4,600 | $8,600 | $16,600 |
$8,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| WARS BY BATTLE | GETTING YOUR ACTOR TOGETHER | SCINTILLATING SYLLABUS | EUROPE | FUN WITH FASHION | MISSING WORDS |
|
$200
[6]
1942:The Battle of Midway
World War II
Patrick
|
$200
[1]
In "Even Stevphen", a "Daily Show" segment, Stephen Colbert debated this Steve who now works in an "Office"
Steve Carell
Laura
|
$200
[23]
At the Univ. of Wisconsin you can take a course analyzing these daytime TV programs
soap operas
Eric
|
$200
[16]
This Italian island's provinces include Syracuse, Messina & Palermo
Sicily
Patrick
|
$200
[11]
The shoes known as jellies are so-named because they resemble the look of these treats
jellybeans
Patrick
Laura
|
$200
[21]
If you're a castaway in dire need of salt, put seawater in a bowl and wait for the water to do this
evaporate
Patrick
Laura
|
|
$400
[7]
1814:The Battle of Lake Champlain
the War of 1812
Patrick
|
$400
[2]
He played "The Gentleman on the Plane" in a "Friends" episode before becoming "House M.D."
Hugh Laurie
Laura
|
$400
[24]
At Santa Clara U., really talk trash as you learn about mold & rates of decomposition in "The Joy of" this
garbage
Eric
Patrick
|
$400
[17]
From about 1500 to 1850, glaciers advanced in the Alps in what's called a "Little" this period
an Ice Age
Eric
|
$400
[12]
Made by combining natural minerals with quartz sand, these Swarovski products sparkle on evening bags
crystals
Laura
|
$400
[22]
A syllable used when something suddenly vanishes, it's also the toy brand that makes Ramrockets
poof
|
|
$600
[8]
1898:The Battle of San Juan Hill
the Spanish-American War
Eric
|
$600
[3]
"Buffalo Anchorman" in "Airplane II: The Sequel", he's a bit more well-known as a TV vowel salesman
Pat Sajak
Eric
|
$600
[25]
A class at Bowdoin College studies directors like Romero & Craven in a review of this genre of movies
horror films
Eric
|
$600
[18]
From 1714 to 1721 Russia occupied this neighbor in what has been called the "Great Wrath"
Finland
Patrick
Laura
|
$600
[13]
The haik, worn by Berbers, is related to this ancient Roman garment--so why aren't there haik parties on campus?
the toga
Laura
|
$600
[28]
In the end times a true believer missing from Earth hasn't been captured but this rhyming word, meaning raised up
raptured
Eric
|
|
$800
[9]
1951:The Battle of Heartbreak Ridge
the Korean War
Laura
|
$800
[4]
Uncredited as Agent 006 in Steve Martin's "Pink Panther", this Brit starred in "Duplicity" in 2009
Clive Owen
Eric
|
$800
[26]
Alfred U. offered a course on this sweet tree product, noting the process hasn't changed much in centuries
maple syrup
Eric
|
$800
[19]
In 1998 this president of Yugoslavia sent troops into Kosovo to crush an ethnic Albanian uprising
(Slobodan) Milošević
Patrick
|
$800
[14]
Also a synonym for "amulet", this type of trinket now hangs on handbags & cell phones as well as bracelets
a charm
Laura
|
$800
[29]
The name of this software introduced in 1991 comes before "out" to mean get rid of an element in a picture
Photoshop
Laura
|
|
DD
$1,400
[10]
1415:The Battle of Agincourt
the Hundred Years' War
Laura
|
$1,000
[5]
He has somehow turned donning sunglasses into an art form as Horatio Caine on "CSI: Miami"
(David) Caruso
Patrick
|
$1,000
[27]
Kentucky's Centre College offered "The Art of" this, a lost mode of transportation; Monty Python likes it silly
walking
Patrick
|
$1,000
[20]
In 1859 Moldavia & Walachia united to form this country with Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza as its ruler
Romania
|
$1,000
[15]
'70s disco divas danced in white clothes that glowed under this kind of light; it's still fun to do it today
blacklight (or ultraviolet light)
Laura
|
$1,000
[30]
Los desaparecidos--those missing at the hands of Argentina's former dictatorship--translates to this
the disappeared
Patrick
|
| TAKE ME TO THE BALLET! | BE A SPORT | YOU: STAYING YOUNG | LITERARY CHARACTERS ON TWITTER | HAIL TO THE CHIEF | "Y"S UP! |
|
$400
[6]
I'm hoping that the serpent will show up in the ballet "After Eden", but I'm afraid we'll just see this duo
Adam & Eve
Eric
|
$400
[7]
It's foul to have a defensive tackle jump offside into the neutral zone in this sport
American football
Patrick
|
$400
[17]
(Here's Dr. Oz.) Holding a cork in your teeth can relax your jaws, & ease the everyday struggle with this, defined in physics as a force that strains or deforms a body
stress
Patrick
|
$400
[12]
I'm Carillon on at Notre-Dame in 1482
Quasimodo
Patrick
|
$400
[1]
Once a teacher, this president who guided the U.S. through WWI was nicknamed "The Professor"
Wilson
Patrick
|
$400
[18]
Yikes!Some of these sweet potato lookalikes can measure 6 feet long & weigh 100 pounds
yams
Eric
|
|
DD
$400
[25]
I'm allergic to feathers, so don't let me sit too close to Odette in this classic ballet
Swan Lake
Patrick
|
$800
[8]
This sport gives a Gold Glove Award (not to be confused with boxing's Golden Gloves)
baseball
Eric
|
$800
[27]
(Dr. Oz...) Take a daily dose of the seeds from this plant that have anti-oxident properties and can lower blood pressure; and don't worry--you won't sprout green hair
chia
Eric
Patrick
|
$800
[13]
I'm rescuing Mr. Frodo from Orcs & leading him to the edge of the Crack Of Doom; it can be rough being Mr. F's friend
Samwise
Eric
|
$800
[2]
Campaigning against Hubert Humphrey in 1968, he said he had a "secret plan" to end the war in Vietnam
Nixon
Patrick
|
$800
[19]
In 1973 Arab states attacked Israel on this Jewish Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur
Laura
|
|
$800
[23]
I may nod off during this Tchaikovsky fairy tale ballet, even before that spindle turns up
Sleeping Beauty
Patrick
Laura
|
$1,200
[9]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates some hockey strategies on a monitor) In ice hockey, playerA'sshot is legal; playerB'sshot crosses two red lines, which is this infraction
icing
Patrick
|
$1,200
[28]
(Dr. Oz gives the clue.) Prostate growth has been shown to slow down due to eating the green fruit of this tree, but there are recipes healthier than guacamole
avocado
Patrick
|
$1,200
[14]
Beowulf ripped off my arm & I'm in Heorot Hospital, but not for long; prognosis is terminal
Grendel
Patrick
|
$1,200
[3]
In 1860 he began working in his father's leather goods store in Galena, Ill.; a year later, he was in the Civil War
Grant
Patrick
|
$1,200
[20]
Beware these snazzy dressers seen here--they can sting repeatedly
yellow jackets
Patrick
|
|
$1,200
[24]
I hear there's a heavenly body in "Icarus": it's the ballerina who plays this heavenly body
the sun
Patrick
|
$1,600
[10]
This man lived to see the indoor sport he invented become an Olympic event in 1936
(James) Naismith
Eric
|
$1,600
[29]
(Doctor...) In the exercise I call"I Dream Of Genie,"you can strengthen your abs, quads, and shoulder muscles. Be sure to squeeze the fleshy muscles of the buttocks, known by this one-syllable name
the glutes
Eric
|
$1,600
[15]
Having a red-letter day--been sentenced to stand for 3 hours on a pillory platform; the 17th c. stinks!
Hester Prynne
Eric
|
$2,000
[5]
Upon his death in 1845, he was buried next to his wife Rachel in the Garden Of The Hermitage
(Andrew) Jackson
Laura
|
$1,600
[21]
It's another name for the Abominable Snowman
the Yeti
Patrick
|
|
$2,000
[26]
Ouch! A golden bird pecks a king to death in "Le Coq d'or" by this hyphenated Russian composer
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
|
$2,000
[11]
(Jon of the Clue Crew shows part of a bike in Trek Bicycle Corporation in Waterloo, WI.) An early advocate of cycling, Paul de Vivie experimented with geared bikes, leading to the perfection of this Frenched-named gearshifting device
the derailleur
|
$2,000
[30]
(Dr. Oz, please...) Dangerous fats, like trans fats, are solid at room temperature; good fats? They're liquid--like this Greek-letter one from salmon & walnuts
omega-3 fatty acids
Eric
|
$2,000
[16]
2 1886 Twitterers, please: I'm killing someone. Now I have a medical degree. Now I'm being killed, which kills me as well
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Laura
|
DD
$3,000
[4]
He told Lincoln, "If you are as happy in entering the White House as I feel on returning (home), you are a happy man indeed
(James) Buchanan
Patrick
|
$2,000
[22]
A dynasty in China from 1279 to 1368, it's also the name of China's basic unit of currency
Yuan
Patrick
|
This New Englander began building his house in March 1845 & later wrote that it cost exactly $28.12 1/2
Henry David Thoreau