Show #6607 2013-05-14 (taped 2013-04-09) College Championship

2013 College Championship semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Jed Silver — a senior at Tufts University from the Bronx, New York

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

Kristen Jolley — a senior at the Georgia Institute of Technology from Alpharetta, Georgia

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kristen	$800	$2,600	$9,200	$7,401 Finalist	$7,800 15 R (including 1 DD), 7 W
Cindy	$1,200	$2,600	$8,600	$1 3rd place: $10,000	$10,600 14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Jed	$-800	$600	$7,400	$5,599 2nd place: $10,000	$8,400 15 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD ATHLETES	PROFESSORS	ON THE MAP	THE CRACKER BARREL	"P"ROVERBS	THE YOGI BEARS
$200 [4] This tennis star's line of gummy candies is called Sugarpova Maria Sharapova Jed	$200 [1] In 2010 the U. of Idaho celebrated the 100th birthday of chemist Malcolm Renfrew, holder of this type of professorship emeritus Kristen	$200 [5] It's the longest river in the world that flows mainly from south to north the Nile Kristen	$200 [21] "The snack that smiles back", this kids' favorite from Pepperidge Farm comes in pizza & Parmesan flavors as well as Cheddar Goldfish Cindy	$200 [8] "Every" one of these, whether photo or painting, "tells a story" a picture Cindy	$200 [26] Yogis can bear all kinds of problems if they've mastered pranayama, or control of this, especially the deep type breathing Kristen Cindy Jed
$400 [9] According to Forbes, this man born in east London is the world's highest-earning soccer player (David) Beckham Cindy	$400 [2] Professor Asaph Hall, who discovered Deimos & Phobos, taught math & this at Harvard astronomy Kristen	$400 [12] It's the closest of the other continents to Antarctica South America Jed	$400 [22] As well as the traditional type, Manischewitz also makes this unleavened bread in the form of smaller crackers matzo Cindy	$400 [17] "Little" these "have big ears" pitchers Kristen	$400 [27] A hatha yogi must bear a posture known as the padmasana, which emulates this flower lotus Jed
$600 [10] In 2013 the marriage of Scottish auto racer Dario Franchitti & this actress spun out & hit the wall Ashley Judd Cindy	$600 [3] This "Do the Right Thing" filmmaker teaches directing at NYU Spike Lee Jed	$800 [15] This strait named for an island connects the South China Sea with the East China Sea the Taiwan Strait Jed	$600 [23] Since 1934 we've been finding new toppings for "Putting on" these round classics Ritz Kristen	$600 [18] This "corrupts"; "absolute" this "corrupts absolutely" power Kristen	$600 [28] Your yogi may bear a tilak, a mark usually made on this body part the forehead Jed
$800 [11] This Fijian golfer's first name means "victory" in Hindi Vijay Singh Jed	$800 [6] As Bill Ayers was in a '60s radical group called this, maybe he forecast later being an Illinois education professor the Weathermen Jed	DD $1,000 [14] They're the 2 large peninsulas that nearly enclose the Gulf of Mexico the Yucatan & Florida Jed	$800 [24] Keebler bills Town House Flipsides as buttery crackers with the added taste of this salty snack pretzels Cindy	$800 [19] This "makes strange bedfellows" politics	$800 [29] The yogi bears with dignity his robe of this primary color, like Buddha wore in "Siddhartha" yellow Kristen Cindy
$1,000 [13] Nicknamed "Geno", this Pittsburgh Penguins center led the NHL with 109 points in the 2011-12 season Evgeni Malkin Jed	$1,000 [7] This radical professor & "People's" historian died aged 87 in 2010 Howard Zinn	$1,000 [16] In the trio of nations seen here, this one is the northernmost Estonia Jed	$1,000 [25] Despite their name, these teensy crackers contain no shellfish oyster crackers Cindy	$1,000 [20] "He who pays" this person "calls the tune" the piper Kristen	$1,000 [30] The kanphata yogi bears the will of this god whose third eye can bring destruction Shiva Kristen

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICA AFTER THE REVOLUTION	NEWSWORDY	SHAKESPEARE	6-LETTER WORDS	BIOLOGY 101	I GOT MAD HIP-HOP SKILLZ
$400 [18] In July 1789 Congress created this first cabinet department; Thomas Jefferson was selected to head it the State Department Jed	$400 [11] It's the set of triggered federal spending cuts that went into effect March 1, 2013 sequester Jed	$400 [13] In Act II this character says, "Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love" Juliet Cindy	$400 [26] An outer decorative edge, or the official dividing line between 2 countries a border Cindy	$400 [2] Cytokinesis is the money part of this asexual process by which amoebas reproduce fission Kristen	$400 [1] "I'm Slim Shady, yes I'm the real Shady, all you other Slim Shadys are just imitating, so won't the real Slim Shady please stand up?" Eminem Kristen
$800 [21] In 1795 in Chapel Hill it became the first state university to admit students the University of North Carolina Kristen	$800 [12] A "drawdown" is usually of troops, like the 34,000 coming home from this country between early 2013 & '14 Afghanistan Cindy	$800 [14] It's no mistake: this early gagfest is set in Ephesus A Comedy of Errors Kristen	$800 [20] A classic syllogism concludes "Socrates is" this absolute, proved true in 399 B.C. mortal	$800 [3] Also called thrombocytes, these disklike cell fragments are important in the clotting process platelets Kristen	$800 [7] In "Who Am I?": "Bow wow wow, yippee yo, yippie yay, bow wow wow yippie yo (the bomb)" Snoop Dogg
$1,200 [25] In 1790 Dobson's Encyclopaedia, the American version of this, began printing, taking 7 years to complete the Encyclopedia Britannica Kristen	$1,200 [23] 2013 brought the first of these powwows of cardinals in 8 years conclaves Kristen Jed	$1,200 [15] Baptista's daughters are Kate & her Bianca Cindy	$1,200 [19] A collision between 2 objects; an athlete who helps his team is called that type of "player" impact Jed	$1,200 [4] Whether dominant or recessive, different forms of the same gene are called these alleles Kristen	$1,200 [8] In "Gold Digger": "Cutie the bomb, met her at a beauty salon, with a baby Louis Vuitton under her underarm" Kanye West Cindy
DD $2,000 [27] In this 1797 affair French agents demanded the U.S. loan France $10 million before our diplomats could meet Talleyrand the XYZ Affair Cindy	$1,600 [29] Those who oppose a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants call it this type of collective pardon amnesty Jed	$1,600 [16] We never tire of this Prince of Tyre Pericles Kristen	$1,600 [22] An electrician on the set of a TV show a gaffer Jed	$2,000 [6] Red tide is caused by a proliferation of these 15-letter aquatic organisms dinoflagellates Kristen	$1,600 [9] "Don't call it a comeback, I been here for years, rockin' my peers & puttin' suckas in fear... Mama said knock you out" LL Cool J Jed
$2,000 [28] This 1786-1787 rebellion of debtor farmers in Massachusetts was named for its leader Shays' Rebellion Cindy	$2,000 [30] Change the last syllable in "thunderstorm" to get this weather event that hit the Great Plains in winter 2013 thundersnow	$2,000 [17] Son of a gun! Pistol is married to this mistress (perhaps swiftly) in "Henry V" Mistress Quickly Cindy	$2,000 [24] The name of this cold region is from the Greek for "of the bear" Arctic Kristen	DD $3,000 [5] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us an image of several cells with many green items inside them.) The green pigment necessary for photosynthesis is contained in these bodies within a plant's cells chloroplasts Kristen	$2,000 [10] "Your mom busted in & said, 'What's that noise?' Aw Mom, you're just jealous, it's" them the Beastie Boys Jed

Final Jeopardy!

MODERN-DAY CHINA

Because Internet censors block mentions of this 1989 date, Chinese bloggers write it as "535"

June 4

Jed "What is June [illegible symbol]" — wagered $1,801

Cindy "What is May 5?" — wagered $8,599

Kristen "What is the date of Tiananmen Sq." — wagered $1,799

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