Show #2014 1993-05-13 (taped 1993-02-23) College Championship

1993 College Championship final game 1.

Contestants

John van DeWeert — a sophomore from Princeton University

Eric Biber — a sophomore from Harvard University

Phoebe Juel — a junior from Grinnell College

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Phoebe $3,000 $4,800 $14,400 $19,400 $10,700
24 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W
Eric $-300 $1,000 $7,000 $10,500 $7,000
17 R, 3 W
John $1,000 $2,400 $3,000 $0 $3,000
13 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

FIRST LADIES ROCK GROUPS ANNUAL EVENTS 1990 THE HISTORY OF HAIR ANAGRAMS
$100 [3]
She was born Anne Frances Robbins & nicknamed Nancy in infancy
Nancy Reagan
John
$100 [11]
Duff McKagen, Gilby Clark, Matt Sorum, Slash & Axl Rose
Guns N' Roses
Phoebe
$100 [17]
For the 2 weeks preceding Ash Wednesday, New Orleans comes alive with this festival
Mardi Gras
Phoebe
$100 [1]
On August 2 Iraqi troops invaded this country, setting off the Persian Gulf crisis
Kuwait
Eric
$100 [16]
Short hair became popular in the 1500s after Francis I accidentally did this to his hair with a torch
he burned it off
John
$100 [22]
Elvis liked his pre-shrunk
Levis (anagram of Elvis)
Phoebe John
$200 [4]
For her strong will, this first lady from Georgia is sometimes called the Steel Magnolia
Rosalynn Carter
Phoebe
$200 [12]
Brad Whitford, Joey Kramer, Tom Hamilton, Joe Perry & Steven Tyler
Aerosmith
Phoebe
$200 [18]
Wash., D.C. kicks off its festival of these fruit blossoms with the lighting of a 17th c. Japanese lantern
cherry trees (or cherry blossoms)
Eric
$200 [2]
On January 3 President Bush announced the surrender of this Panamanian dictator
Noriega
John
$200 [27]
In the 1400s women did this to their hairlines to make their foreheads seem higher-ouch!
pluck
Phoebe
$200 [23]
It's hard to remove a stain from this fabric
satin (anagram of stain)
Eric
$300 [7]
Under her prodding, Congress passed the Highway Beautification Act in 1965
Lady Bird Johnson
Phoebe
$300 [13]
Bill Berry, Mike Mills, Peter Buck & Michael Stipe
R.E.M.
Phoebe
$300 [19]
Every summer, this state's city of Prescott hosts the "World's Oldest Rodeo"
Arizona
$300 [5]
After 4 decades these 2 European countries were officially reunited
East & West Germany
John
$300 [28]
In th 1960s young women did this to their hair as well as their clothes by pressing it on a board
iron it
Phoebe
$300 [24]
Thelma tried out for the role of Ophelia in this play
Hamlet (anagram of Thelma)
John
$400 [8]
Harry Truman said it was love at first sight when he spotted Bess at Sunday school in this Missouri town
Independence, Missouri
Phoebe Eric
$400 [14]
Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., the Edge, Bono
U2
Phoebe
$400 [20]
Take flight to these New Mexico caverns in August for the annual Bat Flight Breakfast
the Carlsbad Caverns
Eric
$400 [6]
In April, after 6,137 performances, this high-kicking musical closed on Broadway
A Chorus Line
John
$400 [29]
A season of the year, or a long, straight hairpiece popular in the '60s & '70s
a fall
Phoebe
$400 [25]
Don flew to this Canadian province to give an oration
Ontario (anagram of oration)
John
$500 [9]
After her husband's 1901 assassination, she returned to Canton, Ohio, where she died 6 years later
Mrs. McKinley
Phoebe
$500 [15]
Tim, Andy & John Farriss, Kirk Pengilly, Garry Beers & Michael Hutchence
INXS
$500 [21]
On Sept. 28 this state celebrates Cabrillo Day in honor of its discoverer
California
John
DD $1,000 [10]
In March Bob Hawke won a fourth term as prime minister of this country
Australia
Phoebe
$500 [30]
Ancient Persians colored their hair a lovely orange-red shade with this dye that comes from leaves
henna
Phoebe
$500 [26]
To the king's dismay, this buzzing insect landed on his throne
a hornet (anagram of throne)
Eric

Double Jeopardy! Round

ASIAN HISTORY ART THE BIBLE MEDICINE LAKES & RIVERS GORILLAS
$200 [11]
After the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954, this country was divided at the 17th parallel
Vietnam
Eric
$200 [26]
The "op" in op art stands for this
optical
$200 [4]
The 7 locks of his head were shaved "and his strength went from him"
Samson
John
$200 [3]
This symbol used on prescriptions is thought to represent the Latin word recipe, which means "take"
Rx
John
$200 [1]
In South America, the Parana River is second in size only to this one
the Amazon
Eric
$200 [21]
Gorillas, like human beings, belong to this order
primates
Eric
$400 [12]
On July 8, 1853 this commodore sailed the first U.S. Navy ships into Edo Bay
Commodore Perry
John
$400 [27]
At his death Michelangelo left unfinished one of these statues showing Christ & the Virgin
Pietà
$400 [5]
"The Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah" this "and fire from the Lord out of heaven"
brimstone
Eric
$400 [7]
An otoscope is used to examine the inside of this organ
the ear
Phoebe
$400 [2]
This river forms part of the Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-German & French-German borders
the Rhine
Phoebe
$400 [22]
There are 3 subspecies of gorilla, the eastern & western lowlands & this
the mountain
Phoebe Eric
$600 [14]
In the 1300s Osman I founded this empire
the Ottoman Empire
Eric
$600 [28]
"The Yellow Christ" is perhaps the best-known of his pre-Tahitian paintings
Gauguin
Eric
$600 [13]
Jesus said, "Did not" this Old Testament figure "give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law?"
Moses
Eric
$600 [8]
This symbol of the physician is based on the staff of Asclepius
the caduceus
Eric
$600 [6]
Bridges crossing this eastern river include the Rip Van Winkle & Tappan Zee
the Hudson
Phoebe
$600 [23]
Locals called this naturalist a name meaning "The old lady who lives alone in the forest without a man"
Dian Fossey
Eric
$800 [15]
In 1977 General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq deposed Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in this country
Pakistan
Phoebe
$800 [29]
In 1961 the Yale University Art Gallery acquired one of this Dutch artist's most famous works, "The Night Cafe"
van Gogh
Phoebe Eric
$800 [19]
When this Philistine first saw David, he asked, "Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?"
Goliath
John
$800 [17]
The Bulletin of the History of Medicine is published by this Baltimore school's press
Johns Hopkins
Phoebe
$800 [9]
Located in eastern Anatolia, Lake Van is this country's largest inland body of water
Turkey
Eric
$1,000 [25]
Term for the older adult males, from their gray hair
silverbacks
Phoebe
DD $3,000 [16]
From 1816 to 1949 Indonesia was a colony of this European country
the Netherlands
Phoebe
$1,000 [30]
In 1933 this Grant Wood painting was a highlight of the Art Institute of Chicago's Century of Progress exhibit
American Gothic
$1,000 [20]
Though Jerusalem was once called Salem, it was to this city Saul went to find a "witch"
Endor
Phoebe
$1,000 [18]
In 1628 he published "An Anatomical Treatise on the Motion of the Heart & Blood in Animals"
(William) Harvey
Eric John
$1,000 [10]
The Sudanese portion of this lake created by the Aswan High Dam is called Lake Nubia
Lake Nasser
Eric
DD $2,000 [24]
This gorilla is the subject of the world's longest ongoing ape language study
Koko
Phoebe

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD CAPITALS

Roxas Boulevard in this capital city was formerly Dewey Boulevard

Manila

John "What is Monrovia?" — wagered $3,000
Eric "What is Manila?" — wagered $3,500
Phoebe "What is Manilla" — wagered $5,000

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