Show #7474 2017-02-23 (taped 2017-01-11) College Championship

2017 College Championship final game 1.

Contestants

Viraj Mehta — a junior at Stanford University from Austin, Texas

Gary Tse — a freshman at the United States Naval Academy from Ellicott City, Maryland

Lilly Chin — a senior at MIT from Decatur, Georgia

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Lilly	$-200	$2,000	$16,400	$20,400	$14,800 17 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Gary	$3,200	$3,400	$12,600	$24,945	$12,600 16 R, 2 W
Viraj	$3,600	$4,400	$11,200	$8,482	$10,800 16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

YOU KIDS TODAY!	SPEED READING	BUSINESS	TV REALITY CHECK	MY "BA-E"	19th CENTURY AMERICA
$200 [27] I think you like ink: 3 in 10 Americans have one of these today, up from 2 in 10 less than 5 years ago a tattoo Lilly	$200 [28] Eric Schlosser:"____ Food Nation" Fast Gary	$200 [29] This company calls its Mustang "#1 sports car for over 45 years" Ford Lilly	$200 [8] Palau, Micronesia & Vanuatu have all been exotic settings for this TV show Survivor Viraj	$200 [25] The name of this operatic voice is from the Greek for "deep-sounding" baritone Lilly	$400 [13] Until the California Gold Rush in 1849, this largest North Carolina city was the center of the USA's gold production Charlotte Viraj
$400 [26] You're not rushing to the plow, as the average age of this occupation is up from 51 in 1982 to near 60 today farming Viraj	$400 [20] Maira Kalman & Daniel Handler:"____ Up and Wait" Hurry Gary	$400 [21] A crown symbolizes this company that produces 10,000 new & redesigned greeting cards a year Hallmark Gary	$400 [10] If you've been "Keeping Up with the Kardashians", you'll know she's the oldest of the 3 sisters Kourtney Gary Viraj	$400 [24] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Ryan Murphy captured gold medals in the 100- & 200-meter this backstroke Viraj	$800 [14] In 1895 Secretary of State Richard Olney said this doctrine allowed us to intervene in intl. disputes in the W. Hemisphere the Monroe Doctrine Viraj
$600 [5] Kelley Blue Book research shows that 97% of teens have or want this document that some millennials scorned a driver's license Viraj	$600 [18] Stephen Hawking:"A ____ History of Time" Brief Lilly	$600 [7] This biotech biggie was founded in 1980 as Applied Molecular Genetics Amgen Gary Viraj	$600 [11] On "Deadliest Catch", crews risk life & limb to catch these, like the snow or the king a crab Lilly	$600 [1] It's a massive bombardment of missiles, as seen here, or of criticism barrage Viraj	DD $1,000 [19] On January 8, 1863 ground was broken in Sacramento for this; ground was broken for it in Omaha 11 months later the Trans-Continental Railway Lilly
$800 [2] Oldsters don't love this political philosophy defined by Bernie Sanders in a Nov. 19, 2015 speech; kids like it more socialism Gary	$800 [3] Louis L'Amour:"The ____ and the Dead" Quick	$800 [4] This British billionaire gave a TED Talk entitled "Life at 30,000 Feet" Richard Branson Gary	$800 [22] These 2 coaches on "The Voice" have been there for all 12 seasons of the show Adam Levine & Blake Shelton Gary	$800 [9] It's the longer, fancier name for a bachelor's degree a baccalaureate Lilly Gary	$1,000 [15] This "stately" act of 1854 repealed the Missouri Compromise's restrictions on slavery the Kansas-Nebraska Act Gary
$1,000 [16] Percentages of 2012 graduates carrying loans were 66 for public colleges & 88 for this type of private college for-profit colleges Lilly	$1,000 [17] Victor Appleton II:"Tom ____ and His Thermo-Ion Jetpack" Swift Lilly	$1,000 [6] This 5-letter company began in 1903 as a wholesale cheese business Kraft Viraj	$1,000 [23] "You are evicted" is the elimination catchphrase on this reality TV show Big Brother	$1,000 [12] Almost all aluminum comes from this ore bauxite Viraj	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

StubHub SUBCULTURES	STRAIT TALK	WHO'S WHO IN THE BIBLE	ORGANIZATIONS	QUITE A VOCABULARY	IN THAT HEAD
$400 [24] Stub Hub sells tickets to this "incendiary" Nevada festival that bills itself as "a city in the desert" Burning Man Viraj	$400 [30] The exploration of the Bass Strait in 1798 proved that this island was not part of the Australian mainland Tasmania Viraj	$400 [16] At the Burning Bush, God told him to take off his shoes, "for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground" Moses Lilly	$400 [28] curealz.org is the website for the fund to cure this dreadful disease Alzheimer's Gary	$400 [29] Vocation means a job; this word, 1 letter longer, means a hobby avocation	$400 [27] The adult mouth has 12 of these large, flat teeth to grind food molar Lilly
$800 [17] Fans can grab tickets to "Toruk--The First Flight", Cirque du Soleil's show inspired by this James Cameron sci-fi epic Avatar Gary	$800 [25] The shortest distance across this strait lies between Cap Gris Nez in France & Shakespeare Beach in Britain Dover Strait Viraj	$800 [13] This big guy told Saul's army, "Give me a man, that we may fight together" Goliath Gary	$1,200 [2] This organization traces its roots to Margaret Sanger's birth control movement Planned Parenthood Viraj	$800 [6] The Latin arca, "chest", gives us this word meaning secret or mysterious arcane Gary	$800 [26] This photoreceptive area of sensitive nerve tissue covers 2/3 of the back of the eye a retina Lilly
$1,200 [9] At PAX East in 2017 you can watch play on the Fields of Justice in this alliterative arena game--book early! League of Legends Lilly	$1,200 [8] The Detroit River is actually a strait connecting Lake St. Clair with this Great Lake Lake Erie Viraj	$1,200 [12] A 1640 painting is entitled "The Repentant" this once-bad woman who became devoted to Christ Mary Magdalene Gary	$1,600 [3] Peter Scott created the panda logo used by this group that protects endangered species the WWF (the World Wildlife Fund) Gary	$1,200 [4] Last name of actor Taylor, or the vulgar quality of projects he avoids Kitsch	$1,200 [18] The genioglossus muscle helps this other important muscle to protrude & pull back the tongue Viraj
$1,600 [10] Sal, Murr, Joe & Q, aka these guys, do crazy pranks & have some crazier fans; see them on their national tour the Impractical Jokers	DD $2,000 [19] Amchitka Pass lies between the Rat Islands & the Andreanof Islands in this Alaskan archipelago the Aleutian Islands Viraj	$1,600 [1] For committing murder, he was exiled to "the Land of Nod, on the east of Eden" Cain Gary	DD $2,000 [23] The Scopes trial was a famous test case for this group that champions free speech the ACLU (the American Civil Liberties Union) Lilly	$1,600 [5] It can mean a break from production for a TV show or a space within a body part hiatus	$1,600 [22] The eyes are enclosed in eye sockets, also known as these, like the paths of satellites orbits Lilly
$2,000 [15] If you're just a juggalo, don't despair; Stub Hub has you covered for this band's 2017 Florida dates the Insane Clown Posse Lilly	$2,000 [20] Iran & Oman share territorial rights over the waters of this strategic strait the Strait of Hormuz Gary	$2,000 [11] His jealous rivals should have seen the handwriting on the wall when the lions failed to eat him Daniel Lilly	$2,000 [14] Barry Scheck co-founded this "Project" that uses DNA testing to exonerate the wrongfully convicted the Innocence Project Lilly	$2,000 [7] Business prof Clayton Christensen put it before "technology" as a buzzword for an innovation that shakes things up disruptive Viraj	$2,000 [21] The thalamus relays messages to the cerebral this, the outer layer of gray matter cortex Lilly

Final Jeopardy!

SHAKESPEARE CHARACTERS

About himself he says, "Since the heavens have shap'd my body so, let hell make crook'd my mind to answer it"

Richard III

Viraj "Who is Iago?" — wagered $2,718

Gary "Who's Richard III?" — wagered $12,345

Lilly "Who is Richard III" — wagered $4,000

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