Show #6779 2014-02-20 (taped 2014-01-08) College Championship

2014 College Championship final game 1.

Contestants

Terry O'Shea — a sophomore at Princeton University from Bridgewater, New Jersey

Tucker Pope — a junior from Texas A&M University from Lubbock, Texas

Kevin Shen — a junior from the University of California, Berkeley from Cupertino, California

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kevin $1,200 $2,200 $10,600 $8,765 $10,600
14 R, 3 W
Tucker $1,400 $5,000 $10,400 $14,800 $12,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Terry $800 $5,600 $13,200 $19,800 $11,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

COLD-BLOODED KILLERS 6-SYLLABLE WORDS TEACHING "ASSISTANT" FEMALE FANTASY CHARACTERS IT TAKES 2 CELEBRITIES' MIDDLE NAMES
$200 [16]
Research on this beast's vision led to awetsuitdeveloped in Australia to look as unlike its usual prey as possible
a shark
Kevin
$200 [1]
The name of this type of doctor comes from the Latin for "beast of burden"
veterinarian
$200 [4]
A live-in dorm advisor at B.U. or Purdue
resident assistant
Terry
$200 [19]
In the first "Harry Potter" book she says, "We could all have been killed--or worse, expelled"
Hermione Granger
Tucker
$200 [11]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew puts a wrestling move on Jimmy.) I pass one arm under the arm of my opponent & lock the hand on the back of his neck to do a half this wrestling move
nelson
Tucker
$200 [24]
Jennifer ____ Hewitt
Love
Tucker
$400 [17]
This big constricting reptile gets its name from a mythical monster
python
Kevin Tucker
$400 [2]
In this type of complex, one has a persistent sense of inadequacy or a tendency to self-diminishment
inferiority
Kevin
$400 [5]
In December 2013 the 6-6 Rutgers Scarlet Knights fired 3 of these
assistant coaches
Terry
$400 [20]
In "Alanna: The First Adventure", a young girl takes her twin brother's place & trains to be one of these medieval soldiers
a knight
Kevin
$400 [12]
2 people engaged in a confab or colloquy are doing this together
talking
Terry
$400 [25]
Apolo ____ Ohno
Anton
Tucker
$600 [18]
Gustave, one of these said to be 20 feet long, has been blamed for dozens of deaths in Burundi's rivers & lakes
crocodile
Terry
$600 [3]
An adjective describing the space between Mars & Jupiter, for example
interplanetary
Terry
$600 [6]
John Kerry can get advice from Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who is this for African Affairs
Assistant Secretary
Tucker
$600 [21]
She's a recently relocated & torn-between-2-creatures Forks High School student
Bella Swan
Terry
$600 [13]
It's the adjective for the 2-seat bicycle seen here
tandem
Tucker
$600 [26]
Bryce ____ Howard
Dallas
Tucker
$800 [29]
Don't get bit by the snake called the gaboon this--it's got 2" fangs & lots of venom
a viper
Tucker
$800 [9]
Common in cases of ADHD & autism, "sensory" this is basically too much input
overstimulation
$800 [7]
On a film set it's the person who usually calls, "That's a wrap!"
assistant director
Terry
$800 [22]
Clary Fray crosses paths with the demon-killing Shadowhunters in "City of Bones", the first book in this series
the Mortal Instruments series
Terry
$800 [14]
The 2-person honeymoon type of this card game uses the same scoring as the contract type
bridge
Kevin
$800 [27]
Seann ____ Scott
William
Tucker
$1,000 [30]
The dangerous Komodo dragon is the largest of these lizards, genus Varanus; if one asks for your hall pass, show it
a monitor
Kevin
$1,000 [10]
Both Betsy Ross & Dolley Madison were disowned by the Quakers for marrying men from this denomination
Episcopalian
Kevin
$1,000 [8]
In many offices the title of secretary has been replaced by this alliterative term
administrative assistant
Kevin
DD $2,800 [23]
King Arthur's half-sister Morgaine is the main character in Marion Zimmer Bradley's "The Mists of" here
Avalon
Terry
$1,000 [15]
The gentlemen seenhereare using this type of saw, so named because it doesn't cut with the grain
crosscut saw
Kevin
$1,000 [28]
Mary ____ Winstead
Elizabeth
Tucker

Double Jeopardy! Round

PIER REVIEWS JUST ONE VOWEL AGES & AGES HIP-HOPPERS SOCIAL LIFE CARNIVAL KNOWLEDGE
$400 [22]
"You'll hear & smell the sea lions before you see them" on Pier 39 near Fisherman's Wharf in this city
San Francisco
Kevin
$400 [1]
Past participle of shear
shorn
Terry
$400 [6]
The Iron Age of human culture immediately followed the age of this metal
bronze
Terry
$400 [16]
In 2013 Jeezy dropped this word from his name because "I'm grown now"
Young
Kevin Terry
$400 [11]
Your school's sports teams may have these enthusiastic fans & promoters who form entire "clubs"
boosters
Terry
$400 [17]
In Roman Catholic countries, the celebration known as carnival takes place immediately before this austere season
Lent
Terry
$800 [23]
"Enjoy all the fun & beauty of a day on Lake Michigan" at this military-named pier in the Windy City
Navy Pier
$800 [2]
The loose skin at the back of an animal's neck
scruff
Tucker
$800 [7]
There's an armor collection at Le Musee national du Moyen Age, the museum of these
the Middle Ages
Terry
$800 [27]
Fans of this female rapper & former "Idol" judge call themselves the Barbies
Nicki Minaj
Tucker
$800 [12]
Sister Carrie lives in "a moderately well-furnished" this type of "house", not to be confused with a bawdy house
boarding house
$800 [18]
Pasto, Colombia's Carnaval de Negros y Blancos, these colors, celebrates the country's cultural diversity
blacks & whites
Kevin
$1,200 [24]
"Beware of the sea gulls", warns one traveler to Victoria Pier in this Canadian province
British Columbia
Terry
$1,200 [3]
What have you got?This
flush
Kevin
$1,200 [8]
Josh Homme has led this band since the 1990s
Queens of the Stone Age
Tucker
$1,200 [28]
Colour was an issue when Drake grew up in Forest Hill, a neighbourhood in this North American city
Toronto
Tucker
$1,200 [13]
To you it may mean a fun party dancing to Solar Spectrum; to the CDC it means "ecstasy overdoses!"
a rave
Tucker
$1,200 [19]
The 90,000-seat Sambadrome hosts the samba parade for the world-famous Carnival in this city
Rio de Janeiro
Kevin
$1,600 [25]
foursquare.com gives a good review to Sunset Pier in this "directional" Florida city near the Dry Tortugas
Key West
Kevin
$1,600 [4]
It means punctual & also starts with "P"
prompt
Terry
$2,000 [10]
Communications Workers of America calls itself the union for this "knowledgeable" age
the Information Age
Kevin
$1,600 [29]
Public Enemy named some "straight-up racist"s in their classic urging listeners to do this 3-word title
"Fight The Power"
$2,000 [15]
In the '60s flower children was another name for these people
hippies
Tucker
$1,600 [20]
In New Orleans, Carnival commences on Twelfth Night, the 6th of this month
January
Kevin
$2,000 [26]
A tripadvisor.com post said Fan Pier is a good place to watch planes take off from this Boston airport
Logan
Tucker
$2,000 [5]
Rot-causing type of disease seen here
blight
Terry
DD $2,400 [9]
An 1870s novel about greed & corruption gave us the name of this "age"
The Gilded Age
Tucker
$2,000 [30]
This single name followed "Ghetto" in the title of the debut album by the "Make Me Better" artist
Fabolous
DD $2,200 [14]
If you're the youngest, mom & dad's gloom after you leave home has been medically identified as this syndrome
empty nest
Tucker
$2,000 [21]
It's pleasant to watch the flower battles at this French Riviera resort city's huge annual carnival parade
Nice
Tucker

Final Jeopardy!

AUTHORS

On his death in 1862 a Massachusetts paper said, "No man ever lived closer to nature, and reported her secrets more eloquently"

Thoreau

Tucker "Who is Thoreau?" — wagered $4,400
Kevin "Who is Emerson?" — wagered $1,835
Terry "Who is Thoreau?" — wagered $6,600

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