2014 College Championship quarterfinal game 1.
Whitney Thompson — a junior at the University of Oklahoma from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sarah Stevens — a sophomore from the University of Delaware from Dover, Delaware
James Fulwiler — a junior from Temple University from Baltimore, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $3,000 | $3,400 | $9,200 |
$0
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$9,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Sarah | $400 | $-200 | $6,200 |
$1,400
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$6,200
9 R, 3 W |
| Whitney | $1,600 | $6,200 | $10,000 |
$10,000
Automatic semifinalist |
$11,200
19 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| NOVELS BY QUOTE | BACKING BANDS | NAMES IN NATURE | CAL TECH | OTHER COLLEGES | "ACA"DEMIA |
|
$200
[6]
A classic:"On the breast of her gown, in fine red cloth... appeared the letter A"
The Scarlet Letter
James
|
$200
[1]
Bob Marley & the ____
Wailers
James
|
$200
[16]
Use caution when trying to extinguish these ants that are named for their painful, burning stings
fire ants
Whitney
|
$200
[26]
Established in Mountain View in 1956, Shockley Semiconductor helped put this element in the name of a "Valley"
silicon
Whitney
|
$200
[21]
Founded in 1961, Hamburger University is this chain's training center
McDonald's
James
|
$200
[11]
Kraft first boxed it up with cheese in 1937
macaroni
Whitney
|
|
$400
[7]
So goth:"I beheld the wretch--the miserable monster whom I had created"
Frankenstein
Whitney
|
$400
[2]
Ziggy Marley & the ____ Makers
Melody
Whitney
|
$400
[17]
Not surprisingly, this mammal's name is from Algonquian for "one who squirts"
a skunk
James
|
$400
[27]
Despite the name, the San Jose headquarters of this maker of the creative cloud isn't built of clay bricks
Adobe
Whitney
|
$400
[22]
It was proposed during the Constitutional Convention to provide a system to choose the VP & the president
the Electoral College
Whitney
|
$400
[12]
She guided Meriwether, William & the corps
Sacagawea
Sarah
|
|
$600
[8]
A modern classic:"My guess was that Richard Parker was on the floor of the lifeboat"
Life of Pi
|
$600
[3]
Florence + the ____
Machine
Whitney
|
$600
[18]
You'll notice that something is missing on this critter named for a British isle
a Manx (cat)
James
Sarah
Whitney
|
$600
[28]
Tony Hawk owns a Huntington Beach company that makes these pieces of sporting equipment
skateboards
Whitney
|
$600
[23]
Though there is no fixed campus, you can still apply to Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's college for these performers
clowns
James
|
$600
[13]
This word follows "Danse" in the type of grisly artworkseen here
macabre
James
|
|
$800
[9]
From 1982:"Dear God, he beat me today because he say I winked at a boy in church"
The Color Purple
Whitney
|
$800
[4]
Fitz & the ____
Tantrums
Whitney
|
DD
$600
[19]
They have only one cell each but can take pride in their name. from the Greek for "first animals"
protozoa
Whitney
|
$800
[29]
Los Gatos is home to this 40-million member movie & TV streaming business
Netflix
James
|
$800
[24]
The official heraldic authority for England is the college of these, which also grants coats of these
arms
Whitney
|
$800
[14]
Percussion gourds filled with beads or beans
maracas
Whitney
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Retells a biblical story:"First Aron prayed silently for Cal"
East of Eden
|
$1,000
[5]
Edward Sharpe and the ____ ____
Magnetic Zeros
James
|
$1,000
[20]
Itsname can also mean someone who nags or scolds
a shrew
Whitney
|
$1,000
[30]
Carlsbad's Callaway makes hi-tech these, like the FT Optiforce
golf clubs
Sarah
Whitney
|
$1,000
[25]
Formed in 1150, this group chooses the pope
the College of Cardinals
James
Sarah
|
$1,000
[15]
A large sign posted or carried in a public place
a placard
James
|
| ANCIENT HISTORY | POP CULTURE | FAMOUS HOMES | CLASSICAL MUSIC | "D" PLUS | THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT TERM |
|
$400
[6]
Under this Babylonian king's code, receiving stolen property was punishable by death
Hammurabi
James
|
$400
[1]
Chloe Grace Moretz was the title telekinetic teen in a 2013 remake of this horror movie
Carrie
Sarah
|
$400
[11]
The "Witch House" in this New England city is where witch trial judge Jonathan Corwin lived in the 1690s
Salem
James
|
$400
[21]
The 4-note opening motif of this Beethoven symphony is said to be fate knocking at the door
the 5th
Whitney
|
$400
[16]
Ambition, or the way Phil Mickelson starts a round
a drive
Sarah
|
$400
[26]
In taxonomy:Kingdom, phylum...
class
James
|
|
DD
$600
[10]
In 439 A.D. Genseric the Vandal captured this North African city, which became the Vandal capital
Carthage
Whitney
|
$800
[2]
Keep up--this "momager" & husband Bruce have separated
Kris Jenner
Whitney
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
Peacefield in Quincy, Massachusetts was the mansion of this man who purchased it in 1787
John Adams
James
|
$800
[22]
At age 37, Rossini wrote his last opera--this one about an archer
William Tell
James
|
$800
[17]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew inflates a large black bag.) The black plastic of the solar bag allows for rapid absorption of the sun's rays speeding up the heated air molecules, which become less this than the cool air outside, causing the bag to float
dense
Sarah
|
$800
[27]
In the Greek alphabet:Rho, sigma...
tau
Sarah
|
|
$800
[7]
This escaped gladiator took refuge on Mount Vesuvius, where he built a large army
Spartacus
|
$1,200
[3]
Thiscomic actress brought "The Heat" to movie theaters
Melissa McCarthy
Sarah
|
$1,200
[13]
Biltmore Estate, one of the largest homes in the U.S., is an attraction in Asheville in this state
North Carolina
James
|
$1,200
[23]
Hallelujah! He composed the "Messiah" oratorio
Handel
Whitney
|
$1,200
[18]
Traditionally, money & goods given by a bride's family to a groom
a dowry
Sarah
|
$1,200
[28]
In U.S. House GOP leadership:Speaker, Majority Leader...
Majority Whip
James
Sarah
|
|
$1,200
[8]
The last prophecy of this Greek Oracle was a prediction that it would be the last one
(the Oracle of) Delphi
Sarah
Whitney
|
$1,600
[4]
Back in 2008 Chris Hardwick started this website & podcast devoted to all things geeky
the Nerdist
James
|
$1,600
[14]
Miramare Castlewas the project of this man who soon met a sad end as ruler of Mexico
Maximilian
James
|
$1,600
[24]
This composer of "Bolero" said it was "a piece for orchestra without music"
Maurice Ravel
|
$1,600
[19]
Today something you all aspire to, in ancient Rome it was a document folded double acting as a sort of passport
a diploma
James
Whitney
|
$1,600
[29]
In geologic time:Eon, era...
period
|
|
$1,600
[9]
Mayan hieroglyphics often used this type of symbolic puzzle in which drawn objects represented words
a rebus
Whitney
|
$2,000
[5]
4-letter name of the band heard here"Lessons in life /Your life is a lie /Now there's no time..."
MGMT
James
|
$2,000
[15]
As of January 2014 Gracie Mansion at East End Ave. & 88th Street is this man's official residence
Bill de Blasio
|
$2,000
[25]
Aram Khachaturian composed this"Dance" for his ballet "Gayane"
"The Sabre Dance"
James
|
$2,000
[20]
From the Hindi, it's another name for blue denim jeans
dungarees
|
$2,000
[30]
In the Chinese calendar:Dragon, snake...
horse
James
|
In a satellite photo, volcanic activitycan be seen onthis10,000-square-mile island
Sicily