2017 College Championship semifinal game 3.
Mari Hanley — a junior at Stetson University from Lighthouse Point, Florida
Netanel Paley — a senior at Yeshiva University from Teaneck, New Jersey
Gary Tse — a freshman at the United States Naval Academy from Ellicott City, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary | $2,800 | $5,395 | $22,995 |
$15,989
Finalist |
$23,000
24 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Netanel | $2,200 | $2,600 | $15,000 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 |
$10,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Mari | $1,000 | $5,200 | $15,000 |
$5,000
2nd place: $10,000 |
$12,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| ESSAY TEST | FINANCIAL LITERACY | WHAT'S THAT SONG? | MIDDLE I | ON TO GRAD SCHOOL | I'M WITH HER |
|
$200
[1]
"Two essays written in 1842 and 1844" by this man laid "the foundations of the origin of species"
Darwin
Gary
|
DD
$5
[29]
The two guys seen here, or the 2010 law named for them, meant to reduce the risk of bank failures
(Barney) Frank & (Christopher) Dodd
Gary
|
$200
[6]
Picture it: Ed Sheeran wrote this hit about a memento of love while building a Lego X-Wing fighter in a hotel room
"Photograph"
Netanel
|
$200
[15]
To tell a trivial lie
fib
Netanel
|
$200
[24]
Probe the mind with a UCLA Ph.D. after getting trained in clinical, cognitive or social this field
psychology
Gary
|
$200
[19]
I'm the lyre-playing hero who went to rescue my wife Eurydice from Hades
Orpheus
Mari
|
|
$400
[2]
In this essay, Virginia Woolf said that a woman must have money & the title place "if she is to write fiction"
A Room of One's Own
Gary
|
$200
[11]
Your credit card's APR tells what the money you're borrowing costs each year, including any fees but mainly this
interest
Gary
|
$400
[7]
Meghan Trainor's title advice for how to respond to a boy who "ain't giving up"? This word
"No"
Mari
|
$400
[30]
A type of broom, or an egg beater
a whisk
Netanel
|
$400
[25]
Initially, the 2017 U.S. News grad school rankings put this "Bay State" school at the top for engineering
MIT
Mari
|
$400
[20]
I'm the prince of a guy who accepted my first cousin Victoria's marriage proposal on October 15, 1839
Albert
Mari
|
|
$600
[3]
In the 12th of these essays, Alexander Hamilton argued for "The Utility of the Union In Respect to Revenue"
the Federalist Papers
Gary
|
$400
[12]
If your health insurance carries a $500 this, you're out 5 bills to the doctor before the insurer pays a dime
a deductible
Mari
|
$600
[8]
Nurse! Shawn Mendes needs the "needle & the thread" in this Top 10 hit
"Stitches"
Gary
|
$600
[16]
Preaching often accompanies this evangelical assembly
a revival
|
$600
[26]
The MBA, it's fantastic! In 1970 this biz school at Penn offered the first MBA program in health care management
Wharton
Gary
|
$600
[21]
I'm the nephew of King Mark of Cornwall who loves Isolde
Tristan
Mari
|
|
$800
[4]
This transcendentalist preached the ethics of "Self-Reliance" in an essay with that title
(Ralph Waldo) Emerson
Gary
Mari
|
$600
[13]
Since the 1600s this word has meant a situation where stock values are inflated beyond their actual worth
a bubble
|
$800
[9]
In a Top 10 hit by Walk the Moon, it's the woman's title response to an overly garrulous singer
"Shut Up And Dance"
Netanel
|
$800
[17]
Instinctive knowledge or belief; "woman's" is said to be keen
intuition
Mari
|
$800
[27]
You'll learn how to use "Big Red" if you get an MFA at this Ivy League school founded in 1865
Cornell
Mari
|
$800
[22]
I married my second wife, Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela, during my trial for treason
Mandela
Gary
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Camus wrote the philosophical essay "The Myth of" him, punished to roll a stone uphill only to have it roll down again
Sisyphus
Netanel
|
$800
[14]
After a certain time with an employer, you're fully this, entitled to the benefits of your pension plan
vested
|
$1,000
[10]
Omi was rah rah for this title gal who was "always right there when I need her"
"Cheerleader"
Mari
|
$1,000
[18]
This official rebuke or censure is often quite severe
reprimand
|
$1,000
[28]
The National Endowment for these helped create Marshall's grad program in these, uniting lit, history & culture
the Humanities
Gary
|
$1,000
[23]
I'm the Virginia planter who married Pocahontas
John Rolfe
Mari
|
| "S.A." TEST | LEONARDO DiCAPRIO MOVIES | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | ELEMENT-IUM | POETS & POETRY | ALL ABOOT CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY |
|
$400
[20]
Fire departments say when you reset your clock for daylight saving time, also change the batteries in these
smoke alarm
Mari
|
$400
[30]
Last name of Leo's title role in "J. Edgar"
Hoover
Gary
|
$400
[15]
A 1952 bill designated September 17 as Citizenship Day to coincide with the 1787 signing of this
the Constitution
Gary
|
$400
[28]
On the periodic table, it's the first element to have a 2-letter symbol
helium
Netanel
|
$400
[10]
He penned the lines "The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep"
Robert Frost
Netanel
|
$400
[4]
Ontario's area is 400,000-plus square miles but 1/5 of its population lives in this city
Toronto
Netanel
|
|
$800
[29]
This period of modern history is said to have begun on October 4, 1957, when the Soviets launched Sputnik I
the Space Age
Mari
|
$800
[19]
This 1820s-set tale won Leo his first Oscar
The Revenant
Gary
|
$800
[14]
On this day in 1996 Taco Bell announced it had bought the Liberty Bell & was going to rename it the Taco Liberty Bell
April Fools' Day
Mari
|
$800
[27]
In nature, it occurs in 3 isotopes: 234, 235 & 238
uranium
Gary
|
$800
[9]
"That is no country for old men", begins this Irishman's poem "Sailing to Byzantium"
(William Butler) Yeats
Gary
|
$800
[3]
The southern border of this westernmost province touches Idaho & Montana
British Columbia
Gary
|
|
$1,200
[23]
This Hebrew greeting means "peace be with you"
shalom alechem
Netanel
Mari
|
$1,200
[18]
This 2013 movie had Margot Robbie keeping businessman Leo at foot's length
The Wolf of Wall Street
Netanel
|
$1,200
[11]
Taking place about 6 weeks before Easter, this day begins a season of fasting & prayer
Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent)
Mari
|
$1,600
[25]
It's used for rechargeable batteries; in a Nirvana song, its lyrics include "I love you, I'm not gonna crack"
lithium
Gary
|
$1,200
[6]
The City College of New York hosts an annual festival celebrating the legacy of this poet laureate of Harlem
(Langston) Hughes
Gary
|
$1,200
[2]
Take the combined area of the Great Lakes, multiply that by 3, & you're still short of this bay named for an English explorer
the Hudson Bay
Netanel
|
|
$1,600
[21]
Itlooks like a flower, but it's actually an aquatic invertebrate
a sea anemone
Netanel
|
$1,600
[16]
Leo & Matt Damon have competing squad goals as Boston cops in this drama
The Departed
Gary
|
$1,600
[12]
President Harding honored this British woman by endorsing her birthday, May 12, to be Natl. Hospital Day
Florence Nightingale
Mari
|
$2,000
[26]
The 40 isotope of this element is radioactive; isn't that bananas?
potassium
Gary
|
$1,600
[7]
In a poem by William Carlos Williams, it's easy to visualize this title object "glazed with rain water beside the white chickens"
the red wheelbarrow
Gary
|
$1,600
[1]
On the Canadian-U.S. border, this seaway serving Thunder Bay & Hamilton, among others, took 5 years to build
the St. Lawrence
Gary
|
|
$2,000
[22]
In 2011 the body of this first socialist president of Chile was exhumed; an autopsy confirmed he'd committed suicide
Salvador Allende
Gary
|
$2,000
[17]
This 1998 adaptation had Porthos wanting to replace French king Leo with non-French king Leo
The Man in the Iron Mask
Mari
|
DD
$5,000
[13]
Technically, June 17 in Massachusetts should be called Breed's Hill Day instead of this
Bunker Hill Day
Mari
|
DD
$6,000
[24]
Got milk? Yes? Then also got atomic No. 20, this
calcium
Netanel
|
$2,000
[8]
In the 1650s he wrote a very personal sonnet, "On His Blindness"
(John) Milton
Gary
|
$2,000
[5]
X-Man Wolverine knows this Yukon mount is almost 20,000' high & has the largest base circumference of any mountain
Mount Logan
|
Year the New York World lamented, "The age of statesmen is gone... The age of rail-splitters and tailors... has succeeded"
1864