Show #4652 2004-11-23 (taped 2004-10-10) College Championship

2004 College Championship final game 2.

Contestants

Ari Schoenholtz — a senior at Williams College from Bethesda, Maryland (subtotal of $2,600)

Rachel McCool — a sophomore at Dickinson College from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (subtotal of $2,000)

Kermin Fleming — a junior at Carnegie Mellon University from Lexington, Kentucky (subtotal of $13,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Kermin	$4,200	$6,600	$13,800	$13,353	$14,200 20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Rachel	$200	$2,800	$4,800	$800	$4,800 13 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Ari	$-400	$200	$3,200	$2,199	$11,400 17 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

MY NAME IS ALEX	MOVIE TITLE TRANSLATIONS	ENGLISH LITERATURE	COLLEGE HODGEPODGE	THE PLANETS	CROSSWORD CLUES "P"
$200 [19] Bucephalus was the favorite horse of this ancient warrior, who built a city in its honor when it died Alexander the Great Kermin	$200 [16] In France, this unforgettable Adam Sandler film became "Love & Amnesia" 50 First Dates	$200 [1] In a 1719 sequel, he & his manservant revisit the island where he was shipwrecked Robinson Crusoe Rachel	$200 [6] Check it out: in 2000, 17-year-old M.I.T. freshman Elina Groverman was the U.S. women's co-champ in this board game chess Kermin Rachel	$200 [9] The diameter of this largest planet in our solar system is more than 11 times that of the earth Jupiter Kermin	$200 [21] Aristotle's teacher(5) Plato Rachel
$400 [20] This author first learned of his African ancestor Kunta Kinte while living with his grandparents in Tennessee Alex Haley Rachel	$400 [17] This Oscar-winning film set in Somalia became "Helicopter on Fire" in Poland Black Hawk Down Ari	$400 [2] This Mary Shelley tale is told through the letters of an Arctic explorer named Walton Frankenstein Kermin	$400 [7] Many a college campus has an area called a quad, which is short for this quadrangle Rachel	$400 [12] Taken recently, the ultraviolet image seenhereshows this planet's most famous feature Saturn Kermin	$400 [22] At right angles(13) perpendicular Rachel Ari
$600 [25] This French author penned the immortal line "All for one, and one for all" (Alexandre) Dumas Rachel	$600 [18] In France, Billy Crystal learned all about "life, love and cows" in this film City Slickers Kermin Ari	$600 [3] This D.H. Lawrence work was not published in full in England until Penguin books did it in 1960 Lady Chatterley's Lover Kermin Ari	$600 [8] This adjective for a second-year student is defined as "intellectually pretentious", "conceited" & "immature" sophomoric Rachel Ari	$600 [13] It's the only planet that has yet to be visited by a spacecraft Pluto Ari	$600 [23] Science of fossils(12) paleontology Ari
$800 [26] This scientist was knighted in 1944 for his discovery of penicillin (Alexander) Fleming Kermin	$800 [28] The censorship board in Malaysia damned this Ron Perlman film with the title "Super Sapiens" Hellboy Ari	$800 [4] The activities of a certain London club form the basis of this Dickens novel, his first The Pickwick Papers Ari	$800 [10] At Cambridge, this "Lord" of poetry became a lifelong friend of John Cam Hobhouse, who later went to Greece with him Byron Kermin Rachel	$800 [14] They're the 2 planets whose astrological symbols also signify male & female Venus & Mars Rachel	$800 [24] Argentinian region(9) Patagonia Kermin
$1,000 [27] A major ocean current off of Peru is named for this man who charted it in 1802 (Alexander von) Humboldt	—	$1,000 [5] This tale published in 1932 is set in the year 632 AF (After Ford) Brave New World Kermin	$1,000 [11] (Hi. I'm Keith Olberman.) I started when I was 16 and I graduated at 20 with a B.S. in communications at this Ivy League school in Ithaca Cornell Kermin	DD $1,000 [15] Named for a water nymph, Naiad is this planet's nearest known moon Neptune Rachel	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.	POP CULTURE 2004	METALS	GREECE	I LEARNED IT ONLINE	FRESHMAN COMPOSITION
$400 [18] In 1948 Dr. King was ordained a minister in this Christian denomination Baptist Rachel Ari	$400 [11] Ending this man's 50-year reign atop the alphabetical list of MLBers, David Aardsma said, "I owe it all to my parents" Hank Aaron Ari	$400 [1] Sterling silver is not pure silver; it's actually an alloy consisting of 92.5% silver & 7.5% this metal copper Kermin	$400 [6] (Sarah of the Clue Crew speaks from Santorini in Greece.) Volcanic cliffs on Santorini are the remnants of an eruption that may be the source of the legend of this island Atlantis Kermin	$400 [14] freetranslation.com taught me "Your eyes shine like oysters" in this language--"I suoi occhi brillano come le ostriche" Italian Rachel	$400 [21] A book by Lynne Truss warns against inserting this into the innocent panda description "eats shoots & leaves" a comma Rachel
$800 [19] King donated the money he received for winning this international award in December 1964 to civil rights causes the Nobel Peace Prize Rachel	$800 [12] Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin gave their yummy morsel born April 14 this name Apple Ari	$800 [2] An oxide of this metal, symbol Ti, is used as a white pigment in paints titanium Kermin	$800 [7] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Delos in Greece.) Delos was sacred as the birthplace of this music-loving sun god whose temple this is Apollo Ari	$800 [15] howstuffworks.com told me each Apache one of these can carry 16 Hellfire missiles--cool a helicopter Ari	$800 [23] The type of essay where you back up your opinion, or the type of person who always challenges others' opinions argumentative Kermin Rachel
$1,200 [27] While at Crozer Theological Seminary, King studied the nonviolent philosophy of this Asian leader Gandhi Ari	$1,200 [13] This fitness guru was accused of slapping a 255 lb. man (an actual cage wrestler!) who made fun of his exercise videos Richard Simmons Kermin	DD $800 [3] Poisoning from this metal is sometimes called plumbism or saturnism lead Kermin	$1,200 [8] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Athens, Greece.) In Greek cities, orient yourself using this, whose name comes from words meaning "highest" & "city" the Acropolis Kermin	$1,200 [16] I learned about the obligations of my moving company at dot.gov, the website of this Cabinet department Transportation Ari	$1,600 [28] This clue would get or receive a failing & inadequate grade for inordinate & excess use of this 10-letter problem redundancy
$1,600 [25] Tragically, Dr. King was assassinated in 1968 while visiting this Tennessee city Memphis Ari	$1,600 [20] Sadly, Shante Broadus got served with divizzle papers after a 7-year marriage to this rapper Snoop Dogg Kermin	$1,600 [4] Cassiterite is the chief ore of this metal used to coat food containers tin	$1,600 [9] (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in the Theater of Dionysus in Athens, Greece.) In 401 B.C. here at the Theater of Dionysus, this man won a posthumous first prize for his play "Oedipus at Colonus" Sophocles Ari	$1,600 [17] At greenwichpast.com I learned that this famed skywatcher was Astronomer Royal from 1720 to his death in 1742 Sir Edmond Halley Kermin Ari	$2,000 [29] From the Latin for "speak", in speaking, it's clarity of pronunciation; in writing, it's word choice diction Ari
$2,000 [26] At this Washington, D.C. landmark in 1963, King gave his famous "I have a dream" speech Lincoln Memorial Ari	$2,000 [24] A 2004 comedy starred Jon Heder as high school geek Napoleon, with this explosive last name Dynamite Ari	$2,000 [5] Named by British scientist Humphry Davy, it's now pronounced & spelled his way in the U.S.; others add an "I" aluminum Kermin	$2,000 [10] (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in front of the Parthenon in Athens, Greece.) Built in the 400s B.C., the temple of Athena, known as the Parthenon, is the greatest example of this ancient architectural style doric Kermin Rachel	$2,000 [22] webmd.com tells me this condition, which can cause no symptoms until a stroke, is the "silent killer" high blood pressure Rachel Ari	DD $8,200 [30] You'll find the French word for "day" in this word that may be a daily assignment journal Ari

Final Jeopardy!

STATE FACTS

This state & its capital were named for 2 dukedoms held by the same British man

New York

Ari "What is Harrisburg, PA?" — wagered $1,001

Rachel "What is Virginia?" — wagered $4,000

Kermin "What is ?" — wagered $447

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