Show #2236 1994-05-02 (taped 1994-02-27) College Championship

1994 College Championship quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

John Sweeney — a senior from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln

Brian Johnson — a junior from the University of Florida

Brooke Gallagher — a junior from the University of Maryland in Baltimore County

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Brooke	$2,300	$2,500	$6,500	$11,000 2nd place: $1,000	$8,000 25 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Brian	$500	$1,700	$7,600	$13,001 Automatic semifinalist	$7,100 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
John	$200	$1,100	$4,000	$8,000 3rd place: $1,000	$3,500 9 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE	1993 MOVIES	ASIAN CITIES	THE OLD TESTAMENT	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	VOCABULARY
$100 [1] Formulated Na Cl it's the chemical name for common table salt sodium chloride Brian	$100 [11] With a gross of over $330 million, this Steven Spielberg film was the big hit of 1993 Jurassic Park Brooke	$100 [6] In Mandarin this city's name is Hsiang-Kang Hong Kong Brian	$100 [12] Of the Tower of Babel, the destruction of Sodom & Gomorrah, or the flood, the one that occurred 1st flood Brooke	$100 [20] It can take gov't about 20 months to process 1 of these applications & you may need a working model patent Brian	$100 [17] Sleek is a variant of this word which also means smooth & glossy slick Brooke
$200 [2] Of the 3 basic states of matter, only this one, when unconfined, tends to expand indefinitely gas Brooke	$200 [25] In his most recent film, this St. Bernard has a girlfriend named Missy & 4 puppies Beethoven Brian	$200 [7] In 1949 Chaing Kai-Shek's nationalists set up their new headquarters in this Taiwanese city Taipei Brooke	$200 [13] “And the Lord spake unto the fish, and it vomited out” this man “upon the dry land” Jonah Brooke	$200 [21] This company operates the 4 most popular theme parks in North America Disney Brian	$200 [18] On its own it's a mode of water transportation; at the end of a word, it indicates a rank or condition ship Brian
$300 [3] Term for the time it takes a radioactive substance to decay to 50% of its original quantity half-life Brian	$300 [26] This Tim Burton movie was made using stop-motion animation The Nightmare Before Christmas Brooke	$300 [8] In 1756 the Nawab of Bengal had the British East India Company garrison “holed up” in this city Calcutta Brooke	$300 [14] God told Moses “And thou shalt put into” this object “the testimony which I shall give thee” Ark of the Covenant Brooke John	$300 [22] This former VP appeared in an ad during the 1994 Super Bowl for Lay's Potato Chips Dan Quayle Brooke	$300 [19] This other name for a hazelnut is from a saint whose feast day falls during the nutting season Filbert
$400 [4] In biological classification this comes between family & species genus Brooke	$400 [27] This sequel was subtitled “Back in the Habit” Sister Act 2 Brooke	$400 [9] The Blue Mosque is a landmark in this country's city of Tabriz Iran Brooke	$400 [15] Joshua could tell you this walled town was called the “city of palm trees” Jericho Brooke	$400 [23] Kathleen Sullivan's progress on this company's “Superstart!” program was shown in TV ads Weight Watchers Brooke John	$500 [30] Cyborg, describing something that's part human & part robot, is a combination of these 2 words cybernetic & organism Brian
$500 [5] On the Fahrenheit scale, the freezing point of water is 32° & the boiling point is this 212° Fahrenheit Brooke	$500 [28] Anthony Hopkins played the role of author C.S. Lewis in this Richard Attenborough film Shadowlands Brooke	$500 [10] The chief port of Yemen, it's on a gulf of the same name Aden John	$500 [16] This son of Jacob was 30 years old when Pharaoh made him ruler of all Egypt Joseph Brooke	$500 [24] The Sheraton Hotel & Towers in this South American capital offers a “tango special” package Buenos Aires John	DD $1,500 [29] This Latin word is used in college for an outline describing the contents of a curriculum syllabus Brooke

Double Jeopardy! Round

1989	SCULPTURE	MUSIC APPRECIATION	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	BRITISH AUTHORS	HELEN KELLER
$200 [18] On January 4 this vice president announced to congress his own election as president Bush Brian	$200 [13] Working at an auto plant David Smith learned the techniques he used sculpting this “stainless” metal steel Brooke	$200 [25] Baby, boudoir & concert are 3 sizes of this type of piano grand piano Brooke	$200 [2] The largest number of active volcanoes in the U.S. lie in this Alaskan island group Aleutian Islands Brooke	$200 [1] During the Spanish Civil War, this “Animal Farm” author was wounded fighting for the Loyalists Orwell Brian	$200 [4] Her father, Arthur H. Keller, had been a captain on this side in the Civil War Confederacy Brooke John
$400 [19] A parade held July 14, 1989 honored the 200th anniversary of its storming Bastille John	$400 [14] James Earle Fraser, a sculptor of Western & American Indian themes, designed this coin in 1913 the Indian head nickel Brooke	$400 [27] Stravinsky wrote a composition for 11 instruments in this style that's most associated with Scott Joplin ragtime John	$400 [6] While Upper Klamath Lake is in Oregon, Lower Klamath Lake lies in this state California Brian John	$400 [3] His Sherlock Holmes was partly based on a teacher at Edinburgh University Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Brooke	$400 [5] Helen graduated cum laude from this Cambridge, Mass. women's college in 1904 Radcliffe Brian
$600 [20] He replaced Admiral William Crowe as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Powell Brian	$600 [15] Discovered in 1820, this statue of Aphrodite was carved out of 2 blocks of marble Venus de Milo Brian	$600 [28] Now world-famous, this young Austrian choral group was established in 1498 the Vienna Boys Choir Brooke	$800 [8] This Great Lake is connected to Lake Superior by the St. Mary's River Huron Brian	$600 [10] He first used the pseudonym Boz in the August 1834 issue of “The Monthly Magazine” Dickens Brian	$600 [23] Helen spoke against nuclear arms in these 2 A-bomb-devastated Japanese cities Hiroshima & Nagasaki John
$800 [21] One of these occurred just before the start of game 3 of the World Series; the game was postponed an earthquake Brian	$800 [16] A group of sculptures from the Parthenon is known by the name of this Lord who took them to London Lord Elgin Brooke	—	$1,000 [9] Winding through Idaho, the Salmon River is the largest tributary of this river Snake Brian	$800 [11] The Samoans built a road to this novelist's house called “The Road of the Loving Heart” Robert Louis Stevenson John	$1,000 [26] On the eve of WWI Helen left the Socialist Party for this one nicknamed the Wobblies I.W.W. (Industrial Workers of the World) John
$1,000 [22] At a May 31, 1989 press conference this surgeon gen. called for an end to “happy hours” to reduce drunk driving C. Everett Koop Brooke	$1,000 [17] This Florentine's 1430s bronze “David” shows the influence of classical Greek sculpture Donatello Brian John	—	DD $1,100 [7] This state separates most of Alabama from the Gulf of Mexico Florida Brian	$1,000 [12] This “Lost Horizon” author won an Oscar for co-writing the 1942 film “Mrs. Miniver” (James) Hilton Brian	DD $1,300 [24] For teaching Helen to communicate, this woman earned the nickname “The Miracle Worker” (Anne) Sullivan John

Final Jeopardy!

MUSEUMS

Founded in 1846, it's the world's largest museum complex with 16 museums & over 140 million items

Smithsonian

John "What is the Smithsonian?" — wagered $4,000

Brooke "What is the Smithsonian?" — wagered $4,500

Brian "What is the Smithsonian?" — wagered $5,401

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