Show #4648 2004-11-17 (taped 2004-10-10) College Championship

2004 College Championship semifinal game 1.

Contestants

Vicky Manos — a sophomore at St. John’s University from Levittown, New York

Ari Schoenholtz — a senior at Williams College from Bethesda, Maryland

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

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Casey	$8,000	$9,200	$10,800	$15,933 2nd place: $10,000	$12,000 23 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 1 DD)
Ari	$800	$4,200	$13,300	$21,601 Finalist	$15,800 17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Vicky	$400	$3,200	$7,600	$0 3rd place: $10,000	$7,600 11 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. CITIES	WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE	BESTSELLERS	LAST YEAR'S NEWS	PHYSICS	"MID" TERMS
$200 [15] The game properties in classic Monopoly were named for streets in this city Atlantic City Casey	$200 [16] This handsome hunk played basketball at USC long before “Magnum, P.I.” made him a star Tom Selleck Casey Vicky	$200 [21] Oprah picked this Tolstoy tragedy about an unhappy family for her book club Anna Karenina Ari	$200 [19] This government department recommended duct tape & plastic sheets to seal a room against a chemical attack the Department of Homeland Security Vicky	$200 [5] It’s the point of maximum velocity in a pendulum’s swing the bottom of the arc in equilibrium Casey	$200 [8] Cinderella's deadline midnight Ari
$400 [14] It’s easy to recognize this city’s skyline--see the Sears Tower? Chicago Ari	$400 [17] This “Alien” star has been a close pal of playwright Christopher Durang ever since they were drama students at Yale Sigourney Weaver Casey Vicky	$400 [30] This weepie by Nicholas Sparks was made into a film starring Ryan Gosling & Rachel McAdams The Notebook Vicky	$400 [26] Donald Rumsfeld called these 2 countries “Old Europe” after they opposed military action against Iraq Germany and France Vicky	$400 [4] After trying to measure this with signals between himself & an assistant, Galileo decided it was infinite The speed of light Casey Vicky	$400 [9] A crop top is designed to leave this part of the body bare the midriff Casey
$600 [13] This seat of Indiana University may have been named for its flowers or for an early settler Bloomington Casey Ari	$600 [18] He was in college in ’74 when he became a weekend weatherman in Syracuse; today he’s on the “Today” show Al Roker Casey	$600 [25] The title of this series by Tim Lahaye & Jerry B. Jenkins refers to the people who remain on Earth after the rapture Left Behind Vicky	$600 [27] Democratic house members fled this state in order to block republicans from redrawing congressional districts Texas Ari	$600 [3] (Jimmy and Sarah of the Clue Crew pull on cords of different thicknesses.) Seven letter word for the type of strength, based on the cohesion of molecules, that varies in different materials tensile Casey	$600 [10] This word completes the proverb “Don’t change horses in...” midstream Casey
$800 [12] The heart of French Louisiana & the unofficial capital of the Cajun country is this city named for a French patriot Lafayette	$800 [20] Joan Cusack performed with an improv group while studying at this school in Madison University of Wisconsin Casey	$800 [24] The narrator of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time” has this developmental condition autism Ari	$800 [28] The FDA said it would ban dietary supplements containing this after a baseball player's death was linked to it ephedra Ari	$800 [2] The zeroth law of this says 2 bodies each in thermal equilibrium with a 3rd are in thermal equilibrium with each other thermodynamics Casey	$800 [7] Even Rachel in the Bible had one of these women to help her deliver her baby a midwife Ari
DD $4,200 [11] On a “table” of Arizona’s most populous cities, this one would be listed third Mesa Casey	$1,000 [23] Meryl Streep starred in a campus production of “Miss Julie” as an undergrad at this Poughkeepsie college Vassar	$1,000 [22] Azar Nafisi’s “Memoir in Books” is called “Reading” this Nabokov classic “in Tehran” Lolita Vicky	$1,000 [29] The America’s Cup was won for the first time by a European country: ironically this landlocked nation Switzerland Ari	$1,000 [1] Thisrepresents the direction and the magnitude, by the arrow’s length, of certain quantities a vector Casey	$1,000 [6] It’s where your tympanic membrane is located the middle ear Casey

Double Jeopardy! Round

REMAINS TO BE SEEN	A QUICKIE WITH SUPERMAN	THIS MEANS WAR	COOKING	TOOLS OF THE TRADE	E BEFORE I
$400 [29] Excavations at this city destroyed by Vesuvius have revealed people trapped in time Pompeii Casey	$400 [15] In 2001 this "Clark Kent before he was Superman" series debuted on the WB Smallville Vicky	$400 [23] In 2001 Teddy Roosevelt received a posthumous Medal of Honor for his actions during this war the Spanish-American War Casey	$400 [1] To make this basis of soup, simmer chicken parts for 3 hours, with frequent skimming, or drop a cube into water broth (or stock) Ari	$400 [17] Zwilling J. A. Henckels will sell the aspiring chef an 18-piece block set of these knives Casey	$400 [11] Goods or cargo transported commercially freight Casey
$800 [30] Today on display in an Italian museum, the body of a 5,300-year-old man was found in 1991 thawing out in these mountains the Alps Casey	$800 [14] In 1996 in the comics, Superman finally married her Lois Lane Casey	$800 [28] Legend has it that this war lasted for 10 years, ending in 1184 B.C. the Trojan War	$800 [2] If you put too much of this into a dish, drop in a peeled potato to absorb it salt Casey	$800 [16] Firefighters' equipment includes axes and this modified "bar" that operates as a lever a crowbar Vicky	$1,200 [9] The leader of an Arab tribe or village a sheikh Ari
$1,200 [26] The philosopher Jeremy Bentham, who died in 1832, is kept in a glass case at University College in this British city London Casey Ari	$1,200 [13] His cub reporter buddy at the Daily Planet newspaper Jimmy (Olsen) Ari	$1,200 [27] It began in 1899 when the Orange Free State & South African Republic declared war on Britain the Boer War Ari	$1,200 [5] An egg that spins merrily & easily on the counter tells you it's this hard-boiled Casey Vicky	$1,200 [20] Professional whose tool kit would most likely include a multimeter & a wire stripper electrician Casey	$1,600 [8] He's the missionary & humanitarian seen here Albert Schweitzer Ari
$1,600 [25] The body of this "Common Sense" author was taken to be put on display in England, but eventually his remains were lost (Thomas) Paine Ari	$1,600 [12] Superman vows a never-ending fight for "truth, justice and" this the American Way (freedom also accepted) Casey	$1,600 [24] The 7th Earl of Cardigan saw his famous light brigade decimated in the Battle of Balaklava in this war the Crimean War Casey	$1,600 [6] For vegetarians, instead of vitello alla parmigiana, veal parmesean, make malanzine alla parmigiana, this eggplant Ari	$2,000 [18] To achieve the surf style on one of these, use a whammy bar a guitar Casey	$2,000 [3] In November 1942 Montgomery's troops scored a major victory at this northern Egyptian town El Alamein Casey
$2,000 [21] This patron saint of Lourdes'bodyhas remained unchanged in its glass display case since her death in 1879 Saint Bernadette	$2,000 [4] In the 1978 movie, Gene Hackman played this villain & perpetual thorn in Superman's side Lex Luthor Vicky	$2,000 [22] The second of these wars between ancient Rome & Carthage is also known as the Hannibalic war the Punic Wars Ari	$2,000 [7] You'll want to remove the stem and possibly the gills before cooking with this jumbo-sized mushroom portobello Ari	DD $4,400 [19] Tusa's visio, with a polycarbonate frame, is this piece of scuba equipment a mask Casey	DD $2,500 [10] Chaing Kai-shek Memorial Hall is located in this capital Taipei Ari

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENCE NEWS

In June 2000 Bill Clinton described it as "the most wondrous map ever produced"

the human genome

Vicky "What" — wagered $7,600

Casey "What is the human genome?" — wagered $5,133

Ari "What is the human genome project?" — wagered $8,301

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