Show #2650 1996-02-23 (taped 1996-01-10) College Championship

1996 College Championship final game 2.

Contestants

Vandana Madhavan — a sophomore from Harvard University (subtotal of $9,100)

Bryan Fagan — a junior from Southwest Missouri State University (subtotal of $1,999)

Shane Whitlock — a junior from the University of Arkansas (subtotal of $20,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Shane $2,600 $4,600 $11,400 $12,800 $10,400
23 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Bryan $900 $2,200 $5,600 $11,200 $5,600
17 R, 2 W
Vandana $600 $1,100 $8,800 $11,900 $7,900
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE CIVIL WAR TELEVISION BRIDGES ETIQUETTE BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY COLLEGE CROSSWORD CLUES "C"
$100 [14]
General George B. McClellan's favorite one of these animals was named after Daniel Webster
horse
Bryan
$100 [11]
People with new shows of this type in 1995 included Danny Bonaduce & Tempestt Bledsoe
talk show
Shane
$100 [21]
This French engineer best known for his tower designed a 525-foot bridge over the Douro River
Eiffel
Bryan
$100 [26]
As its name implies, this decoration should be placed in the middle of the table
centerpiece
Vandana
$100 [1]
The land of Goshen was in this country, from which the Jews were led in Exodus
Egypt
Shane
$100 [3]
Holiday yule have off(9)
Christmas
Vandana
$200 [15]
At the war's end, a reward of $100,000 was offered for the capture of this Confederate president
Jefferson Davis
Shane
$300 [13]
Last name of the 3 real brothers who star on "Brotherly Love"
Lawrence
Bryan
$200 [22]
As of July 1995 more than 1,000 people had jumped from this San Francisco span
Golden Gate Bridge
Shane
$200 [27]
In the past proper tennis attire was this color
white
Shane
$200 [2]
Nehemiah 12 covers the celebration on dedicating the wall of this central city of Israel
Jerusalem
Bryan
$200 [4]
Grounds for a college(6)
campus
Shane
$300 [18]
Many soldiers wore a have lock, with a flap hanging down the back, over this item of apparel
cap
Vandana
$400 [16]
On this series Tea Leoni stars as Nora Wilde, tabloid photographer
The Naked Truth
Bryan
$300 [23]
Before a permanent bridge was built across this river in the 1840s, ice sometimes cut off Buda from Pest
Danube
Vandana
$300 [28]
Never fly this national symbol upside-down except as a distress signal
the flag
Bryan
$300 [5]
This patriarch bought Machpelah in Canaan & he & his family, including his wife Sarah, are buried there
Abraham
Shane
$300 [7]
Element-ary subject(9)
chemistry
Bryan
$400 [19]
Belle Boyd worked as a spy for Stonewall Jackson during his 1862 campaign in this Virginia valley
Shenandoah
Shane
$500 [17]
On Tuesday nights ABC advises "viewer discretion" before this Steven Bochco cop show
NYPD Blue
Shane
$400 [24]
O.H. Ammann designed this bridge that connects Manhattan with Fort Lee, N.J.
the George Washington Bridge
Bryan
$400 [29]
A letter to Prince Charles should be addressed to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales; H.R.H. stands for this
His Royal Highness
Vandana
$400 [6]
The modern term for this area on the east coast of the Mediterranean is from the ancient "Land of the Philistines"
Palestine
Bryan
$400 [8]
2-year college(9)
community
Shane
$500 [20]
This prison camp was designed to hold 10,000, but at one time 33,000 soldiers were incarcerated there
Andersonville
Vandana
DD $1,000 [12]
He played the title role in the series with thefollowingtheme:
Scott Baio
Shane
$500 [25]
Bruges in this country derives its name from a bridge built there by the Romans
Belgium
Bryan Vandana
$500 [30]
Serve this expensive sturgeon roe treat in a small bowl inside a larger bowl lined with ice
caviar
Shane
$500 [9]
Jesus taught in a synagogue in Capernaum, a city on this "sea"
Sea of Galilee
Shane
$500 [10]
Degree ceremony(12)
commencement
Vandana

Double Jeopardy! Round

BIOLOGY ISLANDS ART & ARTISTS ORGANIZATIONS WORLD HISTORY PHILOSOPHY
$200 [1]
These paired openings of the nasal cavity are also called nares
nostrils
Shane
$200 [4]
The ice cap that covers this largest island has an average thickness of about 5,000 feet
Greenland
Bryan
$200 [13]
Riemenschneider sculpted this first biblical couple for a chapel in Wurzburg, Germany
Adam & Eve
Bryan
$200 [19]
This group headquartered in Washington, D.C. was founded in 1888 by 33 explorers & scientists
National Geographic Society
Vandana
$200 [9]
Grolier says this great king of Macedonia was the first monarch to be called "Great"
Alexander the Great
Bryan
$200 [26]
Moritz Schlick led the group in this Austrian capital that founded the logical positivist school
Vienna
Shane
$400 [2]
Tetracycline is a broad-spectrum type of this drug, since it's effective against a wide variety of bacteria
antibiotic
Vandana
$400 [5]
This largest Japanese island is connected to Hokkaido, Kyushu & Shikoku by bridges & tunnels
Honshu
Bryan
$400 [17]
He once said he ate the same soup lunch every day for 20 years; that's why he painted soup cans
Andy Warhol
Vandana
$400 [22]
The International Red Cross is headquartered in this city
Geneva
Vandana
$400 [10]
Searching for wealth & the Fountain of Youth, he landed in what's now Florida April 2, 1513
Ponce de Leon
Vandana
$400 [27]
At times this, the study & existence of God, has been considered part of metaphysics
theology
Shane Vandana
$600 [3]
This partially decomposed plant material that forms in bogs is the first step in coal formation
peat
Bryan
$600 [6]
This Chilean dependency in the Pacific has many statues, but no rivers or streams
Easter Island
Shane
$600 [18]
This Dutchman painted landscapes of olive trees & cypresses while at the asylum of St.-Remy
Vincent Van Gogh
Bryan
$600 [23]
Volunteers in this U.S. agency established in 1961 live & work in other countries to improve living conditions
the Peace Corps
Vandana
$600 [14]
This Babylonian is said to have received his code from the sun god Shumash
Hammurabi
Shane
$800 [29]
The name of this, the belief that pleasure is the highest good of life, comes from Greek for "pleasure"
hedonism
Bryan Vandana
$800 [11]
Parthenogenesis is the development of an individual from an egg that has not undergone this process
fertilization
Vandana
$800 [7]
This island off Africa's east coast is said to be home to half the world's species of chameleons
Madagascar
Shane
$800 [20]
In 1902 this artist painted "The Path" in his own "Garden of Giverny"
Monet
Vandana
$800 [24]
"Hypertension" & "Stroke" are monthly publications of this association
American Heart Association
Shane
DD $1,000 [15]
This Mexican army officer & dictator lost a leg while fighting the French at Veracruz in 1838
Santa Anna
Shane
$1,000 [30]
The study of beauty is a central concern of this branch of philosophy, the newest branch with its own name
aesthetics
Bryan
$1,000 [12]
Pelagic animals & plants are divided into 2 groups: nekton, which are free swimming, & these, which drift
plankton
Vandana
$1,000 [8]
In 1733 Denmark acquired St. Croix in this island group from France
Virgin Islands
Bryan
$1,000 [21]
David Siqueiros, Jose Clemente Orozco & most famously this artist led the Mexican muralist movement
Diego Rivera
Shane
$1,000 [25]
This NYC dance company's directors have included Lucia Chase, Kevin McKenzie & Mikhail Baryshnikov
American Ballet Theatre
Shane
$1,000 [16]
On April 7, 1831 5-year-old Pedro II became emperor of this South American country
Brazil
Shane
DD $1,500 [28]
This branch of philosophy concerned with conduct & character is also called moral philosophy
ethics
Vandana

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY AMERICANS

In 1941 & 1942 he served as a photo-muralist for the Department of the Interior

Ansel Adams

Bryan "Who is Ansel Adams?" — wagered $5,600
Vandana "Who is Ansel Adams?" — wagered $3,100
Shane "Who was Adams?" — wagered $1,400

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