Show #4643 2004-11-10 (taped 2004-10-09) College Championship

2004 College Championship quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

Casey Retterer — a sophomore at the University of Maryland from Olney, Maryland

Amory Jendrek — a freshman at Davidson College from Knoxville, Tennessee

Kermin Fleming — a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kermin	$3,600	$9,600	$30,205	$31,542 Automatic semifinalist	$30,400 32 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W
Amory	$1,600	$3,800	$8,600	$11,000 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$8,600 14 R, 3 W
Casey	$1,200	$2,200	$7,000	$14,000 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$7,000 11 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

REPORTING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE	VIDEO GAMES	IT’S A MONARCHY	THEY DO GOOD WORK	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	"Y"? BECAUSE WE LIKE YOU!
$200 [6] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the White House.) One year ago he represented Michigan's 5th District. Today, August 9th 1974, he enters the Oval Office as President Gerald Ford Kermin	$200 [1] A back-stabbing friend tries to keep you from going pro in the underground game named for this skateboarder Tony Hawk Amory	$200 [8] China, Japan, South Korea Japan Kermin	$200 [19] In 2004 Pitt alumna Wangari Maathai became the first woman from this continent to win the Nobel Peace Prize Africa Kermin	$200 [22] Oberlin, home to an underground railroad stop & one of the first U.S. colleges with black students, is in this state Ohio Kermin Amory	$200 [28] An audible attempt to get someone's attention, or a chocolate drink endorsed by Yogi Berra Yoo-hoo Casey
$400 [7] Aug. 22, 1996: Pres. Clinton's signature reforms this system that sent federal cash grants directly to poor families welfare Amory	$400 [2] After his release from maximum security, Tommy Vercetti tries to take over Vice City in this game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Amory	$400 [9] Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Casey	$400 [20] The Louisville-based factory named for these tries to make them come true for very ill children dreams Kermin Amory	$400 [23] The bestseller "The Rule of Four" was co-written by a graduate of this New Jersey school, also the book's setting Princeton Amory	$400 [30] This web site started out as "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" Yahoo! Kermin
$600 [12] Our lead story for Jan. 21, 1961: this man, brother of the President, was sworn in as Attorney General Robert Kennedy Amory	$600 [3] Attain the crown of Grand Champion after completing over 30 levels of this epic first person bot shooter Unreal Tournament Kermin	$600 [13] Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Cambodia Kermin	DD $600 [21] It's the small independent state that's headquarters to the aid group Caritas Internationalis the Vatican Kermin	$600 [25] The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy is on the campus of this Houston University Rice Kermin	$600 [29] The slogan "let your fingers do the walking" was created for the this directory the Yellow Pages Amory
$800 [16] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the White House.) June 13, 1967 is a historic day as President Johnson appointed this great-grandson of a slave to the Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall Casey	$800 [4] A Ford Escort can race a VW Beetle in this "A-spec" PlayStation racing game with over 150 cars Gran Turismo Casey	$800 [14] France, Italy, Belgium Belgium Kermin	$800 [24] It's not just doctors--there are now groups called teachers, builders & clowns "without" these borders Amory	$800 [26] This private Christian university overlooks the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, California Pepperdine Amory	$800 [17] It's not how a rapper gets your attention, it's a Naval Petty Officer yeoman Kermin Amory
$1,000 [18] History was made today, September 17, 1978, when P.M. Begin & Pres. Sadat signed these accords at the White House the Camp David Accords Amory	$1,000 [5] Spell-casters & adventurers do battle in the land of Norrath in this online role-playing game Everquest Kermin	$1,000 [15] Malaysia, Singapore, The Philippines Malaysia Kermin	$1,000 [10] Charles Dole helped create the Army's 10th Mountain Division & this "National" winter rescue organization the National Ski Patrol	$1,000 [27] Founded in 1836 by the Methodist church, this Atlanta university is located along the Clifton Corridor Emory Kermin	$1,000 [11] Sana is the capital of this Middle Eastern country Yemen Kermin

Double Jeopardy! Round

WEIRD HISTORY	FILMS OF THE 21st CENTURY	DA OLOGY SHOW	TRASH TALKIN'	TRAVEL	BY TWAIN
$400 [4] To fool the Nazis before an attack on this large island near Italy, the Allies planted a dead man with false papers Sicily Kermin	$400 [8] In a 2003 film he played "Master and Commander" Captain Jack Aubrey Russell Crowe Amory	$400 [17] "Human Variation" is a course in this department at NYU anthropology Kermin Casey	$400 [19] This synonym for trash can also mean a group of puppies a litter Kermin	DD $5 [28] The Peer Gynt ski area has been called this country's best place for cross-country skiing Norway Kermin	$400 [7] Prior to this novel's publication, its whitewash scene appeared in the Philadelphia Sunday Republic Tom Sawyer Kermin
$800 [11] In the first of several marriages, this English king married his sister-in-law in 1509 Henry VIII Amory	$800 [9] It might come back to you that this Civil War movie was based on a novel by Charles Frazier Cold Mountain Casey	$800 [21] The regional study of objects like the one shown here egyptology Kermin Casey	$800 [23] In the 1970s Woodsy Owl said, "Give a hoot! Don't" do this pollute Casey	$400 [14] If you can tear yourself away from the beach in Puerto Rico, visit the Museum of Art & History in this capital city San Juan Casey	$1,200 [5] Travel letters Twain wrote during a tour of Europe were collected in his book called these "Abroad" Innocents Kermin
$1,200 [15] Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered this planet, made his telescope out of a cream separator & parts of an old Buick Pluto Amory	$1,200 [12] Sofia Coppola won an Oscar for her screenplay & a nomination for directing this 2003 film Lost in Translation Amory	$1,200 [27] 8-letter opposite of demonology theology	$1,200 [29] This term for detritus or trash is a French word that means "fragments" or "pieces" debris	$800 [20] Yum! Ant cakes & spicy locusts have been on the menu at the annual insect tastings in this Quebec city's Insectarium Montreal Kermin	$1,600 [16] In the first part of this 1883 memoir, Twain recalled his days as a riverboat pilot Life on the Mississippi Kermin
$1,600 [2] During the Battle of the Marne in this war, 6,000 French soldiers were rushed to the front lines in taxicabs the First World War Casey	$1,600 [13] Satine, a courtesan, & Christian, a poet, pair off in this musical set at a French nightclub Moulin Rouge! Kermin	$1,600 [22] Subjects of this branch of zoology are seen here herpetology Kermin	$1,600 [24] This word for trash may come from the word "rubble" rubbish Kermin	$1,200 [25] One of London's most fun attractions is the exhibition that opened inside this bridge in the 1990s Tower Bridge Amory	$2,000 [26] It's the humorous nickname of the lawyer who solves the murder of York Driscoll, Dawson Landing's chief citizen Pudd'n'head Wilson Kermin
$2,000 [1] An 1881 autopsy on this assassinated president proved he died from infection from his doctors' efforts, not the bullets (James) Garfield Casey	$2,000 [3] Keisha-Castle Hughes played a young Maori girl destined to be her tribe's leader in this critically acclaimed film Whale Rider Kermin	$2,000 [18] The this of this is: from the Greek for "true sense of a word" etymology Kermin	$2,000 [10] Pronounced one way, it means to decline; pronounced another way, it's trash refuse Kermin Casey	$2,000 [30] (Sofia of the Clue Crew in Venice, Italy.) I'm here in Venice on this beautiful square which Napoleon called "The Drawing Room of Europe" St. Mark's Square Kermin	DD $2,200 [6] It's the title locale of the story Twain originally called "Jim Smiley and his Jumping Frog" Calaveras County Kermin

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD FLAGS

Never directly seen in the Northern Hemisphere, it's featured on the flags of 5 of the world's countries

the Southern Cross

Casey "What is the Southern Cross?" — wagered $7,000

Amory "What is the Southern Cross?" — wagered $2,400

Kermin "What is the Southern Cross?" — wagered $1,337

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