Show #2649 1996-02-22 (taped 1996-01-10) College Championship

1996 College Championship final game 1.

Contestants

Vandana Madhavan — a sophomore from Harvard University

Bryan Fagan — a junior from Southwest Missouri State University

Shane Whitlock — a junior from the University of Arkansas

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Shane	$2,100	$4,900	$14,700	$20,000	$12,400 28 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Bryan	$100	$1,700	$1,000	$1,999	$4,100 13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Vandana	$700	$2,100	$6,100	$9,100	$6,100 14 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION	WINONA RYDER FILMS	SOUTH AMERICA	PIANISTS	LIBRARIES	"SH"
$100 [8] The British public & government exonerated this general for his Yorktown surrender Cornwallis Bryan	$100 [14] In "Little Women", Samantha Mathis played the grown-up Amy, sister of this Winona character Jo March Vandana	$100 [1] Mountain glaciers feed the Ucayali & Maranon Rivers, which merge to become this the Amazon Shane	$100 [7] Pianist & teacher Ellis Marsalis is the father of this esteemed trumpet player Wynton Marsalis Shane Bryan	$100 [15] In 1991 the Huntington Library allowed public access to these 2,000-year-old scrolls the Dead Sea Scrolls Vandana	$100 [6] It's a synonym for bashful shy Shane
$200 [9] This "Green Mountain Boy" was captured in September 1775 & held by the British for over 2 1/2 years Ethan Allen Bryan	$200 [25] In 1990's "Mermaids", this pop singer & star of "Moonstruck" played Winona's mother Cher Shane	$200 [2] South America's cinchona trees were depleted by the 19th century due to the need for this malaria medicine quinine Vandana	$200 [23] Vladimir Horowitz made his U.S. debut in 1928 at this NYC auditorium Carnegie Hall Vandana	$200 [16] The LBJ Library & Museum in this state capital contains a 7/8 scale replica of the Oval Office Austin Shane	$200 [13] It's the plant associated with St. Patrick shamrock Bryan
$300 [10] The British opened the war in the south by seizing this Georgia port December 29, 1778 Savannah Shane	$300 [27] Johnny Depp, Winona's co-star in this Tim Burton fantasy film, got a "Winona Forever" tattoo Edward Scissorhands Shane	$300 [3] Its principal river, the Magdalena, flows into the Caribbean, not the Pacific Colombia Shane Bryan	$300 [24] This pianist nicknamed "Jelly Roll" claimed to be the inventor of jazz Jelly Roll Morton Bryan	$300 [17] The Laurentian Library has a manuscript dating to the 5th century by this "Aeneid" poet Virgil Shane	$300 [20] According to the expression, "When the going gets tough, the tough go" this shopping Bryan
$400 [11] Under this treaty ending the war, Britain pledged to remove its forces with "all convenient speed" Treaty of Paris Shane	$400 [29] Anne Bancroft co-starred with Winona in this 1995 film about the sewing of a wedding gift How to Make an American Quilt Bryan	DD $500 [4] This archipelago is bordered by 2 oceans & is split between 2 countries Tierra del Fuego Shane	$400 [26] This pianist who had a hit with "Georgia on My Mind" began to lose his vision at 6 years old Ray Charles Bryan	$400 [18] The Russian State Library was formerly named for this Communist leader Lenin Shane	$400 [21] This third-largest Louisiana city is home to one of the branches of LSU Shreveport Shane
$500 [12] The 2 Battles of Freeman's Farm in New York state are also known by the name of this nearby town Saratoga Shane	$500 [30] Shannen Doherty was one of the title girls in this 1989 Winona film that also starred Christian Slater Heathers Vandana	$500 [5] In 1947 he led a rafting expedition to prove early South Americans could colonize Pacific islands Thor Heyerdahl Vandana	$500 [28] Clara Wieck made her debut in 1828 & married this German composer in 1840 Robert Schumann Shane	$500 [19] This D.C.-based Shakespeare library has 79 copies of the First Folio the Folger Library Vandana	$500 [22] Found in some Indian tribes, it's a medicine man with special healing powers shaman Shane

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS & AUTHORS	WOMEN IN HISTORY	BUSINESS & INDUSTRY	ROCKS & MINERALS	WORLD LEADERS	CARTOGRAPHY
$200 [1] Illustrated by his daughter Amy, "The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer" is this former president's 1st children's book Jimmy Carter Vandana	$200 [11] In his "General Historie", Capt. John Smith said he would have been killed if not for her Pocahontas Bryan	$200 [22] This company's blimps, like "The Spirit of Akron", are some of the best-known corporate symbols Goodyear Bryan	$200 [17] To make gunpowder, early conquistadors used this yellow mineral from the crater of Popocatepetl sulfur Vandana	$200 [6] This current prime minister of Britain is also First Lord of the Treasury John Major Shane	$200 [12] Cartographers rely on data gathered by people in this profession, like George Washington surveying Shane
$400 [2] While it took him 2 years to write "The Firm", he wrote "The Pelican Brief" in under 4 months John Grisham Vandana	$400 [13] She married Napoleon after her first husband was guillotined during France's Reign of Terror Josephine Shane	$400 [24] In 1992 this Pittsburgh pickle maker established a factory in Cairo, Egypt Heinz Bryan	$400 [23] Anatomical term for the mineral-filled fissures or cracks in rocks veins	$400 [7] Heading the Czech Republic's government are Vaclav Klaus, the premier, & this Vaclav, the president Vaclav Havel Shane	$400 [18] Type of map on which you'd find lines called isobars weather map Shane
$600 [3] "My Antonia" is often considered her greatest novel Willa Cather Bryan	$600 [14] This heroine of the Crimean War was the founder of modern nursing Florence Nightingale Shane	$600 [25] In 1961 Coca-Cola introduced this, now the world's leading lemon-lime soft drink Sprite Shane	$600 [27] It's the chemical formula of halite NaCl Vandana	$600 [8] This South African president shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with future president Nelson Mandela F.W. de Klerk Shane	$600 [19] This ancient Alexandrian's "Geography" was used by Renaissance mapmakers Ptolemy Shane
$800 [4] When this Scotsman died in Samoa in 1894, he left behind the unfinished book "Weir of Hermiston" Robert Louis Stevenson Bryan	$1,000 [16] Of the 4 people hanged in connection with the Lincoln assassination, she was the only woman Mary Surratt Vandana	$800 [26] Vaughn L. Beals & other executives bought this motorcycle company from AMF in 1981 Harley-Davidson Vandana	$800 [28] Often bright red in color , it's the chief ore of mercury cinnabar Vandana	$800 [9] In 1995 he succeeded Francois Mitterrand as president of France Jacques Chirac Shane	$800 [20] Maps may be marked with parallels of latitude & these of longitude meridians
DD $3,100 [5] This Plato dialogue in 10 books begins with a discussion on the nature of justice The Republic Bryan	DD $3,000 [15] During the 1980s she headed 2 cabinet departments, Transportation & Labor Elizabeth Dole Shane	$1,000 [30] This computer maker whose stock symbol is CPQ reached $1 billion in annual sales in its first 5 years Compaq Bryan	$1,000 [29] Pleasant-sounding coarse-grained rock first named by German miners gneiss	$1,000 [10] Ion Iliescu became president of Romania following the 1989 trial & execution of this leader Nicolae Ceausescu Shane	$1,000 [21] "Projected" sales were good for the new map devised by this Flemish cartographer c. 1568 Gerardus Mercator Shane

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENTISTS

In 1992 the Roman Catholic Church admitted that it had erred in condemning this man

Galileo

Bryan "Who was Galileo?" — wagered $999

Vandana "Who was Galileo?" — wagered $3,000

Shane "Who was Galileo?" — wagered $5,300

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