2010-B College Championship semifinal game 2.
Hans von Walter — a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida
Ellen Eichner — a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
Steve Greene — a senior from UCLA from Elk Grove, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $1,400 | $4,000 | $6,400 |
$12,779
2nd place: $10,000 |
$6,400
13 R, 3 W |
| Ellen | $-800 | $1,000 | $6,200 |
$4,200
3rd place: $10,000 |
$6,200
10 R, 3 W |
| Hans | $7,000 | $7,800 | $20,200 |
$18,178
Finalist |
$18,400
24 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE | & THE OSCAR GOES TO... | WHAT KIND OF PAINT YOU USING? | TEACHING ASSISTANCE | ENVIRONMENTALISM | GLEE |
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$200
[6]
The ides of March 44 B.C.:He is murdered as he enters a Senate meeting
Julius Caesar
Hans
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$200
[1]
Him, for directing "Schindler's List"
Spielberg
Hans
|
$200
[18]
Rembrandt, for 1669's "Return of the Prodigal Son"
oil (paint)
Ellen
Hans
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$200
[14]
You can help by loading these into a carousel to show art, & wondering when your school is going to go digital
slides
Steve
|
$200
[22]
Naturalist John Muir was the first president of this environmentally friendly "Club"
the Sierra Club
Steve
|
$200
[11]
Featuring roller coasters, Ohio's Cedar Point is one of these parks with a gleeful name
an amusement park
Ellen
|
|
$400
[7]
June 15, 1215:At Runnymede, King John puts his seal on this document
the Magna Carta
Hans
|
$400
[2]
Geoffrey Fletcher, for writing this, "Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Precious
Steve
|
$400
[27]
An actor; it's synonymous with theatrical makeup
greasepaint
Ellen
|
$400
[15]
Your presentation on strict constructionism of this document saved your law professor having to prep a lecture
the Constitution
Steve
|
$400
[23]
The world's first national park was Yellowstone, opened in 1872; this country opened its first park at Banff in 1887
Canada
Ellen
|
$400
[12]
Matthew 14:27 says, "Jesus spake unto them, saying, be of good" this
cheer
Hans
|
|
$800
[9]
May 22, 1972:Ceylon officially becomes the Republic of this
Sri Lanka
Hans
|
$600
[3]
This singer, for her role of Effie in "Dreamgirls" (& I am telling you she was going onstage to accept the award)
Jennifer Hudson
Hans
|
$600
[28]
It's how Krylon & Valspar are meant to be applied
as spray paints
|
$600
[16]
Arrange the geology field trip to see exposed this, defined as what underlies loose material like soil
the bedrock
|
$600
[24]
In 1970 the first Earth Day was celebrated & this government body, the EPA, was established
the Environmental Protection Agency
Steve
|
$600
[13]
In 2006 the kitchen classic called this "of Cooking" celebrated its 75th anniversary
Joy
Steve
|
|
$1,000
[10]
June 10, 1864:This archduke is crowned Emperor of Mexico
Maximilian
Steve
Ellen
Hans
|
$800
[4]
Him, for his role of Rod Tidwell in "Jerry Maguire"; show him the Oscar!
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Steve
|
$800
[29]
To create a glow-in-the-dark Halloween display; it's from the Latin for "light"
luminous (or luminescent)
|
$800
[17]
Mr., your condescension gave your women's studies class new insight into this, domination by male elders
patriarchy
Ellen
|
$800
[25]
In 1872 Scottish scientist Robert Angus Smith first described this toxic precipitation & its effects
acid rain
Ellen
|
$800
[20]
A candy made of fruit juice & gelatin is called Turkish this
delight
Steve
|
|
DD
$2,400
[8]
November 10, 1871:These 2 have a historic meeting in the Central African village of Ujiji
Stanley & Livingstone
Hans
|
$1,000
[5]
These 2 brothers, for their adapted screenplay for "No Country for Old Men"
the Coen brothers
Hans
|
$1,000
[30]
A Native American adorning himself, not necessarily for battle as implied
war paint
Hans
|
$1,000
[19]
Your econ prof thanks you for photocopying key passages of this 1776 Adam Smith work for everyone
Wealth of Nations
Steve
|
$1,000
[26]
Representatives from 150 countries met in this Japanese city in 1997 to agree to an accord to reduce greenhouse gases
Kyoto
Hans
|
$1,000
[21]
Gretchen Rubin chronicled a year in which she tried to be more gleeful in a blog & a book called this "Project"
The Happiness Project
Hans
|
| SHAKESPEERS | TV | EXPLORING AFRICA | ARCHAEOLOGY | PENINSULAS | YOU GOTTA STAND FOR SOMETHING |
|
$400
[16]
The Prince of Morocco & the Prince of Arragon are suitors to Portia in this play
The Merchant of Venice
Steve
Hans
|
$400
[1]
Hayden Moss, who played baseball at ASU, stole home with $500,000 as the victorious houseguest on this CBS show
Big Brother
Steve
|
$400
[6]
From 1869 to 1874 Gustav Nachtigal explored this desert, becoming the first to cross from Lake Chad to the White Nile
Sahara
Hans
|
$400
[24]
If an archaeologist is holding this 6-letter hand-held triangular digging tool, she might be going to a dig site
a trowel
Hans
|
$400
[11]
This state's Door Peninsula juts out between Green Bay & Lake Michigan
Wisconsin
Hans
|
$400
[25]
Keep it up & you'll go far:GPA
grade point average
Ellen
|
|
$1,200
[26]
Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, attempts to promote romances on behalf of Benedick & Claudio in this comedy
Much Ado About Nothing
Steve
|
$800
[2]
Last 3 words in the title of the sitcom with William Shatner as cranky father Ed Goodson
My Dad Says
Ellen
|
$800
[10]
Around 2750 B.C. Hannu, an Egyptian, sailed down this sea, reaching what is now Ethiopia & Somalia
the Red Sea
Hans
|
$800
[17]
Also a Keanu sci fi movie, it's the layers of rock surrounding fossilized bones
a matrix
Hans
|
$800
[15]
This triangular peninsula was occupied by Israeli forces during the Six Day War
the Sinai Peninsula
Hans
|
$1,600
[27]
They bravely go up Down Under:RAAF
the Royal Australian Air Force
Steve
|
|
$1,600
[22]
Orsino, the Duke of Illyria, gets this play's immortal first line: "If music be the food of love, play on"
Twelfth Night
Steve
|
$1,200
[3]
Having scaled Everest at age 23, Bear Grylls began hosting this survivalist show on Discovery in 2006
Man vs. Wild
Ellen
|
$1,200
[7]
In the late 1770s Robert Gordon explored this present-day country from the High Veldt to the Orange River
South Africa
Ellen
Hans
|
$1,200
[18]
From the Latin for "made by skill", it's a portable object like a tool or a weapon made or used in the past
artifact
|
$1,200
[14]
This Mexican peninsula lies between the Gulf of Mexico & the Caribbean Sea
the Yucatán
Hans
|
$2,000
[23]
A non-state U.S. postal abbreviation:AS
American Samoa
Hans
|
|
$2,000
[21]
Fortinbras, a character in "Hamlet", is the prince of this country
Norway
Ellen
|
$1,600
[4]
"Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story" & "Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?" are films on this women's "Movie Network"
Lifetime
Hans
|
$1,600
[8]
In 1503, on his second voyage to India, he established Portuguese trading posts at Sofala & Mozambigue
da Gama
Hans
|
DD
$1,600
[19]
Also called "foragers", these hyphenated early nomadic people depended on wild food sources
hunter-gatherers
Hans
|
$2,000
[13]
It's no folly--the northern tip of this Alaskan peninsula lies within the Arctic Circle
the Seward Peninsula
Hans
|
— |
| — |
$2,000
[5]
USA's website for this action drama says, "When spies get fired, they don't get a letter from human resources"
Burn Notice
Steve
Ellen
Hans
|
$2,000
[9]
John Hanning Speke & this fellow Brit had a long-running feud as to the real source of the Nile
Sir Richard Burton
|
$2,000
[20]
Meaning "in place", the term "in" this means the position in which a discovery is first uncovered
situ
|
DD
$3,200
[12]
The Adriatic, Ionian & Black Seas wash the shores of this peninsula
the Balkan Peninsula
Hans
|
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The title character of this opera addresses his son in the aria "Sois immobile" ("hold yourself still")
William Tell