Show #6023 2010-11-17 (taped 2010-10-19) College Championship

2010-B College Championship semifinal game 3.

Contestants

Lea Tottle — a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida

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

Sid Chandrasekhar — a senior from the University of Pennsylvania from Saratoga, California

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Sid $2,800 $5,400 $5,400 $1,800
2nd place: $10,000
$5,400
13 R, 5 W
Sam $3,200 $6,000 $17,200 $10,801
Finalist
$16,400
23 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
Lea $2,000 $4,200 $17,600 $1
3rd place: $10,000
$15,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 15th CENTURY THE QUOTABLE STEVE CARELL JELLY BELLY FLAVORS CLASSICAL MUSIC NEXT IN THE SERIES MEET ME IN THE "QUAD"
$200 [12]
In the 1480s he designed a flying machine that used revolving paddles instead of wings
da Vinci
Sid
$200 [26]
"How do you tell somebody that you care about deeply, 'I told you so'?" says Steve as this "Office" manager
Michael Scott
Sam
$200 [21]
Pass around a tub of this flavor, "buttered", of course
popcorn
Lea
$200 [1]
Newly discovered pieces by this man, composed when he was 7, were performed in his Salzburg home in 2009
Mozart
Lea
$200 [16]
Fa, sol...
la
Sam
$200 [6]
Autumn, Brooke, Calissa & Dahlia Jepp, born Aug. 12, 2007 in Great Falls, Montana
quadruplets
Lea
$400 [11]
On July 17, 1453 the French defeated the British at Castillon, the last battle in this conflict that began in 1337
the Hundred Years' War
Lea
$400 [27]
As Andy in this 2005 comedy: "I love women! I respect them so much that I completely stay away from them!"
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Sam
$400 [22]
1 of 2 A&W flavors
root beer (or cream soda)
Lea
$400 [2]
The name of this rhythmic Ravel piece also refers to an open-front Spanish jacket
Boléro
Sid
$400 [17]
In the U.S. Army:First lieutenant, captain...
major
Sid Sam
$400 [7]
A horse or a salamander, but not a human or a snake
a quadruped
Sam
$600 [8]
A papal bull of 1478 introduced the Spanish version of this tribunal; executions began several years later
the Inquisition
Sam
$600 [28]
In this film Gru reads "Three Little Kittens" for the girls & says, "Wow! This is garbage! You actually like this?"
Despicable Me
Lea
$600 [23]
In names of flavors, this fruit precedes cheesecake & jam
strawberry
Sam
$600 [3]
"All creatures drink of joy at nature's breast" is from a verse used in an 1824 symphony by this man
Beethoven
Sam Lea
$600 [18]
XXXVIII, XXXIX...
XL (40)
Sid
$600 [13]
The 1892 celebration of Columbus' discovery of America
quadricentennial
Sid
$1,000 [10]
In 1433 & 1472, as these scared ordinary folk, Toscanelli calmly tracked their paths in the skies
comets
Lea
$800 [29]
Asked if he'll host his celeb golf tourney in this "newsy" pic, Steve, as Brick, says, "No, too many people died last year"
Anchorman
Sid
$800 [24]
This fruit flavor comes in both green & red
apple
Sam
$800 [4]
The tempo marking lento means this
slowly
Sid
$800 [19]
Federal holidays:Memorial Day, Independence Day...
Labor Day
Sid
$800 [14]
A parallelogram, generally
a quadrilateral
Lea
DD $1,600 [9]
In 1421 the Ming Dynasty moved its capital from Nanking to this city
Beijing
Sam
$1,000 [30]
In this movie Jim Carrey makes Steve say, "The PM of Sweden visited Wash. today & my tiny little nipples went to France"
Bruce Almighty
Lea
$1,000 [25]
You'll find this flavor by itself as well as "sizzling"
cinnamon
$1,000 [5]
The beloved aria heardhereis from this composer's opera "Turandot"
(Giacomo) Puccini
Sid
$1,000 [20]
Orange, yellow...(wavelength about 510 nanometers)
green
Sam
$1,000 [15]
You'll use these muscles to lift your knee
the quadriceps
Sid

Double Jeopardy! Round

HAIL TO THE CHIEF ADULT SWIM WORLD RELIGIONS PLANT SCIENCE TEXTBOOKS SAME VOWEL WORDS
$400 [4]
In 1914 this future jurist wrote the book "The Anti-Trust Act and the Supreme Court"
(William Howard) Taft
Sam
$400 [1]
Huey and Riley Freeman are characters on this Adult Swim show, whose title is a nickname for the suburbs they live in
The Boondocks
Sam
$400 [18]
Once a year members of this religion pay a tax called zakat, Arabic for "purification"
Islam
Sam
$400 [17]
The night-blooming cereus, a climbing type of this desert plant, blooms for only one night
a cactus
Sid
$400 [23]
Henry A. Millon paired rococo & this other ornate style in the title of his architecture textbook
baroque
Sam
$400 [24]
The periodic table shows an array of the symbols of these
elements
Lea
$800 [5]
In 1794 Aaron Burr introduced Dolley Payne Todd to this future president
Madison
Sid Lea
$800 [2]
Seen here, Carl Brutananadilewski lives next door to this quirky crime fighting team
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Sid
$800 [12]
Early stories in this Japanese religion appeared in the Nihongi & Kojiki, both written around 1,300 years ago
Shinto
Sam
$800 [16]
Transplanted from the Mediterranean to California, the Adriatic type of this fruit is the prime choice for bars & pastes
figs
Sam
$1,200 [21]
Paul Krugman wrote "The Return of Depression" this, also the field in which he won a Nobel Prize
Economics
Lea
$800 [25]
A name for silverfish or for voracious readers
bookworm
Sid Sam
$1,200 [6]
In 1832 he vetoed the recharter of the Second Bank of the United States
Jackson
Sam
$1,200 [3]
Rob Corddry plays creepy doctor/clown Blake Downs on this show where the object is to heal kids--the funny way
Children's Hospital
$1,200 [11]
This syllable is repeated many times by Hindus while meditating; its written form is a symbol of the religion
om
Lea
$1,200 [15]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue on a monitor.) Spruce needles are green all around, & incross sectionyou can see they're square; flatter needles with two light, lengthwise strips on theundersideare from this 3-letter tree
fir
Sam Lea
$1,600 [19]
For a laugh, try Montgomery & Runger's "Applied" this science of data analysis "and Probability for Engineers"
Statistics
Lea
$1,200 [26]
Stheno, Euryale & Medusa were known as these
Gorgons
Sam
$1,600 [7]
In 1853 this president, "Handsome Frank", became the first to "solemnly affirm", not "swear", his oath
Pierce
Sam
$1,600 [29]
Bearing the symbol of a butterfly, The Monarch is the arch nemesis of these brothers, also known as Hank & Dean
The Venture Brothers
Sid
$1,600 [9]
This religious movement was founded in Jamaica around 1930
Rastafarianism
Sam
$1,600 [13]
In the autumn many tree leaves turn yellow or orange because of this 8-letter pigment
carotene
Sid Sam
$2,000 [20]
For epistemology, pick up this German philosopher's "Critique of Judgement" & "Critique of Practical Reason"
(Immanuel) Kant
Sam
$1,600 [27]
The only one of the world's 5 largest islands that fits the category
Madagascar
Sid
DD $2,000 [8]
On July 2, 1921, he interrupted his golf game & formally ended hostilities with Germany by signing a treaty
Harding
Sam
$2,000 [30]
Granny, Rusty & Early are these cute, down-home cephalopods from the North Georgia mountains
Squidbillies
Lea
$2,000 [10]
The founder of this Persian-based religion died in 1892 in a prison colony
Baha'i
Sid
$2,000 [14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) When a wetland becomes covered with plant material, the lack of oxygen hinders decay, so that over time a layer of partially decayed matter is formed, called this
peat
Lea
DD $3,000 [22]
Dr. H.V. Carter illustrated this 1858 text, an instant success despite bad reviews in the British Medical Journal
Gray's Anatomy
Lea
$2,000 [28]
Alexander Pope's "Essay on" this type of writing dates from 1711
"Criticism"
Sam

Final Jeopardy!

PHRASES

In ancient Rome it was a post where racers changed direction; since 1836 it's meant a moment change occurs

turning point

Sid "What is the end of the road?" — wagered $3,600
Sam "What is fin de siecle?" — wagered $6,399
Lea "What is a pit stop" — wagered $17,599

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