2010-A College Championship final game 1.
Surya Sabhapathy — a senior from the University of Michigan
Nick Yozamp — a junior from Washington University in St. Louis
Ryan Stoffers — a sophomore from UCLA
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan | $1,200 | $3,300 | $9,300 | $14,800 |
$10,800
13 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nick | $4,600 | $6,000 | $15,600 | $20,000 |
$15,600
22 R, 2 W |
| Surya | $400 | $1,800 | $17,400 | $12,800 |
$16,200
17 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| POWER TO THE STUDENTS! | ACTORS & ACTRESSES | CAN I GET A WITNESS? | COUNTRIES BY NEWSPAPER | CYCLE OF LIFE | DIRTY WORDS |
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$200
[18]
Trinchera was an organization formed at the University of Havana in 1959 in opposition to this new leader
Fidel Castro
Ryan
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$200
[26]
She sunk her teeth into the role of Jane in 2009's "New Moon"
Dakota Fanning
Surya
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$200
[11]
Ideally, witness to this document shouldn't be named in its bequests
a will
Surya
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$200
[3]
Kabul Weekly
Afghanistan
Nick
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$200
[16]
In 2009 New York City leaders gathered to paint the last bit of 200 new miles of these for cyclists
a bike path (or a bike lane)
Nick
|
$200
[1]
A slanderous or defamatory remark, or to spread with a dirty substance
smear
Ryan
|
|
$400
[19]
In Great Britain the youth movement known as the CND is the "Campaign for Nuclear" this
disarmament
Nick
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$400
[27]
This "The Hangover" actor has been linked romantically with Renee Zellweger
Bradley Cooper
Ryan
|
$400
[12]
A target witness is one the government calls before this jury & really wants to indict
the grand jury
Nick
|
$400
[4]
Nassau Guardian
the Bahamas
Nick
|
$400
[17]
Unlike a hybrid car, a hybrid bicycle uses no electricity; it combines features of a road bike & this type
a mountain bike
Nick
Surya
|
$400
[2]
From Old Dutch, it's the term for the fine black particles in your chimney
soot
Nick
|
|
$600
[20]
Led by Hans & Sophie Scholl, the White Rose was a group of student rebels fighting against fascism here in 1943
Germany
Surya
|
$600
[28]
Appropriately, this martial arts master's voice is heard in "Kung Fu Panda", as the monkey
Jackie Chan
Ryan
|
$600
[13]
In olden law, compurgators were these witnesses who swore to faith in the accused, not to knowing the facts
character witnesses
Surya
|
$600
[5]
Tabasco Hoy
Mexico
Nick
|
$600
[23]
The Kasai station on this Tokyo transport system has a garage for 9,400 bikes
the subway
Nick
|
$600
[8]
On contact with sulfur, silver develops this discoloration, from the Middle French for "to dull"
a tarnish
Surya
|
|
$800
[21]
A Beijing University student, Wu'er Kaixi was one of the main leaders during the bloody suppression at this location in 1989
Tiananmen Square
Ryan
|
$800
[29]
In 2009's "Jennifer's Body", she played the title cheerleader with an eating disorder--she's a man-eating demon
(Megan) Fox
Ryan
|
$800
[14]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a courtroom.) A witness doesn't have to swear to tell the truth; some, for reasons of religion or lack of religion, prefer this word, also an option in the presidential oath of office
affirm
|
$800
[6]
Magyar Nemzet
Hungary
Nick
|
$800
[24]
The USA's highest rate of bike use, 2 in 5 calling it their main mode of transport, is in Davis, a college town in this state
California
Ryan
|
$800
[9]
Leviticus 11 warns against eating swine: "Though he divide the hoof...yet he cheweth not the cud; he is" this
unclean
Nick
|
|
$1,000
[22]
This fabric-named 1989 revolution in Czechoslovakia began after police attacked a student demonstration
the Velvet Revolution
Nick
|
$1,000
[30]
She did most of her own rollerskating as Bliss (aka Babe Ruthless) in "Whip It"
Ellen Page
Surya
|
$1,000
[15]
It's in plain sight that the U.S. law enforcement service is responsible for witness security
the U.S. Marshals Service
Surya
|
$1,000
[7]
Nhan Dan
Vietnam
Ryan
|
DD
$1,500
[25]
In addition to a cardio workout, cycling gives strength to muscles like this 4-part one at the front of the thigh
quadriceps
Ryan
|
$1,000
[10]
It can be a dirt particle, a parasitic fungal disease...or pornography
smut
Nick
|
| CIVIL WAR GENERALS | IT'S GAME TIME | WE'VE GOT CHEMISTRY | THE FICTION FILE | THE NEW YORK TIMES FRUGAL TRAVELER | "UO" ME! |
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$400
[8]
In 1863 he was made a brigadier general at age 23 (yay!); 13 years later Little Bighorn (oops)
Custer
Nick
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$400
[18]
station.sony.com has online "Jeopardy!" & this game where you must avoid those bankrupt & lose a turn wedges
Wheel of Fortune
Surya
|
$400
[2]
In general chemistry, the 3 fundamental atomic particles are the electron, the proton & this, discovered in 1932
the neutron
Nick
|
$400
[1]
This genre of novel is traced back to 1902's "The Virginian", set mainly in Wyoming
the western
Nick
|
$400
[30]
The subtitle for the frugal traveler blog is "seeing the world on" one of these, from the Latin for "money bag"
a budget
Ryan
|
$400
[13]
This compound is added to water supplies to promote dental health
fluoride
Nick
|
|
$800
[9]
After basically setting Georgia on fire, he was the commanding general of the U.S. army from 1869 to 1884
Sherman
Ryan
|
$800
[19]
In casual game lingo, PSP stands for this platform that you can hold in your hand
PlayStation Portable
Nick
|
$800
[3]
The field of inorganic chemistry studies substances that contain little or none of this element
carbon
Surya
|
$800
[7]
In a 19th century Russian novel, Oblomov is the epitome of sloth, always in a robe & this footwear
slippers
Nick
|
$800
[29]
To the frugal traveler, staying overnight with friends is known as this kind of furniture "surfing"
couch
Nick
|
$800
[14]
Tendency to rise or float
buoyancy
Nick
|
|
$1,200
[10]
In the Shenandoah Valley in 1862, this "granite-like" Virginian's 17,000 men defeated 60,000 Union troops
Stonewall Jackson
Nick
|
$1,200
[20]
"The Mines of Moria" & "The Siege of Mirkwood" were expansions for the online version of this turbine game
The Lord of the Rings
Surya
|
$1,200
[4]
A 19th century German chemist noted that a nation's wealth can be gauged by the amount it uses of this, H2SO4
sulfuric acid
Surya
|
$1,600
[25]
In 2009 this reclusive "Gravity's Rainbow" author came out with "Inherent Vice"
(Thomas) Pynchon
Surya
|
$1,200
[23]
The F.T.'s new year's resolutions include "learn to like" these accommodations that often house youth
hostels
Surya
|
$1,200
[15]
Minimum number of senators needed to do official business while in session
quorum
Surya
|
|
$1,600
[11]
In 1862 Lincoln fired this general; adding insult to career injury, Lincoln then beat him in the 1864 pres. election
McClellan
Ryan
|
$1,600
[21]
You are ODST, an orbital drop shock trooper, in the latest version of this series that finds the Covenant in New Mombasa
Halo
Nick
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
Cellulose & nylon are examples of these large molecules made up of many smaller molecules called monomers
polymers
Surya
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
In "The Tin Roof Blowdown", Iberia parish sheriff Dave Robicheaux deals with the aftermath of this 2005 event
hurricane Katrina
Surya
|
$1,600
[27]
Rather than simple postcards, the frugal traveler says to collect these as mementos (perhaps the kyat or the baht?)
currencies
Ryan
|
$1,600
[16]
Touching or adjoining, like the lower 48
contiguous
Ryan
|
|
$2,000
[12]
The "eyes" of Lee's army, this cavalry man completely circled the federal army in 1862, returning with 1,200 enemy horses
Jeb Stuart
|
$2,000
[22]
"Rome: Total War--Barbarian Invasion" allows you to control this Carthaginian's elephants
Hannibal
Nick
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$2,000
[6]
The fundamental unit of substance used in chemistry, it's 6.02 x 1023atoms, not a garden pest
mole
Surya
|
$2,000
[26]
The hero of "Nausea" by this French existentialist thinker is made queasy by the emptiness of life
(Jean-Paul) Sartre
Surya
|
$2,000
[28]
The frugal traveler suggests saving in this city by getting around on its metro or its Velibbike rental system
Paris
|
$2,000
[17]
Do not deny him or refuse his name, it's John Bartlett's "familiar" specialty
quotations
|
The Pittsburgh university named for Andrew Carnegie is the USA's first to offer a degree in this musical instrument
the bagpipes