2013 College Championship semifinal game 3.
Julia Sprangers — a junior at University of Wisconsin-Madison from Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Jim Coury — a sophomore from Georgetown University from Olmsted Falls, Ohio
Nishanth Uli — a sophomore from Washington University in St. Louis from Solon, Ohio
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nishanth | $1,600 | $5,000 | $15,800 |
$31,600
2nd place: $10,000 |
$15,800
20 R, 3 W |
| Jim | $5,600 | $9,600 | $32,600 |
$32,604
Finalist |
$18,400
23 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Julia | $1,200 | $2,600 | $9,000 |
$1,000
3rd place: $10,000 |
$9,000
13 R, 1 W |
| "YO" LO | POLITICAL QUOTES | REALITY SHOW TITLES | COLLEGE ACTIVITIES | POCKET CHANGE | SOWETO |
|
$200
[1]
It's a harness for multiple draft animals so they can pull together
a yoke
Julia
|
$200
[6]
Soliciting business in California in 2013, this Texas governor said Austin is poised to be the "next Silicon Valley"
Rick Perry
Julia
|
$200
[22]
"The ____ Loser"
Biggest
Julia
|
$200
[11]
Edward Albee got a New Haven tryout when he served as a judge at the annual drama series competition at this school
Yale
Nishanth
|
$200
[21]
Issued in 1879, the USA's 4-dollar "Stella" coin had a 5-pointed one of these on the reverse
a star
Julia
|
$200
[16]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Soweto, South Africa.) The epicenter of South Africa's long struggle for equality, Soweto takes its name from the first two letters of these three words--its location & designation within Johannesburg
South West Township
Nishanth
Jim
|
|
$400
[2]
"Force" feeder for Luke Skywalker
Yoda
Nishanth
|
$400
[7]
This 1848 manifesto's theory "may be summed up in the single sentence: abolition of private property"
The Communist Manifesto
Jim
|
$400
[23]
On Discovery:"____ Catch"
Deadliest
Jim
|
$400
[12]
Don't miss "Shocktoberfest" at this school that made a surprise trip to the Final Four in 2013
Wichita State
Jim
|
$400
[27]
A silver denarius from 44 B.C. depicts this Roman & calls him "dictator for life"; his life ended soon after
Julius Caesar
Jim
|
$400
[17]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Johannesburg, South Africa.) The four-room matchboxhousesthat make up much of Soweto were originally built to house black workers cheaply during the years of this official policy of ethnic segregation
apartheid
Jim
|
|
$600
[3]
The name of this device may come from a Filipino word meaning "come back"
a yo-yo
Jim
|
$800
[9]
In 1868 he remarked, "Let them impeach and be damned"
Andrew Johnson
Jim
|
$600
[26]
"____ & Tiaras"
Toddlers
Nishanth
|
$600
[13]
Fundraising was a big 2012 activity at this private N. California school, the first to raise a billion dollars in a year
Stanford
Jim
|
$600
[28]
In Canada this coin was introduced in 1858 & discontinued in 2012
the penny
Nishanth
|
$600
[18]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Soweto, South Africa.) Bringing Soweto to the world's attention, a march beginning here at Naledi High School was one of the dramatic moments in the 1976protestsagainst the forced teaching of this language
Afrikaans
Nishanth
|
|
$800
[4]
Country music stars like Hank Snow & Jimmie Rodgers were famous for this singing style
yodeling
Julia
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
De Gaulle warned JFK that America would step "into a bottomless military and political quagmire" in this place
Vietnam
Jim
|
$800
[24]
In 2012, featuring Jeremiah, Kate, Abe, Rebecca & Sabrina:"Breaking ____"
Amish
Jim
|
$800
[14]
The 2013 Easter Conference at this university was held at its Joseph Smith Building auditorium
Brigham Young
Jim
|
$800
[29]
Popular among collectors, this city's tetradrachm owl coin was minted for more than 300 years
Athens
Nishanth
|
$800
[19]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Soweto, South Africa.) Withmarksof government gunfire to show for it, this house of worship was a center for anti-apartheid gatherings; it's called Regina Mundi, or this "of the World" & Soweto in particular
Queen
Jim
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Historic region of Northern England that lends its name to a bready pudding
Yorkshire
Nishanth
|
$1,000
[10]
In 1839 this Kentuckian told the Senate, "I'd rather be right than be president"
(Henry) Clay
Jim
|
$1,000
[25]
Starring Patti Stanger:"The Millionaire ____"
Matchmaker
Julia
|
$1,000
[15]
"Naked Spaces: Architecture in Art from the Kinsey Institute Collection" was at this Midwestern school in 2013
Indiana University
|
$1,000
[30]
The 30 pieces of silver given to Judas are thought to be these, which you can use in Israel today
shekels
Nishanth
|
$1,000
[20]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Soweto, South Africa.) This house on Vilakazi Street belongs to this South African--the first black dean of St. Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg is just one of his distinctions
(Desmond) Tutu
Jim
|
| NOVELLAS | TECHIE DROPOUTS | STUFF ABOUT STATES | LIVE ENTERTAINMENT | SCIENCE GUYS | 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS |
|
$400
[19]
His novella "The Body" centers on 4 Maine youths who deal with death in the woods
(Stephen) King
Nishanth
|
$400
[26]
In 2004 he "unliked" Harvard; he was worth $19 billion in 2012
Zuckerberg
Nishanth
|
$400
[1]
Judging from its nicknames, it's full of lakes & gophers
Minnesota
Julia
|
$400
[6]
To see the Lopez family wire-walk blindfolded, go to the Ringling Bros. one of these
a circus
Julia
|
$400
[11]
The very first Nobel Prize for Physics went to Wilhelm Roentgen for his discovery of these, used in radiology
x-rays
Julia
|
$400
[12]
Numero uno, ordinally
fi rst
Jim
Julia
|
|
$800
[20]
Harlan Ellison won a Best Novella Nebula Award for his story about "a boy" & his intelligence-enhanced this
a dog
Jim
|
$800
[27]
Kevin Rose dropped out of UNLV, this school, & took a gamble when he founded Digg
the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Jim
|
$800
[2]
This original 13er is the largest state in land area east of the Mississippi River
Georgia
Nishanth
|
$800
[7]
Barclays Centerin this New York City borough opened in 2012 with eight straight sellout shows by borough native Jay-Z
Brooklyn
Nishanth
|
$800
[15]
He wrote that in 1666, "I began to think of gravity extending to the orb of the moon"
Newton
Jim
Julia
|
$800
[13]
Measuring yourself on a scale
wei ghi ng
Jim
|
|
$1,200
[21]
Kafka depicts a warped & brutal version of justice with "In" this type of colony
penal
Nishanth
|
$1,200
[28]
There was no apple for the teacher after he left Reed College & went to design video games for Atari in 1974
Jobs
Nishanth
|
$1,200
[3]
This Rhode Island city is home to the U.S. Naval War College & the Tennis Hall of Fame
Newport
Nishanth
Jim
|
$1,200
[8]
This city's philharmonic loads up on Strauss waltzes in its New Year's concert dating back to 1941
Vienna
Nishanth
|
$1,200
[23]
From 1988 to 1992 this collaborator of Francis Crick directed the Human Genome Project
Watson
Nishanth
|
$1,200
[14]
The lord "maketh me to lie down in green" these
pa stu res
Nishanth
|
|
$2,000
[22]
This German left "Venice" behind with his novella "Mario and the Magician"
(Thomas) Mann
Jim
|
$1,600
[29]
Never mind college--David Karp, founder of this "acrobatic" blogging site, didn't finish high school
Tumblr
Julia
|
$2,000
[5]
Its national monuments include the Real Rainbow Bridge, Natural Bridges & Timpanogos Cave
Utah
Julia
|
$1,600
[9]
With shows around the globe, this group came a long way from 1987, when 3 bald guys began painting their faces
the Blue Man Group
Nishanth
|
$1,600
[24]
This originator of the quantum theory had the middle names Karl Ernst Ludwig
Max Planck
|
$1,600
[16]
An '80s arcade space game, or a football player such as a linebacker or safety
a Def ender
|
|
DD
$9,800
[18]
A prototype of the form, this Boccaccio work deals with 10 people who each tell a story a day
Decameron
Jim
|
$2,000
[30]
This Stanford dropout & RSS pioneer died in 2013 while fighting government charges
(Aaron) Swartz
Nishanth
|
DD
$7,200
[4]
Of the 4 states officially called commonwealths, it's alphabetically last
Virginia
Jim
|
$2,000
[10]
From the Spanish for "shell", this California valley lent its name to a festival where you could hear Franz Ferdinand in 2013
Coachella
Nishanth
|
$2,000
[25]
This surgeon to Queen Victoria founded antiseptic surgery
Lister
Julia
|
$2,000
[17]
Tranquility
ca lmn ess
Nishanth
|
After moving to Argentina in 1949, this industrialist was named a righteous gentile by Yad Vashem
Oskar Schindler