Show #2647 1996-02-20 (taped 1996-01-10) College Championship

1996 College Championship semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Mark Schmidt — a freshman from Baldwin Wallace College

Bronwyn Bedient — a freshman from University of North Carolina

Bryan Fagan — a junior from Southwest Missouri State University

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bryan $800 $4,900 $14,942 $14,955
Finalist
$11,900
30 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Bronwyn $2,300 $2,200 $2,800 $0
3rd place: $5,000
$2,800
14 R, 4 W
Mark $800 $2,000 $1,000 $2,000
2nd place: $5,000
$3,000
11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

INVENTORS MUSIC APPRECIATION TV PERSONALITIES 1995 FOOD COLLEGE HODGEPODGE
$100 [21]
This duo became interested in flying after reading of the 1896 death of gliding pioneer Otto Lilienthal
Wright Brothers
Bronwyn
$100 [9]
va. is the traditional abbreviation for this member of the violin family
viola
Mark
$100 [1]
In 1995 this "Late Show" host published a new "Book of Top Ten Lists and Zesty Local Chicken Recipes"
David Letterman
Bronwyn
$100 [19]
In April the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in this city was bombed
Oklahoma City
Bryan
$100 [6]
These tiny fish are a traditional ingredient of Caesar salad & make a popular topping for pizza
anchovies
Bronwyn
$100 [8]
The academic costume worn at graduation is commonly called cap and this
gown
Mark
$200 [24]
As a child this light bulb inventor labeled his chemicals "poison" so his family wouldn't touch them
Edison
Bryan
$200 [10]
This "Nutcracker" composer's "Little Russian Symphony" includes Ukrainian folk tunes
Tchaikovsky
Bronwyn
$200 [2]
He's been nominated for Emmys 7 years in a row for playing Dan on "Roseanne"
John Goodman
Bronwyn
$200 [20]
In the Philippines, this former first lady ran for congress & won
(Imelda) Marcos
Bronwyn Mark
$200 [7]
This chewy roll, often topped with lox & cream cheese, can also be made into chips
bagels
Bryan
$200 [12]
With more than 14,000 students, Lisbon University is this country's largest
Portugal
Mark
$300 [26]
An artist before he invented the telegraph, he once painted a portrait of fellow inventor Eli Whitney
Morse
Bryan Mark
$300 [11]
A symphony for the refrain of a song, or the group of people who might sing it
chorus
Bryan
$300 [3]
Jonathan Brandis has spent a lot of time underwater as Lucas Wolenczak on this Spielberg series
seaQuest
Bronwyn
$300 [22]
In January the government began reintroducing the endangered gray species of these into Yellowstone
wolves
Bryan
$300 [15]
Shoyu is the Japanese name for this sauce popular in Japanese cooking
soy sauce
Bryan
$300 [16]
From the Latin for "sister", it's an organization such as Psi Psi Psi
sorority
Bryan
$400 [27]
We hope attorney Joshua Pusey "struck" it rich when he developed these in book form
matches
$400 [13]
This German known for his "Lullaby" composed his "Academic Festival Overture" in 1880
Brahms
Mark
$400 [4]
When "The Late Late Show" debuted in 1995, this star of "Murphy Brown" was Tom Snyder's 1st guest
Candice Bergen
Bronwyn
$400 [23]
In a Feb. address, Boris Yeltsin defended the Russian military actions against this breakaway republic
Chechnya
Mark
$400 [29]
The "German" style of this side dish contains bits of bacon & is sometimes served warm
potato salad
Mark
$400 [17]
Christopher Wren graduated from Wadham College at this university in 1651
Oxford
Bryan
$500 [28]
Born in the 1860s, he produced a plethora of peanut products, including ink & soap
(George Washington) Carver
Bryan
$500 [14]
As a musical direction, piano means "soft" & this longer word means "very soft"
pianissimo
Bronwyn
$500 [5]
In 1995 this member of Wilson Phillips became host of her own talk show
Carnie Wilson
Bronwyn
$500 [25]
Ian Ballantine, who founded 3 major ones of these in the U.S. passed away in March at age 79
publishing companies
Bryan
$500 [30]
To hide discoloration, the shell of this nut is often dyed red
pistachio
Mark
DD $1,500 [18]
The 2 Ivy League universities that you should file under the letter C
Cornell* & Columbia**
Bryan

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE BODY HUMAN EXPLORERS LITERATURE RELIGION U.S. GEOGRAPHY THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
$200 [24]
This long tendon helps the foot pivot at the ankle
Achilles
Mark
$200 [13]
On Oct. 12, 1492 he wrote, "This afternoon the people of San Salvador came swimming to our ships"
Columbus
Bryan
$200 [2]
This "Robinson Crusoe" author's novel "Roxana" is about the daughter of Huguenot refugees
(Daniel) Defoe
Bryan
$200 [1]
After this man's death in 632, Abu Bakr became the first caliph of Islam
Muhammad
Bryan
$200 [7]
This swamp region in southern Florida extends from Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf of Mexico
Everglades
Bryan
$200 [29]
The vote for independence happened on this date in 1776, 2 days earlier than most people think
July the 2nd
Bryan
$400 [25]
In 1921 researchers isolated this hormone used to treat diabetic patients
insulin
Bryan
$400 [14]
When he arrived at the Pacific Ocean Sept. 29, 1513, he named the site the Gulf of San Miguel
Balboa
Bryan
$400 [3]
"Wide Sargasso Sea", a 1966 prequel to this Bronte novel, tells the story of the first Mrs. Rochester
Jane Eyre
Bronwyn
$400 [9]
In 1882 the Japanese government divided this religion into state & sectarian forms
Shinto
Bryan
$400 [8]
The Dubuque Hills are in both Illinois & this state to the west
Iowa
Bronwyn Mark
$400 [30]
This signer is quoted, "There! John Bull can read my name without spectacles"
John Hancock
Bryan
$600 [26]
This small triangular bone, also called the kneecap, protects the knee joint
patella
Bronwyn
$600 [15]
The first voyage of his ship the Calypso was a 1952 trip to the Red Sea
Jacques Cousteau
Bryan
$600 [4]
Nick Carraway is Daisy Buchanan's distant cousin in this F. Scott Fitzgerald novel
The Great Gatsby
Bryan
$600 [17]
On Oct. 19, 1512 he was awarded a doctorate of theology by the University of Wittenberg
(Martin) Luther
Bryan
$600 [10]
Philadelphia is a leading U.S. port because of its location on this river
Delaware
Bronwyn
$600 [21]
The number of the Continental Congress that adopted the Declaration
Second
Bryan
$1,000 [27]
Emphysema destroys the walls of these tiny air sacs in the lungs
alveoli
Mark
$800 [16]
Father Aguilar, who knew Spanish & Maya, & Dona Marina, who knew Maya & Nahuatl, served as his interpreters
Cortés
Bronwyn
$800 [5]
Wackford Squeers is the horrible headmaster of Dotheboys Hall in his novel "Nicholas Nickleby"
Dickens
Bryan
$800 [19]
The Mahayana form of this religion is dominant in Vietnam
Buddhism
Bryan
$800 [11]
At 6,643 feet, Clingman's Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains is this state's highest point
Tennessee
Bryan Bronwyn Mark
$800 [22]
Signers' first names included6 Williams,6 Georges,1 Button &1 of these, a Mr. Gerry
Elbridge
Bryan Bronwyn
DD $2,000 [28]
The name of these 4 large veins comes from the Latin for "collarbone"
jugular
Mark
$1,000 [18]
In 1497 Bartolomeu Dias accompanied him on part of his journey around Africa to India
da Gama
Mark
DD $3,042 [6]
Flem Snopes' stepdaughter Linda is the heroine of "The Mansion", the 3rd novel in his Snopes trilogy
William Faulkner
Bryan
$1,000 [20]
Since 1179 popes in the Catholic church have been elected by this group
College of Cardinals
Bryan
$1,000 [12]
1 of 3 states bordering Nebraska's western panhandle
(1 of) South Dakota (Colorado or Wyoming)
Bryan Bronwyn
$1,000 [23]
He said Jefferson wanted him to write the first draft, but Jefferson didn't remember it that way
John Adams

Final Jeopardy!

QUOTATIONS

In 1947 Bernard Baruch told the Senate, "We are in the midst of" one of these "which is getting warmer"

a cold war

Mark "What is a cold war?" — wagered $1,000
Bronwyn "What are Tad, Nate, &, Jennifer???" — wagered $2,800
Bryan "What was a cold war [something scribbled out]?" — wagered $13

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