2010-A College Championship semifinal game 1.
Samira Missaghi — a junior from the University of Minnesota
Nick Yozamp — a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
James Hill III — a freshman from Santa Clara University
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $4,200 | $6,400 | $16,000 |
$10,399
2nd place: $10,000 |
$16,000
21 R, 2 W |
| Nick | $4,600 | $4,400 | $10,800 |
$16,001
Finalist |
$12,600
21 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Samira | $-400 | $1,400 | $5,000 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 |
$6,600
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH? | ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE | STAMPS | THE KILLERS | SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD | THE BIG 10 |
|
$200
[2]
A narrow passage separates Canada's Ellesmere Island from this large Danish island
Greenland
Samira
|
$200
[1]
This Yankee was the "greatest drawing card in history of baseball"
Babe Ruth
Nick
|
$200
[30]
Woo hoo! In 2009 this animated family was chosen to grace stamps, though postage did go up to 44 cents (D'oh!)
the Simpsons
Samira
|
$200
[22]
In Genesis 4 he becomes the first killer; God isn't happy
Cain
Nick
|
$200
[3]
Meet me in the library for a liaison at your liesure
leisure
James
|
$200
[16]
The first 10 of these are known as the Bill of Rights
the Amendments
Samira
|
|
$400
[7]
Mount Logan, Canada's highest peak, is found in this territory
the Yukon Territory
Nick
|
$400
[4]
"Detroit - Philadelphia, A.L. - 1905-1926... retired with 4191 major league hits"
(Ty) Cobb
James
|
$400
[27]
This astronomer for whom a space telescope is named is honored in the American Scientists series
(Edwin) Hubble
James
|
$400
[21]
In one of the few documented one-on-one Old West gunfights, this "Wild" man killed Davis Tutt in 1865
Wild Bill Hickok
James
|
$400
[12]
The occasional misspelling is noticable on a telecast like "Jeopardy!"
noticeable
Nick
|
$400
[17]
In Israel Tevet is the tenth of these
month
Nick
|
|
$600
[8]
Of the top 5 Canadian cities in population, it's the one closest to the Pacific Ocean
Vancouver
James
|
$600
[5]
"'Mr. October', found special success in World Series spotlight with 10 home runs"
(Reggie) Jackson
James
|
$600
[26]
A stamp honors this 19th c. author about whom it was said, "So this is the little lady who made this big war"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
James
|
$600
[23]
Bodyguards Satwant & Beant Singh killed this female leader of India in 1984
Indira Gandhi
James
|
$600
[13]
If you supersede the competition, you will excede all expectations
exceed
James
Samira
|
$600
[18]
In L.A., the western tip of Interstate 10 is called this "freeway", after the beach community it passes through
Santa Monica
Samira
|
|
$800
[10]
Appropriately, New Glasgow is in this Canadian province
Nova Scotia
Nick
|
$800
[6]
This 2009 inductee was "faster than a speeding bullet"
Rickey Henderson
Nick
|
$800
[28]
An international rate stamp has a photo of this nearly 700-sq mile swamp in Georgia & Florida
the Okefenokee
Nick
|
$800
[24]
This "insect" of a gangster was a real-life hit man for Murder Incorporated in the 1930s & '40s
Bugsy Siegel
James
Nick
|
$800
[14]
We want you to be committed to catagorizing your collectibles cohesively
categorizing
James
|
$800
[19]
The title of this Boccaccio work means "10 Days"
Decameron
Samira
|
|
$1,000
[11]
This province has the longest border, including water, with the United States
Ontario
Nick
|
$1,000
[9]
"Boston Red Sox A.L. 1939-1960... batted .406 in 1941"
Ted Williams
Nick
|
DD
$1,800
[29]
The Distinguished Marines series honors the man for whom a North Carolina Marine Corps base was named
Lt. Gen. John Lejeune
Nick
|
$1,000
[25]
Pausanius, a young Macedonian noble, killed this man, Alexander's dad, in 336 B.C.
Philip
Nick
|
$1,000
[15]
The accomodations at the monastery were rudimentary at best
accommodations
James
|
$1,000
[20]
(Alex stands in front of an exhibit at the Newseum.) The exhibit "G-men and Journalists" contains the very first ledger in which this list was kept; it began when a reporter asked the FBI, "Who are the toughest guys you're looking for?"
the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list
James
|
| GENERAL SCIENCE | INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY | FACIAL EXPRESSIONS | LIT MY FIRE | THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE | THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[3]
In 1869 this Austrian monk published a paper on hawkweed: the experiments didn't work as well as the ones with peas
Mendel
James
|
$400
[22]
It's appropriate that the name of this double reed instrument with a low range comes from the Italian for "low"
a bassoon
Nick
|
$400
[1]
This word meaning "empty" or "to be filled in" describes a vacant type of stare
blank
James
|
$400
[19]
"The Fire Sermon" is Part III of this poet's "The Waste Land"
T.S. Eliot
Nick
|
$400
[2]
"Sex and the City","Sex and the City"(& "Did You Hear About the Morgans?")
Sarah Jessica Parker
Nick
|
$400
[9]
Relatively speaking, it's your mom's husband by a later marriage
a stepfather
Nick
|
|
$800
[5]
Unusual names borne by these celestial objects include 3834 Zappafrank & 10221 Kubrick
asteroids
James
Nick
Samira
|
$800
[23]
Your dog will scratch his head if you don't know the ukulele's name comes from the Hawaiian for this "jumping" insect
the flea
Nick
|
$800
[15]
It's a self-satisfied smile or grin that you may be asked to wipe off your face
smirk
James
|
$800
[26]
The burning of Moscow after Napoleon's exit is dramatized in this Tolstoy novel
War and Peace
Nick
|
$800
[4]
"Bosom Buddies","The Green Mile"
Tom Hanks
Nick
|
$800
[11]
From the late Latin for "word", this book is the last word on words
dictionary
Nick
Samira
|
|
$1,200
[10]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a bicycle wheel.) When I torque a spinning bike wheel, an equal & opposite torque causes me to rotate also, an illustration of the conservation of angular this
momentum
James
|
$1,200
[24]
The first 4 letters of xylophone refer etymologically to this material used to make its sounding bars
wood
Nick
|
$1,200
[16]
In the 1600s Charles Le Brun drew illustrations for each of the passions; here's "La Haine", this opposite of love
hate
Samira
|
$1,200
[28]
In Book 1 of this, Satan is "hurld hedlong flaming from th' ethereal skies... to dwell in adamantine chains and penal fire"
Paradise Lost
James
Nick
|
$1,200
[6]
"Friends","Bruce Almighty"
Jennifer Aniston
Samira
|
$1,200
[12]
Don't lose your head: this French device shares its name with an instrument for surgically removing tonsils
guillotine
Samira
|
|
$1,600
[20]
This 4-letter neutral compound is produced by the reaction of an acid & a base
a salt
Nick
|
$1,600
[25]
From the Latin for "clear" comes the name for this woodwind instrument
clarinet
James
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
Jack Nicholson movie villain known for his rictus
the Joker
Samira
|
$1,600
[29]
This Irish poet's "Sailing to Byzantium" urges "sages... in God's holy fire" to be "singing masters of my soul"
William Butler Yeats
|
$1,600
[7]
"In Living Color","Bruce Almighty"
Jim Carrey
James
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
The report's back from the lab; it's the science dealing with the detection of poisons
toxicology
Samira
|
|
$2,000
[21]
Plants having these underground stems, from the Greek for "root", include irises, bamboo & wild ginger
rhizomes
Samira
|
$2,000
[27]
The name of this instrument has nothing to do with the religion, but is more likely a corruption of the word "jaw"
Jew's harp
|
$2,000
[18]
This word for a sidelong glance of crude desire used to mean "the cheek"
a leer
Samira
|
$2,000
[30]
His 1963 bestseller "The Fire Next Time" took its title from an old spiritual
James Baldwin
|
$2,000
[8]
"The Office","Bruce Almighty"
Steve Carell
James
|
$2,000
[14]
Something that's the first son's due; Esau sold his
birthright
James
|
Owain Glyndwr, who died circa 1416, was the last native of his country to claim this title
Prince of Wales