2014 College Championship quarterfinal game 5.
Alex Sventeckis — a senior at Ball State University from Fishers, Indiana
Erika Sloan — a sophomore from Middlebury College from Simsbury, Connecticut
Maria Khrakovsky — a senior from The Ohio State University from Columbus, Ohio
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria | $4,200 | $4,400 | $12,800 |
$3,800
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$14,800
18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Erika | $800 | $1,200 | $11,400 |
$15,000
Automatic semifinalist |
$12,000
12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Alex | $2,800 | $4,600 | $3,800 |
$6,800
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$5,000
16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE STAGE | U.S. CITIES | COLLEGE FOOTBALL | ONLINE & TEXT ABBREVIATIONS | ADMISSIONS | "GR"AD SCHOOL |
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$200
[26]
In 2000, after almost 1,500 years, the Roman Colosseum opened as a theatre with Sophocles' play about this "Rex"
Oedipus Rex
Alex
|
$200
[21]
With a population of 104,000, this city indicated on the map is the smallest to boast an NFL franchise.
Green Bay
Maria
Alex
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$200
[6]
In 2014 this famous QB threw the pass that earned Florida State the national championship
Jameis Winston
Maria
|
$200
[1]
The dismissive "W/E" is short for this word
whatever
Maria
|
$200
[11]
On April 30, 1812 the territory of Orleans was admitted to the Union as this 18th state
Louisiana
Alex
|
$200
[16]
Someone who has a knack for growing plants is said to have this colorful body part
a green thumb
Alex
|
|
$400
[27]
From "Annie Get Your Gun", it was Ethel Merman's signature song about life on the stage
"There's No Business Like Show Business"
|
$400
[22]
Thiscity seenhereis its state's second largest.
St. Louis
Alex
|
$400
[7]
This Heisman winner from Texas A&M tweeted, "nothing illegal about being 18+ in a casino and winning money... keep hating!"
(Johnny) Manziel
Alex
|
$400
[2]
Someone who types "bio" is likely headed to this room
the bathroom
|
$400
[12]
Recently the everyday price of admission for the Disney resort in this city was 6,200 yen
Tokyo
Alex
|
$400
[17]
Ithas its own day in February
a groundhog
Erika
|
|
$600
[28]
Thornton Wilder himself played the role of the stage manager for 2 weeks during this play's 1938 Broadway run
Our Town
Maria
|
$600
[23]
Courteney Cox & Fannie Flagg both hail from this most populous Alabama city
Birmingham
Maria
|
$600
[8]
USA Today called this current University of Alabama coach "tough, humorless and rich"
Nick Saban
Maria
|
$600
[3]
A virtual slap on the back, "WTG" stands for this
way to go
Maria
|
$600
[13]
About a decade after he was admitted to the Maryland bar, he wrote the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Francis Scott Key
Maria
|
$600
[18]
Season 1 episodes of this TV drama included "Three Bad Wolves" & "Game Ogre"
Grimm
Maria
|
|
$1,000
[30]
He wrote of 2 very different women in "Saint Joan" *& "Mrs. Warren's Profession"
George Bernard Shaw
|
$800
[24]
From 1810 to 1812 Zanesville was the capital of this state
Ohio
Maria
|
$800
[9]
Hey, y'all, let's put on our Tajh Boyd jerseys & hit Death Valley to see the Tigers, this ACC team
Clemson
|
$800
[4]
"IRL" is short for this phrase, what you're "in" when not gaming
in real life
Erika
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$800
[14]
National Park Week, coinciding with this April 22 observance, offers free admission to some 400 parks
Earth Day
Alex
|
$800
[19]
Differing by a letter, the 2 words that mean a mixture of small stones & pebbles, & to cower or act in a servile manner
gravel and grovel
Alex
|
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
"Cabaret" is set in this European city
Berlin
Maria
|
$1,000
[25]
A memorial on the site of the former South Fork Dam commemorates the devastating 1889 flood in this Pennsylvania city
Johnstown
|
$1,000
[10]
This school's football team is called the Black Knights
Army
Alex
|
$1,000
[5]
"A/S/L" is an inquisitive, personal question inquiring about these 3 things
age, sex, and location
Maria
|
$1,000
[15]
In a major shanda, major leaguer Ryan Braun admitted in 2013 he'd used PEDs, short for these
performance-enhancing drugs
Maria
|
$1,000
[20]
In New England it's another name for a hero sandwich
a grinder
Maria
|
| THE TOPIC IS MICROSCOPIC | LANGUAGES | GETTING SCHOOLED ON TV | THE "EX" FACTOR | WHERE WERE YOU & WHEN? | RUNNING HOT & COLD |
|
$400
[26]
By the 14th Century, the art of grinding these had been mastered in Italy, first for eyeglasses & later for microscopes
lenses
Alex
|
$400
[1]
Wanting to make it accessible, Martin Luther translated the Bible into this language
German
Alex
|
$400
[11]
Meg & Chris Griffin are animated students at James Woods High on this FOX comedy
Family Guy
Alex
|
$400
[6]
In names of businesses, it follows both "American" & "Panda"
Express
Maria
|
$400
[16]
This queen,1780:Versailles, mostly
Marie Antoinette
Alex
|
$400
[21]
Term for a hot spring that spews intermittent plumes of water & steam
a geysor
Erika
|
|
$800
[27]
The end of a conflict, or a measure of the detail a microscope can observe
resolution
|
DD
$1,200
[2]
This language with a unique syllabary is now spoken by more than 10,000 Native Americans in North Carolina & Oklahoma
Cherokee
Alex
|
$800
[12]
"The Big Bang Theory" hit this campus where it's partially set to shoot an episode that featured Stephen Hawking
Cal Tech
Maria
|
$800
[7]
People who commit this crime are usually looking for "hush money"
extortion
Alex
|
$800
[17]
John McCain, 1970:In captivity in this country
(North) Vietnam
Erika
|
$800
[22]
Orwell coined this term when talking of a hypothetical nuclear stalemate between "monstrous super-states"
Cold War
Maria
|
|
$1,200
[28]
Ultramicroscopy is defined as the study of objects smaller than the wavelength of this
light
Alex
|
$1,200
[3]
It sounds like science fiction, but in 2013 an Illinois government website offered translation into this language
Klingon
Erika
|
$1,200
[13]
NBC's "Community" college attended by Star-Burns & Fat Neil
Greendale
Erika
|
$1,200
[8]
The proper way to address an archbishop is "Your" this
Excellency
Maria
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
This German military man, Sept. 17, 1916:high above Cambrai, France
the Red Baron
Erika
|
$1,200
[23]
Associated with menopause, a hot flash is a symptom of a decline in this hormone
estrogen
Erika
|
|
$1,600
[29]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew explains a microscope shown on a monitor.) Sharing its name with a bodypart that helps you breathe, This part of the microscope Changes the amount of lightused to view a specimen
the diaphragm
|
$1,600
[4]
This language of the Baltics is divided into 2 major groups associated with the cities of Tallinn & Tartu
Estonian
Maria
|
$1,600
[14]
Hanna may not have been truthful in welcoming Kate to Rosewood High on this ABC Family show
Pretty Little Liars
Maria
|
$1,600
[9]
Meaning "higher", this Latin word is New York's state motto
excelsior
|
$1,200
[18]
William V, Prince of Orange,1790:ruling in this country
the Netherlands
Erika
Alex
|
$1,600
[24]
In 2013 this alliterative NYPD squad solved the 1991 Baby Hope murder
Cold Case
Erika
|
|
$2,000
[30]
"The father of microscopy", he used a single-lens microscope in the 1700s to view tiny life forms
(Anton Van) Leeuwenhoek
Maria
|
$2,000
[5]
Until the early 1800s, it was the standard written language of Norway
Danish
Erika
|
$2,000
[15]
Pre-"Sex And The City", young(er) Ms. Bradshaw went to 1980s Castlebury High on this show
The Carrie Diaries
Erika
|
$2,000
[10]
Meaning not extinct, it starts with the same 3 letters as "extinct"
extant
Erika
|
$2,000
[20]
Aaron Burr, July 11, 1804:crossing this river to go fight a duel
the Hudson River
Alex
|
$2,000
[25]
This retail chain says that for 25 years, it has offered "Music- & pop culture-inspired clothing"
Hot Topic
Erika
|
The USA's oldest endowed chair is a Harvard chair of this subject, given in 1721 when that was largely what Harvard taught
divinity