Show #4651 2004-11-22 (taped 2004-10-10) College Championship

2004 College Championship final game 1.

Contestants

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

Rachel McCool — a sophomore at Dickinson College from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Kermin Fleming — a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kermin	$1,200	$9,400	$17,400	$13,800	$15,800 25 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Rachel	$2,800	$5,000	$5,800	$2,000	$5,800 14 R, 4 W
Ari	$1,200	$1,200	$8,800	$2,600	$8,800 10 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

PLACES FOR ANIMALS	STUPID ANSWERS	ROAD TRIPPING	UNITS OF MEASURE	WORD ORIGINS	PITTSBURGH STEELERS, PIRATES & PENGUINS
$200 [2] It can precede "anemone" or "cow" sea Kermin	$200 [9] In 2002 Melissa Gilbert was reelected president of this guild formed by actors of the silver screen the Screen Actors Guild Rachel	$200 [29] Just west of Davenport, the Iowa-80, one of these refuges for big rigs, features a dentist & barber shop a truck stop Kermin	$200 [30] To convert pints into these metric units of liquid measure, multiply by .47 a liter Kermin	$200 [4] This light wood gets its name from the Spanish for "raft" because people in the tropics have used its logs for rafts balsa Kermin	$200 [1] This Puerto Rican Hall of Fame outfielder won 12 consecutive Gold Gloves during his 18-year career (Roberto) Clemente Ari
$400 [6] This leopard lives at nearly 20,000 feet in Central Asia a snow leopard Kermin	$400 [10] The flag of the Organization of American States has 35 different ones of these on it flags Ari	$400 [28] Going west from Fargo, it's a 193-mile straight shot (about as straight as it gets) on I-94 to this state capital Bismarck Kermin	$400 [24] This unit of weight used for gemstones equals 200 milligrams carat Kermin	$400 [20] The gigantic statue at Rhodes, one of the 7 ancient wonders, gave us this adjective meaning gigantic colossal Rachel	$400 [3] A 10-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle, he wasn't so "Mean" when he tossed a kid his jersey in a Coke ad Joe Greene Rachel
$600 [14] Over 1,500 species of worm are named for this habitat the earth Kermin	$600 [11] The great-grandson of a slave, he was the first black mayor of Washington, D.C. Walter Washington Kermin Rachel	$600 [25] In Santa Fe, visit the USA's only art museum of international stature devoted to a single woman: her Georgia O'Keeffe Kermin	$600 [15] This unit for measuring type size was invented in 1737 by Pierre Simon Fournier point Kermin	$600 [21] Originally used to designate an errand boy, it was introduced into Scotland by golfer Mary, Queen of Scots a caddy Kermin	$600 [5] This "Miracle on Ice" coach was the Penguin's head man in 1999 & 2000 (Herb) Brooks Ari
$800 [18] Grassy field that joins with "lark" meadow Rachel	$800 [12] The very farthest west you can drive in the Florida Keys is to this island Key West Rachel	$1,000 [27] You can camp at Mazam Village when visiting this Northwestern body of water seen here Crater Lake Kermin	$800 [16] Both the ounce & this unit of measure get their names from the Latin uncia, "twelfth part" the inch	$800 [22] The Greek word "iota" gave us this 3-letter word that means to write down hastily jot Kermin	$800 [7] Thomas Henderson said this Steeler QB "couldn't spell cat if you spotted him the C & the A", but he still won 4 Super Bowls Terry Bradshaw Kermin
$1,000 [19] This word refers to extreme opposites or a type of bear polar Rachel	$1,000 [13] (Cheryl and Sofia of the Clue Crew shoot some skeet.) "Pull!" You should know the name of the person who releases the target in trap shooting the puller Kermin Rachel	DD $2,000 [26] There's a hang-gliding school named for this 2-word North Carolina town that became famous in 1903 Kitty Hawk Kermin	$1,000 [17] By pedaling with all your might for a few minutes you can generate 250 watts, or barely one-third of this unit horsepower Kermin	$1,000 [23] They got their name from the wooden sandals worn by the French court to protect shoes on rainy days galoshes Kermin	$1,000 [8] You might see why this coach, seen here, tends to lead with this chin Bill Cowher Rachel

Double Jeopardy! Round

CLIFFS NOTES	I HEAR YOU CALLING	ROYAL SCANDALS	A REAL RHODES SCHOLAR	STEELERS, PIRATES & PENGUINS	X GAMES
$400 [10] The poet & his buddy Virgil spend some time in Hell, a fate you avoided by buying our version of this classic The Divine Comedy Rachel	$400 [21] When this singerrings, it means she needs a partner for her Kabbalah class Madonna Kermin	$400 [2] "Drool Brittania" might have been a better anthem for this English king who went insane & also lost the American colonies George III Ari	$400 [15] A Rhodes Scholar, Howard Florey, led a research team at Oxford that discovered a way to mass-produce this antibiotic penicillin Kermin	$400 [1] A "Steel-drivin' Man" who helped dig the Big Bend tunnel in the 1870s is said to be the basis of this folklore legend John Henry Rachel	$800 [24] In Britain, if you need these well-placed friends to land a job, they'd be spelled with an X instead of the CT connections Rachel
$800 [11] John Bunyan classic that we suspect has sold more "Cliffs Notes" copies than the real thing Pilgrim's Progress Ari	$1,200 [25] It's "The Long Road" back to Canada when this bandcalls Nickelback	$800 [3] This French dictator's sister Pauline was so scandalous, you might say her specialty was "Foreign Affairs" Napoleon Kermin	$800 [16] Robert Reich met this man on the voyage to Oxford, where both were Rhodes Scholars, & later served as his Secretary of Labor Bill Clinton Ari	$800 [4] In 1718 the British Navy took a little too much off the top of this pirate, captain of the Queen Anne's Revenge Blackbeard Kermin Ari	$1,200 [22] Add an X to a word meaning "a system of laws" to get this term for an early type of book a codex
$1,200 [14] Any 1 of the 3 Moliere plays which--admit it--you've only read in "Cliffs Notes" (1 of) The Misanthrope , Tartuffe or Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Kermin Ari	—	$1,200 [7] Julia, the daughter of this first Roman emperor, was so outrageous he had her banished from Rome Augustus Rachel	$1,200 [18] This 2004 presidential hopeful graduated first in his class at West Point and was a Rhodes Scholar Gen. Clark Ari	$1,200 [5] Maxing out at about 4 feet tall, this largest type of penguin can weigh 100 pounds an emperor penguin Kermin	$1,600 [23] In Roman numerals, one-fifth of CL is this saucy-looking result XXX
$1,600 [13] Unlike Pangloss, this title character finally wises up, like you did when you got our version of this classic Candide Rachel	—	$1,600 [8] Called "The Merry Monarch", this English king had 14 children by mistresses, but failed to sire a legal heir Charles II Rachel	$1,600 [19] This American astronomer for whom a telescope is named studied law as a Rhodes Scholar Hubble Kermin	DD $2,000 [6] Set in a coastal town in Cornwall, this Gilbert and Sullivan operetta premiered in 1879 The Pirates of Penzance Kermin	—
$2,000 [12] Joyce classic about the Earwicker family... uh, maybe... okay, we admit it; we haven't read it either Finnegan's Wake Rachel Ari	—	$2,000 [9] This Hungarian piano virtuoso was scandalously involved with the married princess Carolyn Sayn-Wittgenstein Franz Liszt Rachel	$2,000 [17] This International Exchange Scholarship is named for the U.S. Senator, a Rhodes Scholar, who sponsored it the Fulbright Scholarship Kermin Rachel	$2,000 [20] In 1901, merging with this steeler, J.P. Morgan said, "I congratulate you on being the richest man in the world" Andrew Carnegie Ari	—

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY AMERICANS

At the dedication of a fountain at Radcliffe College in 1960, she began her speech with the single word "Water"

Helen Keller

Rachel "Who is Rachel Carson?" — wagered $3,800

Ari "Who is Carson?" — wagered $6,200

Kermin "Who is Rachel Carson?" — wagered $3,600

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