Show #5852 2010-02-09 (taped 2010-01-06) College Championship

2010-A College Championship semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Surya Sabhapathy — a senior from the University of Michigan

Ashley Walker — a senior from Dartmouth College

Leah Anthony Libresco — a junior from Yale University

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Leah	$200	$1,800	$4,600	$9,200 2nd place: $10,000	$6,600 11 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Ashley	$-200	$1,000	$-200	$-200 3rd place: $10,000	$-600 10 R (including 1 DD), 8 W
Surya	$4,200	$5,400	$9,400	$9,500 Finalist	$9,400 15 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN LITERATURE	COLLEGIATE MOVIE TITLES	21st CENTURY WOMEN	OLD NAVY	DO IT YOURSELF	THE 3 "R"s
$200 [6] This 1961 Joseph Heller novel was set on the island of Pianosa during WWII Catch-22 Ashley	$200 [11] Demi Moore was Esmeralda's voice in this epic from Disney The Hunchback of Notre Dame Ashley	$200 [14] This talk show host made her film debut in "The Color Purple" & when it hit Broadway in 2005, she was one of the producers Oprah Ashley	$200 [25] The oldest commissioned warship afloat, this "Old Ironsides" set sail again in 1997 for her 200th birthday the USS Constitution Leah Ashley	$200 [1] In 1947, Frank Ulrich pumped up L.A. drivers with the first successful self-serve this gas station Leah	$200 [20] The character in a novel who tells the story narrator Leah
$400 [7] Old Stony Phiz in "The Great Stone Face" by this author of "Twice-Told Tales" is said to be based on Daniel Webster Hawthorne Surya	$400 [12] Coach K knows all about this 2005 Johnny Knoxville film, based on a TV series The Dukes of Hazzard Ashley	$400 [15] In 2008 Ann Dunwoody was promoted to this numerical rank in the Army, the highest ever for a woman 4-star general (full general) Ashley Surya	$400 [26] Partly designed by Peter the Great, this country's first battleship, the Poltava, was launched in 1712 Russia Surya	$400 [2] Especially to dads facing complex toys, it's been said the 3 most frightening words are "some" this "required" assembly Surya	$400 [24] When a Rastafarian weds a Zoroasterian, it's considered this an inter-religious marriage (or interfaith marriage) Surya
$600 [8] A 1936 operetta, "The Headless Horseman", was based on this 1820 short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Surya	$600 [13] We found Matthew Fox; he was in this 2006 movie with Matthew McConnaughey We Are Marshall	$600 [16] Her website is speaker.gov Pelosi Leah	$600 [27] Gustavus Vasa established this country's navy in 1522 Sweden Leah Ashley	$600 [3] Intuit Inc. makes Quicken & this speedy product that puts you mano a mano with the IRS TurboTax Surya	$600 [21] A line of preppy clothing endorsed by a Cambridge Mass. university is named for this, the campus' central area Harvard Yard Leah Surya
$800 [9] In a 1947 novelette by John Steinbeck, a diver named Kino finds the valuable title object to pay his child's doctor bill pearl Surya	$800 [28] The title of this Homeric film is also a Sun Belt Conference school located in Alabama Troy Ashley	$800 [17] In 2006 she left the "Today" show to anchor the CBS evening news Couric Leah	—	$800 [4] The Warped Tour showcases music's punk/DIY movement--actually, do it with the help of this shoe company Vans Surya	$800 [22] Also valuable in archery, it's someone who avoids vices a straight-arrow Leah
$1,000 [10] This 1929 Thomas Wolfe novel is subtitled "A Story of the Buried Life" Look Homeward, Angel	$1,000 [19] This 1984 Spielberg sequel had nothing to do with a Philadelphia university Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	$1,000 [18] She retired from a managerial job at Microsoft after marrying the boss & today she co-chairs their foundation Melinda Gates Leah	—	$1,000 [5] This prefix meaning "self" precedes "didact" in a word for a self-taught person auto Surya	$1,000 [23] A battery produces this one-way flow of electric charge direct current Surya

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE NON-BEATLES ROCK BAND	AFRICAN AMERICANS	THE NEW YORK TIMESENERGY & ENVIRONMENT	SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR	"BOR"-ING!	ALEX TREBEK, CLASS OF '61
$400 [1] The supergroup Them Crooked Vultures has Alain Johannes, Josh Homme, John Paul Jones & this Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl Surya	$400 [5] The first African American to play modern Major League Baseball, he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 Jackie Robinson Ashley	$400 [20] The topics pages of nytimes.com say Texas leads the U.S. in producing power from this, especially out on the high plains wind Leah Ashley	$400 [14] This country's Christchurch is the world's southernmost city with more than 250,000 people New Zealand Leah Ashley Surya	$400 [4] The Sultanate of Brunei is on the northern coast of this island Borneo Ashley	DD $2,000 [26] In October my U.S. pals dusted off their draft cards as U.S. & Soviet tanks faced off against each other in this capital Berlin Leah
$800 [2] Formed in 2008, Chickenfoot had Chad Smith of the Peppers, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony & this ex-Van Halen singer Sammy Hagar	DD $1,200 [6] A biography of this former Cabinet secretary is subtitled "Soldier and Statesman" Colin Powell Ashley	$800 [25] The times said "Bla, bla, bla, act now!" was a protest slogan at the 2009 climate change talks in this city Copenhagen Leah	$800 [15] This desert covers much of western Botswana the Kalahari Surya	$800 [10] Carrying on while postponing the inevitable is "living on" this 2-word phrase borrowed time Leah	—
$1,200 [3] "Be Somebody" & "Sex On Fire" are songs off 2008's "Only By the Night" from this band Kings of Leon	$1,200 [7] Her website calls her a Renaissance woman, poet, historian, author, actress & playwright Maya Angelou	$1,200 [21] In a 2009 editorial the Times called it disgraceful that this agency has never set limits on arsenic in water the EPA Leah	$1,200 [16] This resort island just 2 miles east of Java is predominantly Hindi while the rest of Indonesia is Muslim Bali	$1,200 [12] Any of the 5 administrative divisions of New York City a borough Surya	—
$1,600 [19] Bassist Stefan Lessard & drummer Carter Beauford are the rhythm section of this "Under the Table and Dreaming" band the Dave Matthews Band	$1,600 [8] Carl Stokes, the first black mayor of a major U.S. city, was mayor of this Ohio metropolis from 1967 to 1971 Cleveland Ashley Surya	$1,600 [23] To the Times, XOM's plan to buy XTO Energy for $31 bil. shows it expects rising demand for this fuel that's cleaner than coal natural gas Ashley	$1,600 [17] The Gran Chaco, an arid subtropical region, covers parts of Uruguay & Bolivia & the northern part of this country Argentina Surya	$1,600 [11] It's the type of pooch pictured here a border collie Ashley	—
$2,000 [24] When he's not busy being a movie star, Jared Leto fronts this platinum-selling band that is both "timely" & "planetary" Thirty Seconds to Mars Surya	$2,000 [9] He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for his play "Fences" & another for "The Piano Lesson" in 1990 (August) Wilson Leah	$2,000 [22] The Times obit on Harold Bell said he drew the original sketches of this "Give a hoot, don't pollute" bird Woodsy Owl	$2,000 [18] After gold was discovered in 1890 in the Coolgardie-Kalgoorlie mines, this capital of Western Australia grew rapidly Perth Ashley	$2,000 [13] The son of Danish immigrants, he's best known for his colossal sculptures on Mount Rushmore Borglum Ashley	—

Final Jeopardy!

ASTRONOMY

With a mass of 4.31 millions Suns, Sagittarius A* is thought to be a supermassive one of these in the Milky Way's center

black hole

Leah "What is a black hole?" — wagered $4,600

Surya "What is a black hole?" — wagered $100

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