Show #6604 2013-05-09 (taped 2013-04-08) College Championship

2013 College Championship quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

Jack Houston — a sophomore at Azusa Pacific University from Lakeside, California

Bill Driscoll — a senior at Stanford University from Carolina Beach, North Carolina

Cindy Cammarn — a junior at Bowdoin College from Charlotte, North Carolina

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Cindy $4,200 $4,400 $15,200 $12,700
Automatic semifinalist
$15,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Bill $2,200 $3,000 $8,800 $1
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated
$11,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Jack $2,000 $4,000 $4,400 $8,400
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated
$4,400
12 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

IT'S MAY ENDS IN "X" FAST FOOD, FAST WHATEVER CLASSIC NOVELS SOCCER, THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
$200 [14]
In May 1937 35 of the 97 aboard this German airship were killed after it exploded
the Hindenburg
Bill
$200 [16]
It's what the "-ly" is in softly & calmly
suffix
Bill
$200 [21]
The crunchy Taco Supreme
Taco Bell
Cindy
$200 [24]
In 2013 this longtime senator from Massachusetts became U.S. Secretary of State
John Kerry
Cindy
$200 [1]
It's the adventure tale in which you'll find Jim Hawkins & Long John Silver
Treasure Island
Jack
$200 [8]
Soccer is also called this type of "football", hence the short form "soccer"
association
$400 [19]
This opera premiered on May 1, 1786 & audiences thought it was a "marriage" made in heaven
The Marriage of Figaro
Cindy
$400 [20]
When a doctor taps your knee with a little hammer, he's testing one of these
reflex
Cindy
$400 [22]
Tacos del Carbon
Del Taco
Jack
$400 [25]
Thisis how he looked in high school; today he's a talented actor & director as well
Ben Affleck
$400 [2]
In an Oscar Wilde novel, this character said he'd give his soul if only his portrait would age & he could remain young
Dorian Gray
Bill
$400 [9]
If a player gets closer to the opposing goal than both the ball & the second-last defender, this can be called
offside
Jack
$600 [17]
On the night of May 24, 1856 5 members of this man's family killed 5 Kansans to promote abolitionism
(John) Brown
Jack
$600 [4]
It's the nostalgic item seen here
jukebox
Bill
$600 [23]
Dave's hot & juicy half pound double
Wendy's
Jack
$600 [26]
In 2011 a group of 28 people set a Guinness world record by cramming into one of these "mini" cars
Mini Cooper
Bill
$600 [7]
This tale of the Jazz Age is narrated by Nick Carraway
The Great Gatsby
Cindy
$600 [10]
The 10 players other than the goalie are said to play here; in baseball, only 3 do
outfield
Jack
$800 [13]
On May 14, 1796 Dr. Edward Jenner gave an 8-year-old boy an inoculation against this deadly disease
smallpox
Cindy
$800 [3]
It's the only New York City borough that's not separated from Upstate New York by water
the Bronx
Jack
$800 [29]
The Junkyard Dog, Bacon Wrapped Street Dog & the Kraut Dog
Wienerschnitzel
Jack
$800 [27]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew does a demonstration.) The hot water in the bottle rises & floats in the cold; the same principle applies with an underwater volcano, except the hot water changes to this 5-letter emission, which causes an explosion
steam
Jack
$800 [5]
The first section of this Willa Cather novel is called "The Shimerdas"
My Ántonia
Cindy
$800 [11]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue on a soccer field.) Also called a one-two, this play can start with a pass or a throw-in; then the player breaks past the defender into open space for a quick return pass
give and go
$1,000 [18]
This Vermont patriot led the May 1775 capture of Fort Ticonderoga from the British
Ethan Allen
Jack
$1,000 [15]
From words meaning "beyond belief", it's a seemingly contradictory statement
paradox
Cindy
$1,000 [30]
Was the Big Fish, now the premium Alaskan fish sandwich
Burger King
Jack
$1,000 [28]
In "A Psalm of Life", Longfellow wrote of leaving "behind us" these "on the sands of time"
footprints
Cindy
DD $1,000 [6]
In this novel, banned in the U.S. until 1933, Molly Bloom & Stephen Dedalus represent Penelope & Telemachus
Ulysses
Cindy
$1,000 [12]
The international soccer body known by these 4 letters has more members than the U.N.!
FIFA
Bill

Double Jeopardy! Round

YOU'RE CRAZY, ME DRIVING? TV SHOWS BY CHARACTERS WE HAVE A NEW STATE CAPITAL RHYME THIS! COMPOSERS & THEIR MUSIC THE ABEL PRIZE
$400 [21]
I'm prone to this alliterative anger caused by all the bleepity-bleeps who can't drive
road rage
Bill
$400 [11]
Kenny McCormick &Eric Cartman
South Park
Cindy
$400 [8]
Replacing Tuscaloosa
Montgomery
Bill
$400 [25]
Sound made by the Southeast Asian Cobra
hiss
Bill
$400 [10]
This "phantom" musical theatre composer holds the title Baron of Sydmonton
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Cindy
$400 [13]
The Abel Prize, the "Nobel Prize of Mathematics", is presented annually in this city by the king of Norway
Oslo
Bill
$800 [22]
You don't want me turning this indicator on for fun
high beams
Cindy
$800 [12]
Marshall Eriksen &the suited-up Barney Stinson
How I Met Your Mother
Bill
$800 [7]
Replacing Williamsburg
Richmond
Cindy Bill
$800 [26]
Slang meaning to speak of someone critically
diss
Cindy
$800 [9]
Power failure? Illuminate your house with this Beethoven sonata in C sharp minor
Moonlight Sonata
Cindy
$800 [14]
The 2009 prize went to Mikhail Gromov for his " revolutionary contributions to" this math branch pioneered by Euclid
geometry
Jack
$1,200 [23]
The car's a manual, & the way my left foot always falls asleep, I can't use this shifting pedal
clutch
Jack
$1,200 [18]
Emily Thorne &Victoria Grayson, queen of the Hamptons
Revenge
Cindy
$1,600 [4]
Replacing New Castle
Dover
$1,200 [27]
This adjective means negligent in performance or attention
remiss
Bill
DD $1,000 [3]
May 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the premiere of this Stravinsky work & the accompanying riot
Rite of Spring
Bill
$1,200 [15]
2011 laureate John Milnor won in part for "pioneering discoveries in" this, from Arabic for "reunion of broken parts"
algebra
Bill
$1,600 [24]
I always wait too long to fill up & spend another $20 replacing this part that gets clogged with gunk from the bottom of the tank
fuel filter
Jack
$1,600 [19]
Dean Pelton &student Jeff Winger
Community
Cindy
DD $2,000 [5]
Replacing Wheeling
Charleston
Bill
$1,600 [28]
Hebrew rite performed on the 8th day of a male child's life
bris
Cindy
$1,200 [2]
Even when poor, this19th century opera composer made sure to dress exquisitely
Richard Wagner
Bill
$1,600 [16]
Peter Lax won in 2005 for his "contributions to the theory and application of partial differential" these
equations
Jack
$2,000 [30]
Can't we just get one of these? In 2012 Nevada issued Google the first license for one
self-driving car
Bill
$2,000 [20]
NYPD detectives Olivia Benson &John Munch
Law & Order: SVU
Cindy
$2,000 [6]
Replacing Portland, in 1832
Augusta
Bill
$2,000 [29]
Style of steak pounded & braised in tomatoes & onions
Swiss steak
$1,600 [1]
Bach wrote a mean passacaglia, like his C minor one for this instrument he also played expertly
organ
Bill Jack
$2,000 [17]
The first prize, in 2003, went to Jean-Pierre Serre, whose work helped Andrew Wiles prove this man's famous "last theorem"
Fermat
Cindy

Final Jeopardy!

THE CONTINENTS

It’s the continent that’s home to the most U.N. member countries, including a new one added in 2011

Africa

Jack "What is Africa?" — wagered $4,000
Bill "What is Europe?" — wagered $8,799
Cindy "What is Europe?" — wagered $2,500

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