Show #6020 2010-11-12 (taped 2010-10-18) College Championship

2010-B College Championship quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Sam Spaulding — a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina

Katie Singh — a sophomore from Northwestern University from Austin, Texas

Amanda J. Ray — a sophomore at the University of Virginia from Harrisonburg, Virginia

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amanda	$1,400	$1,600	$7,200	$14,399 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$8,000 14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Katie	$2,800	$3,000	$7,200	$12,200 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$10,200 13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Sam	$2,000	$7,000	$18,000	$21,500 Automatic semifinalist	$18,600 23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

BACK IN THE '90s	COMIC BOOK VILLAINY	"P"RODUCE	WORLD CAPITALS	AVATAR	FRENCH ANATOMY QUIZ
$200 [9] In 1991 this Texas capital became the USA's first community with a green building program Austin Amanda	$200 [22] Don't laugh! This villain goes all the way back to the very first issue of "Batman" in 1940 The Joker Amanda	$200 [6] A plum that's suffering from dehydration a prune Katie	$200 [26] This capital of Israel is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world Jerusalem Sam	$200 [12] "Avatar" comes from a word meaning "descent" in this ancient language of Hinduism Sanskrit Katie	$200 [1] Le nez the nose Amanda
$400 [16] (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) One of the greatest outpourings of emotion I've ever witnessed was on September 6, 1997 when I co-anchored coverage of this event from London Princess Diana's funeral ceremonies Katie	$400 [21] Bred on ancient Krypton, the villain Doomsday beat the entire Justice League, ending with this superhero Superman Sam	$400 [7] Ask mama--this food is also known as the pawpaw papaya	$400 [27] Its name ends in the same 3 letters as its country, Iran Tehran Sam	$400 [13] Matsya, the first avatar of Vishnu, saved the world from a flood; he's often depicted as half man, half this a fish Sam	$400 [2] Le pied a foot Amanda
$600 [17] In 1997 Zaire was renamed the Democratic Republic of this the Congo Katie	$600 [23] To torment the Fantastic Four, this evil doctor sent the child of Reed & Sue Richards to hell Dr. Doom Sam	$600 [8] Unlike its relative the banana, this fruit is rarely eaten raw & can be refined into flour the plantain Sam	$600 [28] It makes sense that this is the sea closest to Dublin the Irish Sea	$600 [14] In 2008, the OED added a definition of "avatar" as a representation of "a user in an interactive" one of these video game Katie	$600 [3] Les dents teeth Amanda
$800 [18] California was the first state to ban this for reproductive purposes; other states copied it cloning Sam	$800 [24] This board rider once battled a villain named Thanos whose goal was a lifeless universe The Silver Surfer Sam	DD $800 [10] Augusta National Golf Club is on land once used to grow Belle & Thurber types of these peaches Amanda	$800 [29] This capital of the Dominican Republic was founded by Columbus' brother Bartolome Santo Domingo Sam	$800 [15] Like Achilles, Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu, dies when he's shot in this, his only vulnerable spot his heel Amanda	$800 [4] La langue the tongue Katie
$1,000 [19] In 1996, for the first time since 1992, this city & 5 suburbs were united under the Bosnian government Sarajevo	$1,000 [25] This blind hero, the "man without fear", had several notable battles with Bullseye, an uncanny marksman Daredevil Sam	$1,000 [11] This type of fruit comes from a plant named for the last hours of Jesus' life a passion fruit Sam	$1,000 [30] In 1949 it became the seat of the Chinese nationalist government Taipei Katie	$1,000 [20] One avatar of the ancient war god Vrthraghna was this tusked wild animal a boar Katie	$1,000 [5] Le foie liver Katie

Double Jeopardy! Round

CONTINENTAL SETTINGS	CALIFORNIA GIRLS	MUSIC & DANCE	MEDIEVAL JOBS	THEY WERE DROPOUTS	2- OR 11-LETTER WORDS
$400 [19] Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" North America Sam	$400 [2] Appropriately, this singer of "California Gurls" was born in Santa Barbara Katy Perry Amanda	$400 [13] Among male singing voices, only "counter" this has a higher range than this tenor Amanda Katie	$400 [26] Farriers put shoes on these; loriners made the stirrups horses Katie	$400 [8] A dropout at age 12 in 1914, he became the most important American landscape photographer of the 20th century (Ansel) Adams Sam	$400 [1] It's both a math term & the 16th Greek letter pi Sam
$800 [20] "One Hundred Years Of Solitude" South America Katie	$800 [3] Landing the role of Sue Storm in "Fantastic Four" allowed this California girl to meet Cash Warren Jessica Alba Amanda	$800 [14] Ballet's five basicfoot positions were based on this activity, now an Olympic sport; you can really see it inthird position fencing Sam	$800 [27] Surgery was one of the tasks in this job that we associate with taking a little off the top a barber Amanda Sam	$800 [9] Irving Berlin went into this "business"--a song he wrote says "There's no business like" it show business Amanda	$800 [7] Growing on land; not aquatic terrestrial Sam
$1,200 [21] "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" Europe Sam	$1,200 [4] She may play a "Gossip Girl", but this member of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants was born a Valley girl Blake Lively Amanda	$1,200 [15] If you learn your clefs & staffs, you'll be able to do this, play a piece the first time you look at it sight-read Katie	DD $1,000 [29] Bowyers made bows; these workers made the arrows fletchers Sam	$1,200 [10] This dropout & actress was married to the president of Argentina from 1946 to 1952 Eva Peron Amanda	$1,200 [18] Used chiefly in law, it means "in the matter of"; it's seen a lot in e-mails, too re
$1,600 [23] "The Plague" by Camus Africa Katie Sam	$1,600 [5] Despite having a Texas city for a middle name, this red-headed actress was born in California Bryce Dallas Howard Katie	$2,000 [17] In a dance troupe the group equivalent to an opera chorus is called this "de ballet" corps	$1,200 [28] The wagons made by wainwrights went no where without these "wrights" who fixed a key part of the wagons wheelwrights Sam	$1,600 [11] Hedropped out of school as a boy, but sank his teeth into a successful career in Hollywood Bela Lugosi Sam	$1,600 [25] The plant also called woody nightshade, or an oxymoron for the taste of some chocolate bittersweet Sam
$2,000 [22] "The Quiet American" Asia	$2,000 [6] This Eureka-born "Little Voice" sang a "Love Song" in which she said, "I'm not gonna write you a love song" Sara Bareilles Amanda	DD $3,000 [16] The lowest A on the piano has a frequency of 27.5 hertz; as it's one octave higher, the next A up has this frequency 55 hertz Katie	$2,000 [30] The Latin for "storehouse" gave us this word for a medieval pharmacist apothecary Sam	$2,000 [12] In 1865 this New York Tribune editor who dropped out of school at age 14 urged young people to head to the frontier (Horace) Greeley Sam	$2,000 [24] Every 3 years; make it an adverb to fit the category triennially Amanda Katie

Final Jeopardy!

DOCUMENTS

It says, "The history of the present king of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations"

the Declaration of Independence

Amanda "What is the Declaration of Independence?" — wagered $7,199

Katie "What the Declaration of Independence?" — wagered $5,000

Sam "What is the Declaration of Independence" — wagered $3,500

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