2016 College Championship quarterfinal game 2.
Kate Laubscher — a sophomore at Northeastern University from Woodside, California
Kevin Brown — a senior at Louisiana State University from Boise, Idaho
Emily Bingham — a senior at Wright State University from Dayton, Ohio
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily | $1,400 | $3,400 | $17,600 |
$17,600
Automatic semifinalist |
$15,400
19 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Kevin | $-600 | $1,400 | $12,600 |
$14,000
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$13,600
20 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kate | $1,800 | $3,200 | $7,200 |
$14,400
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$7,200
9 R, 3 W |
| THE 1800s | GEOGRAPHIC ABBREV. | COLLEGE FOOTBALL | THE MISSPELLED WORD | NON-POTENT POTABLES | I NEED THE STRONG STUFF |
|
$200
[16]
1826:Joseph Nicéphore Niépce takes the earliest-known surviving one, seen here
photograph
Emily
|
$200
[17]
It's the SF in the airport code SFO
San Francisco
Emily
|
$200
[30]
Breaking Herschel Walker's SEC rushing record helped Derrick Henry of this univ. win the 2015 Heisman Trophy
the University of Alabama
|
$200
[6]
At the begining of February, Elroy found it was feasible to maneuver his automobile in the rugged terrain
beginning
Kevin
|
$200
[26]
In 1916 this soft drink introduced its iconic contoured bottle
Coca-Cola
Kevin
|
$200
[18]
Following the 2013 marathon bombing, this 2-word motto became a rallying cry for Beantown
"Boston Strong"
Kevin
|
|
$400
[15]
1843:Contrary to William Miller's prediction influenced by the book of Daniel, this does not happen
the end of the world (the apocalypse accepted)
Emily
|
$400
[3]
AS:This U.S. Pacific territory
American Samoa
Kevin
|
$400
[27]
In 2015 this state U. of N.J. was down 7 & spiked the ball to stop the clock with 3 ticks left; problem was, it was already 4th down
Rutgers
Kevin
|
$400
[8]
The atheist believed his existence would conclude with his final excursion to the cemetary
cemetery
Emily
|
$400
[7]
"Oh, yeahhh!" Artificially fruit-flavored & made from powder, it's the state soft drink of Nebraska
Kool-Aid
Emily
|
$400
[19]
This event's motto is "Citius, altius, fortius", which translates to "Faster, higher, stronger"
the Olympic Games
Kevin
Kate
|
|
$800
[11]
1882:Charles Guiteau, this man's assassin, meets the hangman
Garfield
Emily
|
$600
[2]
SL:This West African nation
Sierra Leone
Emily
Kevin
|
$600
[5]
In 2011 this man III ran & passed for nearly 5,000 yards for Baylor
Robert Griffin III
Emily
|
$600
[9]
I can't guarantee that I'll be of much assistance but I'll be sincerely grateful if you get that rasberry off the ceiling
raspberry
Kevin
|
$600
[21]
Italian name of the machine seen here, or the strong beverage it's used to make
espresso
Emily
|
$600
[20]
Danny Strong wrote the movie starring Forest Whitaker as a man with this title White House job
the butler
|
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
1898:Marie & Pierre Curie discover these 2 elements
radium & polonium
Kevin
|
$800
[1]
MB:This Canadian province
Manitoba
Kevin
|
$800
[28]
The SEC has 2 teams called the Bulldogs, Mississippi State & this school
the University of Georgia
Kevin
|
$800
[13]
"Intelligence is indispensable; overcoming ignorence requires perseverance", said the sergeant
ignorance
Kate
|
$800
[23]
A Shirley Temple is traditionally made with ginger ale & a splash of this sweet pomegranate syrup
grenadine
Kate
|
$800
[22]
These 2 types of particles in an atom's nucleus are bound together by the "strong force"
protons and neutrons
Kevin
|
|
$1,000
[12]
1859:This NYC location with Frederick Law Olmsted as chief designer opens to the public
Central Park
Emily
|
$1,000
[4]
BH:This nation, a former Yugoslav republic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kevin
|
$1,000
[29]
This ol' ball coach at Florida & South Carolina said, "You know what FSU stands for... Free Shoes University"
Steve Spurrier
|
$1,000
[14]
The medieval memento was miniature but as a man of leisure, I was priveliged to have it in my possession
privileged
Kate
|
$1,000
[24]
Lassi is a popular chilled drink from India usually made with this dairy product
yogurt
Kate
|
$1,000
[25]
9th century nobleman Robert the Strong was an ancestor of this nation's Capetian kings
France
Emily
|
| WHO SAID THAT? | BAND AID | ENGLISH LIT | MATH TEST | TRANSPORTATION | LET'S "GO" |
|
$400
[19]
Before fleeing a theatre: "Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged!"
(John Wilkes) Booth
Emily
|
$400
[30]
When Ms. Welch, better known as this, needs help, she runs fast for the Machine
Florence
Kate
|
$400
[6]
This epic poem by Milton is the story of Adam & Eve's fall from grace
Paradise Lost
Kevin
|
$400
[7]
The sine of an angle is the ratio of its opposite side to this triangle side
the hypotenuse
Kevin
|
$400
[1]
A Venetian might know this term for the basket at the bottom of a hot air balloon
a gondola
Kevin
|
$400
[20]
Thesewere created around 1900 in Cuba
bongos
Kevin
|
|
$800
[16]
A 19th century painter: "Ah, if only all artists had enough to live on"
van Gogh
Emily
|
$800
[26]
Back in the '50s the Jordanaires backed this "King" on hits like "All Shook Up"
Elvis (Presley)
Kate
|
$800
[9]
Written in a kind of dreamspeak, this James Joyce novel about the Earwicker family is a difficult read
Finnegans Wake
Emily
|
$800
[8]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on the monitor.) Divide the change in a line's vertical "y" component by the change in its horizontal "x" component to get this measure of its inclination
slope
Emily
|
$800
[2]
These vehicles are typically equipped with 2 rotors, one main one & one on the tail to counteract torque
a helicopter
Kevin
|
$800
[21]
The life stages of an insect: larva, pupa & then this adult one
imago
|
|
$1,200
[17]
In the preface to one of his works: "The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem"
Walt Whitman
Kate
|
$1,200
[27]
In 2015 Miley Cyrus toured with these indie darlings who sound like their mouths are on fire
The Flaming Lips
Kevin
|
$1,600
[4]
In one translation of "Beowulf", he's described as "a fiend out of hell" & a "grim demon"
Grendel
Emily
|
$1,200
[13]
a + b = b + a is this law of addition
the commutative law
Kevin
|
$1,200
[3]
For most of the 21st century, this Toyota model has been the USA's bestselling passenger car
a Camry
Emily
|
$1,200
[22]
In Australia, it's also known as a warrigal
a dingo
Kevin
|
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
In a late-in-life lecture: "Where id was, there ego shall be"
Sigmund Freud
Emily
|
$1,600
[28]
On such reggae classics as "No Woman No Cry", the Wailers wailed in support of this man
Bob Marley
Emily
|
$2,000
[10]
Set partly in the West Indies, this Jean Rhys novel tells of Antoinette Cosway, the mad Mrs. Rochester from "Jane Eyre"
Wide Sargasso Sea
Emily
|
$1,600
[14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on the monitor.) To find the area under a curve between points "a" & "b", calculate the definite this of the curve, denoted by an elongated "S" symbol
the integral
Kevin
|
$1,600
[11]
On a submarine, the "screw" is this important device that provides thrust through the water
the propeller
Kevin
Kate
|
$1,600
[23]
A novel by Sandra Cisneros is called "The House on" this "Street"
Mango Street
Kate
|
|
$2,000
[25]
To Martin van Buren: "The bank, Mr. van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it"
Andrew Jackson
Kate
|
$2,000
[29]
The Violators assist this "Pretty Pimpin'" rocker in his foul work
Kurt Vile
|
DD
$3,000
[5]
This character says, "How sad it is! I shall grow old... but this picture will remain always young"
Dorian Gray
Emily
|
$2,000
[15]
If y = 3x & y + 2x = 20, x equals this
4
Kate
|
$2,000
[12]
This company founded in 1866 operated more than 100 stagecoaches between St. Louis & the West Coast
Wells Fargo
Kevin
|
$2,000
[24]
This Chinese herb is used to improve memory--now if only I could remember to take it
ginkgo biloba
|
This word referring to someone who is not an expert is from the Latin for "love"
amateur