Show #6018 2010-11-10 (taped 2010-10-18) College Championship

2010-B College Championship quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Kyle Kahan — a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas

Ellen Eichner — a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois

Folake Dosu — a senior from Stanford University from Bellwood, Illinois

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Folake	$2,000	$3,800	$6,200	$8,700 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$6,200 10 R, 2 W
Ellen	$2,000	$2,000	$10,000	$19,601 Automatic semifinalist	$11,200 18 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Kyle	$1,000	$4,000	$9,800	$15,800 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$13,000 18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

MYTHOLOGY	THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT	KITES	FAR OUT FACTS	LADY ANTEBELLUM	HOMOPHONES
$200 [1] This brother of Prometheus had the whole world on his shoulders Atlas Ellen	$200 [2] Will Smith married this actress in 1997 Jada Pinkett Ellen	$200 [28] The earliest kites date back around 3,000 years, when the Chinese made them from silk & this tall grass bamboo Kyle	$200 [14] Barrow is the northernmost city in this state & thus the United States Alaska Folake	$200 [21] Ladies wore this headgear that ties under the chin, like the tunnel vision-inducing "coal scuttle" type a bonnet Ellen	$200 [11] This 4-syllable word can refer to a stage of youth or the youths themselves adolescence/adolescents Folake
$400 [7] Sound the alarm! It's the term for a nymph who lures sailors & ships onto the rocks a siren Kyle	$400 [3] This CW series explores the world of collegiate cheerleading Hellcats Ellen Kyle	$400 [29] Isaac Asimov's book "The Kite that Won the Revolution" told the story of this man & his kite experiments Benjamin Franklin Kyle	$400 [15] A 2007 brawl forced some to be airlifted from the Amundsen-Scott Station on this continent Antarctica Ellen	$400 [22] In 1848 Ellen Craft, a slave from Macon in this state, escaped north disguised as a top-hatted white man Georgia Kyle	$400 [12] A hiding place, or the moolah you might put there cache/cash Folake
$600 [8] The cyclopes gave headwear to Hades that rendered him not invincible, but this invisible Folake	$600 [4] The duo Gnarls Barkley is Danger Mouse & this singer Cee Lo Green Folake	$600 [30] Cpl. William Eddy took the first aerial wartime surveillance photos from a kite during this 1898 conflict the Spanish-American War Kyle	$600 [16] Pico Bolivar is the highest mountain in the Venezuelan part of this chain & is covered in part by a glacier the Andes Folake	$600 [23] Women knew how to salt; this animal was the main source of meat, with slaves getting about 3 pounds a week the pig (pork accepted) Ellen	$600 [13] This word can refer to a boat's large hooked pole or a social blunder gaff/gaffe
$800 [9] She pined away over Narcissus until only her voice was left Echo Folake	$800 [5] In 2010 this British star of "Get Him to the Greek" was cast in the title role in a remake of "Arthur" Russell Brand Ellen	DD $600 [26] Samuel Cody crossed this waterway in 1903 in a dinghy pulled by kites, reaching Britain after a 13-hour trip the English Channel Kyle	$800 [17] The limit of a cannonball's flight from shore once marked the beginning of this area that limited sovereignty international waters	$800 [24] Edgeworth & Johnson were 2 schools called "female" these, more associated with training priests seminaries Ellen Kyle	$800 [19] Operated a small boat, or operated a horse rowed/rode Folake
$1,000 [10] He tamed the winged horse Pegasus with a bridle given to him by Athena Bellerophon Ellen Kyle	$1,000 [6] The name of this WWE TV show is slang for a decisive defeat SmackDown Ellen	$1,000 [27] In 1893 Lawrence Hargrave flew the first of this type of kite, which he called a cellular kite a box kite	$1,000 [18] About halfway between S. Africa & South America is the isolated Tristan da Cunha, this 11-letter type of island group an archipelago Folake	$1,000 [25] Ladies learned this French square dance whose name hints that it's for 4 couples the quadrille	$1,000 [20] Shortcuts to webpages, or certain wildcats links/lynx Folake

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD OF WAR FACT	21st CENTURY MOVIE ROLES	SPACING OUT	WHO WROTE IT?	THE FABRIC OF LIFE	COLLEGE BEFORE & AFTER
$400 [19] The U.S. combat mission in this country ended in August 2010 Iraq Ellen	$400 [10] In "Charlie St. Cloud", he has trouble letting go of his little brother, who dies in a car accident Zac Efron Ellen	$400 [27] Per NASA, with 16 participating nations, it's the largest cooperative scientific project in history the International Space Station Ellen	$400 [1] The "Aeneid" Virgil Kyle	$400 [26] If someone intends to tan your hide, he's going to turn it into this fabric leather Ellen	$400 [11] The second oldest U.S. college breaks out the flying umbrella & disciplines the Banks kids William & Mary Poppins Kyle
$800 [20] Originally a cavalry officer, he transferred to the German air service in 1915 & shot down 80 planes the Red Baron Kyle	$800 [9] She's the title characterwho returns in a 2010 film Nanny McPhee Kyle	$800 [28] Launched by the Soviets in 1957, this first artificial satellite was less than 2 feet in diameter & weighed 164 lbs. Sputnik Kyle	$800 [2] "Light in August" Faulkner Kyle	$800 [25] This fabric that's on the tips of markers is also used in blackboard erasers felt Ellen	$800 [12] A Utah school stages a black & white Mel Brooks classic Brigham Young Frankenstein Ellen
$1,200 [21] World Book says this 20th century so-called war that lasted decades was actually an "intense rivalry" the Cold War Kyle	$1,200 [6] In 2007 Johnny Depp did double time playing both Jack Sparrow & this "Demon Barber" Sweeney Todd Folake	DD $1,200 [24] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a film of the Space Shuttle in flight.) The speed needed for a rocket to break free of Earth's gravity--6.96 miles per second--is called this, E.V. for short escape velocity Ellen	$1,200 [3] "The Member of the Wedding" Carson McCullers	$1,200 [16] Cobweb is a type of this fabric known for its open, networked quality lace Folake Ellen	$1,200 [13] Paterno sends his "Happy Valley" boys to get some "neighbor"ly life insurance Penn State Farm
$2,000 [23] Meaning "lightning war", it's the method of warfare Germany pioneered in the 1939 invasion of Poland Blitzkrieg Ellen	$1,600 [7] In this movie based on a classic novel, Jackie Chan plays Passepartout, Phileas Fogg's travel companion Around the World in 80 Days Kyle	$1,600 [29] A giant elliptical one of these may contain more than 10 trillion stars a galaxy Kyle	$1,600 [4] "Miss Lonelyhearts" & "The Day of the Locust" Nathanael West Ellen	$1,600 [17] Used with other fibers like nylon, this 5-letter fiber makes swimwear fabric stretchy Lycra Ellen	$1,600 [14] Tulsa university named for a preacher who was very skilled in parliamentary procedure Oral Robert's Rules of Order Kyle
DD $3,000 [22] 2 days before this war was declared, the British said they'd repealed the laws that were the chief reason for fighting us the War of 1812 Kyle	$2,000 [8] In 2001's "Moulin Rouge!", John Leguizamo portrayed this real-life artist Toulouse-Lautrec Ellen	$2,000 [30] A spectacular show of summer is this meteor shower that peaks annually around August 13 the Perseids	$2,000 [5] "The Portrait of a Lady" Henry James	$2,000 [18] Harris is a trademarked type of this rough fabric used in sport coats (Harris) tweed Kyle	$2,000 [15] A Jesuit school in Worcester competes in running that's off-track Holy Cross country

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. PRESIDENTS

During his tenure, he never threw out an opening day first pitch, but before he was president, he did it for the Braves

Jimmy Carter

Folake "Who is Jimmy Carter?" — wagered $2,500

Kyle "Who was Carter?" — wagered $6,000

Ellen "Who is Jimmy Carter?" — wagered $9,601

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