Show #6306 2012-02-06 (taped 2012-01-05) College Championship

2012 College Championship quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

Marie McGraw — a senior at MIT from Cleveland, Ohio

Greer Mackebee — a senior at Duke University from Knoxville, Tennessee

Sarah Bauer — a junior at Indiana University from Carmel, Indiana

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sarah	$1,200	$2,000	$12,400	$8,800 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$14,400 18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Greer	$1,000	$3,400	$10,400	$18,000 Automatic semifinalist	$13,400 14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Marie	$4,800	$5,800	$12,900	$10,900 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$12,200 20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

CALL THE POLICE	STRINGING ALONG	STATES BY ATTRACTIONS	RECENT MOVIES	BATTLE OF THE CENTURY	"CO____ED"
$200 [1] Also an after-school penalty, it's the holding of a suspect in custody to await charges or trial detention Greer	$200 [21] (Kelly & Jimmy of the Clue Crew present the clue.) Grab your string; it's time to play this kid's game with the beastly name cat's cradle Sarah	$200 [16] The Butler Longhorn Museum and the National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame Texas Marie	$200 [26] "Jeopardy!" champ Thomas Hornplays the kid in "Extremely Loud and" this Incredibly Close Sarah	$200 [6] The Battle of Waterloo 19th Marie	$200 [11] Desired wrongfully, violating a commandment coveted Marie
$400 [2] Dactyloscopy is a forensic method of studying these to establish identification fingerprints Greer	$400 [22] The strings on the pedal type of this instrument heardherecorrespond to the white keys on a piano the harp Sarah	$400 [17] Habitat for Humanity's Global Village & Discovery Center and the world's largest peanut Georgia Sarah	$400 [27] The sequel named for this detective is subtitled "A Game of Shadows" Sherlock Holmes Sarah	$400 [7] The second Battle of Fallujah 21st Marie	$400 [12] Called up or brought into existence via magical means conjured Greer Marie
$600 [3] It's a legal document empowering the police to look through a premises for evidence of illegal activity a search warrant Sarah Marie	$600 [23] This string of beads used while praying has a crucifix hanging from it a rosary Sarah	$600 [18] Elko Railroad Park and Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden & Dolphin Habitat Nevada Sarah	$600 [28] Joey is the title equine of this drama based on a play & a children's novel War Horse Greer	$600 [8] The Battle of Hastings 11th (1066) Sarah	$600 [13] Connected; also a term for Siamese twins conjoined Marie
$800 [4] Abbreviated FRS, this system is an advanced computerized method for identifying suspects facial recognition system Greer	$1,000 [25] This material that's stronger than steel is used to make tennis racket strings as well as bulletproof vests Kevlar Greer	$800 [19] The Mummers Museum and the Tom Ridge Environmental Center Pennsylvania Greer	$800 [29] In a biopic, she starred as "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher Meryl Streep Marie	$800 [9] The Battle of the Java Sea 20th Marie	$800 [14] Tainted the morals of corrupted Marie
$1,000 [5] The NYPD calls its stations these; the 17th one is headquartered on East 51st a precinct Marie	DD $2,000 [24] The national day for this item is celebrated on June 6, the birthday of Donald Duncan the yo-yo Sarah	$1,000 [20] The Theodore Roosevelt birthplace and the Fraunces Tavern Museum New York Marie	$1,000 [30] In "Immortals" Henry Cavill plays this Greek hero who fights King Hyperion Theseus Marie	$1,000 [10] The Battle of Long Island 18th Marie	$1,000 [15] Squinty, or physically or logically abnormal cockeyed

Double Jeopardy! Round

ASIAN LITERATURE	POP CULTURE	FAMOUS PAIRS	EPIC FAIL WORDS	IN A MUSICAL MOOD	AROUND THE WHIRLED
$400 [6] Written in Farsi, the "Shah-Nameh", or "book of kings", is a medieval epic of this nation Iran Marie	$400 [1] Tech blog Boing Boing made its site look like an old Mac computer to pay tribute to this late Apple visionary Steve Jobs Sarah	$400 [8] Built & flew the first practical airplane the Wright Brothers Marie	$400 [9] You'll get belly laughs when you strike the water chest first in a belly this flop Sarah	$400 [14] Treble, bass & C are types of this symbol at the beginning of a score clefs Sarah Marie	$400 [23] Country with Pampas & circumstance:REGAIN TAN Argentina Marie
$800 [7] The Pali canon is a collection of the oldest & most sacred texts of the Theravada branch of this religion Buddhism Greer	$800 [2] Justin Timberlake proposed to this "New Year's Eve" actress in December 2011--she must have been in "7th Heaven" Jessica Biel Marie	$800 [18] In Roman mythology, the king & queen of the gods Jupiter & Juno Sarah Greer	$800 [10] This bursting projectile can be positive if "you're the" this but negative if "the play was a" this bomb Sarah	$1,200 [16] Wanda Landowska helped spark a 20th c. revival of this piano-like keyboard instrument the harpsichord Sarah	$800 [24] A northern European capital city:HOG PEN CANE Copenhagen Greer
$1,200 [28] Derenik Demirjyan & Hrant Matevosyan are 20th century writers from this former Soviet republic Armenia	$1,200 [3] Holy Cornholio! In 2011 this animated duo returned to MTV Beavis & Butt-head Sarah	$1,600 [20] Business partners whose circus was purchased by the Ringling Brothers in 1907 Barnum & Bailey Sarah	$1,200 [11] A computer message that something's wrong; a classic one in DOS said, "Abort, Retry, Fail?" error Marie	DD $1,500 [15] His "Linz" symphony was first played on Nov. 4, 1783 at the Ballhaus in, yes, Linz Mozart Marie	$1,200 [25] Victoria Falls is on it:MAZE BIZ the Zambezi Greer Marie
$1,600 [29] The ancient "I Ching" of China is also known as the "Book of" these Changes	$1,600 [4] ESPN found this country singer too rowdy, dropping his theme from "Monday Night Football" in 2011 Hank Williams Jr. Greer	$2,000 [21] Founded a sporting goods & apparel store in 1892 that today focuses on casual wear Abercrombie & Fitch Sarah	$1,600 [12] To reduce to a lower army rank demote Greer	$1,600 [17] In a classic American song he's told to "Mind the music & the step, & with the girls be handy" Yankee Doodle Greer	$1,600 [26] Region that'll never be Hungary's again:VALIANT YARNS Transylvania Greer
$2,000 [30] Books by this popular Japanese novelist include "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" & " 1Q84" Haruki Murakami	$2,000 [5] Natalie Portman was born in Jerusalem; this "Black Swan" co-star was born in what is now Ukraine Mila Kunis Sarah	DD $3,000 [19] Title Trojan lovers in a Shakespeare play Troilus & Cressida Greer	$2,000 [13] A flatfish, or to falter or waver flounder Marie	$2,000 [22] The 1918 orchestral suite "The Planets" is his best-known work (Gustav) Holst Marie	$2,000 [27] Island sharer:A NICE PUBLIC NIMROD the Dominican Republic Sarah

Final Jeopardy!

COLONIAL HISTORY

A 1763 letter said that these 2 men were equipped with "instruments... to look at the posts in the line for ten or twelve miles"

Mason & Dixon

Greer "Who are Mason and Dixon" — wagered $7,600

Sarah "Who are Lewis & Clarke" — wagered $3,600

Marie "Who were Lewis & Clark" — wagered $2,000

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