2012 College Championship final game 2.
Zack Terrill — a senior at Vanderbilt University from Winter Springs, Florida (subtotal of $8,000)
Monica Thieu — a sophomore at the University of North Texas from Dallas, Texas (subtotal of $18,000)
Sarah Bart — a senior at Goucher College from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (subtotal of $9,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah | $3,000 | $1,400 | $4,600 | $9,200 |
$5,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| Monica | $1,000 | $600 | $5,200 | $8,200 |
$6,200
13 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Zack | $2,400 | $4,800 | $8,800 | $0 |
$8,800
14 R, 4 W |
| A FEW THINGS HAPPENED IN 1865 | CELEBRITY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN | FITNESS | SCI FI & FANTASY | LEARN SOME GERMAN | ODD JOBS |
|
$200
[1]
He was inaugurated as vice president on March 4 & as president just 42 days later
Andrew Johnson
Monica
|
$200
[2]
Actress Salma Hayek
Mexico
Sarah
|
$200
[15]
For boys to win the top Presidential Physical Fitness award, they have to run this distance in 6:06
a mile
Sarah
|
$200
[8]
Neal Stephenson's "Reamde" is a file-encrypting one of these, released by ransom-seeking hackers
a virus
Monica
|
$200
[26]
A greeting:Guten Morgen!
good morning
Sarah
|
$200
[19]
Gassers of these tropical fruits of the genus Musa spray ethylene gas on them to ripen them so that they're yellow
bananas
Monica
|
|
$400
[7]
This Tolstoy novel was published in separate parts from 1865 to 1869; it probably took that long just to print one copy
War and Peace
Monica
|
$400
[3]
Actor Antonio Banderas
Spain
Sarah
|
$400
[16]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew lays on her back on a mat as she demonstrates the motion described.) Focus on working out your abdominal muscles by doing these modified sit-ups, which use a smaller range of motion
crunches
Zack
|
$400
[9]
Neil Gaiman's "American Gods", about ancient gods in modern day, finds this god using the name Mr. Wednesday
Wodan
Monica
|
$400
[27]
It calls for a painkiller:Kopfschmerzen
a headache
Sarah
|
$400
[20]
Spelling is key with this high-altitude message making that uses special oil vaporized into dense white smoke
skywriting
Sarah
Monica
|
|
$800
[12]
History can't "shroud" the fact that this city ceased serving as the capital of the kingdom of Italy in 1865
Turin
Monica
|
$600
[4]
Soccer star Ronaldinho
Brazil
Zack
|
$600
[17]
The Schwinn A.C. performance is this type of gym equipment
a stationary bike
Monica
|
$600
[10]
Robert Jordan's death in 2007 didn't stop the series called "The Wheel of" this; Brandon Sanderson now pens them
Time
Sarah
|
$600
[28]
A weather adjective:neblig
foggy
Sarah
|
$600
[22]
Someone's got to clean dust & Gummi Bears off these huge movie screens that have been around since 1970
IMAX screens
Sarah
|
|
$1,000
[13]
This Alp was conquered: first from the Swiss side & 3 days later from the tougher Italian side
the Matterhorn
Zack
|
$800
[5]
Model Bar Refaeli
Israel
Zack
|
$800
[18]
The West Point candidate fitness assessment is a basketball throw, 2 runs & these 3 exercises with "up" in their names
push-ups, pull-ups & sit-ups
Sarah
Zack
|
$800
[14]
Medicinal-sounding last name of Robert Lynn, whose fantasy works include "Thieves' World" & "Myth Adventures"
Aspirin
|
$800
[29]
A camper's necessity:Schlafsack
sleeping bag
Sarah
Monica
|
$800
[23]
Besides entertaining the crowds, these performers serve a vital purpose, protecting a bull rider from the bull
rodeo clowns
Zack
|
|
DD
$1,400
[11]
William Booth formed this Christian service organization to help the working class & the poor
The Salvation Army
Sarah
|
$1,000
[6]
Singer Feist
Canada
Sarah
Monica
|
$1,000
[21]
Calculated by dividing weight by height squared, it's abbreviated BMI
body mass index
Zack
|
$1,000
[25]
Lord Foul is a really bad, bad guy in Stephen R. Donaldson's "Chronicles of" this unbelieving man
Thomas Covenant
|
$1,000
[30]
How about some seafood:Hummer
lobster
Sarah
|
$1,000
[24]
Inspectors of these make sure they're the correct size & that all 21 pips are in the right place on the faces
dice
Zack
|
| ISLANDS | 2 FOR THE SHOW | A BIBLE BOOK FOR THEE | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS | CLASSICAL MUSIC | ENDS IN "GHT" |
|
$400
[2]
Alexander Island, one of this continent's largest, is connected to it by the George VI ice shelf
Antarctica
Sarah
|
$400
[30]
"Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt" was the "Two and a Half Men" episode that introduced him as Walden
Ashton Kutcher
Monica
|
$400
[29]
"Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord" & there was much begat-ing
Genesis
Sarah
Zack
|
$400
[27]
This scandal named for a hotel-office-apartment complex in Washington led to President Nixon's resignation
the Watergate scandal
Zack
|
$400
[22]
This 1741 work includes the "Hallelujah" chorus
The Messiah
Zack
|
$400
[4]
Lao-tzu wrote, "To yield is to be preserved whole, to be bent is to become" this
straight
|
|
$800
[3]
Ownership of Hans Island between Greenland & Ellesmere Island is disputed between Canada & this nation
Denmark
Monica
|
$800
[18]
Garfield the cat was animated in a film punningly subtitled "A Tail of Two" these
Kitties
Monica
Zack
|
$800
[28]
The Lord gave a guy the business in a big way; his days "are spent without hope"
Job
Zack
|
$800
[26]
In August 2011 this Arizona congresswoman returned to the House floor to cast her first vote since being shot
Gabrielle Giffords
Sarah
|
$800
[9]
A symphony generally has this many movements, with the first played moderately fast
four
Monica
Zack
|
$800
[5]
This period of abnormally low rainfall can last for months or even years
drought
Sarah
|
|
$1,200
[6]
Cockburn Town on Grand Turk has been the seat of government in this British Caribbean island group since 1766
the Turks & Caicos Islands
Sarah
|
$1,200
[14]
On the original series with this number in the title, the family moved from Minnesota; on the reboot, from Kansas
90210
|
$1,200
[23]
Seals, then trumpets, then "Babylon the great is fallen"
Revelation
|
$1,200
[19]
In 1982 this amendment proposing that men & women be treated the same missed ratification by 3 states
the Equal Rights Amendment
Sarah
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
"Play of the Waves" is a movement from this Claude Debussy work
La Mer
Monica
|
$1,200
[11]
From the Dutch "aanslag", it's a violent attack or an overwhelming outpouring
an onslaught
Zack
|
|
$1,600
[7]
This South Pacific kingdom made news in 1999 when it appointed a court jester who then cheated the govt. out of $26 million
the Kingdom of Tonga
Monica
|
$1,600
[15]
Kat Dennings & Beth Behrs are the less-than-well-to-do title duo on this CBS sitcom
2 Broke Girls
Sarah
|
$1,600
[24]
A rough fishing trip, then "Nineveh shall be overthrown"
Jonah
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
Chaired by Daniel Inouye, this Senate committee writes the bills that allocate funds to government agencies
the Appropriations Committee
Sarah
|
$1,200
[1]
In 1825 Russia's Alexander I came to Warsaw to hear this 15-year-old piano prodigy play & then awarded him a diamond ring
Chopin
Sarah
|
$1,600
[13]
Outdoor furniture made from this low-carbon form of iron dates back to ancient Rome
wrought iron
Zack
|
|
$2,000
[8]
In 1986 this "Northern" Pacific island group that includes Saipan became a commonwealth of the United States
the Northern Mariana Islands
Monica
|
$2,000
[16]
Tommy Lee Jones & Aaron Eckhart played this duplicitous character in Batman movies
Two-Face
Monica
|
$2,000
[25]
"So Moses... died there in the land of Moab", then Joshua took over
Deuteronomy
|
$2,000
[21]
Andrew Jackson has been called the father of this system of awarding public offices to friends & supporters
the spoils system
Monica
|
$2,000
[12]
This popular title of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 might raise the dead
resurrection
Zack
|
$2,000
[17]
A deteriorated or ill-conceived city area is an example of urban this
blight
Zack
|
The 14 countries that border China run alphabetically from this to Vietnam
Afghanistan