2012 College Championship final game 1.
Zack Terrill — a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida
Monica Thieu — a sophomore at the University of North Texas from Dallas, Texas
Sarah Bart — a senior at Goucher College from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah | $1,400 | $8,000 | $17,400 | $9,800 |
$17,600
21 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Monica | $4,000 | $7,200 | $14,000 | $18,000 |
$14,000
20 R, 4 W |
| Zack | $2,800 | $3,600 | $12,000 | $8,000 |
$12,000
16 R, 1 W |
| NORTH AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL | COLLEGE COURSES | VIRAL VIDEOS | CONSTELLATION NAMES | FACTS & FIGURES | NICE "INK" |
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$200
[1]
Here's the view from the 7,200-foot Harney Peak in the Black Hills of this state
South Dakota
Sarah
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$200
[21]
Not surprisingly, at Gettysburg College, the History 340 courses include the Civil War & one on this president
Lincoln
Monica
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$200
[8]
Don't be a hater; teary-eyed fan Chris Crocker pleaded, leave this troubled singer alone
Britney Spears
Zack
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$200
[16]
Carina is the keel, Puppis is the stern & Vela is the sails of this mythological ship captained by Jason
the Argo
Sarah
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$200
[26]
In a single week in October 2008, this indicator fell by 1,874 points, its biggest weekly drop ever
the Dow Jones
Zack
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$200
[9]
This building houses a surface used for skating
a rink
Zack
|
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$400
[2]
Cabo wabo!Thisport-of-call is where the Sea of Cortez meets the Pacific
Cabo San Lucas
Monica
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$400
[22]
At the U. of Iowa, electives for this major include "Introduction to Clinical" & "Introduction to Cognitive" this
Psychology
Sarah
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$400
[3]
Oh my God! Paul Vasquez' excitement over this weather phenomenon has passed 30 million hits
a double rainbow
Zack
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$400
[17]
Equuleus is a little one of these
a horse
Sarah
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$400
[27]
In 2011 this "vision"ary company had $400 million in sales in 24 hours of its new "Call of Duty" game
Activision
Monica
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$400
[10]
This animal in the weasel family has lovely fur
a mink
Sarah
|
|
$600
[4]
If you're enjoying Rascal Flats at thelandmarkseen here, you're in this city y'all
Nashville
Monica
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$600
[23]
A Wisconsin course on this in lit & cinema includes viewing "Nosferatu" & reading "The Historian"
vampires
Sarah
Monica
|
$600
[5]
A video of this woman singing "I Dreamed A Dream" on "Britain's Got Talent" crossed the Atlantic
Susan Boyle
Monica
|
$600
[18]
Lyra represents the lyre played by this Greek hero
Orpheus
Sarah
Monica
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$600
[28]
The French consume the most of this per capita, 17 pounds a year--salted, unsalted, ca ne fait rien
butter
Zack
|
$600
[13]
You'll find this pattern in a Rorschach test
an inkblot
Monica
|
|
$800
[11]
Check out Yellowtail Dam, part of Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area in this state
Montana
Sarah
Monica
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$1,000
[25]
In the Oregon State course ENT 300, "Plagues, Pests & Politics", ENT stands for this field of study
entomology
Monica
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$800
[6]
In a video that has stood the test of time, this little boy "bit my finger--again!"
Charlie
Monica
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$800
[19]
Lepus, which lies under Orion's feet, is this 4-letter critter
a hare
Monica
|
$800
[29]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a furry-tailed animal on the monitor.) Not classified in its own family, the red panda has flummoxed scientists, who previously placed it in the bear family and in the family named for this animal with a very similartail
the raccoon
Sarah
|
$800
[14]
A slight hint or indication
an inkling
Monica
|
|
$1,000
[12]
Quebec's Chateau Frontenac Hoteloverlooksthis800-mile river
the St. Lawrence
Zack
|
DD
$3,600
[24]
At Princeton, English 311, "The Medieval Period", is followed by English 312, the works of this poet
Chaucer
Sarah
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$1,000
[7]
Gary Brolsma's first viral video sensation has this double-talk name
Numa Numa
Monica
|
$1,000
[20]
Both Centaurus & this constellation depict centaurs
Sagittarius
Monica
|
$1,000
[30]
Medal counts at the 2008 Summer Olympics were 110 for the U.S., 100 for China & 72 for this nation
Russia
Monica
|
$1,000
[15]
Once meaning "to blindfold", it now means "to deceive"
hoodwink
Zack
|
| COUNTRY CONFUSION | MOVIE LINES | THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE? | SHORT STORY FILL-IN | VOCABULARY | HISTORY IS STRANGE |
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$400
[10]
Togo is in Africa; Tobago is just off the coast of this continent
South America
Sarah
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$400
[5]
"Why if he's supposed to be like this super-advanced robot does he (convert) back into this piece of crap Camaro?"
Transformers
Zack
|
$400
[11]
This gaseous element means "very bright" when it describes the green & yellow colors popular in the '80s
neon
Zack
|
$400
[24]
Twain:"The ____ Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Celebrated
Sarah
|
$400
[29]
This 8-letter word means the right to vote, not to endure pain; the 19th Amendment gave it to American women
suffrage
Monica
|
$400
[23]
In the great fire of this capital city in 1666, as much as 80% of the city burned down but fewer than a dozen people perished
London
Zack
|
|
$800
[9]
Slovakia was once part of Czechoslovakia; Slovenia was part of this country until 1991
Yugoslavia
Sarah
|
$800
[4]
"You stay classy, San Diego; I'm Ron Burgundy?" "...who typed a question mark on the teleprompter?"
Anchorman
Monica
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$800
[12]
If blue or black aren't scientific enough for you, you can get jeans in the color of this element, C
carbon
Zack
|
$800
[25]
Ambrose Bierce:"An Occurrence at ____ Creek Bridge"
Owl
Zack
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$800
[30]
It can mean timber sawed into boards, or to walk heavily
lumber
Sarah
|
$800
[22]
This soft drink was advertised in the 1890s as a "brain & nerve drink"
Coca-Cola
Monica
|
|
$1,200
[6]
Mauritania is in northwest Africa; this island nation lies 500 miles east of Madagascar
Mauritius
Sarah
|
$1,200
[1]
"My master made me this collar; he is a good & smart master & he made me this collar so that I may talk--squirrel!"
Up
Zack
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$1,200
[13]
You'll look like a king in the Elvis Grand Heritage lame suit from Rubie's Costume Company; it's this color
gold
Monica
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$1,200
[26]
Annie Proulx:"____ Mountain"
Brokeback
Sarah
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$1,200
[16]
Monologue comes from the Greek for "speaking alone"; this synonym comes from the Latin for "speaking alone"
soliloquy
Monica
|
$1,200
[19]
He endowed some big prizes after reading his own mistakenly printed & harshly critical obituary in 1888
Alfred Nobel
Sarah
Monica
Zack
|
|
$1,600
[7]
In Africa, there is Guinea & Guinea-this, a neighbor of Guinea
Bissau
Sarah
|
$1,600
[2]
"When I woke up on the roof, I happened to find $80,000 worth of Bellagio chips in my pocket"
The Hangover
Zack
|
$1,600
[14]
Element No. 88, it was once widely used on glow-in-the-dark watch dials--a curie-ously stylish but bad idea!
radium
Monica
|
$1,600
[27]
Faulkner:"A Rose for ____"
Emily
|
$1,600
[17]
The OED dates a version of this blended word for one who is both a pal & a foe back to the 1950s
a frenemy
Sarah
|
$1,600
[20]
These Roman priestesses to a hearth goddess could be punished for unchastity by being buried alive
the vestal virgins
Sarah
|
|
$2,000
[8]
The Dominican Republic is part of Hispaniola; Dominica is part of these "Lesser" islands
the Antilles
Zack
|
$2,000
[3]
"Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say, 'Yes!"'
Ghostbusters
Zack
|
$2,000
[15]
I'll be most Ag-reeable if you slip into a Frederick's of Hollywood sequin skirt temptress dress in this color
silver
Monica
|
$2,000
[28]
Flannery O'Connor:"A Good Man Is ____ ____ ____"
Hard to Find
Sarah
|
DD
$4,000
[18]
Carl Jung coined this word for a coincidence in time from the Greek for "with time"
synchronicity
Sarah
|
DD
$3,000
[21]
Our word for a captive worker originated when medieval German eastern expansion captured many of these people
the Slavs
Sarah
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In 2011 Elizabeth II marked the 400th anniversary of this, assembled by 47 translators in Oxford, London & Cambridge
the King James Bible