Show #2648 1996-02-21 (taped 1996-01-10) College Championship

1996 College Championship semifinal game 3.

Contestants

Brian Gondos — a sophomore from the University of Pennsylvania

Vandana Madhavan — a sophomore from Harvard University

Bill Lee — a sophomore from the University of Washington

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Bill	$1,700	$3,800	$8,800	$4,199 3rd place: $5,000	$9,000 27 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Vandana	$1,400	$2,300	$6,700	$13,400 Finalist	$6,500 13 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Brian	$900	$1,900	$5,300	$10,500 2nd place: $5,000	$5,300 15 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE PLANETS	CELEBRITY ALUMNI	TRAVEL U.S.A.	PASTIMES	ANCIENT ROME	COMMON BONDS
$100 [6] It completes one rotation on its axis every 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.09 seconds the Earth Bill	$100 [30] This "Tonight Show" host spent 3 days in the Emerson College dean's office to convince the dean to accept him Jay Leno Bill	$100 [11] The volcano in front of this Nevada city's Mirage Hotel erupts every 15 minutes from dusk to midnight Las Vegas Brian	$100 [21] Yo! The 1996 Players Dictionary for this game now includes the word yo Scrabble Bill	$100 [16] Suetonius says this emperor sang while Rome burned & his last words were "What an artist dies with me" Nero Bill	$100 [1] Costume, surprise, slumber a party Brian
$200 [7] Meteorites believed to be from this "red planet" were found in Antarctica in the 1980s Mars Bill	$200 [29] Andrew Shue, who plays Billy Campbell on this series, majored in History at Dartmouth Melrose Place Bill	$200 [12] Made to look like a snow-covered ski resort, Blizzard Beach is the newest water park at this Florida theme park Disney World Bill	$200 [22] It's the art of making rugs or textiles on a loom weaving Bill	$200 [17] In 313 Constantine declared this religion legal Christianity Brian	$200 [2] Santa Fe, Oregon, Chisholm Trails Brian
$300 [8] It was the last of the 9 planets discovered Pluto Bill	$300 [26] Purchase College graduate Steven Weber is flying high as Tim Daly's brother on this sitcom Wings Bill	$300 [13] A wild roller coaster called Jaguar! careens across 1/6 of this "fruity" California theme park Knott's Berry Farm Brian	$300 [23] If you can stomach it, it's the sport of plunging from tall heights attached to an elasticized cord bungee jumping Bill	$300 [18] About 40 of these underground cemeteries stretch approximately 350 miles around Rome catacombs Brian	$300 [3] Reuben, club, hero a sandwich Brian
$400 [9] This planet's features include a mountain ridge called Aphrodite & a crater called Cleopatra Venus Vandana	$400 [27] Glenn Close earned her Phi Beta Kappa key while a drama student at this Williamsburg, Virginia school William and Mary Vandana	$400 [14] Made famous by a Julia Roberts film, Mystic Pizza is located in Mystic in this New England state Connecticut Brian	$400 [24] Rollerblading is properly referred to as this type of skating inline skating Bill	$400 [19] Coins celebrating Julius Caesar's murder had 2 daggers on them & "Eid-Mar", short for this the Ides of March Bill	$400 [4] A thermometer, a novel, the riot act things you read Bill
DD $500 [10] A comet first sighted in 1993 bombarded this planet with fragments in 1994 Jupiter Vandana	$500 [28] Raised in Yankton, South Dakota, this NBC anchorman is a graduate of the University of South Dakota Tom Brokaw Brian	$500 [15] Kilgore College in this state has a museum devoted to the Kilgore Rangerettes Drill team Texas Vandana	$500 [25] This Japanese art of paper folding is occasionally used to teach students solid geometry origami Bill	$500 [20] There were few statues of this goddess of the hearth; she was represented by an eternal flame Vesta Bill Vandana	$500 [5] Pulp, crown, root parts of the teeth Bill Brian

Double Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY AMERICA	ANIMALS	LANGUAGES	THE OLYMPICS	NOTABLE NAMES	POETS & POETRY
$200 [30] This Nation of Islam minister led the Million Man March in Washington, D.C. October 16, 1995 (Louis) Farrakhan Brian	$200 [2] Part of the scientific name for this marsupial is from 2 Greek words for "pouch" & "bear" koala bear Brian	$200 [9] Most of the people in this African country speak Kinyarwanda, a Bantu language Rwanda Bill Vandana	$200 [6] Patricia McCormick was the first to win both platform & springboard gold in this sport in 2 Olympics diving Vandana	$200 [7] This creator of a writing system for the blind was an accomplished musician Braille Bill	$200 [8] All the stanzas of this Poe poem end with "nothing more", "evermore" or "nevermore" The Raven Vandana
DD $200 [26] In 1915 this city celebrated its rebirth from a fire as well as the opening of the Panama Canal San Francisco Bill	$400 [18] During religious festivals, the Incas sacrificed this beast of burden to their gods llamas Vandana	$400 [22] Of Manx, Welsh & Gaelic, the language with the fewest speakers Manx Bill	$400 [5] This team sport played in a pool has been an Olympic event since 1900 water polo Bill Brian	$400 [14] In 1995 this first woman on the Supreme Court was named to the National Women's Hall of Fame Sandra Day O'Connor Bill	$400 [10] In the Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem, it completes the line that begins, "How do I love thee?" "Let me count the ways" Bill
$400 [29] On December 10, 1915, this company's one millionth automobile rolled off the assembly line Ford Motor Company Bill	$600 [19] With the bonobo, it makes up the genus Pan in the great ape family the chimpanzee Bill	$600 [23] The speech of Tuscany has long been considered the most prestigious form of this modern language Italian Bill	$600 [3] This British ice dancing team won a bronze medal in Lillehammer after several years as professionals Torvill and Dean Vandana	$600 [15] In the late 1940s, with the help of students from Black Mountain College, he build his 1st large geodesic dome Buckminster Fuller Vandana	$600 [11] Emma Lazarus wrote, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to" do this "breathe free" Bill
$600 [28] On Wake Island in October 1950, President Truman met this general for the first time to discuss the Korean War MacArthur Bill	$800 [20] The horns on the Grant's species of this graceful antelope may reach 30 inches or longer gazelles Vandana	$800 [24] Dialects of this language include Gulf, Maghrebi & Egyptian Arabic Brian	$800 [1] This swimmer took a silver, a bronze & 2 golds at the 1968 games before his 7 gold medals in 1972 Mark Spitz Vandana	DD $1,000 [16] He published his "English Dictionary" more than 70 years before Webster's "American Dictionary" (Samuel) Johnson Vandana	$800 [12] His "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" inspired a Broadway musical T.S. Eliot Brian
$800 [27] On May 3, 1973 this 110-story Chicago building topped out at 1,450 feet the Sears Tower Bill	$1,000 [21] This whale is known for its exceptionally long flippers, which may be 1/3 as long as its body a humpback whale	$1,000 [25] Transdanubian & Paloc are dialects of Magyar, the official language of this country Hungary Bill	$1,000 [4] Many consider Bob Beamon's 1968 record in this event the greatest performance ever in track & field the long jump Brian	$1,000 [17] In 1976 these 2 Steves founded Apple Computer, Inc. Jobs & Wozniak	$1,000 [13] "They also serve who only stand and wait" is from this poet's "On His Blindness" (John) Milton Bill

Final Jeopardy!

BRITISH MONARCHS

She was the niece of the last Hanoverian king

Victoria

Brian "Who is Victoria?" — wagered $5,200

Vandana "Who Queen Victoria? Hi Michal!" — wagered $6,700

Bill "Who is Queen Elizabeth II?" — wagered $4,601

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