2012 College Championship semifinal game 3.
Connie Shi — a junior at the University of Michigan from Okemos, Michigan
Zack Terrill — a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida
Matt Olson — a sophomore at Stanford University from Berkeley, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $2,200 | $4,200 | $13,200 |
$2,799
2nd place: $10,000 |
$18,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Zack | $3,800 | $4,600 | $11,800 |
$4,800
Finalist |
$11,800
17 R, 3 W |
| Connie | $3,200 | $7,200 | $8,800 |
$2
3rd place: $10,000 |
$8,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
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$200
[26]
A modified 707 used by the President in the 1960s was the first plane to be popularly known by this name
Air Force One
Connie
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$200
[3]
Spend a night in thehoteldestroyed every April named for this type of dwelling
an igloo
Zack
|
$200
[1]
A flint spear point from an ancient Mexican civilization was found lodged between 2 ribs of one of these "woolly" animals
mammoths
Matt
|
$200
[4]
Robert Downey Jr. taps Stan Lee on the arm & says, "You look great, Hef" in this movie, first in the series
Iron Man
Connie
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$200
[21]
This future FBI guy learned all about cards & files while working at the Library of Congress in the 1910s
J. Edgar Hoover
Connie
|
$200
[5]
This holiday whose name is from a Swahili phrase meaning "first fruits"
Kwanzaa
Matt
|
|
$400
[27]
In 1957 this satellite, No. 2, carried a dog named Laika into space
Sputnik
Matt
|
$400
[17]
He was 11 days shy of 90 when he announced his retirement from the Supreme Court in 2010
(John Paul) Stevens
Matt
Zack
|
$400
[2]
2 major deities of the Zapotecs of Mexico: Coquihani, the god of light, & Cocijo, the god of this weather phenomenon
rain
Connie
|
$400
[6]
Supporting characters in this 2011 film include Sif, Frigga, Heimdall & a few Frost Giants
Thor
Zack
|
$600
[23]
From 1855 to 1857 the library of Oxford's Christ Church College was his wonderland
Lewis Carroll
Zack
|
$400
[9]
This company whose brands include Miracle Whip
Kraft
Zack
|
|
$600
[28]
The Battle of Trafalgar is commemorated aboard the Victory, the restored flagship of this admiral
(Lord) Nelson
Matt
Connie
|
$600
[18]
Snakes have no arms or legs but can have 600 of these bones in their flexible spines
vertebrae
Zack
|
$600
[14]
In some myths, Quetzalcoatl was identified with this planet, the Evening & Morning Star
Venus
Zack
|
$600
[7]
In 2008 this character's disappearing pencil trick was a memorable moment in "The Dark Knight"
the Joker
Zack
|
$800
[24]
This 18th century Italian lover wrote his memoirs while working as the ubersexy librarian of a count
Casanova
Matt
|
$600
[11]
This instrument heard here
a kettle drum
Zack
|
|
$800
[29]
Accidentally sunk in 1996, this research ship of Jacques Cousteau is being completely & greenly refurbished
Calypso
|
$800
[19]
These accessories got longer throughout the Victorian Age & reached the elbow by the 1880s
gloves
Connie
|
$800
[15]
The Aztecs' main weapon, the macuahuitl, was a wooden club edged with sharp pieces of this volcanic glass
obsidian
Matt
|
$800
[8]
"In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight" begins the oath of this hero; beware his power!
the Green Lantern
Connie
|
$1,000
[25]
Perhaps it was a pact with the devil that got this German author a 35-year gig as chief of the Weimar Library
Goethe
Connie
|
$800
[12]
This condition, seen in low-carb high-protein diets, in which the body is in major fat-burning mode
ketosis
Connie
|
|
$1,000
[30]
A mortally wounded James Lawrence was referring to the USS Chesapeake when he issued this order
"Don't give up the ship"
Matt
Zack
|
$1,000
[20]
To combat scurvy on his voyages, Captain Cook used this briny shredded cabbage as well as lime juice
sauerkraut
Connie
|
$1,000
[16]
In the 15th century the Inca conquered the Chimu Empire & moved its people to this capital
Cuzco
Zack
Connie
|
$1,000
[10]
James McAvoy (with hair) & Patrick Stewart (not so much) have both played this X-Men leader
Professor X (or Professor Charles Xavier)
Zack
Connie
|
DD
$1,200
[22]
As an assistant librarian at Peking University in 1919, he read up on Communist theory
Mao (Tse-tung)
Connie
|
$1,000
[13]
This Hindu god, the eighth avatar of Vishnu
Krishna
Matt
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$400
[1]
The world's highest active volcanoes lie in this South American mountain range
the Andes
Zack
|
$400
[7]
The U.S. Military Academy has an interface where you indicate an object on a screen, then use your mouse
West Point & click
Zack
|
$400
[29]
A temperature scale is named for this Swede who simplified Fahrenheit's scale
Celsius
Matt
Zack
|
$400
[3]
Between 1215 & 1225 this British document was reissued 3 times with various changes
the Magna Carta
Matt
|
$400
[30]
e.e. cummings began a poem this Western bison hunter & showman is "defunct"
Buffalo Bill
|
$400
[13]
Lady Gaga's album with this anthemic title track is up for album of the year
"Born This Way"
Zack
|
|
$800
[2]
Ash from a 1947 eruption of Hekla in this island country landed as far east as Finland
Iceland
Connie
|
$800
[8]
An Ohio school that sounds like a place you'd pick up a spare serves long, thin legumes
Bowling Green beans
Matt
|
$800
[28]
Czar, a male emperor of Russia, is a Slavic variation of this Roman name
Caesar
Matt
|
$800
[11]
Heavily outnumbered, the Greeks repelled the invading Persians on this plain in 490 B.C.
Marathon
Matt
|
$800
[24]
Stesichorus wrote a poem about this ancient beauty & was blinded for saying she caused a war
Helen of Troy
Matt
|
$800
[14]
This band is "red hot" with a nomination for best rock album & election to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Zack
|
|
$1,200
[4]
You'll find Gunung Kerinci, this country's highest volcano, on Sumatra
Indonesia
Matt
|
$1,200
[9]
Rick Perry's alma mater adds the name of an Indian-American movie director
Texas A & M. Night Shyamalan
|
$1,200
[25]
Early investors get rich, later ones lose big in this scheme named for an Italian-American con man
a Ponzi scheme
Matt
|
$1,200
[18]
In 1979 the Spanish government granted limited self-rule to this ethnic group from the northern part of the country
the Basques
Connie
|
$1,200
[23]
Shakespeare wrote about Adonis; Shelley portrayed Keats as this "gentle child"
Adonaïs
Matt
|
$1,200
[15]
Brian Setzer, nominated for "Setzer Goes Instru-Mental", long ago sang "Sexy & 17" for this "feline" band
The Stray Cats
|
|
$2,000
[6]
Mount Aso on this southernmost main island of Japan is the nation's most active, with 160+ eruptions in the last 1,500 years
Kyushu
Connie
|
$1,600
[10]
The pirates of a Catholic school in New Jersey may need one to get to the bathroom during class hours
Seton Hall pass
Connie
|
$2,000
[27]
This Hawaiian nut was named in 1858 for a Scottish-born chemist
a macadamia nut
Zack
|
$1,600
[19]
Austrian statesman Prince Klemens von Metternich hosted this 1814-1815 European conference
the Congress of Vienna
Matt
|
$1,600
[21]
"I 'ope you liked your drink", says this helpful Kipling character before he dies; he's "a better man than I am"
Gunga Din
|
$1,600
[16]
This band, basically Justin Vernon, is nominated for Best New Artist
Bon Iver
Zack
|
|
DD
$2,200
[5]
In 1944 Allied forces in Italy had to evacuate an airfield when ash from this volcano damaged planes
Vesuvius
Matt
|
$2,000
[12]
These break out at the home of North Carolina's Demon Deacons, horrifying Smokey the Bear
Wake Forest fires
Zack
|
DD
$6,000
[26]
Both a horse race & a man's hat are named for Edward Stanley, 12th earl of this
Derby
Matt
|
$2,000
[20]
In 1956 an anti-Communist revolution took root in this country, but Soviet troops quickly ended it
Hungary
Matt
|
$2,000
[22]
Petit the poet & State's Attorney Fallas are 2 speakers in this Edgar Lee Masters "Anthology"
the Spoon River Anthology
Matt
|
$2,000
[17]
She's nominated for her 9th Grammy, & the song by Duck Sauce with her name as its title is nominated also
Barbra Streisand
Matt
|
When Byzantine Emperor Justinian completed Hagia Sophia, he declared, this king, "I have surpassed thee"
King Solomon